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Management and performance in the public sector : evidence from German municipalities
Englmaier, Florian; Mühlheußer, Gerd; Roider, Andreas; … - 2022
We study management practices and performance of public sector organizations in Germany. For a representative sample of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013440344
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The signaling role of municipal currencies in local development
Jayaraman, Rajshri; Oak, Mandar - 2003
The last decade has seen the burgeoning of several hundred local community currency institutions in cities across the world. Although residents of these communities claim that local currency promotes local development, how if at all it does so has hitherto been unexplored. This paper argues that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011507689
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The political economy of municipal amalgamation : evidence of common pool effects and local public debt
Fritz, Benedikt; Feld, Lars P. - 2015
This paper investigates the political economy of after merger effects of the large scale municipal amalgamations in the German state of Baden-Württemberg in the early 1970s. By exploiting the huge variance in the amalgamation process in terms of number of participating municipalities,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011406787
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What explains the rise in CEO pay in Germany? : a panel data analysis for 1977-2009
Fabbri, Francesca; Marin, Dalia - 2012
work for. We reject, however, the efficient pay hypothesis as CEO pay and the demand for managers increases in Germany in …The compensation of executive board members in Germany has become a highly controversial topic since Vodafone's hostile … unique panel data evidence of the 500 largest firms in Germany in the period 1977-2009 we test two prominent hypothesis in …
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Tax overpayments, tax evasion, and book-tax differences
Goerke, Laszlo (contributor) - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003635226
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The leader as catalyst : on leadership and the mechanics of institutional change
Majumdar, Sumon (contributor); Mukand, Sharun W. (contributor) - 2008
Individual leaders have been central to the transformation of political institutions, organizations and many instances of social and economic reform. Why are some leaders able to take advantage of opportunities to successfully catalyze large-scale change while others fail? In this paper we argue...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003729928
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Managerial talent, motivation, and self-selection into public management
Delfgaauw, Josse (contributor);  … - 2008
brightest managers to the public sector abound. This paper studies self-selection into managerial and non-managerial positions … return to managerial ability is always highest in the private sector. As a result, relatively many of the more able managers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003772147
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The effect of adversity on process innovations and managerial incentives
Dostie, Benoît; Jayaraman, Rajshri - 2009
This paper asks whether adversity spurs the introduction of process innovations and increases the use of managerial incentives by firms. Using a large panel data set of workplaces in Canada, our identification strategy relies on exogenous variation in adversity arising from increased border...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003854411
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Do managers with limited liability take more risky decisions? : an information acquisition model
Malcomson, James M. - 2010
Risk-neutral individuals take more risky decisions when they have limited liability. Risk-neutral managers may not when … return. Further results on the form of contracts are also derived. -- managers ; risky decisions ; limited liability …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003937594
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The effects of a bonus tax on manager compensation and welfare
Radulescu, Doina - 2010
managers between countries whereas in the second scenario relocation possibilities exist. Our findings show that the effort …
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