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The bright side of the GDPR : welfare-improving privacy management
Choe, Chongwoo; Matsushima, Noriaki; Shekhar, Shiva - 2023
We study the GDPR's opt-in requirement in a model with a firm that provides a digital service and consumers who are heterogeneous in their valuations of the firm's service as well as the privacy costs incurred when sharing personal data with the firm. We show that the GDPR boosts demand for the...
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Inter vivos transfers of ownership in family firms
Hines, James R.; Potrafke, Niklas; Riem, Marina; … - 2016
This paper examines the determinants of inter vivos (lifetime) transfers of ownership in German family firms between 2000 and 2013. Survey evidence indicates that owners of larger firms, and firms with strong current business conditions, transfer ownership at higher rates than others. When a...
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The effects of COVID-19 on U.S. small businesses: evidence from owners, managers, and employees
Alekseev, Georgij; Amer, Safaa; Gopal, Manasa; Kuchler, … - 2020
We analyze a large-scale survey of owners, managers, and employees of small businesses in the United States to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012291877
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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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Integrating with their feet : cross-border lending at the German-Austrian border
Fidrmuc, Jarko (contributor); Hainz, Christa (contributor) - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003688885
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Effects of corporate tax reforms on SMEs' investment decisions under the particular consideration of inflation
Nam, Chang-woon (contributor); Radulescu, Doina (contributor) - 2005
Corporate tax reforms carried out in EU countries since 1980 entail lower statutory tax rates and reductions in generous tax depreciation provisions. Several countries including the UK have reduced tax rates for SMEs. This study compares incentive effects of such reforms on the SMEs’...
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Is the German Mittelstand more resistant to crises? : empirical evidence from the great recession
Berlemann, Michael; Jahn, Vera; Lehmann, Robert - 2020
Germany’s comparatively good economic performance throughout the Great Recession of the years 2008/2009 is often …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012388222
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Selling reputation when going out of business : presented at CEFifo Area Conference on Industrial Organisation, March 2004
Hakenes, Hendrik; Peitz, Martin - CESifo Area Conference on Industrial Organisation … - 2004
Is the reputation of a firm tradeable when the previous owner has to retire even though ownership change is observable? We consider a competitive market in which a share of owners must retire in each period. New owners, observing only recent profits, bid for the firms on sale. Customers are...
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The diffusion of knowledge via manager's mobility
Mion, Giordano; Opromolla, Luca David; Sforza, Alessandro - 2016
Better managers and managerial practices lead to better firm performance. Yet, little is known about what happens when … managers move across firms. Does a firm hiring a good manager improve its performance? If yes is there some valuable knowledge …-invariant ability of the manager as well as overall firm performance. We find that the export experience gained by managers in previous …
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Tax overpayments, tax evasion, and book-tax differences
Goerke, Laszlo (contributor) - 2008
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