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Management practices, worker commitment, and workplace representation
Addison, John T.; Teixeira, Paulino - 2020
Using multilevel mixed effects ordered logistic models, this paper conducts an original investigation of the new management as a technology approach for all EU nations in a framework that explicitly recognizes worker representation while incorporating the notion of affective commitment. It is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012223854
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Complementarities of HRM practices : a case for employing multiple methods and integrating multiple fields
Englmaier, Florian; Schüßler, Katharina - 2015
We provide an overview over different literature streams that aim at explaining the origin of persistent productivity differences across organizations by variation in the use of management practices. We focus on human resource management (HRM) practices, document gaps in the literature, and show...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010492325
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Old before their time : the role of employers in retirement decisions
Bello, Piera; Galasso, Vincenzo - 2015
Do elderly workers retire early voluntarily, or are they induced (or even forced) by their employees? To establish the relevance of the labor demand component in retirement decisions, we consider a trade liberalization between Switzerland and the EU - the Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA). A...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011406562
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Cultural stereotypes of multinational banks
Eichengreen, Barry; Saka, Orkun - 2022
Using hand-collected data spanning more than a decade on European banks' sovereign debt portfolios, we show that the trust of residents of a bank's countries of operation in the residents of a potential target country of investment has a positive, statistically significant, and economically...
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Do civil and political repression really boost foreign direct investments?
Harms, Philipp; Ursprung, Heinrich W. - 2001
Multinational enterprises are often accused to have a preference for investing in countries in which the working populations' civil and political rights are largely disregarded. This paper presents an empirical investigation of the popular political repression boosts FDI hypothesis and arrives...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011397998
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Globalization, inequality, and redistribution : theory and evidence
Gozgor, Giray; Ranjan, Priya - 2015
This paper constructs a simple theoretical model to study the implications of globalization for inequality and … redistribution. It shows that when globalization increases inequality, a policymaker interested in maximizing the sum of welfares of … all agents increases redistribution. Empirically, the paper examines the effects of globalization on inequality and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011343065
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Did globalization influence credit market deregulation?
Eppinger, Peter S.; Potrafke, Niklas - 2015
We investigate whether globalization influenced credit market deregulation over the period 1970-2010. Globalization is … measured by the KOF indices of globalization. Credit market deregulation is measured by the credit market freedom indicators of … positive correlation between globalization and credit market deregulation. We account for reverse causality by using predicted …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010528971
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The rise of capitalism and the roots of Anti-American terrorism
Krieger, Tim; Meierieks, Daniel - 2014
This contribution examines the role of capitalism in anti-American terrorism. Using data for 149 countries between 1970 and 2007, this contribution, contrary to expectations from capitalist peace theory, does not find that Anti-American terrorism increases with external economic liberalization...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010375158
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The globalization paradox revisited
Schwerhoff, Gregor; Edenhofer, Ottmar - 2014
According to the Globalization Paradox, globalization limits the freedom of choice for national governments. Capital …. Fixed factor taxes have the potential to improve welfare by defusing the globalization trilemma through a reduction in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010375314
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Globalisation and social spending
De Grauwe, Paul; Polan, Magdalena - 2003
We provide evidence indicating that countries with well-developed social security systems do not necessarily face a trade-off between social spending and competitiveness. On average, countries that spend a lot on social needs score well in the competitiveness league. We investigate the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011506440