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The effect of regulatory harmonization on cross-border labor migration : evidence from the accounting profession
Bloomfield, Matthew J.; Brüggemann, Ulf; Christensen, … - 2015
question, we analyze European Union (EU) initiatives that harmonized accounting and auditing standards. Regulatory … harmonization should reduce economic mobility barriers, essentially making it easier for accounting professionals to move across … countries. Our research design compares the cross-border migration of accounting professionals relative to tightly-matched other …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011405693
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How do banks interact with fintechs? : forms of alliances and their impact on bank value
Hornuf, Lars; Klus, Milan Frederik; Lohwasser, Todor S.; … - 2018 - This Version: July 18, 2018
The increasing pervasiveness of technology-driven firms that offer banking services has led to a growing pressure on traditional banks to modernize their core business activities. Banks attempt to confront the challenges of digitalization by cooperating with financial technology firms (fintechs)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011882455
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Carve-outs under airline antitrust immunity
Brueckner, Jan K.; Proost, Stef - 2009
This paper offers the first formal economic analysis of carve-outs under airline antitrust im- munity. Carve-outs are designed to limit the potential anticompetitive effects of cooperation by alliance partners in hub-to-hub markets, where they provide overlapping nonstop service. While the paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003898830
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Airline alliances, carve-outs and collusion
Brueckner, Jan K.; Picard, Pierre M. - 2011
In this paper, we ask how antitrust immunity subject to a carve-out affects collusion incentives in international airline alliances. We show that the gains from economies of density due to higher interline traffic under the alliance strengthen the incentive to collude on the interhub segment,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009307968
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European airline mergers, alliance consolidation, and consumer welfare
Brueckner, Jan K.; Pels, Eric - 2004
This paper explores the effects of a European airline merger followed by a consolidation of two competing international alliances. The exercise has been inspired by the Air France-KLM merger, which is expected to spur consolidation of the Northwest-KLM and SkyTeam alliances into a single...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011402515
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Future European alliance : Europe as a flexible democracy
Frey, Bruno S.; Steuernagel, Armin; Friedrich, Jonas - 2018
A reasonable future for Europe can only be achieved if two essential elements are fulfilled: Firstly, newly established institutions must be democratic and have strong support from citizens rather than from national governments. Secondly, the large number of different ethnic, cultural,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011919540
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Airline alliances and service quality
Brueckner, Jan K.; Flores-Fillol, Ricardo - 2018
Convenient scheduling, characterized by adequate flight frequency, is the main quality attribute for airline services. However, the effect of airline alliances on this important dimension of service quality has received almost no attention in the literature. This paper fills this gap by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011900765
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Brothers in arms : the value of coalitions in sanctions regimes
Chowdhry, Sonali; Hinz, Julian; Kamin, Katrin; Wanner, … - 2023
This paper examines the impact of coalitions on the economic costs of the 2012 Iran and 2014 Russia sanctions. By estimating and simulating a quantitative general equilibrium trade model under different coalition setups, we (i) dissect welfare losses for sanctions senders and target; (ii)...
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From separate accounting to formula apportionment : analysis in a dynamic framework
Radulescu, Doina (contributor) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003612722
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World-trade growth accounting
Egger, Peter; Nigai, Sergey K. - 2016 - This draft: March 2016
We undertake a trade-growth accounting exercise by decomposing data on changes in bilateral international trade flows …
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