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Do left-wing governments decrease wage inequality among civil servants? : empirical evidence from the German states
Kauder, Björn; Krause, Manuela; Potrafke, Niklas - 2020
We investigate whether left-wing governments decrease wage inequality among civil servants. The data is based on salaries of civil servants in the German states. Since a reform in 2006, German state governments are allowed to design salaries of civil servants. We employ encompassing data for pay...
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Does federalism affect e-government in Germany?
Bartholomae, Florian W.; Nam, Chang-woon; Steinhoff, Peter - 2023
International comparisons show that the reasons why e-government development in Germany does not occupy the desired … orientation. In order to provide better and faster public services in Germany, the Online Access Act was introduced in 2017, which … 2022. However, this deadline has not been met. This study suggests that Germany's federal political structure is …
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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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How much sunlight does it take to disinfect a boardroom? : a short history of executive compensation regulation
Dew-Becker, Ian (contributor) - 2008
This paper reviews the history of executive compensation disclosure and other government policies affecting CEO pay, and as well surveys the literature on the effects of these policies. Disclosure has increased nearly uniformly since 1933. A number of other regulations, including special taxes...
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Learning from the past : trends in executive compensation over the twentieth century
Frydman, Carola (contributor) - 2008
with the evolution in executive pay and the market for managers during earlier time periods. A case study of General … managers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003790763
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CEO preferences and acquisitions
Jenter, Dirk; Lewellen, Katharina - 2011
This paper explores the impact of target CEOs' retirement preferences on the incidence, the pricing, and the outcomes of takeover bids. Mergers frequently force target CEOs to retire early, and CEOs' private merger costs are the forgone benefits of staying employed until the planned retirement...
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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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Do economic policymakers practice what they preach? : the case of pension decisions
Dahan, Momi; Kogut, Tehila; Shalem, Moshe - 2009
This paper examines whether policymakers, economists at the Israeli Finance Ministry, act in their personal pension decisions in accordance with the rational behaviour assumptions underlying the pension policies they advance. We find that while economists' decisions regarding three other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003883889
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Do public sector employment reductions promote informality?
Adam, Antonis; Moutos, Thomas - 2023
Using information from all IMF conditionality programs from 1990 to 2018, we implement a dynamic Augmented Inverse Probability Weighting Regression Adjustment approach to examine the effects of programs, including public sector dismissals, on the size of the shadow economy. The estimated effect...
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Information provision and preferences for education spending : evidence from representative survey experiments in three countries
Cattaneo, Maria Alejandra; Lergetporer, Philipp; … - 2019
treatments in Switzerland using identical survey techniques previously used in Germany and the United States. In Switzerland …
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