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Managing Public Investment Funds : Best Practices and New Challenges

Mitchell, Olivia S. - 2008

and economically sound public fund management practices in these funds, as well as how to evaluate their governance and … finance literature, we also link their management to governance practices and country-specific characteristics, and contrast …

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Private Benefits of Control : An International Comparison

Dyck, I. J. Alexander - 2002

important in curbing these private benefits. A high degree of statutory protection of minority shareholders and high degree of …

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Corporate Control Around the World

Aminadav, Gur - 2017

shareholders from the complex, pyramidal, and often obscure corporate structures. First, we show that there are large differences …

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Want freedom, will travel : emigrant self-selection according to institutional quality

Naghsh Nejad, Maryam; Young, Andrew T. - 2015

We investigate emigrant self-selection according to institutional quality using up to 3,566 observations on bilateral migration flows from 77 countries over the 1990-2000 period. We relate these flows to differences in political and economic institutions. We improve and expand upon previous...

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Size matters : entrepreneurial entry and government

Aidis, Ruta; Estrin, Saul; Mickiewicz, Tomasz - 2010

We explore the country-specific institutional characteristics likely to influence an individual's decision to become an entrepreneur. We focus on the size of the government, on freedom from corruption, and on 'market freedom' defined as a cluster of variables related to protection of property...

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Warrant economics, call-put policy options and the fallacies of economic theory

Hatgioannides, John; Karanassou, Marika - 2011

In this paper we aim to trace the roots of the ongoing economic mayhem and to unmask the chorus of the tragedy which plays on the world stage. The main thesis of our work is that, despite the triumphant rhetoric praising the merits of perfect competition, the global fields of the dysfunctional...

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A cross-country study of union membership

Blanchflower, David G. (contributor) - 2006

This paper examines changes in unionization that have occurred over the last decade or so using individual level micro data on twenty seven of the thirty OECD countries, with particular emphasis on Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States. Micro-data is also used to model union...

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Offshoring and the decline of unions

Munch, Jakob Roland; Olney, William W. - 2024

The prevalence of labor unions have declined post-WWII, and this paper examines whether globalization is a contributing factor. Offshoring jobs abroad may change the composition of domestic firms and employment and thus reduce union density. Alternatively, a firms' ability to offshore may erode...

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Expert leaders in a fast-moving environment

Goodall, Amanda H.; Pogrebna, Ganna - 2012

and mechanics compared with leaders who were principally managers or engineers with degrees. There is a notable …

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Fund Managers, Career Concerns, and Asset Price Volatility

Guerrieri, Veronica - 2010

We propose a model where investors hire fund managers to invest either in risky bonds or in riskless assets. Some … managers have superior information on the default probability. Looking at the past performance, investors update beliefs on … their managers and make firing decisions. This leads to career concerns which affect investment decisions, generating a …

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