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Financial sector regulation and reforms in emerging markets : an overview
Prasad, Eswar S. - 2010
as they attempt to reform their frameworks for financial regulation. These economies are striving to balance the quest … objectives can in fact reinforce one another. I also discuss aspects of macroeconomic policies and cross-border regulation that … regulation ; financial development ; emerging markets ; financial inclusion …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009153059
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Financial crises and liberalization : progress or reversals?
Saka, Orkun; Campos, Nauro; De Grauwe, Paul; Ji, Yuemei; … - 2019
Financial crisis can trigger policy reversals, i.e. they can lead to a process of re- regulation of financial markets …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012022690
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Institution formation in public goods games
Kosfeld, Michael (contributor); Okada, Akira (contributor);  … - 2006
Centralized sanctioning institutions are of utmost importance for overcoming free-riding tendencies and enforcing outcomes that maximize group welfare in social dilemma situations. However, little is known about how such institutions come into existence. In this paper we investigate, both...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003467015
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009524338
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Cooperation in diverse teams : the role of temporary group membership
Grund, Christian; Harbring, Christine; Thommes, Kirsten - 2015
In organizations, some team members are assigned to a team for a predefined short period of time, e.g., as they have a temporary contract, while others are permanent members of the same team. In a laboratory experiment we analyze the cooperation levels resulting from diverse teams, where some...
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Incentives and the design of charitable fundraisers : lessons from a field experiment
Carpenter, Jeffrey P.; Matthews, Peter Hans - 2015
There has been little systematic study of the mechanisms typically used to raise money for charity. One of the most common is the simple raffle in which participants purchase chances to win a prize at a constant price. We conduct a field experiment randomly assigning participants to four raffle...
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Progressive taxation in a tournament economy
Carpenter, Jeffrey P.; Matthews, Peter Hans; Tabb, Benjamin - 2014
Not enough is known about the responsiveness of individuals, in particular those who tend to work under different incentives, to changes in marginal tax rates. We ask whether changes in marginal tax rates are less distortionary for workers engaged in a contest. To examine this potential...
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The shape of warm glow : field experimental evidence from a fundraiser
Carpenter, Jeffrey P. - 2018
Theory commonly posits agents who care both for the level of provision of a public good and the extent to which they personally contribute to the cause. Simply put, agents feel some "warm glow" from the donations they make. I discuss a fundraiser devised to exogenously vary the incentive to give...
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Reform redux : measurement, determinants and reversals
Campos, Nauro (contributor); Horváth, Roman (contributor) - 2006
We construct objective measures of privatization, internal and external liberalization reform efforts, across countries over time, and investigate their determinants, reversals and macroeconomic impacts. We find that GDP growth determines external liberalization and privatization, concentration...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003310965
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India's approach to capital account liberalization
Prasad, Eswar S. (contributor) - 2009
In this paper, I analyze India's approach to capital account liberalization through the lens of the new literature on financial globalization. India's authorities have taken a cautious and calibrated path to capital account opening, which has served the economy well in terms of reducing its...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003794018