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Women's work in South Asia : a situational analysis and policy concerns
Mukhopadhyay, Swapna - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1999
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010965860
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Exclusión social en el mercado del trabajo el caso de Uruguay
Buxedas, Martín; Aguirre, Rosario; Espino, Alma - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1999
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010966292
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Home work in selected Latin American countries : a comparative overview
Tomei, Manuela - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2000
Covers data from 1990 to 1997.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010966299
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Exclusión social en el mercado del trabajo el caso de Argentina
Neffa, Julio César; Battistini, Osvaldo; Panigo, Demian; … - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1999
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010966363
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Chomage: tendances, causes et possibilites d'action; observations faites en republique federale d'allemagne, en France et aux Pays-Bas.
W, Van Ginneken - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1981
, considers effects of wages and social security benefits on labour mobility, analyses structural unemployment and frictional …ILO pub. Article on comparison of causes and economic policy implications concerning unemployment in Germany, Federal … unemployment, and finds that the majority of unemployment is due to insufficient demand and, therefore, macro- economic in nature …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010690085
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Bank connections, corporate investment and crisis
Espenlaub, Susanne; Khurshed, Arif; Sitthipongpanich, … - In: Journal of Banking & Finance 36 (2012) 5, pp. 1336-1353
Against the backdrop of a severe financial crisis and extensive restructuring of the financial sector, we investigate the evolution and determinants of connections between firms and banks, and the impact of bank connections on corporate investment. Our study examines Thai non-financial companies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010577957
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The role of institutional investors in public-to-private transactions
Bajo, Emanuele; Barbi, Massimiliano; Bigelli, Marco; … - In: Journal of Banking & Finance 37 (2013) 11, pp. 4327-4336
In Italy, as in many other European countries, listed firms will normally go dark through controlling owner-initiated tender offers. We find that institutional investors play a central role in the bid process and can protect minority shareholders from being frozen out in the bid. Specifically,...
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Control considerations, creditor monitoring, and the capital structure of family firms
Schmid, Thomas - In: Journal of Banking & Finance 37 (2013) 2, pp. 257-272
In this paper, I analyze the motives moving founders and their families to influence the capital structure decision. For this, I complement detailed corporate governance information for Germany with data from other countries. The results for the German bank-based financial system contradict...
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The effectiveness and valuation of political tax minimization
Hill, Matthew D.; Kubick, Thomas R.; Brandon Lockhart, G.; … - In: Journal of Banking & Finance 37 (2013) 8, pp. 2836-2849
We find evidence suggesting that corporate lobbying for tax purposes over the period 1999–2009 is one method by which firms managed corporate taxes. Furthermore, tax management strategies employed by these politically active firms were valued by shareholders. Firms lobbying on tax issues have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010679255
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Information disclosure, CEO overconfidence, and share buyback completion rates
Andriosopoulos, Dimitris; Andriosopoulos, Kostas; … - In: Journal of Banking & Finance 37 (2013) 12, pp. 5486-5499
An open market share buyback is not a firm commitment, and there is limited evidence on whether firms repurchase the intended shares. Unlike US studies, we use data from unique UK regulatory and disclosure environment that allows to accurately measure the share buyback completion rates. We show...
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