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The role of board oversight in central bank governance : key legal design issues
Bossu, Wouter; Rossi, Arthur - 2019
This paper discusses key legal issues in the design of Board Oversight in central banks. Central banks are complex and sophisticated organizations that are challenging to manage. While most economic literature focuses on decision-making in the context of monetary policy formulation, this paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012155156
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Cashing in for growth : corporate cash holdings as an opportunity for investment in Japan
Sher, Galen - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010479433
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Financial Frictions, Investment, and Institutions
Yafeh, Yishay - 2010
institutional reforms reduce financial frictions? Based on a canonical investment model, we consider two potential channels: (i …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014397491
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On the capacity to absorb public investment : how much is too much?
Gurara, Daniel Zerfu; Kpodar, Kangni; Presbitero, Andrea; … - 2020
While expanding public investment can help filling infrastructure bottlenecks, scaling up too much and too fast often … public investment in a large sample of road construction projects in developing countries. Consistent with the presence of … absorptive capacity constraints, our results show a non-linear U-shaped relationship between public investment and project costs …
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Banking on women leaders : a case for more?
Sahay, Ratna; Čihák, Martin; N'Diaye, Papa M'B. P.; … - 2017
Using a new dataset, we measure the large gap between the representation of men and women in leadership positions in banks and bank supervision agencies worldwide. Women occupied less than 2 percent of bank CEOs positions, and less than 20 percent of the board seats in more than 80 percent of...
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The valuation effects of geographic diversification : evidence from U.S. banks
Götz, Martin; Laeven, Luc; Levine, Ross - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009572530
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Integrated ownership and control in the GCC corporate sector
Santos, André Oliveira - 2015
The objective of the paper is to assess ownership and control links in the GCC corporate sector. The analysis focuses on the integrated ownership and network arising from ownership data available in Bloomberg and GCC stock exchanges. The paper finds that ownership is concentrated in GCC public...
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Wage-price dynamics and structural reforms in Japan
Porcellacchia, Davide - 2016
Structural reforms in the liquidity trap need not be deflationary. This paper develops a simple framework to study the role that key characteristics of Japan's labor and product markets-labor-market duality and weak corporate governance-play in generating unfavorable wage-price dynamics. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011436738
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Gender diversity in senior positions and firm performance : evidence from Europe
Christiansen, Lone; Lin, Huidan; Pereira, Joana; … - 2016
This paper examines the link between gender diversity in senior corporate positions and financial performance of 2 million companies in Europe. We document a positive association between corporate return on assets and the share of women in senior positions and establish two potential channels...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011445356
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International corporate governance spillovers : evidence from cross-border mergers and acquisitions
Albuquerque, Rui; Brandao Marques, Luis; Ferreira, Miguel A. - 2013
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