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The gasoline Industry in European Union and the USA
Polemis, Michail; Fotis, Panagiotis - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper explores whether asymmetric pricing can be identified in the eleven euro zone countries (Austria, Belgium, Finland, Greece, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal and Spain) by utilizing Error Correction Model on the weekly price changes in order to assess current and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009372526
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Threatening to increase productivity
Bridgman, Benjamin; Gomes, Victor; Teixeira, Arilton - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
The wave of privatization in the 1980s and 1990s increased productivity of many previously state owned enterprises (SOEs). However, governments often do not have su±cient support to privatize SOEs. We provide evidence that threatening privatization and market competition (entry of new firms)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009277298
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A generalized exploratory method for managerial analysis and business communication
Săvoiu, Gheorghe; Viorel, Crăciuneanu - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
organizations, regions and national economies. This paper illustrates cybernetic communication’s theories based on information (with … types of information with relation to communication, knowledge and creation, semantic, statistical and mathematical aspects …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835530
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Loonies Under Your Bed: Misdirected Attention and the Diluted Value of Stock Market Reports
Lupia, Arthur; Grafstrom, Cassandra; Krupnikov, Yanna; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
consequences, we propose an alternate way of presenting stock market information. The alternative is easy to implement and can help …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836479
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La modélisation macroéconomique comme processus de communication : pour une formalisation finaliste des équations de comportement
Buda, Rodolphe - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1994
The assumption we submit, because macroeconomic forcasts would be unperfect, is that behavioral equations doesn't enough describe economic behaviours through the capacity of reaction opposite to environment. Further, the forcaster belongs to his search-system, so that, may be, we must now...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836791
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It's the Media, Stupid - How Media Activity Shapes Public Spending
Bruns, Christian; Himmler, Oliver - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
Politicians seeking reelection need voters to know what they have done for them. Thus, incentives may arise to spend more money where media coverage is higher. We present a simple model to explain the allocation of public spending across jurisdictions contingent on media activity. An incumbent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836898
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Does better information about hospital quality affect patients’ choice? Empirical findings from Germany
Wübker, Ansgar; Sauerland, Dirk; Wübker, Achim - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Background: Economic theory strongly suggests that better information about the quality of care affects patients …’ choice of health service providers. However, we have little empirical evidence about the impact of information provided on … provider’s choice in Germany. Problem: In Germany, we recently find publicly available information about hospital quality. For …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005837026
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Models of Equilibrium Pricing with Internalized Powers of Independent Judgment Based on Autonomy
Aoki, Takaaki - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2000
In this paper I want to describe one way of thinking about information. In effect, this paper relates to the notion … information theory, the goal is to generate information and make more accurate predictions about a particular condition. However …, the information itself can be fundamentally flawed. Another point is that information generated for this purpose has the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005837425
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L'Entreprise à l'ère de l'Economie de la Connaissance
Benchimol, Guy - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
Although left for a few decades the era Taylorism, we have done nothing but enter the era of the accoutable persons i.e. people who, making decisions, are able and have the will to justify them; there is a true request which started to appear in the field of the finance (in France, Law of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005837463
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Al Qaeda as a Tournament: Empirical Evidence
Caruso, Raul - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This short paper aims to find an empirical evidence that al Qaeda behaves as a contest organizer rewarding an indivisible prize – namely, official membership and economic rewards – to candidate extremists groups. Would-be terrorists must then compete with each other to prove their commitment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005837548