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Executives' "Off-the-Job" Behavior, Corporate Culture, and Financial Reporting Risk

Davidson, Robert H. - 2012

We examine how executives' behavior outside the workplace, as measured by their ownership of luxury goods (low "frugality") and prior legal infractions, is related to financial reporting risk. We predict and find that CEOs and CFOs with a legal record are more likely to perpetrate fraud. In...

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Status Goods : Experimental Evidence from Platinum Credit Cards

Bursztyn, Leonardo - 2017

This paper provides novel field-experimental evidence on status goods. We work with an Indonesian bank that markets platinum credit cards to high-income customers. In a first experiment, we show that demand for the platinum card greatly exceeds demand for a nondescript control product with...

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Conspicuous Consumption, Pure Profits, and the Luxury Tax

Hodrick, Laurie Simon; Bernheim, B. Douglas - 2021

We examine a model of conspicuous consumption and explore the nature of competition in markets for conspicuous goods. We assume that, in addition to intrinsic utility, individuals seek status, and that perceptions of wealth affect status. Under identifiable conditions, the model generates Veblen...

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An Exploration of Luxury Hotels in Tanzania

Comin, Diego A. - 2012

Tourism is a tradable service activity that could allow some African countries to generate significant growth. Tanzania, given its unique natural assets, is an ideal candidate. However, despite being so richly endowed in touristic resources, Tanzania receives very few tourists and revenues from...

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Emigration During the French Revolution : Consequences in the Short and Longue Durée

Franck, Raphael - 2017

During the French Revolution, more than 100,000 individuals, predominantly supporters of the Old Regime, fled France …

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The Price of Stability : The Balance Sheet Policy of the Banque De France and the Gold Standard (1880-1914)

Bazot, Guillaume - 2014

Under the classical gold standard (1880-1914), the Bank of France maintained a stable discount rate while the Bank of …, differ so much? How did the Bank of France manage to keep a stable rate and continuously violate the "rules of the game …"? This paper tackles these questions and shows that the domestic asset portfolio of the Bank of France played a crucial role …

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The Global History of Corporate Governance : An Introduction

Steier, Lloyd - 2013

This paper presents a synopsis of recent NBER studies of the history of corporate governance in Canada, China, France …

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Careers and Canvases : The Rise of the Market for Modern Art in the Nineteenth Century

Galenson, David W. - 2020

This paper reexamines the process by which a market for a new product modern painting emerged in Paris in the nineteenth century. Contrary to the accepted account, in which the monopoly of the official Salon was replaced by a competitive market operated by private dealers, we find that the Salon...

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Supply-Side Policies in the Depression : Evidence from France

Cohen-Setton, Jeremie - 2016

evidence from France in the 1930s. In 1936, France departed from the gold standard and implemented mandatory wage increases and …

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Designing Women : Consumer Goods Innovations in Britain, France and the United States, 1750-1900

Khan, B. Zorina - 2017

in industrial fairs and prize-granting institutions in Britain, France and the United States, compared to parallel …

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