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The "Austerity Myth" : Gain Without Pain?

Perotti, Roberto - 2011

Eurozone countries today) and two - Finland and Sweden - after floating the currency.All four episodes were associated with an … occurred because the sterling coincidentally appreciated. In Finland and Sweden the currency experienced an extremely large … detailed case studies, two - Denmark and Ireland - undertaken under fixed exchange rates (the most relevant case for many …

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Swedish Firms Acquired by Foreigners : A Comparison of Before and after Takeover

Lipsey, Robert E. - 2004

Swedish firms acquired by foreigners were considerably larger than the average firms in their industries. They were relatively low in value added per employee at the time of takeover and before, a characteristic we take to indicate relatively low profitability, capital intensity, or...

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Child Penalties Across Countries : Evidence and Explanations

Kleven, Henrik - 2019

This paper provides evidence on child penalties in female and male earnings in different countries. The estimates are based on event studies around the birth of the first child, using the specification proposed by Kleven et al. (2018). The analysis reveals some striking similarities in the...

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What Calls to Arms? International Evidence on Interest Rates and the Choice of Adjustable-Rate Mortgages

Badarinza, Cristian - 2014

The relative popularity of adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs) and fixed-rate mort- gages (FRMs) varies considerably both across countries and over time. We ask how movements in current and expected future interest rates affect the share of ARMs in total mortgage issuance. Using a nine-country...

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Were Trade and Factor Mobility Substitutes in History?

Collins, William J.; O'Rourke, Kevin H.; Williamson, … - 2021

Trade theorists have come to understand that their theory is ambiguous on the question: Are trade and factor flows substitutes? While this sounds like an open invitation for empirical research, hardly any serious econometric work has appeared in the literature. This paper uses history to fill...

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Sources of Convergence in the Late Nineteenth Century

Taylor, Alan M. - 2021

Although the empirical growth literature has yielded many findings on postwar convergence patterns, it has had little to say about the determinants of convergence in earlier epochs. This paper investigates convergence for group of seven countries during the period 1870-1914, the last great phase...

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Evidence of Regulatory Arbitrage in Cross-Border Mergers of Banks in the EU

Carbo-Valverde, Santiago - 2010

banks in individual EU countries help to explain the nature of cross-border merger activity. If they wish to protect …

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Is There a Diversification Discount in Financial Conglomerates?

Laeven, Luc - 2005

This paper investigates whether the diversity of activities conducted by financial institutionsinfluences their market valuations. We find that there is a diversification discount: The marketvalues financial conglomerates that engage in multiple activities, e.g., lending and non-lendingfinancial...

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Acquiring Banking Networks

Levine, Ross - 2017

merge and post-merger value creation and synergies? We compile comprehensive information on U.S. bank acquisitions from 1986 …

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Banker Fees and Acquisition Premia for Targets in Cash Tender Offers : Challenges to the Popular Wisdom on Banker Conflicts

Calomiris, Charles W. - 2009

We analyze data on fees paid to investment bankers and acquisition premia paid for targets in cash tender offers. Our results are broadly consistent with the predictions of a benign view of the role of investment banks in advising acquisition targets. Fees to investment banks are correlated with...

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