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Economic Crisis, General Laws, and the Mid-Nineteenth-Century Transformation of American Political Economy

Lamoreaux, Naomi R.; Wallis, John Joseph - 2022

Before the middle of the nineteenth century most laws enacted in the United States were special bills that granted favors to specific individuals, groups, or localities. This fundamentally inegalitarian system provided political elites with important tools that they could use to reward...

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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 …, Germany, Japan, India, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Together, the studies …

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How to Restructure Failed Banking Systems : Lessons from the U.S. In the 1930's and Japan in the 1990's

Calomiris, Charles W. - 2009

for doing so. If a rescue is handled skillfully, the cost can be greatly reduced. The history of assistance to U.S. banks … the history of bank distress and assistance in the United States during the 1930's and examines in detail the role of the …

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Acquisitions, Productivity, and Profitability : Evidence from the Japanese Cotton Spinning Industry

Braguinsky, Serguey - 2014

We explore how changes in ownership and managerial control affect the productivity and profitability of producers. Using detailed operational, financial, and ownership data from the Japanese cotton spinning industry at the turn of the last century, we find a more nuanced picture than the...

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Bones, Bombs and Break Points : The Geography of Economic Activity

Davis, Donald R.; Weinstein, David E. - 2021

returns, random growth, and locational fundamentals. To do so, we examine the distribution of regional population in Japan …

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Bank-Tax Conformity for Corporate Income : An Introduction to the Issues

Hanlon, Michelle - 2010

This paper discusses the issues surrounding the proposals to conform financial accounting income and taxable income …. The two incomes diverged in the late 1990s with financial accounting income becoming increasingly greater than taxable … of earnings management for financial accounting and/or the tax sheltering of corporate income. Our paper outlines the …

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Mandated Financial Reporting and Corporate Innovation

Breuer, Matthias - 2019

's regulation and a major enforcement reform in Germany, we find that forcing a greater share of firms to publicly disclose their …

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Dodging the Taxman : Firm Misreporting and Limits to Tax Enforcement

Carrillo, Paul E. - 2014

Reducing tax evasion is a key priority for many governments, particularly in developing countries. A growing literature has argued that the ability to verify taxpayer self-reports against reports from third parties is critical for modern tax enforcement and the growth of state capacity. However,...

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Signaling and Accounting Information

Myers, Stewart C. - 2006

This paper develops a signaling model in which accounting information improves real investment decisions. Pure cash …' interests. Accounting by prespecified, quot;objectivequot; rules alleviates the underinvestment problem …

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Money as a Unit of Account

Doepke, Matthias - 2013

We develop a theory that rationalizes the use of a dominant unit of account in an economy. Agents enter into non-contingent contracts with a variety of business partners. Trade unfolds sequentially in credit chains and is subject to random matching. By using a dominant unit of account, agents...

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