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Rent-Seeking in Private Pensions : Concentration, Pricing and Performance
Hyde, Mark - 2016
This book argues that the implementation of compulsory, highly regulated, privately administered, defined contribution pensions facilitates rent-seeking behaviour on the part of the pension fund administrators and undermines the retirees’ income and well-being. While the book focuses primarily...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012398137
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Investors in Private Equity Funds : Theory, Preferences and Performances
Hobohm, Daniel - 2010
Daniel Hobohm analyses more than 17 000 investments by more than 1800 international investors in more than 2400 private equity and venture capital funds over the last two decades. He compares different investor types in their fund preferences, home bias and investor responses to market shocks....
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Portfolio Strategies of Private Equity Firms : Theory and Evidence
Lossen, Ulrich (contributor) - 2007
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Investing in Private Equity Partnerships : The Role of Monitoring and Reporting
Müller, Kay (contributor) - 2008
Kay Müller provides insight into the monitoring activities of private equity fund investors and explores their information requirements. He analyzes the reporting of private equity fund managers, reveals information gaps and provides guidance on how to improve investor relations. Dr. Kay...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013520978
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Selektionskriterien beim Investment in aktive US-Aktienfonds
Weber, Sebastian (contributor) - 2008
Wesen von US-Aktienfonds -- Theoretische Grundlagen der Performanceanalyse -- Entwicklung eines Faktormodells für US-Aktienfonds … -- Survivorship Bias in US-Aktienfonds -- Ansätze zur Bestimmung von Selektionskriterien -- Schlussbetrachtung. …Das Bestreben von Investoren bei der Kapitalanlage besteht darin, denjenigen Fonds zu finden, der die beste …
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Die Auflösung von Aktienfonds : Eine empirische Untersuchung für den deutschen Kapitalmarkt
Zollenkop, Björn - 2010
Seit Anfang des neuen Jahrtausends ist die Zahl der Auflösungen von Aktienfonds sprunghaft angestiegen. Für Anleger wie … für Fondsgesellschaften ist von hohem Interesse, welche Faktoren die Auflösung von Fonds maßgeblich beeinflussen. Björn … Zollenkop untersucht fonds-, fondsgesellschafts- und segmentbezogene Einflussfaktoren und überprüft die abgeleiteten Hypothesen …
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Bootstrap Tests for Regression Models
Godfrey, Leslie - 2009
An accessible discussion examining computationally-intensive techniques and bootstrap methods, providing ways to improve the finite-sample performance of well-known asymptotic tests for regression models. This book uses the linear regression model as a framework for introducing simulation-based...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012106176
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Convergence in Output and Its Sources Among Industrialised Countries : A Cross-Country Time-Series Perspective
Hernández Salmerón, Macarena - 2015
This book investigates the existence of stochastic and deterministic convergence of real output per worker and the sources of output (physical capital per worker, human capital per worker, total factor productivity -TFP- and average annual hours worked) in 21 OECD countries over the period...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012401997
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Expats and the Labor Force : Expats and the Labor Force
Naufal, George; Genc, Ismail - 2012
An investigation into the labor force in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries primarily focusing on labor migration and remittances. The GCC countries have the highest share of foreign labor in the world. The authors examine the multidimensional aspects of such a large foreign population.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012106336
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The Values of Presidential Leadership
Wren, J. Thomas (ed.) - 2007
Contributors address aspects of presidential leadership in essays on how presidential values are determined or constructed, how they are condoned and criticized, how they are packaged and conveyed, and how they are interpreted and acted upon. Includes scholars from communication, history, law,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011612381