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Privatization in Austria: Some theoretical reasons and performance measures
Schneider, Friedrich; Belke, Ansgar - 2004
privatization is useful as well as profitable for an economy and empirically present the extent of privatization in Austria and … other European Union countries. In order to assess the impact of privatization in Austria on economic performance, we …
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Why are mothers working longer hours in Austria than in Germany? A comparative micro simulation analysis
Dearing, Helene; Hofer, Helmut; Lietz, Christine; … - 2007
Labor force participation rates of mothers in Austria and Germany are similar, however full-time employment rates are … joint taxation with income splitting for married couples, Austria taxes everyone individually, which leads to lower marginal …
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Mitigating the COVID-19 effect: Emergency economic policy-making in Central Europe
Podvršič, Ana; Becker, Joachim; Piroska, Dóra; … - 2020
The paper analyses the economic policy-making in the first phase of the epidemic in five Central Europe countries …, Austria, Czechia, Hungary, Slovakia and Slovenia, whose economic structure is characterized by strong export orientation. We … programmes through development banks, tax/security payment deferrals) though with varying weight and scope. Only in Austria and …
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Corporate Governance - Legal Fiction or Economic Reality?
Drobetz, Wolfgang - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Zentrum <Basel> - 2003
In the past few years, corporate governance has become a popular area of discussionin continental Europe. Having been a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005863003
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Job retention schemes in Europe: A lifeline during the Covid-19 pandemic
Drahokoupil, Jan; Müller, Torsten - 2021
This paper analyses the job retention schemes implemented in response to the Covid-19 crisis, showing quantitative trends and differences in terms of expenditure on the schemes and the number of workers involved. The key focus is on a qualitative analysis of the schemes' key properties. In order...
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Creative labour in the era of Covid&#x2011;19: The case of freelancers
Pulignano, Valeria; Domecka, Markieta; Muszyński, Karol; … - 2021
This working paper identifies some key areas of policy intervention for advancing socially sustainable and fair solutions for freelancers working in the creative industries, who are among those have suffered the most from the economic fallout of the Covid&#x2011;19 pandemic. In particular, we focus...
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Industrial Policy in Latin America and the Caribbean at the Turn of the Century
Melo, Alberto - 2001
This survey of industrial policies in Latin American and the Caribbean makes two basic claims, namely: 1) that the late 1980s and the entire decade of the 1990s represented a transition from the industrial policies of the import substitution model to industrial policies suitable for open...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010327175
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Integriert Finanzmarktaufsicht im internationalen Vergleich
Trott, Anselm Sebastian; Geiger, Hans - Institut für Schweizerisches Bankwesen <Zürich> - 2006
Die vorliegende Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit dem Thema der Regulierung von Finanzmärkten, über die die Öffentlichkeit getrennter Meinung ist. Während Industrievertreter über die zahlreichen Vorschriften klagen, sehen manche Nichtregierungs-Organisationen in den Finanzmärkten ein Spielfeld...
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Does Analyst Following Curb Earnings Management? International Evidence
Degeorge, Francois; Ding, Yuan; Jeanjean, Thomas; … - Institut für Schweizerisches Bankwesen <Zürich> - 2005
We investigate the role of analyst following as a monitoring device reducing earnings management. In a large international sample, we fi nd that the more transparent the country, the stronger the reduction in earnings management activity associated with analyst following. More transparent...
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Does custody law affect family behavior in and out of marriage?
Böheim, René; Francesconi, Mario; Halla, Martin - 2012
We examine the effect of joint custody on marriage, divorce, fertility and female employment in Austria using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294851