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European multinational companies and trade unions in Eastern and East-Central Europe
Myant, Martin - 2020
The fact that multinational companies operate (MNCs) in more than one country can be expected to lead to a weaker bargaining position for labour. However, there are hopes that these companies may, under certain circumstances, transfer good employment practices from their home countries. This...
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Wage differentials, bargaining protocols, and trade unionism in mid-twentieth century American labor markets
Pencavel, John H. - 2020
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The employment effects of collective wage bargaining
Fanfani, Bernardo - 2022
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Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act 1970 and labour market flexibility : an exploratory assessment of contract labour use in India's formal manufacturing
Das, Deb Kusum; Choudhury, Homagni; Singh, Jaivir - 2015
One particularly significant piece of labour legislation in India is the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act … referred to as 'contract' labour in India. This paper seeks to examine this Act and its implication for manufacturing … employment in India. While empirical evidence seems to indicate the presence of large number of 'contract' workers in the Indian …
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Wage bargaining and the boundaries of the multinational firm
Bas, Maria; Carluccio, Juan - 2010
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Pricing and hedging illiquid energy derivatives : an application to the JCC index
Scarpa, Elisa (contributor); Manera, Matteo (contributor) - 2006
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The forecasting performance of stock options prices in a thin market
Gemmill, Gordon; Dickins, Paul - 1984
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Capital structure and financial flexibility : expectations of future shocks
Lambrinoudakis, Costas; Neumann, Michael; Skiadopoulos, … - 2014 - This draft: 3 October 2014
We test one of the main predictions of the financial flexibility paradigm that expectations about future firm-specific shocks affect the firm's leverage. We extract the expectations of small and large future shocks from the market prices of equity options. We find that expectations for future...
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Jumps in option prices and their determinants : real-time evidence from the E-mini S&P 500 option market
Kapetanios, George; Neumann, Michael; Skiadopoulos, George - 2014
We study the real-time characteristics and drivers of jumps in option prices. To this end, we employ high frequency data from the 24-hour E-mini S&P 500 options market. We find that option prices do not jump simultaneously across strikes and maturities and are uncorrelated with jumps in the...
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A new predictor of real economic activity : the S&P 500 option implied risk aversion
Sarantopoulou-Chiourea, Sylvia; Skiadopoulos, George - 2015 - This draft: 17 March 2015
We propose a new predictor of real economic activity (REA), namely the representative investor's implied relative risk aversion (IRRA) extracted from S&P 500 option prices. IRRA exploits the forward-looking information in option prices. It increases as risk averse investors enter the market,...
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