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Luftreinhaltepolitik (stationäre Quellen) im internationalen Vergleich

Knoepfel, Peter; Weidner, Helmut

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Bank informational opacity: evidence from the Tunisian stock market

Mbarek, Lassaâd; Hmaied, Dorra Mezzez - In: Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance 20 (2012) July, pp. 278-292

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the informational opacity of Tunisian banks versus non-banking firms taking into account information environment changes. Design/methodology/approach – This research uses the synchronicity of stock returns as a proxy of informational...

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Bribery Act 2010: implications for regulated firms

Yeoh, Peter - In: Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance 20 (2012) July, pp. 264-277

Purpose – The UK responded with Bribery Act 2010 (BA 2010) after various international criticisms. The purpose of this article is to review its implications for UK regulated firms and foreign equivalents. Design/methodology/approach – The approach adopted is qualitative relying on primary...

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The fate of the international student bread winners in the hands of international independent and private colleges - a case study

Er, Mevliyar - In: International Journal of Education Economics and Development 3 (2012) 3, pp. 205-216

This research aims to pinpoint areas of corruption in the private nonaccredited education sector colleges in the UK … difficulties in generating revenues is likely to make many of such private colleges prone to corruption. A case study through … carelessly thereby ignoring significant clues for the existence of corruption. …

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Prevention of corruption – UK legislation and enforcement

Brown, George - In: Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance 15 (2007) May, pp. 180-185

Purpose – The aim of the paper is to document the controls that presently exist in relation to domestic corruption, the … need for reform of the law, in relation to both domestic and international corruption and the challenges that are faced by … the UK Government in relation to enforcement of the laws that regulate corruption overseas. Design …

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Modelling long-run energy consumption under model uncertainty

Humer, Stefan; Csereklyei, Z. - EcoMod Network - 2012

The causality between energy consumption and real income in developed countries has been a very vital research topic in recent years. Raising concerns about climate change and global warming increase the pressure on policy makers to take action against energy depletion. Unfortunately these...

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Green change – endogenizing technical progress in the renewable power generation sector

Wiebe, Kirsten Svenja; Lehr, Ulrike; Lutz, Christian - EcoMod Network - 2013

Renewable energy deployment is growing rapidly on a global scale. China, Germany, Japan and the US are among the countries with highest capacity of renewables installed. In Germany, for example, the large growth in renewable power generation (RPG) capacities in the past has been mainly due to...

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Why you cannot fit a round peg in a square hole: Path dependence of radio spectrum policy on digital dividend in Italy and the United Kingdom

Massaro, Maria; Bohlin, Erik - International Telecommunications Society (ITS) - 2014

The advent of digital television has triggered a revolution in the use of radio spectrum worldwide and in particular in Europe, where the digital switchover, meaning the migration process from analogue to digital broadcasting, has led to two major consequences on spectrum use. First of all,...

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Is employment of social risk groups the key to sustaining the European welfare regimes?

Josifidis, Kosta; Supic, Novica; Pucar, Emilija Beker; … - In: International Journal of Economics and Business Research 3 (2011) 6, pp. 623-640

The European welfare regimes face two sets of challenges. One internal, specific for the welfare state itself, and the other external, imposed by changing economic, political and economics conditions. The first challenge lies in the growing gap between the rigid welfare state design and flexible...

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US and European stock market crashes: Any evidence of interdependence?

Sooreea, Rajeev; Wheeler, Mark - In: International Journal of Monetary Economics and Finance 4 (2011) 4, pp. 372-389

This paper examines the response of Stock Prices (SPs) in Germany, Italy, and the UK to shocks to US Stock Prices …, Germany and Italy. …

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