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Global finance and the German model: German corporations, market incentives, and the management of employer-sponsored pension institutions
Clark, Gordon L.; Mansfield, Daniel; Tickell, Adam - 2002
Where there was a settled political geography of state power and responsibilities, the remarkable growth of global finance has put enormous pressure on national economic, political and social institutions. Furthermore, the looming crisis facing many continental European social security systems...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441380
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Why convention dominates pension fund trustee investment decision-making
Clark, Gordon L. - 1998
Pension funds may be one of the few avenues now open for financingnew urban infrastructure and development projects. But convention dominates pension fund trustees' investment decisions, so it is difficult to see how the ambitions of advocates of pension fund investment can be squared with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441455
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Pension funds and urban investment: four models of financial intermediation
Clark, Gordon L. - 1997
It has been often suggested that public and private pension funds should be, and could be, mobilised to invest in urban infrastructure, housing, and community development. In fact, given the apparent decline in government funding of such areas of concern, it has been suggested that pension funds...
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The anatomy of corruption: the practice of pension fund trustee decision-making
Clark, Gordon L. - 1998
The model of pension plan trustee decisionmaking introduced in a previous paper is extended here emphasising aspects of the social psychology of investment decisionmaking, including collegiality and the necessity of justification. To give the analysis structure, I begin with the framing logic of...
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The functional and spatial structure of the investment management industry
Clark, Gordon L. - 2000
Most pension funds use an extensive array of service providers to administer and manage their financial assets. In this paper, I sketch a 'map' of the functional structure of service provision and the apparent spatial configuration of those elements. Theoretically, the paper could be thought...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441484
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The private provision of urban infrastructure: financial intermediation through long term contracts
Clark, Gordon L.; Evans, John - 1998
This paper deals with pension fund investment in urban infrastructure projects . It is suggested that the potential returns (and risks) with such projects are significantly greater than comparable fixed-income products though they have long gestation periods like gilt-edged securities. Our...
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AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF PENSIONS FOR THE LABOR MARKET
Hill, Tomeka - 2006
Empirical research of pensions and its role in the labor market has been limiting and has led to inconclusive and … sometimes contradictory results. What is needed to have a better understanding of the role of pensions is better data that are … investigating the role of pensions on firm productivity. This dissertation comprises of two chapters. Each chapter is discussed …
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Reintroducing Intergenerational Equilibrium: Key Concepts behind the New Polish Pension System
Góra, Marek - 2003
Poland adopted a new pension system in 1999. This new pension system allows Poland to reduce pension expenditure (as a percent of GDP), instead of increasing it – as is projected for the majority of other OECD countries. This paper presents the conceptual background of the new system design....
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Labor force participation patterns and earnings of women clerical workers / BEBR No. 532
Ferber, Marianne A. - 2011
Includes bibliographical references (p. 33-34).
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Going-Concern Opinions: The Effects of Partner Compensation Plans and Client Size
Carcello, Joseph V.; Hermanson, Dana R.; Huss, H. Fenwick - 2000
Partner compensation plans in large accounting firms tend to emphasize either local office profits or worldwide firm profits ("small-pool" or "large-pool" firms, respectively) (Trompeter 1994). Some have expressed concern over possible impairment of auditor independence when a small-pool...
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