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Natural Hazards Insurance in Europe ? Tailored Responses to Climate Change Needed
Schwarze, Reimund; Wagner, Gert G. - 2009
This paper provides an overview on the existing systems of natural hazards insurance in Europe, their structural …
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Germany's role in the foreign direct investment configuration of Korean multinational enterprises in Europe
Strüber, Chan-Mi - 2009
) within Europe. However, along with the internationalization of Korean firms, the motives and patterns for direct investments … MNEs within Europe are analyzed. The main findings indicate that Germany is considered more important to automobile …
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Aktive Wettbewerbspolitik für effiziente Elektrizitätserzeugungsmärkte: Instrumente, internationale Erfahrungen und wirtschaftspolitische Schlussfolgerungen
von Hirschhausen, Christian; Weigt, Hannes - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 76 (2007) 1, pp. 65-86
competition policy in electricity markets: prominent examples come from England and the United States. Continental Europe has also …
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The distribution and re-distribution of income of self-employed as freelancers and entrepreneurs in Europe
Merz, Joachim; Hirschel, Dierk - 2003
The economic transformations of modern industrial societies have changed the labor markets in terms of industrial relations and occupational structure. The transformation of the traditional welfare state, the deregulation of the labor markets, the technological change and the reorganization of...
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Top decision-making bodies in large companies: Gender quota shows initial impact on supervisory boards executive board remains a male bastion
Holst, Elke; Wrohlich, Katharina - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 7 (2017) 1/2, pp. 3-15
The gender quota for supervisory boards that has been mandatory since January 2016 has shown an initial impact. According to DIW Berlin's Women Executives Barometer, at the end of 2016, there were more women on the supervisory boards of the 106 companies subject to the statutory quota than one...
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Spitzengremien großer Unternehmen: Geschlechterquote zeigt erste Wirkung in Aufsichtsräten - Vorstände bleiben Männerdomänen
Holst, Elke; Wrohlich, Katharina - In: DIW Wochenbericht 84 (2017) 1/2, pp. 3-16
Die seit Januar 2016 verbindliche Geschlechterquote für Aufsichtsräte in Deutschland zeigt eine erste Wirkung: Dem Managerinnen- Barometer des DIW Berlin zufolge waren in den unter die Quotenregelung fallenden 106 Unternehmen Ende 2016 deutlich mehr Frauen in den Kontrollgremien vertreten als...
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Frauenanteile in Aufsichtsräten großer Unternehmen in Deutschland auf gutem Weg: Vorstände bleiben Männerdomänen
Holst, Elke; Wrohlich, Katharina - In: DIW Wochenbericht 86 (2019) 3, pp. 19-34
Die seit 2016 geltende Geschlechterquote für Aufsichtsräte zeigt weiter ihre Wirkung: In den 200 umsatzstärksten Unternehmen in Deutschland ist der Frauenanteil in den Kontrollgremien im vergangenen Jahr um mehr als zwei Prozentpunkte auf knapp 27 Prozent gestiegen, in den 100 größten...
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Increasing Number of Women on Supervisory Boards of Major Companies in Germany: Executive Boards Still Dominated by Men
Holst, Elke; Wrohlich, Katharina - In: DIW Weekly Report 9 (2019) 3, pp. 17-32
The gender quota for supervisory boards is continuing to show its impact: the proportion of women on the supervisory boards of the 200 highest-performing companies in Germany increased by over two percentage points to 27 percent the past year. In the 100 largest companies, it increased by over...
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Short-run distributional effects of public education transfers to tertiary education students in seven European countries
Callan, Tim; Smeeding, Tim; Tsakloglou, Panos - 2008
Direct provision of public services can alter the balance of resources across income groups. We focus on the issues arising when taking account of the impact of publicly provided education services across the income distribution. We combine OECD information on spending per student in particular...
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Quoted spreads and trade imbalance dynamics in the European treasury bond market
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Girardi, Alessandro; … - 2010
Using high-frequency transaction data for the three largest European markets (France, Germany and Italy), this paper documents the existence of an asymmetric relationship between market liquidity and trading imbalances: when quoted spreads rise (fall) and liquidity falls (increases) buy (sell)...
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