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Panic on the streets of London: police, crime and the july 2005 terror attacks
Draca, Mirko; Machin, Stephen; Witt, Robert - 2008
terror attacks that hit central London in July 2005. The attacks resulted in a large redeployment of police officers to … central London boroughs as compared to outer London - in fact, police deployment in central London increased by over 30 … London. Study of the timing of the crime reductions and their magnitude, the types of crime which were more likely to be …
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London Congestion Pricing – Implications for Other Cities
Litman, Todd - In: CESifo DICE Report 03 (2005) 3, pp. 17-21
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How important is liquidity risk for sovereign bond risk premia? Evidence from the London Stock Exchange
Alquist, Ron - 2008
sovereign bond risk premia. The London Stock Exchange in the late 19th century is an ideal laboratory in which to test the …
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Efficiency in the UK Commercial Property Market: A Long-run Perspective
Devaney, Steven; Holtemöller, Oliver; Schulz, Rainer - 2012
Gewerbeimmobilien in London im Zeitraum von 1920 bis 2008 als informationseffizient angesehen werden können und ob Immobilienentwickler …
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Toward a theory of evaluating predictive accuracy
Kunst, Robert M.; Jumah, Adusei - 2004
We suggest a theoretical basis for the comparative evaluation of forecasts. Instead of the general assumption that the data is generated from a stochastic model, we classify three stages of prediction experiments: pure non-stochastic prediction of given data, stochastic prediction of given data,...
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Corporate investment and cash flow sensitivity: what drives the relationship?
Mizen, Paul; Vermeulen, Philip - 2005
The excess sensitivity of investment to cash flow has been demonstrated in numerous studies. Recent research has identified differences in the degree of sensitivity across countries, which it ascribes to the nature of the lender-borrower relationship in the financial systems of those countries....
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Private Equity, Investment and Financial Constraints – Firm-Level Evidence for France and the United Kingdom
Engel, Dirk; Stiebale, Joel - 2009
The welfare effects of private equity transactions are debated controversially. We analyze the impact of expansion financing and buyouts by private equity investors on investment of portfolio firms in the UK and France - two countries with different financial systems. Unobserved heterogeneity...
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Public support for innovation, intangible investment and productivity growth in the UK market sector
Haskel, Jonathan; Wallis, Gavin - 2010
Pressure on public finances has increased scrutiny of public support for innovation. We examine two particular issues. First, there have been many recent calls for the (relatively new) UK R&D subsidy to be extended to other research activities, such as software. Second, argument still rages...
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Corporate Investment, Asymmetric Information and Agency Costs in the UK
Goergen, Marc; Renneboog, Luc - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 70 (2001) 2, pp. 248-260
(1994a) Euler-equation model for a panel of 240 companies listed on the London Stock Exchange over a 6-year period. This …
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