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The impact of unions on nonunion wage setting: Threats and bargaining
Green, David A.; Sand, Benjamin; Snoddy, Iain G. - 2022
In this paper we provide new estimates of the impact of unions on nonunion wage setting. We allow the presence of unions to affect nonunion wages both through the typically discussed channel of nonunion firms emulating union wages in order to fend off the threat of unionisation and through a...
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Do domestic firms benefit from geographic proximity with FDI? Evidence from the privatization of the Czech glass industry
Galeotti, Elisa - 2008
This paper analyzes the effects of geographical proximity and agglomeration of FDIs (foreign direct investments) on domestic firms in the privatized glass sector in the Czech Republic. The motivation for this research is based on the scant evidence in Central and Eastern Europe of the effects of...
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The impact of location on firm growth
Audretsch, David B.; Dohse, Dirk - 2004
This Paper links the performance of new technology firms, measured in terms of growth, to geographic location. We introduce a model of firm growth that is specific to characteristics of the location as well as the firm and industry. The model is estimated using a new dataset identifying the...
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Geographic proximity and firm-university innovation linkages: Evidence from Great Britain
Abramovsky, Laura; Simpson, Helen - 2009
We investigate evidence for spatially mediated knowledge transfer from university research. We examine whether firms locate their R&D labs near universities, and whether those that do are more likely to co-operate with, or source knowledge from universities. We find that pharmaceutical firms...
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The Market for liars: Reputation and auditor honesty
McLennan, Andrew; Park, In-Uck - 2003
reputation for honesty. We characterize conditions under which there exists a 'two-tier equilibrium' in which 'reputable …' auditors refuse bribes offered by clients for fear of losing reputation, while 'disreputable' auditors accept bribes because … even persistent refusal does not create a good reputation. The main findings are: (a) honest auditors charge higher fees …
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Driving Factors of the Subprime Crisis and Some Reform Proposals
Rudolph, Bernd; Scholz, Julia - In: CESifo DICE Report 06 (2008) 3, pp. 14-19
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Zitierhäufigkeit als Qualitätsindikator: eine Rangordnung der amerikanischen politikwissenschaftlichen Fachbereiche in den 80er Jahren
Klingemann, Hans-Dieter - In: Evaluation von Forschung: Methoden, Ergebnisse, …, (pp. 201-214). 1988
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Bank loan announcements and borrower stock returns: does bank origin matter?
Ongena, Steven; Roscovan, Viorel - 2009
bank identities and reputation seem to matter a great deal. …
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Why volunteer? Evidence on the role of altruism, reputation, and incentives
Carpenter, Jeffrey P.; Myers, Caitlin Knowles - 2007
Volunteering plays a prominent role in the charitable provision of goods and services, yet we know relatively little about why people engage in such prosocial acts. The list of possible motivations is long, but recent research has focused on altruism, reputational concerns, and material...
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Constrained discretion and central bank transparency
Bianchi, Francesco; Melosi, Leonardo - 2014
We develop and estimate a general equilibrium model in which monetary policy can deviate from active in.ation stabilization and agents face uncertainty about the nature of these deviations. When observing a deviation, agents conduct Bayesian learning to infer its likely duration. Under...
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