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The Benefits of Creating an Integrated EU Market for Investment Funds
Heinemann, Friedrich - 2002
The fast growing EU market for investment funds is still characterised by a continuing relevance of national borders. This papers assesses this market?s degree of integration, the potential benefits from more integration and the obstacles to cross-border sales of funds. The analysis shows that...
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The aggregate Le Chatelier Samuelson principle with Cournot competition
Koebel, Bertrand M.; Laisney, François - 2010
This paper studies the aggregate substitution and expansion effects triggered by changes in input prices, in a context where firms supply a homogenous commodity and compete in quantities à la Cournot. We derive a sufficient condition for the existence of a Cournot equilibrium and show that this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299963
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Does size matter? Economies of scale in the German mutual fund industry
Mauerer, Raimond; Schaefer, Alexander - 2009
management companies, we specify a hedonic translog cost function. Applying a fixed effects regression on a one-way error …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271457
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Krisenmanagement im Unternehmen: Eine mehrdimensionale Betrachtung
Jünger, Michael; Anzengruber, Johanna; Lang, Stephanie - 2013
Management in der Krise über bestimmte Kompetenzen verfügen, die entlang des Krisenverlaufs unterschiedliche Ausprägungen …
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Exploring the Causes of Frictional Wage Dispersion
Tjaden, Volker; Wellschmied, Felix - 2011
Standard search models are inconsistent with the amount of frictional wage dis- persion found in U.S. data. We resolve this apparent puzzle by modeling skill development (learning by doing on the job, skill loss during unemployment) and duration dependence in unemployment benefits in a random on...
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Exploring the causes of frictional wage dispersion
Tjaden, Volker; Wellschmied, Felix - 2012
Standard search models are unreliable for structural inference of the underlying sources of wage inequality because they are inconsistent with observed residual wage dispersion. We address this issue by modeling skill development and duration dependence in unemployment benefits in a random on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282170
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Employer learning and the "importance" of skills
Light, Audrey; McGee, Andrew - 2012
We ask whether the role of employer learning in the wage-setting process depends on skill type and skill importance to productivity. Combining data from the NLSY79 with O*NET data, we use Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery scores to measure seven distinct types of pre-market skills that...
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The influence of buy-side analysts on mutual fund trading
Frey, Stefan; Herbst, Patrick - 2010
We present evidence of the impact of buy-side analysts on the behavior and performance of fund managers. Using data …. Our results show that buy-side analysts have a significant influence on trading decisions: Fund managers almost certainly …
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Leadership Skills and Wages
Kuhn, Peter; Weinberger, Catherine - 2002
American business seems to be infatuated with its workers? ?leadership? skills. Is there such a thing, and is it rewarded in labor markets? Using the Project Talent, NLS72 and High School and Beyond datasets, we show that men who occupied leadership positions in high school earn more as adults,...
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Management practices, workforce selection, and productivity
Bender, Stefan; Bloom, Nicholas; Card, David; Van … - 2016
advanced management practices. Many of these practices - including monitoring, goal setting, and the use of incentives - are … unique data set that combines detailed survey data on the management practices of German manufacturing establishments with … longitudinal earnings records for their employees to study the relationship between productivity, management, worker ability, and …
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