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The effects of competition and equal treatment laws on the gender wage differential
Weichselbaumer, Doris; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2003
both increased competition and the enactment of equal treatment laws reduce the gender wage gap. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010292738
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Market orientation and gender wage gaps: An international study
Weichselbaumer, Doris; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf; … - 2007
in international data. More market orientation might be related to gender wage gaps via its effects on competition in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294049
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The effects of competition and equal treatment laws on the gender wage differential
Weichselbaumer, Doris; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2003
both increased competition and the enactment of equal treatment laws reduce the gender wage gap. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294546
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The Impact of Competition on Macroeconomic Performance
Aiginger, Karl - 2008
This paper investigates to which extent tough competition impacts on the macroeconomic performance of countries. The … relation between competition and innovation has been investigated intensely in industrial economics. It started with Schumpeter … highest for medium-range competition, but lower for very tough competition as well as for a very lax competitive regime …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011435235
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Competition and well-being: Does market competition make people unhappy?
Fischer, Justina A. V. - 2008
economic-experimental outcomes suggest that experienced utility may depend on the intensity of market competition. This paper … is the first to empirically analyze the implication of market competition for subjective well-being using real …-life survey data on 80,000 individuals in more than 60 countries from the World Values Survey 1997-2001. In support of our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281211
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The Effects of Competition and Equal Treatment Laws on the Gender Wage Differential
Weichselbaumer, Doris; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2003
both increased competition and the enactment of equal treatment laws reduce the gender wage gap. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261556
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Bank commitment relationships, cash flow constraints, and liquidity management
Morgan, Donald P. - 2000
Evidence in this paper suggests that a close banking relationship - a loan commitment in particularparticular, relax cash flow and cash management constraints on firms. Given firms' prospects (Q), the investment and cash flow correlation is substantially lower when firms have a bank loan...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010283478
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Financial constraints and the cash-holding behaviour of Canadian firms
McVanel, Darcey; Perevalov, Nikita - 2008
The proportion of assets held by the average Canadian firm in the form of cash has increased steadily since the early 1990s, and is now roughly twice as large as in 1990. The literature has established that the cash-holding behaviour of firms is highly correlated with financial constraints and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289686
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Internal sources of finance and the great recession
Barnes, Michelle L.; Pancost, N. Aaron - 2010
The rising stockpile of cash as a share of total assets at U.S. firms has intrigued economists since at least the paper of Bates, Kahle, and Stulz (2006), yet there has been relatively little work on where this cash has come from and how it is related to investment performance. We exploit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280899
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The Potential for Competition between Pharmacies in Germany
Coenen, Michael; Haucap, Justus; Herr, Annika; … - 2011
This paper analyses the institutional framework for pharmacies in Germany and competition in that sector, which is … characterized by significant competition deficits. Based on our diagnosis and findings the advantages and disadvantages of two …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010305916