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Political parties and network formation
Miettinen, Topi; Poutvaara, Panu - 2006
We argue that anti-corruption laws may provide an efficiency rationale for why political parties should meddle in the distribution of political nominations and government contracts. Anti-corruption laws forbid trade in spoils that politicians distribute. However, citizens may pay for gaining...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267614
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Political parties and network formation
Miettinen, Topi; Poutvaara, Panu - 2006
We argue that anticorruption laws may provide an efficiency rationale for why political parties should meddle in the distribution of political nominations and government contracts. Anticorruption laws forbid trade in spoils that politicians distribute. However, citizens may pay for gaining...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261414
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How politics influence state-owned banks: The case of German savings banks
Vins, Oliver - 2008
This paper is one of the first to analyse political influence on state-owned savings banks in a developed country with an established financial market: Germany. Combining a large dataset with financial and operating figures of all 457 German savings banks from 1994 to 2006 and information on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271344
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Contagion and Spillovers: New Insights from the Crisis
Backé, Peter; Feldkircher, Martin; Gnan, Ernest; … - 2010
On February 12, 2010, SUERF, the Oesterreichische Nationalbank and the Bankwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft continued their established tradition of jointly organised conferences. As evidenced also by the 115 conference participants, this year's subject of "Contagion and Spillovers – New...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011689946
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Private sector development in the South and East Mediterranean region
Woodward, Richard; Safavi, Mehdi - 2012
This report is concerned with the analysis of privatization and private sector development for the eastern and … development and, to a greater or lesser extent, privatization of stateowned assets. However, there is a great deal of … divided into two groups: one, including Algeria, Libya, and Syria, where reforms promoting privatization and private sector …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326585
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Background report on private sector development in Latin America, the post-communist countries of Europe and Asia, the Middle East and North Africa
Woodward, Richard; Kozarzewski, Piotr; Safavi, Mehdi - 2012
spite of a wave of crises and recessions in the late 1990s and early 2000s). Privatization has made a great deal of progress … somewhat. One of the main lessons for privatization policy makers in MENA countries from the experience in other regions is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430885
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Jefficiency vs. efficiency in social network models
Moebert, Jochen - 2006
The mainly used welfare criterion in the social network literature is Bentham´s utilitarian concept. The shortcomings of this concept are well-known. We compare the outcomes of the utilitarian concept with the Nash social welfare function. By using a Taylor approximation we deduce a formula...
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Is the value of bioprospecting contracts too low?
Markandya, Anil; Nunes, Paulo A. L. D. - 2010
In order to regulate the proliferated bioprospecting and protect the biological diversity in the source countries, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) established a legal framework for the reciprocal transfer of biological materials between the interested parties in bioprospecting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272381
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Abfindungen für Vorstandsmitglieder ohne und mit Beschränkungen
Dilger, Alexander - 2020
Empfehlungen zur Beschränkung von Abfindungen an vorzeitig ausscheidende Vorstandsmitglieder werden häufig nicht eingehalten. Solange Vorstandsmitglieder nicht gegen ihren Willen entlassen werden dürfen, ist eine Beschränkung der Abfindungen weder im Interesse der Unternehmen noch effizient....
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An Economic Model for Bioprospecting Contracts
Nunes, Paulo A.L.D.; Ding, Helen; Onofri, Laura - 2007
This paper explores the use of a micro-economic model to analyse the provisions and parties of bioprospecting contracts. It focuses on the pharmaceutical industry as the representative biodiversity buyer, presenting an original theoretical framework that explains the main contract...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010312374