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Frauen in Spitzengremien großer Unternehmen weiterhin massiv unterrepräsentiert
Holst, Elke; Wiemer, Anita - In: DIW Wochenbericht 77 (2010) 4, pp. 2-10
Vorstände und Aufsichtsräte großer Unternehmen in Deutschland werden nach wie vor von Männern dominiert - mit erdrückender Mehrheit. Das zeigt die aktuelle Studie des DIW Berlin. Lediglich 2,5 Prozent aller Vorstandsmitglieder der 200 größten Unternehmen (ohne Finanzsektor) sind...
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The Failure of Northern Rock: A multi-dimensional Case Study
Congdon, Tim; Goodhart, Charles A.E.; Eisenbeis, Robert A. - 2009
limited by regulation largely to retail deposits and mortgages. Graphic television news pictures showed very long queues …
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Executive compensation regulation and the dynamics of the pay-performance sensitivity
Sabiwalsky, Ralf - 2010
A substantial number of empirical studies on the linear relationship between executive compensation and firm performance for European firms suggest that the pay-performance sensitivity is not significantly positive. We argue that a nonlinear structure fits the data better, because compensation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281498
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Ups and downs in finance, ups without downs in inequality
Godechot, Olivier; Neumann, Nils; Apascaritei, Paula; … - 2021
The upswing in finance over the past several decades has led to rising inequality, but do downswings in finance lead to a symmetric decline in inequality? In this paper, we analyze the asymmetry of the effect of ups and downs in financial markets, as well as the effect of increased capital...
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Securitization, Deregulation, Economic Stability, and Financial Crisis. Part I: The evolution of securitization
Tymoigne, Eric - 2009
innovations and lenient government regulation are at the root of the current financial crisis and recession. Combined with a long … argued that we need to change the way we approach the regulation of financial institutions and look at what has been done in … other sectors of the economy, where regulation and supervision are proactive and carefully implemented in order to guarantee …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281704
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Securitization, Deregulation, Economic Stability, and Financial Crisis. Part II: Deregulation, the financial crisis, and policy implications
Tymoigne, Eric - 2009
innovations and lenient government regulation are at the root of the current financial crisis and recession. Combined with a long … argued that we need to change the way we approach the regulation of financial institutions and look at what has been done in … other sectors of the economy, where regulation and supervision are proactive and carefully implemented in order to guarantee …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281724
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Padrão de financiamento e exposição cambial das empresas brasileiras a partir da crise de 2008
Filho, Edison Benedito da Silva - 2012
This paper aims to examine the evolution of currency risk exposure of Brazilian corporations, especially exporting companies, from the 2008 crisis, when several companies suffered substantial losses due to the decline of the real. We analyze their financial based on the usage of derivatives, as...
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Drohende Finanzierungsklemme bei Innovationen: rechtzeitig entgegensteuern
Ketzler, Rolf; Schäfer, Dorothea - In: DIW Wochenbericht 76 (2009) 45, pp. 772-783
von Innovationen, ohnehin durch partielles Marktversagen erschwert, wird durch die Wirtschafts- und Finanzkrise noch …
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Lessons from international central counterparties: Benchmarking and analysis
Lazarow, Alexandre - 2011
Since the financial crisis, attention has focused on central counterparties (CCPs) as a solution to systemic risk for a variety of financial markets, ranging from repurchase agreements and options to swaps. However, internationally accepted standards and the academic literature have left...
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Sources of performance improvement in privatised firms: A clinical study of the global telecommunications industry
Megginson, William L.; Bortolotti, Bernardo; D'Souza, Juliet - 2001
significant declines in leverage. However, we also find numerous separable effects for variables measuring regulation, competition … leverage and a significant decrease in employment, while price regulation significantly increases profitability. Major …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011608788