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The labour supply effects of a partial cash-out of in-kind transfers to single mothers

Bingley, Paul; Walker, Ian - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 2 (2013), pp. 1-27

We estimate a model of labour supply and participation in multiple cash and in-kind welfare programmes. The modeling exploits a reform that affected U.K. single mothers. In-work cash entitlements increased under this reform but eligibility to in-kind child nutrition programmes was lost for some...

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Preisgarantien im Einzelhandel : nicht verbraucherfreundlich, sondern ein Instrument zur Durchsetzung hoher Preise

Arnold, Tone; Baake, Pio; Schwalbe, Ulrich - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 79 (2012) 16, pp. 12-16

Preisgarantien im Einzelhandel scheinen auf den ersten Blick Ergebnis eines intensiven Wettbewerbs zu sein. Theoretische Analysen und empirische Studien zeigen jedoch, dass dies in der Regel nicht der Fall ist. Preisgarantien und hier vor allem Garantien, bei denen mehr als die Differenz zu...

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Network centrality and stock market volatility : the impact of communication topologies on prices

Hein, Oliver; Schwind, Michael; Spiwoks, Markus - In: Journal of finance and investment analysis 1 (2012) 1, pp. 199-232

We investigate the impact of agent communication networks on prices in an artificial stock market. Networks with different centralization measures are tested for their effect on the volatility of prices. Trading strategies diffuse through the different network topologies, mimetic contagion...

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Transaction tax and market volatility : evidence from the Taiwan futures market

Liau, Yung-shi; Wu, Yi-chen; Hsu, Hsinan - In: Journal of applied finance & banking 2 (2012) 2, pp. 45-58

This paper employs an asymmetric component generalized autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity (AC-GARCH) model to test the relation between securities transaction tax (STT) and market volatility. Proponents of an STT argue that such a tax will reduce market volatility by discouraging the...

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Registrierung von Mobilfunk-Teilnehmern in Afrika bremst Wachstum im Mobilfunk

Jentzsch, Nicola - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 79 (2012) 32, pp. 8-12

implications for competition between mobile telecommunications companies and not insignificant repercussions for consumer privacy. …

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Impact of economic reform on the Nigerian telecommunications sector

Babatunde, Onakoya Adegbemi - In: Advances in management & applied economics 3 (2013) 3, pp. 141-154

tests the causal and reciprocal relationships between investment in telecommunications and GDP during the transitional … telecommunications sector. The research reveals strong and positive relationship between economic reform and firms’ revenue and profit …. The regression analysis shows that the telecommunications sector is statistically insignificant in explaining the GDP …

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La prestación del servicio postal universal en un contexto de precio uniforme y descremado del mercado : ¿Existe riesgo de graveyard spiral?

Pateiro Rodríguez, Carlos; Prado Domínguez, Javier; … - In: Atlantic review of economics 2 (2011), pp. 1-27

price elasticity of demand, the brand loyalty and the adoption of policies promoting competition in the long term versus … rapid replacement of traditional mail by modern telecommunications. …

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El papel moderador de la cultura en la generacion de statisfacción y lealtad

Medina Molina, Cayetano; Rufín Moreno, Ramón; Rey … - In: Investigaciones europeas de Dirección y Economía de … 17 (2011) 1, pp. 57-73

The present research focuses on the differences that the tourists' belonging to two unlike cultural groups - i.e., low uncertainty avoidance individualists versus high uncertainty avoidance collectivists - imposes on the performance of the model explaining the generation of satisfaction and...

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The influence of organisational culture on the total quality management programme performance

Roldán, José L.; Leal-Rodríguez, Antonio L.; Leal, … - In: Investigaciones europeas de Dirección y Economía de … 18 (2012) 3, pp. 183-189

This paper aims to examine the relationships between different types of cultures and effectiveness in Total Quality Management (TQM) implementation. Using Cameron’s framework, we have tested the connection between a quality culture taxonomy and TQM programme performance using data from a...

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El estado de salud de los uruguayos

Rossi, Ianina; Tellechea, Fernanda; Tramontin, Fiorella; … - In: Estudios de economía 34 (2007) 1, pp. 73-96

In this paper we analyze the links between health status (measured by selfreported illness occurrence) and individuals’ socioeconomic situation. Using the annual households surveys of Uruguay for the period 1991 to 2000, we compute probit models and find that men, unmarried, young people,...

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