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Notes on behavioral economics and labor market policy

Babcock, Linda; Congdon, William J.; Katz, Lawrence F.; … - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 1 (2012), pp. 1-14

Labor market policies succeed or fail at least in part depending on how well they reflect or account for behavioral responses. Insights from behavioral economics, which allow for realistic deviations from standard economic assumptions about behavior, have consequences for the design and...

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The disability system and programs to promote employment for people with disabilities

Wittenburg, David; Mann, David R.; Thompkins, Allison - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 2 (2013), pp. 1-25

This paper examines employment-focused interventions within the US disability system. Our review illustrates the challenges of developing and implementing these types of initiatives, despite substantial policy interest. Our findings indicate that none of the demonstrations we reviewed have the...

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Factores determinantes del racionamiento de crédito a las PYMES : un estudio empírico en Andalucia

Larrán Jorge, M.; García-Borbolla Fernández, A.; … - In: Investigaciones europeas de Dirección y Economía de … 16 (2010) 2, pp. 63-82

; banking relationship ; financing SMEs ; credit market ; lending relationships …The main objective of this paper is to determine if it is possible to find within the credit market any restrictions …, for instance to credit concessions and its commercial conditions to more little firms or to those that do not have a …

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Nuevo enfoque del negocio de las tarjetas bancarias en España y el nuevo papel a desarrollar por el comerciante

Castillo Peces, Carlos; Mercado Idoeta, Carmelo; Corral … - In: Investigaciones europeas de Dirección y Economía de … 17 (2011) 3, pp. 151-172

The objective of this research is to analyze the basics elements of the Spanish financial entities new approach in the financial cards business, as well as the merchant's new role in its development. For this purpose, a questionnaire was sent to 60 managers in the cards business in such...

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Does activity mix and funding strategy vary across ownership? : evidence from Indian banks

Ghosh, Saibal - In: Atlantic review of economics 1 (2011), pp. 1-33

Using data on Indian banks during 1996-2007, the paper examines the impact of bank activity and short-term funding for bank returns and risks. The findings indicate that larger, fast growing financial firms tend to have higher fee income shares. In addition, banks with greater reliance on fee...

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A lesson to learn from developed countries : the case of state branching deregulation in the US

Guillén, Jorge - In: Estudios de economía 36 (2009) 1, pp. 67-95

The era of US state branching deregulation started in 1970 and ended up with the enactment of the Riegle Neal Act of 1994. One of the purposes of the branching restriction was to avoid bank concentration. The following paper addresses the influence of the state deregulation on commercial...

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Privatization, competition for deposits and performance in banking

Ruiz-Porras, Antonio - In: Estudios de economía 37 (2010) 1, pp. 67-104

In this article we develop a microeconomic framework to study the relationships among privatization, competition for … ; competition ; performance ; deposits …

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Applying the Ward method in the analysis of financial situation of commercial banks

Bieniasz, Anna; Majchrzak, Anna - In: E-Finanse : finansowy kwartalnik internetowy 7 (2011) 3, pp. 1-12

The article presents the evaluation of the financial situation of commercial banks in Poland. The ratio analysis shows that the biggest variations between analyzed units were in productivity of tangible fixed assets, share of non-performing loans and overall liquidity. The financial indicators...

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Credit market imperfections in the theory of credit rationing

Ślązak, Emil - In: E-Finanse : finansowy kwartalnik internetowy 7 (2011) 4, pp. 76-91

The article aims at comparative analysis of the nature and dimensions of credit rationing on the grounds of theory of … finance. The paper identifies the essence of credit rationing through the prism of its most important endogenous and exogenous … attributes of the credit market which prevent it from achieving a state of Walrasian equilibrium, which leads to petrification of …

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The use of behavioral finance in the wealth management process

Opolski, Krzysztof; Potocki, Tomasz - In: E-Finanse : finansowy kwartalnik internetowy 7 (2011) 4, pp. 55-65

The economic theories taking into consideration human behavior and based on the achievements of psychology, sociology, anthropology have been evolving at a blistering pace over the last decade. Owing to that, the behavioral finance has become one of the fastest developing academic areas focused...

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