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With the deregulation of the financial services sector in many countries and the proliferation of different channels of distribution for financial services products, non-traditional providers have sought to enter what they perceive as this lucrative market. Retailers are amongst those...
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Nous passons en revue les principales caractéristiques du système de financement des universités du Royaume-Uni et plus particulèrement du système d'évaluation de la recherche universitaire. L'étude présente un survol historique de l'évolution de l'évaluation de la performance des...
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Discusses the current system of higher education funding in the UK, and proposals for its reform. Possible reforms include methods whereby the direct burden of paying for tuition is shifted from government and towards students, which raises the question of how much of the total burden should be...
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There have been a number of studies aimed at assessing student's perceptions of higher education institutions (HEIs) from around the world and based on the results, informing university recruitment strategies and plans. However, no study has addressed a comparison of the UK and Malaysian...
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Academic pay was uniform across universities and colleges below the level of professors till 2004 in UK. Following the … which allows for flexibility in pay based on a flexible structure has been adopted and used by universities in UK. The new … knowledge, experience and contribution. The national pay spine consists of 51 points and universities negotiate with local union …
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We use a new panel dataset of credit card accounts to analyze how consumer responded to the 2001 Federal income tax rebates. We estimate the monthly response of credit card payments, spending, and debt, exploiting the unique, randomized timing of the rebate disbursement. We find that, on...
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Most US credit card holders revolve high-interest debt, often combined with substantial (i) asset accumulation by retirement, and (ii) low-rate liquid assets. Hyperbolic discounting can resolve only the former puzzle (Laibson et al., 2003). Bertaut and Haliassos (2002) proposed an...
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We use data from several waves of the Survey of Consumer Finances to document credit and debit card ownership and use across US demographic groups. We then present recent theoretical and empirical contributions to the study of credit and debit card behavior. Utilization rates of credit lines and...
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Financial innovations are a common explanation for the rise in credit card debt and bankruptcies. To evaluate this story, we develop a simple model that incorporates two key frictions: asymmetric information about borrowers’ risk of default and a fixed cost of developing each contract lenders...
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Germans are still very fond of using cash. Of all direct payments transactions in 2008, cash accounted for an astounding 82 % in terms of number and for 58 % in terms of value. With a dataset that combines transaction information with survey data on payment behaviour of German consumers, we...
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