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Shareholder activism in Japan : social pressure, private cost and organized crime
Hilary, Gilles (contributor); Oshika, Tomoki (contributor) - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002230345
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The Japanese mafia : yakuza, law, and the state
Hill, Peter B. E. - 2003
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Skandal um Nomura Securities und die Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank : die japanischen Unternehmen und die Unterwelt
Bosse, Friederike - In: Japan : Wirtschaft, Politik, Gesellschaft 5 (1997) 5, pp. 469-476
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On the invention of identity politics : the buraku outcastes in Japan
Ramseyer, J. Mark - In: Review of law and economics : publ. in cooperation with … 16 (2020) 2, pp. 1-95
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Outcaste politics and organized crime in Japan : the effect of terminating ethnic subsidies
Ramseyer, J. Mark; Rasmusen, Eric - 2017
In 1969, Japan launched a massive subsidy program for the "burakumin" outcastes. The subsidies attracted the mob, and the higher incomes now available through organized crime compensated those burakumin who abandoned the legal sector for criminal careers. In the process, the subsidies gave new...
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Organized Crime, Earthquakes and Local Public Procurement
Marcolongo, Giovanna - 2023
I document mafia firms’ participation in public procurement contracts awarded following natural disasters in Italy. I … the central authority subsides. The increased participation of mafia firms is concentrated in auctions with minimum … discretion by the local administrators. This suggests the participation of mafia firms is not the result of collusion. Mafia …
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Sokaiya : extortion, protection, and the Japanese corporation
Szymkowiak, Kenneth - 2002
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Do energy prices induce progress in energy-related technology? An empirical study
Schmitz, Simon - 2001
Research efforts towards new energy sources and towards the efficiency of energy use will be vital to reducing CO2 abatement costs in the long term. Can such efforts be induced by price instruments? Economists often cite induced technological change as a possible consequence of environmental...
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Mind the gap - International comparison of cyclical adjustment of the budget
Kiss, Gábor P.; Vadas, Gábor - 2005
Cyclically adjusted budget balance (CAB) is a widely cited and widely used concept in the evaluation of fiscal situations. The key idea behind it involves the identification of potential levels of economic variables. There are two recently used methods: the aggregate approach and the...
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Die deutsche Steuerbelastung im internationalen Vergleich
Hettich, Frank; Schmidt, Carsten - 2000
In Deutschland steht wieder einmal eine große Steuerreform an. Zum Jahresbeginn 2001 soll das Steuersenkungsgesetz in Kraft treten, in dessen Zentrum grundlegende Änderungen bei der Einkommens- und Unternehmensbesteuerung stehen. Diese Steuerreform ist oft mit einer im internationalen...
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