We investigate how managers smooth volatility in balance sheets, using the pension accounting change IAS 19R as a shock to balance sheet volatility. This shock increases pension plans’ funding transparency, which is the source of volatility, without targeting actual plan funding. We find that...

This paper focuses on firm valuation for tax purposes of non-listed company shares and its sensitivity towards different market conditions. Since the value of a private company cannot be observed on the stock market the value has to be estimated. Due to uncertainty, expected future profits may...

Korruption ist ein Thema, das in der Entwicklungspolitik lange Zeit tabuisiert wurde. Erst durch einen grundlegenden Politikwechsel der Weltbank in den 1990er Jahren ist das Problem von Korruption in Entwicklungshilfeprojekten in den Fokus der internationalen Politik gerückt. Seither hat die...