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Where to get the best bang for the buck in the United Kingdom? : industrial strategy, investment and lagging regions
Kierzenkowski, Rafał; Gál, Peter; Fulop, Gabor - 2017
The United Kingdom is preparing a modern industrial strategy to boost labour productivity across the whole country and to narrow regional gaps in living standards. This raises the question of the optimal allocation of scarce resources in meeting these targets. This study identifies industrial...
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6th World Pensions Forum held in London : Greening, Governance and Asset Ownership
Weeks, David - 2019
The sixth annual World Pensions Forum was held on 23-24 February 2017 at the Queen's House in the Royal Borough of Greenwich.Over 120 representatives attended: from pension and sovereign funds, central banks and government agencies including financial regulators. Topics discussed included...
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The banking systems of Germany, the UK and Spain form a spatial perspective : the UK case
Flögel, Franz; Gärtner, Stefan - 2018
As expected, this comparison of the German and the UK banking systems shows substantial differences between the countries. In the UK, savings banks disappeared long ago and other regional banks have never become important in lending to business. Instead, the five large commercial banks dominate...
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The banking systems of Germany, the UK and Spain form a spatial perspective : lessons learned and what is to be done?
Flögel, Franz; Gärtner, Stefan - 2018
This paper re-visits the state of decentralised banking in Germany, Spain and the UK. The cross-country comparison we conducted has identified Germany as having the most decentralised banking system, followed by Spain and the UK, as expected. The development of regional and double-purpose banks,...
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The Banking Systems of Germany, the UK and Spain from a Spatial Perspective : The UK Case
Flögel, Franz - 2018
As expected, this comparison of the German and the UK banking systems shows substantial differences between the countries. In the UK, savings banks disappeared long ago and other regional banks have never become important in lending to business. Instead, the five large commercial banks dominate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012915380
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The Application of Micro-Geographic Economic Analysis in Urban Policy Evaluation
Hooton, Christopher - 2018
The paper investigates the broadening area of research utilizing micro-geographic economic analysis to conduct evaluations of area-based policies implemented at a micro-geographic level. It offers the first extensive, critical examination and synthesis of this subset of work including its...
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Do Enterprise Zones Have a Role to Play in Delivering a Place-Based Industrial Strategy?
Hooton, Christopher - 2019
We examine the body of evidence on Enterprise Zone policy with the objective of assessing its role in broader place-based industrial strategy. We conduct an extensive review, consolidate the empirical evidence into one place and examine it according to economic impact by zone type. We identify...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012861914
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Privatization and Efficiency : Industry Effects of the Sale of British Airways
Eckel, Catherine C. - 2011
We analyze the effect of privatization on the performance of British Airways by examining the privatization's impact on … Airways' privatization, implying expectation of a more competitive British Airways. Closer rivals of British Airways … significantly upon privatization. The results suggest that a change from government to private ownership improves economic …
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Post-Listing Performance and Private Sector Regulation : The Experience of the AIM
Gerakos, Joseph - 2016
We investigate the post-listing experience of companies raising capital on the London Stock Exchange's Alternative Investment Market (AIM). The AIM is unique in that it is privately regulated and relies on Nominated Advisors (Nomads) who compete to bring new listings and provide ongoing...
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Regulation and Corporate Governance in Private Companies – An Empirical Analysis : Amendment 17 to the Companies Law – A Light Unto the Nations or a Bureaucratic Burden
Bar-Hava, Keren - 2014
Throughout the world, private firms are recommended to adopt the same corporate governance rules that are mandatory for public firms. It is unclear, however, whether the high costs associated with such voluntary adoption of corporate governance rules by private firms are justified. A precedent...
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