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Preisbildungsprozess von Neuemissionen am Neuen Markt

Thomas Günzel - 2007

Börsengangs von Wachstumsunternehmen gezogen werden können. Anhand empirischer Untersuchungen zum Underpricing und zur …

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Demographic trends in Sub-Saharan Africa

van de Walle, Etienne; Kekovole, John - 1986

The study of demographic trends in sub-Saharan Africa though crucial in the assessment of the impact of population size and growth on the overall socio-economic development in the region, has received the least attention due to lack of reliable data for most of the countries. This paper focuses...

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Modernization and the fertility transition, Egypt, 1975

Issa, Mahmoud S. Abdou - 1980

This study investigates regional marital fertility differentials in Egypt and their relationship to the level of … birth rate in Egypt, the long term fertility and mortality levels are discussed. The prospects of a fertility transition in … Egypt are assessed in terms of the current fertility level and pattern, the extent of deliberate fertility regulation, the …

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Essays in corporate finance

Laranjeira, Bruno d. - 2011

This thesis presents two essays in Corporate Finance. In the first essay, I use the August 2007 crisis episode to gauge the effect of financial contracting on real firm behavior. I identify heterogeneity in financial contracting at the onset of the crisis by exploiting ex-ante variation in...

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Performance-Based Contracting for Roadway Maintenance Operations in Indiana

McCullouch, Bob G.; Sinha, Kumares C.; Anastasopoulos, … - 2009

INDOT initiated a study to investigate Performance Based Contracting of maintenance operations. One of the main impetus for the study is that INDOT started a ten year road building program called Major Moves that will add over a 1900 lane miles to the current network. With this addition and...

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11.479 Water and Sanitation Infrastructure Planning in Developing Countries, Spring 2004

Davis, Jennifer - 2004

Policy and planning for the provision of water supply and sanitation services in developing countries. Reviews available technologies, but emphasizes the planning and policy process, including economic, social, environmental, and health issues. Incorporates considerations of financing, pricing,...

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Fiscal Impact of Privatization in Developing Countries

Sunderland, Alexander H - 2011

This paper examines the fiscal impact of privatization revenues in 47 developing countries. There are many reasons that … privatization is attractive for the central government of developing countries. If substantial, these revenues from the sale of … state owned enterprises can present a potential solution to persistent deficits. On the other hand, the privatization …

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Liquidity, Volatility, and Equity Trading Costs Across Countries and Over Time

Domowitz, Ian; Glen, Jack; Madhavan, Ananth - 2000

Actual investment performance reflects the underlying strategy of the portfolio manager and the execution costs incurred in realizing those objectives. Execution costs, especially in illiquid markets, can dramatically reduce the notional return to an investment strategy. This paper examines the...

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Competition and Enterprise Performance in Transition Economies: Evidence from a Cross-country Survey

Carlin, Wendy; Fries, Steven; Schaffer, Mark E.; … - 2001

This paper uses a survey of 3,300 firms in 25 transition countries to shed light on the factors that influence restructuring by firms and their subsequent performance as measured by growth in sales and in sales per employee over a three-year period. We begin by surveying what a decade of...

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Explaining Postcommunist Economic Performance

King, Lawrence Peter - 2003

mass privatization program) creates severe supply-and-demand shocks for enterprises, inducing firm failure. This leads to a …

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