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The Impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act on the Cost of Going Public
Kaserer, Christoph; Mettler, Alfred; Obernberger, Stefan - In: BuR - Business Research 4 (2011) 2, pp. 125-147
This paper examines the impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), a legal framework intended to increase transparency and accountability of listed companies, on the cost of going public in the US. We expect SOX to increase the direct cost of going public, but decrease the underpricing because of...
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Predicting insolvency of the construction companies in the creditworthiness assessment process: Empirical evidence from Poland
Balina, Rafał; Idasz-Balina, Marta; Achsani, Noer Azam - In: Journal of Risk and Financial Management 14 (2021) 10, pp. 1-16
Prediction insolvency is one of the most important issues during creditworthiness assessment, especially in the turmoil … environment. That is why the problem of insolvency and bankruptcy prediction has been the subject of numerous studies focused on … effectively used in practice to analyze and signal the risk of insolvency and bankruptcy of a construction firms. Also, the …
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Verbraucherpolitik: Schutz der Verbraucher und Sicherung der Funktionsfähigkeit von Märkten
Hagen, Kornelia; von Schlippenbach, Vanessa - In: DIW Wochenbericht 74 (2007) 25, pp. 397-401
Verbraucherpolitik kann durch die Bereitstellung glaubwürdiger Informationen den Schutz der Verbraucher vor eigennützigem Verhalten der Unternehmen verbessern, durch den Abbau von Markteintrittsbarrieren die Funktionsfähigkeit des Wettbewerbs sichern und die Etablierung von Innovationen am...
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Emergence of Financial Intermediaries in Electronic Markets: The Case of Online P2P Lending
Berger, Sven C.; Gleisner, Fabian - In: BuR - Business Research 2 (2009) 1, pp. 39-65
We analyze the role of intermediaries in electronic markets using detailed data of more than 14,000 originated loans on an electronic P2P (peer-to-peer) lending platform. In such an electronic credit market, lenders bid to supply a private loan. Screening of potential borrowers and the...
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Employee participation in organizational change: Investigating the effects of proactive vs. reactive implementation of downsizing in Swedish hospitals
Sverke, Magnus; Hellgren, Johnny; Näswall, Katharina; … - In: Zeitschrift für Personalforschung (ZfP) 22 (2008) 2, pp. 111-129
Whereas employee participation is generally conceived to facilitate implementation of organizational change, only limited research has investigated whether it may reduce the negative effects of downsizing. The present study compares two Swedish hospitals that implemented downsizing in different...
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La teoría de juegos conductual, el dilema del viajero alternativo y la maximización de pagos
Moro, Rodrigo; Freidin, Esteban; Tohmé, Fernando; … - In: Estudios de Economía 38 (2011) 2, pp. 457-473
Within the area of Behavioral game theory, we focus on a specific context, namely, on a game we called the Alternative traveler's dilemma. In this context, we observe that participants tend to choose strictly dominated strategies. In order to explain similar tendencies in other games,...
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Using Bankruptcy to Reduce Foreclosures
Li, Wenli; Tewari, Ishani; White, Michelle - In: CESifo DICE Report 12 (2014) 3, pp. 31-38
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Personal Bankruptcy in the US: Effects of the 2005 Reform
Albanesi, Stefania; Nosal, Jaromir - In: CESifo DICE Report 13 (2015) 4, pp. 8-14
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The EU Response to US Trade Tariffs
Demertzis, Maria; Fredriksson, Gustav - In: Intereconomics 53 (2018) 5, pp. 260-268
The greatest challenge for the EU in trying to identify an optimal response is understanding the motives behind the US strategy. The rhetoric, and more recently also actions, of the current US administration on trade and the global multilateral system are a real threat to the process of...
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Public Sector Labour Relations in the United States: Austerity, Politics and Policy
Mareschal, Patrice M. - In: Industrielle Beziehungen 24 (2017) 4, pp. 450-471
politische Gegner, die Finanzkrise und Sparmaßnahmen. In den USA wurzelt der Angriff auf die Gewerkschaften des öffentlichen … Veränderungen Rechte des collective bargaining im öffentlichen Dienst auf staatlicher und lokaler Ebene aller 50 Staaten der USA …
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