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Preferences and the level of satisfaction from the provision of insurance services in activity of the LGUs on a municipal level in Podkarpackie voivodship
Skica, Tomasz; Rodzinka, Jacek - In: e-Finanse: Financial Internet Quarterly 8 (2012) 3, pp. 76-84
Podkarpackie voivodship. Based on the results of research, the article will present both the current state of insurance in local … insurance business in LGUs. The primary objective of this paper is to determine the procedures for concluding the insurance in … LGUs, and also defining the types of insurance most often executed by these entities, and indication of the intermediaries …
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The role of local government in the process of entrepreneurship development
Skica, Tomasz; Bem, Agnieszka; Żygadło, Karolina - In: e-Finanse: Financial Internet Quarterly 9 (2013) 4, pp. 1-24
This article presents the role of local governments in supporting entrepreneurship development. The content of the article presents the factors which foster activities undertaken by local authorities to promote entrepreneurship and also shows different considerations of when the supporting...
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Improving service quality, accountability and transparency of local government: The intervening role of information technology governance
Sofyani, Hafiez; Riyadh, Hosam Alden; Fahlevi, Heru - In: Cogent Business & Management 7 (2020) 1, pp. 1-20
This study aims to examine the perception of government employees about the association of the culture of compliance in information technology (IT) on the service quality, accountability, and transparency through effective IT governance (ITG) as an intervening variable. This study was carried...
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The Public-Private Partnerships and the Fiscal Soundness of Local Governments in Korea
Lee, Ho jun - In: KDI Journal of Economic Policy 39 (2017) 1, pp. 41-82
This paper studies the risks associated with local finance in Korea by identifying the financial status of each local government, including the financial burdens of PPP projects, and examined governmental future burdens related to PPP projects. We reviewed all fiscal burdens associated with...
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Efficient scale of prefectural government in China
Fukushige, Mototsugu; Shi, Yingxin - In: China Finance and Economic Review 4 (2016) 1, pp. 1-18
Background: China has five layers of government including the central government. Recently, some prefectural governments meet fiscal distress. Methods: We investigate the effects of urban and rural populations and area sizes on the expenditures of the prefecture-level local government by...
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Fiscal capacities of large cities in Croatia: Financial support for smart cities
Hodžić, Sabina; Paleka, Hana - In: Naše gospodarstvo / Our Economy 66 (2020) 2, pp. 42-49
In a dynamic market, the city has become a main source of competitiveness, along with financial and economic benefits. Due to the processes of digitalization, a new concept has been developed, namely smart cities. This concept delivers economic and financial potential, not only to cities, but...
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EU single financial market: Porspects of changes
Mikita, Malgorzata - In: e-Finanse: Financial Internet Quarterly 8 (2012) 1, pp. 53-60
The purpose of the paper is to provide some support to the thesis that insurance may reduce the cost of capital in a … insurance as a retrospective (post-loss) risk financing tool and the risk transfer mechanism upon it. As the risk financing tool … insurance reduces the need for the balance-sheet capital in a company and thus the financial distress costs. Also, insurance may …
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Insurance and the corporate cost of capital
Wieczorek-Kosmala, Monika - In: e-Finanse: Financial Internet Quarterly 8 (2012) 1, pp. 61-71
The purpose of the paper is to provide some support to the thesis that insurance may reduce the cost of capital in a … insurance as a retrospective (post-loss) risk financing tool and the risk transfer mechanism upon it. As the risk financing tool … insurance reduces the need for the balance-sheet capital in a company and thus the financial distress costs. Also, insurance may …
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The use of capital market instruments in investment of European insurance companies
Wolski, Rafał - In: e-Finanse: Financial Internet Quarterly 7 (2011) 4, pp. 92-99
The financial and the insurance markets are increasingly penetrating each other, accounting for the fact that insurers … opportunities, although it is not devoid of faults, mercilessly exposed by consecutive stock market collapses. Do insurance …
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Vulnerability to natural disasters and insurance: Insights from the Italian case
De Masi, Francesco; Porrini, Donatella - In: International Journal of Financial Studies 6 (2018) 2, pp. 1-12
case of the Italian earthquake insurance. In this sense, we examine in detail the vulnerability definition and its … relevance for citizens and for insurance companies. Then we investigate the Italian insurance market characterized by a very low … penetration of natural disasters insurance and the potential effects of a recent Government initiative called 'Sisma Bonus'. The …
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