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The long term impact of microfinance on income, wages and the sectoral distribution of economic activity

Tschach, Ingo E. - 2003

This paper analyses the long-term effects of improved small-scale lending, often provided by microfinance institutions set up with the support of development aid. The analysis shows that some common assumptions about microfinance are not true at all: First, it shows that the impact on income...

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Finanzierungstheorie: Ein selektiver Überblick

Krahnen, Jan Pieter - 1998

selektive Überblick konzentriert sich auf zentrale Aspekte der Theorie und Empirie der Managementkontrolle bei asymmetrischer …

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Internationale Rechnungslegungsnormen und Neue Institutionenökonomik

Wüstemann, Jens - 1999

eine komparative Rechnungslegungstheorie. Eine Besinnung auf die ökonomische Theorie ist – auch ausgelöst durch die … Prägung durch die ökonomische Theorie – und nicht vornehmlich durch die Anwender – erhielt.3 Es ist das Ziel des Aufsatzes …, einen Beitrag zu einer institutionenökonomischen Theorie der Rechnungslegung zum Zweck der Bestimmung von …

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Avoiding the rating bounce: Why rating agencies are slow to react to new information

Löffler, Gunter - 2002

Rating agencies state that they take a rating action only when it is unlikely to be reversed shortly afterwards. Based on a formal representation of the rating process, I show that such a policy provides a good explanation for the empirical evidence: Rating changes occur relatively seldom,...

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Integrated asset liability modelling for property casuality insurance: A portfolio theoretical approach

Dus, Ivica; Maurer, Raimond - 2001

theory and recognizes the stochastic nature of and the interaction between the underwriting and investment income of the …

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Path Dependence, Corporate Governance and Complementarity

Schmidt, Reinhard H.; Spindler, Gerald - 2000

In a series of recent papers, Mark Roe and Lucian Bebchuk have developed further the concept of path dependence, combined it with concepts of evolution and used it to challenge the wide-spread view that the corporate governance systems of the major advanced economies are likely to converge...

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Shareholder vs. Stakeholder: Ökonomische Fragestellungen

Schmidt, Reinhard H.; Weiß, Marco - 2003

Stakeholder berücksichtigt, auf der anderen Seite - werden geschildert und mit den Mitteln der ökonomischen Theorie bewertet …

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On the Stability of Different Financial Systems

Fecht, Falko - 2003

An economy in which deposit-taking banks of a Diamond/ Dybvig style and an asset market coexist is modelled. Firstly, within this framework we characterize distinct financial systems depending on the fraction of households with direct investment opportunities that are less efficient than those...

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Gewinnglättung und Steuerung dezentraler Investitionsentscheidungen bei sich gegenseitig ausschließenden Investitionsprojekten

Gaber, Christian - 2002

This paper examines the provision of managerial investment incentives by an accounting based incentive scheme in a multiperiod agency setting in which an impatient manager has to choose between mutually exclusive investment projects. We study the properties of accounting rules that motivate an...

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Accounting for Financial Instruments in the Banking Industry

Gebhardt, Günther; Reichardt, Rolf; Wittenbrink, Carsten - 2002

Recent changes in accounting regulation for financial instruments (SFAS 133, IAS 39) have been heavily criticized by representatives from the banking industry. They argue for retaining a historical cost based mixed model where accounting for financial instruments depends on their designation to...

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