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In the late 1980s Robert Ross and co-author Pieter van Duin reversed the widely accepted view of the Cape economy as a ‘social and economic backwater’ of widespread subsistence farming and overall poverty, scattered with small islands of relatively affluent farmers. Exploring the rich...
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of wealth. In our study we investigate the distribution of wealth among the elderly across Europe within the framework of … the distribution of wealth between European countries, and (2) that patterns of wealth inequality differ strongly from … patterns of income inequality. Surprisingly high levels of wealth disparity were found in the social democratic welfare regimes …
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The Australian Government is seeking to encourage older workers to remain in the labour force longer to overcome future labour shortages and ensure adequate taxation revenue to fund the needs of an ageing population. Longer labour force participation also has benefits to individuals in terms of...
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Changes in credit market architecture are an important but unobservable structural influence on economic activity. For Australian data, we model non-price credit supply conditions within equilibrium correction models of consumption, house prices, mortgage credit and housing equity withdrawal....
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Frame and Carpenter 1979 analysed the pattern of international research collaboration among scientific fields in 1970s. Starting from this pioneering work, this paper investigates international collaborations over 1997-2012 and compares the critical results with earlier studies to detect the...
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of asset securitization on stock market and equity holders' wealth by examining stock price changes upon securitization … transactions in China from 2005 to September 2008. Design/methodology/approach – Event study is implemented to test the wealth … significant impact on wealth of stockholders; a considerable number of securitizations are even wealth destroying. The paper …
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The focus of this paper is on the problem of managerial opportunism in the corporate governance of UK quoted property companies. Agency conflicts exist between firm managers and owners because of the separation of ownership from management. Consequently, managers pursue activities that enhance...
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Purpose – The paper seeks to examine whether or not wealth effects and changes in the systematic risk associated with … Capital Movement Directive did not create wealth effects for the shareholders of commercial chartered banks, investment firms … Adequacy Directives produced no wealth effects for the investment firms and insurance companies, but not for commercial …
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for assessing intangibles that make up the bulk of wealth in the new economy. He discusses how decisions are based on non …‐financial information, the major and recent change in the world’s wealth, the nine factors of value and how they work in different types of …’s participation in the Brookings Institution’s study, Unseen Wealth .  …
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Purpose – The management of intellectual capital (IC) within organizations depends on appropriate organizational structures and characteristics. This paper seeks to argue that certain structural, cultural, and climate characteristics will lead to more effective IC management....
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