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[...]This article significantly advances the literature onmortgage prepayments by introducing quantitative measuresof individual homeowner credit histories to the loan-levelanalysis of the factors influencing the probability that a homeownerwill refinance. In addition to credit histories, we...
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In this study, we investigate the presence of survivorship content and accuracy bias in the two mostly used databases for research in the UK equities market
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This paper describes a series of school-based randomized trials in over 250 urban schools designedto test the impact of financial incentives on student achievement. In stark contrast to simple economicmodels, our results suggest that student incentives increase achievement when the rewards are...
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The remote inland province of Shanxi was late Qing dynasty China’s paramount banking center. Itsremoteness and China’s almost complete isolation from foreign influence at the time lead historiansto posit a Chinese invention of modern banking. However, Shanxi merchants ran a tea trade...
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This paper extends research in the field of private equity investments in family firms. It contributes to the literature by fundamentally analyzing the decision criteria of family firm owners for using minority investments of private equity investors. This type of financing might be of great...
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We develop a stylized model of economic growth with bubbles. In this model, financial frictions leadto equilibrium dispersion in the rates of return to investment. During bubbly episodes, unproductiveinvestors demand bubbles while productive investors supply them. Because of this, bubbly...
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Die Krankenversicherung deckt ambulante und stationäre Heilbehandlungen im Krankheitsfall gemässeinem abschliessenden Katalog der «Leistungen in der obligatorischen Krankenpflegeversicherung».Die Krankenversicherung ist seit 1996 obligatorisch und wird über einheitliche Kopfprämien...
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The main determinants of the financial problems of the German statutory health and longtermcare systems are demographic aging, the medical-technical progress as well as thedisproportionate cost increase in long-term care services. Concerning these factors, onlyreform concepts on the expenditure...
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Das Durchschnittsalter der deutschen Bevölkerung wird sich binnen der nächsten fünfDekaden massiv erhöhen. Der Grund dafür ist der so genannte „doppelte Alterungsprozess“.Dieser wird als „doppelt“ bezeichnet, da zum einen durch die geringen Geburtenraten seit den1970er Jahren junge...
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In der aktuellen Blitzumfrage der KfW Bankengruppe unter Finanzexperten der führendendeutschen Wirtschaftverbände zum Thema Kreditklemme wird deutlich, dass ein Großteilder kleinen Unternehmen mit erhöhten Sicherheiten sowie höheren Zinsen bzw.Kreditabsagen zu kämpfen hat. Das Problem...
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