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    • Only Time will Tell: A Theory of Deferred Compensation 

      Hoffmann, Florian; Inderst, Roman; Opp, Marcus M. (2018-08-09)
      This paper provides a complete characterization of optimal contracts in principal-agent settings where the agent's action has persistent effects. We model general information environments via the stochastic process of the ...
    • Peer Effects and Risk Sharing in Experimental Asset Markets 

      Baghestanian, Sascha; Gortner, Paul J.; van der Weele, Joël J. (2015-02-02)
      Previous research has documented strong peer effects in risk taking, but little is known about how such social influences affect market outcomes. Since the consequences of social interactions are hard to isolate in financial ...
    • Performance Benefits of Tight Control 

      Gill, Andrej; Visnjic, Nikolai (2013-06-18)
      This study investigates the transition from being a listed company with a dispersed ownership structure to being a privately held company with a concentrated ownership structure. We consider a sample of private equity ...
    • Professional Networks and their Coevolution with Executive Careers: Evidence from Europe and North America 

      Berardi, Nicoletta; Lalanne, Marie; Seabright, Paul (2019-02-04)
      This paper examines how networks of professional contacts contribute to the development of the careers of executives of North American and European companies. We build a dynamic model of career progression in which career ...
    • Regulation of Crowdfunding in Germany 

      Tröger, Tobias (2018-04-23)
      This paper is the national report for Germany prepared for the to the 20th General Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law 2018 and gives an overview of the regulation of crowdfunding in Germany and the ...
    • Rent-Seeking in Elite Networks 

      Haselmann, Rainer; Schoenherr, David; Vig, Vikrant (2017-01-31)
      We employ a unique dataset on members of an elite service club in Germany to investigate how social connections in elite networks affect the allocation of resources. Specifically, we investigate credit allocation decisions ...
    • Reputation, Honesty, and Cheating in Informal Milk Markets in India 

      Kröll, Markus; Rustagi, Devesh (2016-01-01)
      Sellers display astounding differences in their cheating behavior, even in developing countries with weak enforcement of rules. Using the context of informal milk markets in India, we examine the role of reputation and ...
    • SDC 

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      SDC Platinum provides reliable securities data from globally consistent, locally focused sources, backed by our international team of expert analysts. With thousands of data points across all asset classes, SDC Platinum's ...
    • Shareholder Wealth vs. Stakeholder interests? Evidence from Code Compliance under the German Corporate Governance Code 

      Haar, Brigitte (2016-11-24)
      In order to better differentiate the drivers of corporations’ actions, in particular shareholder wealth and stakeholder interests, the paper explores the significance of the comply or explain-principle and its underlying ...
    • Signaling Cooperation 

      Heinz, Matthias; Schumacher, Heiner (2015-11-08)
      We examine what an applicant’s vita signals to potential employers about her willingness to cooperate in teams. Intensive social engagement may credibly reveal that an applicant cares about the well-being of others and ...
    • SKAT 

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      The Danish Customs and Tax Administration (Skatteforvaltningen) consists of seven specialised agencies each responsible for its own key assignment.
    • Statistics Denmark 

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      Statistics Denmark is the central authority on Danish statistics. Our mission is to collect, compile and publish statistics on the Danish society.
    • Taking the Lead: When Non-Banks Arrange Syndicated Loans 

      Grupp, Marcel (2015-04-01)
      In the mid-1990s, institutional investors entered the syndicated loan market and started to serve borrowers as lead arrangers. Why are non-banks able to compete for this role against banks? How do the composition of ...
    • The Effect of Personal Financing Disruptions on Entrepreneurship 

      Hanspal, Tobin (2018-10-14)
      This paper studies how disruptions to personal sources of financing, aside from commercial lending supply shocks, impair the survival and growth of small businesses. Entrepreneurs holding deposit accounts at retail banking ...
    • The Financing Dynamics of Newly Founded Firms 

      Hirsch, Julia; Walz, Uwe (2016-11-01)
      Little evidence exists on the financing decisions of newly founded firms or on the financing dynamics of these firms over their life cycle. We aim to help filling this gap by investigating the financing dynamics of 2,456 ...
    • The Influence of Leveraged Buyouts on Target Firms’ Competitors 

      Grupp, Marcel; Rauch, Christian; Umber, Marc P.; Walz, Uwe (2015-04-01)
      This paper analyzes the influence Leveraged Buyouts (LBOs) have on the operating performance of the LBO target companies’ direct competitors. A unique and hand-collected data set on LBOs in the United States in the period ...
    • The Old Boy Network: The Impact of Professional Networks on Remuneration in Top Executive Jobs 

      Lalanne, Marie; Seabright, Paul (2016-01-18)
      We investigate the impact of social networks on earnings using a dataset of over 20,000 senior executives of European and US firms. The size of an individual's network of influential former colleagues has a large positive ...
    • The Political Economy of Bank Bailouts 

      Behn, Markus; Haselmann, Rainer; Kick, Thomas; Vig, Vikrant (2016-04-14)
      In this paper, we examine how the institutional design affects the outcome of bank bailout decisions. In the German savings bank sector, distress events can be resolved by local politicians or a state-level association. ...
    • The Real Effects of Judicial Enforcement 

      Pezone, Vincenzo (2018-10-31)
      This paper shows that the quality of judicial enforcement has substantial real effects. I exploit a reorganization of the judicial districts in Italy as an exogenous shock to court productivity and, using an instrumental ...
    • Thomson One 

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      Thomson One is a specialist database from Refinitiv (formerly Thomson Reuters). It includes 55,000 global public company overviews, data on one million private global companies, Reuters News, ownership, deals, private ...