This study assesses the market structure and competitiveness of Malaysian pharmaceutical industry. A panel analysis of 41 pharmaceutical manufacturing firms over 2004-2012 is conducted founded on the modified Structure-Conduct-Performance (SCP) framework. Our study reveals that the Malaysian...

This paper investigates the major determinants of bank performance in the European sector, taking into consideration the most important financial groups from this region. To account for performance, we have applied two fixed-effects regression models to a panel of European banks that covers the...

Drawing on German household data from 1992 to 2011, this paper analyzes how couples allocate housework against the backdrop of three questions: (1) Does an individual’s contribution to household income - both in absolute and relative terms - influence his or her contribution to housework? (2)...

Drawing on German household data from 1992 to 2011, this paper analyzes how couples allocate housework against the backdrop of three questions: (1) Does an individual’s contribution to household income - both in absolute and relative terms - influence his or her contribution to housework? (2)...

Das Bundesverfassungsgericht entschied im Jahr 2005, dass es jedem Bundesland frei stehe, zu entscheiden, ob es Studiengebühren erheben möchte. Infolge dessen führten zunächst Nordrhein-Westfalen und Niedersachsen ab dem Wintersemester 2006/2007 Studiengebühren ein. Ein Jahr später folgten...

Deposits are an important element of bank liquidity, being the primary source of bank funds, consequently the main basis for bank financing. The aim of this article is to analyze the evolution of bank deposits for the Romanian banking sector during 2007-2013, and to observe the actions...

This paper examines the firm-spesific characteristics that affect on equity returns depending on sector rotation scheme throughout four financial cycle stages for an important emerging market, Turkey. For this purpose, using panel data for twenty-five non-financial equities selected from ISE-100...

Drawing on German household data from 1992 to 2011, this paper analyzes how couples allocate housework against the backdrop of three questions: (1) Does an individual’s contribution to household income - both in absolute and relative terms - influence his or her contribution to housework? (2)...