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Merger Review by the Federal Communications Commission: Comcast–NBC Universal

Yoo, Christopher - In: Review of Industrial Organization 45 (2014) 3, pp. 295-321

the merger and which were more properly addressed through general rulemaking. Moreover, the use of voluntary commitments …

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Aid securitisation: beyond IFFIm

Ketkar, Suhas - In: International Journal of Public Policy 10 (2014) 1/2/3, pp. 84-99

The International Finance Facility for Immunization (IFFIm), which securitised future aid commitments by donor …, however, could overcome this deficiency. Finally, advance market commitments (AMCs) and cash on delivery (COD) are …

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Reprioritizing Government Spending on Health: Pushing an Elephant Up the Stairs?

Tandon, Ajay; Fleisher, Lisa; Li, Rong; Yap, Wei Aun - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014

Countries vary widely with respect to the share of government spending on health, a metric that can serve as a proxy for the extent to which health is prioritized by governments. World Health Organization (WHO) data estimate that, in 2011, health's share of aggregate government expenditure in...

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Credit lines as monitored liquidity insurance: Theory and evidence

Acharya, Viral; Almeida, Heitor; Ippolito, Filippo; … - In: Journal of Financial Economics 112 (2014) 3, pp. 287-319

We propose a theory of credit lines provided by banks to firms as a form of monitored liquidity insurance. Bank monitoring and resulting revocations help control illiquidity-seeking behavior of firms insured by credit lines. The cost of credit lines is thus greater for firms with high liquidity...

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The Role of Unused Loan Commitments and Transaction Deposits During the Recent Financial Crisis

Craioveanu, Mihaela; Mercado-Mendez, Jose - In: The International Journal of Business and Finance Research 8 (2014) 1, pp. 17-29

between bank capital ratios and unused loan commitments and transaction deposits for depository institutions. We test … empirically whether loan commitments had a different impact on the capital ratios of those banks that failed and did not fail … the last quarter of 2010. Our results suggest that unused loan commitments and transaction deposits had a significant …

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Preferences for Risk in Dynamic Models with Adjustment Costs

Vereshchagina, Galina - In: Review of Economic Dynamics 17 (2014) 1, pp. 86-106

This paper characterizes the solution to a consumption/savings decision problem in which one of the consumption goods involves transaction costs. It then analyzes how such adjustment costs affect consumers' risk attitudes. Previous studies have suggested that transaction costs, by resulting in...

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Selective decentralized leadership

Silva, Emilson Caputo Delfino - In: Journal of Urban Economics 83 (2014) C, pp. 1-5

is socially efficient if commitments are restricted to regional contributions to national public goods, since in this …

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Multiple affective commitments: quitting intentions and job performance

Schoemmel, Kristina; S. Jønsson, Thomas - In: Employee Relations 36 (2014) 5, pp. 516-534

employees’ affective commitments (ACs) to the job, to the department, and to the organization in relation to the effects of …

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Off-balance sheet activities and community bank performance

Kashian, Russell D.; Tao, Ran - In: Journal of Economic Studies 41 (2014) 6, pp. 789-807

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine loan commitments and lending patterns of community banks. The authors … use of loan commitments is generally associated with moderate increase in profitability and higher insolvency risk …. However, during the recent financial crisis, the use of loan commitments becomes safer. The use of loan commitments is more …

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The Gambia; Ex Post Assessment of Longer-Term Program Engagement

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006

This paper highlights Ex-Post Assessment of the Longer-Term Program Engagement for The Gambia. Under the Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility (ESAF)/Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) arrangement of 1998â€“2001, The Gambia made initial progress toward improved economic growth...

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