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Following Eijffinger and Geraats (2006), we construct an index of transparency of banking supervisors that takes … political, economic, procedural, policy and operational transparency into account. Based on a survey, we construct the index for … 24 banking supervisors. There are large differences among transparency of supervisors. The average total score is 9 …
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This paper examines whether the clarity of central bank communication about inflation has changed with the economic environment. We use readability statistics and content analysis to study the clarity of communication on the inflation outlook by seven central banks between 1997 and 2010....
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As a result of a large number of food scandals, societal interest in transparency in the food sector has grown … address. Hence, the creation of transparency in the production process has been the focus of the legislation. In this context … foods. This is intended as a response to the general call for more transparency or a "gläserne Produktion ". It has not been …
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This paper experimentally studies the impact of uncertainty about bank and borrower fundamentals on loan repayment. We find that solvent borrowers are more likely to default strategically when stricter disclosure creates common knowledge about bank weakness. Borrowers are also less likely to...
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The publication of food inspection results is one of the innovative measures introduced that use both material and non-material motivation of food businesses to increase regulatory compliance. Disclosure is not a new instrument and has been implemented in, for instance, Denmark, Los Angeles or...
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One of the core requests in assuring competitiveness and sustainability in the food value chain is transparency. The … solutions that could solve the transparency problem at consumers’ end. This is where the Future Internet provides opportunities … that allowed to meet the challenge and to appropriately address the transparency problem. This paper introduces into the …
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Key issues in the effective delivery of EU-funded rural development programmes include simplification, transparency and …
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We present a research plan to assess the value of transparency by comparing pork supply chains in The Netherlands and … quality control institutions. We define chain configuration in terms of structure and transparency. In order to be able to …
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Does the general public know what central banks do? Is this kind of knowledge relevant? Using a survey of Dutch households, we investigate these questions for the case of the European Central Bank (ECB). Our findings suggest that knowledge on the ECB's objectives is far from perfect. Both a weak...
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Transparency has gained much relevance in food chains. This paper summarizes the determinants of transparency and … points out that transparency in the sense of effective information exchange needs trust as a mediator in order to become a … the reciprocal and dynamic mechanisms of trust on transparency and vice versa. It is argued that both constructs should be …
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