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Trebbi, Francesco; Zhang, Miao Ben; Simkovic, Michael - 2023

One of the key questions in the study of regulation is whether the costs of regulatory compliance fall homogeneously on …

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Stock market returns, corporate governance and capital market equilibrium

Parigi, Bruno; Pelizzon, Loriana; Thadden, Ernst-Ludwig von - 2013

This paper proposes a theoretical model that incorporates corporate governance into the basic CAPM, where corporate governance affects the disutility of managerial effort and the possibility of managers to divert company resources. It shows that corporate governance affects firms’ stock...

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Gasoline content regulation and compliance among US refineries

Chakravorty, Ujjayant; Nauges, Céline; Thille, Henry - 2012

link between gasoline content regulation and the compliance behavior of refineries. We find that in areas with more … stringent gasoline regulation, there was increased compliance on the part of firms. -- Clean Air Act ; compliance behavior … ; energy markets ; product regulation ; petroleum refining ; environmental pollution …

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How much sunlight does it take to disinfect a boardroom? : a short history of executive compensation regulation

Dew-Becker, Ian (contributor) - 2008

This paper reviews the history of executive compensation disclosure and other government policies affecting CEO pay, and as well surveys the literature on the effects of these policies. Disclosure has increased nearly uniformly since 1933. A number of other regulations, including special taxes...

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Regulating untaxable externalities : are vehicle air pollution standards effective and efficient?

Jacobsen, Mark R.; Sallee, James M.; Shapiro, Joseph S.; … - 2022

assess the effectiveness and efficiency of these standards, which are the centerpiece of US Clean Air Act regulation of …

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Legislation, regulation and litigation : demand for U.S. legal services in historical perspective

Reshef, Ariell; Slattery, Cailin - 2025

with this, we find that employment and compensation of lawyers are tightly correlated with federal regulation, fee …

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Evaluating real world income distributions behind the veil of ignorance : how risk averse do you have to be to prefer Europe over the US?

Weichenrieder, Alfons J.; Zafar, Tasneem - 2011

The paper uses a veil of ignorance approach and income distribution data of developed countries to arrive at inequality corrected income rankings. While a risk neutral individual (based on year 2000 data) would have preferred to be born into the US rather than any European country in our sample...

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The economics of pending patents

Koenen, Johannes; Peitz, Martin - 2011

We provide a treatment of a number of questions pertaining to pending patents – a subject that has so-far mainly been discussed en-passant in the existing literature. We present the underlying institutional and legal framework that governs pending patents and some basic facts related to them....

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Hours worked in Europe and the US : new data, new answers

Bick, Alexander; Brüggemann, Bettina; … - 2016

Western Europe, but by lower employment rates in Eastern and Southern Europe. …

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Inequality and economic growth : European versus U.S. experiences

Foellmi, Reto; Zweimüller, Josef - 2003

This paper discusses long-term trends in the macroeconomic growth performance and in income distribution in Europe and …

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