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In today's uncertain financial climate it is particularly important for entities to explain their financial performance relative to their expectations. Therefore, the paper analyzes the quality and quantity of management reporting in Germany's publicly traded MDAX and SDAX companies using a...
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Animosity towards the business of finance is ancient and persistent. As finance creates intangible value, its contribution is invisible to many observers, but the proposed remedy - increased statutory regulation - may heighten, rather than mitigate the exposure of taxpayers and households to...
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Timing of Disclosure for Financial Statements in Germany after the 2007 EHUG Act: The paper analyses the timing of disclosing financial statements for small and medium enterprises (SME) in Germany in 2007 and 2008. Comparisons of different regional areas and different company sizes are made and...
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This paper investigates whether privatisation in emerging economies has a significant indirect effect on local stock market development through the resolution of political risk. We argue that a sustained privatisation programme represents a major political test which gradually resolves...
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This article from the perspective of port governance, develops the performance of port privatization in México …
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sich die maßgeblichen politischen Kräfte einig. Über die Art und Weise der Privatisierung besteht aber keine Einigkeit … die Bahnreform, »die 1994 mit einem entschlossenen Ja zu Wettbewerb und Privatisierung umgesetzt wurde und in deren Folge …
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majority shares of the Petrol Ofisi (The PO) that has been the leading oil distribution company. The PO privatization project … privatization process, 7 % of the shares of the PO were publicly held in the Istanbul Stock Exchange (ISE). In the first step, a … privatization or a common merging transaction. …
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investigates the role of hybrid debt in the privatization of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) via government-controlled investment … in Europe and Asia. Moreover, in some cases, the privatization of SOEs by means of exchangeables can prove to be a more … shareholders. Third, the entire privatization process tends to be more flexible for issuers in that they can perceive exchangeables …
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Recent research on central bank governance has focused mainly on their monetary policy task. As the sub-prime loan market turmoil reminded us - central banks play a crucial role in financial markets not only in setting monetary policy, but also in ensuring their soundness and stability. In this...
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We document empirical evidence that the investment patterns of the two most relevant investor groups from regions with hierarchical structures in the German stock market, namely China (including Hong Kong) and the Gulf Cooperation Council, differ substantially. Chinese investors buy large shares...
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