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Leibnitz integral rule and its application to the business firm's longevity problem

Gander, James P. - 2020

applied to a business firm's dynamic problem of determining its optimum level of investment activity, when the longevity (life … span) of the investment is itself a variable determined by the level of investment. Usually, the longevity of an investment … is taken as given and fixed. Here, the level of investment activity has a dual effect, determining not only the longevity …

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The GAAP Lock-Out Effect and the Investment Behavior of Multinational Firms

Shaheen, Fadi - 2014

This paper looks into the investment behavior of multinational firms with respect to their locked-out foreign earnings … real income perspective the primary choice of investment for locked-out earnings is no longer a function of the investment …’s profitability, but of the type of the investment (active or passive) and the stage of its maturity as proxies for whether the …

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The impact of Citizens United : how the removal of independent expenditure bans shaped U.S. gubernatorial elections

Balles, Patrick - 2024

This paper examines the U.S. Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision, which lifted bans on independent expenditures by corporations and unions. Using a difference-in-differences design, the study compares states with and without pre-existing bans, focusing on gubernatorial elections. The...

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Revolving Door Laws and Political Selection

Fisman, Raymond; Leder-Luis, Jetson; O'Donnell, Catherine M. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2025

Revolving door laws restrict public officials from representing private interests before government after leaving office. While these laws mitigate potential conflicts of interest, they also may affect the pool of candidates for public positions by lowering the financial benefits of holding...

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How Labor Unions Affect Firm Value : Evidence from Political Contributions in the United States

Woods, Keegan - 2019

This paper investigates the relation between political engagement by special interest groups (corporations and labor unions) and corporate stock returns in the United States. Exploiting two opposing interventions affecting the legality of soft-money political contributions from unions and...

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The Rule of Law vs. 'Party Nature' : Presidential Elections, the U.S. Constitution, the Electoral Count Act of 1887, the Horror of January 6, and the Electoral Count Reform Act of 2022

Sunstein, Cass R. - 2022

With respect to the election of the U.S. President, the U.S. Constitution is vague and full of silences and gaps. Responding to the constitutional crisis of 1876, the Electoral Count Act of 1887 (ECA) attempted to offer more specific rules. The ECA was a major advance, but in important ways, it...

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Losen statt Stimmverluste unter Prozent-Hürden und bei Sitzanteilen

Dilger, Alexander - 2021

Prozent-Hürden sollen eine Zersplitterung in Parlamenten verhindern und Parteien nur in Fraktionsstärke hineinlassen. Dazu werden bislang die Stimmen für Parteien unterhalb der Hürde gar nicht berücksichtigt. Diese Ungleichheit der Wahl und Benachteiligung von kleinen Parteien ließe sich...

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Electoral Inequity

Boccard, Nicolas - 2020

Ideally, a representative democracy awards a genuine vote to each adult. We study whether this applies in competitive democracies with an election model combining district appor- tionment and proportional representation (PR). Four classic seat allocation rules, including d'Hondt (1882), are...

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The Equal Districts Efficiency Gap : Fundamental Gerrymandering Theory and an Analysis and Modification of the Efficiency Gap

Wallin, Ray - 2019

The ‘efficiency gap' method has gained notoriety recently by playing an important role in framing the Gill v Whitford gerrymandering case decided in Wisconsin and heard by the US Supreme Court. The story of the efficiency gap is captivating as it frames all votes it deems unnecessary as...

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Politicians

Geys, Benny - 2018

Politicians are persons involved in the process of public policymaking in their role as members of governments, parliaments, political parties, and other political bodies at the (sub)national level (e.g., local government, state legislature, national parliament, etc.) as well as within the...

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