burden and the form of public spending much more than to the level of overall spending. Student fees should be increased in …

of decrease Management Company opportunistic behaviors. Distinguishing between performance fees paid on the fund market … value and management fees paid either on the Net Asset Value (NAV) or on the Gross Asset Value (GAV), we show that only the … former aligns the Management Company and shareholder interests. In particular, we demonstrate that management fees lead …

for patents are: i) policies aiming at attracting FDI; ii) low relative costs (or fees); and iii) a relatively low quality …

post-grant fees and illustrates the differences between Euro-direct applications and PCT applications. The break … absolute fees and allowing for a fee reduction for small innovative firms and public research organizations. …

We examine fees on bonds issued by Japanese corporations during the 1994-2002 period. We relate fees to firms …’ membership of bank-led (financial) keiretsu. For the full sample of firms, we establish a positive relation between fees and risk … factors. Over time, we find that fees have increased for those firms that are related to financial keiretsu, even after …

insufficient incentives to the high productivity firms. Such a differentiated scheme is implementable through renewal fees, which …

, we focus on the role of risk, liquidity and investment banking fees. Panel analysis shows that those variables … fees. On the other hand, liquidity exerts a negative impact. Notably, there is a clear trend of mobility of banks across …