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Trading Activity And Exchange Rates In High-Frequency EBS Data
September 1, 2007 12:00am PDT
The absence of data has, until now, precluded virtually all research on trading volume in the foreign exchange market. This paper introduces a new high-frequency foreign exchange dataset from EBS...
Provided by: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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The Role Of China In Asia: Engine, Conduit, Or Steamroller?
September 1, 2007 12:00am PDT
This paper assesses China's role in Asia as an independent engine of growth, as a conduit of demand from the industrial countries, and as a competitor for export markets. The author provides both...
Provided by: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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Overcoming Barriers To Reform: On Incentive-Compatible International Assistance
September 1, 2007 12:00am PDT
International financial assistance (loans and grants) can potentially raise recipients' welfare in two ways, by affecting a direct resource transfer and by facilitating efficiency-enhancing...
Provided by: International Monetary Fund
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Public Financial Institutions In Developed Countries - Organization And Oversight
September 1, 2007 12:00am PDT
While public financial institutions (such as public development banks) are commonly associated with developing countries, in fact they are prevalent in the developed world as well. The authors...
Provided by: International Monetary Fund
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The Role Of Fiscal Transparency In Sustaining Stability And Growth In Latin America
September 1, 2007 12:00am PDT
Latin America has experienced a resurgence in growth in recent years. However, it is also a region that has been prone to crises while growth has not delivered a significant reduction in poverty...
Provided by: International Monetary Fund
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Political Budget Cycles In Papua New Guinea
September 1, 2007 12:00am PDT
This paper assesses the presence of opportunistic electoral budget cycles in Papua New Guinea. Using quarterly time series data, a clear pattern emerges of pre-election manipulations of fiscal...
Provided by: International Monetary Fund
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The Business Motivation Model
September 1, 2007 12:00am PDT
The Business Motivation Model provides a scheme or structure for developing, communicating, and managing business plans in an organized manner. Specifically, it identifies factors that motivate...
Provided by: Business Rules Group
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Japan's Paradoxical Response To The New 'Global Standard' In Corporate Governance
September 1, 2007 12:00am PDT
The authors suggest, on the basis of empirical research into the implementation of recent legal reforms, that Japan is not moving inexorably towards a 'Global standard' in corporate governance,...
Provided by: University of Cambridge
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The Anatomy Of U.S. Personal Bankruptcy Under Chapter 13
September 1, 2007 12:00am PDT
By compiling a novel dataset from bankruptcy court dockets recorded in Delaware between 2001 and 2002, the authors build and estimate a structural model of Chapter 13 bankruptcy. This allows to...
Provided by: University of Pennsylvania
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E-Government and Interoperability Issues
September 1, 2007 12:00am PDT
Governments worldwide adopt e-government model and use ICT and particularly the Web as a key vehicle. This means the full integration of new technologies for transforming the public...
Provided by: University of Athens
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Do Venture Capital Firms Promote "Good" Governance At IPO Companies? An Examination Of The Decision To Adopt A Classified Board
September 1, 2007 12:00am PDT
This paper examines the effect of venture capital backing on the likelihood an IPO company elects to adopt a classified board of directors, a governance arrangement that has an antitakeover effect...
Provided by: Cornell University
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Institutional Emergence In An Era Of Globalization: The Rise Of Transnational Private Regulation Of Labor And Environmental Conditions
September 1, 2007 12:00am PDT
Why have systems of "Transnational private regulation" recently emerged to certify corporate social and environmental performance? Different conceptions of institutional emergence underlie...
Provided by: University of Chicago
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Aid Effectiveness, Debt Relief And Public Finance Response
September 1, 2007 12:00am PDT
Substantial amounts of debt relief have been granted to a set of low-income countries, as an alternative aid modality. Although the theoretical case for debt relief is firmly established, only...
Provided by: United Nations University
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Sovereign Natural Disaster Insurance For Developing Countries: A Paradigm Shift In Catastrophe Risk Financing
September 1, 2007 12:00am PDT
Economic theory suggests that countries should ignore uncertainty for public investment and behave as if indifferent to risk because they can pool risks to a much greater extent than private...
Provided by: The World Bank
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Post-Conflict Microfinance: Assessment And Policy Notes For Iraq
September 1, 2007 12:00am PDT
This paper explores the potential of microfinance in post-conflict economies, and specifically examines policy considerations for the case of Iraq. It presents important conditions of the...
Provided by: Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena
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Get Serious About SOA Governance: A 5-Step Action Plan for Architects
September 1, 2007 12:00am PDT
In this free report, you'll learn why governance is so crucial to reaping the full benefits of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA). Learn how the lack of governance can expose your organization to...
Provided by: BEA Systems
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Data Warehouse Prototyping: Reducing Risk, Securing Commitment and Improving Project Governance
September 1, 2007 12:00am PDT
Prototype-and-iterate methodologies and tools are the best - and indeed the only known - means of achieving certain benefits. These include involving end-user organizations effectively in data,...
Provided by: WHERESCAPE
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IBM Maximo Technology for Business and IT Agility
September 1, 2007 12:00am PDT
This paper shows how the IBM Maximo software solution is the leading asset and service management software in the marketplace, through its highly flexible business components and technology...
Provided by: IBM
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The Fast Close: Achieving Quick Wins and Big Wins
September 1, 2007 12:00am PDT
The "fast close," a concept used to describe a corporation's ability to complete its accounting cycles and close its books quickly, is re-emerging as an important project for today's global...
Provided by: SAP
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The Regulatory Implications of Mobile and Financial Services Convergence
September 1, 2007 12:00am PDT
The long awaited integration of mobile telephone and retail financial services is beginning to emerge-in developing markets. To enhance the potential benefits from innovations in this domain,...
Provided by: regulation2point0
