infonet-economy

n this paper we set out a holistic approach that incorporates recent developments in assessing the net cost of the USO and presents a robust methodology for practical implementation. We analyse the issues relating to assessing the net costs of the USO with particular focus on the benefits associated with USO and current empirical approaches to calculating the net costs. We then…

Scholars in management and economics widely share the assumption that business firms focus on profits only, while it is the task of the state system to provide public goods. In this view business firms are conceived of as economic actors, and governments and their state agencies are considered the only political actors. We suggest that, under the conditions of globalization, the…

Professional football clubs earn most of their revenues from four sources: sale of broadcasting
rights, matchday revenues, merchandising, and sponsorship. The relative importance of these
sources differs among clubs and leagues.
Economists often argue that the ability of
professional football clubs to generate revenues depends to a large extent on their legal…

Firms are increasingly seeking to harness the potential of social networks for marketing purposes. Marketers are therefore interested in understanding the antecedents and consequences of relationship formation within networks and in predicting interactivity among users. In this paper we develop an integrated statistical framework for simultaneously modeling the connectivity structure…

Der weltweite Anstieg der Gehälter für angestellte Manager wird kontrovers diskutiert. Aufder einen Seite argumentieren Vertreter „optimaler Verträge“, dass der Anstieg der Gehälterdurch funktionierende Märkte verursacht ist. Aus dieser Sicht erhöhen dieInternationalisierung und Deregulierung der Märkte die Nachfrage nach talentiertenManagerinnen und Managern, welche diese…

We use propensity score matching methods to quantify the effects of past self-employment experience on subsequent earnings in dependent employment using data on the population of Danish men observed between 1990 and 1996. Our results generally confirm existing studies in that we find that a spell of self-employment is associated with lower hourly wages compared to workers who were…