infonet-economy

Several countries have implemented bonus taxes for corporate executives in response to the current financial crisis. Using a principal-agent model, this paper investigates the incentive effects of bonus taxes by analyzing the agent's and principal's behavior. Specifically, we show how bonus taxes affect the agent's incentives to exert effort and the principal's...

We analyze the absorptive capacity (AC) process of a manufacturing company with central R&D and an internationally distributed manufacturing network. Prior research shows that an implementation of the lead factory (LF) is especially supportive if the international manufacturing network struggles with implementing new products and processes. We analyze determinants of AC and show...

Unternehmenskrisen und Finanzskandale haben in der jüngeren Vergangenheit das Vertrauen von Investoren und der Öffentlichkeit in die Wirksamkeit der internen und externen Unternehmenskontrolle geschwächt. Weltweit wurden regulatorische Anforderungen an die Gestaltung Interner Kontrollsysteme erhoben, die teilweise tiefgehende Eingriffe in die Überwachungs- und Kontrollaktivitäten der...

This paper investigates whether the valuation effect of corporate governance depends on the degree of competition in the companies’ product markets in a large international sample covering 14 countries from the European Union (EU). Besides providing external validity of previous US-centred studies, this paper uses more comprehensive and reliable measures of both product market...

For decades, racial profiling has been subject of intense debate in US jurisdiction. Recently, outcome tests based on economic models have contributed to the legal discourse. However, it is not readily obvious if and to what extent they also pertain to European jurisdiction, where racial profiling has only as of late stirred up controversy. In a comprehensive examination of their...