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COMPARATIVE STUDY REGARDING THE EVOLUTIN OF PRIVATE PENSION FUNDS IN ROMANIA (SECOND PILLOR) [PDF]
The goal of this paper is to present the basic characteristics of the Romanian private pension system as well as its evolution during a period of 43 weeks from 20th June 2008 to 10th March 2009.
Seulean Victoria, Mos Maria Luiza
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Linking Environmental Health and Civic Health: An Analysis of Air Pollution and Charitable Giving
Nonprofit Management and Leadership, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the effect of air pollution on charitable giving. We suggest that the burdens associated with poor air quality are associated with a dampening of civic and philanthropic engagement. Analyzing 12 years of county‐level data from the United States with fixed‐effects OLS and instrumental variables regressions, we identify a ...
Gregory D. Saxton +6 more
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Nonprofit Management and Leadership, EarlyView.ABSTRACT With the aim to explore the potential of machine learning for nonprofit research, this article contrasts traditional linear regression with four contemporary supervised machine learning approaches. Concretely, we predict (1) reputation ratings and (2) the total number of volunteers for 4021 non‐profit organizations in the U.S.
Moritz Schmid +2 more
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Mean-variance portfolio selection for defined-contribution pension funds with stochastic salary. [PDF]
ScientificWorldJournal, 2014 Zhang C.
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Governance of public pension funds : lessons from corporate governance and international evidence [PDF]
An understanding of corporate governance theory can promote the adoption of appropriate governance tools to limit agency problems in public pension fund management. The absence of a market for corporate control hinders the translation of lessons from the
Impavido, Gregorio, Hess, David
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Pension Fund Capitalism and Financial Crisis. IHS Political Science Series 126, December 2011 [PDF]
, 2011 Basic public pension schemes and cut backs in earnings-related public pensions led to an increasing role of supplementary pensions such as pension funds for old-age incomes.
Wiß, Tobias
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Nonprofit Management and Leadership, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Under the roof of Christian churches in Central Europe, some nonprofit organizations (NPOs) grow, while others are in marked decline. Our study in this context extends a previous focus on financial indicators to NPO managers' experiences, their role clarity and job satisfaction, during phases of organizational growth and decline. Specifically,
Max Niehoff, Johannes Stark
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Pension Fund Performance and Costs: Small is Beautiful
Using the CEM pension fund data set, we document the cost structure and performance of a large sample of US pension funds. To date, self-reporting biases and a deficiency of comprehensive return and cost data have severely hindered pension fund ...
Bauer, R.M.M.J. +2 more
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Evidence of active management of private voluntary pension funds in Colombia: a perfomance analysis using proxy ETFS [PDF]
The purpose of this study is to find evidence that shows that either activemanagement of private pension funds in Colombia actually adds value tothe investors or, on the contrary, investors would achieve better results ifthey invested in passively ...
EDGARDO CAYÓN FALLÓN +2 more
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State Capacity and Path Dependence in Cape Verde's Supreme Audit Institution
Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines state capacity and path dependence in the Supreme Audit Institution (SAI) of Cape Verde, focussing on the performance and governance of the Court of Auditors. Drawing on a mixed‐methods longitudinal design covering the period from 2010 to 2024, the analysis combines international governance indicators, documentary analysis,
Ana Lúcia Romão
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