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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract There is much interest in the potential for an alternative funding system for higher education students in England to support the spiritual and worldly needs of British Muslim students. At the heart of this issue lies a tension over whether the student financing system in English HE is haram, or forbidden under Islamic (Shari'ah) law, because ...
Richard Hall +2 more
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Do Sustainability Committees Mitigate or Exacerbate ESG Decoupling?
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates the impact of sustainability committees (SCs) on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) decoupling in US publicly listed firms. In particular, it examines their influence on overall and dimension‐specific (E, S, G) ESG decoupling and distinguishes their effects on internal versus external ESG actions.
Weite Qiu +4 more
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Challenges of Georgia’s Pension System
Polish Political Science Yearbook, 2020 In 2018, a mandatory funded pension model (second pillar) was introduced in Georgia. At present, the Georgian pension system has three pillars, but the reform does not apply to current pensioners.
Jaba Urotadze
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The Finnish Pension Reform of 2005 [PDF]
The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice, 2007 A major reform in the Finnish private-sector earnings-related pension system came into effect on 1st January, 2005. It was negotiated in 2001–2002 between the central organisations of employers and trade unions and representatives of the central government. This paper describes the reform and analyses its effects on selected macroeconomic variables, on
Jukka Lassila, Tarmo Valkonen
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Focusing on firm‐size heterogeneity, this study examines how institutional reform reshapes the effects of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) disclosure on firm value. Using 2019–2023 panel data on 1427 Japanese listed firms (before and after the 2022 Tokyo Stock Exchange reorganization and Corporate Governance Code revision), this ...
Akio Nakashima, Kimitaka Nishitani
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Sustainable governance depends on the joint functioning of institutional quality, fiscal discipline, environmental performance, and socioeconomic inclusion. However, many composite indicators rely on subjective weighting schemes and leave the structural role of governance underspecified.
Ömer Faruk Rençber +3 more
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INFORMATION SUPPORT FOR ACTUARIAL ASSESSMENT OF THE FINANCIAL STATUS OF THE PENSION SYSTEM IN RUSSIA
Финансы: теория и практика, 2017 The pension reform 2015 dramatically increased not only the public, but also academic interest to the problems of the national pension system. The discussions revealed serious discrepancies (often diametrically opposed) in the quantitative estimates of ...
A. K. Solovyev, S. A. Dontsova
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Material Security in Old Age through the Pension Savings System in the Slovak Republic [PDF]
Societas et IurisprudentiaThe pension reform carried out in the Slovak Republic in the period 2003 – 2005 pursued the reform objectives of achieving long-term sustainability of pension systems and of ensuring adequate material security for individuals, especially for the case of ...
Miloš Lacko
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Pension Reform and Wealth Inequality: Theory and Evidence
European Economic Review, 2023 A growing literature explores reasons for rising wealth inequality, but is mostly silent on the role of pension systems despite their well-understood influence on life-cycle savings. This paper develops a simple life-cycle model to lay bare the primary theoretical mechanisms connecting pension systems, asset accumulation, and the wealth distribution ...
Torben M. Andersen +3 more
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Pension plans may either limit their sustainability approach to commercial purposes or adopt governance practices aligned with sustainability principles, thereby strengthening their Corporate Social Identity (CSI). This paper explores the moderating role of CSI in the relationship between traditional corporate governance mechanisms and pension
Elisa Bocchialini +2 more
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