‘This Is Not Europe’: Investigating the Commission's Anti‐Populist Articulation of ‘European Values’
JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.Abstract Whilst ‘populism’ is often considered antithetical to ‘European values’, how this contrast shapes the very meaning of such ‘values’ remains underexplored. This article investigates the European Commission's anti‐populist articulation of ‘European values’, which constructs ‘populism’ as their constitutive outside.
Alex Yates
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Pension funds in Central Europe and Russia : their prospects and potential role in corporate governance [PDF]
Social pension systems in most countries in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union face severe financial pressure. Aging populations are increasing that pressure, which stems mainly from in the%design in the %in the flaws and incompatible incentives ...
Michelitsch, Roland, Vittas, Dimitri
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The Gendered Nature of the EU Budget
JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.Abstract The relationship between the European Union's (EU) budget and gender equality has been a constant challenge throughout the process of European integration. Recognising the distinctiveness of the EU budget, it is evident that its primary focus lies in transfers between regions, states and specific sectors, allocating expenditure to broad ...
Johanna Lorraine Breuer
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Pensions in a shrinking economy: a comment on Kuné [PDF]
In a contribution to Pensions: An International Journal, Prof. Jan Kuné discusses whether a fully funded (FF) pension scheme can cope with a demographic shock better than a payas- you-go (PAYG) system.
Sergio Cesaratto
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The "Silent Reserves" of the Patriarchal Chinese Welfare System: Women as "Hidden" Contributors to Chinese Social Policy. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2020 Wang Y, Liu T.
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Household portfolio allocation and stock market beliefs: Evidence from Japanese households
Journal of Financial Research, EarlyView.Abstract We analyze data from the Keio Household Panel Survey (KHPS) to investigate how individuals' beliefs about financial markets influence current and planned asset holdings. Our results reveal statistically and economically significant relations between specific beliefs and both present asset allocations and accumulation.
Raslan Alzuabi, Daniel Gray
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Building an environment for pension reform in developing countries [PDF]
Fiscal problems are prompting many developing nations to amend and sometimes restructure their national old-age programs. As they do, these countries seek guidance on how to design market and regulatory structures to enhance their chances of success ...
Mitchell, Olivia S.
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The expected inflation risk premium in the U.S. stock market
Journal of Financial Research, EarlyView.Abstract This article studies how expected inflation risk affects asset prices. We propose an ex‐ante, tradable proxy for this risk, derived from the term spread of gold futures prices. Using cross‐sectional and time series asset pricing tests, we show how an increase in expected inflation risk lowers contemporaneous prices and raises equity returns ...
Pascal Letourneau +2 more
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Globalization, corporate finance, and coordinated capitalism: Pension finance in Germany and Japan [PDF]
This paper analyzes 'globalization' as the interplay between domestic and 'foreign' economic agents that seek to break up nationally contained and/or institutionally constrained markets with the aim of altering distributive outcomes in their favor.
Manow, Philip
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No Remedy: Injustice and Constrained Citizenship in Indonesia's Plantation Zone
Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This contribution to the special issue examines a constrained version of citizenship in Indonesia's plantation zone. When corporations take hold of village land, residents experience devastating dispossession and a profound sense of injustice, yet they lack effective channels through which to claim rights as citizens or secure remedy from the ...
Tania Murray Li, Pujo Semedi
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