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Technocracy, Supranationalism and Right‐Wing Populism: The Variegated Sheltering of Western Assets in East Central European Countries

open access: yesJCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract After the Global Financial Crisis of 2008, European Union (EU) governance has become more tolerant towards national policy adaptation and experimentation. Right‐wing populist governments in East Central Europe (ECE) have used this increased flexibility amongst other things to develop various economically nationalist strategies to reassert ...
Gerhard Schnyder   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Regulating Uncharted Waters: The EU Platform Work Directive Between Uncertainty, Lobbyism and Politicisation

open access: yesJCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract In 2024, the EU adopted a much‐debated directive on improving working conditions in platform work, which aims to facilitate the correct classification of people performing platform work and regulates the use of algorithmic management. The initiative attracted intense lobbying from digital platforms and trade unions, whilst dividing the member ...
Sven Schreurs
wiley   +1 more source

More Competition, Better Products: Evidence From Tariff Cuts

open access: yesJournal of Economics &Management Strategy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines how increased competition affects product and process innovation. I combine plausibly exogenous variation in foreign competition induced by large tariff cuts with a difference‐in‐differences strategy and find that firms increase their product patenting in response to increased foreign competition, but, on average, foreign
Colin Davison
wiley   +1 more source

Import competition and stock price crash risk

open access: yesJournal of Financial Research, EarlyView.
Abstract We investigate how globalization‐induced import competition affects stock price crash risk. Import competition increases price pressure and reduces profit margins, prompting managers to withhold negative information, resulting in higher crash risk. Based on a sample of US manufacturing firms from 1974 to 2019, we find that firms whose products
Mansoor Afzali   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Natural disaster risk salience and the strategic appointment of directors with sustainability expertise

open access: yesJournal of Financial Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how salient sustainability risks from near‐miss natural disasters influence board composition. Using a difference‐in‐differences design, I find that firms located in counties neighboring disaster‐affected areas significantly increase the presence of directors with sustainability expertise following the disaster.
Bo Wang
wiley   +1 more source

Deposit Competition and Mortgage Securitization

open access: yesJournal of Money, Credit and Banking, EarlyView.
Abstract We study how deposit competition affects a bank's decision to securitize mortgages. Exploiting the state‐specific removal of deposit market caps across the U.S. as a source of competition, we find a 7.1 percentage point increase in the probability that banks securitize mortgage loans.
DANNY MCGOWAN   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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