SAVING INCENTIVES FOR LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME FAMILIES: EVIDENCE FROM A FIELD EXPERIMENT WITH H&R BLOCK* ESTHER DUFLO WILLIAM GALE JEFFREY LIEBMAN PETER ORSZAG EMMANUEL SAEZ We analyze a randomized experiment in which 14‚000 tax filers in H&R Block offices in St. Louis received matches of zero‚ 20 percent‚ or 50 percent of IRA contributions. Take-up rates were 3 percent‚ 8 percent‚ and 14 percent‚ respectively. Among contributors‚ contributions‚ excluding the match‚ averaged $765 in the control group
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EXECUTIVE INCENTIVE SCHEMES: AN ANALYSIS OF THEIR INFLUENCE ON CORPORATE PERFORMANCE Most business environments are complex - with intensive competitive activity (including newcomers) and high stakeholder expectations. Thus ongoing improvements in corporate performance (including better resource allocation and asset utilisation) become critical factors for company profitability and sustainability of their business models. Consequently‚ many directors are getting substantial rewards
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Meeting‚ Incentive‚ Convention‚ and Exhibition (MICE) Industry: Analysis & Investment Opportunities Department of Investment Services‚ Ministry of Economic Affairs Table of Contents I. (I) (II) II. (I) Global Trends in MICE Industry Development .................... 1 A 21st Century Goldmine................................................................1 The Asian MICE Industry Boom ...................................................2 The Status of MICE Industry Development in Taiwan ........
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compensation strategies that are directly linked to improving organizational performance as well as to make the companies become more flexible and adaptive. According to Appelbaum and Mackenzie (1996)‚ the fundamentals of incentive pay and how it associates with known organizational behaviour theories can be correlated with the achievement of company goals through the use of reward system. Basically‚ employees work because of money and they desire to receive fair wages and salaries for their contributions
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Investment Incentive in Bangladesh submarine cable network Self Introduction Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Limited (BSCCL) (http://www.bsccl.com.bd/) having its Principal office at Telejogajog Bhaban 37/E‚ Eskaton Garden‚ Dhaka-1000 is the only company dealing with submarine cable business in Bangladesh. It has been incorporated as a Public Limited Company in 2008 It deals in provisioning of telecom infra structure service primarily via submarine cable and domestic high capacity optical
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transition countries: the use of incentives and promotion agencies‚ 2007 Hines J.‚ “Tax Sparing and Direct Investment in developing Countries”‚ NBER Working paper‚ N. 6728‚ September 1998 Honest P IMF (1985). Foreign Direct Investment in Developing Countries. Occasional Paper 33‚ IMF‚ Washington D.C. Jacques Morisset‚ Tax Incentives‚ Public Policy for the Private Sector‚ The World Bank Group‚ February 2003 Jacques Morisset and Neda Pirina‚ How Tax Policy and Incentives Affect Foreign Direct Investment
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available at www.emeraldinsight.com/1475-7702.htm RAF 11‚1 Do CEO compensation incentives affect firm innovation? Shahbaz Sheikh University of Western Ontario‚ London‚ Canada Abstract Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine if the structure and design of CEO compensation has any effect on firm innovation. It further investigates the effectiveness of each component of portfolio of compensation incentives in encouraging innovation. Design/methodology/approach – This study uses systems
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Agency Theory A theory that explains the relationship between principals and agents in business (In this relationship‚ the principal hires an agent to do the work‚ or to perform a task the principal is unable or unwilling to do. For example‚ in corporations‚ the principals are the shareholders of a company‚ delegating to the agent i.e. the management of the company‚ to perform tasks on their behalf.) Agency theory is concerned with resolving problems that can exist in agency relationships;
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Theory X and Theory Y Douglas McGregor (1906 - 1964) is one of the forefathers of management theory and one of the top business thinkers of all time. He was a social psychologist who became the President of Antioch College. He later became a professor of management at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (he was succeeded by Warren Bennis). His book The Human Side of Enterprise (1960) had a profound influence on the management field‚ largely due to his Theory X and Theory Y. McGregor developed
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impact employee motivation were found. In the case study organization rewards in use are positively impacting employee motivation and the reasons why rewards are impacting motivation was explained through the use of grounded motivation and reward theories. As the case study approach was chosen for this thesis the results and conclusions of this research are valid only to the case study organization and the conclusions should not be generalized outside the case study organization. KEYWORDS:
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