Discussions in Europe on Variable Compensation in the Financial Sector. EU Centre Singapore Working Paper no. 20, February 2014

Bonuses – which are often used to mitigate principal-agent problems and to encourage employees to work harder – have increased tremendously in the financial sector during the last decade, and have often been seen as a contributing factor to the financial crisis of 2008. The recent European Union (EU) action to adopt a policy that restricts bonuses paid to bankers may seem promising at first, but this does not address the real issues behind variable rewards. Compensation policies should be changed to encourage responsible risk-taking and decision-making through the implementation of broader performance metrics, forfeitable holdbacks and hybrid bonds. Furthermore, a change in organisational culture is needed to improve ethical behaviour leading to a re-balancing of stakeholders’ interests in the financial sector.

Austria’s thrilling elections will have far-reaching impact on political developments in the EU. EPIN Commentary No. 32, May 2016

After a passionate two-day election, Alexander Van Der Bellen (supported by the Greens) narrowly defeated his far-right wing opponent, Norbert Hofer (Freedom Party of Austria or FPÖ), thereby becoming Austria’s new President (50.3% vs 49.7%). Notably, the ecologist candidate only managed to win thanks to the postal votes counted on the day after the polls closed, whereas anti-EU Hofer was still leading by some 144,000 votes on the previous evening. Such a narrow defeat is likely to have long-term implications for Austrian and European politics.

Investigation of improper activities in the labor or management field. Hearings before the Select Committee on Improper Activities in the Labor or Management Field, Eighty-fifth Congress, first session [-] Eighty-sixth Congress, first session.

Hearings held Feb. 26, 1957-Sept. 9, 1959.

Some remarks upon the Church of Great Haseley, Oxfordshire. Read at a meeting of the Oxford Society for Promoting the Study of Gothic Architecture, November 19, 1839. Together with extracts form Delafield's ms. in the Bodleian Library, entitled "Notitia Hasleiana."

Mode of access: Internet.

Workshops on technological change in the U.S. automobile industry October 1977 through April 1978 and the symposium on technology, government and the automotive future, October 19-20, 1978. Proceedings. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Office of Research and Development, Washington, D.C.

BLS reports on employee benefits in the United States, 1990-1991.

"Summary 93-4."

Basic principles of violin playing : a report prepared for the MENC Committee on String Instruction in the Schools

Mode of access: Internet.

Catharine of Russia ; or, The child of the storm : an historical drama, founded on an incident in the life of Peter the Great.

Separated from some unknown collection.

Aspects of Anglicanism; or, some comments on certain events in the 'nineties, /

Mode of access: Internet.

Report to the President's research committee on social trends on social statistics in the United States.

Vol. I. Next steps in the development of social statistics, by S. A. Rice and collaborators.--vol. II. A guide to the statistics of social trends in the United States, by Florence Du Bois.--vol. III. Guides to vital statistics in the United States, by Joseph V. De Porte.--vol. IV. A guide to statistical series relating to wages in the United States, by Meredith B. Givens and Ernestine Wilke.

A district conference held at Gary on history teaching in the secondary schools,

Mode of access: Internet.

Workers education in the United States : report of proceedings ... National Conference on Workers Education in the United States.

Subtitle varies.

Report of the Royal Commission on Industrial Disputes in the Province of British Columbia issued by the Department of Labour, Canada.

Mode of access: Internet.

Rise of landscape gardening in England and its effect on English literature in the 18th. century.

Type-writtem ms.