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General Agreement On Tariffs And Trade (Gaff) And The World Trade Organisation (Wto): The Major Provisions And The Implication For Nigeria, O. A. Ogunlana Sep 1998

General Agreement On Tariffs And Trade (Gaff) And The World Trade Organisation (Wto): The Major Provisions And The Implication For Nigeria, O. A. Ogunlana

CBN Occasional Papers

This paper shall review the major provisions of the GATT with respect to the Multilateral Agreements on Trade in Goods only and the likely implications for Nigeria. The review of the General Agreement on Trade in Services and the Agreement on Trade - Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights shall be covered in another exercise. The rest of the paper is, therefore, organised into five parts. Part I discusses the GATT’s basic principles and the major agreements of the latest multilateral trade negotiations otherwise known as the Uruguay Round. The World Trade Organization, its major functions, structure and the decision-making …


Layoffs, Top Executive Pay, And Firm Performance, Kevin F. Hallock Sep 1998

Layoffs, Top Executive Pay, And Firm Performance, Kevin F. Hallock

Economics Faculty Publications

This paper examines the connection between layoffs, executive pay, and stock prices. Firms that announce layoffs in the previous year pay their CEOs more, and give their CEOs larger percentage raises than firms which do not have at least one layoff announcement in the previous year. However, the likelihood of announcing a layoff varies dramatically along with other dimensions, for example firm size, which are also correlated with CEO pay. Once firm-specific fixed effects are controlled for, the CEO pay premium for laying off workers disappears. In addition, there is a small negative share price reaction to layoff announcements.


Agreement On Appropriate Bargaining Unit, Samuel J. D'Amico Mar 1998

Agreement On Appropriate Bargaining Unit, Samuel J. D'Amico

General University of Maine Publications

No abstract provided.


Collective Bargaining Over Asset Restructuring, Edward B. Rock, Michael L. Wachter Jan 1998

Collective Bargaining Over Asset Restructuring, Edward B. Rock, Michael L. Wachter

All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


1998 Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Staff Congress. Jan 1998

1998 Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Staff Congress.

Staff Congress Records

Staff Congress meeting minutes for 1998.