Committee on Affiliated Societies and Regional Branches

The Role of Regional Party Branches

One of the most persistent findings in coalition research is the proportionality rule (‘Gamson’s Law’) that guides the allocation of portfolios between parties. This article tests the assumption that a similar rule is at work within parties. More specifically, it examines the allocation of ministerial posts to regional party branches in 25 postwar cabinets in Austria between 1945 and 2008. Draw...

The Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies ( COPSS )

Preface The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), through a subcontract with Yale New is supporting a committee appointed by the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies (COPSS) to address statistical issues identified by the CMS and stakeholders about CMS's approach to mod-eling hospital quality based on outcomes. In the spring of 2011, with the direct support of YN-HHSC/CO...

Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean

Affiliated bankers on board and conservative accounting

We examine the tradeoff between having affiliated bankers on board and conservative accounting for mitigating debtholder-shareholder conflicts. We argue that affiliated bankers on board provide lenders with private information and control rights, thereby lowering debtcontracting demand for conservatism in public financial reports. We find that firms with affiliated bankers on board have lower c...

Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean