"Politically speaking, that's very important, " said Harald Benink, a professor of finance at Tilburg University.

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Finally, what I find truly amazing is that he was teaching the Ethics course at Tilburg University.

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"For many decades, banks enjoyed an implicit government guarantee, " said Harald Benink, professor of banking and finance at Tilburg University.

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The participants were followed for an average of about 11 years by a team led by Annelieke Roest of Tilburg University, in the Netherlands.

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The company says it discontinued that practice, which it described as a "bug, " earlier this year after it was disclosed by Dutch researcher Arnold Roosendaal of Tilburg University.

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Arji Lans Bovenberg at Tilburg University in the Netherlands (born in 1958) wonders if parents should be given an extra vote at elections for each young child in their charge.

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Researchers at Tilburg University in the Netherlands, led by Joris Lammers, looked at the behavior of more than 1, 500 professionals and found that women who are higher up the corporate ladder are more likely to cheat (just as higher-status men are).

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Northern Europe has the edge, thanks to an inviting combination of less bureaucracy, a more developed legal system, better accounting systems and easier ways to transfer intellectual property, says Marco Da Rin, associate professor in finance at Tilburg University in the Netherlands.

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