The Causes of Peer Effects in Production: Evidence from a Series of Field...
Workers respond to the output choices of their peers. What explains this well documented phenomenon of peer effects? Do workers value equity, fear punishment from equity-minded peers, or does output...
View ArticleImmigrant Entrepreneurship -- by Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr
We examine immigrant entrepreneurship and the survival and growth of immigrant-founded businesses over time relative to native-founded companies. Our work quantifies immigrant contributions to new firm...
View ArticleThe Common Origin of Uncertainty Shocks -- by Nicholas Kozeniauskas, Anna...
Various types of uncertainty shocks can explain many phenomena in macroeconomics and finance. But does this just amount to inventing new, exogenous, unobserved shocks to explain challenging features of...
View ArticleThe Effects of Mentor Quality, Exposure, and Type on Junior Officer Retention...
Despite the prevalence of mentor relationships in the workplace, little is known about their impact on labor market outcomes, including job retention. Using plausibly exogenous assignment of proteges...
View ArticleDoes Mass Deworming Affect Child Nutrition? Meta-analysis,...
The WHO has recently debated whether to reaffirm its long-standing recommendation of mass drug administration (MDA) in areas with more than 20% prevalence of soil-transmitted helminths (hookworm,...
View ArticleCultural Assimilation during the Age of Mass Migration -- by Ran Abramitzky,...
Using two million census records, we document cultural assimilation during the Age of Mass Migration, a formative period in US history. Immigrants chose less foreign names for children as they spent...
View ArticleState Street To Pilot GlobalCollateral Ltdâs Margin Settlement...
DTCC-Euroclear GlobalCollateral Ltd (“GlobalCollateral Ltd”), a joint venture (JV) of Euroclear and The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), today announced that State Street Corporation...
View ArticleESMA Publishes Translations Of Its Guidelines On Cross-Selling Practices
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published translations of its Guidelines on cross-selling practices.read more...
View ArticleEuropean Commission Launches Two New Financial Instruments To Boost...
Today the European Commission adopted two new "off-the-shelf", i.e. "ready-to-use" financial instruments for ESI Funds investments, to ease access to funding for young businesses and urban development...
View ArticleâBorsa Italiana Global Equity Marketâ Launched Today
Starting from 11 July 2016, the segment ‘Borsa Italiana Global Equity Market’ is part of the new market ‘Borsa Italiana Equity MTF’, including the After Hours segment as well.read more...
View ArticleEuronext To Offer MiFID II-Compliant Trade Publication And Transaction...
Euronext announced it will enhance its Trade Publication and Transaction Reporting Services[1]to allow investment firms to meet the new regulatory requirements specified under MiFID II[2].read more...
View ArticleSEC Charges 71 Municipal Issuers In Muni Bond Disclosure Initiative
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced enforcement actions against 71 municipal issuers and other obligated persons for violations in municipal bond offerings. read more...
View ArticleMGEX Records Daily Top 15 Volume Records
MGEX, a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), reports a total volume of 19,109 from Tuesday, making it the 13th-best day in MGEX’s 135-year history. Electronic...
View ArticleUnited Kingdom Parliament Treasury Committee Update: Response From Tim...
The Treasury Committee publishes a response from Tim Parkes, Chairman of the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) Regulatory Decisions Committee (RDC), to a request by the Committee for information on...
View ArticleOslo Børs: Harald Espedal Resigns From Board Positions
Attention is drawn to the Oslo Børs press release of 24 August in which it is announced that the Board of Directors of Oslo Børs has resolved to impose a violation charge on Sandnes Sparebank for a...
View ArticleUnited Kingdom Parliament Treasury Committee Update: Gilt Market Liquidity
Letter from Dr Mark Carney, Governor, Bank of England, regarding gilt market liquidity, dated 18 December 2015read more...
View ArticleSIFMA Market Close Recommendation For Labor Day In The U.S., The UK And Japan
SIFMA has confirmed its previous holiday recommendation for a full market close on Monday, September 5 for the trading of U.S. dollar-denominated fixed-income securities in the U.S., the UK, and Japan...
View ArticleIIROC Consolidated Enforcement Rules Take Effect September 1
The Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada's (IIROC's)new Consolidated Rules, approved earlier this year by the Canadian Securities Administrators, will take effectSeptember 1, 2016.read...
View ArticleSIFMA Statement On SEC MCDC Enforcement Action
SIFMA today released the following statement from Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr., president and CEO of SIFMA, on the MCDC enforcement action announced today by the Securities and Exchange Commission:read more...
View ArticleCBOE Risk Management Conference Europe 2016 - CBOE To Host 5th Annual CBOE...
Chicago Board Options Exchange® (CBOE®) will host the 5th annual CBOE Risk Management Conference (RMC) Europe, Monday, September 26 through Wednesday, September 28, 2016, at the Powerscourt Hotel in...
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