Non-durable Consumption and Housing Net Worth in the Great Recession:...
In an influential paper, Mian, Rao and Sufi (2013) exploit geographic variation in housing supply elasticities to measure the effect of changes in the housing share of net worth on total household...
View ArticleDemocracy for Polarized Committees: The Tale of Blotto's Lieutenants -- by...
In polarized committees, majority voting disenfranchises the minority. Allowing voters to spend freely a fixed budget of votes over multiple issues restores some minority power. However, it also...
View ArticleMacroeconomics of Persistent Slumps -- by Robert E. Hall
In modern economies, sharp increases in unemployment from major adverse shocks result in long periods of abnormal unemployment and low output. This chapter investigates the processes that account for...
View ArticleFamily Ruptures, Stress, and the Mental Health of the Next Generation -- by...
This paper studies how in utero exposure to maternal stress from family ruptures affects later mental health. We find that prenatal exposure to the death of a maternal relative increases take-up of...
View ArticlePricing Assets in an Economy with Two Types of People -- by Roger E.A. Farmer
This paper constructs a general equilibrium model with two types of people where asset price fluctuations are caused by random shocks to the price level that reallocate consumption across generations....
View ArticleParental Responses to Child Support Obligations: Evidence from Administrative...
We leverage non-linearities in Danish child support guidelines and rich administrative data to provide causal estimates of parental behavioral responses to child support obligations. We estimate that a...
View ArticleWhat Do Test Scores Miss? The Importance of Teacher Effects on Non-Test Score...
This paper extends the traditional test-score value-added model of teacher quality to allow for the possibility that teachers affect a variety of student outcomes through their effects on both...
View ArticleNew OMX Copenhagen Benchmark Portfolio Selected - The New Portfolio Of The...
Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announces today the results of the semi-annual review of the OMX Copenhagen Benchmark Index, (Nasdaq Copenhagen: OMXCB), which will become effective with the market open on...
View ArticleSecurities Commission Malaysia: Audit Oversight Board Annual Report 2015:...
The Audit Oversight Board (AOB) has urged audit firms to embrace a quality-oriented culture as the tone at the top will positively influence partners and audit engagement teams’ behaviour and their...
View ArticleNew OMX Helsinki Benchmark Portfolio Selected - The New Portfolio Of The OMX...
Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announces today the results of the semi-annual review of the OMX Helsinki Benchmark Index, (Nasdaq Helsinki: OMXHB), which will become effective with the market open on Wednesday,...
View ArticleTokyo Commodity Exchange: Good Delivery Material Price Differential For May...
The price differential of the Good Delivery material for the May 2016 contract month in the Rubber market has be determined as follows,read more...
View ArticleNew OMX Stockholm Benchmark Portfolio Selected - The New Portfolio Of The OMX...
Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announces today the results of the semi-annual review of the OMX Stockholm Benchmark Index, (Nasdaq Stockholm: OMXSB), which will become effective with the market open on...
View ArticleLondon Stock Exchange Group To Host Extent 2016 Software Testing Conference
On 22 June 2016, London Stock Exchange Group will host the EXTENT Software Testing and Trading Technology Trends conference at its London headquarters in Paternoster Square.read more...
View ArticleEuronext Launches Its First Nitrogen Fertiliser Futures Contract
Euronext today announced the launch in autumn 2016 of the first physically-deliverable futures contract for nitrogen solution. Aimed at the European market, this innovative new contract will complement...
View ArticleLME Steel Scrap Contract Sees First Voice-Brokered Trade
The London Metal Exchange (LME) today announces the first voice-brokered trade of its LME Steel Scrap contract. The trade was executed on 4 May 2016 by INTL FCStone Ltd on behalf of Stemcor.read more...
View ArticleMetamako Slashes Switch Latency And Offers More Ports
Metamako, provider of the world’s fastest, deterministic, ultra-low latency devices for the trading, exchanges and telco communities, has today announced the launch of a new device, MetaMux 48. The...
View ArticleInterest In Post Trade Risk Mitigation Services Grows In Asia, According To...
TriOptima, the award-winning post trade infrastructure provider, has published a whitepaper today entitled “Post Trade Risk Mitigation in Asia”. The whitepaper claims that adoption of post trade...
View ArticleBryan, Garnier & Co Expands Its Equity Capital Markets Capabilities With...
Bryan, Garnier & Co, the leading pan-European Investment Bank focusing on growth companies, is pleased to announce that Pierre Kiecolt-Wahl has joined the firm as Managing Director, ECM, where he...
View ArticleAbu Dhabi Global Market Sets Out Proposal For FinTech Regulatory Framework In...
The Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) today published a public consultation paper setting out its proposal for a “Regulatory Laboratory” (“RegLab”), a...
View ArticleDeutsche Börse Cash Market: UBS ETF On Emerging Market Bonds...
A new UBS Global Asset Management bond index ETF has been tradable via Xetra and Börse Frankfurt since Tuesday.read more...
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