Experimental Research on Labor Market Discrimination -- by David Neumark
Understanding whether labor market discrimination explains inferior labor market outcomes for many groups has drawn the attention of labor economists for decades - at least since the publication of...
View ArticleEconomic Policy Uncertainty and the Credit Channel: Aggregate and Bank Level...
Economic policy uncertainty affects decisions of households, businesses, policy makers and Financial intermediaries. We first examine the impact of economic policy uncertainty on aggregate bank credit...
View ArticleThe Term Structure of Interest Rates in India -- by Rajnish Mehra, Arunima Sinha
We examine the term structure of interest rates in India to see if the yield curve can be rationalized based on the 'expectations hypothesis'. Although we find evidence of predictability for holding...
View ArticleUsing Preference Estimates to Customize Incentives: An Application to Polio...
We use structural estimates of time preferences to customize incentives for a sample of polio vaccinators during a series of door-to-door immunization drives in Pakistan. Our investigation proceeds in...
View ArticleHealth Capacity to Work at Older Ages in Denmark -- by Paul Bingley, Nabanita...
Longevity is increasing and many people are spending a greater proportion of their lives reliant on pensions to support consumption. In response to this, several countries have mandated delays to age...
View ArticleWhat Makes US Government Bonds Safe Assets? -- by Zhiguo He, Arvind...
US government bonds are widely considered to be the world's safe store of value. US government bonds are a large fraction of safe asset portfolios, such as the porfolios of many central banks. The...
View ArticleNew OCC White Paper On Box Spreads: Exchange-Listed Options Strategies For...
A new white paper from OCC on Box Spreads is out.read more...
View ArticleStatement Of FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez On EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework
Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Edith Ramirez has issued the following statement regarding today’s release of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework in Brussels, Belgium. read more...
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White Paper Supports Utility Of CBOE Eurekahedge Benchmarks For Volatility...
Chicago Board Options Exchange® (CBOE®) today announced the release of a white paper that analyzes the use of benchmarks, such as those utilized by the CBOE Eurekahedge Volatility Indexes, to measure...
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Upcoming book by Sarah Newcomb: LOADED: Money, Psychology, and How to Get...
This book is divided into two major sections. The first section gives a broad overview of money and its place in our lives as a cultural and social phenomenon. The second section offers a new...
View ArticleThe Benefits Of Exchange-Trading Investment Funds - A Guest Article From...
Sponsored Funds are investment funds that are traded like ETFs or Structured Products in a market making segment. In a guest contribution[PDF], the authors Beat Auerbach, Oliver Heusser, Thomas Kägi...
View ArticleUK Prudential Regulation Authority And Financial Conduct Authority Statement...
The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have notified the European Banking Authority (EBA) that the regulators will comply with all aspects of the EBA Guidelines...
View ArticleWeekly Announcements â February 29, 2016
Announcing Expansion of ERN Monetary Economics eJournal read more...
View ArticleAdvisory Committee On Small & Emerging Companies Opening Remarks, SEC...
Good morning. Welcome to both the continuing members, as well as the new members of the Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies. I am looking forward to hearing from you regarding how we can...
View ArticleUS Department Of The Treasury: Preliminary Report On Foreign Holdings Of U.S....
Preliminary data from the June 2015 annual survey of foreign portfolio holdings of U.S. securities were released today on the Treasury website at...
View ArticleBeecher Carlson Releases American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA)...
Beecher Carlsonâs deep analytical expertise is displayed in our two latest studies, the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA) Loss Cost Study and the Hospital Workersâ Compensation...
View ArticleS&P Dow Jones Indices Market Attributes:Europe Index Dashboard
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View ArticleRemarks By Deputy Assistant Treasury Secretary Monique Rollins On Reforming...
For most of its history, private label securitization (PLS) has served as a valuable part of the housing finance market. It helped expand access to credit for many qualified Americans, who did not...
View ArticlePricing and Hedging GMWB in the Heston and in the Black-Scholes with...
Valuing Guaranteed Minimum Withdrawal Benefit (GMWB) has attracted significant attention from both the academic field and real world financial markets. As remarked by Yang and Dai, the Black and...
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