Motivating Effort In Contributing to Public Goods Inside Organizations: Field...
We investigate the factors driving workers' decisions to generate public goods inside an organization through a randomized solicitation of workplace improvement proposals in a medical center with 1200...
View ArticleDecomposing Duration Dependence in a Stopping Time Model -- by Fernando E....
We develop a dynamic model of transitions in and out of employment. A worker finds a job at an optimal stopping time, when a Brownian motion with drift hits a barrier. This implies that the duration of...
View ArticleAge and Gender Profiling in the Chinese and Mexican Labor Markets: Evidence...
When permitted by law, employers sometimes state the preferred age and sex of their employees in job ads. We study this practice using data from one Mexican and three Chinese job boards, showing that...
View ArticleHomophily and Transitivity in Dynamic Network Formation -- by Bryan S. Graham
In social and economic networks linked agents often share additional links in common. There are two competing explanations for this phenomenon. First, agents may have a structural taste for transitive...
View ArticleEconomic Analysis of Property Rights: First Possession of Water in the...
We analyze the economic determinants and effects of prior appropriation water rights that were voluntarily implemented across a vast area of the US West, replacing common-law riparian water rights. We...
View ArticleThe Impact of the Civil War on Southern Wealth Holders -- by Brandon Dupont,...
The U.S. Civil War and emancipation wiped out a substantial fraction of southern wealth. The prevailing view of most economic historians, however, is that the southern planter elite was able to retain...
View ArticleBond Risk Premia in Consumption-based Models -- by Drew D. Creal, Jing...
Workhorse Gaussian affine term structure models (ATSMs) attribute time-varying bond risk premia entirely to changing prices of risk, while structural models with recursive preferences credit it...
View ArticleImpacts of the Affordable Care Act on Health Insurance Coverage in Medicaid...
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) aimed to achieve nearly universal health insurance coverage in the United States through a combination of insurance market reforms, mandates, subsidies, health insurance...
View ArticleClimate Econometrics -- by Solomon M. Hsiang
Identifying the effect of climate on societies is central to understanding historical economic development, designing modern policies that react to climatic events, and managing future global climate...
View ArticleBias against Novelty in Science: A Cautionary Tale for Users of Bibliometric...
Research which explores unchartered waters has a high potential for major impact but also carries a higher uncertainty of having impact. Such explorative research is often described as taking a novel...
View ArticleNutrient Intake: A Cross-National Analysis of Trends and Economic Correlates...
Nutrition is a key input in the health production function, and a better understanding of how we eat can aid in guiding effective policy change towards better population health. This study documents...
View ArticleTSX NAVex Prepares For Launch - Toronto Stock Exchange's New Mutual Fund...
Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) today announced that its new centralized mutual fund solution, TSX NAVex, has entered the client testing phase. Participating Organizations of TSX can now connect to the...
View ArticleTradingScreen Wins WatersTechnology Best Sell-Side Technology Award -...
TradingScreen, the leading independent provider of liquidity, trading, and investment technology via SaaS, has won the WatersTechnology Sell-Side Technology Award for Best Sell-Side OTC Trading...
View ArticleSimCorp Appoints Thorvaldur Flemming Jensen Head Of ASP Division
SimCorp, a leading provider of investment management solutions and services for the global financial services industry, today announced that it has appointed Thorvaldur Flemming Jensen head of its...
View ArticleAsia Economic Slowdown And Cyber Risk Top List Of Financial Industry Concerns...
An economic slowdown in Asia was listed by 22% of respondents of a recent survey conducted by The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) as the biggest systemic risk to the broader economy...
View ArticleNew Data On OTC Equity Trading Now Available, FINRA Announces - Additional...
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) today announced that expanded data on over-the-counter (OTC) trading in equity securities is now live, extending FINRA's trading-volume transparency...
View ArticleEuropex Response To ACER Consultation On The Functioning And Usefulness Of...
The Europex response has two main aspects:read more...
View ArticleFINRA Decision Bars James Van Doren For Unethical Conduct; Registered...
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today a decision barring James Van Doren from the securities industry for unethical conduct involving money laundering and a scheme to...
View ArticleFinancial Stability Board Regional Consultative Group For The Middle East And...
Today, the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency hosted the ninth meeting of the Financial Stability Board (FSB) Regional Consultative Group for the Middle East and North Africa (RCG MENA) in Riyadh, Saudi...
View ArticleMoscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change For Non-Principal Futures On April...
According to Item 8 of the Principal and Non-principal Futures Listing Methodology (approved by the NCC Management Board on May, 29 2014), Xi parameters for non-principal futures were changed on April...
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