World Federation Of Exchanges Responds To FSB Consultation On Continuity Of...
The World Federation of Exchanges (“WFE”), which represents more than 200 market infrastructure providers including exchanges and CCPs, has responded to a consultation from the Financial Stability...
View ArticleBack to Basics: Why do Firms Invest in Research? -- by Ashish Arora, Sharon...
If scientific knowledge is a public good, why do firms invest in research? This paper revisits this question with new data on patent citations to corporate scientific publications. Using data on 4,736...
View ArticleLong-Run Covariability -- by Ulrich K. Mueller, Mark W. Watson
We develop inference methods about long-run comovement of two time series. The parameters of interest are defined in terms of population second-moments of lowfrequency trends computed from the data....
View ArticleHigh-Skilled Immigration, STEM Employment, and Non-Routine-Biased Technical...
We study the role of foreign-born workers in the growth of employment in STEM occupations since 1980. Given the importance of employment in these fields for research and innovation, we consider their...
View ArticlePolitical Cycles and Stock Returns -- by Lubos Pastor, Pietro Veronesi
We develop a model of political cycles driven by time-varying risk aversion. Heterogeneous agents make two choices: whether to work in the public or private sector and which of two political parties to...
View ArticleFirm-Related Risk and Precautionary Saving Response -- by Andreas Fagereng,...
We propose a new approach to identify the strength of the precautionary motive and the extent of self-insurance in response to earnings risk based on Euler equation estimates. To address endogeneity...
View ArticleImpact of Violent Crime on Risk Aversion: Evidence from the Mexican Drug War...
Whereas attitudes towards risk are thought to play an important role in many decisions over the life-course, factors that affect those attitudes are not fully understood. Using longitudinal survey data...
View ArticleHuman Decisions and Machine Predictions -- by Jon Kleinberg, Himabindu...
We examine how machine learning can be used to improve and understand human decision-making. In particular, we focus on a decision that has important policy consequences. Millions of times each year,...
View ArticleFunding Liquidity without Banks: Evidence from a Shock to the Cost of Very...
In 2011, Colombia instituted a tax on repayment of bank loans, thereby increasing the cost of short-term bank credit more than long-term credit. Firms responded by cutting their short-term loans for...
View ArticleIllusory Gains from Chile's Targeted School Voucher Experiment -- by Benjamin...
In 2008, Chile implemented a targeted voucher program that increased voucher values for disadvantaged students at participating schools by approximately 50%. Although disadvantaged students made...
View ArticleSticking Points: Common-Agency Problems and Contracting in the U.S....
We propose a "common-agency" model for explaining inefficient contracting in the U.S. healthcare system. In our setting, common-agency problems arise when multiple payers seek to motivate a shared...
View ArticleFirms' Internal Networks and Local Economic Shocks -- by Xavier Giroud,...
This paper shows that firms spread the adverse impacts of local employment shocks across regions through their internal networks of establishments. Linking confidential micro data at the establishment...
View ArticleCurrency Matters: Analyzing International Bond Portfolios -- by John D....
Currency denomination is a prominent feature in the analysis of the structure of international bond markets, but is largely absent from analyses of cross-border investment in debt securities. This...
View ArticleThe Returns to Nursing: Evidence from a Parental Leave Program -- by Benjamin...
Nurses comprise the largest health profession. In this paper, we measure the effect of nurses on health care delivery and patient health outcomes across sectors. Our empirical strategy takes advantage...
View ArticleWhen Work Disappears: Manufacturing Decline and the Falling Marriage-Market...
The structure of marriage and child-rearing in U.S. households has undergone two marked shifts in the last three decades: a steep decline in the prevalence of marriage among young adults, and a sharp...
View ArticleR.J. O’Brien Wins 2017 CTA Intelligence US Services Award For Best FCM...
Chicago-based R.J. O’Brien & Associates (RJO), the oldest and largest independent futures brokerage and clearing firm in the United States, announced that the firm won the award for “Best FCM –...
View ArticleLiquidityBook Continues Sales Momentum With The Addition Of Three West Coast...
LiquidityBook today announced its SaaS-based LBX Buyside POEMS (portfolio, order and execution management system) has been selected by three West Coast hedge funds: Pier 88 Investment Partners, Zeo...
View ArticleCrédit Agricole CIB Implements Orchestrade For Trading And Risk
Crédit Agricole CIB, the corporate and investment banking arm of the world's eleventh largest bank by Tier One Capital (source: The Bankers, July 2016), has partnered with Orchestrade Financial...
View ArticleEuronext Launches Europe's First Index Dedicated To Family Businesses -...
Euronext today announced the launch of Euronext® Family Business, the first European index dedicated to family businesses, designed to highlight the performance of 90 family companies listed in the...
View ArticleESAs Warn On Money Laundering And Terrorist Financing Risks Affecting The EU...
The three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA - ESAs) published a Joint Opinion addressed to the European Commission on the risks of money laundering (ML) and terrorist financing (TF)...
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