Economic Conditions and Mortality: Evidence from 200 Years of Data -- by...
Using data covering over 100 birth-cohorts in 32 countries, we examine the short- and long-term effects of economic conditions on mortality. We find that small, but not large, booms increase...
View ArticleThe Impact of Medical Marijuana Laws on the Labor Supply and Health of Older...
We study the effect of state medical marijuana laws (MMLs) on labor supply and health outcomes among older adults; the demographic group with the highest rates of many chronic conditions for which...
View ArticleThe Impact of Intergenerational Transfers on Household Wealth Inequality in...
To help shed light on the implications of intergenerational transfers for wealth inequality, this paper examines whether or not individuals who receive intergenerational transfers from their parents...
View ArticleBorrowing Requirements, Credit Access, and Adverse Selection: Evidence from...
We examine the potential of asset-collateralized loans in low-income country credit markets. When a Kenyan dairy cooperative exogenously replaced high down payments and joint liability requirements...
View ArticleIntellectual Property Rights Protection, Ownership, and Innovation: Evidence...
Using a difference-in-difference approach, we study how intellectual property right (IPR) protection affects innovation in China in the years around the privatizations of state-owned enterprises...
View ArticleDo Savings Increase in Response to Salient Information about Retirement and...
How can retirement savings be increased? We explore a unique policy change in the context of the German pension system to study this question. As of 2004, the German pension authority started to send...
View ArticleHope as Aspirations, Agency, and Pathways: Poverty Dynamics and Microfinance...
Work in positive psychology decomposes hope into aspirations, agency, and pathways. Operating in the context of an economic model developed with this framework, we review the literature on hope from...
View ArticleDo Grandparents and Great-Grandparents Matter? Multigenerational Mobility in...
Studies of US intergenerational mobility focus almost exclusively on the transmission of (dis)advantage from parents to children. Until very recently, the influence of earlier generations could not be...
View ArticleNasdaq Nordic And Baltic Markets: Trading Statistics September 2016
Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today publishes monthly trade statistics for the Nordic1 and Baltic2 markets. Below follows a summary of the statistics for September 2016:read more...
View ArticleQatar Stock Exchange Is Ready To Commence Margin Trading Activity As Of...
Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) has announced that it will implement, as of Wednesday October 5th 2016, the decision of the Qatar Financial Markets Authority (QFMA), by which the Group Securities, which is...
View ArticleAxioma Releases Latest Versions Of Axioma Portfolio Analytics™ And Risk...
Axioma, a provider of innovative risk and portfolio management solutions, today released updated versions of Axioma Portfolio Analytics™ (“APA”) and Risk Model Machine™ (“RMM”). These enhancements...
View ArticleCBOE Holdings Reports September 2016 Trading Volume - Total ADV Up 25% From...
CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) reported today that September average daily volume (ADV) for options contracts traded on Chicago Board Options Exchange® (CBOE®) and C2 Options Exchange (C2), and...
View ArticleEgyptian Exchange Market Holiday - Armed Forces Holiday
The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) announces that the Armed Forces holiday will be effective on Thursday 6 October 2016 and trading will be resumed on Sunday 9 October 2016.
View ArticleCFTC Charges Jody Dupont of South Carolina and His Company, Open Range...
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed a civil enforcement action charging Defendants Jody Dupont of Anderson, South Carolina, and his company, Open Range Trading LLC, with...
View ArticleEEX New Participants: GETEC Energie AG, Vattenfall Energy Trading GmbH, DELTA...
GETEC Energie AG, Vattenfall Energy Trading GmbH, DELTA Energy B.V. and Macquarie Bank Limited (London Branch) have additionally been admitted to exchange trading for Financial German-Austrian Wind...
View ArticleBorsa Italiana Monthly Update September 2016
Click here to download Borsa Italiana's monthly update for September 2016.
View ArticleOffice Of The Comptroller Of The Currency Reports Bank Trading Revenue...
Trading revenue of U.S. commercial banks and savings associations rose to $6.9 billion in the second quarter of 2016 from $5.8 billion in the previous quarter, and $5.5 billion in the second quarter a...
View ArticleIntercontinental Exchange Completes Acquisition Of S&P Global’s...
Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, announced it has today completed its all-cash acquisition...
View ArticleOlivier Blanchard, Equilibrium, Complexity, And The Future Of Macroeconomics
I have observed and appreciated Olivier Blanchardâs intellectual journey over the last decade. It began in August 2008, with what must be regarded as one of the worst-timed papers in the history of...
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