Tokyo Stock Exchange: Statistics On Dates Of Annual General Shareholders...
TSE has compiled statistics on dates of annual general shareholders meetings for companies whose fiscal years ended in March 2016.read more...
View ArticleJoint IFIE/IOSCO Conference, Co-organized By Turkish Capital Markets...
The International Forum for Investor Education (IFIE) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) today opened their eighth annual investor education conference in Istanbul,...
View ArticlePwC And Z/Yen To Explore What Blockchain Technology Means For Wholesale...
PwC today announced it is launching a Long Finance research project into the potential of blockchain technology in wholesale insurance. The proposed study will be a collaborative exercise working with...
View ArticleBats Europe To Launch New Index Series - Europeâs Largest Stock...
Bats Europe, the region’s largest stock exchange operator, today announced the launch of a UK-focused benchmark index series.read more...
View ArticleSecurities Commission Malaysia Prosecutes Datuk Ishak Ismail Over...
The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) today charged Datuk Ishak Ismail for making misleading statements on 5 June 2010 which was likely to induce the purchase of Kenmark shares by other persons. The...
View ArticleEuropean University Cyprus Hosts CISI Integrity At Work workshop
As the Cypriot financial services sector continues to grow, a recent presentation held at the European University Cyprus in association with the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment...
View ArticleThai Bourse Market Report For May 2016
 The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Index, with upbeat results, was on the rise in May and recorded its highest level of 2016 at 1,424.28 on May 31, underpinned by the first-quarter GDP hitting a...
View ArticleHKEX's Mainland Market Data Distribution Partnership Programme Gains Members
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) has admitted the following two information vendors (IVs) to its Mainland Market Data Distribution Partnership Programme to further enhance the...
View ArticleLabor Supply Effects of Occupational Regulation: Evidence from the Nurse...
There is concern that licensure requirements impede mobility of licensed professionals to areas of high demand. Nursing has not been immune to this criticism, especially in the context of perceived...
View ArticleMacro, Money and Finance: A Continuous Time Approach -- by Markus K....
This paper puts forward a teaching manual for how to set up and solve a continuous time model that allows one to analyze endogenous (1) level and risk dynamics. The latter includes (2) tail risk and...
View ArticleThe Effects of Wage Contracts on Workplace Misbehaviors: Evidence from a Call...
Workplace misbehaviors are often governed by explicit monitoring and strict punishment. Such enforcement activities can serve to lessen worker productivity and harm worker morale. We take a different...
View ArticleUnemployment Fluctuations, Match Quality, and the Wage Cyclicality of New...
Macroeconomic models often incorporate some form of wage stickiness to help account for employment fluctuations. However, a recent literature calls in to question this approach, citing evidence of new...
View ArticleThe Political Economy of Public Sector Absence: Experimental Evidence from...
This paper presents evidence that one cause of absenteeism in the public sector is that government jobs are handed out as patronage. First, politicians routinely interfere when bureaucrats sanction...
View ArticleCapabilities and Skills -- by James J. Heckman, Chase O. Corbin
This paper discusses the relevance of recent research on the economics of human development to the work of the Human Development and Capability Association. The recent economics of human development...
View ArticleStrategic Formulary Design in Medicare Part D Plans -- by Kurt Lavetti,...
The design of Medicare Part D causes most Medicare beneficiaries to receive fragmented health insurance, whereby prescription drugs and other medical care are covered by separate insurance plans....
View ArticlePeer Quality and the Academic Benefits to Attending Better Schools -- by Mark...
Despite strong demand for attending high schools with better peers, there is mixed evidence on whether doing so improves academic outcomes. We estimate the cognitive returns to high school quality...
View ArticleDoes Partisan Conflict Deter FDI Inflows to the US? -- by Marina Azzimonti
I analyze the effects of political uncertainty on foreign direct investment flows to the US using a novel indicator, the partisan conflict index (PCI). Partisan conflict is relevant for the evolution...
View ArticleSovereign Risk and Bank Lending: Evidence from 1999 Turkish Earthquake -- by...
We investigate the effect of sovereign risk on banks' credit provision. We use the August 1999 Marmara Earthquake as an unanticipated exogenous fiscal shock that led to an increase in Turkish...
View ArticleEmergence of Asia: Reforms, Corporate Savings, and Global Imbalances -- by...
One of the explanations for global imbalances is the self-financing behavior of credit-constrained firms in rapidly growing emerging markets. We use an extensive firm-level data set from several Asian...
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