Healthy-Time Measures of Health Outcomes and Healthcare Quality -- by...
The purposes of this paper are to describe some conceptual and empirical foundations of "healthy-time" measures of health outcomes or healthcare quality, and to explore how to expand the empirical...
View ArticleThe Effects of the Early Retirement Age on Retirement Decisions -- by...
We present quasi-experimental evidence on the effects of increasing the Early Retirement Age (ERA) on older workers' retirement decisions. The analysis is based on social security reforms in Austria in...
View ArticleAfrica's Prospects for Enjoying a Demographic Dividend -- by David E. Bloom,...
We assess Africa's prospects for enjoying a demographic dividend. While fertility rates and dependency ratios in Africa remain high, they have started to decline. According to UN projections, they will...
View ArticleMatch or Mismatch? Automatic Admissions and College Preferences of Low- and...
We examine the role of information in the college matching behavior of low- and high-income students, exploiting a state automatic admissions policy that provides some students with perfect a priori...
View ArticleDo Low Levels of Blood Lead Reduce Children's Future Test Scores? -- by Anna...
We construct a unique individual-level longitudinal dataset linking preschool blood lead levels with third grade test scores for eight birth cohorts of Rhode Island children born between 1997 and 2005....
View ArticleThe Economic Consequences of the 1953 London Debt Agreement -- by Gregori...
In 1953 the Western Allied powers implemented a radical debt-relief plan that would, in due course, eliminate half of West Germany's external debt and create a series of favourable debt repayment...
View ArticleThai Bourse Hosts 4th GMS Focus Summit To Highlight Institutional Investor...
The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) is hosting the forth Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) exchange CEOs summit called “GMS Focus” in Bangkok. The unique platform convenes CEOs of five stock exchanges in...
View ArticleDubai Financial Market Celebrates The UAE Women’s Day
Dubai Financial Market (DFM) has organized a special ceremony to celebrate the UAE Women’s Day, the Initiative of Her Highness Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak (Mother of the Nation), in order to recognize...
View ArticleSymbiont Appoints Caitlin Long As Chairman And President - Decorated Morgan...
Symbiont, a pioneer in the use of smart contracts and distributed ledgers in financial markets, has appointed Caitlin Long as President and Chairman of the Board of Directors. Long will be responsible...
View ArticleBats Boosts ETP Market Incentive Schemes - Largest Exchange For ETP Trading...
Bats Global Markets, Inc. (Bats: BATS), the #1 market globally for trading in exchange-traded products (ETPs) today announced changes to its incentive schemes for market makers who play a pivotal role...
View ArticleESMA Sees Risk Outlook Deteriorate For EU Securities Markets
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) latest risk report has found that the overall assessment of risk levels in EU markets under its remit remains unchanged. Market and credit risks...
View ArticleDesign Rituals to Reinforce Organizational Values & Culture
Mollie West and Kate McCoubrey Judson have published a wonderful blog post for the Huffington Post about how to strengthen organizational culture. They focus on the importance of establishing rituals...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia's Capital Market Authority: Announcement Of The Board Of...
The Capital Market Authority announces the Board of Directors and Senior Executives Trading Restriction Periods according to Article (50) of the Listing Rules as the following: For companies which...
View ArticleRFA Announces Release Of Secure Multi-Cloud Platform
RFA (Richard Fleischman and Associates, Inc.) today announced the release of the RFA Multi-Cloud platform, which securely combines public and private cloud services into one managed solution. By...
View ArticleEU Savers Back The Rejection Of The Draft Implementation Rules For The Key...
Better Finance, the European Federation of Investors and Financial Services Users, supports the proposed resolution by the European Parliament[1] to reject the misleading and overly complex draft...
View ArticleLendIt Announces Partnership With Capital One To Co-Host Their Annual Fintech...
LendIt, the largest conference series dedicated to connecting the global online lending community, today announced a partnership with information based lending company Capital One to co-host PitchIt @...
View ArticleState Street Investor Confidence Index® (ICI): Investor Confidence Drops...
State Street Global Exchange today released the results of the State Street Investor Confidence Index® (ICI) for August 2016.read more...
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Toronto's Equity Markets Are The Best Performing In The World So Far In 2016
Toronto's equity markets are the best performing in the world, so far in 2016. As at the end of July the S&P/TSX Composite Index was up 12%, far outstripping S&P 500, the FTSE 100, the...
View ArticleSEC: $22 Million Whistleblower Award For Company Insider Who Helped Uncover...
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the award of more than $22 million to a whistleblower whose detailed tip and extensive assistance helped the agency halt a well-hidden fraud at...
View ArticleCFTC Extends Comment Period on Proposed Amendments to Regulation 4.22...
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has extended the comment period on its proposed amendments to Regulation 4.22, which concerns the Annual Report that each commodity pool operator...
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