Illusory 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 ArticleRecovery from the Great Depression: The Farm Channel in Spring 1933 -- by...
In the four months following the trough of the Great Depression in March 1933, industrial production rose 57 percent. We argue that an important source of recovery was the direct effect of dollar...
View ArticleWith a Little Help from My Friends: The Effects of Naloxone Access and Good...
In an effort to address the opioid epidemic, a majority of states have recently passed some version of a Naloxone Access Law (NAL) and/or a Good Samaritan Law (GSL). NALs allow lay persons to...
View ArticleDeviations from Covered Interest Rate Parity -- by Wenxin Du, Alexander...
We find that deviations from the covered interest rate parity condition (CIP) imply large, persistent, and systematic arbitrage opportunities in one of the largest asset markets in the world. Contrary...
View ArticleIOSCO issues report on Loan Funds â important niche products to fund...
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Fidessa Appoints Chris Monnery To Head Its Electronic Execution Business In...
Fidessa group plc (LSE: FDSA) today announced a key new appointment for its sell-side business: Chris Monnery is now the US Head of Product Marketing for Electronic Execution. He is based in New York...
View ArticleSTOXX Expands Fixed Income Offering
STOXX Ltd., the operator of Deutsche Boerse Group’s index business, and a global provider of innovative and tradable index concepts, today introduced the EURO STOXX 50 Corporate Bond Sector, Rating and...
View ArticleBT Links Up The Five Biggest Foreign Exchange Markets In The World -...
BT today announced that it is linking up the world’s five main foreign exchange (FX) locations to help boost the competitiveness of its global financial industry customers. The company is now offering...
View ArticleStart Up: Wikipediaâs AI effort, Krebs wins again, Uberâs...
Suspicion is growing that IBM's Watson "AI" doesn't live up to the company's motto https://t.co/aZJDJn9Con http://pic.twitter.com/MMnXzRSkcD â Charles Arthurâ¦
View ArticleBeyond the headlines: quantifying the economic contributions of migrants
Beyond the headlines: quantifying the economic contributions of migrants @WesternUnionCEO https://t.co/F5AKCkBVmN #wef17 http://pic.twitter.com/nxTla1FWK8 ââ¦
View ArticleInside the race to build the fastest ever supercomputer
Inside the race to build the fastest ever #supercomputer https://t.co/JVj7nJmlrQ #technology http://pic.twitter.com/GLbSVSeduN â World Economic Forum (@wef)â¦
View ArticleIan Fraser: What the HBOS Fraud Tells Us About the State of British Banking |...
Ian Fraser: What the HBOS Fraud Tells Us About the State of British Banking https://t.co/rHOHM8w4OK http://pic.twitter.com/TkrVr4lnK8 â Yves Smith (@yvessmith)â¦
View ArticleKolja Kleineberg on Twitter
"Interplay between social influence and competitive strategical games in multiplex networks" https://t.co/gFTWW8uhsZ @FuturICT @anduvieraâ¦
View ArticleNews on the upcoming MathFinance Conference (April 20-21, 2017)
News on the upcoming MathFinance Conference (April 20-21, 2017) https://t.co/pm0a2uaYIi by @MathFinance on @LinkedIn â moneyscience (@moneyscience) Februaryâ¦
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