Field Experiments in Markets -- by Omar Al-Ubaydli, John A. List
This is a review of the literature of field experimental studies of markets. The main results covered by the review are as follows: (1) Generally speaking, markets organize the efficient exchange of...
View ArticleInteractions Between Family and School Environments: Evidence on Dynamic...
This paper explores whether conditions during early childhood affect the productivity of later human capital investments. We use Romanian administrative data to ask if the benefit of access to better...
View ArticleThe Billion Prices Project: Using Online Prices for Measurement and Research...
New data-gathering techniques, often referred to as "Big Data" have the potential to improve statistics and empirical research in economics. In this paper we describe our work with online data at the...
View ArticleThe March of the Techies: Technology, Trade, and Job Polarization in France,...
Using administrative employee-firm-level data on the entire private sector from 1994 to 2007, we show that the labor market in France has polarized: employment shares of high and low wage occupations...
View ArticleExplicit vs. Statistical Preferential Treatment in Affirmative Action: Theory...
Affirmative action schemes must confront the tension between admitting the highest scoring applicants and ensuring diversity. In Chicago's affirmative action system for exam schools, applicants are...
View ArticleRefugees From Dust and Shrinking Land: Tracking the Dust Bowl Migrants -- by...
We construct longitudinal data from the U.S. Census records to study migration patterns of those affected by the Dust Bowl of the 1930s. Our focus is on the famous "Okie" migration of the Southern...
View ArticleThe Effect of Performance-Based Incentives on Educational Achievement:...
We test the effect of performance-based incentives on educational achievement in a low-performing school district using a randomized field experiment. High school freshmen were provided monthly...
View ArticleQatar Stock Exchange Is Now The Party Entitled With Receiving The...
In application of the Financial Markets Development Committee (FMDC) decision issued in its first meeting of 2016; and in view of the keenness of Qatar Financial Markets Authority (QFMA) and Qatar...
View ArticleAppeals Court Upholds Determination That CBOE Patents Are Invalid
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Appeals Court) on Friday, March 25, 2016, affirmed the decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) of the U.S. Patent and Trademark...
View ArticleThe Yates Memoâs Impact on D&O Liability
By Britt Eilhardt and Beata Aldridgeread more...
View ArticleIMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde Proposes Reappointment Of Mr. David...
Ms. Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), announced today her proposal to reappoint Mr. David Lipton as First Deputy Managing Director to a five year term...
View ArticleSecurities Professional Charged With Defrauding Institutional Investors -...
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a New York-based securities professional with defrauding two institutions he solicited to invest in a shell company he controlled whose name was...
View ArticleIMF Publishes Work On The State Of The Global Financial Safety Net
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) today published the paper “The Adequacy of the Global Financial Safety Net,” which the IMF’s Executive Board discussed during an informal session as part of the...
View ArticleSaudi Stock Exchange: Converting The Securities Depository Center To A Joint...
Pursuant to the request of the Board of Directors of the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul), the Capital Market Authority has approved the conversion of the Securities Depository Center (the Centre) to a...
View ArticleMAS And ABS To Hold Conference To Drive FinTech Innovation
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) will be holding a two-day conference to pave the way for financial technology (FinTech) innovation in...
View ArticleTMX Group CEO To Speak At Toronto Region Board Of Trade
Lou Eccleston, Chief Executive Officer, TMX Group will this week provide a luncheon address to the Toronto Region Board of Trade as part of the International Finance Series. Presented by Scotiabank,...
View ArticleBats To Provide Market And Trade Data To Money.Net - Fast-Growing, Financial...
Bats Global Markets (Bats), a leading global operator of exchanges and services for financial markets, today announced that it is now providing real-time stock quote and trade information via the Bats...
View ArticleCFTC Approves A Final Rule Providing An Alternative To Fingerprinting For...
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced today that it approved a final rule adding an alternative for foreign natural persons to the requirement to provide fingerprints when...
View ArticleREGIS-TR Enhances Services For Swiss Reporting Requirements
REGIS-TR, the European Trade Repository owned by Clearstream (Deutsche Börse) and Iberclear (BME), has developed services that support its customers in fulfilling their reporting requirements under the...
View ArticleMIAX Options Exchange: Opening And Intra-day Valid And Priority Quote Width...
Please refer to MIAX Regulatory Circular 2016-12 for the current Opening and Intra-day Valid and Priority Quote Width Requirements for Market Makers. Further information on Market Maker requirements...
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