$8,300: Bitcoin Seeks Direction at Key Price Hurdle
Bitcoin has been struggling to break through the long-term descending trendline, but that could change today.
View ArticleVisible Alpha Announces Global ISO 27001 Certification
Visible Alpha is pleased to announce that it has received ISO 27001 certification from Schellman & Company, LLC, an ANAB and UKAS accredited Certification Body based in the United States for its...
View ArticleNotice Of The Annual General Meeting 2018 Of Oslo Børs VPS Holding ASA
The Annual General Meeting 2018 of Oslo Børs VPS Holding ASA will be held on 15 May 2018 at 16.00 hrs at the offices of Oslo Børs, Tollbugata. 2, Oslo.
View ArticleEuropean Commission: Statement By First Vice-President Timmermans,...
"We welcome the adoption by the European Parliament of the 5th Anti-Money Laundering Directive. These new rules will bring more transparency to improve the fight against money laundering and terrorist...
View ArticleSafeguarding Financial Resilience Through The Cycle, Federal Reserve Governor...
I am honored to be here today to participate in the Global Finance Forum.read more...
View ArticleDaily: Altcoins getting a boost / Amazon's Blockchain PatentDaily: Altcoins...
Altoins are making a bull run with Monaco taking the lead with a listing on Bithumb. Is the bull market starting? Speaking & Meetups in Dubai Futurama Conference: https://goo.gl/Ujxa55 (use promo...
View ArticleSTOXX And Riskfirst To Launch LDI Indices
STOXX Ltd., the operator of Deutsche Börse Group’s index business and a global provider of innovative and tradable index concepts, announced today the launch of the new iSTOXX RiskFirst LDI index...
View ArticleFake it till you make it: meet the wolves of Instagram
Their hero is Jordan Belfort, their social media feeds display super-rich lifestyles. But what are these self-styled traders really selling?…
View ArticleThe Craigslist of Crypto Is Making Millions Where Bitcoin Is Needed Most
LocalBitcoins, a low-fi exchange launched in 2011, is gaining traction in overlooked markets where people have less access to VC-backed alternatives.
View Article$6.3 Billion: 2018 ICO Funding Has Already Outpaced 2017's Total
Even without Telegram, ICOs are on pace to raise much more in 2018 than last year.
View ArticleAre Recessions Good for Government Hires? The Effect of Unemployment on...
Utilizing a large dataset on U.S. federal government employees covering 24 years, we estimate and analyze the persistent wage effect of entering government employment during recessions for recent...
View ArticleInequality of Educational Opportunity? Schools as Mediators of the...
Chetty et al. (2014b) show that children from low-income families achieve higher adult incomes, relative to those from higher income families, in some commuting zones (CZs) than in others. I...
View ArticleThe Impact of New Drug Launches on Life-Years Lost in 2015 from 19 Types of...
This study employs a two-way fixed effects research design to measure the mortality impact and cost-effectiveness of cancer drugs: it analyzes the correlation across 36 countries between relative...
View ArticleEvidence-Based Policymaking: Promise, Challenges and Opportunities for...
The use of evidence and economic analysis in policymaking is on the rise, and accounting standard setting and financial regulation are no exception. This article discusses the promise of evidence-based...
View ArticleThe Optimal Supply of Public and Private Liquidity -- by Marina Azzimonti,...
We develop a theory of optimal government debt in which publicly-issued and privately-issued safe assets are substitutes. While government bonds are backed by future tax revenues, privately-issued safe...
View ArticleSocial Capital, Government Expenditures and Growth -- by Giacomo A.M....
This paper shows that social capital increases economic growth by raising government investment in human capital. We present a model of stochastic endogenous growth with imperfect political agency....
View ArticleGeography and Agricultural Productivity: Cross-Country Evidence from Micro...
Why is agricultural productivity so low in poor countries relative to the rest of the world? Is it due to geography or constrained economic choices? We assess the quantitative role of geography and...
View ArticleThe Elasticity of Taxable Income in the Presence of Intertemporal Income...
Knowing the elasticity of taxable income (ETI) is crucial for understanding the effects of taxation on taxpayer behavior and consequently on tax revenues. Previous research finds that high-income...
View ArticleThe Production of Inequalities within Families and Across Generations: The...
There has long been interest in the extent to which effects of social stratification extend and persist across generations. We take a novel approach to this question by asking whether birth order and...
View ArticleA Measure of Risk Appetite for the Macroeconomy -- by Carolin Pflueger, Emil...
We document a strong and robust positive relationship between real rates and the contemporaneous valuation of volatile stocks, which we contend measures the economy's risk appetite. Our novel proxy for...
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