Polish Financial Supervision Authority Approves Changes To The Exchange...
 The Polish Financial Supervision Authority (KNF) has approved changes to the Exchange Management Board on 13 July 2018. Izabela Olszewska and Piotr Borowski have become Members of the Exchange...
View ArticleIOHK | PMO Project Shelley June 2018 UpdateIOHK | PMO Project Shelley June...
In this update, IOHK project manager Liz Bancroft-Turner talks about the forthcoming capabilities for Cardano. She explains the Shelley Project and its overarching goal, how it's broken down into...
View ArticleCESC Launches CES SCHK Pan-Entertainment And Leisure Index, CES REIT Index...
China Exchanges Services Company Limited (CESC) today (Monday) announced three new indices: CES SCHK Pan-Entertainment and Leisure Index (CES SCHK E&L), CES REIT Index (CES REIT), and CES SCHK High...
View ArticleDaily (1 Min) : US lawmakers will discuss if Crypto is Legal Tender / Monero...
Key event this week; US lawmakers are gathering on Wed, 2pm EST, to seriously discuss whether crypto should be considered legal tender. Monero's new protocol including 'bulletproofs' is being audited...
View ArticleG20 Watchdog Releases Framework for 'Vigilant' Monitoring of Crypto Risks
The global Financial Stability Board has published its expected framework for monitoring risk in the cryptocurrency markets.
View ArticleHKEX Chief Executive Charles Li Discusses Latest Stock Connect Development
HKEX Chief Executive Charles Li responded to media questions after a listing ceremony in Hong Kong this morning regarding the announcement by the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges last Saturday...
View ArticleEventus Systems Launches New Website Highlighting RegTech Solutions For...
Eventus Systems Launches New Website Highlighting RegTech Solutions for Capital Markets Prompted by Firm's Rapid Growth, Competitive Positioning and Increased Asset Class Coverage, New Site Addresses...
View ArticleSET Grants Best Award On Thai Capital Market Research
The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET)'s Capital Market Research Institute (CMRI) today has held its annual awards presentation ceremony for outstanding capital market researches to promote wide-ranging...
View ArticleDubai Financial Services Authority Fines Al Ramz And Former Employee For...
The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) today announced that it has fined Al Ramz Capital LLC (Al Ramz) and its former Head of Information Technology, Mr Najim Al Attar, for serious failures to...
View ArticleSET Holds Young Capital Market Professional Competition, “YFS 2018”
The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET), Thailand Futures Exchange pcl (TFEX), Muang Thai Life Assurance pcl, PTT pcl and alliances in the capital market have joined forces to organize “Young Financial...
View ArticleTehran Stock Exchange To Have New Board Members
The annual general assembly of TSE was held on Sunday 15 July 2018.read more...
View ArticleHow to Examine External Validity Within an Experiment -- by Amanda E. Kowalski
A fundamental concern for researchers who analyze and design experiments is that the experimental result might not be externally valid for all policies. Researchers often attempt to assess external...
View ArticleA Causal Bootstrap -- by Guido Imbens, Konrad Menzel
The bootstrap, introduced by Efron (1982), has become a very popular method for estimating variances and constructing confidence intervals. A key insight is that one can approximate the properties of...
View ArticleU.S. Safety Net Programs and Early Life Skills Formation: Results from a...
A large body of literature suggests that the first years of life are critical for long-term economic, health and social outcomes. However, the effect of public programs on early life skills formation...
View ArticleTheory and Evidence on Employer Collusion in the Franchise Sector -- by Alan...
In this paper we study the role of covenants in franchise contracts that restrict the recruitment and hiring of employees from other units within the same franchise chain in suppressing competition for...
View ArticleFinancial Incentives and Earnings of Disability Insurance Recipients:...
Most countries reduce Disability Insurance (DI) benefits for beneficiaries earning above a specified threshold. Such an earnings threshold generates a discontinuous increase in tax liability--a...
View ArticleBigger Than You Thought: China's Contribution to Scientific Publications --...
From 2000 to 2016 China increased its scientific publications in the international journals indexed by Scopus to become the largest contributor to global science, accounting for about 23% of journal...
View ArticleBehavioral Public Economics -- by B. Douglas Bernheim, Dmitry Taubinsky
This chapter surveys work in behavioral public economics, emphasizing the normative implications of non-standard decision making for the design of welfare-improving and/or optimal policies. We...
View ArticleToo little or too much? Actionable Advice in an Early-Childhood Text...
Text-message based parenting programs have proven successful in improving parental engagement and preschoolers' literacy development. The tested programs have provided a combination of (a) general...
View ArticleSorting or Steering: Experimental Evidence on the Economic Effects of Housing...
Housing discrimination is illegal. However, paired-tester audit experiments have revealed evidence of discrimination in the interactions between potential buyers and realtors, raising concern about...
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