“A U.S. Census Bureau report, Patterns of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Population Change: 2000 to 2010, shows that in many of the largest cities of the most-populous metro areas, downtown is becoming a place not only to work but also to live. Between the 2000 and 2010 censuses, metro areas with 5 million or more people… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: October 2012
Russia's Oil and Gas Sector in 2011
Bobylev, Yuri and Federov, Ilya, Russia’s Oil and Gas Sector in 2011 (February 10, 2012). Russian Economy in 2011, Trends and Outlooks, Issue 33, Moscow 2012. Available at SSRN “Oil and gas production remain the core sector of Russia economy, which has a leading role in generating federal budget revenue and this countrys balance of… Continue Reading
CRS – The Eurozone Crisis: Overview and Issues for Congress
The Eurozone Crisis: Overview and Issues for Congress, September 26, 2012 “The United States has strong economic ties to Europe, and many analysts view the Eurozone crisis as the biggest potential threat to the U.S. economic recovery. U.S. Treasury officials have emphasized that U.S. exposure to the Eurozone countries under the most market pressure is… Continue Reading
High-level Expert Group on reforming the structure of the EU banking sector
European Commission – High-level Expert Group on reforming the structure of the EU banking sector, Chaired by Erkki Liikanen, Final Report, October 2, 2012 “The High-level Expert Group was requested to consider whether there is a need for structural reforms of the EU banking sector or not and to make any relevant proposals as appropriate,… Continue Reading
Dremel: Interactive Analysis of WebScale Datasets
Dremel: Interactive Analysis of WebScale Datasets – Sergey Melnik, Andrey Gubarev, Jing Jing Long, Geoffrey Romer, Shiva Shivakumar, Matt Tolton, Theo Vassilakis – Google, Inc. “Dremel is a scalable, interactive ad-hoc query system for analysis of read-only nested data. By combining multi-level execution trees and columnar data layout, it is capable of running aggregation queries… Continue Reading
Pew – Still Risky: Bank Fees and Disclosures in the States
“Where consumers live has a significant impact on how easily they can access information on terms, conditions and fees, as well as how much they will pay to maintain an account, overdraft, or accrue other fees. The Pew Safe Checking in the Electronic Age Project released Continue Reading
CRS – Irans Nuclear Program: Status
Irans Nuclear Program: Status, Paul K. Kerr, Analyst in Nonproliferation. September 26, 2012 Irans nuclear program began during the 1950s. The United States has expressed concern since the mid-1970s that Tehran might develop nuclear weapons. Irans construction of gas centrifuge based uranium enrichment facilities is currently the main source of proliferation concern. Gas centrifuges enrich… Continue Reading
Council on Foreign Relations – Why the Fiscal Health of States and Cities Matters
Why the Fiscal Health of States and Cities Matters, Jonathan Masters, Online Editor/Writer, October 3, 2012 “In the wake of the recent economic crisis, many statehouses and city halls face worrying fiscal stress that could have national ramifications. Federal stimulus fundinga multi-year lifeline for state and city coffersis petering out before tax revenues fully recover… Continue Reading
Infographic – The Right (and Wrong) Way to Sit at Your Desk
Emily Nickerson: “Sitting up straight is a simple way to boost your metabolism, keep your blood pressure in check, lower your stress levels, and morebut its so easy to find yourself slouching lower and lower at your desk as the workday goes on. Check out this infographic for quick posture tips your whole body will… Continue Reading
Research – The 27year decline of coral cover on the Great Barrier Reef and its causes
The 27year decline of coral cover on the Great Barrier Reef and its causes. Glenn Deatha, Katharina E. Fabriciusa, Hugh Sweatmana, and Marji Puotinenb – doi: 10.1073/pnas.1208909109 PNAS October 1, 2012 The worlds coral reefs are being degraded, and the need to reduce local pressures to offset the effects of increasing global pressures is now… Continue Reading
3D Paper Crafted Infographic Resume
Forbes – Erica Swallow: “Mohit Lakhmani art director, paper sculptor, and 3D graphics artist is the creator of the best infographic résumé I have yet to see. Bonus: its 3D! The résumé, which features three-dimensional charts, bars, pop-up descriptions, and decorative details, took Lakhmani four days to design in Adobe Photoshop and an… Continue Reading
Measuring the Shadow Economy: Endogenous Switching Regression with Unobserved Separation
Lichard, Tomas, Hanousek, Jan and Filer, Randall K., Measuring the Shadow Economy: Endogenous Switching Regression with Unobserved Separation. IZA Discussion Paper No. 6901. Available at SSRN “We develop an estimator of unreported income, perhaps due to tax evasion, that does not depend on as strict identifying assumptions as previous estimators based on microeconomic data. The… Continue Reading
