Labor Force Participation Elasticities of Women and Secondary Earners within Married Couples: Working Paper 2014-06, By Robert McClelland and Shannon Mok, both of CBO, and Kevin Pierce, of the Internal Revenue Service. “Labor supply elasticities are often used to evaluate the effect of changes in tax rates on the total hours worked in the economy. Historically,… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: September 2014
New GAO Reports – Disabled Dual Eligible Beneficiaries, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
DISABLED DUAL-ELIGIBLE BENEFICIARIES: Integration of Medicare and Medicaid Benefits May Not Lead to Expected Medicare Savings, GAO-14-523: Published: Aug 29, 2014. Publicly Released: Sep 29, 2014. PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT: Largest Issuers of Health Coverage Participated in Most Exchanges, and Number of Plans Available Varied, GAO-14-657: Published: Aug 29, 2014. Publicly Released: Sep 29, 2014. Continue Reading
Dark Pools in Equity Trading: Policy Concerns and Recent Developments
CRS – Dark Pools in Equity Trading: Policy Concerns and Recent Developments. Gary Shorter, Specialist in Financial Economics. Rena S. Miller, Specialist in Financial Economics. September 26, 2014. “The term “dark pools” generally refers to electronic stock trading platforms in which pre-trade bids and offers are not published and price information about the trade is only made public after the trade… Continue Reading
British Columbia Big Tree Registry
“The BC BigTree Field Package contains printable information on nominating and measuring trees and also includes a field nomination form that you can take into the field. Download the BC BigTree Field Package before you embark on your tree finding adventures!” “The University of British Columbia – Mandate: To identify, describe, monitor, and conserve the largest trees of each… Continue Reading
UK – Airlines cleared for mobile phone use during flights
BBC News – “The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) says electronic devices such as mobile phones can be left switched on during flights. EASA says that electronic devices do not pose a safety risk. The announcement clears the way for airlines to permit the use of mobile phones, once they have conducted their own safety reviews. Currently airline passengers have to… Continue Reading
Journal of Electronic Publishing – Metrics for Measuring Publishing Value
Journal of Electronic Publishing (JEP) is a forum for research and discussion about contemporary publishing practices, and the impact of those practices upon users Volume 17, No. 3: Metrics for Measuring Publishing Value: Alternative and Otherwise Title Author(s) Editor’s Note [17.3] Bonn, Maria The Imperative for Open Altmetrics Konkiel, Stacy; Piwowar, Heather; Priem, Jason Measuring Openness… Continue Reading
Personal Ethics & the U.S. Financial Collapse of 2007-08
Trautman, Lawrence J., Personal Ethics & the U.S. Financial Collapse of 2007-08 (September 26, 2014). Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2502124 “The seeds for the 2007-09 financial collapse were sewn over many years and nurtured by ill-advised governmental housing policy, the presence of pervasive fraud both large and small and the widespread failure of personal integrity.… Continue Reading
SIGTARP – Treasury Significantly Loosened Exe Pay Limits – Excessive Pay for Top 25 Employees at GM and Ally
Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP), Report Number 14-001, September 24, 2014. Treasury Significantly Loosened Executive Pay Limits Resulting in Excessive Pay for Top 25 Employees at GM and Ally (GMAC) When the Companies Were Not Repaying TARP in Full and Taxpayers Were Suffering Billions of Dollars in Losses. “Overall, SIGTARP found… Continue Reading
Talent, Company Size, and Financial Centres: London and the European Investment Management Industry
Clark, Gordon L., Talent, Company Size, and Financial Centres: London and the European Investment Management Industry (September 24, 2014). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2500767 “London dominates the European financial services industry, being the centre-point for advanced financial services, skilled labour, and the complex array of services needed to invest beyond Europe’s borders. As in other global financial… Continue Reading
The Production of Investment Returns in Spatially Extensive Financial Markets
Clark, Gordon L. and Monk, Ashby H. B., The Production of Investment Returns in Spatially Extensive Financial Markets (September 16, 2014). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2501912 “Investment returns are produced by combining financial assets with human capital, the decision-making protocols of investment institutions, and the electronic infrastructure which supports the flow of information about investment opportunities. At… Continue Reading
Safeguarding State Interests in Health Insurance Exchange Establishment
Monahan, Christine H, Safeguarding State Interests in Health Insurance Exchange Establishment (July 31, 2014). Connecticut Insurance Law Journal, Forthcoming. Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2500325 “This Article documents that, contrary to popular narratives, states were given and took advantage of numerous opportunities to weigh in on health insurance exchange implementation under the Affordable Care Act. This… Continue Reading
Consumer Reports test results find iPhone 6 and 6 Plus not as bendy as believed
“Two days ago, the Internet erupted with photos of bent iPhone 6s, and a very-viral video of a guy creasing an iPhone 6 Plus with his bare hands. It seemed like a serious concern, yet everything about the uproar was highly unscientific. We don’t like unscientific, so we promised then that we would use our lab equipment to find… Continue Reading
