Gallup – Americans view all former presidents more positively than negatively: “Americans view each of the four former living presidents more positively than negatively, while giving Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush higher favorable ratings than George W. Bush and Jimmy Carter. Current President Barack Obama has a net-negative favorable rating. The younger Bush’s current favorable rating… Continue Reading
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The Future of the State – Wharton
“Recent trends show a rapid expansion of state activity in some parts of the emerging world at the same time that social programs in education, health care, unemployment benefits and old-age pensions have stagnated or even retrenched in the advanced industrial economies. In addition, the recent global financial crisis has triggered an increasing presence of the… Continue Reading
MIT and Harvard release de-identified learning data from open online courses
MIT News release: “A research team from Harvard University and MIT has released its third and final promised deliverable — the de-identified learning data — relating to an initial study of online learning based on each institution’s first-year courses on the edX platform. Specifically, the dataset contains the original learning data from the 16 HarvardX and MITx courses… Continue Reading
Fed Policy Expectations and Portfolio Flows to Emerging Markets
Koepke, Robin, Fed Policy Expectations and Portfolio Flows to Emerging Markets (June 18, 2014). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2456288 “The Federal Reserve’s unconventional monetary stimulus measures have revived a controversial policy debate about the impact of U.S. monetary policy on capital flows to emerging markets. This paper presents evidence of an important transmission channel that has not… Continue Reading
The Zero Lower Bound and Endogenous Uncertainty
Plante, Michael and Richter, Alexander W. and Throckmorton, Nathaniel A., The Zero Lower Bound and Endogenous Uncertainty (April 30, 2014). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2456425 “This paper documents a strong negative correlation between macroeconomic uncertainty and real GDP growth since the Great Recession. Prior to that event the correlation was weak, even when conditioning on recessions. At… Continue Reading
World Refugee Day
UN – “For years, many countries and regions have been holding their own Refugee Days and even Weeks. One of the most widespread is Africa Refugee Day, which is celebrated on 20 June in several countries. The UN General Assembly, on 4 December 2000, adopted resolution 55/76 where it noted that 2001 marked the 50th anniversary of the 1951… Continue Reading
Do Hedge Funds Possess Private Information in IPO Stocks? Evidence from Post-IPO Holdings
Qian, Hong and Zhong, Zhaodong, Do Hedge Funds Possess Private Information in IPO Stocks? Evidence from Post-IPO Holdings (June 15, 2014). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2456025 “Using hedge funds’ holdings of IPO stocks, we find that stocks with hedge fund holdings beyond what can be explained by publicly available information yield abnormal returns, suggesting that hedge funds… Continue Reading
HSA Balances, Contributions, Distributions, and Other Vital Statistics
“Fronstin, Paul, HSA Balances, Contributions, Distributions, and Other Vital Statistics — A First Look at Data from the EBRI HSA Database on the 10th Anniversary of the HSA (June 2014). EBRI Issue Brief, Number 400 (June 2014). Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2456259 “This year marks the 10th anniversary of the creation of health savings accounts… Continue Reading
Supervisory guidelines for identifying and dealing with weak banks – consultative report
“The Basel Committee is publishing for comment the consultative document Supervisory guidelines for identifying and dealing with weak banks. Once final, the guidelines will replace the 2002 Committee guidance on the topic. Comments are invited on all aspects of this consultative document by Friday 19 September 2014. All supervisors face the problem of dealing with weak banks. Early identification and… Continue Reading
Immigrants No Longer the Majority of Hispanic Workers – Pew
Latino Jobs Growth Driven by U.S. Born – Rakesh Kochhar: “For the first time in nearly two decades, immigrants do not account for the majority of Hispanic workers in the United States. Meanwhile, most of the job gains made by Hispanics during the economic recovery from the Great Recession of 2007-09 have gone to U.S.-born workers,… Continue Reading
RAND – An Examination of the Cybersecurity Labor Market
An Examination of the Cybersecurity Labor Market by Martin C. Libicki, David Senty, Julia Pollak “There is a general perception that there is a shortage of cybersecurity professionals within the United States, and a particular shortage of these professionals within the federal government, working on national security as well as intelligence. Shortages of this nature complicate securing the nation’s… Continue Reading
Nature Outlook – Cancer
Free full access “Cancer kills millions of people across the globe every year. But the development of targeted medicines, novel drug delivery technologies and clinical research data offer a glimpse towards a cancer-free future. This Outlook – a joint publication by Nature and Scientific American – examines the scientific advances that are needed to propel us into a world where… Continue Reading
