Structuring Big Data to Facilitate Participation in International Law, Roslyn Fuller, National University of Ireland, Maynooth “This is an interdisciplinary article focusing on the interplay between information and communication technology (ICT) and international law (IL). Its purpose is to open up a dialogue between ICT and IL practitioners that focuses on the ways in which ICT can… Continue Reading
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Effect of the Basel Accord Capital Requirements on Loan-Loss Provisioning Practices of Australian Banks
Cummings, James R and Durrani, Kassim Jahn, Effect of the Basel Accord Capital Requirements on the Loan-Loss Provisioning Practices of Australian Banks (January 2014). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2396384 “This study examines the role of regulatory loan-loss provisioning in supporting current developments in Australian regulatory capital requirements. Findings suggest banks current regulatory capital position is a… Continue Reading
FinCEN Issues Guidance to Financial Institutions on Marijuana Businesses
“The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), in coordination with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), today issued guidance that clarifies customer due diligence expectations and reporting requirements for financial institutions seeking to provide services to marijuana businesses. The guidance provides that financial institutions can provide services to marijuana-related businesses in a manner consistent with their obligations to… Continue Reading
When Will the Fed End Its Zero Rate Policy?
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco – When Will the Fed End Its Zero Rate Policy? by Jens Christensen “U.S. Treasury yields and other interest rates increased in the months leading up to the Federal Reserve’s December 2013 decision to cut back its large-scale bond purchases. This increase in rates probably at least partly reflected changes in… Continue Reading
IMF – Debt and Growth: Is There a Magic Threshold?
IMF Working Paper by Andrea Pescatori; Damiano Sandri; John Simon – February 13, 2014: “Using a novel empirical approach and an extensive dataset developed by the Fiscal Affairs Department of the IMF, we find no evidence of any particular debt threshold above which medium-term growth prospects are dramatically compromised. Furthermore, we find the debt trajectory can… Continue Reading
How Persistent are Monetary Policy Effects at the Zero Lower Bound?
Christopher J. Neely, How Persistent are Monetary Policy Effects at the Zero Lower Bound?, Working Papers 2014-4, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, 09 Feb 2014. “Event studies show that Fed unconventional announcements of forward guidance and large scale asset purchases had large and desired effects on asset prices but do not tell us how long… Continue Reading
A Second Look at the Employment-to-Population Ratio
Pat Higgins, senior economist in the Atlanta Fed’s research department – “This analysis is a companion piece to my Atlanta Fed colleague John Robertson’s recent macroblog post. John’s blog highlighted some findings of a recent New York Fed study by Samuel Kapon and Joseph Tracy on the employment-to-population (E/P) ratio. Their work has received considerable attention in the media and… Continue Reading
Report to the National Football League concerning issues of workplace conduct at the Miami Dolphins
NFL Press release on the Well Report and the text of the entire 144 page report. “On November 6, 2013, the National Football League announced that Ted Wells and the law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP had been retained to direct an independent investigation into workplace conduct at the Miami Dolphins… Continue Reading
Morto il più grande scrittore contemporaneo – Eugenio Corti
“Morto il più grande scrittore contemporaneo” 14 febbraio 2014 Eugenio Corti Ieri si sono svolti nel suo paese natale (Besana Brianza) i funerali del grande scrittore Eugenio Corti. ”Corti – ha detto il vicario episcopale monsignor Patrizio Garascia che ha concelebrato la funzione funebre – è stato un testimone dei nostri tempi. Un uomo giusto… Continue Reading
Lorcan Dempsey’s slides from Offline Conference
“OCLC Vice President, Research, and Chief Strategist Lorcan Dempsey presented “Scale, engagement, innovation: library directions” at the Montana Library Association’s Offline Conference on 7 February 2014 in Helena, Montana. Infrastructure, engagement, innovation: library directions from Lorcan Dempsey Key highlights from the presentation include: Montana in the cultural record: fictional accounts of ranch life, Indian wars Libraries deliver distinctive value locally by… Continue Reading
Public libraries providing citizens with tools and access to health care information
Libraries Serve As Health Insurance Info Hubs: “Libraries have always been more than book lenders, providing services that include early childhood education, employment assistance and computer literacy skills. The economic downturn heightened the need for those services, and health information has long been in demand. The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) estimates 28 million people sought health information from… Continue Reading
Searchable data on CEO compensation
“CEO pay is determined by a company’s board of directors. Those directors are compensated for the time they spend shaping the company’s strategy. Here’s what the Fortune 100 executives paid each other from 2008 to 2012. The Pay Pals project relies on financial research conducted by the Center for Economic Policy and Research.” Continue Reading
