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A Complex Strategy Unmasked
Jan 2008
When financial professionals optimize portfolios they generally rely on the mean-variance approach. This is for good reason: mean-variance problems have well-known, closed-form solutions, and...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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Harnessing People Power
Jan 2010
When resources are scarce, human capital becomes a vital resource for success. In entities where resources are scarce - such as small non-natural resource economies like Hong Kong or Singapore, or...
Provided by National University of Singapore School of Business
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Lessons For Tax Policy In The Great Recession
May 2009
While policymakers struggle with identifying and enacting the appropriate short-term policy response to the financial crisis and economic downturn of 2008, 2009, and perhaps beyond (henceforth...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
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Shedding The New Venture Mystique
Jun 2009
With big companies shedding jobs in this recession, some former employees and unattached executives are exploring entrepreneurship. Those venturing there for the first time will find entrepreneurs...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
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Rating The Ratings: How Good Are Commercial Governance Ratings?
Jun 2008
Proxy advisory and corporate governance rating firms play an increasingly important role in U.S. public markets. Proxy advisory firms provide voting recommendations to shareholders on proxy...
Provided by Stanford University
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Building An Effective Network: Where Should You Invest And How?
Oct 2008
Networks and networking are a hot topic in business today. Innovative electronic networking tools such as LinkedIn, Facebook and Xing as well as more traditional networks such as alumni and...
Provided by IMD
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Your Network Balance Sheet. What Does It Look Like And Where Should You Invest?
Jul 2008
Networks and networking are a hot topic. Both academic research and mainstream business publications suggest that networks are important in business and that getting it right may relate to your...
Provided by IMD
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Information Aggregation In Dynamic Markets With Strategic Traders
Mar 2009
This paper studies information aggregation in dynamic markets with a finite number of partially informed strategic traders. It shows that for a broad class of securities, information in such...
Provided by Stanford University
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Reforming Credit Reform: Federal Accounting Rules Downplay The Costs Of Extending Credit
Mar 2009
The researchers conclude that under the federal government's existing accounting rules set out in the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (FCRA), the cost of credit programs is typically...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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Mandatory Or Voluntary Corporate Disclosure?:Full Disclosure Is Not Always A Moneymaker
Aug 2007
"Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants," wrote Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis on the importance of openness and transparency in society. Such sunlight can be a pretty profitable...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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Earnings Announcements Are Full Of Surprises
Jan 2008
The Earnings Announcement Return (EAR) captures the market reaction to unexpected information contained in the company's earnings release. Besides the actual earnings news, this includes...
Provided by Duke University (Fuqua-Global)
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Cost Innovation And The Dragons
Jan 2010
Cost innovation' sounds like an oxymoron. Most of ones associate innovation with greater functionality and sophistication. Mainland Chinese companies, however, are turning conventional business...
Provided by INSEAD
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Sell-Side Liquidity And The Cross-Section Of Expected Stock Returns
Sep 2009
There is reason to believe that market makers may react asymmetrically to purchases and sales on account of their tendency to hold positive inventories. The paper estimates separate buy- and...
Provided by University of California, Los Angeles (Anderson)
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The Pack Mentality: A Behavioral Finance View Of Stock Price Comovement
Jan 2010
By looking carefully at data on individual stock prices, it is easy to find many examples of "Comovement"-groups of stocks whose prices tend to move together. For instance, prices of stocks in the...
Provided by University of Chicago (Booth)
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Study Shows Private Equity Bolsters U.S. Economy
Jul 2008
Much has been said and written about the activities and outcomes from private equity investment in the United States during the past two years. Now, as the U.S. economy slows at the hands of a...
Provided by Thunderbird School of Global Management
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Investment Advice From Commodities Guru: Learn Chinese
Jul 2009
The paper says the United States has become a nation of debtors while China and other Southeast Asian countries have emerged as the world's creditors. "The center of investment is shifting toward...
Provided by Thunderbird School of Global Management
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Dividends And Momentum
Oct 2009
This paper investigates the relationship that exists between dividend yield and momentum strategies. Both have been shown to explain the cross-section of returns and yet they are negatively...
Provided by City University of London (Cass)
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Webcasts
IBM Information Archive: Next Generation Information Retention Solution
Jul 2010
IBM Information Archive is the next-generation information retention solution designed as a universal archiving repository for all types of content to help midsize and enterprise clients reduce...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Theorem Of The Maximin And Applications To Bayesian Zero-Sum Games
Feb 2010
Consider a family of zero-sum games indexed by parameter that determines each player's payoff functions and feasible strategies. The first main result characterizes continuity assumptions on the...
Provided by INSEAD
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White Papers
Role Of Resource Gap And Value Appropriation: Effect Of Reputation Gap On Price Premium In Online Auctions
Apr 2010
In this study the author draw on the resource-based view of the firm and on value-added methodology to examine when firms appropriate value from their superior resources. The author argue for the...
Provided by INSEAD
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White Papers
Sound Long-Term Strategy Is Key, Particularly In A Crisis: Harvard's Michael Porter
Aug 2009
With the current global economic downturn, there's been plenty of talk of doom and gloom. But Professor Michael Porter of Harvard University, a leading authority on competitive strategy, begs to...
Provided by INSEAD
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White Papers
Supply Chains and Segment Profitability: How Input Pricing Creates a Latent Cross-Segment Subsidy
Aug 2009
Recent years have seen an increasing emphasis on developing more precise accounting measures of market- and customer-level profitability. These efforts are aimed at helping prune unprofitable...
Provided by Ohio State University (Fisher)
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White Papers
The New Marketing Myopia
Apr 2009
During the past half century, marketers generally have heeded Levitt's (1960) advice to avoid "marketing myopia" by focusing on customers. The authors argue that they learned this lesson too well,...
Provided by INSEAD
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White Papers
Fiscal Federalism In Germany: Stabilization And Redistribution Before And After Unification
May 2009
The author provides empirical estimates of the risk-sharing and redistributive properties of the German federal fiscal system based on data from 1970 until 2006, with special attention to the...
Provided by Fordham University
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White Papers
Experience Weighted Attraction In The First Price Auction And Becker Degroot Marschak
Feb 2008
This paper explores the performance of Experience Weighted Attraction (EWA) in two different auction institutions: First Price Sealed Bid, and Becker-DeGroot-Marschak. The results suggest that...
Provided by Fordham University
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White Papers
The Credit Default Swap Market's Determinants
Mar 2008
This paper explores the ability of variables suggested by structural models to explain variation in CDS spread changes. Using monthly changes in CDS spreads for 333 firms from January, 2001 -...
Provided by Fordham University
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White Papers
The Credit Default Swap Market's Reaction To Earnings Announcements
Mar 2008
This paper examines the efficiency of the CDS market by conducting a comparative event study in which both the CDS and the stock markets" responses to earnings announcements are considered. The...
Provided by Fordham University
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White Papers
Wealth And The Capitalist Spirit
May 2008
The wealth distribution in the U.S. is more unequal than either the income or earnings distribution, a fact current models of saving behavior have difficulty explaining. Using MaxWeber's (1905)...
Provided by Fordham University
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White Papers
Consumer Debt Is 130% Of Income: Avoiding Budget Constraint Orthodoxy
Aug 2008
Consumer theory maximizes utility subject to a budget constraint, ignoring that the ratio of consumer debt to disposable income has varied between 30% and 130%. Granger-causality tests also...
Provided by Fordham University
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White Papers
Heteroskedasticity And Autocorrelation Efficient (HAE) Estimation And Pivots For Jointly Evolving Series
Sep 2008
A new two-way map between time domain and numerical magnitudes or values domain (v-dom) provides a new solution to heteroscedasticity. Since sorted logs of squared fitted residuals are monotonic...
Provided by Fordham University
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White Papers
Dollarization As An Investment Signal In Developing Countries
Sep 2008
In dollarized financial systems, there exists a currency mismatch risk that could lead to financial crises. Central Banks in such economies have to adjust their foreign currency policies...
Provided by Fordham University
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White Papers
Can Debt Relief Buy Growth?
Dec 2008
This paper investigates whether the numerous debt relief initiatives during the 1990s have had a significant effect on economic growth rates in developing countries. The major initiatives during...
Provided by Fordham University
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White Papers
Traders, Brokers, And Money: The Past Is Your Present And Future
Apr 2010
With Wall Street bonuses under the spotlight, new evidence on the performance of Wall Street traders offers more nuance. Trillions of dollars in stocks are traded month after month in financial...
Provided by Southern Methodist University
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White Papers
Parsing The Financial Crisis: First Evidence Of A Lost Decade
Feb 2010
Many financial experts classify this recent financial crisis as the most severe since the Great Depression. The authors analyze the trading difficulties for institutional investors, market...
Provided by Southern Methodist University
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White Papers
When Cash Isn't King: The Case Of Unionized Firms
May 2009
When is cash not king? Holding excess cash reserves can be less desirable when a firm has a more unionized workforce. The author finds that firms in more unionized industries strategically hold...
Provided by Southern Methodist University
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White Papers
Short Selling Shows Alpha In Mutual Funds
Apr 2009
Hedge funds have historically used short selling as a trading strategy, while mutual funds have generally not permitted the practice. But, mutual funds are increasingly allowing their managers to...
Provided by Southern Methodist University
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White Papers
Are Securities Class-Action Suits Anticipated By Investors?
Jul 2008
Securities class-action lawsuits have become more highly contentious as of late. Plaintiff's attorneys claim they keep Wall Street accountable. Business executives complain that suits are lining...
Provided by Southern Methodist University
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Webcasts
Biz Quiz: Lawrence Gelburd And Phil Town
Jan 2010
Lawrence Gelburd, an instructor at the Wharton School of Business, and Phil Town, investment advisor and author of "Rule #1: The Simple Strategy for Successful Investing in Only 15 Minutes a...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Flight-From-Leverage In Distressed Financial Markets
Aug 2008
Financial crises are often accompanied by a flight-from-leverage as levered investors realize that they are overextended in a distressed market and try to reduce their funding risk. The author...
Provided by University of California, Los Angeles (Anderson)
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White Papers
Customer Profitability Vs. Customer Satisfaction: Keep Guessing Or Model Your Pricing Strategies
Jan 2010
Most Financial Institutions do not have a clear understanding of what or who drives their profitability. They make assumptions or guesswork, and most of the time, try and fix their profitability...
Provided by SunTec Business Solutions
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Causes, Benefits, And Risks Of Business Tax Incentives
Jan 2009
This paper provides an updated overview of tax incentives for business investment. It begins by noting that tax competition is likely to be a major force driving countries' tax reforms, and...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
Why Isn't South Africa Growing Faster? A Comparative Approach
Feb 2009
The purpose of this paper is to examine factors that have constrained South Africa's growth since the end of apartheid by comparing its GDP components and its saving and investment performance...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
The Cost Of Aggressive Sovereign Debt Policies: How Much Is The Private Sector Affected?
Feb 2009
This paper proposes a new empirical measure of cooperative versus conflictual crisis resolution following sovereign default and debt distress. The index of government coerciveness is presented as...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
Current Account Determinants For Oil-Exporting Countries
Feb 2009
The paper aims at characterizing the main determinants of the medium-term current account balance for oil-exporting countries using dynamic panel estimation techniques. Previous studies included a...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
Exchange Rates And Wages In An Integrated World
Mar 2009
This paper analyzes how the pass-through from exchange rate to domestic wages depends on the degree of integration between domestic and foreign labor markets. Using data from 66 countries over the...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
A Primer On Fiscal Analysis In Oil-Producing Countries
Mar 2009
This paper proposes an integrated approach to fiscal policy analysis in oil producing countries (OPCs) geared towards addressing their unique and complex policy challenges. First, an accurate...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
Accounting For Output Drops In Latin America
Apr 2009
This paper evaluates what type of models can account for the recent episodes of output drops in Latin America. The author develops an open economy version of the business cycle accounting...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
The Missing Link Between Financial Constraints And Productivity
Apr 2009
The global financial crisis has reopened the debate on the potential spillover effects from the financial sector to the real economy. This paper adds to that debate by providing new evidence on...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
The Crisis: Basic Mechanisms And Appropriate Policies
Apr 2009
Conditional on no housing price decline, most subprime mortgages appeared relatively riskless: The value of the mortgage might be high relative to the price of the house, but it would slowly...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
Ponzi Schemes In The Caribbean
Apr 2009
In several Caribbean states, unregulated investment schemes grew quickly in recent years by claiming unusually high monthly returns and through a system of referrals by existing members. These are...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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Why Are Japanese Wages So Sluggish?
May 2009
Over the past decade, productivity-adjusted wages have grown at a slower pace in Japan than in other rich countries. This paper suggests that Japan's dualities between regular and "Nonregular"...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
The Federal Reserve System Balance Sheet-What Happened And Why It Matters
May 2009
The recent expansion of the balance sheet of the consolidated Federal Reserve Banks (FRB) is analyzed in an historical context. The analysis reveals that the nature of Fed involvement in U.S....
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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Where Does The Public Sector End And The Private Sector Begin?
Jun 2009
The boundary between the public and private sectors can be defined on the basis of ownership of institutional units. Nonmarket government-owned entities and corporations that are owned or...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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Bank Competition, Risk And Asset Allocations
Jul 2009
This paper studies a banking model in which banks invest in a riskless asset and compete in both deposit and risky loan markets. The model predicts that as competition increases, both loans and...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
The Effects Of The Financial Crisis On Public-Private Partnerships
Jul 2009
This paper investigates the impact of the global financial crisis on public-private partnerships (PPPs) and the circumstances under which providing support to new and existing projects is...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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How The Financial Crisis Affects Pensions And Insurance And Why The Impacts Matter
Jul 2009
This paper discusses the key sources of vulnerabilities for pension plans and insurance companies in light of the global financial crisis of 2008. It also discusses how these institutional...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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Why Are Canadian Banks More Resilient?
Jul 2009
This paper explores factors behind Canadian banks' relative resilience in the credit turmoil. The author identifies two main causes: a higher share of depository funding (vs. wholesale funding) in...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
Do Workers' Remittances Promote Economic Growth?
Jul 2009
Over the past decades, workers' remittances have grown to become one of the largest sources of financial flows to developing countries, often dwarfing other widely-studied sources such as private...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
The Quality Of Public Investment
Jul 2009
This paper develops a growth model with specialized goods where inefficient and corrupt bureaucracies interact with the provision of public investment services in affecting the productivity of...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
Spillovers Of The U.S. Subprime Financial Turmoil To Mainland China And Hong Kong SAR: Evidence From Stock Markets
Aug 2009
This paper focuses on evidence from stock markets as it investigates the spillovers from the United States to mainland China and Hong Kong SAR during the subprime crisis. Using both univariate and...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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Webcasts
Larry Wall From The Atlanta Fed. Discusses Craig Pirrong's Paper
Jan 2010
Larry Wall is a financial economist and policy adviser in the research department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. Prior to joining the Fed., he taught at Emory University and the Georgia...
Provided by University of Notre Dame (Mendoza)
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White Papers
Is China's Export-Oriented Growth Sustainable?
Aug 2009
This paper assesses the sustainability of China's export-oriented growth over the medium to longer term. It shows that maintaining the current export-oriented growth would require significant...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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Towards A Principal-Agent Based Typology Of Risks In Public-Private Partnerships
Aug 2009
There is a strong economic rationale for close cooperation between the public and private sectors. This has resulted in a significant increase in the demand for the provision of public services...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
Setting Up A Sovereign Wealth Fund: Some Policy And Operational Considerations
Aug 2009
This paper offers a policy and operational "Roadmap" to policymakers considering setting up an SWF. It should also be of interest to policymakers in countries where SWFs are already in place, to...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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Search In The Labor Market Under Imperfectly Insurable Income Risk
Sep 2009
This paper develops a general equilibrium model with unemployment and noncooperative wage determination to analyze the importance of incomplete markets when risk-averse agents are subject to...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
The Need For Special Resolution Regimes For Financial Institutions? The Case Of The European Union
Sep 2009
The global financial crisis has demonstrated weaknesses in resolution regimes for financial institutions around the globe, including in the European Union (EU). This paper considers the principles...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
French Banks Amid The Global Financial Crisis
Sep 2009
This paper runs the gamut of qualitative and quantitative analyses to examine the performance of French banks during 2006-2008 and the financial support measures taken by the French government....
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
International Risk Sharing During The Globalization Era
Sep 2009
Though theory suggests financial globalization should improve international risk sharing, empirical support has been limited. The author develops a simple welfare-based measure that captures how...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
Cointegrated TFP Processes And International Business Cycles
Sep 2009
A puzzle in international macroeconomics is that observed real exchange rates are highly volatile. Standard international real business cycle (IRBC) models cannot reproduce this fact. The author...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
São Tomé And Príncipe: Domestic Tax System And Tax Revenue Potential
Sep 2009
São Tomé and Príncipe is very open and highly depends on imports resulting in high indirect tax revenue. At the same time, the production and export base are very narrow, leaving the authorities...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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The Uncertainty Channel Of Contagion
Oct 2009
The 2007 subprime crisis in the U.S. triggered a succession of financial crises around the globe, reigniting interest in the contagion phenomenon. Not all crises, however, are contagious. This...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
External Balance In Low Income Countries
Oct 2009
This paper offers a coherent empirical analysis of the determinants of the real exchange rate, the current account, and the net foreign assets position in low income countries. The paper focuses...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
Euro Area Sovereign Risk During The Crisis
Oct 2009
While the use of public resources is critical to cushion the impact of the financial crisis on the euro-area economy, it is key that the entailed fiscal costs not be seen by markets as undermining...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
Australian Bank And Corporate Sector Vulnerabilities-An International Perspective
Oct 2009
This paper focuses on how the exposure to the corporate sector may impact the health of the Australian banking system. It also compares Australian banks with their international peers. Finally, it...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
Analyzing Fiscal Space Using The MAMS Model: An Application To Burkina Faso
Oct 2009
This paper analyses economic implications and the transmission mechanisms of different options for creating and using fiscal space. For creating fiscal space, the author considers prioritizing...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
Global Market Conditions And Systemic Risk
Oct 2009
This paper examines several key global market conditions, such as a proxy for market uncertainty and measures of interbank funding stress, to assess financial volatility and the likelihood of...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
Three Cycles: Housing, Credit, And Real Activity
Oct 2009
This paper examines the characteristics and co-movement of cycles in house prices, credit, real activity and interest rates in advanced economies during the past 25 years, using a dynamic...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
Excessive Lending, Leverage, And Risk-Taking In The Presence Of Bailout Expectations
Oct 2009
The financial crisis that began in 2007 has brought to the fore the issues of excesses in lending, leverage, and risk-taking as some of the fundamental causes of this crisis. At the same time, in...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
Treating Intangible Inputs As Investment Goods: The Impact On Canadian GDP
Nov 2009
This paper constructs a data set to document firms' expenditures on an identifiable list of intangible items and examines the implications of treating intangible spending as an acquisition of...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
The Role Of Financial Variables In Predicting Economic Activity In The Euro Area
Nov 2009
The U.S. business cycle typically leads the European cycle by a few quarters and this can be used to forecast euro area GDP. The author investigates whether financial variables carry additional...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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Webcasts
IBM Information Archive: Next Generation Information Retention Solution
Jul 2010
IBM Information Archive is the next-generation information retention solution designed as a universal archiving repository for all types of content to help midsize and enterprise clients reduce...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Theorem Of The Maximin And Applications To Bayesian Zero-Sum Games
Feb 2010
Consider a family of zero-sum games indexed by parameter that determines each player's payoff functions and feasible strategies. The first main result characterizes continuity assumptions on the...
Provided by INSEAD
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White Papers
Role Of Resource Gap And Value Appropriation: Effect Of Reputation Gap On Price Premium In Online Auctions
Apr 2010
In this study the author draw on the resource-based view of the firm and on value-added methodology to examine when firms appropriate value from their superior resources. The author argue for the...
Provided by INSEAD
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White Papers
Sound Long-Term Strategy Is Key, Particularly In A Crisis: Harvard's Michael Porter
Aug 2009
With the current global economic downturn, there's been plenty of talk of doom and gloom. But Professor Michael Porter of Harvard University, a leading authority on competitive strategy, begs to...
Provided by INSEAD
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White Papers
Supply Chains and Segment Profitability: How Input Pricing Creates a Latent Cross-Segment Subsidy
Aug 2009
Recent years have seen an increasing emphasis on developing more precise accounting measures of market- and customer-level profitability. These efforts are aimed at helping prune unprofitable...
Provided by Ohio State University (Fisher)
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White Papers
The New Marketing Myopia
Apr 2009
During the past half century, marketers generally have heeded Levitt's (1960) advice to avoid "marketing myopia" by focusing on customers. The authors argue that they learned this lesson too well,...
Provided by INSEAD
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White Papers
Fiscal Federalism In Germany: Stabilization And Redistribution Before And After Unification
May 2009
The author provides empirical estimates of the risk-sharing and redistributive properties of the German federal fiscal system based on data from 1970 until 2006, with special attention to the...
Provided by Fordham University
-
White Papers
Experience Weighted Attraction In The First Price Auction And Becker Degroot Marschak
Feb 2008
This paper explores the performance of Experience Weighted Attraction (EWA) in two different auction institutions: First Price Sealed Bid, and Becker-DeGroot-Marschak. The results suggest that...
Provided by Fordham University
-
White Papers
The Credit Default Swap Market's Determinants
Mar 2008
This paper explores the ability of variables suggested by structural models to explain variation in CDS spread changes. Using monthly changes in CDS spreads for 333 firms from January, 2001 -...
Provided by Fordham University
-
White Papers
The Credit Default Swap Market's Reaction To Earnings Announcements
Mar 2008
This paper examines the efficiency of the CDS market by conducting a comparative event study in which both the CDS and the stock markets" responses to earnings announcements are considered. The...
Provided by Fordham University
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White Papers
Wealth And The Capitalist Spirit
May 2008
The wealth distribution in the U.S. is more unequal than either the income or earnings distribution, a fact current models of saving behavior have difficulty explaining. Using MaxWeber's (1905)...
Provided by Fordham University
-
White Papers
Consumer Debt Is 130% Of Income: Avoiding Budget Constraint Orthodoxy
Aug 2008
Consumer theory maximizes utility subject to a budget constraint, ignoring that the ratio of consumer debt to disposable income has varied between 30% and 130%. Granger-causality tests also...
Provided by Fordham University
-
White Papers
Heteroskedasticity And Autocorrelation Efficient (HAE) Estimation And Pivots For Jointly Evolving Series
Sep 2008
A new two-way map between time domain and numerical magnitudes or values domain (v-dom) provides a new solution to heteroscedasticity. Since sorted logs of squared fitted residuals are monotonic...
Provided by Fordham University
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White Papers
Dollarization As An Investment Signal In Developing Countries
Sep 2008
In dollarized financial systems, there exists a currency mismatch risk that could lead to financial crises. Central Banks in such economies have to adjust their foreign currency policies...
Provided by Fordham University
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White Papers
Can Debt Relief Buy Growth?
Dec 2008
This paper investigates whether the numerous debt relief initiatives during the 1990s have had a significant effect on economic growth rates in developing countries. The major initiatives during...
Provided by Fordham University
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White Papers
Traders, Brokers, And Money: The Past Is Your Present And Future
Apr 2010
With Wall Street bonuses under the spotlight, new evidence on the performance of Wall Street traders offers more nuance. Trillions of dollars in stocks are traded month after month in financial...
Provided by Southern Methodist University
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White Papers
Parsing The Financial Crisis: First Evidence Of A Lost Decade
Feb 2010
Many financial experts classify this recent financial crisis as the most severe since the Great Depression. The authors analyze the trading difficulties for institutional investors, market...
Provided by Southern Methodist University
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White Papers
When Cash Isn't King: The Case Of Unionized Firms
May 2009
When is cash not king? Holding excess cash reserves can be less desirable when a firm has a more unionized workforce. The author finds that firms in more unionized industries strategically hold...
Provided by Southern Methodist University
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White Papers
Short Selling Shows Alpha In Mutual Funds
Apr 2009
Hedge funds have historically used short selling as a trading strategy, while mutual funds have generally not permitted the practice. But, mutual funds are increasingly allowing their managers to...
Provided by Southern Methodist University
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White Papers
Are Securities Class-Action Suits Anticipated By Investors?
Jul 2008
Securities class-action lawsuits have become more highly contentious as of late. Plaintiff's attorneys claim they keep Wall Street accountable. Business executives complain that suits are lining...
Provided by Southern Methodist University
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Webcasts
Biz Quiz: Lawrence Gelburd And Phil Town
Jan 2010
Lawrence Gelburd, an instructor at the Wharton School of Business, and Phil Town, investment advisor and author of "Rule #1: The Simple Strategy for Successful Investing in Only 15 Minutes a...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Flight-From-Leverage In Distressed Financial Markets
Aug 2008
Financial crises are often accompanied by a flight-from-leverage as levered investors realize that they are overextended in a distressed market and try to reduce their funding risk. The author...
Provided by University of California, Los Angeles (Anderson)
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White Papers
Customer Profitability Vs. Customer Satisfaction: Keep Guessing Or Model Your Pricing Strategies
Jan 2010
Most Financial Institutions do not have a clear understanding of what or who drives their profitability. They make assumptions or guesswork, and most of the time, try and fix their profitability...
Provided by SunTec Business Solutions
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White Papers
Risk Management: The Current Financial Crisis, Lessons Learned And Future Implications
Dec 2008
The current financial crisis presents a case study of a "Financial tsunami" (as former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan recently called it) on what can go wrong. Its ramifications are...
Provided by LRP Publications
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Whitepapers
Where Finance Belongs on the IT Agenda
Nov 2010
Learn how IT and Finance can work together to succeed in the post-recession economy.
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
10 Ways To Save Money
Jan 2010
These days, flashy living is out, and careful spending is in. Many people are discovering that, once they get used to living within their means, they're less stressed out by the economy. Take...
Provided by Bank of America
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White Papers
Living On A Budget - The Envelope System
Jan 2010
Being on a budget takes discipline but it doesn't mean you have to give up the things you love. In fact, it can help you stretch your money further, giving you peace of mind in a tough economy....
Provided by Bank of America
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White Papers
Create Your Own Savings Plan: Our Savings Plan Spreadsheet Helps You Reach Your Goals
Jan 2010
Being able to pay for the things you want in life without taking on too much debt is one of the best benefits of careful financial planning. And it's not just a perk of having a large income....
Provided by Bank of America
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White Papers
Living On One Income: 6 Strategies: How To Make Ends Meet With One Paycheck
Jan 2010
There's no better tool for managing your money than a budget. Looking over your monthly statements from Online Bill Pay1 is a great way to get a handle on where your money is going. Also keep a...
Provided by Bank of America
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White Papers
Introduction To Estate Planning: Get Started On Putting Your Affairs In Order
Jan 2010
As you get older, you'll likely start thinking about putting your affairs in order. This will help avoid family conflict, allow you to name who will make health and financial decisions on your...
Provided by Bank of America
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White Papers
How To Get Information About Borrowing Money
Jan 2010
The ways you can borrow money are almost as diverse as the ways you can spend it. If you are thinking about borrowing money, make sure you know all your lending options. No matter your reason for...
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Keeping Your Debt Load Manageable: How Understanding Your Debt-To-Income Ratio Can Help
Jan 2010
Keeping your debt at a manageable level is one of the foundations of good financial health. But how can you tell when your debt is starting to get out of control? You don't want to wait until you...
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Save Money By De-Cluttering Your Home: How Cleaning Up Can Help Your Finances
Jan 2010
De-cluttering your home can make it more inviting, reduce your stress and help you avoid health problems aggravated by mold or dirt. But did you know that it could lower your costs and even earn...
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How Much Do You Need For Retirement?: Find Your Personal Retirement Number
Jan 2010
What do you want to do when you retire? Many people hope to travel, spend more time with their families or enjoy their favorite activities, or just relax with no work or money worries. Help your...
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Get Started On Saving For Retirement: 5 Steps To Start Your Retirement Plan
Jan 2010
If you are just starting out your work life, retirement may seem too far off to be a concern. But the decisions you make now will determine how comfortable you are decades down the road. The good...
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Fast-Track Retirement Savings After You Return To Work: How To Reach Your Retirement Goals In Less time
Jan 2010
If you've recently re-entered the work force you have a second job that needs your serious attention: Getting your retirement plan back on track. You may not have been able to keep up with your...
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Maximize Your Savings In 2010: How To Create A Savings Plan For The New Year
Jan 2010
Eat less. Exercise regularly. Why not add "Save more" to your list of New Year's Resolutions? Follow our step-by-step guide to create your 2010 personal savings plan. For one month, record...
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The Benefits Of A Savings Account: A Safe And Reliable Way To Grow Your Money
Jan 2010
One of the most useful benefits of a savings account is that your money is out of your checking account, where you may risk spending it on non-essentials, but still easily accessible in case you...
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What Is Savings Allocation: Reduce Your Financial Risks By Varying Your Investments
Jan 2010
Worried about the news of people losing hard-earned money in sinking investments? One smart way to reduce your financial risk is to diversify your savings. There are plenty of ways to build your...
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How To Approach Savings As A Couple: Get Sensitive Money Matters Out In The Open
Feb 2009
What would you rather do - get a tooth filled or talk with your partner about money? For many people, a trip to the dentist might win out. There's a good reason people want to avoid the subject....
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