Tort Reform and Innovation -- by Alberto Galasso, Hong Luo
Current academic and policy debates focus on the impact of tort reforms on physicians' behavior and medical costs. This paper examines whether these reforms also affect incentives to develop new...
View ArticleBad Credit, No Problem? Credit and Labor Market Consequences of Bad Credit...
Credit reports are used in nearly all consumer lending decisions and, increasingly, in hiring decisions in the labor market, but the impact of a bad credit report is largely unknown. We study the...
View ArticleIncomplete Disclosure: Evidence of Signaling and Countersignaling -- by...
In 2011, Maricopa County, Arizona adopted voluntary restaurant hygiene grade cards (A, B, C, D). Using inspections results between 2007 and 2013, we show that only 58% of the subsequent inspections led...
View ArticleWhy Don't Commercial Health Plans Use Prospective Payment? -- by Laurence...
One of the key terms in contracts between hospitals and insurers is how the parties apportion the financial risk of treating unexpectedly costly patients. "Prospective" payment contracts give hospitals...
View ArticleConcurring Statement of Commissioner Sharon Y. Bowen Regarding Cross-Border...
Concurring Statement of Commissioner Sharon Y. Bowen Regarding Cross-Border Application of the Registration Thresholds and External Business Conduct Standards Applicable to Swap Dealers and Major Swap...
View ArticleStatement of Chairman Timothy Massad on Proposed Rule Regarding the...
Statement of Chairman Timothy Massad on Proposed Rule Regarding the Application of Certain Swap Provisions in Cross-Border Transactions
View ArticleFinancial Statements Of The Third Quarter 2016 For Companies Listed At The...
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) Mr. Nader Azar, said that the ASE is still receiving the quarterly reports of the period ended in September 30, 2016, from all...
View ArticleCFTC Approves Proposed Rule on the Application of Certain Swap Provisions of...
Washington, DC â The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) today voted unanimously to propose rules and interpretations addressing the application of certain swap provisions of the...
View ArticleCFTC Approves Proposed Rule On The Application Of Certain Swap Provisions Of...
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) today voted unanimously to propose rules and interpretations addressing the application of certain swap provisions of the Commodity Exchange...
View ArticleFinansinspektionen Aims For Unchanged Countercyclical Buffer Rate In December
The next occasion on which Finansinspektionen (FI) will decide on the countercyclical buffer rate is in December. FI’s Board of Directors has decided that the preparatory work ahead of the next...
View ArticleStatement Of CFTC Commissioner J. Christopher Giancarlo On The Proposed Rule...
I support issuing today’s proposed rule in order to hear commenters’ considered views, especially with respect to the Commission’s approach on the issue of U.S. personnel arranging, negotiating or...
View ArticleESM Raises â¬4 Billion In Two Bond Issues
The European Stability Mechanism (ESM) today raised €4 billion in a dual-tranche transaction, through the issue of a new 6-year benchmark bond and a tap of an existing 16-year bond.read more...
View ArticleStatement Of Chairman Timothy Massad On Proposed Rule Regarding The...
I am pleased to support this proposal, which addresses several important aspects of the cross-border application of our swaps rules.read more...
View ArticleMIAX Options - Reg SCI / SIFMA BCP Test Day Plan - October 15, 2016
As previously announced in a MIAX Alert published on September 12, 2016, the MIAX Options Exchange will be participating in the 2016 SIFMA BCP Testing this Saturday, October 15, 2016. All members that...
View ArticleConcurring Statement Of CFTC Commissioner Sharon Y. Bowen Regarding...
The rule proposal we have before us is significant. It addresses a number of important issues including: (i) the “US Person” definition; (ii) the treatment of foreign affiliates of US Persons (“Foreign...
View ArticleMoscow Exchange Plans To Change The Mechanism Of Encoding Options Since...
In November 2016, Moscow Exchange will introduce (as recommended by the IT Committee and the Derivatives Market Committee in September 2016) a new approach to compile the long code of options.read more...
View ArticleUAE's Securities And Commodities Authority Is Elected Member Of The Steering...
The Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA) won membership in the Steering Committee of the MMoU Monitoring Group as a representative of the Africa/Middle East Regional Committee (AMERC), which is...
View ArticleDavid Saltiel Named To Head Office Of Analytics And Research In The SEC...
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it has named David H. Saltiel to head the Office of Analytics and Research in the Division of Trading and Markets. He joined the SEC in...
View ArticleEBA Updates List Of Correlated Currencies
The European Banking Authority (EBA) updated today the list of closely correlated currencies that was originally published in December 2013 and updated in May 2015. The list is part of the implementing...
View ArticleEGX Issues âEGX Model Guidance For Reporting On ESG Performance And...
This guide describes the rationale for, and offers practical guidance for developing more comprehensive, investor-focused ESG information reporting on a voluntary basis.read more...
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