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Knowledge@Wharton: “Happy workers make good workers, all to the benefit of the firm and its shareholders. That, at least, is the view on the progressive side of the management-theory spectrum. Others, of course, believe that employees work hardest under the crack of the whip and fear of unemployment. In the early 20th Century, some economists argued that …
“Rixen, Thomas and Zangl, Bernhard, The Politicization of International Economic Institutions in US Public Debates (September 28, 2014). The Review of International Organizations: Volume 8, Issue 3, 2013, pp. 363-387. Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2502520 “Recent research has noted a trend of increased “politicization” of international politics, i.e., decisions of international institutions are increasingly debated …
Josh Michaud and Jennifer Kates, Kaiser Family Foundation, September 29, 2014. “More than six months have passed since Ebola was first identified in West Africa, and the scale of the crisis continues to grow. Over the last few weeks cases and deaths have increased significantly in the two most affected countries – Liberia and Sierra …
Jones, D. R., Law Firm Copying and Fair Use: An Examination of Different Purpose and Fair Use Markets (September 29, 2014). South Texas Law Review, Vol. 56, No. 2, 2014 – Forthcoming; University of Memphis Legal Studies Research Paper No. 144. Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2503089 “In several recent lawsuits, publishers sued law firms for …
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, …
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.
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 …
