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Chakrabarty, Bidisha and Moulton, Pamela C. and Wang, Xu (Frank), Attention Effects in a High-Frequency World (July 23, 2015). Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2634621 “How does limited attention affect stock prices in today’s computer-driven financial markets? We study this issue by re-examining the effects of limited attention using a dataset that separately identifies trades …
NextGov.com: “The group of hacktivists, Anonymous, claimed in a tweet on Wednesday they hacked the Census Bureau and leaked employee details online. The hack was in protest of TTIP (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership), which is an agreement being negotiated between the U.S. and E.U. critics say would increase corporate power and make it more …
“Economic, fiscal and employment policies – Recommendations to the member states – The Council issued country-specific recommendations and opinions on the economic, fiscal and employment policies planned by the member states, as well as a specific recommendation on the economic policies of the euro area. Adoption of the texts, following their endorsement by the European …
“Noferi, Mark L. and Koulish, Robert, The Immigration Detention Risk Assessment (July 1, 2015). 29 Georgetown Immigration Law Journal 45 (2015). Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2635247 “In early 2013, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) deployed nationwide a new automated risk assessment tool to help determine whether to detain or release noncitizens pending their …
The New Yorker: “The waves of the Pacific seem to taunt the thirsty landscape of California. The state has eight hundred and forty miles of coastline adjoining the world’s largest ocean—an oversupply of brine at a time when drought has left fallow more than half a million acres of farmland, claimed some twenty thousand jobs, …
Ocean Cleanup: “While Boyan Slat’s idea to rid the ocean of plastic gained worldwide attention and acclaim in 2013, it was still just that: an idea. In order to investigate whether the passive cleanup technology could indeed be an effective way to remove vast amounts of plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, The Ocean …
