Day archives: March 18th, 2016

Poynter – 13 of the best open-records stories so far this year

By Kelly Hinchcliffe – March 17, 2016 Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a series of articles being published by Poynter to commemorate Sunshine Week. View the rest here. In honor of Sunshine Week, I asked fellow journalists on Twitter to share their favorite open government stories from around the country. Here are some …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Did Liquidity Providers Become Liquidity Seekers? Evidence from the CDS-Bond Basis During the 2008 Financial Crisis

Choi, Jaewon and Shachar, Or, Did Liquidity Providers Become Liquidity Seekers? Evidence from the CDS-Bond Basis During the 2008 Financial Crisis (March 16, 2016). Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2748881 “The misalignment of corporate bond and CDS spreads (the CDS-bond basis) during the 2008 financial crisis is often attributed to dealers shedding inventories when liquidity …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System

Full-time female lawyers continue to earn less than male counterparts

ABA Journal – “Median pay for full-time female lawyers was 77.4 percent of the pay earned by their male counterparts, according to data for 2014 released earlier this month by the U.S. Census Bureau. In all law-related jobs, median pay for female workers in 2014 was 51.6 percent of the pay received by male workers, …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Marketing

Taxpayer Interest Income Hits New Low According to Latest IRS Data

“Assertions and questions about alleged income disparity as well as reports of Americans’ stagnant wages have become important aspects of this year’s election debate. You can do your own fact-check on such issues using the free Taxpayer Returns application on the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) website. This unique tool lets you examine the kinds …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents