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Is Gender Diversity Profitable? Evidence from a Global Survey by Marcus Noland, Peterson Institute for International Economics and Tyler Moran, Peterson Institute for International Economics and Barbara Kotschwar, Peterson Institute for International Economics, February 2016. “Analysis of a global survey of 21,980 firms from 91 countries reveals the relative dearth of women in high leadership …
Managing waste in emerging markets – Hauke Engel, Martin Stuchtey, and Helga Vanthournout: “Economic growth in emerging economies is bringing prosperity, rising living standards, and overdue relief from poverty, but increased consumption typically increases resource use—especially the use of plastics—and waste production….the rapid surge in waste volumes since 2007 is straining waste-management systems in many …
“Preliminary estimates from the National Safety Council indicate motor vehicle deaths were 8% higher in 2015 than they were in 2014 – the largest year-over-year percent increase in 50 years. The Council estimates 38,300 people were killed on U.S. roads, and 4.4 million were seriously injured, meaning 2015 likely was the deadliest driving year since …
“Risk management in banking has been transformed over the past decade, largely in response to regulations that emerged from the global financial crisis. But we believe it could be set to undergo even more sweeping change in the next decade. Indeed, while risk-operational processes such as credit administration today account for some 50 percent of …
“The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday released the attached minutes of the Committee meeting held on January 26-27, 2016. The minutes for each regularly scheduled meeting of the Committee ordinarily are made available three weeks after the day of the policy decision and subsequently are published in the Board’s …
Missile Defense: Assessment of DOD’s Reports on Status of Efforts and Options for Improving Homeland Missile Defense, GAO-16-254R: Published: Feb 17, 2016. Publicly Released: Feb 17, 2016: “Although DOD’s reports described the benefits of the Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) ongoing efforts to improve homeland missile defense, GAO found that MDA faces risks and challenges pursuing …
E-Commerce: Convenience Built on a Mountain of Cardboard: “Online shopping is even worse for the environment than traditional retailing, with environmental costs including additional cardboard and other packaging plus emissions from “increasingly personalized” freight services. Consumers expect that even their modest wants should be satisfied like urgent needs….From a sustainability perspective, we’re heading in the …
Nielsen: “Once we’ve covered our essential living expenses, how do we spend the money left over? Whether we stash our spare cash for retirement, invest it to try and make more, or purchase new products, strategies differ around the world. In the fourth quarter of 2015, saving and investing intention levels were highest in Asia-Pacific …
García Lara, Juan M. and Garcia Osma, Beatriz and Mora, Araceli and Scapin, Mariano P., Gender Discrimination and the Monitoring Role of Female Directors Over Accounting Quality (February 15, 2016). Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2732588 “Recent research suggests female directors exert more stringent monitoring over the financial reporting process than their male counterparts. We …
Boston College, Center for Retirement Research – How Do Non-Financial Factors Affect Retirement Decisions? by Steven A. Sass IB#16-3 “The brief’s key findings are: Studies show that financial factors have a statistically significant, but small, impact on retirement decisions. So it is not surprising that non-financial factors have a major influence on those who choose …
Boston College, Center for Retirement Research – Elderly Poverty in the United States in the 21st Century: Exploring the Role of Assets in the Supplemental Poverty Measure “Official estimates of elderly poverty do not take into account either the medical needs of the elderly, which can be quite extensive, or the assets at their disposal, …
Change in home prices around the nation, December 2015: “Maps changes in home prices each month compared with prices one year earlier, by county, based on CoreLogic overall house price indexes.”
