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Hu, Henry T. C., Disclosure Universes and Modes of Information: Banks, Innovation, and Divergent Regulatory Quests (May 26, 2014). Yale Journal on Regulation, Vol. 31, No. 3, 2014. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2442092 “In 2013, a new system for mandatory public disclosure came into effect, the first since the creation of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) …
Agency Report Shows Data Brokers Collect and Store Billions of Data Elements Covering Nearly Every U.S. Consumer: “In a report issued today on the data broker industry, the Federal Trade Commission finds that data brokers operate with a fundamental lack of transparency. The Commission recommends that Congress consider enacting legislation to make data broker practices …
“The majority of the population, and one in five children, are overweight or obese in the OECD area. A nearly tenfold variation in rates of obesity and overweight is observed across OECD countries. The obesity epidemic has spread further in the past five years, but rates have been increasing at a slower pace than before. …
Challenges for Those Claiming Social Security Benefits Early and New Health Coverage Options, GAO-14-311: Published: Apr 23, 2014. Publicly Released: May 27, 2014: “Several work-related factors may cause people to claim Social Security benefits early and suggest they may face challenges in continuing to work at older ages. For example, those who worked in physically-demanding blue collar …
“Youth unemployment in the South East Europe (SEE) region was over 49% in 2013 and policy makers are working with the World Bank Group to address this enduring problem.” Press Release: South East Europe Climbs Slowly Out of Recession, says World Bank Infographic: SEE6 Unemployment Facts & Figures Full report: Brittle Recovery
Ciriani, Stephane and Lebourges, Marc, A New European Competition Policy for Growth Driven by Profitable Investments. The European Commission’s Policy In Light of the Modern Economic Growth Theories (April 25, 2014). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2441662 “Although market dominance is not illegal in the European Union, European Commission’s doctrine regards exercise of market power as economically inefficient. …
Moe, Thorvald Grung, Shadow Banking: Policy Challenges for Central Banks (May 21, 2014). Levy Economics Institute of Bard College Working Paper No. 802. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2439886 “Central banks responded with exceptional liquidity support during the financial crisis to prevent a systemic meltdown. They broadened their tool kit and extended liquidity support to nonbanks and key …
Giovannoni, Olivier G., What Do We Know About the Labor Share and the Profit Share? Part I: Theories (May 21, 2014). Levy Economics Institute at Bard College Working Paper No. 803. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2439887 “This series of working papers explores a theme enjoying a tremendous resurgence: the functional distribution of income — the division of …
International Labour Organization – World of Work Report 2014: Developing with jobs: “…Despite these positive trends, employment and social challenges remain acute in most emerging and developing countries. More than half of the developing world’s workers (i.e., nearly 1.5 billion people) are in vulnerable employment. These workers are less likely than wage earners to have …
“Synthetic drugs are taking an ever-greater share of the illicit drugs market, according to a new report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). New psychoactive substances (NPS) are also flooding a market for synthetic drugs long dominated by amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS), such as ecstasy and methamphetamine, which are more widely used …
Rasim Alguliev, Farhad Yusifov – ICDS 2014, The Eighth International Conference on Digital Society, March 2014 “In the present research, we examine the relationship between the Internet freedom and various social, political and especially economic factors, as they affect the Internet growth. The results show a strong relationship between a country’s GDP and Internet penetration. In general, …
Wang, Yicheng, Debt Market Friction, Knowledge Capital Accumulation and Macroeconomic Implications (May 17, 2014). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2438330 “This paper studies accumulation of firm-specific knowledge capital with the presence of debt market frictions at individual firm level and explores its macroeconomic implications in the aggregate. We propose a new mechanism and a quantitative model to explain …
