Category «Financial System»

Global Wealth Report 2014

The Credit Suisse Global Wealth Report provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date source of information on global household wealth. Since 2010, we have collaborated with Professors Anthony Shorrocks and Jim Davies, recognized authorities on this topic, and the principal authors of “Personal Wealth from a Global Perspective,” Oxford University Press, 2008. Unlike other studies, this …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents

337Info – Unfair Import Investigations Information System

“337Info is an information retrieval system that contains data about USITC section 337 investigations, including: the unfair act(s) alleged (patent, trademark, or copyright infringement; misappropriation of trade secrets; etc.) the parties involved (current and historical) the Administrative Law Judge(s) (ALJ(s)) and USITC staff assigned (current and historical) the product(s) involved current investigation status and key …

Subjects: E-Commerce, E-Government, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Legal Research

The Rule of Law Under Extreme Conditions and International Law

Salzberger, Eli, The Rule of Law Under Extreme Conditions and International Law: A Law and Economics Perspective (October 12, 2014). Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2508846 “The ‘rule of law’ has attracted a lot of scholarly writings as well as political and public rhetoric in recent years. On the one hand, scholars found that adherence …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Legal Research

Housing: Before, During, and After The Great Recession

BLS – September 2014: Demtrio M.Scopelit – “Home ownership symbolizes the American dream. The home we live in often represents how we chose to live our lives. As Winston Churchill once said, “We shape our dwellings, and afterwards our dwellings shape us.” As the 2000s unfolded, economic growth and public policies designed to increase home ownership led …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Housing

Is Your Company Ready for a Big Data Breach?

The Second Annual Study on Data Breach Preparedness – Ponemon Institute© Research Report – Sponsored by Experian® Data Breach Resolution – Independently conducted by Ponemon Institute LLC. Publication Date: September 2014. “Data breaches are increasing in frequency. Forty-three percent of respondents say their companies had a data breach involving the loss or theft of more than 1,000 records, an …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Financial System, Legal Research, PC Security, Privacy

CRR’S New Financial Education Website

“Squared Away was created by the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College and funded by a grant from the U.S. Social Security Administration, to provide clear and engaging financial guidance, without any spin or slant, based on the best academic research.” See also WSJ.com – What You Should Know About Social Security – What ‘Full Retirement …

Subjects: Economy, Education, Financial System, Government Documents

Speech by Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer on the Federal Reserve and the global economy

Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer At the Per Jacobsson Foundation Lecture, 2014 Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group, Washington, D.C. October 11, 2014 “Although the U.S. share of world GDP has gradually declined since the mid-20th century, the broader importance of the United States to the global economy has diminished less, or …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents

At OECD Global Forum, EPIC Urges “Algorithmic Transparency”

“Speaking to delegates at the OECD Global Forum for the Knowledge Economy in Tokyo, EPIC President Marc Rotenberg urged OECD member countries to endorse “algorithmic transparency,” the principle that data processes that impact individuals be made public. Mr. Rotenberg explained that companies are too secretive about what they collect and how they use personal data. Mr. …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Privacy

UH Law Center debuts first database of Fortune 500 company codes of conduct

“The University of Houston Law Center today released a searchable database that contains the compliance codes for Fortune 500 companies.  The project was led by Houston attorney Ryan McConnell, an adjunct professor at the University of Houston Law Center. McConnell worked with a team of recent graduates and current students to develop the database, which …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Legal Research, Privacy

Characteristics of the Long-Term Unemployed in March 2007 and March 2014

CBO: “House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has asked the CBO for information about the characteristics of people who have been unemployed for a long time. Specifically, she asked the agency to describe any changes in those characteristics that occurred between March 2007 and March 2014. In answering that question, this document supplements and updates information …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents

Sovereign Crises and Bank Financing: Evidence from the European Repo Market

Boissel, Charles and Derrien, François and Ors, Evren and Thesmar, David, Sovereign Crises and Bank Financing: Evidence from the European Repo Market (April 29, 2014). Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2506677 “We examine the impact of the European sovereign debt crisis in 2008-2011 on a key segment of the European interbank market, the General Collateral (GC) …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System

Demographic Trends and Growth in Japan and the United States

NY Fed – Thomas Klitgaard and Preston Mui: “Japan’s population is shrinking and getting older, with the population falling at a 0.2 percent rate this year and the working-age population (ages 16 to 64) falling at a much faster rate of almost 1.5 percent. In contrast, the U.S. population is rising at a 0.7 percent annual rate and the working-age population is rising …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents