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Is your company prepared for the influence of social and mobile?
Social media and mobile technology are enabling consumers to drive brand perceptions and reshape buying behaviors. With social media, people...
Misspecification-Robust Inference in Linear Asset Pricing Models with Irrelevant Risk Factors
Nikolay Gospodinov, Raymond Kan, and Cesare Robotti. Working Paper 2013-9 (October). The authors propose a linear asset pricing model selection...
New Portals: Established Rails
Mobile wallets and cell phones may seem like brave new payment types, when in fact they support traditional methods. Are...
Entry, Exit, and the Determinants of Market Structure
Timothy Dunne, Shawn D. Klimek, Mark J. Roberts, and Daniel Yi Xu. Working Paper 2013-10 (October). The authors examine firm...
Fed Gov. Stein Explores Regulation, Conflicts between Public and Firm Interests
Federal Reserve Governor Jeremy C. Stein recently addressed the debate about how policymakers should approach financial imbalances that can be...
A Fresh Start: Do You Have Enough Available Credit for an Emergency?
This module of the Classroom Economist, which features an updated Lesson 3 from the Katrina's Classroom curriculum, offers resources for...
Listening to Students
Veteran teachers say they learn a great deal from listening to their students, and that might be especially true with...
The Rise of the Machines
A couple of weeks ago I was having dinner with a friend, and we got to talking about algorithmic trading,...
Southeastern Housing Update: Gains Show Signs of Softening
Although home sales in the Southeast continue growing, a number of factors are combining to constrain the rate of growth....
