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Global reinsurance experts urge investment in open-source risk models
Strategic management academics recommend alteration of insurance industry in background paper prepar
IRS budget cuts result in $34.3 billion in lost tax revenue from large firms
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Budget cuts at the Internal Revenue Service threaten the agency’s effectiveness and have led to billions of dollars in lost tax revenue, new research from the Indiana University Kelley School of Business shows. The research is among…
Helping threatened coho salmon could generate hundreds of millions in non-market economic benefits
CORVALLIS, Ore. – A new study provides evidence that increasing the abundance of a threatened or endangered species can deliver large benefits to the citizens of the Pacific Northwest. The study, published today in the journal PLOS ONE , finds…
Study finds that female leadership affects wage-gap and firm performance
A new paper in The Economic Journal , published by Oxford University Press, finds that female executives decrease the wage-gap for women at the top of a firm while widening it at the bottom. This study also finds that the…
Portland land value tax would improve equity for homeowners, incentivize development
Shifting Oregon’s property tax structure to a land-value tax base could improve equity among homeowners of various income levels, according to a study conducted by Portland State University’s Northwest Economic Research Center (NERC). A pure land-value tax assesses property taxes…
Study reveals school savings accounts can dry up in ‘financial deserts’
College savings programs are less effective in neighborhoods lacking traditional banks, professor sa
Amateur investors fail to diversify and are better off choosing stocks at random
Whether they’re aiming to avoid high financial management fees, control their own investments, or enjoy the thrill of playing the market, more consumers are opening investment accounts and making their own stock picks. But a new study from the UBC…
Homo economicus 2.0
Rational behaviour reflects our own decision-making conditions
A society’s cultural practices shape the structure of its social networks
Social groups that prefer individuals who possess a wide range of skills are less well-connected tha