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Friedman and Taylor on Monetary Policy Rules: A Comparison
The names Milton Friedman and John Taylor are associated with different monetary policy rules; but, as shown in this paper, the difference between their perceptions of how the economy works is not great. The monetary policy rules advanced by Taylor and Friedman are compared by linking the rules t o...
Tags: American, B., Economics, Friedman's Inc., John, Michael, Nelson
Research articles 2008-03-01
Week Ahead.
Trading statements from WH Smith, Clinton Cards and N Brown will provide investors with an insight into how consumers are facing up to recent uncertainty in both the economy and financial markets Chris Needham Monday 8 OctoberA Trading statement: Printing.com ...
Tags: Economics, OKO Bank
Research articles 2007-10-01
"Crunch" Time
Feel like you're running on an economic hamster wheel, powering an economy that benefits only a relative few? Jared Bernstein's "Crunch" is for you. So says reviewer Harry Hurt III in A Rock, A Hard Place and an Exit Strategy. Hurt walks through Bernstein's discussion...
Tags: Economics, Bernstein, Benefits, Health Care, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Michael Fitzgerald, Human Resources, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Vertical Industries, Strategy, Healthcare, Globalization
Blog posts 2008-05-19
Do Markets Have Morals?
I think markets have blind spots, along with a certain caustic wit. But the Templeton Foundation has been funding research into what you might call the two sides of Adam Smith, melding the free-market capitalism of "The Wealth of Nations" with the moral philosophy of its predecessor, "The Theory...
Tags: Enterprise Software, Human Resources, Investment, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Economics, Benefits, Retirement Plans, 401(k), Paul J. Zak, Michael Fitzgerald, Finance, Software
Blog posts 2008-05-13
What Are Credit Card Securities?
Mitch Butler and Josh Landis examine the current crisis now facing credit card companies, who have faced recent difficulty trying to sell off consumer debt to investors.
Tags: Credit Card, MoneyWatch, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Sales, Financial Accounting, Finance, Evening, Business, Economy, Lend, Lender, Invest, Investor, Sub Prime, Mortgage, Home, Recession, Depression, America, U.S., Economics, Debt, Money, Dollar, Interest, Fee, Bills
Videos 2009-02-21
The Downfall of Keynesian Economics and the U.S. (Part 1 of 3)
Nicholas Jones submits: This three part series will look into detail at how decades of Keynesian based economics have led us to the current economic crisis. I will also be identifying what the future consequences of Keynesian economics will look like, and what that means for the U.S.A. ...
Tags: U.S., Economics, Seeking Alpha, Nicholas Jones, US Market
External links 2008-11-14
Tom Peters "Nudges" Richard Thaler
Etching a fly into the appropriate part of a urinal reduces spillage by 80 percent. Putting a salad bar at the front of a cafeteria improves people's diet. Both are nudges, and others like them, applied by policymakers, might help us stop using credit cards unwisely. ...
Tags: Economics, Tom, Econs, Humans, Government, Real Estate, Food & Beverage, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Business Operations, Manufacturing, Sales, Michael Fitzgerald
Blog posts 2008-08-31
Principles of Financial Economics
The analytical framework in the classical finance models discussed in this paper is largely the same as in general equilibrium theory: agents, acting as price-takers, exchange claims on consumption to maximize their respective utilities. Because the focus in financial economics is somewhat different from that in mainstream economics, the paper...
Tags: University Of Cambridge, Financial, Economics, Financial Accounting, Finance
White papers 2002-01-30
Who Is Nouriel Roubini?
Five years after he predicted the U.S. mortgage market would collapse and push the country — and global economy — into a recession, economist Nouriel Roubini finally has the world's attention. His Predictions While other economists thought the real estate...
Tags: U.S., Bank, Financial, Recession, Economist, Financial Accounting, Finance, Nouriel Roubini, Economics, Financial Sector, Global Trade Imbalance, Alice C. Chen, BNET Briefing, Alice C. Chen 
Articles 2009-01-05
Arena Resources Inc. Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions. Our first question comes from the line of Neal Dingmann with Dahlman Rose. Please proceed with your question. Neal Dingmann - Dahlman Rose Good morning, guys. Excellent quarter. Tim Rochford Thank you, Neal. Neal Dingmann - Dahlman Rose Say, Phil or Tim, could you just,...
Tags: Barrel, Call Transcript, Earnings, Economics, Arena Resources Inc., Corporate Governance, Financial Services, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2008-11-24
Finding A Job For Your Economics And Statistics Degree
It goes without saying that a degree in economics and/or statistics is a natural match with careers in the world of business. However, the type of career can vary depending on your particular area of interest. Degrees in economics and/or statistics can prepare you for work in both the public...
Tags: Job, Degree, Economics, Employaid, Professional Development, Career
White papers 2008-01-01
Time Management: The Economics Of Life (Part 1)
What actually makes some people achieve than others is their ability to properly invest in their time. Such people dedicate themselves to something which makes them progress. Economics literarily is about the management of scarce resources to satisfy wants and needs. As time is the most important resource humans have,...
Tags: Economics, ExpertArticles.com, Time Management, Productivity
White papers 2007-01-17
Insights From Experimental Economics For Market Regulation
The authors have presented selected results in experimental economics with relevance for market regulation and derive from them concrete insights that could be interesting for regulating authorities. For those readers that are new to experimental economics, the purposes and advantages of economic experiments are discussed and the experimental double-auction market...
Tags: Economics, Tilburg University, Regulations, Government
White papers 2004-05-26
Hidden Flaws in Strategy: Can Insights From Behavioral Economics Explain Why Good Executives Back Bad Strategies?
Insights from behavioral economics have been used to explain bad decision making in the business world, 2 and bad investment decision making in particular. Some private equity firms have successfully remodeled their investment processes to counteract the biases predicted by behavioral economics. This article aims to help rectify the omission...
Tags: Insight, Flaw, Economics, Strategy, Security, Management
White papers
Behavioral Economics and Health Economics
The health sector is filled with institutions and decision-making circumstances that create friction in markets and cognitive errors by decision makers. This paper examines the potential contributions to health economics of the ideas of behavioral economics. The discussion presented here focuses on the economics of doctor-patient interactions and some aspects...
Tags: Health Care, Economics, Health Sector, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources
White papers 2004-10-01
Worst Case Banking Scenario
Although the Federal Reserve will not release its bank stress test results for another 10 days, Anthony Mason reports data has already been released detailing how banks might react to a crisis.
Tags: Bank, MoneyWatch, Financial Services, Banking, Evening, U.S., TARP, Stimulus, Bailout, Test, Economics, Finance, Recession, Economy, Savings, Checking, Lending, Loan, Money, Cash, Citibank, Chase, Bank Of America
Videos 2009-04-24

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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY : EUROPE AT FOREFRONT OF BROADBAND PENETRATION.
Nine EU member states are world leaders in broadband penetration and the EU as a whole registered a 21.7% rate of broadband penetration in July 2008, a pronounced increase over July 2007 (18.2%). On 1 July 2008, there were over 107 million fixed broadband lines in the...
Articles 2009-12-02
INTERNET : AUTHORS' SOCIETIES URGE ACTION AGAINST PIRACY.
Feeling pressured by the fall in revenue from the music industry and the development of the internet, European authors' societies asked the EU to deal with online piracy, during a large conference, on 24 and 25 November in Brussels. At the same time, they are calling for...
Articles 2009-12-02
TELECOMMUNICATIONS : BUSINESSEUROPE HOSTILE TO FURTHER CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS.(Brief article)
On the occasion of the Council of telecoms ministers, on 27 November, Philippe de Buck, director of BusinessEurope, the European employers' lobbying group, wrote to the incumbent President of the Council, Luc Chatel, urging him to not impose further obligations on the sector regarding consumer protection,...
Articles 2009-12-02
Gaming goldmines grow green: limited gaming, good faith negotiations, and the economic impact of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act in South Dakota
I. INTRODUCTION "This is high-stakes litigation...." --Judge Edith H. Jones (1) In 1876, Deadwood became legendary for its wild and lawless ways. (2) The history of gaming in Deadwood, South Dakota, is a true Wild West tale. (3) Gamin thrived in Deadwood with the...
Articles 2009-09-22
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