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New York Stock Exchange, Bert Chapman
New York Stock Exchange, Bert Chapman
Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research
Provides a historical overview of the origins and early development of the New York Stock Exchange.
An Analysis Of Risk-Taking Behavior For Public Defined Benefit Pension Plans, Nancy Mohan, Ting Zhang
An Analysis Of Risk-Taking Behavior For Public Defined Benefit Pension Plans, Nancy Mohan, Ting Zhang
Economics and Finance Faculty Publications
This paper presents the first comprehensive study on the determinants of public pension fund investment risk and reports several new important findings. Unlike private pension plans, public funds undertake more risk if they are underfunded and have lower investment returns in the previous years, consistent with the risk transfer hypothesis. Furthermore, pension funds in states facing fiscal constraints allocate more assets to equity and have higher betas. There also appears to be a herding effect in that CalPERS equity allocation or beta is mimicked by other pension funds. Finally, our results suggest that government accounting standards strongly affect pension fund …
A History Of Financial Regulation In The Usa From The Beginning Until Today: 1789 To 2011, Gary Richardson
A History Of Financial Regulation In The Usa From The Beginning Until Today: 1789 To 2011, Gary Richardson
Gary Richardson
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