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The Vicious Cycle: Fundraising And Perceived Viability In U.S. Presidential Primaries, Cameron A. Shelton, James J. Feigenbaum

CMC Faculty Publications and Research

Scholars of presidential primaries have long posited a dynamic positive feedback loop between fundraising and electoral success. Yet existing work on both directions of this feedback remains inconclusive and is often explicitly cross-sectional, ignoring the dynamic aspect of the hypothesis. Pairing high-frequency FEC data on contributions and expenditures with Iowa Electronic Markets data on perceived probability of victory, we examine the bidirectional feedback between contributions and viability. We find robust, significant positive feedback in both directions. This might suggest multiple equilibria: a candidate initially anointed as the front-runner able to sustain such status solely by the fundraising advantage conferred despite …

Three Essays On Mutual Fund Ratings, Wee Seng Ng

Dissertations and Theses Collection (Open Access)

The incessant growth of the mutual fund industry has made the task of selecting mutual funds an increasingly challenging one. Unsophisticated investors turn to low-cost and readily available ratings to guide their investment decisions. Unsurprisingly, mutual fund ratings are hugely popular and influential. Anecdotal evidence and academic findings both suggest that investors gravitate towards top-rated funds. Rating is a double-edged sword. Although the use of rating simplifies the otherwise onerous job of evaluating mutual fund performance, it can lead to adverse consequences. Investors who invest only in top-rated funds are inadvertently assuming that good ratings indicate good future performance. However, …

Contract Hope And Sovereign Redemption, Anna Gelpern

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

Sovereign immunity has served as a partial substitute for bankruptcy protection, but it has encouraged a minority of creditors to pursue unorthodox legal remedies with spillover effects far beyond the debtor-creditor relationship. The attempt to enforce Argentina’s pari passu clause in New York is an example of such a remedy, which relies primarily on collateral damage to other creditors and market infrastructure to obtain settlement from a debtor that would not pay. The District Court decision, now on appeal before the Second Circuit, may not make holding out more attractive in future restructurings – but it would make participation less …

النظام المحاسبي الموحد المتخصص ومدى انسجامه مع البيئة المصرفية الدولية, اسعد غني جهاد, اسعد منشد محمد

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

تعد المصارف قلب اقتصاد البلد النابض فالنشاط المصرفي له مساهمة كبيرة في ديمومة الحركة الاقتصادية وتعزيز مكانته الاقتصادية من خلال ما تقدمه تلك المصارف من خدمات مصرفيه جمة تساهم في تقوية الاستثمارات وجلب استثمارات جديدة لذا فان مشكله البحث تكمن في عدم تحديث النظام المحاسبي الموحد المتخصص للمصارف ومنذ ثلاث عقود مضت ، لذا فحاول الباحثان تقديم بعض المقترحات لتجديد وتحديث هذا النظام المطبق من خلال الوقوف على الاتجاهات الحديثه التي تتبعها المصارف في تقديم خدماتها المصرفية وقد توصل الباحثان الى ان تحقيق المصارف للتوسع والانتشار من خلال تحرير خدماتها المصرفية والمالية يساعدها في المحافظه على مكانتها المصرفية ومن ثم …

الاستثمار في التعليم ودوره في تحقيق التنمية المستدامة في العراق, نادية خضير كناوي

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

أن من أبرز مظاهر التخلف الاقتصادي والاجتماعي هو ضعف الامكانات المادية وانخفاض مستوى الامكانات البشرية الضرورية لإحداث التنمية ، ويعد الاستثمار في التعليم المطلب الرئيس لتحقيق التنمية الاقتصادية والاجتماعية ، وان الاهتمام بتكوين القدرات البشرية عن طريق التعليم والتدريب بهدف اكتسابها المهارات والقدرات اللازمة للمشاركة في العملية التنموية .لذلك فأن للتعليم اهمية في صنع الحضارة وبناء الانسان أذ لابد من ان يحظى قطاع التعليم بإهتمام كبير وان تكون النقلة كبيرة في مسيرة التعليم من حيث وضع اسس انطلاقة النهضة التعليمية بمعطياتها ونتائجها سواء من حيث التوسع النوعي او الكمي او من حيث تفاعل نشاطات مؤسسات التعليم النظامي وغيرالنظامي مع متطلبات …

The Price Discounts Of Chinese Cross-Listed Companies And Their Variation Across Sectors, Tom Guo

CMC Senior Theses

This study builds on the paper by Arquette, Brown, and Burdekin (2008) and asks whether the factors which they find to be significant in influencing the differential between the share prices of Chinese securities traded on their home market in Shanghai versus share prices observed offshore in Hong Kong and New York have varying degrees of influence when compared across industries. This paper focuses on Chinese companies listed on both the Shanghai and Hong Kong Stock Exchanges and finds that the proxy variables of expected exchange rate change, relative market sentiment, and relative company sentiment are significant in determining the …

Tackling Overindebtedness Through Financial Education In Ecuador, Sarah Flecke

Economics Honors Papers

This thesis examines the growth and development of the financial sector in Ecuador, focusing in particular on the products and services offered to low-income individuals, including, but not limited to microfinance. I examine the current problem of over-indebtedness, and evaluate both the supply/institutional side as well as the demand/client side. I conclude that while the market for microfinance institutions and low-income products and services is highly saturated and very developed, governmental interventions, structural problems and lack of accompanying financial capabilities have limited the effectiveness of the industry, and perpetuated indebtedness. I propose mandatory financial education programs provided by all financial …

Direct Climate Markets: The Prospects For Trading Teleconnection Risk, Grant Cavanaugh

Theses and Dissertations--Agricultural Economics

This dissertation provides the analysis necessary to launch the first direct climate markets. Combining statistical modeling with qualitative interviews, I build off of an innovative insurance project to show why and how to start traded markets on indexes of El Niño/La Niña. I provide statistical models of El Niño/La Niña's worldwide economic impacts; a stochastic catalog used to price virtually any risk management contract on El Niño/La Niña, even as new forecasts change traders' expectations; a comprehensive statistical description of the lifecycle of new derivatives showing how the prospects for new derivatives changed fundamentally in the last decade (this work …

Rob Johnson Meeeting, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

This collection includes:

• Shaikh, A. (2012). Turbulent Dynamics and Hidden Patterns: Economic Analysis in a Global Context (Unpublished manuscript) (23-44_Meet... p. 10). Cambridge University Press (forthcoming) (23-44_Meet... p. 11).
• Institute for New Economic Thinking. (2012, July 3). Grant change form (Grant ID #INO1100056) (Manuscript) (23-44_Meet... p. 2). New School University Archives.
• Institute for New Economic Thinking. (2012, November 17). Grant agreement letter to Dr. Anwar Shaikh (RE: INO12-00040) (Manuscript signed by Anwar Shaikh, PhD) (23-44_Meet... pp. 4-5). New School University Archives.
• Shaikh, A. (2013, March 5). Meeting with Rob: Eminent economists due in fall (Handwritten note by Anwar Shaikh, PhD) …

Three Essays On: Cancelling Liquidity, Information Generation And Learning By Holding Privately Placed Securities, And Information Generation, Learning And The Trading Dynamics Of Institutional Traders During The 2007-2008 Financial Crisis, Ethan Watson

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation consists of three essays on cancelling liquidity, information generation and learning by holding private placements, and information generation, learning and the trading dynamics of institutional traders during the 2007-2008 financial crisis. The first essay examines cancellation activity of limit orders. We document a two-fold increase in limit order cancellation activity over the last decade, and study the determinants of cancellations and the change in cancellation activity through time. We also examine the impact of order cancellation on market quality. We use an instrumental variable approach and estimate a simultaneous equations model to overcome simultaneity in the trading process. …

Le Rôle De La Responsabilité Sociale Des Entreprises Dans La Réalisation De La Performance : Etude Par Questionnaire De La Rse Au Sein De Sonatrach, آسيا هبري

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

تشير الدراسة التالية إلى صورة المؤسسة كنتيجة لمختلف التفاعلات الداخلية و الخارجية للأطراف المشاركة في العملية الإنتاجية ، في إطار التطرق لمختلف الأدوار و النتائج التي تمارسها المؤسسة على هده الأطراف و مشاركة كل منها في تحقيق النجاعة في معناها الكلي . ترتكز الدراسة التالية على فرضيات المصالح المشتركة بين المؤسسة و الأطراف المتدخلة في العملية الإنتاجية داخليا و خارجيا بالطريقة التي تجعل كل طرف يحاول إقناع الأطراف الأخرى بوجهة نظره مما يجعل مفهوم المسؤولية الاجتماعية للمؤسسات يتجسد بطريقة عملية يمكن أن تحقق نتائج أكثر ايجابية بالنظر إلى تكاليفها

Financial Inclusion And Natural Disasters, Benjamin L. Collier

Theses and Dissertations--Agricultural Economics

This dissertation explores the implications of natural disaster risk for access to financial services, especially credit. Its results show that disasters can dramatically undermine the ability of financial intermediaries (FIs) to lend after an event, increasing the cost of the disaster and delaying recovery. Moreover, the risk of natural disasters discourages investment in vulnerable regions and economic sectors and so slows economic development. Financial risk transfer mechanisms such as insurance can help maintain lending following an event. While many international development projects have targeted disaster insurance markets to households, managing disaster-related credit risk may be done more effectively through insurance …

Asymmetric Price Adjustments In Airlines, Diego Escobari

Economics and Finance Faculty Publications

This paper uses a unique daily time series data set to investigate the asymmetric response of airline prices to capacity costs driven by demand fluctuations. We use a Markov regime-switching model with time-varying transition probabilities to capture the time variation in the response. The results show strong evidence of asymmetric price adjustments: positive cost shifts have a large positive effect, whereas negative cost shifts have no effect. The asymmetry is also explained by summer travel but not by the size of cost shifts. The findings show the importance of consumer heterogeneity and capacity constraints as a source of asymmetric responses. …

Mexico Consensus Economic Forecast, Volume 16, Number 1, Thomas M. Fullerton Jr., Adam G. Walke

Departmental Papers (E & F)

No abstract provided.

المحددات البيئية لتطبيق مدخل التكلفة المستهدفة وأثرها في استراتيجيات التسعير للشركات الصناعية العراقية, سندس ماجد رضا الجعفري, أنوار عباس هادي الهنداوي, عقيل حمزة الحسناوي

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

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أعادة تقييم الممتلكات والمصانع والمعدات بالقيمة العادلة في ظل المعيار المحاسبي الدولي 16 بالتطبيق على الشركة العامة للصناعات الصوفية, صفوان قصي عبد الحليم, اسماء عبد الكاظم عبد علي

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

برز من ينادي باستخدام القيمة العادلة من خلال كل من مجلس معايير المحاسبة الدولية ومجلس معايير المحاسبة المالية (IASB) International Accounting Standard Board Financial Accounting Standard Board (FASB) بإصدار وتعديل العديد من معايير المحاسبة والتي تركز في مضمونها على القيمة العادلة ، فقد بدأت الهيئات المحاسبية الدولية والمحلية بالبحث عن بديل لتغطية الثغرات الناتجة عن تطبيق التكلفة التاريخية، خاصة في الموجودات غير المتداولة، حيث تم التحول إلى مفهوم القيمة العادلة الذي أصبح أساساً ومقياساً هاماً للاعتراف بالقياس وللإفصاح عند المعالجة المحاسبية للعمليات المالية. وظهر ذلك التحول بصورة واضحة في معظم معايير المحاسبة الدولية والتي أطلق عليها بعد ذلك معايير الابلاغ …

ملخصات الكتب المحاسبة المتوسطة رؤية معاصرة, سعود جايد مشكور, علي نعيم جاسم, ناظم حسن عبد السيد

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

تعرف المحاسبة بأنها لغة الأعمال التي تقوم باستخدام مجموعة من المفاهيم والفروض والمبادئ والطرق في إدخال ومعالجة العديد من الأحداث الاقتصادية التي تحصل في منظمات الأعمال وجعلها على شكل معلومات يمكن إيصالها إلى العديد من الجهات المستفيدة في عمليات اتخاذ القرارات. كذلك تعرف المحاسبة بأنها لغة الأعمال التي تتخصص في القياس والتوصيل وتقديم التقارير وتوفير المعلومات المالية إلى مختلف الأطراف المعنية مثل الإدارات والحكومات والمستثمرين والدائنين لاتخاذ قرارات اقتصادية رشيدة.

An Examination Of The Interest Rate Sensitivity Of Business Development Company (Bdc) Stock Returns, Timothy Park

CMC Senior Theses

This paper examines the interest rate sensitivity of Business Development Companies (BDCs). The results of this study are intended to lend insight to investors about the viability and timing of investments in BDCs during the business cycle. Similar to previous research that has examined interest rate sensitivity of financial companies, this paper employs a two-factor market model to see whether BDCs are responsive to changes in short, medium, and long-term interest rates. My particular interest in BDCs is motivated by their unique asset-liability structure and requirements, as well as their high dividend payouts. Monthly data is drawn from the period …

Monetary Regime Choice In Singapore: Would A Tayor Rule Outperform Exchange-Rate Management?, Hwee Kwan Chow, G.C. Lim, P. Mcnelis

Research Collection School Of Economics

This paper adopts a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium-vector autorgressive (DSGE-VAR) approach to examine the managed exchange-rate system at work in Singapore. We examine if the country has any reason to fear floating the exchange rate and adopting a Taylor rule. Our results show that, in terms of overall inflation volatility, the exchange rate rule has a comparative advantage over the Taylor rule when export price shocks are the major sources of real volatility, while a Taylor rule dominates when domestic productivity shocks drive real volatility. The exchange-rate rule also dominates the Taylor rule for reducing inflation persistence.

The Wonder-Clause, Anna Gelpern, Mitu Gulati

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

The Greek debt crisis prompted EU officials to embark on a radical reconstruction of the European sovereign debt markets. Prominently featured in this reconstruction was a set of contract provisions called Collective Action Clauses, or CACs. CACs are supposed to help governments and private creditors to renegotiate unsustainable debt contracts, and obviate the need for EU bailouts. But European sovereign debt contacts were already amenable to restructuring; adding CACs could make it harder. Why, then, promote CACs at all, and cast them in such a central role in the market reform initiative? Using interviews with participants in the initiative and …