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Automating the Price Discovery Process : Some International Comparisons and Regulatory Implications

Domowitz, Ian - 1992

Automated trade execution systems are examined with respect to the degree to which they automate the price discovery process. Seven levels of automation of price discovery are identified, and 47 systems are classified according to these criteria. Systems operating at various levels of automation...

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Does Insider Trading Raise Market Volatility?

Wei, Shang-jin - 2003

This paper studies the role of insider trading in explaining cross-country differences in stock market volatility. The central finding is that countries with more prevalent insider trading have more volatile stock markets, even after one controls for liquidity/maturity of the market and the...

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Export Pricing Behavior of Manufactuting : U.S.-Japan Comparison

International Monetary Fund - 1988

manufacturers is compared. Major export industries in Japan have higher productivity growth and lower pass-through coefficients than …

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What can boost female labor force participation in Asia?

Kinoshita, Yuko; Guo, Fang - 2015

Both Japan and Korea are trying to boost female labor force participation (FLFP) as they face the challenges of a … towards non-regular employment despite women's high education levels. This paper empirically examines what helps Japan and … tend to reduce the proportion of regular female employment in Japan and Korea, (ii) the persistent gender wage gap …

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Japanese Banks and the Asset Price ""Bubble""

Fries, Steven - 1993

With the recent collapse of the asset price “bubble,” Japanese banks encountered significant pressure from both a sharp decline in the value of equity holdings and a marked increase in bad loans. In August 1992, the Government initiated measures that stabilized equity prices and assisted...

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Pandemics and inequality : perceptions and preferences for redistribution

Balasundharam, Vybhavi; Dabla-Norris, Era - 2021

This paper uses an individual-level survey conducted by the Edelman Trust Barometer in mid-April for 11 advanced and emerging market economies to examine perceptions of government performance in managing the health and economic crisis, beliefs about the future, and attitudes about...

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Preferences for reforms : endowments vs. beliefs

Duval, Romain; Ji, Yi; Papageorgiou, Chris; Shibata, Ippei - 2022

Are preferences for reforms driven by individuals' own endowments or beliefs? To address this question, we conducted a cross-country survey on people's opinions on employment protection legislation-an area where reform has proven to be difficult and personal interests are at stake. We find that...

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Strategic corporate layoffs

Agarwal, Ruchir; Kolev, Julian - 2016

Firms in the S and P 500 often announce layoffs within days of one another, despite the fact that the average S and P 500 constituent announces layoffs once every 5 years. By contrast, similarsized privately-held firms do not behave in this way. This paper provides empirical evidence that such...

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Assessing Countries’ Financial Inclusion Standing : A New Composite Index

Amidžic, Goran - 2014

This paper leverages the IMF’s Financial Access Survey (FAS) database to construct a new composite index of financial inclusion. The topic of financial inclusion has gathered significant attention in recent years. Various initiatives have been undertaken by central banks both in advanced and...

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Inflation Persistence in Brazil : A Cross Country Comparison

Roache, Shaun K. - 2014

expectations to provide a comparison of inflation persistence in Brazil with a sample of inflation targeting (IT) countries. This …

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