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Rice University economist cites importance of needing trial experience
Assistant U.S. attorneys in districts with high private salaries are more likely to take a drug-trafficking case to trial than are assistant attorneys in districts with low private salaries, according to a study by economists at Rice University and Colgate University that is published in the October issue of the Journal of Law and Economics.
“Regional differences in private lawyer salaries affect whet
Why do people prefer to put their money into closed, interest-bearing bank deposits, when they could invest it in liquid, higher-yielding government treasury bills (T-bills) at no greater risk?
It’s all because of what Hebrew University of Jerusalem researchers Prof. Dan Galai and Dr. Orly Sade call the “ostrich effect” – that is, investors “burying their heads in the sand” like ostriches so as to ignore what they perceive as a risky situation.
Galai, the Abe Gray Pr
According to a new study in The Journal of Finance, private equity has average returns roughly equal to the S&P 500 (net of management fees). This contradicts the myth that private equity outperforms the public market benchmarks by 4%-6% annually. However, there is large variation in performance across private equity partnerships. We also find that there is a significant amount of persistence in private equity, not only among successful funds but also for the unsuccessful ones. Successful private
Nur wenigen WM-Sponsoren gelingt es tatsächlich, einen hohen Bekanntheitsgrad im Umfeld des Sport-Ereignisses zu erreichen. Gleichzeitig bietet die Fußball-WM selbst Kleinunternehmen bestimmter Branchen die Chance, auch ohne Sponsoring-Engagement von dem Event zu profitieren. Speziell in der Tourismusbranche profitieren die WM-Städte vor allem von Tagesbesuchern, wenn auch in stark unterschiedlichem Maße. Zu diesem Ergebnis kommt die aktuelle Auswertung der Fußball-Langzeit-Studie von Prof. Dr.
The latest value of the EuroCOIN™ indicator released by the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) shows:
– CEPR’s EuroCOIN reading for June 2005 points to a slowdown of economic activity for the 12 countries that make up the euro area. The upturn signals given for March and April have been more than offset by a decrease in the May and June readings for EuroCOIN, indicating that the direction of euro area economic growth remains uncertain.
– In the euro area, the cyc
Clearstream has received the “Quality Recognition Award” by JPMorgan Chase Bank in recognition of its high quality funds transfer operations area. The award is given each year following a continual review process of industry suppliers undertaken by JPMorgan Chase Bank. It is designed to identify and reward companies that have demonstrated specific levels of operating excellence. The review undertaken in 2004, showed that Clearstream had clearly excelled in meeting its operat