Business and Finance

This area provides up-to-date and interesting developments from the world of business, economics and finance.

A wealth of information is available on topics ranging from stock markets, consumer climate, labor market policies, bond markets, foreign trade and interest rate trends to stock exchange news and economic forecasts.

Implications of Past Forecasting Errors Often Underestimated

Weihong Xu, assistant professor of accounting in the University at Buffalo School of Management, analyzed more than 11,000 firm-quarter observations. She found…

Economists Forecast for 2010 Looks Better, Relative to This Year

“Better is not necessarily good,” said Bill Witte, associate professor emeritus of economics at IU and a member of the Kelley School of Business' annual…

CEOs make it out like their companies will save the world

The so-called letter to shareholders is particularly important, since it allows the CEO to come forth and describe the company's operations in a rather…

New theory on fairness in economics targets CEO pay

One of the most pressing economic and corporate governance issues of the day is how to determine fair pay packages for CEOs,” said Venkat Venkatasubramanian, a…

Research Could Boost Coastal Economics with Crustacean Molting on Demand

Soft-shelled blue crabs are a delicacy enjoyed by food lovers each spring and early summer when the crustaceans naturally molt their hard outer shell in the…

Longer Restyling Cycles Explain U.S. Auto Industry’s Loss of Market Share

“Non-Price Determinants of Automotive Demand: Restyling Matters Most,” a study by three economists in the VCU School of Business, analyzed secular market share…

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