News tagged with international review of finance

Deal or No Deal? Game Show used to study Risk Aversion Behavior

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study in the International Review of Finance , published by Wiley-Blackwell, used data from the popular television game show, 'Deal or No Deal?', to explore risk aversion and economic decision-making ...

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created Jul 15, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0




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A comprehensive antidote to a challenging global oil picture

In a changing, often unpredictable world, says Karen Timmerman, only a balanced and comprehensive plan can improve United States energy policy.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created May 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

The wealth of Thai villages

Examining Thai villages as smaller versions of a national economy provides a new understanding of the dynamics of economic growth and yields fresh insights to the financial lives of villages and households.

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Groupon stock closes at lowest level since IPO

(AP) -- Groupon's stock has closed at its lowest level ever amid growing scrutiny over its business just five months after it went public.

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created Apr 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study proposes new measure of world equity market segmentation

A recent study in the Review of Financial Studies proposes a new, valuation-based measure of equity market segmentation. Equity market segmentation occurs when stocks of similar risk in different countries are priced differ ...

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created Feb 24, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Climate change threatens tropical birds: study

Climate change spells trouble for many tropical birds – especially those living in mountains, coastal forests and relatively small areas – and the damage will be compounded by other threats like ...

Biology / Ecology

created Feb 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Energy poverty creating a respiratory disease 'epidemic' for almost half the world's population

Limited access to clean sources of energy, known as energy poverty, makes nearly half the world's population reliant on burning wood, animal waste, coal or charcoal to cook. This leads to severe respiratory diseases that ...

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created Feb 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 4

China lays out conditions for legally binding climate deal

China's top climate negotiator Xie Zhenhua on Sunday laid out conditions under which Beijing would accept a legally-binding climate deal that would go into force after 2020, when current voluntary pledges ...

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created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

S&P: Year-old web change caused France rating error

Embarrassed ratings agency Standard & Poor's said Friday that its erroneous downgrade of France arose when an automatic email was sent out after an old web page on French banks was changed.

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created Nov 11, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Governments must plan for migration in response to climate change, researchers say

Governments around the world must be prepared for mass migrations caused by rising global temperatures or face the possibility of calamitous results, say University of Florida scientists on a research team reporting in the ...

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created Oct 27, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 36 | with audio podcast

The American 'allergy' to global warming: Why?

(AP) -- Tucked between treatises on algae and prehistoric turquoise beads, the study on page 460 of a long-ago issue of the U.S. journal Science drew little attention.

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created Sep 24, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (28) | comments 97


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