News tagged with journal of law and economics
Studies question effectiveness of sex offender laws
Two studies in the latest issue of the Journal of Law and Economics cast doubt on whether sex offender registry and notification laws actually work as intended.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 30, 2011 |
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Study: Bankruptcy rates reflect policy, not people
What do high bankruptcy rates in states like Tennessee and Utah tell us about the people that live in those places? Not much, according to a new 50-state bankruptcy study published in the latest issue of the Journal of La ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Jun 22, 2009 |
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Looking out for the Myanmar snub-nosed monkey
A new genetic study has shed light on how the newly discovered Myanmar snub-nosed monkey evolved.
May 25, 2012 |
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Greater transparency leads to better fund performance, new finance research shows
(Phys.org) -- U.S. laws and regulations on investment management address potential conflicts of interest between investors and managers through disclosure requirements. Surprisingly little is known about the effectiveness ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
May 22, 2012 |
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Contrary to popular belief, investment banks do add value to M&As, new study shows
Investment bankers often are stereotyped as greedy, overpaid leeches who will say or do anything for a quick buck.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
May 21, 2012 |
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Spurious switching points in traded stock dynamics
Physicists have rebuffed the existence of power laws governing the dynamics of traded stock volatility, volume and intertrade times at times of stock price extrema. They did this by demonstrating that what appeared as "switching ...
May 15, 2012 |
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America's clean energy policies need a reality check
America's approach to clean energy needs to be reformed if it is to meaningfully affect energy security or the environment, according to two new articles by Stanford writers.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
May 01, 2012 |
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Inequality and investment bubbles
"Money, it's a gas," says the sixties rock group Pink Floyd in their song "Money." Indeed, physics professor Victor Yakovenko is an expert in statistical physics and studies how the flow of money and the distribution ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Apr 19, 2012 |
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Bioreactor redesign dramatically improves yield
Scientists explain why a microalgae bioreactor redesign provides an order-of-magnitude improvement over conventional cultivation methods.
Apr 18, 2012 |
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Analysis raises atmospheric, ecologic and economic doubts about forest bioenergy
A large, global move to produce more energy from forest biomass may be possible and already is beginning in some places, but scientists say in a new analysis that such large-scale bioenergy production from ...
Apr 18, 2012 |
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Finding ET may require giant robotic leap
(Phys.org) -- Autonomous, self-replicating robots -- exobots -- are the way to explore the universe, find and identify extraterrestrial life and perhaps clean up space debris in the process, according to a Penn State engineer, ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 18, 2012 |
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Imposing trade restrictions on parallel imports can motivate a firm to export, study finds
(Phys.org) -- Imposing trade restrictions on parallel imports has the surprising effect of motivating a firm to export, according to a new study using game theory economic analysis.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Apr 11, 2012 |
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