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Health and Economic Impacts of an Early Labor Induction Policy for High‐BMI Mothers

Health Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We expand the literature on marginal returns to birth interventions by studying a common intervention: early induction of labor for a growing share of pregnancies, high‐Body Mass Index (BMI) women. We exploit Danish guidelines which recommend routine induction at 7 days after the expected due date instead of 10–13 days after for mothers with a
Louis Freget, Maria Koch Gregersen
wiley   +1 more source

The “two sessions”: institutional investors selloff to avoid ambiguity

Financial Innovation
We construct a model to examine the time-varying ambiguity of investors. When ambiguity occurs concerning recent news, long (short) position investors who are averse to ambiguity reduce (increase) their holdings, resulting in price drops (rises).
Jiarui Wang, Haijun Yang, Shancun Liu
doaj   +1 more source

When Do Employees Choose to Invest in Their Firms? An Empirical Examination of Factors Affecting Employees' Participation in Employee Stock Purchase Plans

Human Resource Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The present study examined factors predicting employee participation in employee stock purchase plans (ESPPs). Despite the plausible benefits of ESPPs for participating employees, many employees do not participate in ESPPs even when they are eligible.
Joo Hun Han, So Ri Park, Joseph R. Blasi, Douglas L. Kruse, William G. Castellano   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

How Does Vulnerability Framing by Microfinance Institutions Leverage Funding Success in Crowdfunding?

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study draws on framing theory to investigate how microfinance institutions (MFIs) strategically construct a vulnerability‐oriented organisational identity and how this framing influences their funding decisions during the pre‐campaign phase of prosocial crowdfunding.
Ana Paula Matias Gama, Ricardo Emanuel‐Correia, Fábio Duarte, Mário Augusto   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Motive and Opportunity: Order Choice in a Limit Order Book With Dispersed Information

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We test predictions of market microstructure theory relating to the determinants of order choice in a limit order book where information is dispersed among traders. Using an experimental limit order book, with a large state space, we find that informed traders exhibit patience, compatible with the ‘waiting game’ behaviour described in Foster ...
James Steeley, Charles Schnitzlein, Patricia Chelley‐Steeley   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exchange Rates and Sovereign Risk: A Nonlinear Approach Based on Local Gaussian Correlations

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We empirically assess the interlinkages between sovereign risk, measured in terms of CDS spreads, and exchange rates for a sample of emerging markets. Our period of analysis includes episodes of severe stress, such as the Global Financial Crisis, the COVID‐19 pandemic, and the Ukrainian War.
Reinhold Heinlein, Gabriella D. Legrenzi, Scott M. R. Mahadeo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ambiguity aversion and incompleteness of contractual form

, 2010
Subjective uncertainty is characterized by ambiguity if the decision maker has an imprecise knowledge of the probabilities of payoff-relevant events. In such an instance, subjective beliefs are better represented by a set of probability functions than by a unique probability function.
openaire   +2 more sources

Alternative Data for Realised Volatility Forecasting: Limit Order Book and News Stories

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine whether two major alternative data sources, limit order book information and firm‐specific news, provide incremental predictive information for daily realised volatility forecasting within the HAR‐family, using a parsimonious framework to ensure practical implementation and comparability. The framework is designed for practical real‐
Eghbal Rahimikia, Ser‐Huang Poon
wiley   +1 more source

On the Evolution of the Stock Market Efficiency: Evidence From Emerging Markets

International Studies of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The study of market efficiency is one of the most covered topics in the field of financial markets, with the Efficient Market Hypothesis gathering devotees as well as several critics. The perception of markets as agents with an adaptive nature gave rise to the Adaptive Market Hypothesis (AMH).
Júlio Lobão, Luís Pacheco, Nuno Cruz
wiley   +1 more source

Are consumers willing to pay more for future organic? Preference for certified transitional labels

Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, EarlyView.
Abstract The organic industry in the United States (US) has never kept pace with consumer demand and heavily relies on imports. This paper investigates how consumers value certified transitional labels, indicating growers are transitioning from conventional to organic production.
Xuqi Chen, Jared Gars, Dinglin Duan, Zhifeng Gao, Xin Zhao   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source