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Shape of Yield Curves Under Instrument‐Based Parallel Shifts

open access: yesJournal of Futures Markets, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper studies the shape of zero and par yield curves through the carry and convexity of zero‐bond and par–swap butterflies under instrument‐based parallel shifts: the component instruments are held fixed, and each instrument's own quote receives the same additive shock.
Jian Sun
wiley   +1 more source

Caring Flexibly? Working Conditions and the Supply of Adult Care

open access: yesHealth Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although flexible employment policies can help employed individuals balance caregiving and paid work, limited evidence has been devoted to examining the effect of working flexibly on the supply of care to older adults. In this paper, we study the impact of flexible working conditions on the supply of informal adult care and mental health.
Joan Costa‐Font, Wanying Wang
wiley   +1 more source

The Unintended Consequences of Sugar‐Sweetened Beverage Taxes on Sales and Prices of Beer Beverages

open access: yesHealth Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper estimates the causal effect of Berkeley's sugar‐sweetened beverage (SSB) tax on beer purchases and prices using retail scanner data from 2014 to 2015. Applying both synthetic control and difference‐in‐differences (DID) approaches, we find that the tax reduced beer purchases within Berkeley by 8.9%, while having a negligible effect ...
Lei Pan, Xiaoyong Zheng
wiley   +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

open access: yesHuman 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   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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

open access: yesInternational 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   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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