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HYPERSCALING HOUSING: Venture Capital, Real Estate Start‐Ups and the Race to Build a Global Residential Brand

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract What happens when venture capitalists try to reinvent housing in their own image? Synonymous with the rise of Big Tech, venture capitalists (VCs) are asset managers that invest in early‐stage companies, pursuing aggressive growth and market domination. Since the 2008 financial crisis, VCs have poured huge sums into real estate start‐ups.
Tim White
wiley   +1 more source

Investment risk taking by institutional investors [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper is the first that formally compares investment risk taking by pension funds and insurance firms. Using a unique and extended dataset that covers the volatile investment period 1995-2009, we find that, in the Netherlands, insurers take ...
Jacob Bikker, Janko Gorter
core  

FEMINISTS VERSUS MONUMENTS? From Protests to Anti‐monuments in Mexico City

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the role of heritage spaces and monuments in the Historic Centre of Mexico City during ongoing feminist mobilizations. Feminists have claimed that the Mexican government is more concerned about protecting monuments and urban heritage than acting to prevent gender‐based violence and femicide.
Fernando Gutiérrez
wiley   +1 more source

Measurement and Evaluation of the Operating Efficiency of China's Basic Pension Insurance: Based on Three-Stage DEA Model. [PDF]

open access: yesRisk Manag Healthc Policy, 2021
Li Z   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Insured Pension Funds Who Benefits?

open access: yesJournal of Business & Economics Research (JBER), 2011
The defined pension plans of many firms are underfunded.  The Pension Benefits Guaranty Corporation was created to protect retirees, but who really benefits?
Peggy J. Crawford   +1 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Pension reform in Latin America : quick fixes or sustainable reform? [PDF]

open access: yes
Because of better health and higher standards of living, people are living longer. By 2030, more than 16 percent of the world's population will be older than 60, compared with 9 percent today. As a result, pension systems will need reform.
Aiyer, Sri-Ram
core  

Capital and the Family

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How are capital and the family interconnected in contemporary capitalism? In this article, we argue that they come together in owning relations. By owning capital across generations, families bridge the temporal gap between the durability of capital and the finite lifespan of private property holders and thus resolve the problem of bona ...
Jens Beckert, Isabell Stamm
wiley   +1 more source

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