This paper explores the contribution of various financial measures in explaining the variability in a firm's dividend payments. Ordinary least squares analysis of data from 2003 to 2007 shows that approximately 71% of the variability in dividend payments is explained by the firm's expected...

This paper examines the effect of economic policy uncertainty on the performance of the real estate sector proxied by Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) returns in the United States. Using monthly REIT index data and the monthly changes in a newly constructed index of economic policy...

The observed changes in share prices at the ex-dividend day have led researchers to look for a single marginal investor, either a long or a short term trader with different tax status, dominating all trades to explain the ex-day pricing in different markets. This paper provides a model which...

The observed changes in share prices at the ex-dividend day have led researchers to look for a single marginal investor, either a long or a short term trader with different tax status, dominating all trades to explain the ex-day pricing in different markets. This paper provides a model which...

The usage of cloud computing technology in business and daily life has grown rapidly in recent years. However, measurement and research on the impacts of that usage remain relatively scarce and new. The current paper examines the economic contributions of cloud technology by estimating the size...

How do you build the next Silicon Valley? This paper offers an empirical examination of the factors that help foster internet firms and employment. It builds off literature examining factors related to the economic potential of places. We examine the internet industry using the identification...

Examining The Economic Contributions Of The Cloud To The United States Economy estimates the size of the U.S. cloud economy for 2017. According to the estimates: The cloud added approximately $214 billion in value-added to U.S. GDP in 2017. The cloud added approximately 2.15 million jobs in...

The paper conducts a comprehensive review and critical comparison of the empirical methodologies for defining the high-technology sector (or ‘tech') in social science research and analysis. It consolidates both qualitative (expert-based) approaches and quantitative (threshold-based) approaches...

This paper examines the evolution the internet sector's economic contribution and offers more insight into the nature of those contributions over the past several years. This kind of analysis has not been attempted before. In this section, the report provides a summary of key economic estimates...