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This paper examines outsourcing to test whether productivity-enhancing specialization is facilitated in bigger cities. First, the paper provides a theoretical model which shows that greater local demand for a given input promotes the entry of suppliers into a city; the increased number of...
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such mistakes are in practice. The bank offered consumers a choice between two credit card contracts, one with an annual … in holding substantially sub- optimal contracts without switching. …
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Derivatives and certain other off-balance sheet contracts enjoy special legal protection on insolvent counterparties …
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Defining futures contracts as substitutes for associated cash transactions enables a discussion of the evolution of … controls over contract nonperformance risk. These controls are incorporated into exchange methods for clearing contracts. Three …-clearing systems feature bilateral contracts with terms specified by the counterparties to the contract. Exchanges relying on direct …
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"This study presents evidence that the correlation in brothers' earnings has risen in recent decades. We use two distinct cohorts of young men from the National Longitudinal Surveys and estimate that the correlation in earnings between brothers rose from 0.26 to 0.45. This suggests that family...
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