This paper examines how risk in trading activity can affect the volatility of asset prices. We look for this … swap spread tends to converge to a long-run level, although trading risk can sometimes cause the spread to diverge from … that level. -- convergence trading ; interest rate swaps ; swap spread ; repurchase contracts ; trading risk ; volatility …

proposed estimation procedure to understand how group interactions affect health-related choices. We find that interaction …

that the recent Medicaid expansions may not help all children attain good health. The results are sensitive to assumptions … general emphasis in the health economics literature on sample selection instead of insurance endogeneity therefore seems …

income distributions and national accounts GDP, we estimate income distributions, poverty rates, and inequality indices for … African countries for the period 1990-2011. Our findings are as follows. First, African poverty is falling rapidly. Second …, the African countries for which good inequality data exist are set to reach the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) poverty …