We find that investor sentiment should affect a firm's employment policy in a world with moral hazard and noise traders …. Consistent with the model's predictions, we show that higher sentiment among US investors leads to: (1) higher employment growth … worldwide; (2) lower labor productivity, as the growth in employment is not matched by real value added growth; and (3) positive …

managed transition process is one of the best ways to guard against backslide and to ensure the continuity of essential … studies in DRC (initial stages of MONUSCO transition), Haiti (handover from MINUJUSH to BINUH), Liberia (following UNMIL …’s withdrawal) and Sudan (transition of UNAMID). The paper focuses on opportunities that the international community could integrate …