This study develops a novel 2-step hedonic approach, which is used to construct a price index for German paintings. This approach enables the researcher to use every single auction record, instead of only those auction records that belong to a sub-sample of selected artists. This results in a...

This paper examines the risk-return characteristics of investment grade gems (white diamonds, colored diamonds and other types of gems including sapphires, rubies, and emeralds). The transactions are coming from gem auctions and span the period 1999-2012. Over our time frame, the annual nominal...

The legal case study patterned on ones used in business schools and other professional education suggests itself as appropriate course materials for legal education. Legal case studies fill a gap mentioned by both the MacCrate Report and the Carnegie Foundation criticism of legal education....