volatility and persistence using the Hurst exponent. We determined the peaks, downturns and duration of the money laundering …

This paper investigates how the degree of managerial expropriation affects equity volatility of individual firms. We … two countervailing forces. First, in response to stronger corporate governance, a reduction in managerial expropriation … increases equity valuation and decreases equity volatility. Second, lower managerial expropri- ation induces managers to take on …

We investigate the relation between the quality of institutions and macroeconomic volatility. Using instrumental … variable regressions, we show that higher barriers to entry lead to higher volatility. In particular, a one standard deviation … the contrary, property rights protection has no statistically significant effect on volatility …

; it offers granular descriptions of income inequality and income dynamics for finely defined subpopulations; and it is de … and presents a set of global trends in income inequality and income dynamics across the 13 countries that are currently in …

This paper uncovers ongoing trends in idiosyncratic earnings volatility across generations by decomposing residual …

This paper uncovers ongoing trends in idiosyncratic earnings volatility across generations by decomposing residual …