VIDEO: Card surcharges 'unfair'
The Office of Fair Trading is due to announce the findings of its inquiry into the credit and debit card surcharges.
View ArticleHidden card charges to be banned
Travel companies have been ordered to end the use of hidden surcharges for passengers paying by card.
View ArticleUK has 'Greek contingency plan'
Sir Mervyn King says that the Bank of England has a contingency plan in case Greece defaults on its debt.
View ArticleAUDIO: Are banks sympathetic to consumers?
Mortgage experts are warning that Britain is facing a tsunami of home repossessions as soon as interest rates starts to rise.
View ArticleCiti banker denies $19.2m theft
A former Citigroup banker accused of stealing $19.2m in the "ultimate inside job" pleads not guilty to the charge.
View ArticleMeet "the world's leading anti-pi propagandist..." -...
moneyscience: Meet "the world's leading anti-pi propagandist..." - http://bbc.in/jLAQHE
View ArticleTJ Hughes calls in administrator
Liverpool-based store chain TJ Hughes which employs 4,000 people announces it intends to appoint an administrator.
View ArticleCommittee Jurisdiction, Congressional Behavior and Policy Outcomes -- by John...
The literature on congressional committees has largely overlooked the impact of jurisdictional fights on policy proposals and outcomes. This paper develops a theory of how legislators balance the...
View ArticlePounds that Kill: The External Costs of Vehicle Weight -- by Michael...
Heavier vehicles are safer for their own occupants but more hazardous for the occupants of other vehicles. In this paper we estimate the increased probability of fatalities from being hit by a heavier...
View ArticleDoes Financial Constraint Affect Shareholder Taxes and the Cost of Equity...
We show that firms with the least elastic demand for equity capital should benefit the most from reductions in shareholder taxes. Consistent with this prediction, we find that, following 1997 and 2003...
View ArticleThe Impacts of the Affordable Care Act: How Reasonable Are the Projections?...
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) is the most comprehensive reform of the U.S. medical system in at least 45 years. The ACA transforms the non-group insurance market in the United...
View ArticleThe Incidence of Local Labor Demand Shocks -- by Matthew J. Notowidigdo
Low-skill workers are comparatively immobile: when labor demand slumps in a city, low-skill workers are disproportionately likely to remain to face declining wages and employment. This paper estimates...
View ArticleHow Do Mortgage Subsidies Affect Home Ownership? Evidence from the...
The sharpest increase in U.S. home ownership over the last century occurred between 1940 and 1960, associated primarily with a decrease in the age at first ownership. To shed light on the contribution...
View ArticleResidential Rivalry and Constraints on the Availability of Child Labor -- by...
We consider the influence of household-based production on human capital investment. In data from rural Burkina Faso, we document a positive correlation between the presence of girls and enrollment...
View ArticleA "Second Opinion" on the Economic Health of the American Middle...
Researchers considering levels and trends in the resources available to the middle class traditionally measure the pre-tax cash income of either tax units or households. In this paper, we demonstrate...
View ArticleA Testable Theory of Imperfect Perception -- by Andrew Caplin, Daniel Martin
We introduce a rational choice theory that allows for many forms of imperfect perception, including failures of memory, selective attention, and adherence to simplifying rules of thumb. Despite its...
View ArticleHome repossessions 'not big risk'
A Bank of England official says he does not believe repossessions will rise sharply despite warnings of a "tsunami" of people losing their homes.
View Article@neilkod Thanks to your Tweets on #Rstats I saved a ton of time doing stat...
@neilkod Thanks to your Tweets on #Rstats I saved a ton of time doing stat analysis for my thesis. #R really rocks (w/some caveats ;))
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