Wednesday, November 28, 2012

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Blog Post: TheAlephBlog: On Math Education

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 02:53 AM PST

When I was a kid, my life was mathematics.  When I was little, my mom would hand me sheets of addition and subtraction problems that did not involve carrying or borrowing, and I would fill them out for her, and she would give me more.  That’s my earliest memory.  Second earliest is the procession for President Kennedy after his death.  Third earliest might be my Dad changing my...

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Vendor News: Fidessa explores intelligent scale in latest white paper

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 01:21 AM PST

Blog Post: TheFinancialServicesClub: Things worth reading: 28th November 2012

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 11:45 PM PST

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Posted: 27 Nov 2012 11:37 PM PST

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Blog Post: Falkenblog: Taleb Mishandles Fragility

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 06:31 PM PST

Christmas traditions have gone from stockings and exchanging gifts, to fruitcakes, bad sweaters, NBA games, and now Taleb books, a sign that perhaps the Mayan return isn't so much an apocalypse but rather a mercy killing. Taleb is one of many best-selling authors I don't enjoy (Tom Friedman, Robert Kiyosaki, Snooki), but as he is prolix, pretentious, petulant and clueless, I enjoy commenting on...

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Published / Preprint: Will Central Counterparties become the New Rating Agencies?. (arXiv:1211.6349v1 [q-fin.GN])

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 05:33 PM PST

Central Counterparties (CCPs) are widely promoted as a requirement for safe with little dissent except on technical grounds (such as proliferation of CCPs). Whilst CCPs can have major operational positives, we argue that CCPs have many of the business characteristics of Rating Agencies, and face similar business pressures. Thus we see a risk that prices from CCPs may develop the characteristics...

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RT @QFINANCEnews: Africa: Equities and Beyond http://t.co/H0LWjN2Y

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 01:02 PM PST

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Chancellorâs Awards Celebratory Reception

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 09:24 AM PST

We are very proud of four of our ICMA Centre undergraduates who were honoured at this annual celebration hosted by the Chancellor, Sir John Madejski. This was a fitting opportunity to mark the achievements of 70 of the University’s most talented students who achieved top marks in their School or subject area during the last academic year. Included in theseContinue reading

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Blog Post: ThePracticalQuant: Shark: An open source, interactive SQL and Analytics system for Hadoop

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 08:57 AM PST

[Cross-posted on the O'Reilly Strata blog.] Hadoop's strength is in batch processing, MapReduce isn't particularly suited for interactive/adhoc queries. Real-time1 SQL queries (on Hadoop data) are usually performed using custom connectors to MPP databases. In practice this means having connectors between separate Hadoop and database clusters. Over the last few months a number of systems that...

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Published / Preprint: Towards a Legal Theory of Finance (CEPR DP9235)

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 06:44 AM PST

Towards a Legal Theory of Finance Author(s): Katharina Pistor CEPR Discussion Paper Number 9235 Paper Details | PDF Download* | Purchase Electronic | Purchase Printed Programme Area(s): Development Economics (DE), Financial Economics (FE) Date of Publication: 25/11/2012 Keyword(s): Finance, Financial Crisis, Financial Regulation, Law, Political Economy, Power JEL(s): F5, G01, G2,...

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Published / Preprint: Euro at Risk: The Impact of Member Countries Credit Risk on the Stability of the Common Currency (CEPR DP9229)

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 06:44 AM PST

Euro at Risk: The Impact of Member CountriesÂ' Credit Risk on the Stability of the Common Currency Author(s): Lamia Bekkour, Xisong Jin, Thorsten Lehnert, Fanou Rasmouki, Christian C Wolff CEPR Discussion Paper Number 9229 Paper Details | PDF Download* | Purchase Electronic | Purchase Printed Programme Area(s): Financial Economics (FE) Date of Publication: 25/11/2012 Keyword(s):...

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Published / Preprint: Empirical Cross-Sectional Asset Pricing (CEPR DP9227)

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 06:44 AM PST

Empirical Cross-Sectional Asset Pricing Author(s): Stefan Nagel CEPR Discussion Paper Number 9227 Paper Details | PDF Download* | Purchase Electronic | Purchase Printed Programme Area(s): Financial Economics (FE) Date of Publication: 25/11/2012 Keyword(s): cross-section of stock returns, Empirical asset pricing JEL(s): G12, G14 Abstract: I review recent research efforts in the...

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Published / Preprint: The Effect of Housing on Portfolio Choice: A Reappraisal Using French Data (CEPR DP9213)

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 06:44 AM PST

The Effect of Housing on Portfolio Choice: A Reappraisal Using French Data Author(s): Denis Fougère, Mathilde Poulhes CEPR Discussion Paper Number 9213 Paper Details | PDF Download* | Purchase Electronic | Purchase Printed Programme Area(s): Financial Economics (FE) Date of Publication: 11/11/2012 Keyword(s): housing, mortgage debt, portfolio choice, property value JEL(s): C36,...

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Published / Preprint: Subprime Consumer Credit Demand: Evidence from a Lender's Pricing Experiment (CEPR DP9210)

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 06:44 AM PST

Subprime Consumer Credit Demand: Evidence from a Lender's Pricing Experiment Author(s): Sule Alan, Gyöngyi Lóránth CEPR Discussion Paper Number 9210 Paper Details | PDF Download* | Purchase Electronic | Purchase Printed Programme Area(s): Financial Economics (FE) Date of Publication: 11/11/2012 Keyword(s): subprime credit; randomized trials; liquidity constraints JEL(s): D11,...

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Published / Preprint: Financial Disclosure and Market Transparency with Costly Information Processing (CEPR DP9207)

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 06:44 AM PST

Financial Disclosure and Market Transparency with Costly Information Processing Author(s): Marco Di Maggio, Marco Pagano CEPR Discussion Paper Number 9207 Paper Details | PDF Download* | Purchase Electronic | Purchase Printed Programme Area(s): Financial Economics (FE) Date of Publication: 11/11/2012 Keyword(s): financial disclosure, information processing, liquidity, market...

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Published / Preprint: Modeling default correlation in a US retail loan portfolio (CEPR DP9205)

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 06:44 AM PST

Modeling default correlation in a US retail loan portfolio Author(s): Dennis Bams, Magdalena Pisa, Christian C Wolff CEPR Discussion Paper Number 9205 Paper Details | PDF Download* | Purchase Electronic | Purchase Printed Programme Area(s): Financial Economics (FE) Date of Publication: 04/11/2012 Keyword(s): Credit risk JEL(s): G2, G3 Abstract: This paper generalizes the existing...

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Published / Preprint: Trust and Cheating (CEPR DP9202)

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 06:44 AM PST

Trust and Cheating Author(s): Jeff Butler, Paola Giuliano, Luigi Guiso CEPR Discussion Paper Number 9202 Paper Details | PDF Download* | Purchase Electronic | Purchase Printed Programme Area(s): Financial Economics (FE), Labour Economics (LE) Date of Publication: 04/11/2012 Keyword(s): cheating, culture, social norms, Trust, trustworthiness JEL(s): A1, A12, D1, O15, Z1 Abstract:...

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Published / Preprint: ÂAt least I didnÂt lose money Nominal Loss Aversion Shapes Evaluations of Housing Transactions (CEPR DP9198)

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 06:44 AM PST

Â"At least I didnÂ't lose moneyÂ" Nominal Loss Aversion Shapes Evaluations of Housing Transactions Author(s): Thomas A Stephens, Jean-Robert Tyran CEPR Discussion Paper Number 9198 Paper Details | PDF Download* | Purchase Electronic | Purchase Printed Programme Area(s): Financial Economics (FE), Public Policy (PP) Date of Publication: 28/10/2012 Keyword(s): bounded rationality,...

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Published / Preprint: The Brain Gain of Corporate Boards: A Natural Experiment from China (CEPR DP9190)

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 06:44 AM PST

The Brain Gain of Corporate Boards: A Natural Experiment from China Author(s): Mariassunta Giannetti, Guanmin Liao, Xiaoyun Yu CEPR Discussion Paper Number 9190 Paper Details | PDF Download* | Purchase Electronic | Purchase Printed Programme Area(s): Development Economics (DE), Financial Economics (FE) Date of Publication: 21/10/2012 Keyword(s): corporate boards, corporate...

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Posted: 27 Nov 2012 06:38 AM PST

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Interesting: Towards a Legal Theory of Finance http://t.co/6EzRWUZh

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 06:38 AM PST

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Posted: 27 Nov 2012 06:38 AM PST

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Featured Book: The Future of Private Equity: Beyond the Mega Buyout - Mark Bishop http://t.co/h6gfkK2w @PalMacFinance

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 06:38 AM PST

BusinessSchools: Featured Book: The Future of Private Equity: Beyond the Mega Buyout - Mark Bishop http://t.co/h6gfkK2w @PalMacFinance

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15th Applied Stochastic Models and Data Analysis International Conference (ASMDA 2013) - June 2013 http://t.co/q33kYE36

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 06:38 AM PST

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Complex Agent-Based Dynamic Networks Complexity Center searches for 3 Senior Research Fellows in Complexity Economics http://t.co/bOcSxIsm

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 06:38 AM PST

BusinessSchools: Complex Agent-Based Dynamic Networks Complexity Center searches for 3 Senior Research Fellows in Complexity Economics http://t.co/bOcSxIsm

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Posted: 27 Nov 2012 06:38 AM PST

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Posted: 27 Nov 2012 06:38 AM PST

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Posted: 27 Nov 2012 06:38 AM PST

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Posted: 27 Nov 2012 06:38 AM PST

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Posted: 27 Nov 2012 06:37 AM PST

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Find out more about the Certificate in Quantitative Finance (CQF) - Upcoming Information Sessions: http://t.co/B5etcdrD @7city @cqf #quant

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 06:37 AM PST

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Find out more about the Certificate in Quantitative Finance (CQF) - Upcoming Information Sessions: http://t.co/B5etcdrD @7city #quant

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 06:37 AM PST

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Vendor News: SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator: November notifications 5.19%

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 05:04 AM PST

Blog Post: iMFdirect: Middle East and North Africa Face Historic Crossroads

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 03:45 AM PST

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