The Journalist’s Resource and Econofact recently hosted a webinar featuring two sports economists and a journalist who covers sports venue financing. Watch the recording and read key tips and takeaways.
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Professional sports owners often justify asks of hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars for new or revamped stadiums with estimates of huge economic returns for communities. Read these 4 tips to help investigate these claims and comprehensively inform voters.
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Team owners looking to build or revamp big league sports stadiums often seek public funds in the hundreds of millions of dollars. But research conducted over decades indicates these investments almost never lead to massive economic gains for host cities.
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We reached out to a professor who studies insider trading to learn more about how to read federally mandated insider trading reports. Here’s what you need to know.
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Get up to speed on what happened with Silicon Valley Bank, why it happened, and regulatory implications for the dozens of midsize banks that are regional economic engines across the U.S.
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Two stories emerge after working paper finds substantial portion of bond funds might be riskier than they appear.
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In early August 2019, exchange rates between the yuan and the dollar crossed a 7-to-1 threshold that many media outlets called “psychologically important.” What does psychology have to do with international financial markets? A lot.
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Americans tend to shun redistributive economic programs. But widening income inequality may be changing that position, a new paper shows.
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When your city or state needs cash for infrastructure, it probably issues a municipal bond. We explain how “munis” work.
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Investing in financial knowledge is akin to investing in human capital, argues a new paper in the
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