Outlook for stocks, equity in the coming decade
2011 report by Boston College on underlying trends in stock values and the outlook for personal retirement investments.
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Finding business news at the bankruptcy court
Tips on what you need to know to find the news stories at bankruptcy court.
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Financial literacy initiatives: What works? How could it be more effective?
2010 study by the Brookings Institution on helping members of the public make better financial decisions about their lives.
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National Bureau of Economic Research: A decade of debt
2011 study for the National Bureau of Economic research on high levels of public debt and the consequences.
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How to use SEC filings to cover companies
Six important Securities and Exchange Commission filings that business journalists need to know how to read quickly and effectively.
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Mega-crises lessons: BP oil spill, financial meltdown
2010 Brooklyn College paper on the lessons that could inform future policy-making to avoid the repeat of similar crises.
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Executive compensation at Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers, 2000-2008
2009 Harvard University and Tel Aviv University study on whether the firms’ executive compensation encouraged incentives for executives to take excessive risks.
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Credit conditions and trade during the global financial crisis
2010 study by Stanford and Singapore Management University on the effect of credit tightening on international trade during the 2008-2009 financial crisis.
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After financial firms collapse: Bankruptcy or bailouts?
2009 University of Pennsylvania Law School research paper looking at the trade-offs between the two options.
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