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Top artigos da SSRN em 2015

Segue a lista dos artigos mais baixados na SSRN em 2015:

1. How Fox News Changed American Media and Political Dynamics by Bruce Bartlett(Independent)

2. A Brief Introduction to the Basics of Game Theoryby Matthew O. Jackson (Stanford University)

3. A Quantitative Approach to Tactical Asset Allocation by Mebane T. Faber (Cambria Investment Management)

4. ‘A Diamond is Forever’ and Other Fairy Tales: The Relationship between Wedding Expenses and Marriage Duration by Andrew M. Francis (Emory University – Department of Economics) and Adam Sanjurjo (Universidad de Alicante – Departamento de Fundamentos del Análisis Económico)

5. A Five-Factor Asset Pricing Model by Eugene F. Fama (University of Chicago – Finance) andKenneth R. French (Dartmouth College – Tuck School of Business)

6. Understanding the Modern Monetary System by Cullen O. Roche (Orcam Financial Group, LLC)

7. Letter to a Young Social Justice Warrior Who Requested a Formal Apology by Seth Barrett Tillman (National University of Ireland, Maynooth (NUI Maynooth) – Faculty of Law)

8. China’s Ideological Spectrum by Jennifer Pan (Stanford Department of Communication) and Yiqing Xu (Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) – Department of Political Science)

Jen and I are really happy to see the interest in our paper. It was a big surprise to us, but we hope that this is the beginning of more work on ideology/political attitudes of ordinary people in China and in other authoritarian regimes. Here is NYT article that describes the preliminary results presented by an early version of this paper.
-Yiqing Xu Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) – Department of Political Science

9. Size Matters, If You Control Your Junk by Clifford Asness (AQR Capital Management, LLC),Andrea Mazzini (AQR Capital Management, LLC), Ronen Israel (AQR Capital Management, LLC),Tobias J. Moskowitz (University of Chicago – Booth School of Business) and Lasse Heje Pedersen (New York University (NYU) – Department of Finance)

10. Surprised by the Gambler’s and Hot Hand Fallacies? A Truth in the Law of Small Numbers by Joshua Benjamin Miller (Bocconi University) and Adam Sanjurjo (Universidad de Alicante)

Preço dos medicamentos

O gráfico a seguir mostra o elevado preço do remédio nos EUA. O blog destacou, de preto, a posição do Brasil em cada caso.

Supervisão contábil aumenta credibilidade das demonstrações

Uma pesquisa recente tentou determinar se a criação do PCAOB melhorou a qualidade das informações contábeis. O resultado foi positivo.

Overall, our results are consistent with public audit oversight increasing the credibility of financial reporting.

2016

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