Travel Visas by Robert Lawson and Jayme Lemke
From Public Choice- Subscription Required. This paper examines travel visa restrictions in 188 countries. The authors measure travel visa requirements facing foreign visitors into a given country and...
View ArticleThe European Union and Economic Freedom by Robert Lawson, Joshua Hall and...
From the Global Economy Journal. This paper integrates two growing strains of literature. The first strain looks at the effect of economic and political unions on outcomes such as bond ratings and...
View ArticleThe Impact of Economic Growth, Tax Policy and Economic Freedom on Income...
Considerable disagreement exists about how economic growth, taxes and other policies affect the distribution of income from both a theoretical and empirical perspective. This short paper attempts to...
View ArticleHelp for the Knowledge Economy: A Fairer Rule?
A heated debate has been raging for the last several years over an accounting rule that may have more implications for firms and the economy at large than one would think. The trouble with the debate...
View ArticleBelief and Risk: The Influence of Religion on Mutual Funds
More influences are impacting one's mutual fund performance than just the stocks and bonds in the portfolio and the sways of the economy. Risk, reward and values may have a new calculus. In new...
View ArticleModern Product Design Goes "Flexible"
Technological innovation continues to march forward in product design. Advances in technologies are enabling firms to move beyond merely adding more performance, and start offering other important...
View ArticleParsing the Price of Oil
In new research, a novel perspective is offered to decipher the root causes of speculation and why certain commodity markets behave differently. The research by SMU Cox's James Smith, Chair in Oil and...
View ArticleOil, Gas and Resources: Designing Winning Fiscal Regimes
Professor James Smith of SMU Cox has been asked to work on a vitally important 21st century problem by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In an age of concern over resource sustainability, his new...
View ArticleTargeting the Future: Smarter, Cleaner Infrastructure Development Choices
In new research, SMU Cox's Andrew Chen, Distinguished Finance Professor, and co-author Jennifer Warren offer ideas about making smarter infrastructure choices in " Targeting the Future: Smarter,...
View ArticleRemembering the Bad, the Good and the Non-Existent
Earlier research has shown that consumers may erroneously recall entire experiences or details about experiences that did not occur. These false memories are important because they have downstream...
View ArticleMoving Markets, Making Money: Market Intermediaries' Influence
Stock markets can be volatile, to the benefit of certain traders. With greater sophistication of market players armed with clever algorithms and computational powers, how they trade and profit impacts...
View ArticleImproving Coordination through Private Investment in Public Equity
For distressed firms, the prospects of receiving additional financing can mean the difference between continuation or liquidation. Firms have sought equity investment from sophisticated private...
View ArticleThe Undying Radio: Familiarity Breeds Content
Are you tired of hearing Taylor Swift's familiar "You Belong with Me" played over and over again? Or are you part of the cool set of music listeners, identifying the next great hit or indie band on the...
View ArticleDigital Innovation: Auto Industry Evolves its Material and Organizational...
The frontiers of digital innovation are vast. And the ride into the great unknown of digital innovation can be fraught with challenges. The auto industry is a highly competitive market where digital...
View ArticleShockwaves from Financial Crises: Follow the Geography
Investment banking is a revenue generator for large, global banks. Their impact on the financial systems of the world worries regulators however. Assets and exposures—the equities, real estate, debt...
View ArticleCorporate America's Cash Pile-Up A Reaction To Refinancing Risk
Why has corporate America been awash in record levels of cash? Numerous theories are offered as to why firms amass: Firms themselves are riskier, volatile, pessimistic, have record profits, and so on....
View ArticleMovie Business's Spotlight Moment: Research Aims to Improve Profitability
The movie business just made its debut in America's gross domestic product figures, helping growth trend upward. Making films or movies are now part of a 'new' investment class called...
View ArticlePrudent CEOs Are Rewarded When They Ditch Pricey Deals
The skill and quality of a CEO is not so easy for financial markets, boards, and analysts to discern. Stock performance of a firm can fluctuate for reasons unrelated to CEO decisions, and may not...
View ArticleMaking Online Advertising More Effective
Marketers like online advertising because the medium allows them to target their messages to specific groups of customers. Typically, success has been measured by whether a user clicks on the ad....
View ArticleC-Suite Communications Impact Financial Disclosure
In the world of finance, quantifying the "soft qualities" of CEOs is a fairly new trend. In this emergent literature, SMU Cox Accounting Professor Ke and co-authors focus on how the executive team and...
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