CEO Pay

Surprise, surprise…the more they get paid the more damage they do to shareholders. Abstract: In this paper we examine the agency costs of seemingly excessive pay awards to CEO’s within the FTSE 100 in the last decade. Are CEOs taking a large proportion of the total pot (a big “pay slice”) more, or less, able…

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Prediction Markets

Came across this interesting little paper. The title can be a little confusing since the term prediction market is simply used to convey a market that generates odds. When they say prediction market think bookmaker. The gist of the paper is that such markets have been used for centuries for a variety of events but…

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Goldman Predictions

Apparently Goldman Sachs has done a bit of thinking about the upcoming London Olympics and have come to the following conclusions about the medal count. Olympics and Economics 20102 Research Report Brought to you by the folks who didn’t see the need for their own $10 billion bailout. I don’t really need to say anything…

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Amazon

I am a dedicated user of Amazon. I have found the lure of an Aussie at/above parity, an enormous selection and not having to deal with local half waits who should have been drowned at birth too much to resist. However, even I was staggered by some of these numbers. Source

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