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Template for research proposal for master's degree at the Weizmann Institute of Science

Understanding the origins of wealth inequality is critical in the debate over what, if anything, to do about it. In this note, we propose a simple model which is still rich enough to reproduce observed patterns of wealth inequality. We call it the Concentrated Asset Betting (CAB) model. A key element of CAB is a phenomenon known in the gambling world as “over-betting the edge.” The model we propose is based on the observation that a high fraction of investors have experienced sub-par growth in their savings, after allowing for consumption and philanthropy, relative to the tremendous long-term growth in the public stock market. Some of the reasons put forward to explain the shortfall in investor returns include investment fees, commissions and taxes. Our model suggests there may be something even larger and more insidious at work – pervasive and systematically poor money management.

ACM DIS2020 Conference Long paper format. For more information see https://dis.acm.org/2020/

This paper explores the relationship between ethnic fractionalization and social capital between 1990-2005. First, using data from 1990, 1997 and 2005 we test for time differences in the impact of ethnic fractionalization on social capital. Subsequently, we examine U.S. data for evidence consistent with the proposed outcomes in the conflict, contact, or hunker-down theses discussed in Putnam (2007). Putnam (2007) examines what happens to “trust" or “social capital" when individuals of different ethnicity are introduced into social, political and/or economic groups over time. Using an instrumental variable (IV) estimator, we find little evidence of heterogeneity in the impact of ethnic fractionalization on social capital over our period of analysis. In addition, using both fixed effect and IV estimators, we reject the contact hypothesis, but find evidence consistent with the outcomes predicted in both the conflict hypothesis and Putnam’s hunker-down hypothesis, in inter-ethnic relations. Due to data limitations, we are unable to test directly which of these two thesis are more relevant for the U.S experience. However, we provide suggestive evidence in support of the conflict hypothesis over the hunker-down hypothesis. Our results suggest that between 1990-2005, as communities in the U.S became more diverse, there was a tendency for social capital to decline.

LaTeX Template for the Foundations Report of the Final Year Project in UCD School of Computer Science v1.0 2019

Este é um modelo para fazer uma tese ou dissertação de acordo com as normas da ABNT e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Antropologia da UFMG. Feito com base no projeto da AbnTex2. Modificações pelo autor. Leia os manuais no site deles para usar algum comando ou tirar dúvidas Espero que te ajude e sucesso em sua pesquisa!

Basic template for German letters according to the DIN 5008 standard It is building on scrlttr2, so everything should be pretty much self explaining. For contributing, see https://github.com/ckuenzle/din5008-letter. License: MIT

CV of Niranjan Roy, created with the AltaCV template.

Modelo de trabalho acadêmico para IFCE baseado em: Modelo de Trabalho Acadêmico UFC (autores: Ednardo Moreira Rodrigues; Alan Batista de Oliveira)