The immeasurable potential productivity and high-growth characters contained in Internet Economy attract financial industry to develop internet financial service promptly, which will be mainstream tendency in this century. It has changed the function of traditional financial company and the structure of financial organization. Electronic money has also made the central bank loss the money suppl...

Rising rates of overweight and obesity are of serious concern in Canada. Until recently, discussion of policy options to promote healthier lifestyles has ignored the topic of direct financial incentives. The idea of paying people to lose weight or adopt healthier behaviours is now attracting study and debate. Some governments and companies are already experimenting with reward programs.Availabl...

This research studies the indirect financial impact of phishing announcements on firm value. Using about 3,000 phishing announcements, we showed that phishing has a significantly negative impact on firms regardless of their size. We also discovered that place of incorporation, type of ownership, industry, and time are significant factors exacerbating the impact. Our research findings may give s...

CONTEXT Identifying effective obesity treatment is both a clinical challenge and a public health priority due to the health consequences of obesity. OBJECTIVE To determine whether common decision errors identified by behavioral economists such as prospect theory, loss aversion, and regret could be used to design an effective weight loss intervention. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Fifty-...

Given the volatility of exchange rates, there is a reemergence of interest in the effect of such volatility, in particular of large currency shocks, on the domestic financial markets and the output and investment decisions of firms. We use a portfolio approach to model the occurrence of large exchange rate shocks as deriving from the asset allocation decisions of the households of a small open ...

The mathematics of downside financial risk can be difficult to understand: For example a 50% loss requires a subsequent 100% gain to break-even. A given percentage loss always requires a greater percentage gain to break-even. Instead, many non-expert investors may assume for example that a 50% gain is sufficient to offset a 50% loss. Over 3,498 participants and five experiments, the widespread ...

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OBJECTIVE This pilot study explored the experiences of brain injury survivors after a change in financial management (FM) independence. METHOD Using a qualitative descriptive design, 6 participants with acquired brain injury were recruited from a community brain injury organization and participated in semistructured interviews. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis. RESULTS Three theme...

The adverse effects of financial crises in terms of output losses or output growth below its potential can be treated like losses from catastrophic events which have a low likelihood but a large impact in the event that they occur. We therefore analyze GDP losses in terms of frequency (number of loss events per period) and severity (loss per occurrence). Crises’ frequency, severity, and the ass...

Abortion have different types of stressors, and this stressors lead to anxiety and grief. This study aims to explore experiences of women with spontaneous abortion in terms of physical, social, psychological, financial, and any other aspect expressed by the women. Methods: A PubMed, SCOPUS and Google scholar (2002-2016) literature review was undertaken to define sources of financial, social, ps...