That's Interesting
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The Lost Art of the Miniature Golf Course
10th July, 2022They go large in the States – even when it comes to the small stuff. And perhaps nowhere is that more true than with a particularly kitsch specimen of American vernacular architecture, the miniature golf course.
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Sacred Trees in Japan
07th July, 2022Trees provide many benefits, from clean air to carbon absorption. Some benefits are less measurable, however. In Japan, ancient trees and forests have long been valued for their cultural and spiritual significance.
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A Wikipedia Narration of the GameStop Short Squeeze
07th July, 2022This paper examines the usefulness of Wikipedia pageviews as indicator of the performance of stock prices. An examination is conducted on the GameStop (GME) case, which drew the investors’ and scholars’ attention in 2021 due to the short squeeze, and its skyrocketing price increase since 2021.
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What Moves Markets?
07th July, 2022What share of asset price movements is driven by news? This article finds that news account for about 50% of all bond and stock price movements in the United States and euro area since 2002, suggesting that a much larger share of return variation can be traced back to observable news than previously thought.
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The long-run effects of pandemics on inflation: Why this time may be different
23rd June, 2022How did past major pandemics affect inflation dynamics? This column estimates the long-run effects of pandemics on trend inflation in Europe using historical data since the 14th century.
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