Why does research in finance have so little impact?

The quantity of finance research has grown enormously over the past two decades, yet questions remain over its breadth and ability to benefit the economy and society beyond academia. Using multisource data, we argue that individual and institutional incentives have fostered insularity and a consequent homogeneity in the discipline. We examine the characteristics of research that is published and cited in the leading field journals in finance, arguing that the work has become abstract and unrelated to real world issues. The work published in the ‘top’ journals makes increasing use of US data, even where the researchers are drawn from different countries. Using information from impact assessment, publication patterns, and grant capture, we illustrate that this narrow agenda lacks relevance to the financial services sector, the economy or wider society compared to other areas of business and management research. In particular, we highlight the relative absence of research on ethics in academic finance and discuss the likely consequences for the discipline including its relevance to society

Gender and the evaluation of research

This study examines if and how gender relates to research evaluation via panel assessment and journal ratings lists. Using data from UK business schools we find no evidence that the proportion of women in a submission for panel assessment affected the score received by the submitting institution. However, we do find that women on average receive lower scores according to some journal ratings lists. There are important differences in the rated quality of journals that men and women publish in across the sub-disciplines with men publishing significantly more research in the highest rated accountancy, information management and strategy journals. In addition, women who are able to utilise networks to co-author with individuals outside their institution are able to publish in higher-rated journals, although the same is not true for men; women who are attributed with “individual staff circumstances” (e.g. maternity leave or part-time working) have lower scores according to journal ratings lists

The Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy

Apophenia is the very human capability of making meaning out of the chaotic data of the world. It’s pattern recognition: Jesus on your toast. But Carl Jung advocated for careful attention to the phenomenon of coincidence. John C Lilly takes it one step further, saying coincidence should be read as a cue from the cosmos. Artists Clare Hammoor and Evelyn Walker celebrate apophenia, reflecting on their recent collaboration—a remounting of John Gilbert’s opera 'Rotation'. This essay looks at instances of meaning making, deliberate mystification, and lateral leaps; what they’ve come to call a parasociative process

Comparative genomic analysis of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, from Europe and North America

Background: Several lines of evidence including allozyme analysis, restriction digest patterns and sequencing ofmtDNA as well as mini- and micro-satellite allele frequencies indicate that Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) from NorthAmerica and Europe are genetically distinct. These observations are supported by karyotype analysis, whichrevealed that North American Atlantic salmon have 27 pairs of chromosomes whereas European salmon have 29pairs. We set out to construct a linkage map for a North American Atlantic salmon family and to compare this mapwith the well developed map for European Atlantic salmon.Results: We used microsatellite markers, which had previously been mapped in the two Atlantic salmon SALMAPmapping families from the River Tay, Scotland, to carry out linkage analysis in an Atlantic salmon family (NB1)whose parents were derived from the Saint John River stock in New Brunswick, Canada. As large differences inrecombination rates between female and male Atlantic salmon have been noted, separate genetic maps wereconstructed for each sex. The female linkage map comprises 218 markers in 37 linkage groups while the male maphas 226 markers in 28 linkage groups. We combined 280 markers from the female and male maps into 27composite linkage groups, which correspond to the haploid number of chromosomes in Atlantic salmon from theWestern Atlantic.Conclusions: A comparison of the composite NB1 and SALMAP linkage maps revealed the reason for thedifference in the chromosome numbers between European and North American Atlantic salmon: Linkage groupsAS-4 and AS-32 in the Scottish salmon, which correspond to chromosomes Ssa-6 and Ssa-22, are combined into asingle NB1 linkage group as are linkage groups AS-21 and AS-33 (corresponding to chromosomes Ssa-26 and Ssa-28). The comparison of the linkage maps also suggested some additional chromosomal rearrangements, but it willrequire finer mapping, potentially using SNPs, to test these predictions. Our results provide the first comparison ofthe genomic architecture of Atlantic salmon from North America and Europe with respect to chromosomeorganization

Nurses\u27 Alumnae Association Bulletin - Volume 6 Number 10

Financial Report Calendar of Events Attention, Class of 1945! Miss Shafer Retires Review of the Alumnae Association Meetings Institutional Staff Nurses\u27 Section Report of Staff Activites - 1948-1949 The Staff Stockings! Stockings! Stockings! Pop-Up Toaster It\u27s Not Too Soon Any White Elephants? Private Duty Section The Jefferson Hospital Private Duty Nurses\u27 Register Report for Barton Memorial Hospital Progress of the Orthopedic Department Just Under the Date Line Pediatrics at Jefferson Controlled Respiration in Anesthesia Anesthesia Progress Physical Advances at Jefferson During the Past Year The White Haven Division The Clara Melville Scholarship Fund The Relief Fund The Busy Year for the Nurses\u27 Home Committee of the Women\u27s Board The Gray Ladies Memories Lost Miscellaneous Items Medical College News Marriages Births Deaths Condolences Prizes District No. 1 Dues Help! Help! Help! Jap Prison School Spurs Nurse to Win University Degree Twenty Ways to Kill an Organization The Bulletin Committee Attention, Alumnae New Addresse

Nurses\u27 Alumnae Association Bulletin - Volume 6 Number 9

Remember the Relief Fund Welcome! Miss Childs Financial Report Calendar of Coming Events Lest You Forget! Attention Review of the Alumnae Association Meetings Institutional Staff Nurses\u27 Section Report of Staff Activities - 1947-1948 Private Duty Section The White Haven Division Barton Memorial Division Remember the Relief Fund Student Nurses\u27 Activities Jefferson Scores Again The Clara Melville Scholarship Fund Interesting Activities of the Nurses\u27 Home Committee of the Women\u27s Board Exclusive for Nurses Changes in the Maternity Division Gray Lady Musical Therapy Service Memorial Service Honoring Mrs. Bessie Dobson Altemus The Blood Donor Center The Hospital Pharmacy Medical College News Remember the Relief Fund Administrative Staff and Faculty of the School of Nursing Streptomycin Changes in the Staff at Jefferson Hospital Care of the Thoracic Surgical Patient Miscellaneous Items Marriages New Arrivals Deaths The Bulletin Committee Attention, Alumnae New Addresse

The Ursinus Weekly, December 8, 1952

Second forum enjoys speech by diplomat • First forum hears Lord • Scribe praises Fall play • 15th annual Messiah performance to be Thursday night in Bomberger chapel • Y plans vespers, town-gown day Christmas party • Senior prom, party is this weekend • Marine speaks to students • Class to hear talk on southeast Asia • Pre-meds to hear Drs. Nye, Eger • Sororities go through informal initiations • Only $510 donated to Campus Chest • U. of P. student addresses IRC • French Club plans party • Editorials: So little time; Prom problem • Color trouble • GOP still split • Letters to the editor • Canterbury Club elects pres., holds meeting tonight at 7 • Weddings • Engagements • Reporter reveals sacred secrets of Weekly hole • Class of \u2753 gives birth to yearbook • Senior ball will feature Stars in the eyes theme • Inquirer relay to be held in January • Bears wallop Pharmacy in season opener, 97-48 • Mermaids begin practice; Sis Bosler is new coach • Kolp elected captain • Dick Glock paces Ursinus offense • Bob Swett tallies 75 as Bears split two decisionshttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1508/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, May 5, 1952

Phila. Story to be presented May 8, 9 & 10 • Pre-meds elect officers • Y cabinet assumes duties at retreat • Music Club to hold elections tomorrow • Inter-sorority group holds annual party • Students will be charged for all overdue library books • Music Club to give concert • WSGA endorses removal of posters • New Lantern head selected by staff • Dan Giangiulio is elected new president of MSGA • Final plans set for May Day pageant, campus activities • Future teachers to hear talk Tuesday • Ludwig receives prize from chemical institute • Bus. Ad. club reorganizes; Bennett elected president • New Selective Service test scheduled to be given May 22 • Editorials: More pride needed; Super-patriots gag opinion • Spirit group meets to plan program for next year • Chess club loses match • Letters to the editor • German Club elects Owens • Junior-Sophomore weekend held • Pinned • Engagements • Many infected by senioritus • May pageants present queen in many guises • Parting seniors reveal one last desire • Hal Feist hurls seven-hit victory over Swarthmore • Girls net team gains shutout win • Delaware trounces Bears 10 to 3 with 15-hit attack • Cinder men rout Cadets, lose to Lehigh runners • Girls\u27 tennis team beats Stroudsburg 4-1 • Gellman elected to captain 1953 wrestling squad • Moravian beats Ursinus; Bears leave 15 on base • Stolen gloves halt intramural games • Y retreaters spend enjoyable weekendhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1543/thumbnail.jp