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<p><span>My sincere thanks go to Dr. S.P. Kothari for his incredible work as Chief Economist of the SEC. Under Dr. Kothari’s leadership, the agency’s Division of Economic and Risk Analysis provided invaluable economic analysis to the Commission and its staff on rulemakings, examinations, and enforcement matters. Dr. Kothari also played a key role in the Commission’s efforts to monitor the markets for the unfolding effects of Covid-19 and related governme...

January 13, 2021 A new study by Yale SOM’s Edward Kaplan and Scott Rodilitz, based on data from a long-running survey of migrants who have returned from the United States to Mexico, estimates that the number of undocumented immigrants in the United States is 19.6 million, far exceeding widely accepted estimates. Kaplan is the William N. and Marie A. Beach Professor of Operations Research, professor of public health, and professor of engineering; Rodilitz is a doctoral student in operatio...

Learn how artificial intelligence is playing an increased role in helping banks manage credit risk throughout the customer lifecycle.

Introduction To ASTM E3263-20: By Andrew Walsh, Ralph Basile, Ovais Mohammad, Stéphane Cousin, Mariann Neverovitch, and Osamu Shirokizawa Part of the series Visual inspection has been widely used for many years by the pharmaceutical, biologics, and medical device industries after cleaning to release manufacturing equipment and devices. However, visual inspection has never been demonstrated to be an effective, reliable, or safe method to use for these inspections. Recently, the European Medic...

Drivers below the age of 25 account for nearly half of road deaths Research has suggested that fear based messages can be counter-productive  UK study found that fear framed messages led to increased risky  driving Young drivers who are shown films demonstrating responsible behaviour are less likely to take risks than those subjected to scare tactics, a study has found. Dr Yaniv Hanoch, associate professor of risk management at the University of Southampton in the UK, found that motorists wh...

Young motorists respond better if shown "positive" driving messages and are less likely to take risks than those subjected to scare tactics, a study shows.

Positive messaging showed better responses, a scientist said.

Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images A law enforcement officer watches flames launch into the air as fire continues to spread at the Bear fire in Oroville, California on September 9, 2020. There were about 57,000 wildfires in the United States this year, according to data from the National Interagency Fire Centre. Those tens of thousands of wildfires burned more than 10 million acres, setting a record that the country has not broken for at least 10 years. As 2020 winds down, some fires are still b...

Kothari serves as chief economist and director of the SEC’s Division of Economic and Risk Analysis. Since joining the SEC in March 2019, Kothari led the division’s cadre of economists, data scientists and other professionals in advancing the commission’s mission of protecting investors; maintaining fair, orderly and efficient markets; and facilitating capital formation through sound economic analysis and rigorous data analytics, the SEC said in a news release. “I have been h...

Environmental News For The Week Ending 20December 2019 This is a collection of interesting news articles about the environment and related topics published last week. This is usually a Tuesday evening regular post at GEI (but can be posted at other times). Please share this article - Go to very top of page, right hand side, for social media buttons. Note: Because of the high volume of news regarding the coronavirus outbreak, that news has been published separately: Some of the COVID-19 graphic...