...This chapter provides an overview of the regulation of benchmarks and benchmark products. It begins with a discussion of the types of benchmarks used in financial markets, such as stock, debt and other asset-based indexes and interest rate indexes, such as LIBOR. It continues with a discussion...

...Two lines of development in the second half of the eighteenth century differentiated the previously closely related functions of librarian and scholar. One points directly to the education of professional librarians, who regard the production of indexes as an inherent part of their occupation...

...This chapter examines the shortcomings of the standard global warming potential (GWP) index used for greenhouse gases from an economic standpoint. It also presents some possible explanations for the success of the GWP over alternative indexes. The chapter also develops an analytical framework...

... area as those $10$ countries that display a synchronous common cycle. Finally, it provides a composite coincident index for the core area. Altavilla C Artis M Beine M Belgium Common cycles Co movements Convergence Cubadda Gianluca De Haan J Denmark Divergence Emerson M Euro European Union...