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Determinants of health insurance and hospitalization

Yamada, Tadashi; Yamada, Tetsuji; Chen, Chia-Ching; … - In: Cogent economics & finance 2 (2014) 1, pp. 1-27

household income, socio-demographic factors, and private health insurance factors in both Japan and the USA. Using these two … rises, households have a positive effect on purchasing health insurance as a normal good. Another similarity between the two … pure health issuance characteristics, an increase in premium of health insurance policies cause individuals to substitute …

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What do you do when the binomial cannot value real options? : the LSM model

Azofra, S. Alonso, V.; Fuente, G. De La - In: Cogent economics & finance 2 (2014) 1, pp. 1-13

The Least-Squares Monte Carlo model (LSM model) has emerged as the derivative valuation technique with the greatest impact in current practice. As with other options valuation models, the LSM algorithm was initially posited in the field of financial derivatives and its extension to the realm of...

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Forecasting spot prices in bulk shipping using multivariate and univariate models

Geomelos, N. D.; Xideas, E. - In: Cogent economics & finance 2 (2014) 1, pp. 2-37

This paper employs an applied econometric study concerning forecasting spot prices in bulk shipping in both markets of tankers and bulk carriers in a disaggregated level. This research is essential, as spot market is one of the most volatile markets and there is a great uncertainty about the...

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A simple framework for analysing the impact of economic growth on non-communicable diseases

Cohen, Ivan K.; Ferretti, Fabrizio; McIntosh, Bryan - In: Cogent economics & finance 3 (2015) 1, pp. 1-10

: health care, healthrelated behaviours and lifestyle, and medical knowledge. …

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Foreign Direct Investment and child health outcomes in Africa

Immurana, Mustapha; Iddrisu, Abdul-Aziz; Owusu, Samuel; … - In: Cogent economics & finance 11 (2023) 1, pp. 1-13

, most of these studies focused on economic growth with very little attention paid to health outcomes. Moreover, among the … studies that took account of health outcomes, none of them investigated the effect of FDI on child health outcomes across a … the highest rate of child mortality in the world. This study, therefore, investigates the effect of FDI on child health …

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