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Inter-pattern speculation: beyond minority, majority and $-games
Challet, Damien - EconWPA - 2005
A new model of financial market is proposed, based on the sequential and inter-temporal nature of trader-trader interaction. In this pattern- based speculation model, the traders open and close their positions explicitely. Information ecology can be precisely characterised, and is strikingly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005561629
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Using the Scaling Analysis to Characterize Financial Markets
Matteo, T. Di; Aste, T.; Dacorogna, Michel M. - EconWPA - 2004
The scaling properties encompass in a simple analysis many of the volatility characteristics of financial markets. That is why we use them to probe the different degree of markets development. We empirically study the scaling properties of daily Foreign Exchange rates, Stock Market indices and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005134766
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Agent Behaviour, Financial Market and Welfare Theory
Paranque, Bernard; Baets, Walter; Pruden, Henry - EconWPA - 2005
An important literature has pointed out the coordination problems faced by the agents, in particular the financial one when they have to manage risk and their portfolio. If we follow Kaldor and its definition of speculation, then we could point out that in this case agents are short term...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005413089
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SAVINGS MOBILIZATION ROLE OF NIGERIAN COMMERCIAL BANKS:AN ANALYTICAL POLICY STUDY
NWAOBI, GODWIN CHUKWUDUM - EconWPA - 2003
CAPITAL ACCUMULATION HAS BEEN EMPHASISED AS THE MAJOR FACTOR GOVERING THE RATE OF DEVELOPMENT. THIS STUDY THEREFORE AIMS EXPLORING IN THE LIGHT OF PAST TRENDS, THE ROLE AND SCOPE OF COMMERCIAL BANKS AS FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES IN MOBILIZING DOMESTIC SAVINGS FOR DEVELOPMENT AND THE CONSTRAINTS IN...
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Does Globalization Affect Growth?
Dreher, Axel - EconWPA - 2002
The paper presents an index of globalization covering its three main dimensions: economic integration, social … globalization as well as sub-indexes constructed to measure the single dimensions on economic growth are analyzed empirically. The … results show that globalization promotes growth - but not to an extent necessary to reduce poverty on a large scale. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556005
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Tectonic shifts in the structures of international inequality?
TAUSCH, Arno - EconWPA - 2005
, globalization; general welfare, social security and public pensions, macroeconomics – Asia including Middle East; macroeconomic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556011
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Politico-Economic Determinants of American Trade Policy Attitudes
Hoffman, Michael E. S. - EconWPA - 2005
the public perception of globalization, and the political response to those perceptions. Using detailed response and … demographic data from the Program on International Policy Attitudes survey “Americans on Globalization, Trade, and Farm …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556433
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Skriptum: Europäisches und internationales Sozialrecht. Europäische und internationale Sozialpoltik
TAUSCH, Arno - EconWPA - 2005
LISTE EINIGER WICHTIGER ABKÜRZUNGEN 4 ZUM GELEIT 6 EINFÜHRUNG UND PROBLEMAUFRISS - INTERNATIONALE SOZIALPOLITIK BEDEUTET FÖRDERUNG DER KONVERGENZ DER LEBENSBEDINGUNGEN 7 TEIL A: SOZIALRECHT UND SOZIALPOLITIK DER EU 14 1) ENTWICKLUNGSLINIEN UND GRUNDPRINZIPIEN DER EUROPÄISCHEN SOZIALPOLITIK...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556821
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Rethinking Taxation:The Automated Payment Transaction (APT)Tax
Feige, Edgar L. - EconWPA - 2001
This paper examines the desirability and feasibility of replacing the present system of personal and corporate income, sales, excise, capital gains, import and export duties, gift and estate taxes with a single comprehensive revenue neutral Automated Payment Transaction (APT) tax. In its...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556920
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Global Idea Sourcing - An empirical investigation into the mechanisms behind the usage of foreign business sources for innovation
Sofka, Wolfgang - EconWPA - 2005
Globalization has set new paradigms, especially in the business world. Breakthroughs in technology (telecommunications …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005561402