We attempt to explain stock market dynamics in terms of the interaction among three variables: market price, investor opinion and information flow. We propose a framework for such interaction and apply it to build a model of stock market dynamics which we study both empirically and...

This document is a supplement of the paper "Dynamic Spatial Competition Between Multi-Store Firms" by Aguirregabiria and Vicentini (2007). It describes in detail the library of programs and procedures, in GAUSS language, that is used in that paper. The program computes an equilibrium of a...

We provide the reader with a qualitative summary of the main ideas from econophysics and finance theory, starting with a thorough criticism of the standard ideas taught in typical economics textbooks. The emphasis is on the Galilean or physicists' approach to market synamics, as opposed to the...

This paper reports several entirely new results on financial market dynamics and option pricing We observe that empirical distributions of returns are much better approximated by an exponential distribution than by a Gaussian. This exponential distribution of asset prices can be used to develop...

This article presents a method for nonprofits to calculate a budgetary allocation which is consistent with their strategic goals. The method is based on the application of Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to budgetary allocation. A proposed index, which is based on a comparison between the...

Asian Financial crisis and now impending US recession bring to call the importance of consolidating tourism development and marketing. This case study offers insights into market dynamics leveraging the Singapore Grand Prix. A qualitative research method has been used to investigate the why and...

In article some results of research received by the author of some the Moscow small enterprises are analyzed. Under a critical corner of sight activity on support of SME in Russia is considered. Problems of small business are formulated and ranged.

This article gives an overview of the life and work of Bulgarian economist Georgi Danailov in the beginning of the 20th century. Studied consequently in Moscow, Berlin, Munich and Vienna under such influential scholars of his time as Chuprov, Yanzhulov, Schmoller, Sombart and Brentano, Danailov...

This report has focused on many aspects linked to objectives of the WP3. We have tried to identify the main relations amongst the different levels of governance; we have also explored and described the delivery systems in different contexts, including those with a LEADER-like approach. The...