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The choice of domestic policies in a globalized economy: Extended Version
Fischer, Justina A.V. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This paper describes the socio-economic adjustment effects exerted by globalization (taking as starting points …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259135
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Globalization, financial crisis and contagion: time-dynamic evidence from financial markets of developing countries
Simplice A, Asongu - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
about the merits of financial globalization and its implications for growth especially in developing countries. This paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008924837
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Análise VAR dos índices bolsistas SP500, FTSE100, PSI20, HSI e IBOVESPA
Fuinhas, José Alberto; Marques, António Cardoso; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
The international capital flows are intensifying due to the deepening of globalization and diversification of … financial markets. A VAR model is carried out to analyze how a greater integration in world financial markets affects the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011170127
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MODELLING THE WORLD EXCHANGE RATES:DYNAMICS, VOLATILITY AND FORECASTING
Nwaobi, Godwin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Indeed, the specification of equilibrium in the world economy depends on the exchange rate regime and thus, the early … foreign exchange markets. However, the world has known several exchange rate systems beginning with the fixed-gold standard … exchange was deregulated, independent traders finally had access to the biggest trading market of the world; and these forex …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005619306
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The impact of credit on income poverty in urban Mexico. An endogeneity-corrected estimation
Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
is inappropriate in the urban context where a large percentage of microfinance organisations in the developing world …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835401
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Exclusion and Discrimination as Sources of Inter-Ethnic Inequality in Peru
Barron, Manuel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
According to the 2003 National Household Survey, mean labour income for an indigenous worker is only 56% of that for a non-indigenous worker. Studies of ethnic discrimination in Peru’s labour markets generally find that discrimination is too low to explain inequalities of this magnitude....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836902
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Handling losses in translog profit models
Bos, J.W.B.; Koetter, M. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
In this paper, we compare standard approaches used to handle losses in logarithmic stochastic profit frontier models with a simple novel approach. We discuss discriminatory power, rank stability and precision of profit efficiency scores. Our new method enhances rank stability and discriminatory...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005837414
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Survival prediction based on compound covariate under cox proportional hazard models
Emura, Takeshi; Chen, Yi-Hau; Chen, Hsuan-Yu - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Survival prediction from a large number of covariates is a current focus of statistical and medical research. In this paper, we study a methodology known as the compound covariate prediction performed under univariate Cox proportional hazard models. We demonstrate via simulations and real data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258504
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Assessing the economic value of protecting artificial lakes
Halkos, George - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This study examines the current and potential economic value of an artificial lake aiming to explore the factors that affect people’s willingness to pay (WTP) for its protection. The WTP was derived from a face-to-face survey of 564 residents and recreational users of the Plastira’s lake,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258565
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Maximum likelihood estimation of a stochastic frontier model with residual covariance
Simwaka, Kisu - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
In theoretical literature on productivity, the disturbance terms of the stochastic frontier model are assumed to be independent random variables. In this paper, we consider a stochastic production frontier model with residuals that are both spatially and time-wise correlated. We introduce...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259653