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Recent developments in financial economics and econometrics : an overview
Chang, Chia-Lin; Allen, David E.; McAleer, Michael - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009724823
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Lockdowns as options
Wijnbergen, Sweder van - 2021
I show that the irreversibility of dying coupled with gradual information acquisition over time on the likely arrival and eventual effectiveness of vaccines confers a real option value to lockdown strategies that delay the incidence of a pandemic.The case for lockdown strategies becomes stronger...
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Accounting noise and the pricing of cocos
Derksen, Mike; Spreij, Peter; Wijnbergen, Sweder van - 2018
Contingent Convertible bonds (CoCos) are debt instruments that convert into equity or are written down in times of distress. Existing pricing models assume conversion triggers based on market prices and on the assumption that markets can always observe all relevant firm information. But all...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011818282
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Early-life famine exposure, hunger recall and later-life health
Deng, Zichen; Lindeboom, Maarten - 2021 - This version: Monday 14th June, 2021
We use newly collected individual-level hunger recall information from the China Family Panel Survey to estimate the … indicator, and the individual hunger experience. The nonlinearity in famine exposure may explain the variation in the famine …'s effect on later life health found in previous studies. We also find that exposure to famine-induced hunger early in life …
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Growing richer and taller : explaining change in the distribution of child nutritional status during Vietnam's economic boom
O'Donnell, Owen; López Nicolás, Ángel; Van … - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003408882
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Long-run effects of gestation during the Dutch hunger winter famine on labor market and hospitalization outcomes
Scholte, Robert S.; Berg, Gerard J. van den; Lindeboom, … - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009722703
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Growing richer and taller : explaining change in the distribution of child nutritional status during Vietnam's economic boom
O'Donnell, Owen; López Nicolás, Ángel; Van … - 2006
Over a five-year period in the 1990s Vietnam experienced annual economic growth of more than 8% and a decrease of 15 points in the proportion of children chronically malnourished (stunted). We estimate the extent to which changes in the distribution of child nutritional status can be explained...
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Is EU support to Malawi agriculture effective?
Zant, Wouter - 2012
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How does market access affect smallholder behavior? : the case of tobacco marketing in Malawi
Zant, Wouter - 2012
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How does market access for smallholders affect export supply? : the case of tobacco marketing in Malawi
Zant, Wouter - 2016
Transaction costs play a key role in the behaviour of smallholders in developing countries. We investigate smallholder tobacco cultivation in Malawi, Malawi's major export crop, and exploit the introduction of an additional tobacco auction floor to measure the impact of a reduction in...
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