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A History of British Actuarial Thought
Turnbull, Craig - 2017
insurance. It discusses how new actuarial approaches were developed within each practice area, and how these emerging ideas … general insurance reserving; the adoption of risk-based reserving and the Guaranteed Annuity Option crisis at the end of the … History of Financial Economics for Actuaries -- Part Four: A Brief History of Financial Economics for Actuaries -- Part Six …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397348
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Wage and employment determination in volatile times : Sweden 1913 - 1939
Holmlund, Bertil - 2012
The paper studies wage and employment determination in the Swedish business sector from the mid-1910s to the late 1930s. This period includes the boom and bust cycle of the early 1920s as well as the Great Depression of the early 1930s. The events of the early 1920s are particularly intriguing,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009536419
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Economic conditions at birth, birth weight, ability, and the causal path to cardiovascular mortality
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Modin, Bitte - 2013
We analyze interaction effects of birth weight and the business cycle at birth on individual cardiovascular (CV) mortality later in life. In addition, we examine to what extent these long-run effects run by way of cognitive ability and education and to what extent those mitigate the long-run...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010127786
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Transport Infrastructure in Time, Scope and Scale : An Economic History and Evolutionary Perspective
Hasselgren, Björn - 2018
to different policy areas are elaborated. A longitudinal study of Sweden’s transport infrastructure policy is used to … and Transport Infrastructure -- 4. Planning and Coordination of Transport Infrastructure -- 5. Sweden’s Transport … Infrastructure History-Coevolution and Conflict -- 6. Concluding Remarks …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397633
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Contemporary Trends and Challenges in Finance : Proceedings from the 3rd Wroclaw International Conference in Finance
Jajuga, Krzysztof (ed.); Locarek-Junge, Hermann (ed.);  … - Wrocław International Conference in Finance <3., 2017, … - 2018
forecasting. Visegrad Four countries case -- Financialization of commodity markets -- Part IV: Banking -- The production or … intermediation approach? ‒ it matters -- Competitiveness and Concentration of the Banking Sector as a Measure of Banks’ Credit … Polish Banking Industry -- Contemporary Challenges in the Asset Liability Management -- Part V: Corporate Finance -- Does it …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013256187
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Global Approaches in Financial Economics, Banking, and Finance
Dincer, Hasan (ed.); Hacioglu, Ümit (ed.);  … - 2018
This volume discusses the impact of Financial Economics, Growth Dynamics, and the Finance & Banking sector in the … addition, the authors give particular attention to the private sector of Finance and Banking, which is deeply interwoven with … Analysis of Some Dynamic Economic Systems Modeled by State Dependent Delay Differential Equations.-Finance and Banking …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012396758
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Cross sections are history
Easterlin, Richard A. - 2013
Although cross section relationships are often taken to indicate causation, and especially the important impact of economic growth on many social phenomena, they may, in fact, merely reflect historical experience, that is, similar leader-follower country patterns for variables that are causally...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009730828
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The biocultural origins of human capital formation
Galor, Oded; Klemp, Marc P. B. - 2014
This research explores the biocultural origins of human capital formation. It presents the first evidence that moderate fecundity and thus predisposition towards investment in child quality was conducive for long-run reproductive success within the human species. Using an extensive genealogical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010403448
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Technological Innovation and Economic Transformation : A Method for Contextual Analysis
Gautschi, Heidi - 2016
This book encourages thoughtful technological innovation while remaining conscious of its positive and negative consequences for society, presenting a method to help innovators anticipate consequences, minimize resistance, and enhance acceptance
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012396698
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Taxation, Politics, and Protest in Ireland, 1662–2016
Kanter, Douglas (ed.); Walsh, Patrick (ed.) - 2019
political, economic, and policy history, it contributes to a growing interdisciplinary literature on public finance, while also … in Ireland illuminates a neglected aspect of Irish history, and will be of interest to scholars, policymakers, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397040