The impact of different financing alternatives on dynamic model of the university system is analysed in this paper. Model is agent – based, the reason is that we analyze a system of heterogenous universities instead of a representative university. Heterogeneity of universities is not in...

In this paper we construct a supply function of university education, i.e. the dependence of the supply (the number of places for students) on its price, i.e. on the revenue of university (either from scholarship or from state support) per student. We derive our results from an optimization...

Our study contains application of Latent Semantic Indexing on financial crises prediction. Hypothesis to test was that equity markets are able to predict even sharp changes in monetary policy during a quarter ahead of such a change (which was searched during two quarters that followed). This...

This paper considers various options replication methods. Firstly, a specific type of barrier option, an up-and-out call, is considered. Other barrier options are briefly also described, and various types of barriers are considered. Secondly, a general definition of replication methods is...

Hedging strategies represent basic instrument used toward eliminating financial risk. Increasing volatility of financial markets and their globalization also lead to higher financial risks. These aspects are especially important for transitional and small open economies. The basic goal of the...

The article presents and investigates new possibilities of multivariate data visualization and their analytical convenience. We demonstrate elementary principles, algorithms and graphical outputs of modern visualization methods with particular focus on Bertin matrices, RADVIZ, Projection pursuit...