The paper analyses the factors leading to the fall of long-term interest rates in the Czech Republic – respectively, the long-term interest rate differential in the Czech Republic and the Eurozone – between 1998 and 2003. The selection of factors is determined by the Fisher equation, UIP,...

The risk identification represents the first and most important phase of the risk management process, this consisting also in the potential dangers identification that exists in the entity.

Sociological reflection on medicine and health is based, on the one hand, on the multidimensional reality of the „health" phenomenon and on the other hand, on the old sense of sociology which is, according to its founders, a science of welfare and human freedom. In this respect, the problems...

Romanian Abstract: Tehnicile seriilor de timp sunt utilizate frecvent în analiza financiară. Această lucrare abordează unele caracteristici ale variabilelor financiare care le particularizează evoluţia. Sunt prezentate, de asemenea, câteva tehnici simple de analiză a seriilor de timp

Romanian Abstract: Lucrarea de faţă abordează tematica arbitrajului preţurilor dezvoltată de către Stephen A. Ross (1976), care porneşte de la premiza că valorile mobiliare subevaluate pot fi revândute pe o altă piaţă în ideea de a profita în urma diferenţei de preţ, această...

The 1994 Northridge earthquake sent ripples to insurance conpanies everywhere. This was one in a series of natural disasters such as Hurricane Andrew which together with the problems in Lloyd's of London have insurance companies running for cover. This paper presents a calibration of the U.S....

This paper examines features of the Czech stock market’s development from 1997 to 2003 and attempts to unveil the macroeconomic consequences of stock-price development. The analysis of the stock market’s behavior supports a cautionary stance on the hypothesis of the efficient-market theory,...