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Reliability has been largely applied to industrial systems in order to study the various possibilities of systems … minimal paths leading to any system’s fault allows for a better control of systems’ safety. To this end, reliability is … theory to credit risk assessment. The author explains that fault tree is one alternative approach of reliability, which …
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People reason about real-estate prices both in terms of general rules and in terms of analogies to similar cases. We propose to empirically test which mode of reasoning fits the data better. To this end, we develop the statistical techniques required for the estimation of the case-based model....
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In this paper, I test whether, following an equity carve-out, there is a reduction in information asymmetry among investors of the parent firm, and whether this reduction is value-enhancing. I measure information asymmetry by estimating the probability of information-based trading (PIN) using a...
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With the institution of Regulation Fair Disclosure (FD) on October 23, 2000, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) imposed higher transparency requirements on the voluntary disclosure practices of public companies. This paper investigates whether the regulation induced companies to commit...
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In this research paper we search the evidence of our suspection on the existence of a combined process of chaotic and stochastic process. First, we test for normal and IID. Second, we test for nonlinearity. Then we applied best fit stochastic model. We test chaotic process in the residual of...
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This short paper is devoted to two items: 1) An analysis of Prelec’s weighting function at the probability p = 1 is highlighted (this analysis was performed by R. Duncan Luce in two articles with Ragnar Steingrimsson and János Aczél and here is referred to as the “Luce problem”). 2) The...
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The report, that has been presented on the Third International Conference on Mathematical Modelling of Social and Economical Dynamics MMSED-2010, is devoted to applications of the modern achievements of probability theory to economics. The "four-fold-pattern" paradox is used as an example of...
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The definition of an arrangement infringement has been given. Several characteristics of hurricanes as large-scale events and the objectives for the first stages of an insurance data analysis have been sketched out. Scale hypotheses, insurance and investment problems have been formulated. The...
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The definition of arrangement infringement has been given. Several characteristics of hurricanes as large-scale events and objectives for the first stages of insurance data analysis have been sketched out. Scale hypotheses, insurance and investment problems have been formulated.
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This statement outlines the objectives and policies of the new journal, Macroeconomic Dynamics, which is dedicated to the advancement of macroeconomics as a science. This Editorial is to appear at the front of the first issue of that journal and is copyright by Cambridge University Press.
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