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Optimal monetary policy rules : theory and estimation for OECD countries
Zhang, Wenlang - 2004
This dissertation focuses on monetary policy rules in the OECD countries at both theoretical and empirical levels. It is divided into seven chapters.Chapter 1 presents some recent literature on monetary policy rules and introduces the goal and organization of this dissertation.Chapter 2 explores...
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Evaluation of information bundles in engineering decisions
Klutke, Georgia-Ann (contributor) - 2004
This dissertation addresses the question of choosing the best information alternative in engineering decisions. The decision maker maximizes his expected utility under uncertainty where both the action he takes and the state of the environment determines the payoff earned. The decision maker...
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Der Einsatz von Virtual Reality in der touristischen Online-Kommunikation aus informationsökonomischer Perspektive
Herstell, Jan - 2008
Die Nutzung des Internet zur Vermarktung und zum Vertrieb von touristischen Produkten hat seit den neunziger Jahren ein rasantes Wachstum erfahren und dazu geführt, dass im Bereich des internetbasierten Tourismus eine besonders ausgeprägte Konkurrenzsituation zwischen den Anbietern...
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Essays on economics of information in environmental management.
Konishi, Yoshifumi - 2008
essay proposes a welfare valuation theory amenable to analyses in this context. The second essay proposes an empirical … strategy to implement the theory in practice, and demonstrates how policies may be misguided if regulators follow conventional … theory of green consumerism, which correctly accounts for asymmetric information and is consistent with empirical evidence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009462877
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The landscape of international computing
Roche, E.M.; Goodman, S.E.; Chen, Hsinchun - 1992
theory, development theory and structuralism have all made contributions to understanding the effects of this global …
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A Decision-Theoretic Approach to Data Mining
Elovici, Yuval; Braha, Dan - 2003
In this paper, we develop a decision-theoretic frameworkfor evaluating data mining systems, which employ classification methods, in terms of their utility in decision-making. The decision-theoretic model provides an economic perspective on the value of â extracted knowledge,â in terms of its...
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The behavioral economics of foreign exchange markets - a psychological view on human expectation formation in foreign exchange markets
Schmidt, Robert - 2004
explaining exchange rate movements. The asset market theory of exchange rate determination implies that exchange rates are mainly … driven by the development of macroeconomic fundamentals. Furthermore the asset market theory assumes that foreign exchange … speculation, economic theory states that speculation can have either a stabilizing effect or a destabilizing effect on exchange …
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Reference-Dependent Preferences : Models and Experiments
Tenberge, Maximilian - 2010
point and exert a strong influence on decision making and preferences. This paper surveys the theory of reference …
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Do teams alleviate or exacerbate the extrapolation bias in the stock market?
Barahona, Ricardo; Cassella, Stefano; Jansen, Kristy A. E.
Investigamos la manera en que los equipos influyen en la extrapolación de rentabilidades, un sesgo en la formación de creencias que es generalizado a nivel individual y crucial para los modelos conductuales de valoración de activos. Utilizando una muestra de gestores de fondos de inversión...
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Distributing the Benefits from the Commons
Silvestre, Joaquim - 1993
"The common-property literature has often focused on the question of efficiency. Here we consider distributional issues instead. How should the benefits of the commons (say, a fishery) be distributed? We approach the question from the viewpoint of ownership rather than income redistribution. "A...
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