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Asset allocation is the most influential factor driving investment performance. While researchers have made substantial progress in the field of asset allocation since the introduction of mean-variance framework by Markowitz, there is little agreement about appropriate portfolio choice for...
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Consumer sentiment has the ability to provide researchers with many avenues to test existingFinance and Economic theories. Chapter 1 introduces the issues that I seek to explore within the area ofBehavioral Finance. Chapter 2 utilizes thirty years of consumer sentiment data to explore...
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The first essay of this dissertation investigates the relationship between downside risk andreturns of real estate investment trusts (REITs) and assesses the performance of real estatemutual funds (REMFs). We measure the asymmetric risk through downside and upside betas andthrough the measures...
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The first essay of this dissertation investigates the relationship between downside risk and returns of real estate investment trusts (REITs) and assesses the performance of real estate mutual funds (REMFs). We measure the asymmetric risk through downside and upside betas and through the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009451060
Consumer sentiment has the ability to provide researchers with many avenues to test existing Finance and Economic theories. Chapter 1 introduces the issues that I seek to explore within the area of Behavioral Finance. Chapter 2 utilizes thirty years of consumer sentiment data to explore extant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009451110
Die Dissertation mit dem Thema ???Cross-Border-Leasing als Instrument der Kommunalfinanzierung ??? Eine finanzwirtschaftliche Analyse unter besonderer Ber??cksichtigung der Risiken ??? befasst sich am Beispiel des prim??r steuerinduzierten, grenz??berschreitenden Cross-Border-Leasings (CBL) mit...
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Recent and presumable future developments tend to increase the risk associated with farming activities. This causes an increasing importance of risk management. Farmers have a wide variety of possibilities to influence the risk exposure of their operations. Among them are the choice of the...
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Die vorliegende Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit der Management-Methode Benchmarking sowie der Wettbewerbsfähigkeit, die in … Teil dieser Arbeit beschäftigt sich schließlich mit der Management-Methode Benchmarking. Diese wird in den Grundlagen, der … der Anwendung des Benchmarking geschildert. Dabei gilt es schließlich heraus zu finden, in wie weit das Benchmarking tat …
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This thesis investigates benchmarking (and associated capacity building activities) as a trigger for the diffusion and … implementation of Cleaner Production. The critical success factors for the environmental benchmarking process are: The identification …This research indicates that benchmarking for small businesses needs to be part of an on-going industry specific …
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initiating a quality evaluation cycle in which benchmarking forms an integral component of the strategic process. …
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