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into volatility persistence in stock returns. In part two, I show that the introduction of continuous trading on the WSE is … volatility on days after limit hits and positive autocorrelation in stock returns. I do not find significant advantages of this …
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This paper empirically assesses whether monetary policy affects real economic activity through its affect on the aggregate supply side of the macroeconomy. Analysts typically argue that monetary policy either does not affect the real economy, the classical dichotomy, or only affects the real...
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, which includes secular changes in the economic structure and a substantial reduction of output volatility. We find two … robust structural breaks in volatility at the end of WWII and in the mid-eighties, showing that the GM still holds in the … longer perspective. Furthermore, we show that GM volatility reduction is only linked to expansion features. We also date the …
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A recent outbreak of bird flu or avian influenza (AI), an especially highly pathogenicstrain (HPAI) of H5N1, started in Hong Kong in January 2003 and caused 159 humandeaths in Asia, Africa and Europe through early 2007. In addition, this outbreak resultedin millions of slaughtered birds and...
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In form of a qualitative single case study this thesis examines what people from industrialized countries such as Germany can learn about sustainability from Lynedoch EcoVillage, South Africa, and the associated 'Sustainability Institute', a non-profit trust based at and operating from Lynedoch...
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The study seeks to re-investigate the role of price, income and health awareness in the evolution of South African cigarette demand over the period 1996 to 2006. At first glance, rising cigarette prices appear to have played an important role in reducing cigarette consumption over the sample...
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This paper attempts to provide alternative estimates of income distribution in South Africa, utilizing data that allow us to evaluate income, distribution across time, reducing dependence on the vagaries associated with individual surveys. In particular, we attempt to arrive at racial...
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We examine how corporate governance indicators such as board size, board composition and CEO duality impact on financing decisions of firms. Panel data covering the five year period 1999-2003 from forty-seven (47) listed firms on the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE) was used. Analysis was done...
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The first essay formulates a dynamic rational contagion model in order toanalyse the evolution of speculative bubbles. The model consists of two laws ofmotion: the speculative bubble and the probability of the bubble. The rst essayshows that the model has two stable equilibria and one unstable...
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, insbesondere der Zeitreihenanalyse liegt. Das Konzept besteht darin, sämtliche wiederkehrenden Aufgaben mit Hilfe von Java …
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