This course is a self-contained introduction to statistics with economic applications. Elements of probability theory, sampling theory, statistical estimation, regression analysis, and hypothesis testing. It uses elementary econometrics and other applications of statistical tools to economic...

Incluye anexos estadísticos ; El propósito de este Documento de Trabajo es presentar una reconstrucción de los principales agregados monetarios para el período comprendido entre 1830, cuando se pusieron en circulación los primeros billetes bancarios modernos, y 1998, el año anterior a la...

Ziel dieser Arbeit ist es, ausgehend von der Marktsituation der deutschen Direktversicherungsunternehmen, eine Perspektive f?r den Absatz von Versicherungsprodukten ?ber das Internet zu entwickeln. Im Anschluss an die einf?hrenden ?berlegungen werden die technischen Grundlagen des Internets kurz...

IT ist zu einem unverzichtbaren Bestandteil von Unternehmen geworden. Jedoch besteht bei F?hrungskr?ften weiterhin Unsicherheit bzgl. der erforderlichen Aufwendungen f?r IT, dem daraus zu erwartenden Nutzen und letztlich zur generellen Wirkungsweise in Unternehmen. In der akademischen Diskussion...

The Comprehensive Australian Study of Entrepreneurial Emergence (CAUSEE) is a research programme that aims to uncover the factors that initiate, hinder and facilitate the process of emergence of new economic activities and organizations. It is widely acknowledged that entrepreneurship is one of...

OBJECTIVE: To examine trends in socio-economic differentials in all-cause mortality in Sydney over a 25-year period (1970-94). METHODS: Five measures of single indicators (two for occupation, two for education and one for income) and a composite measure of socio-economic disadvantage based on...

Abstract Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether the Australian equity market is informationally efficient in the semi-strong form with regard to interest rates and the exchange rate shocks during the period 1994-2006. Design/methodology/approach – There is evidence...

PURPOSE OF STUDY: This is the third of a 3-part series presenting 2 effective applications--acuity and dosage--that describe how the business case for case management (CM) can be made. In Part I, dosage and acuity concepts were explained as client need-severity, CM intervention-intensity, and CM...

PURPOSE: This is the second of a 3-part series presenting 2 effective applications-acuity and dosage-that describe how the business case for case management (CM) can be made. In Part I, dosage and acuity concepts were explained as client need-severity, CM intervention-intensity, and CM...

This paper surveys technological changes that affect the collection, organization, analysis and presentation of data. It considers changes or improvements that ought to influence the research process and direct the use of technology. It explores implications for graduate research training. The...