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Environment, energy, and economic performance
Oberndorfer, Ulrich - 2009
Energiemarkt identifiziert. Weiterhin die belegt Arbeit die Relevanz von Ölpreisschocks für die Arbeitslosigkeit in Deutschland. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009461012
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Risk management in the German electricity market : the case of power-trading utility companies
Wittenberg, Stefan - 2010
Modern societies are facing energy and environmental challenges. In a framework of climate change, escalating global energy consumption, declining fossil sources and uncertainties regarding future supply, one key question of the 21st century is how to secure a clean and efficient power...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009461027
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Seasonal factors and outlier effects in rate of return on electricity spot prices in Australia's National Electricity Market
Thomas, S; Bora Ramiah, V; Mitchell, H; Heaney, R - 2011
This article documents seasonal patterns and other characteristics of electricity spot prices in the Australian National Electricity Market (NEM), over a 7-year sample period. The goal is to investigate more specifically the influence of seasonalities and outliers noted in the body of literature...
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Analytical and approximate variance of total project cost
Skitmore, Martin; Ng, S. Thomas - 2002
The statistical variance of total project cost is usually estimated by means of Monte Carlo simulation on the assumption that exact analytic approaches are too difficult. This paper tests that assumption and shows that, contrary to expectations, the analytic solution is relatively...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437452
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An Insurance Approach to Risk Management in the Ethanol Industry
Paulson, Nicholas D.; Babcock, Bruce A.; Hart, Chad E.; … - 2008
The vast majority of crop and revenue insurance policies sold in the United States are single-crop policies that insure against low yields or revenues for each crop grown on the farm. But, increasingly, producer income is based more on the value of crops that have been converted into a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009445759
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International market segmentation, and the CME Quanto Nikkei Future
Carverhill, Andrew; Schramm, Ronald - 2000
for the returns to the Vanilla contract, translated into dollars, and the dollar/Yen returns. This correlation is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009472320
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UAB "DnB NORD investicijų valdymas" investicinių fondų rezultatų vertinimas ir prognozavimas
Barškėtienė, Toma - 2011
Finansų rinkų magistro baigiamojo darbo tema yra aktuali, kadangi Lietuvoje investiciniai fondai pradėjo savo veiklą tik 2003 m., kuomet LR Seimas priėmė kolektyvinio investavimo subjektų įstatymą. Investuotojų patirtis šioje srityje yra ganėtinai trumpa, gyventojų baimę investuoti...
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Testing procedures for detection of linear dependencies in efficiency models
Peyrache, A.; Coelli, T. - 2009
The validity of many efficiency measurement methods rely upon the assumption that variables such as input quantities and output mixes are independent of (or uncorrelated with) technical efficiency, however few studies have attempted to test these assumptions. In a recent paper, Wilson (2003)...
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Asymmetric Dependence Structures
Anthony Hatherley - 2009
, captured by the correlation matrix, and a higher order component. When these higher order terms are characterised by increased … correlation in bear or bull markets, the effectiveness of diversification strategies is reduced. To the extent that an investor is … that the joint return distribution may be described by an infinite number of higher order co-moments. Correlation (and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009448767
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Productivity measurement and its relationship to quality in a South African Minting Company
Mtotywa, Matolwandile Mzuvukile - 2007
labour, but not for energy. The metal volatility is the underlying cause ofthe price variation. Labour variation was a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009457785