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Analysis of the Capital Structure of German Companies with the SSA and SVM
Pohlmann, Tim Fabien - 2007
This thesis presents and compares the performance of two recently developed classification methods namely the Spatial Stagewise Aggregation procedure and Support Vector Machines. Both techniques are convenient for the application to corporate bankruptcy analysis, in terms of calculation of...
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The Economics of Corporate Bankruptcy Law
Wohlschlegel, Ansgar - 2002
Apart from an extensive survey of the literature on the economics of corporate bankruptcy law, this thesis contains three own contributions: First, a model is presented where a firm's manager acquires some private information about whether a firm should be liquidated or stay in business....
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India's cement industry: Productivity, energy efficiency and carbon emissions
Schumacher, Katja; Sathaye, Jayant - 2008
Historical estimates of productivity growth in India's cement sector vary from indicating an improvement to a decline in the sector's productivity. The variance may be traced to the time period of study, source of data for analysis, and type of indices and econometric specifications used for...
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Case studies of the potential effects of carbon taxation on the stone, clay, and glass industry
Bock, M.J.; Boyd, G.A.; Rosenbaum, D.I.; Ross, M.H. - 2008
This case study focuses on the potential for a carbon tax ($25 and $100 per metric ton of carbon) to reduce energy use and associated carbon dioxide (CO[sub 2]) emissions in three subsectors of the stone, clay, and glass industry: hydraulic cement, glass and glass products, and other products. A...
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Case Study of the California Cement Industry
Coito, Fred; Powell, Frank; Worrell, Ernst; Price, Lynn; … - 2008
California is the largest cement producing state in theU.S., accounting for between 10 percent and 15 percent of U.S. cementproduction and cement industry employment. The cement industry inCalifornia consists of 31 sites that consume large amounts of energy,annually: 1,600 GWh of electricity, 22...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009436880
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Case studies of the potential effects of carbon taxation on the stone, clay, and glass industry
Bock, M.J.; Boyd, G.A.; Rosenbaum, D.I.; Ross, M.H. - 2008
This case study focuses on the potential for a carbon tax ($25 and $100 per metric ton of carbon) to reduce energy use and associated carbon dioxide (CO{sub 2}) emissions in three subsectors of the stone, clay, and glass industry: hydraulic cement, glass and glass products, and other products. A...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437162
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Einfluss von Overconfidence und Optimismus von Finanzvorständen auf ihre Kapitalstrukturentscheidungen
Kasch, Michael Georg - 2008
Kapitalstruktur wählen. Allerdings ist die Kapitalstrukturtheorie trotz intensiver Forschung über fast fünf Jahrzehnte immer noch … Manager im Detail dabei welchen Einfluss auf die Entscheidungen für die Kapitalstruktur haben, ist bisher allerdings empirisch … der Kapitalstruktur eine relevante Rolle spielen. Im Speziellen kann durch die Berücksichtigung der Overconfidence des …
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Three Essays on Structural Credit Risk Modelling
Zahariev, Radoslav - 2010
Kapitalstruktur, die dynamische Steuerung des Unternehmensrisikos und die nicht normale Verteilung der Firmenrendite. Im zweiten …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009471598
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The Twin Agency Problems in Corporate Finance - On the basis of Stulz's theory
Du, Juan - 2009
Financial globalization is an inherent feature of today’s economies. But the positive impact of financial globalization has been limited and some puzzling evidence has been found recently. To explain these puzzles, Stulz argued that finance is critically affected by Twin Agency Problems:...
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Determinants of capital structure for A-REITs
Chikolwa, Bwembya - 2009
Using panel data methodology, the determinants of capital structure in 34 Australia listed property trusts (A-REITs) are investigated for the period 2003-2008. Empirical results reveal that profitability, growth opportunity, and operational risk are negatively related to leverage while size is...
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