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On the Use of Subjective Well-Being Data for Environmental Valuation
Moro, Mirko; Ferreira, Susana - 2009
This paper explores the potential of using subjective well-being (SWB) data to valueenvironmental attributes. A theoretical framework compares this method, also known as the lifesatisfaction approach, with the standard hedonic pricing approach, identifying their similarities and differences. As...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009465958
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Fairly satisfied : economic equality, wealth and satisfaction
O'Connell, Michael F. - 2004
Research appears to demonstrate that economic variables are only marginally predictive of levels of social satisfaction …. It was hypothesised that a greater association might be found between satisfaction and equality of income distribution … rather than between satisfaction and size of income. The interrelationship between wealth (GDPpc), equality of income and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475682
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Which Came First, IT or Productivity? The Virtuous Cycle of Investmentand Use in Enterprise Systems
Aral, Sinan; Brynjolfsson, Erik; Wu, D.J. - 2008
. Our work suggests replacing“either-or” views of causality with a positive feedback loopconceptualization in which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435044
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The Use of Object-Oriented Analysis Methods in Surety Analysis
Craft, Richard L.; Funkhouser, Donald R.; Wyss, Gregory D. - 2008
causality and behavior of a system in a common object-oriented analysis model, surety analysts can make the assumptions that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009436205
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Adaptive Dynamic Bayesian Networks
Ng, B M - 2008
nodes representing random variables and directed edges indicating causality between variables. Each node has a probability …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009436882
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Modeling Purposeful Adaptive Behavior with the Principle of Maximum Causal Entropy
Ziebart, Brian D. - 2010
Predicting human behavior from a small amount of training examples is a challenging machine learning problem. In this thesis, we introduce the principle of maximum causal entropy, a general technique for applying information theory to decision-theoretic, game-theoretic, and control settings...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441102
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Derivative markets and economic growth: Is there a relationship?
Baluch, A.; Ariff, Mohamed - 2007
The spread of capital markets during the half century to-date is a notable global phenomenon in economic development. Derivative markets spread globally in the last quarter century spreading form just two to some 50 in 2007. But the role of derivative markets to economic development has yet been...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441773
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Was financial market contagion the source of economic crisis in Asia? Evidence using a multivariate VAR model
Khalid, Ahmed M; Kawai, Masahiro - 2003
different countries within the Asian region using the Granger causality. The empirical evidence, in this paper, does not find …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441798
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The Demand For Wet Fish in Great Britain
Burton, Michael - 1992
preferences. This would suggest that more attention should be paid to the directionof causality in markets when undertaking formal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444647
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Investigating linkages between economic growth, energy consumption and pollutant emissions in Tunisia
Chebbi, Houssem Eddine - 2009
properties of the series and error-correction terms were considered to test for the direction of Granger causality ….The short-run analysis, provide support for causality running from CO2 emissions growth to output growth, both in the short …-run.In addition, the results show strong evidence of causality running from output growth to energy consumption in the short-run and …
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