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Data sets from car insurance companies often have a high-dimensional complex dependency structure. The use of classical statistical methods such as generalized linear models or Tweedie?s compound Poisson model can yield problems in this case. Christmann (2004) proposed a general approach to...
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Nowcasting has been a challenge in the recent economic crisis. We introduce the Toll Index, a new monthly indicator for business cycle forecasting and demonstrate its relevance using German data. The index measures the monthly transportation activity performed by heavy transport vehicles across...
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Stock picking is the field of financial analysis that is of particular interest for many professional investors and researchers. In this study stock picking is implemented via binary classification trees. Optimal tree size is believed to be the crucial factor in forecasting performance of the...
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When evaluating the significance of calendar effects, such as those associated with Monday and January, it is necessary to control for all possible calendar effects to avoid spurious results. The downside of having to control for a large number of possible calendar effects is that it diminish...
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policies discussed by the recent patent-design literature can influence R&D in the endogenous-growth framework, where the role … of the patent-design literature. In a general-equilibrium model, both incentives to innovate and monopoly distortions …
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This paper explores the contribution of design activities on product market performance of Belgian companies. While … there is mounting evidence that design can be seen as a strategic tool to successfully spur sales of new product … developments at the firm level, the topic of design innovation has not been linked to the open innovation concept yet. In this …
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structure and design is followed by an explanation of its implementation. Afterwards, the study will focus on the results, which … are characterized by the analysis of individual design specifications, as well as the importance of each element analyzed … silver surfer’s evaluation is influenced by every single design element of a web shop. …
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marketing or public sector marketing), support to morality, and physical configuration of public spaces (design). It is …
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We propose a method to estimate the capitalized value of the architectural design quality of a neighbourhood. Our … economic design premium is identified by spatially differentiating property prices and design quality within neighbourhoods and …
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purpose of this study to review the design and implementation of the PCIC's insurance programs. Key informant interviews and …
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