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Lessons from a small country in a financial crisis or Dr. Minsky and Mr. Ponzi in Iceland
Magnusson, Gylfi - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014306488
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The impact of climate on life satisfaction
Maddison, David; Rehdanz, Katrin - 2010
We analyse the influence of climate on average life satisfaction in 87 countries using data from the World Values … Survey. Climate is described in terms of 'degree-months' calculated using an optimally-selected base temperature of 65°F (18 … to analyse a particular climate change scenario associated with the IPCC A2 emissions scenario points to major losses for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285365
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Financial markets and economic growth in Poland : simulations with an econometric model
Wdowiński, Piotr - 2005
In this paper we present simulations of economic performance of the Polish economy based on a quarterly econometric model. The model consists of 22 stochastic equations, which link the financial market with the real economy. The purpose of the research is to present effects of changes to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277058
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Finance for growth: does a balanced financial structure matter?
Cuadro-Sáez, Lucía; García-Herrero, Alicia - 2007
In this paper we explore empirically a long-standing question in the literature on finance for growth, namely whether the financial structure -in terms of the size of the banking system relative to the capital market- matters for economic growth. We build upon the existing literature by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264897
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A Chinese renaissance in an unremittingly integrating global economy
Das, Dilip K. - In: CESifo Forum 09 (2008) 1, pp. 39-46
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Institutions and Economic Performance - To Grow or Not to Grow: Why Institutions Must Make a Difference
Gylfason, Thorvaldur - In: CESifo DICE Report 02 (2004) 2, pp. 3-9
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011696466
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Equilibrium asset prices and the wealth distribution with inattentive consumers
Finocchaiaro, Daria - 2010
This paper studies the effects of heterogeneity in planning propensity on wealth inequality and asset prices. I consider an economy populated by attentive and inattentive agents. Attentive agents plan their consumption period by period, while inattentive agents plan every other period....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320790
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Ethical vs. non-ethical - is there a difference? Analyzing performance of ethical and non-ethical investment fund
Lundberg, Linnéa; Novák, Jiří; Vikman, Maria - 2009
yields mixed results. This paper investigates the differences in risk profiles and realized returns between ethical and non … years of poor stock market performance, which indicates that systematic risk of ethical funds may be higher. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010322203
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Empirical risk factors in realized stock returns
Novák, Jiří; Petr, Dalibor - 2009
Measuring risk in the stock market context is one of the key challenges of modern finance. Despite of the substantial … significance of the topic to investors and market regulators, there is a controversy over what risk factors should be used to price … the assets or to determine the cost of capital. We empirically investigate the ability of several commonly proposed risk …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010322253
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Risk and expected returns of private equity investments: Evidence based on market prices
Jegadeesh, Narasimhan; Kräussl, Roman; Pollet, Joshua - 2010
We estimate the risk and expected returns of private equity investments based on the market prices of exchange traded …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010303749