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A methodology of analysis and selection of Business Development Projects on a Regional Subcontinental Scale
García-Tabuenca, Antonio; Jorge, Justo De; Perondi, … - 2004
classification: Keywords: business development project, factor, cluster …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011319018
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Examination of high Q factor multilayer chip inductor applied magnetic flux path control technology
Shimura, Kazuhiro; Kono, Yasuyuki; Sato, Mitsuhide; Bu, … - In: Energy Reports 6 (2020) 2, pp. 491-496
Inductors used for power supplies can be miniaturized by increasing the frequency. However, as the frequency increases, the loss in the inductor increases, which hinders the improvement of efficiency. This study suggests a flux path control technology as a method for reducing inductor loss....
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Seeing inside the black box: Using diffusion index methodology to construct factor proxies in largescale macroeconomic time series environments
Armah, Nii Ayi; Swanson, Norman R. - 2011
surveying the extant literature on diffusion indexes. We then outline a number of approaches to the selection of factor proxies … approach to factor proxy selection is examined via a small Monte Carlo experiment, where evidence supporting our proposed … our main empirical findings is that our smoothed approaches to factor proxy selection appear to yield predictions that are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282831
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Diffusion index models and index proxies: Recent results and new directions
Armah, Nii Ayi; Swanson, Norman - 2011
Diffusion index models have received considerable attention from both theoreticians and empirical econometricians in recent years. One reason for this is that datasets with many variables are increasingly becoming available and being utilized for economic modelling, and another is that common...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282837
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Some variables are more worthy than others: New diffusion index evidence on the monitoring of key economic indicators
Armah, Nii Ayi; Swanson, Norman - 2011
factor proxies selected from amongst 132 macroeconomic and financial time series, using the diffusion index methodology of … Stock and Watson (2002a,b) and the factor proxy methodology of Bai and Ng (2006a,b) and Armah and Swanson (2010). The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282848
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Pure quantile portfolios on the Johannesburg stock exchange
Page, Daniel; McClelland, David E.; Auret, C. - In: Cogent Economics & Finance 11 (2023) 2, pp. 1-15
of optimisation to maintain target factor loading while minimising non-target factor exposures. We test this methodology …
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Lobbying of Firms by Voters
Dahm, Matthias; Dur, Robert; Glazer, Amihai - 2009
A firm may induce voters or elected politicians to support a policy it favors by suggesting that it is more likely to invest in a district whose voters or representatives support the policy. In equilibrium, no one vote may be decisive, and the policy may gain strong support though the majority...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325896
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Measuring Power And Satisfaction in Societies with Opinion Leaders: Dictator and Opinion Leader Properties
van den Brink, René; Rusinowska, Agnieszka; Steffen, Frank - 2009
A well known and established model in communication policy in sociology and marketing is that of opinion leadership. Opinion leaders are actors in a society who are able to affect the behavior of other members called followers. Hence, opinion leaders might have a considerable impact on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325902
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Measuring Power and Satisfaction in Societies with Opinion Leaders: An Axiomatization
van den Brink, Rene; Rusinowska, Agnieszka; Steffen, Frank - 2011
A well-known model in sociology and marketing is that of opinion leadership. Opinion leaders are actors who are able to affect the behavior of their followers. Hence, opinion leaders have some power over their followers, and they can exercise this power by influencing their followers choice of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325928
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Ranking Leading Econometrics Journals using Citations Data from ISI and RePEc
Chang, Chia-Lin; McAleer, Michael - 2013
value relative to others. The RAMs include the impact factor, mean citations and non-citations, journal policy, number of …-used RAM, the 2-year impact factor of a journal, can lead to a distorted evaluation of journal quality, impact and influence …
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