This study examines the long-run relationship between government expenditures and revenues series for Romania. The available quarterly data for these variables covers 1995 - 2007 period. Due to the large economic turbulences in 2008 and 2009 the database will not consider these years. After...

In this paper, using the MCMC method, we derive the conditional distribution of "mean variance" variable. This random variable appears in the option pricing problem under the stochastic volatility assumption. Two real data sets are considered. -- conditional distribution ; equity returns ; MCMC...

The subject of interrelationship that exists between foreign direct investment (FDI) and standard of living has been an issue of both theoretical and empirical investigations. This study, thus examined the relationship between foreign direct investment and standard of living measured by per...

Cost plays a prominent decision making role in the life of an individual and organisation because it is a central focus of daily financial activities. In any financial engagement, usually for a reward, the costs that are incidental to the engagement could be broadly analysed into material,...

Introduction: Common approaches in cost-effectiveness analyses do not adjust for confounders. In nonrandomized studies this can result in biased results. Parametric models such as regression models are commonly applied to adjust for confounding, but there are several issues which need to be...