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Modelo de selección de riesgo, aplicado al otorgamiento de microcrédito en un intermediario financiero de crédito colombiano, apoyado en redes neuronales artificiales

Miller, Ariza; Wilson, Barón; Nélson, Obregón; … - In: Atlantic review of economics 1 (2012)

This article aims to identify the most relevant variables that allow through a neural network model (RNA), with supervised learning, in a kind of error correction and feedforward perceptron multilayer architecture to achieve the best predictors of low risk, in the process of microcredit....

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The relationship between savings and economic growth in countries with different level of economic development

Misztal, Piotr - In: E-Finanse : finansowy kwartalnik internetowy 7 (2011) 2, pp. 17-29

The aim of this paper is to analyze the cause and effect relationship between economic growth and savings in advanced economies and in emerging and developing countries2. In this work we used the method based on studies in macroeconomics and international finance as well as econometric methods...

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Behavioral biases in economic and financial knowledge : are they the same for men and women?

Kudryavtsev, Andrey; Cohen, Gil - In: Advances in management & applied economics 1 (2011) 1, pp. 15-52

Contemporary research documents various psychological aspects of economic thought and decision-making. The main goal of our study is to analyze the role of the hindsight bias (Fischhoff [20]) and the anchoring bias (Tversky and Kahneman [53]) in perceiving economic and financial information,...

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Does increased price competition reduce entry of new pharmaceutical products?

Granlund, David; Rudholm, Niklas - In: Advances in management & applied economics 1 (2011) 1, pp. 1-14

In October 2002, a substitution reform was introduced in the Swedish pharmaceuticals market. In this paper, the effects of increased price competition due to the reform on the entry of new pharmaceutical products were studied. The results show that the reform did affect the entry behavior of...

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Wenn sich Warten lohnt : der Effekt von Unsicherheit auf Investitionsentscheidungen

Viefers, Paul - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 80 (2013) 4, pp. 11-16

economists what they saw as the main reason for the slow recovery of the labor market. The most common response was "uncertainty … by DIW Berlin on the basis of behavioral experiments examines the effect of uncertainty on the investment behavior of … individuals. The analysis suggests that the reaction of individuals or households to even slight uncertainty is one of caution …

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Disclosure of medical information in health insurance

Rahkovsky, Ilya - In: Advances in management & applied economics 3 (2013) 1, pp. 183-205

Disclosure of private medical information allows insurance companies to better predict medical expenditures. The premiums the companies charge the insured employees reflect these expenditures. This paper studies incentives of employees to disclose their medical information. I find that healthier...

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The exchange of knowledge : a case study

Felice, Annunziata de; Matucci, Isabella; Schirone, Dario A. - In: Advances in management & applied economics 3 (2013) 2, pp. 67-82

The Brundtland Report (1987) is the first formalization of the relationship between development and environment: "Development is sustainable if it meets the needs of present generations without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." In the sixties and seventies,...

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