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. Modern portfolio theory and Markowitz efficient frontier start with a set of assets (securities) and generate an optimal …
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the estimation. This study compares four advanced estimation methods for uninsurance by using Florida Health Insurance …
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Firm-level fixed investment expenses are analysed using a large panel of US manufacturing firms from 1971 to 2007. Integrating the user cost of capital, q and accelerator theories of investment to one econometric specification, we estimate the impacts of sales growth, cash flow, the cost of...
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are, according to the discount dividend model, annual earnings and, according to Q-theory, net worth. In December 2002 …
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The paper analyses the impact of the labour costs and import costs on the prices of final goods in the USA during the … determinant in the go through channel affecting the prices of final goods and services and inflation in the USA. I test several … prices. The analysis shows that lagged variables increase the overall fit of the estimation. The contribution of my paper is …
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Normally the yield curve has an upward slope and is slightly convex. There are times when the curve becomes flat or slopes downward, which signals an approaching economic slowdown soon. Although simple, the yield curve has often been more successful at predicting recession than larger and/or...
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) claims to follow and expresses some serious doubt that econometrics in particular can make economics a hard science …
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Using monthly data for a set of variables, we examine the out-of-sample performance of various variance/covariance models and find that no model has consistently outperformed the others. We also show that it is possible to increase the probability mass toward the tails and to match reasonably...
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The paper proposes an algorithm that uses forecast encompassing tests for combining forecasts. The algorithm excludes a forecast from the combination if it is encompassed by another forecast. To assess the usefulness of this approach, an extensive empirical analysis is undertaken using a U.S....
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