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Unintended consequences: Russian, Chinese and US perceptions of the hiring decision
Peppas, Spero C.; Yu, Tyler T.; Peppas, Stephanie R.; … - In: International Journal of Economics and Business Research 3 (2011) 6, pp. 609-622
may be unwittingly contributing to bias in personnel selection and creating unequal opportunities for themselves. This … study compares the attitudes of university students in China, Russia and the USA to determine whether culture …
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An artificial intelligence approach to portfolio selection and management
Abdelazim, Hazem Y.; Wahba, Khaled - In: International Journal of Financial Services Management 1 (2006) 2/3, pp. 243-254
. Modern portfolio theory and Markowitz efficient frontier start with a set of assets (securities) and generate an optimal …
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Bayesian portfolio selection under a multifactor asset return model with predictive model selection
Ando, Tomohiro - In: Global Business and Economics Review 14 (2012) 1/2, pp. 77-101
This paper addresses the problem of portfolio selection under a multifactor asset return model, using Bayesian analysis to deal with uncertainties in parameter estimation and model specification. These sources of error are ignored in the classical mean-variance method. We apply two approaches:...
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Dimensional analysis of real estate portfolio selection methods
Strang, Kenneth David - In: Global Business and Economics Review 16 (2014) 3, pp. 269-295
from a random sample of licensed real property project managers in the USA. A concurrent embedded mixed-method research …
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Selection of stock markets: a factor analysis approach
Hui, Tak Kee; Tsui, Kai Chong; Chua, David - In: International Journal of Applied Management Science 2 (2010) 2, pp. 136-151
This study uses factor analysis to simplify the complex relationships among stock markets and to reduce the number of markets required for portfolio construction. Our sample consists of the US and 11 Asia-Pacific stock markets. We find that the reduced portfolio obtained from factor analysis has...
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Editor’s Overview
Sharpe, Andrew - In: International Productivity Monitor 12 (2006) Spring, pp. 1-4
This twelth issue of the International Productivity Monitor, published by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards, differs from past issues. Five of the six articles address one topic, namely the impact of the Boskin Commission after one decade on price measurement. A final article...
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The Boskin Commission Report: A Retrospective One Decade Later
Gordon, Robert J. - In: International Productivity Monitor 12 (2006) Spring, pp. 7-22
research on related issues. Based on recent research, the author suggest that the bias estimate for 1995-96 should have been 1 ….2 to 1.3 percentage points, not 1.1 points. He estimates that the upward bias in the CPI has declined from the revised 1 …. Allowing for these, he concludes that the current upward bias in the US CPI is at least 1.0 percentage points per year. …
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The BLS Response to the Boskin Commission Report
Greenlees, John S. - In: International Productivity Monitor 12 (2006) Spring, pp. 23-41
upward CPI bias, and discusses how these results eventually lead to the appointment of the Boskin Commission in 1995. He also … corresponding to the categories of bias identified by the Commission: upper and lower level substitution bias, quality change and … new products,and outlet bias. These changes included the introduction of a chained CPI (CCPI-U), the introduction of more …
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The Boskin Commission Report After a Decade
Triplett, Jack E. - In: International Productivity Monitor 12 (2006) Spring, pp. 24-60
its widely cited 1.1 percentage points CPI bias figure. The author also argues that the Commission ignored the possibility … that quality improvements could actually produce a net downward bias to CPI components because the implicit quality …
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Policy Implications of the Boskin Commission Report
Baily, Martin Neil - In: International Productivity Monitor 12 (2006) Spring, pp. 74-83
The author supports the type of the back-of-the-envelope calculations of CPI bias that the Commission used so …
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