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Behavioural portfolio formation using mental accounting in emerging markets: the case of Saudi Arabia
Essayyad, Musa; Desai, Khalid - In: International Journal of Monetary Economics and Finance 1 (2008) 3, pp. 263-283
This paper aims to test whether investors in Saudi Arabia build their portfolios in a layer-by-layer form, considering them as a pyramid of assets as described by Shefrin and Statman (2000), and to investigate whether investors diversify their investments based on their aspirations. We use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005753761
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Behavioural portfolio formation using mental accounting in emerging markets: the case of Saudi Arabia
Essayyad, Musa; Desai, Khalid - In: International Journal of Monetary Economics and Finance 1 (2008) 3, pp. 263-283
This paper aims to test whether investors in Saudi Arabia build their portfolios in a layer-by-layer form, considering them as a pyramid of assets as described by Shefrin and Statman (2000), and to investigate whether investors diversify their investments based on their aspirations. We use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008538691
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Integrating uncertainty in time series population forecasts: An illustration using a simple projection model
Abel, Guy J.; Bijak, Jakub; Forster, Jonathan J.; … - In: Demographic Research 29 (2013) 43, pp. 1187-1226
uncertainty. The focus is on a simple projection model with the historical data representing population change in England and … Wales from 1841 to 2007. The Bayesian forecasts to the year 2033 are compared to those produced using classical methods. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010851063
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Drug reimbursement recommendations by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence: Have they impacted the National Health Service budget?
Mauskopf, Josephine; Chirila, Costel; Birt, Julie; … - In: Health Policy 110 (2013) 1, pp. 49-59
Determine whether reimbursement restrictions recommended by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) have impacted the United Kingdom (UK) National Health Service (NHS) budget.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010636235
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The internal migration propensities and net migration patterns of ethnic groups in Britain
Stillwell, John; Hussain, Serena; Norman, Paul - In: Migration Letters 5 (2008) 2, pp. 135-150
Internal migration propensities of ethnic groups are examined using three types of census data. Special Migration Statistics show variation in aggregate propensities whereas commissioned age-specific flow data indicate age variations by ethnic group. Micro data from Samples of Anonyms Records...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005001152
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Is Regional Centralism Inevitable? The Case of the Welsh Assembly
Laffin, Martin - In: Regional Studies 38 (2004) 2, pp. 213-223
regional level co-exist with strong local governments? The case of Wales indicates that regional centralism is not inevitable …
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England and Wales: Stable fertility and pronounced social status differences
Sigle-Rushton, Wendy - In: Demographic Research 19 (2008) 15, pp. 455-502
For nearly three decades, the total fertility rate in England and Wales has remained high relative to other European …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700025
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Estimates of mortality and population changes in England and Wales over the two World Wars
Jdanov, Dmitri A.; Andreev, Evgeny M.; Jasilionis, Domantas - In: Demographic Research 13 (2005) 16, pp. 389-414
Almost one million soldiers from England and Wales died during the First and Second World War whilst serving in the … statistics on England and Wales have provided continuous series on the civilian population, including mortality and fertility …, using various shapes of the input data. This enables us to arrive at detailed estimates of war-related losses in England and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700072
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England and Wales: stable fertility and pronounced social status differences
Sigle-Rushton, Wendy - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2008
For nearly three decades, the total fertility rate in England and Wales has remained high relative to other European …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745633
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Economic growth and health progress in England and Wales: 160 years of a changing relation
Tapia Granados, José A. - In: Social Science & Medicine 74 (2012) 5, pp. 688-695
Using data for England and Wales during the years 1840–2000, a negative relation is found between economic growth … expansions. The investigation also shows how the relation between economic growth and health progress changed in England and … Wales during the study period. No evidence of cointegration between income – as indexed by GDP or GDP per capita – and …
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