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Forecasting aggregate productivity using information from firm-level data
Bartelsman, Eric J.; Wolf, Zoltán - 2009
forecasts of macro-level productivity growth. The paper employs current research methods on estimating firm-level productivity …
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Forecasting Aggregate Productivity Using Information from Firm-Level Data
Bartelsman, Eric J. - 2017
forecasts of macro-level productivity growth. The paper employs current research methods on estimating firm-level productivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012976846
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Using Natural Language Processing Techniques for Stock Return Predictions
Chew, Ming - 2020
Our Applied Finance Project aims to develop a framework to determine if financial news headlines have meaningful impact on stock prices. This framework is a novel structure that primarily leverages on existing Natural Language Processing, including Name Entity Recognition, and Global Vector for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012854483
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When Will Autonomous Ships Arrive? A Technology Forecasting Perspective
Kooij, Carmen; Colling, Alina; Benson, Christopher - 2018
Autonomous ships have received significant attention in recent years. However, they are not yet widely adopted in the maritime industry yet. A wide range of predictions have been made about when the technological change will occur. This paper analyses technologies that are critical to autonomous...
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Technological Interdependencies Predict Innovation Dynamics
Pichler, Anton; Lafond, Francois; Farmer, J. Doyne - 2020
We propose a simple model where the innovation rate of a technological domain depends on the innovation rate of the technological domains it relies on. Using data on US patents from 1836 to 2017, we make out-of-sample predictions and fond that the predictability of innovation rates can be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014101485
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Lawrence R. Klein’s Principles in Modeling and Contributions in Nowcasting, Real-Time Forecasting, and Machine Learning
Mariano, Roberto S.; Ozmucur, Suleyman - 2020
Lawrence R. Klein (September 14, 1920 – October 20, 2013), Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences in 1980, was one of the leading figures in macro-econometric modeling. Although his contributions to forecasting using simultaneous equations macro models were very well known, his contributions to...
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Improving profitability forecasts with information on earnings quality
Demmer, Matthias - 2015
Prior literature documents the usefulness of the DuPont disaggregation for predicting firms future profitability, operating income, and stock market returns. In addition, research also emphasizes the importance of earnings quality information. However, there is a lack of research examining how...
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Understanding the determinants of analyst target price implied returns
Dechow, Patricia M.; You, Haifeng - In: The accounting review : a publication of the American … 95 (2020) 6, pp. 125-149
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Sales forecasting in the context of seasonal activities and company sustainable growth
Stancu, Ion; Stancu, Dumitra; Dumitrescu, Dalina; … - In: Amfiteatru economic : an economic and business research … 17 (2015) 40, pp. 1054-1067
, using the percentage to sales method. Sales growth rates are afterwards analysed in the context of ensuring a sustainable … and self-financed growth. We focus on establishing the forecasted fi nancial structure of the external financial … in the context of total internal funding of the company economic growth, from reinvested profit. …
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Can a standardized aptitude test predict training success of apprentices? : evidence from a case study in Switzerland
Siegenthaler, Michael - 2011
From a theoretical perspective, the output gap is probably the most comprehensive and convincing concept to describe the cyclical position of an economy. Unfortunately, for practical purposes, the concept depends on the determination of potential output, which is an inherently unobservable...
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