states, I will measure the degree to which Republicans control each state’s legislature. Then I will observe, in a …

-based methodology to defining market states and making asset allocation decisions with respect to both current and future state …, and covariance. The transitional dynamics of the derived states are modeled as a Markovian process. Asset weighting and …

markets (private practices) and states (public policies), pointing to the case of the European Union. …

the daily news. At the present time, they become an increasingly prevalent measure for disciplining states' unacceptable …

establishes relevant propositions keeping the family life cycle stages as a reference for the incidence of chronic consumer states … and their influence on compulsive consumption. Keywords—Chronic consumer states, complusive consumption, family life cycle …

share in almost all states between 2009 and 2014. Using state-level data, we show that BJP's extraordinary poll results …

practices of the states. Chapter 3 investigates the determinants of the configuration of one of the latest of such institutions … senate and the fractionalization of the lower house) have had a significant impact on the way states have chosen to configure … properly explained if we ignore the set of other institutions that exist in the states. We find that balanced budget …

Despite the relevance of geographical disparities in India, earnings inequality occurs mostly within states, but with a … inequality gaps between most populous states and India. Our results point to substantial compositional effects associated with …

determine an optimal number of states for the HMM. The selected four-state HMM is then used to predict monthly closing prices of …