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The fertility transition around the world - 1950-2005
Strulik, Holger; Vollmer, Sebastian - 2010
In this paper we analyze the distribution of fertility rates across the world using parametric mixture models. We … demonstrate the existence of twin peaks and the division of the world's countries in two distinct components: a high … continue to exists over the whole observation period. In 1950 about two thirds of the world's countries belonged to the high …
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The use of technical analysis by fund managers: International evidence
Menkhoff, Lukas - 2010
The use of technical analysis by financial market professionals is not well understood. This paper thus analyzes survey evidence from 692 fund managers in five countries, the vast majority of whom rely on technical analysis. At a forecasting horizon of weeks, technical analysis is the most...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270396
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Finanzkrise und Reformbedarf: Gutachten für den 68. Deutschen Juristentag
Hellwig, Martin - 2010
insolvency law. The latter two subjects are introduced in order to reduce the scope for submitting government to blackmail by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270448
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The pungent smell of 'red herrings': Subsoil assets, rents, volatility and the resource curse
van der Ploeg, Frederick; Poelhekke, Steven - 2010
exports are no longer significant while the value of subsoil assets has a significant positive effect on growth. But the World …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270478
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Why do foreign banks withdraw from other countries? A panel data analysis
Hryckiewicz, Aneta; Kowalewski, Oskar - 2010
This paper describes the trends in foreign bank ownership across the world and presents, for the first time, empirical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270480
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A panel data investigation of real exchange rate misalignment and growth
MacDonald, Ronald; Vieira, Flávio - 2010
The paper investigates the role of real exchange rate misalignment on long-run growth for a set of ninety countries using time series data from 1980 to 2004. We first estimate a panel data model (using fixed and random effects) for the real exchange rate, with different model specifications, in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270496
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School competition and students' entrepreneurial intention: International evidence using historical Catholic roots of private schooling
Falck, Oliver; Woessmann, Ludger - 2010
School choice research mostly focuses on academic outcomes. Policymakers increasingly view entrepreneurial traits as a non-cognitive outcome important for economic growth. We use international PISA-2006 student-level data to estimate the effect of private-school competition on students'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270498
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Determinants of constitutional change: Why do countries change their form of governments?
Hayo, Bernd; Voigt, Stefan - 2010
A country's form of government has important economic and political consequences, but the determinants that lead countries to choose either parliamentary or presidential systems are largely unexplored. This paper studies this choice by analyzing the factors that make countries switch from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270500
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Time-varying spot and futures oil price dynamics
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Ciferri, Davide; Girardi, … - 2010
We investigate the role of crude oil spot and futures prices in the process of price discovery by using a cost-of-carry model with an endogenous convenience yield and daily data over the period from January 1990 to December 2008. We provide evidence that futures markets play a more important...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270503
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Family location and caregiving patterns from an international perspective
Rainer, Helmut; Siedler, Thomas - 2010
This paper conducts a cross-national econometric analysis of intra-family location and caregiving patterns. First, we assess, from an international perspective, the relationship between family structure and the geographic proximity between adult children and their parents. We then examine...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270511