Purpose – The purpose of this research is to investigate the degree to which trends and structural change may have altered crop insurance expected loss cost ratios across time. Because loss experience is used to set rates for the program, these changes can impact the premiums paid by producers...

Today world is facing more and more with different sources of pollution,the most affected areas being the proximity of the biggest industrial centers (chemistry, mining and metallurgy, machine building etc.). The industrial area of Baia Mare is a typical one for such a situation. To maintain a...

Our research paper scrutinizes the effect of incentives and organizational performance for the teachersworking in Pakistan universities. Incentives are categorized into two categories: financial and moral incentives which are independent variables. Organization performance consists of three...

This ecological study describes the cholera epidemic in Harare during 2008-2009 and identifies patterns that may explain transmission. Rates ratios of cholera cases by suburb were calculated by a univariate regression Poisson model and then, through an Empirical Bayes modelling, smoothed rate...

Many social scientists believe that dumping long lists of explanatory variables into linear regression, probit, logit, and other statistical equations will successfully “control†for the effects of auxiliary factors. Encouraged by convenient software and ever more powerful computing,...

Today world is facing more and more with different sources of pollution,the most affected areas being the proximity of the biggest industrial centers (chemistry, mining and metallurgy, machine building etc.). The industrial area of Baia Mare is a typical one for such a situation. To maintain a...

The regression model is used in order to obtain the parameters that correspond to the set of variable dependency analysis, formulated between variables, where the series of data are recorded in the statistical units of the population for a period or a moment, and for highlighting the dependence...

The quantity theory of money is one of the most important theoretical propositions in monetary economic theory. However, in recent days more and more economists contest its validity. In this article we will attempt to offer additional empirical support for the quantity theory of money. We argue...

This paper investigates the effects of microfinance on micro and small business growth in Nigeria. The objectives are: one, to examine the effects of different loan administration practices (in terms of loan size and tenor) on small business growth criteria. Second, to examine the ability of...

This paper provides a regression approach to estimate tail dependence measures. The estimates coincide with the non-parametric estimates following Extreme Value Theory. The approach can easily be extended to higher dimensional analysis. We provide an example on international stock markets.