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Buchanan-Kooperation und internationale öffentliche Güter

Rundshagen, Bianca; Zimmermann, Klaus W. - 2009

Das Buchanan-Kooperationsmodell der voluntary provision of public goods wird in diesem Beitrag formalisiert und auf den Fall eines reichen und eines armen Akteurs angewandt. Hinsichtlich der Nutzenfunktionen der Akteure werden zwei unterschiedliche Szenarienanalysiert: Während im...

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Are momentum traders different? Implications for the momentum puzzle

Menkhoff, Lukas - 2010

This paper examines the puzzlingly high unexploited momentum returns from a new perspective. We analyze characteristics of momentum traders in a sample of 692 fund managers. We find that momentum traders are 'defined' by their short-term horizon, by a behavioural view on the market and by a...

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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...

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Finanzkrise und Reformbedarf: Gutachten für den 68. Deutschen Juristentag

Hellwig, Martin - 2010

The report provides an analysis of the financial crisis of 2007/2008 and draws some conclusions about the need for regulatory reform. The analysis ascribes the crisis not only to problems in subprime mortgage lending and securitization, but also to excessive maturity transformation and...

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Do natural resources depress income per capita?

Arezki, Rabah; van der Ploeg, Frederick - 2010

Most evidence for the resource curse comes from cross-country growth regressions suffers from a bias originating from the high and ever-evolving volatility in commodity prices. This paper addresses these issues by providing new cross-country empirical evidence for the effect of resources in...

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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 …

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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 …

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Natural resources: Curse or blessing?

van der Ploeg, Frederick - 2010

Are natural resources a 'curse' or a 'blessing'? The empirical evidence suggests either outcome is possible. The paper surveys a variety of hypotheses and supporting evidence for why some countries benefit and others lose from the presence of natural resources. These include that a resource...

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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...

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