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The empirical performance of macroeconomic exchange rate models is more than disappointing. This dismal result is also reflected in the forecasting capabilities of professional analysts: all in all, analysts are not in a position to beat naïve random walk forecasts. The root for this deficient...
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This study examined pre-service teachers' expertise, perceptions and integration of cloud applications in teaching of … study specified that pre-service teachers did not own sufficient expertise for effective integration of cloud applications … study revealed that there was no significant difference in participants' expertise in integrating cloud applications based …
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that could be applied to other videogames (e.g., general expertise skills). Such skills were related to the ability to … expertise specific abilities, which only experts in WoW have. Such abilities were related to building game descriptions that …
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Dota 2, a complex team based video game, was used to study expertise and attentional allocation in a multiplayer online … similar to expertise research findings from other domains. The qualitative and unique quantitative metrics that can be … gathered from complex games may provide insight into the development of expertise. …
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eSports is a rapidly growing phenomenon in competitive gaming. Expertise is an interesting topic to study in relation … expertise not only advances the understanding of what skills compose professional play but enables a deeper study of learning in … study examines expertise through the application of thematic analysis to a series of interviews with professional players of …
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, credible, and effective. This paper discusses how policy-making profits from scientific advice in areas where science and … inherent variability, because science is incomplete or controversial, or because data are inadequate to support a definitive … answer. First, we analyse the social context that characterises the relationship between science and policy-making, with a …
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In this paper, we study the roles of expertise and independence on governing boards in the context of education. In …
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to address whether business, technical expertise or political ties in the boardroom affect stakeholders’ opinion and …
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We find an inverted relation between a player's birthday and the likelihood of receiving the Ballon d'Or (awarded to the best football player in the world). We develop a multi-period skill formation model with selection into elite education. We show that those born late (underdogs) need to work...
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This paper studies experiments set in a corporate environment where a manager attempts to overcome a history of coordination failure by employees using either financial incentives or communication. I compare the choices of subject managers drawn from a standard undergraduate population with...
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