PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION [PDF]
This chapter discusses methods and techniques for measuring and evaluating performance for the purpose of controlling the investment process. However, many of the methods discussed in this chapter are also used in communicating investment performance ...
Plantinga, Auke
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Abstract Providing replication code is an inexpensive way to facilitate reproducibility. However, little is known about the extent of replication code provision. Therefore, we examine the availability of replication code for over 2500 peer‐reviewed articles based on the German Socio‐Economic Panel (SOEP), one of the most widely used datasets in ...
Lukas Fink, Jan Marcus
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Entropy-Augmented Forecasting and Portfolio Construction at the Industry-Group Level: A Causal Machine-Learning Approach Using Gradient-Boosted Decision Trees. [PDF]
Cohen G, Aiche A, Eichel R.
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Does nature shape risk preferences? Evidence from Chile, Norway, and Tanzania
Abstract Does exposure to a more risky environment affect risk preferences? Going beyond single‐case study evidence, we report results from five surveys conducted in three countries and link this with administrative data to study whether a link between exposure and preferences is detectable and widespread. We find no evidence for endogenous preferences
Florian Diekert, Robbert‐Jan Schaap
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Transcatheter mitral valve repair: a paradigm shift in mitral regurgitation treatment. [PDF]
Fatima F +6 more
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Spanish stock returns, growth, and inflation, 1900–2020
Abstract This paper studies equity returns in the Madrid Stock Exchange and their connections with the macroeconomy from the emergence of a stock market around 1900 to its ‘big bang’ at the turn of the twenty‐first century. Using high‐quality data from primary sources and the methodology of the modern IBEX35 (published since 1987), we constructed an ...
Stefano Battilossi +2 more
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Factors Influencing Internal Medicine Resident Beta-Blocker Discontinuation in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure. [PDF]
Boctor D +5 more
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Does Risk Seeking Drive Asset Prices? A stochastic dominance analysis of aggregate investor preferences [PDF]
We investigate whether risk seeking or non-concave utility functions can help to explainthe cross-sectional pattern of stock returns. For this purpose, we analyze the stochasticdominance efficiency classification of the value-weighted market portfolio ...
Levy, H., Post, G.T.
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Life‐cycle living standards of male‐headed households: Evidence from Stockholm, 1800–80
Abstract Recent research in economic history argues for using a household life cycle standard‐of‐living approach that includes the income and expenses of all household members and considers fluctuations in the household over the life course. This study builds on that approach by empirically examining the development of living standards in male‐headed ...
Anton Svensson
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Speculation in the United Kingdom, 1785‒2019
Abstract Speculation has long been thought to have significant economic effects, but it is difficult to measure, making it challenging to examine these effects empirically. In this paper we measure speculation in the United Kingdom since 1785 by using business and financial reporting in The Times newspaper.
William Quinn +2 more
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