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The Use of Quantile Methods in Economic History [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2021
Quantile regression and quantile treatment effect methods are powerful econometric tools for considering economic impacts of events or variables of interest beyond the mean. The use of quantile methods allows for an examination of impacts of some independent variable over the entire distribution of continuous dependent variables.
arxiv  

Does national sporting performance affect stock market returns in South Africa?

open access: yesJournal of Economic and Financial Sciences, 2013
This study explores whether South African national sporting performance can influence investors in such a way that it has the ability to impact on market returns.
Ferdi Botha, Carl de Beer
doaj   +1 more source

Natural Resource Potential as a Factor in the Formation of the Region’s Natural-Economic System [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2020
The need to deepen theoretical research on the reproduction of regional natural-economic systems, the mechanism of their economic transformation and the development of methodological foundations for further improving the development of the region is one ...
Amirova Naylya   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Idaho Blacks: Quiet Economic Triumph of Enduring Champions [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2023
As the United States is witnessing elevated racial differences pertaining to economic disparities, we have found a unique example contrary to the traditional narrative. Idaho is the only US state where Blacks earn more than Whites and all other races. In this paper, we examine how Idaho Blacks might have achieved economic success and, more importantly,
arxiv  

Amartya Kumar Sen’s ethical interpretation of poverty

open access: yesAnnales Etyka w Życiu Gospodarczym, 2017
On the threshold of the 21st century, the problem of poverty remains unresolved. Many still suffer from hunger, and many more have no access to running water, or education.
Damian Szymczak
doaj   +1 more source

Reinforcement Learning for Economic Policy: A New Frontier? [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2022
Agent-based computational economics is a field with a rich academic history, yet one which has struggled to enter mainstream policy design toolboxes, plagued by the challenges associated with representing a complex and dynamic reality. The field of Reinforcement Learning (RL), too, has a rich history, and has recently been at the centre of several ...
arxiv  

The Experiment in the History of Economics [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
List of Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Experimental Economic Games 2. The Allais Paradox and its Immediate Consequences For Expected Utility Theory 3. Experimentation, General Equilibrium and Games 4. Thought - and Performed Experiments in Hayek and Morgenstern 5. Social Comptabilism and Pure Credit Systems 6.
Fontaine, Philippe, Leonard, Robert
openaire   +5 more sources

The Twentieth-Century Urals Economy in Historical Perspective [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The article discusses major works on economic history published by Urals scholars over the past few decades and outlines the main stages of their research development.
Guanshan, Ch.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Determinants of fuel prices: dominant firms, local monopolies and ‘captive’ demand

open access: yesRegional Studies, Regional Science, 2020
This paper analyses the effect on retail fuel prices of factors such as belonging to dominant firms, the position of a local monopoly or oligopoly, and service station location. We study the effect of belonging to the dominant firms in the market, Repsol
Luis Ángel Hierro-Recio   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Remarks on the genesis of UNRRA. Negotiations between the Great Powers and selected treaty provisions

open access: yesAnnales Etyka w Życiu Gospodarczym, 2017
As a conceptual framework, UNRRA referred to one of the four freedoms (freedom from want) mentioned by Franklin D. Roosevelt in a speech given in Congress on January 6, 1946.
Kamil Kowalski
doaj   +1 more source

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