In this paper, a nonparametric kernel prediction algorithm in machine learning is applied to predict CO2 emissions. A literature review has been conducted so that proper independent variables can be identified.
Ning Ma +3 more
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What determines Venture Capital investment decisions? Evidence from the emerging VC market in Egypt
The decision of a venture capitalist to commit capital in a new risky business is a complex decision. Investors need to consider a number of important criteria simultaneously.
Elsayeda A. Ismail, Mona I Medhat
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Establishment of a Non-Linear Financial Network Based on its Typological Characteristics Based on Graph Theory (A Study in Tehran Stock Exchange) [PDF]
The purpose of this study is to introduce a financial network based on non-linear relationships between stocks to optimize the portfolio of investors,identify the leaders of the Iranian stock market using centrality criteria and finally ...
Majid Montasheri, Hojjatollah Sadeqi
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Grey Wolf Optimization Evolving Kernel Extreme Learning Machine: Application to Bankruptcy Prediction [PDF]
Objective: In the present era, businesses have developed to a large extent which has, in turn, forced them to manage their resources and expenditures wisely for the sake of competition.
Tohid Gholizadeh salteh +2 more
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Sunrise Presentations: A Study in Valuing and Divesting a Small Business
Sarah Barnett has decided to go back to school to earn an MBA. For several years she has run a graphic design business. Sarah has unexpectedly been accepted into the MBA program with a scholarship a year earlier than she planned.
Cyndi Barrus +3 more
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Financial Intermediation, lender equity and project finance debt mandates
We study market reactions to mining developers announcing project finance debt mandates. We document a significant mean (median) 3-day abnormal return of 4.3% (2.77%), consistent with information transfer from private lenders to equityholders.
Altansukh, Lkhagvajav +2 more
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Real Earnings Management and Quality of Corporate Governance: A Meta-Regression Analysis
The goal of this study is to meta-analyse the results of 146 primary research studies examining how three categories of corporate governance – ownership structure (OS), gatekeepers (G), and management characteristics (MC) – affect real earnings ...
Bartosz Kabaciński +5 more
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Advocates of Islamic finance claim that it contributes to the development of the real economy, rather than focusing on growth in financial assets by selling money to earn money, but no empirical evidence has been produced to support that view. Therefore,
Hasan Kazak +3 more
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Implementation of Organizational Risk Management; Identification, Analysis, and Evaluation (Case Study: Active Financial Institution in Iranian Capital Market) [PDF]
Objectives: Recently, the area of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) has received considerable attention both from the academic and professional communities. The empirical evidence seems to support the enabling role of the ERM in improving firms’ operating
Abolhassan Jalilvand +3 more
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Crises and Contagion in Equity Portfolios
We examine the international impact of recent financial crises on contagion dynamics within international equity portfolios. First, we highlight the importance of macroeconomics for portfolio weighting for each region, and then we examine contagion via a
Christos Floros +2 more
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