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Integal futures based on the paradigm approach [PDF]
The study discusses the interpretation of integral futures in the context of paradigm. The dynamic matrix model of futures paradigm has been developed for carrying out meta-analysis of futures.
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AbstractThis paper articulates in formal terms a crucial distinction concerning future contingents, the distinction between what is true about the future and what is reasonable to believe about the future. Its key idea is that the branching structures that have been used so far to model truth can be employed to define an epistemic property, credibility,
A. Iacona, S. Iaquinto
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Historical futures and future futures in environmental law pedagogy: exploring ‘futures literacy’
AbstractIn this paper, we begin reflecting on how ‘futures literacy’ – recently championed by UNESCO as a vital skill that allows people to better understand the role of the future in what they see and do – might be developed in environmental law pedagogy.
Stokes, Elen, Pontin, Ben
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A model of financialization of commodities [PDF]
We analyze how institutional investors entering commodity futures markets, referred to as the financialization of commodities, affect commodity prices. Institutional investors care about their performance relative to a commodity index.
Basak, S, Pavlova, A
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The issue of raw milk procurement cost level and fluctuation which inhibits strengthening negotiating positions of dairy product fabricants and probability of them staying competitive in the European Union, is examined.
Rasuolė Drazdauskienė +1 more
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Building Jetties to the Future: Thinking and Doing Social Work in a ‘Moment of Danger.’
This paper engages the core question animating the 2021 Social Work Futures conference: What ‘social work’ does the world need now, and in the years to come?
Susan P. Kemp
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Queering generativity and futurity: LGBTQ2IA+ stories of resistance, resurgence, and resilience
A preoccupation with heteronormative metrics of success in aging leaves many studies of “LGBT aging” focused on the needs, failings, and vulnerabilities of older LGBTQ2IA+ people (i.e. lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, two-spirit, intersex, asexual,
May Chazan, Melissa Baldwin
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Composite and Outlook Forecast Accuracy
This paper investigates whether the accuracy of outlook hog price forecasts can be improved using composite forecasts in an out-of-sample context. Price forecasts from four widely-recognized outlook programs are combined with futures-based forecasts ...
Evelyn V. Colino +3 more
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Liquidity management and futures hedging under deposit insurance: An option-based analysis [PDF]
Theories on financial futures hedging are generally based on a portfolio-choice approach. This paper presents an alterative: a firm-theoretic model of bank behavior with financial futures under deposit insurance.
Lin Jyh-Horng, Chang Chuen-Ping
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The paper discusses the importance of commodity exchange trading while placing a special emphasis on the increasingly close interconnection between commodity markets and financial instruments markets.
O. Rejnuš
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