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Composite and Outlook Forecast Accuracy

open access: yesJournal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2012
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]

open access: yesYugoslav Journal of Operations Research, 2004
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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Reading and Mapping the Worldviews of Island States through National Anthems: Celebrating Deity, Identity, Landscapes and Unity

open access: yesMiscellanea Geographica: Regional Studies on Development, 2022
National anthems, along with the national flag, stamps and monuments, are important features of a state’s identity. The lyrics and music instill patriotism and nationalism on holidays, at sporting events, and in children at school.
Brunn Stanley D.
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The present significance of commodity exchange trading in the conditions of the current world economy

open access: yesAgricultural Economics (AGRICECON), 2006
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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Derivatives and the Financial Crisis of 2008: Managing Risk, Creating Risk, and Regulations [PDF]

open access: yesفصلنامه پژوهش‌های اقتصادی ایران, 2012
Exchange-traded derivatives, i.e., futures and options are the most powerful financial instruments in financial markets for hedging policies aimed at managing the price risks which are originated in physical markets as well as for speculative strategies. 
Atefeh Taklif
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Thoughts on a Changing Landscape for Research Archiving in the Cloud Era: A Critical Perspective from South Africa

open access: yesSources, 2023
This article reflects on humanities research and archival futures in Southern Africa in the Cloud era—those collections that support research on an institutionalised basis, including sound and related collections. Since the 1990s, for comparably smaller,
Valmont Layne
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Forecasting spot and future gold coin price volatility and their predictive power on each other by using ANN-GARCH model [PDF]

open access: yesMathematics and Modeling in Finance, 2021
A large number of investors have been attracted to the Iran Mercantile Exchange as a result of launching Bahar Azadi Coin future contracts, also known as gold coin future contracts, since 2007.
Nafiseh Shahmoradi, Hasan Ghalibaf Asl
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The Bridges of the Future or the Future of Bridges? [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Built Environment, 2015
Infrastructures are a key factor for economy. Among them, transportation infrastructures are vital for human life and economy. And within the transportation networks, bridges are key elements for connecting people and delivering goods. For this reason, bridges have been built since many centuries ago and, in some way, the advances (and sometimes ...
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Futures of European welfare models and policies – Seeking actual research questions, and new problem-solving arsenal for European welfare states [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
The key research question is to discuss and elaborate the potential value added that futures studies could provide for European citizens and political, social and economic institutions.
Jari Kaivo-oja   +11 more
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Back to the Future: Not looking into the Future but at Futures

open access: yesNordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2015
Key note at the 7th Nordic Working Life Conference, Threats and Possibilities Facing Nordic Working Life in Gothenburg, Sweden, June 11-13, 2014This speech is about the trickiness of the future. Thus, I will share my thoughts about why I think it is important for researchers interested in work-life matters to engage in a discussion about the future.
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