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Optimal Variance Forecasting in a Trading Context

open access: yesJournal of Forecasting, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In financial trading, the economic value of return and variance forecasts arises from three key components: an investor's risk preference, the quality of return predictions, and the accuracy of risk estimates. This study isolates the third component—risk knowledge—and demonstrates that its contribution is a non‐linear function of realized and ...
Nick Taylor
wiley   +1 more source

On Being Absorbed: Taking up Dialogic Pedagogy in University Diversity Plans

open access: yesNew Directions for Higher Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT What are we to make of the proliferation of Intergroup Dialogue (IGD) programs for social justice education on college campuses? Though the inception of IGD predates many institutions’ diversity plans, increasingly colleges and universities are citing their existing IGD programs in their present‐day plans, as IGDs effectiveness has been well ...
Stephanie D. Hicks
wiley   +1 more source

Do Fossil Fuel Subsidies Crowd Out Health Expenditure? A Country‐Level Longitudinal Analysis

open access: yesHealth Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Annually, countries allocate hundreds of millions of dollars to subsidize fossil fuels, often at the expense of public health and environmental sustainability. This undermines progress toward Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 3 (Good Health and Well‐Being) and 13 (Climate Action).
Judite Gonçalves   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Effect of Voluntary Staying at Home on Japanese Female Suicide During the COVID‐19 Pandemic

open access: yesHealth Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In Japan, female suicide increased during the COVID‐19 pandemic. This study evaluated how pandemic‐related home confinement affected female suicide. We employed a shift‐share instrumental variable design to assess whether differential exposure to the pandemic caused changes in suicide incidence.
Yoko Ibuka   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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