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A Note on the “Economic Policy Uncertainty Index”

Social Indicators Research, 2017
This paper builds upon the renowned media reports-based "Economic policy uncertainty" (EPU) index and analyzes its Granger-causal interrelationships with consumer confidence and aggregate economic activity. Employing a heterogeneous panel Granger causality test on data from 13 world countries, the authors find that: i) the analyzed countries are quite ...
Škrabić Perić, Blanka, Sorić, Petar
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Index policies for the routing of background jobs

Naval Research Logistics (NRL), 2004
AbstractArriving (generic) jobs may be processed at one of several service stations, but only when no other (dedicated) jobs are waiting there. We consider the problem of how to route these incoming background jobs to make best use of the spare service capacity available at the stations.
Glazebrook, K D, Kirkbride, C
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A pilot index for environmental policy in The Netherlands

Energy Policy, 1998
A pilot environmental index for the Netherlands shows a downward trend of environmental pressure in the last decade. The index measures environmental pressure from the policy perspective and the observed downward trend does not imply that environmental quality has increased.
den Butter, F.A.G., van der Eyden, J.A.C.   +1 more
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Policy Communication Index

2019
Organizational life is subject to both public policies, such as the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act and the Family and Medical Leave Act and private policies. The enactment of various policies in organizational settings can often be challenging for organizational members to understand because of the complex nature of such policies.
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Optimal myopic policies and index policies for stochastic scheduling problems

ZOR - Methods and Models of Operations Research, 1993
Summary: Stochastic scheduling problems are considered by using discounted dynamic programming. Both, maximizing pure rewards and minimizing linear holding costs are treated in one common Markov decision problem. A sufficient condition for the optimality of the myopic policy for finite and infinite horizon is given.
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Investment Policy and Index Numbers

Journal of the Institute of Actuaries, 1954
We have chosen Investment Policy and Index Numbers as the title of this paper, because the origin of the Actuaries' Investment Index is to be found in a paper, The Statistical Groundwork of Investment Policy, by the late C.M. Douglas (T.F.A. 12, 173).The main policy consideration discussed by Douglas was the extent to which offices should invest in ...
H. W. Haycocks, J. Plymen
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Economic Policy Uncertainty: An Index for Malta

SSRN Electronic Journal
We construct an Economic Policy Uncertainty (EPU) index for Malta based on the methodology of Baker, Bloom and Davis (2015) using articles published between 2004 and 2022 from four Maltese news portals. The index spikes during general elections and other significant local or international events.
Sant, Kurt, Spiteri, Sarah
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School Tobacco Policy Index

2005
This rating form illustrates policies assessed within The School District Tobacco Policy Rating System, which is a standardized method to assess the comprehensiveness of public district-wide tobacco policies.
Center for Public Health Systems Science, Moreland-Russell, Sarah   +1 more
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Creating a Policy Index for the Arts

2017
The National Arts Index established a quantitative measure for arts vitality in the United States that aided public discussion by policy makers and the arts community. In the era of big data, what can we learn from its creation and impact?
Kushner, Roland J., Cohen, Randy
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Legislation and policy index

2014
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