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An Entropy-Based Knowledge Measure for Atanassov's Intuitionistic Fuzzy Sets and Its Application to Multiple Attribute Decision Making. [PDF]

Entropy (Basel), 2018
Wang G, Zhang J, Song Y, Li Q.
europepmc   +1 more source

Herding and Anti‐Herding Behaviour in the UK, French and German Stock Markets Before and During the Covid Pandemic

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper studies herding and anti‐herding behaviour in three European stock markets before and during the Covid‐19 pandemic by employing both static and dynamic analysis. We examine four different questions related to herding behaviour: (i) Did herding behaviour increase during the pandemic? (ii) Does herding behaviour respond differently in
Dimitrios Asteriou, Paraskevi Katsiampa, Keith Pilbeam, Alexander Tziamalis   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Global directions of change in moral norms: a test of the moral argument theory. [PDF]

R Soc Open Sci
Strimling P, Eriksson K, Vartanova I, Krueger J, Hazin I.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Risk Aversion and Economic Policy Uncertainty Impacts on Investor Attention: Evidence From International Stock Markets Indices

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the relationship between economic policy uncertainty, risk aversion, and investors' attention for 15 equity indices across Asia, Europe, and North America. Our empirical results indicate that both risk aversion and economic uncertainty significantly increase the Google Search Volume across all equity indices.
Stephanos Papadamou, Athanasios P. Fassas, Nikoletta Poutachidou   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Financial Literacy, Financial Development and Economic Growth

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While significant progress has been made in exploring the importance of financial literacy, its impact on economic growth and financial development from a macroeconomic point of view remains thinly understood. This paper provides fresh evidence on the relationship between financial literacy, financial development and economic growth.
Spyridon Boikos, Theodore Panagiotidis, Georgios Voucharas   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The “Zhang Xuefeng Effect”: Information Intervention and the College Admission Problem in China

International Studies of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Information regarding the quality of colleges and labor‐market prospects of majors plays an important role in parents' and students' school‐choice decisions, particularly when these decisions are crucially relevant to the students' long‐run career choices and life earnings.
Yutong Huo, Yun Wang
wiley   +1 more source

The "Emorality" of Caring: Validation of an Empirical Model of the Moral Feelings of Affective Care in Teaching Communities. [PDF]

Behav Sci (Basel)
Rodríguez-Hernández A, Sepúlveda-Aravena J, Melgarejo-Coronel M, Lores ID.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Impact of Geography on Institutions in Agricultural and Nomadic Societies

International Studies of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How geography affects the choice of institutions is studied in a theoretical model. In this model, nations are located around a circle. Rulers compete through choosing tax rates, the level of military spending, and the degree of formality of institutions. Geographic condition is captured by population density.
Haiwen Zhou
wiley   +1 more source

Imperfect Synthetic Controls

Journal of Applied Econometrics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The synthetic control method assumes the existence of a perfect synthetic control, which cannot exist if the outcomes are functions of transitory shocks with nonzero asymptotic variance and may not exist even in expectation for the treated unit. This paper first shows the benefits of estimating synthetic controls for all units.
David Powell
wiley   +1 more source