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Funds of Funds: A Closer Look at Age-Based Investing [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Over the next 20 years, 76 million Americans born between 1946 and 1964 will hit the half-century mark. For most, this means facing up to the hard questions of how, or even if, they will be able to afford retirement.
Ledger, Benjamin
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Measurement of Common Risk Factors: A Panel Quantile Regression Model for Returns

open access: yes, 2017
This paper investigates how to measure common market risk factors using newly proposed Panel Quantile Regression Model for Returns. By exploring the fact that volatility crosses all quantiles of the return distribution and using penalized fixed effects ...
Barunik, Jozef, Cech, Frantisek
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Socioenvironmental implications of Jatropha curcas cultivation for biodiesel supply in postmining communities

open access: yesBiofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, EarlyView.
Abstract The long‐term viability of Jatropha curcas as a biodiesel feedstock has been widely debated. Many early initiatives failed to deliver consistent economic returns despite promising environmental attributes. This study re‐evaluated J. curcas‐based systems within an integrated environmental–economic framework, focusing on their potential role in ...
Eduardo Sansão Sozinho Maurício   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

β1-Indexing®: Localizing Risk in Portfolio Projections

open access: yesJournal of Finance and Bank Management
β1-Indexing® Ratings classify assets in an asset class based in part on their historical risk profile. Using the ratings of the funds used in the client’s actual portfolio can expose unexpected portfolio risk. Also, since the ratings incorporate expenses, this can offer an opportunity to improve realized returns.
openaire   +1 more source

Prescribing competence: The pros and cons of different methods for assessment

open access: yesBritish Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Evaluating a medical graduate’s competence in rational prescribing is challenging. With the aim to guide and inspire teachers, this narrative review explores different methods that can be used to assess prescribing competence. Each method has its own advantages and disadvantages, and thus a mix of different assessment methods is needed throughout the ...
David J. Brinkman   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A method for selecting an effective investment project portfolio [PDF]

open access: yes
A new algorithm for selecting an effective investment project portfolio from a collection of projects developed by a company has been presented in this paper.
Bogdan Rebiasz
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Correcting the World's Greatest Market Failure: Climate Change and the Multilateral Development Banks [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Outlines efforts by multilaterals to link economic development and environmental policies. Discusses the need for more progress in realizing low carbon development in the developing world, the political and financial challenges, and ...
Smita Nakhooda
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The impact of a preprescribing formative assessment on learning in final‐year medical students using hospital inpatient electronic prescribing systems

open access: yesBritish Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims Graduating medical students consistently report being unprepared for the complexity of prescribing in clinical practice. Current clinical prescribing teaching and authentic assessment are limited due to patient safety concerns. We aimed to examine the educational utility of supervised preprescribing as a learning process and potential authentic ...
Kellie A. Charles   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Model for R&D Project Portfolio Selection and Development in LCSI Enterprises [PDF]

open access: yesچشم‌انداز مدیریت صنعتی, 2018
All Organization face with important issues like objectives, constraints, priorities, policies, opportunities and threats that should be considered in all the key decisions.
Reza Nooraei Baydokht   +2 more
doaj  

A Portfolio Approach to Venture Capital Financing [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper studies the contracting choices between an entrepreneur and venture capital investors in a portfolio context. We rely on the mean-variance framework and derive the optimal choices for an entrepreneur with and without the presence of different ...
Georges Hübner, Pascal François
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