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RISK COSTS AND THE CHOICE OF MARKET RETURN INDEX

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Six measures of returns are used to estimate the most "“appropriate"” market index for southeast Kansas farms. Results suggest that localized indices are more appropriate than state indices for use as the market index. The appropriate index was used to
Amegbeto, Koffi N.   +1 more
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Randomly Censored Partially Linear Single-index Model

open access: yes, 2012
[[abstract]]This paper proposes a method for estimation of a class of partially linear single-index models with randomly censored samples. The method provides a flexible way for modelling the association between a response and a set of predictor ...
Lu, Xue-Wen; Cheng, Tsung-Lin
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Estimation of a preference based single index from the sexual quality of life questionnaire (SQOL) using ordinal data

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There is increasing interest in using ordinal methods to estimate cardinal values for health states to calculate quality adjusted life years. This paper reports the estimation of models of rank data and discrete choice experiment (DCE) data to derive a ...
Ratcliffe, J   +4 more
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The theory of index-based futures and options markets [PDF]

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This paper reviews the development of index-based futures and options markets. The thesis is that, while the growth of these markets to date has been dramatic, their development could be extended much further, if some problems of measurement can be ...
Shiller, Robert J.
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The Robustness of Single Index Models in Crop Markets: A Multiple Index Model Test: Reply

open access: yesJournal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 1993
Steven C. Blank
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Estimation of semiparametric stochastic frontiers under shape constraints with application to pollution generating technologies

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A number of studies have explored the semi- and nonparametric estimation of stochastic frontier models by using kernel regression or other nonparametric smoothing techniques. In contrast to popular deterministic nonparametric estimators, these approaches
Kortelainen, Mika
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