participants of the Quantitative Methods in Finance 2002 Conference, Cairns,Australia, and seminar participants at the European … http://www.ecb.int or from the Social Science Research Network electronic library at http://ssrn.com/abstract_id=526990 … compare it with the results of Rouwenhorst (1999), amongst others. This paper is not aimed at contributing to the …

downloaded without charge from http://www.ecb.int or from the Social Science Research Network electronic library at http … not listed on the stock market. Building on earlier US work we also examine the impact of strategic similarities between … institution shareholders, normally at the expense of the bidding institution (see, e.g. Houston and Ryngaert, 1994 and Berger …

-sample criteria do poorly at out-of-sample prediction. This has led observers such as Klein (1992) to argue that the �...ability to … referencing relevant methodological and applied work. Throughout, we assume that the forecasting model is parametric and, for … expositional ease, that the (scalar) predictand is y t+1 . The parameter estimate t � β is a function of observables known at …

-sample criteria do poorly at out-of-sample prediction. This has led observers such as Klein (1992) to argue that the �...ability to … referencing relevant methodological and applied work. Throughout, we assume that the forecasting model is parametric and, for … expositional ease, that the (scalar) predictand is y t+1 . The parameter estimate t � β is a function of observables known at …

Business Review, November-December, S. 120-130. Bhidé, A. (1994): How entrepreneurs craft strategies that work, in: Harvard … betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung, 51 Jg., S. 1123-1145. 20 Simon, H.A. (1945): Administrative behavior – A study of decision ….A. (Hrsg.), Models of man – social and rational – mathematical essays on rational human behavior in a social setting, New York …

monetary policy instruments to the Ministry of Finance. The Indian solution appears to work well: MoF securities at market … normally undertaken at the behest of the government, and cannot easily be controlled. Liabilities may take a range of forms …, predominantly for payments purposes (cash and clearing balances at the central bank; and the central bank lends money to the …

among firms that face at least some of the same rivals in two related markets (for goods 1 and 2). It shows that when firms … �rms that face at least some of the same rivals in two related markets (for goods 1 and 2). It shows that when �rms compete …-marketcompetition; Cournotexternality; cost e� ciency. 1 1 Introduction Multi-market competition refers to the situation in which a �rm faces at least some …

to the W.A. Wallis Institute of Political Economy at the University of Rochester, where this research was initiated. I … thank seminar audiences at Rochester, MEDS-Northwestern, Caltech, and Carlos III, and specially Dolors Berga and Matt … that –provided there are more than two alternatives at stake– every strategy-proof social choice rule is dictatorial …

to the W.A. Wallis Institute of Political Economy at the University of Rochester, where this research was initiated. I … thank seminar audiences at Rochester, MEDS-Northwestern, Caltech, and Carlos III, and specially Dolors Berga and Matt … that –provided there are more than two alternatives at stake– every strategy-proof social choice rule is dictatorial …