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This paper surveys the recent social science literature on religion in economic history, covering both socioeconomic causes and consequences of religion. Following the rapidly growing literature, it focuses on the three main monotheisms—Judaism, Christianity, and Islam—and on the period up...
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We propose a novel method of Mean-Capital Requirement portfolio optimization. The optimization is performed using a parallel framework for optimization based on the Nondominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm II. Capital requirements for market risk include an additional stress component introduced...
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We present a theoretical and empirical analysis of the links between the gender of an entrepreneur, access to finance … medium enterprises, possibly, because in large firms borrowing is a less essential source of finance. An important policy …
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This paper introduces finance or credit in the Dixit-Stiglitz-Krugman (DSK) model of international trade. It identifies … mechanisms by which finance can affect the main results of the conventional model. The key results are as follows. Perfect credit … output per variety. Thus, availability of finance will determine a specific trade pattern between richer and poorer nations …
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international finance is what is insurance and where does insurance end?' This paper aims to elaborate on the economics of insurance … and its borders with general finance. It argues that the classification challenge by regulators partly stems from … terminological confusion between insurance activities and more general financial activities. Insurance and finance both use the same …
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When Bayesian risk-averse investors are uncertain about their assets’ cash flows’ exposure to systematic risk, stock prices react more to news in downturns than in upturns, implying higher volatility in downturns and negatively skewed returns. The reason is that, in good times, less...
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The paper advances the log-generalized gamma distribution as a suitable generator of conditional skewness. Based on the NYSE composite daily returns an asMA-asQGARCH model along with skewness dynamics is estimated. The results indicate a skewness that varies between sizeable negative skewness...
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We contribute to the finance literature in two main ways. First, we present a theoretical capital asset pricing model …
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liberalization. Comparing trade and education policy, we find that targeted education subsidies are more effective than tariffs as a …
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The public health care systems in the Nordic countries provide high quality care almost free of charge to all citizens. However, social inequalities in health persist. Previous research has, for example, documented substantial educational inequalities in cancer survival. We investigate to what...
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