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Warrant economics, call-put policy options and the fallacies of economic theory

Hatgioannides, John; Karanassou, Marika - 2011

plays on the world stage. The main thesis of our work is that, despite the triumphant rhetoric praising the merits of …

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Warrant Economics, Call-Put Policy Options and the Fallacies of Economic Theory

Hatgioannides, John; Karanassou, Marika - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

plays on the world stage. The main thesis of our work is that, despite the triumphant rhetoric praising the merits of …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009416932

The Coming Wave: Where Do Emerging Market Investors Put Their Money?

Karolyi, G. Andrew; Ng, David T.; Prasad, Eswar - 2015

We examine how emerging market (EM) investors allocate their stock portfolios internationally. Using both country-level and institution-level data, we find that the coming wave of EM investors systematically over- and under-weight their holdings in some target countries. These abnormal foreign...

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Unravelling secularization: an international study

Brañas-Garza, Pablo; García-Muñoz, Teresa; Neuman, … - 2007

The current study examines individuals who were raised in a certain religion and at some stage of their life left it. Currently, they define their religious affiliation as 'no religion'. A battery of explanatory variables (country-specific ones, personal attributes and marriage variables) was...

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School competition and students' entrepreneurial intentions: International evidence using historical Catholic roots of private schooling

Falck, Oliver; Woessmann, Ludger - 2010

School choice research mostly focuses on academic outcomes. Policymakers increasingly view entrepreneurial traits as a non-cognitive outcome important for economic growth. We use international PISA-2006 student-level data to estimate the effect of private-school competition on students'...

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Asabiyya: re-interpreting value change in globalized societies

Tausch, Arno; Heshmati, Almas - 2009

. The World Values Survey provided a data framework of global value change, whose quantitative results led Barro (2004) to … is whether modernization without spiritual values in a globalized world economy and world society possible in the long … current world crisis is far more connected with these dimensions. We conclude that not a society based on fear is needed in …

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Immigrant Religious Adjustment: An Economic Approach to Jewish Migrations

Chiswick, Carmel Ullman - 2003

An economic theory of immigration and immigrant absorption for a religious minority is developed and applied to Jewish history. Human capital is classified according to whether it is allocative or productive, transferable or location-specific, general or Jewish. Crossclassifying these categories...

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The evolution of secularization: Cultural transmission, religion and fertility theory, simulations and evidence

Bar-El, Ronen; García-Muñoz, Teresa; Neuman, Shoshana; … - 2010

This study presents an evolutionary process of secularization that integrates a theoretical model, simulations, and an empirical estimation that employs data from 32 countries (included in the International Social Survey Program: Religion II - ISSP, 1998). Following Bisin and Verdier (2000,...

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Ethnic fragmentation, conflict, displaced persons and human trafficking: An empirical analysis

Akee, Randall K. Q.; Basu, Arnab K.; Chau, Nancy H.; … - 2010

Ethnic conflicts and their links to international human trafficking have recently received a surge in international attention. It appears that ethnic conflicts exacerbate the internal displacement of individuals from networks of family and community, and their access to economic and social...

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On Measuring Uncertainty: Snakes and Ladders

Junankar, Pramod N. (Raja) - 2016

The Global Crisis demonstrated to the world that Ratings Agencies had misled the public about the stability of …

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