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Simple correspondence analysis : a bibliographic review

Beh, Eric John - University of Western Sydney; College of Law and Business; … - 2004

Over the past few decades correspondence analysis has gained an international reputation as a powerful statistical tool for the graphical analysis of contingency tables. This popularity stems from its development and application in many European countries, especially France, and its use has...

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A non-iterative alternative to ordinal log-linear models

Beh, Eric John; Davy, Pamela J. - University of Wollongong; University of Western Sydney; … - 2004

Log-linear modeling is a popular statistical tool for analysing a contingency table. This presentation focuses on an alternative approach to modeling ordinal categorical data. The technique, based on orthogonal polynomials, provides a much simpler method of model fitting than the conventional...

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Zur Angemessenheit der Versorgungsabschläge auf Beamtenpensionen bei vorzeitiger Pensionierung

Nguyen, Tristan - 2005

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Multi-factor Energy Price Models and Exotic Derivatives Pricing

Hikspoors, Samuel - 2008

mathematicaltools aiming at a better theory of energy contingent claim pricing/hedging. We proposemany realistic two-factor and three …

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A Bayesian approach to financial model calibration, uncertainty measures and optimal hedging

Gupta, Alok; Reisinger, Christoph - 2010

In this thesis we address problems associated with financial modelling from a Bayesian point of view. Specifically, we look at the problem of calibrating financial models, measuring the model uncertainty of a claim and choosing an optimal hedging strategy. Throughout the study, the local...

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Distributing the Benefits from the Commons

Silvestre, Joaquim - 1993

"The common-property literature has often focused on the question of efficiency. Here we consider distributional issues instead. How should the benefits of the commons (say, a fishery) be distributed? We approach the question from the viewpoint of ownership rather than income redistribution. "A...

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Foundations for Cooperation in Social Dilemmas

Ahn, Toh-Kyeong - 2001

"Institutional approaches to social dilemmas have so far focused on how to create incentive structures that channel individuals' behavior into socially desirable outcomes assuming that everyone is selfish. However, the presumption of universal selfishness is not only empirically invalid but may...

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Appropriation Externalities in the Commons: Theory and Experimental Evidence

Herr, Andrew - 1996

of the commons.' This dissertation combines the tools of game theory and experimental methods to gain a broader …

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Essays on Individual Behavior in Social Dilemma Environments: An Experimental Analysis

Dudley, Dean - 1993

"In this study, individual level behavior is investigated in the context of computer assisted voluntary contribution mechanism public good (VCM) provision experiments and common pool resource (CPR) appropriation experiments. Previous studies of these environments have concentrated on aggregate...

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Salience and Its Implications for Common-Pool Resource Management in Scotland: A Tragedy of a Different Kind?

Brown, Katrina Myrvang; Slee, Bill - 2002

"In past contributions to CPR theory, the issue of salience/dependence on a resource has been flagged up as a one of a … high. However, cases do exist of CPRs in which this assumption does not hold, and consequently, related theory proves to be … into question the possibility and utility of constructing a coherent CPR meta-theory." …

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