The paper has a methodological character. It deals with possibilities of univariate time series models use in forecasting the regional labour market indicators. The main attention is focused on methodology for combining forecasts from different individual procedures. Forecasting performances of...

In this thesis an algorithm (MLOPT) for mixed logit models is proposed. Mixed logit models are flexible discrete choice models, but their estimation with large datasets involves the solution of a nonlinear optimization problem with a high dimensional integral in the objective function, which is...

A Bayes net has qualitative and quantitative aspects: The qualitative aspect is its graphical structure that corresponds to correlations among the variables in the Bayes net. The quantitative aspects are the net parameters. This paper develops a hybrid criterion for learning Bayes net structures...

High-quality short-term forecasts of wind speed are vital to making wind power amore reliable energy source. Gneiting et al. (2006) have introduced a model for the averagewind speed two hours ahead based on both spatial and temporal information. Theforecasts produced by this model are accurate,...

Hurricane Katrina of 2005 was responsible for at least 81 billion dollars of property damage. In planning for such emergencies, society must decide whether to invest in the ability to evacuate more speedily or in improved forecasting technology to better predict the timing and intensity of the...

This study analyzes the accuracy of forecasted target prices within analysts’ reports. We compute a measure for target price forecast accuracy that evaluates the ability of analysts to exactly forecast the ex-ante (unknown) 12-month stock price. Furthermore, we determine factors that explain...

This paper examines the forecast accuracy of Australian Bureau of Statistics national population projections produced from the 1960s to the early 2000s. As well as total populations, the accuracy of the following is assessed: age-sexspecific populations, the Total Fertility Rate, life expectancy...

All applicants that want to study at the University of economics, the Faculty of Management in Jindřichův Hradec have to be successfully graduated from high school. The preparation for leaving examination in certain subject at high school is at the same time the preparation for admission test....

Tyrimo objektas – pajamų iš pelno mokesčio prognozavimas.Tyrimo tikslas – pasiūlyti pelno mokesčio pajamų prognozavimo modelį, kuris tiksliausiai prognozuotų pelno mokestį Lietuvos ekonominėmis sąlygomis.Uždaviniai:1) nustatyti pelno mokesčio įtaką valstybės pajamoms;2)...

"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...