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Forecasting movement of the Nigerian Stock Exchange All Share index using artificial neural and Bayesian networks

Bola, Adetunji Abigail; Adesola, Aderounmu Ganiyu; … - In: Journal of finance and investment analysis 2 (2013) 1, pp. 41-59

This paper presents a study of Artificial Neural Network (ANN) and Bayesian Network (BN) for use in stock index prediction. The data from Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) market are applied as a case study. Based on the rescaled range analysis, the neural network was used to capture the...

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Impact of external debt on economic growth : a case study of Tanzania

Kasidi, Faraji; Said, A. Makame - In: Advances in management & applied economics 3 (2013) 4, pp. 59-82

This study investigated the impact of external debt on economic growth of Tanzania for the period of 1990-2010. The study used time series data on external debt and economic performance. It is assumed that external debt helps developing countries to meet developing needs. While debt servicing...

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Hedging Italian equity mutual fund returns during the recent financial turmoil : a duration-dependent Markov-switching approach

Zagaglia, Paolo - In: Journal of applied finance & banking 3 (2013) 3, pp. 325-337

We study optimal hedging design for returns on an Italian equity mutual fund index since 2008. Alternative hedging instruments include one-month futures contracts for FTSE-MIB, FTSE100 and Xetra DAX. We use bivariate models of our Italian equity mutual fund index and each hedging instrument to...

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An empirical investigation of the relationship between stock return and trading volume : evidence from the Jordanian banking sector

Al-Jafari, Mohamed Khaled; Tliti, Ahmad - In: Journal of applied finance & banking 3 (2013) 3, pp. 45-64

utilized to include: Bivariate regression model, vector error correction model (VECM), variance decomposition technique …. VECM provides evidence of long-run causality from return to trading volume. On the other hand, we used variance … ; trading volume ; Johansen’s cointegration test ; VECM ; variance ; decomposition ; impulse respond function ; pairwise Granger …

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Testing the CAPM for the Brazilian stock market using multivariate GARCH between 1995 and 2012

Godeiro, Lucas Lúcio; Silva, Cesar Roberto Leite da; … - In: Journal of finance and investment analysis 2 (2013) 2, pp. 15-39

The paper tests the CAPM for the Brazilian stock market using dynamic betas. The sample involves 28 stocks included in the Ibovespa portfolio as of March 21, 2012 and that were traded during the period from Jan. 01, 1995 to March 20, 2012. Dynamic betas were estimated and conditional betas...

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The external finance premium and the financial accelerator : the case of Turkey

Cambazoglu, Birgul; Karaalp, Hacer Simay - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 6 (2013) 1, pp. 103-121

The monetary transmission mechanisms have influence on saving and investment decisions of firms and households by affecting their balance sheets. This study examines the effects of monetary policy through the balance sheet channel (also known as ‘financial accelerator’), which affects net...

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Restatement of the I-O coefficient stability problem

Dobrescu, Emilian - In: Journal of economic structures : JES; the official … 2 (2013), pp. 1-67

The capacity of input-output tables to reflect the structural peculiarities of an economy and to forecast, on this basis, its evolution, depends essentially on the characteristics of the matrix A—matrix of I-O (or technical) coefficients. However, the temporal behaviour of these coefficients...

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International portfolio movements : panel data analysis

Kabadayi, Burhan; Emsen, O. Selcuk; Nisanci, Murat - In: Journal of applied finance & banking 2 (2012) 5, pp. 189-198

In this study, the effects of GDP per capita growth rates, real exchange rates, Standard and Poor’s (S&P) sovereign ratings, the difference between Transition Economies’ (TE) interest rates and USA’s interest rates on TEs’ net portfolio inflows were analyzed. The results showed that GDP...

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Cycles inside cycles : Spanish regional aggregation

Gadea, Maria Dolores; Gómez-Loscos, Ana; Montañés, … - In: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 3 (2012) 4, pp. 423-456

This paper sets out a comprehensive framework to identify regional business cycles within Spain and analyses their stylised features and the degree of synchronisation both within them and between them and the Spanish economy. We show that the regional cycles are quite heterogeneous although they...

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A non-parametric approach of heteroskedasticity robust estimation of Vector-Autoregressive (VAR) models

Grobys, Klaus - In: Journal of finance and investment analysis 1 (2012) 1, pp. 55-67

This contribution studies the application of heteroskedasticity robust estimation of Vector-Autoregressive (VAR) models. VAR models have become one of the most applied models for the analysis of multivariate time series. Econometric standard software usually provides parameter estimators that...

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