This paper studies the economic recessions and the financial crisis in US economy, as these crisis periods affect not only USA but the rest of the world. The wrong government policies and the regulations in bond market among others lead to the longest and deepest financial crisis since the Great...

This paper examines and presents a simple algorithm for prediction stock written in MATLAB code. We apply it to thirty stocks of the Athens exchange stock market . We obtain the stock returns and we would like to predict, not the actual price , but the sign of stock returns. The results are very...

The current study examines the turn of the month effect on stock returns in 20 countries. This will allow us to explore whether the seasonal patterns usually found in global data; America, Australia, Europe and Asia. Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) is problematic as it leads to unreliable...

This study explores the determinants of health status in Turkey. Moreover, this study explores the willingness to pay for reducing the air and noise pollution. The estimates are based on data from the annual Income and Living Conditions Survey (ILCS) in Turkey which took place in period...

This study explores the effects of air pollution on self-reported health status. Moreover, this study explores the willingness to pay for improving the air quality in UK. The estimates are based on data from the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS). The effects of air pollution on...

Ground-level ozone is a critical criteria pollutant that is significantly generated by transportation patterns. We study the effect of smog–ozone warnings, triggered by the Environmental Protection Agency, on traffic volume in York County, South Carolina during the period 2006–10. In...

This study explores the relationship between self-reported well-being and recycling rates. The estimates are based on Britain using data from the British Household Panel Survey. The effects of recycling rates on individuals' happiness are estimated. Two approaches are followed. The first...

This paper examines how some factors affect the greenhouse effect of fifteen countries in European Union with fixed and random effects, while we also investigate the case of the Arch effects presentation. Finally we estimate a neural network model to examine how all the factors affect the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine two different approaches in the prediction of the economic recession periods in the US economy. Design/methodology/approach – A logit regression was applied and the prediction performance in two out-of-sample periods, 2007-2009 and 2010 was...

This paper examines the factors that are contributing at the most explained and efficient way to health expenditures in Greece. Two methods are applied. Multiple regressions and vector error correction models are estimated, as also unit root tests applied to define in which order variables are...