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An Introduction to Wavelet Theory in Finance:A Wavelet Multiscale Approach

In, Francis; Kim, Sangbae - World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

applications of wavelets in economics and finance. This book is the first to provide a comprehensive application of wavelet … analysis to financial markets, covering new frontier issues in empirical finance and economics. The first chapter of this … post-graduates in a variety of disciplines ¡ª applied economics, financial engineering, international finance, financial …

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Asian Development Outlook Supplement December 2013

Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB); … - 2013

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International Financial Volatility

Griffith-Jones, Stephany; Kimmis, Jenny - In: Journal of Human Development and Capabilities 4 (2003) 2, pp. 209-225

The authors argue for reforms in the international financial system to deliver sufficient and sufficiently stable private and public flows, and to sustain more rapid growth and investment in developing countries. The paper begins with an analysis of the way in which international financial...

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Confidence Games: Lawyers, Accountants, and the Tax Shelter Industry

Rostain, Tanina; Regan, Jr., Milton C. - The MIT Press

For ten boom-powered years at the turn of the twenty-first century, some of America’s most prominent law and accounting firms created and marketed products that enabled the very rich--including newly minted dot-com millionaires--to avoid paying their fair share of taxes by claiming benefits...

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Opinion: A focused approach to financial literacy

Weinberg, John A. - In: Econ Focus (2011) 3Q, pp. 56-56

Financial education could have substantial implications for individuals’ well-being, even if the overall effects on the macroeconomy are not large.

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Unlocking SME Finance in Argentina with Psychometrics

Klinger, Bailey; Castro, Lucio; Szenkman, Paula; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013

Access to finance remains a challenge for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Argentina. It is a particularly acute … repayment records to determine if psychometric-based credit scoring models could help ameliorate the constraints to SME finance … asymmetry in SME lending, such a tool could help relieve constraints to SME finance in Argentina. …

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Chaos in Economics and Finance

Guegan, Dominique - HAL - 2009

This paper focuses on the use of dynamical chaotic systems in Economics and Finance. In these fields, researchers …

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The economic rationale for option backdating: incentive explanations

Fang, Hongyan; Whidbee, David - In: Managerial Finance 39 (2013), pp. 1004-1031

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide evidence in support of incentive and retention-based explanations for backdating. Design/methodology/approach – The authors use matching-firm techniques and the bivariate logistic model. Findings – Backdating firms tend to be younger and...

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Realizing Rational Exuberance:An Appreciation of the Mundell-Huang Da Lectures

World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

economists in China to help readers understand the latest developments in economics and finance and integrate them with China …>(Jean-Jacques Laffont)</i></li> <li>The Rising of Behavior Finance <i>(Robert J Shiller)</i></li> <li>The Framework of the Retirement Risk …>Readership:</b> Advanced undergraduates and graduate students in Economics and Finance; experts researching Economics and Finance, especially …

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Privatizing Russia

Boycko, Maxim; Shleifer, Andrei; Vishny, Robert W. - The MIT Press

Privatizing Russia offers an inside look at one of the most remarkable reforms in recent history. Having started on the back burner of Russian politics in the fall of 1991, mass privatization was completed on July 1, 1994, with two thirds of the Russian industry privately owned, a rapidly rising...

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