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The Future Of Economics Is Scientific, Sergio Da Silva Dec 2009

The Future Of Economics Is Scientific, Sergio Da Silva

Sergio Da Silva

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Biological Characteristics Modulating Investor Overconfidence, Marcia L. Zindel, Emilio Menezes, Raul Matsushita, Sergio Da Silva Dec 2009

Biological Characteristics Modulating Investor Overconfidence, Marcia L. Zindel, Emilio Menezes, Raul Matsushita, Sergio Da Silva

Sergio Da Silva

Applying a standard questionnaire (Lichtenstein and Fischhoff 1977) to a sample of 44 professional investors, we sought for explicit correlations between selected biological characteristics of the investors and the cognitive bias known as overconfidence. We found that both male and female investors showed overconfidence above the subjective probability of 0.7 and underconfidence below this threshold. But the sexes seemed to behave differently when they were totally uncertain of their answers. Experienced and inexperienced investors were overconfident whenever they were 70 percent (or above) confident of their answers. Despite that, experienced investors were relatively more calibrated. Of those who were highly …

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Efficiency Of Financial Markets And Algorithmic Complexity, Ricardo Giglio, Sergio Da Silva, Iram Gleria, Adhemar Ranciaro, Raul Matsushita, Annibal Figueiredo Dec 2009

Efficiency Of Financial Markets And Algorithmic Complexity, Ricardo Giglio, Sergio Da Silva, Iram Gleria, Adhemar Ranciaro, Raul Matsushita, Annibal Figueiredo

Sergio Da Silva

In this work we are interested in the concept of market efficiency and its relationship with the algorithmic complexity theory. We employ a methodology based on the Lempel-Ziv index to analyze the relative efficiency of high-frequency data coming from the Brazilian stock market.

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Does Foreign Aid Promote Growth? Exploring The Role Of Financial Liberalization, James B. Ang Dec 2009

Does Foreign Aid Promote Growth? Exploring The Role Of Financial Liberalization, James B. Ang

James B Ang

This paper examines the impact of foreign aid on the process of economic development in India by controlling for the degree of financial liberalization. A composite index is constructed using the method of principal component analysis to capture the joint influence of various financial sector policies. The results show that while foreign aid exerts a direct negative influence on output expansion, its indirect effect via financial liberalization is positive. Therefore, an important implication of the findings in this paper is that adequate liberalization in the financial system of the host country is a crucial requirement for effective foreign aid. Our …

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Frédéric Ozanam ― Beneficent Deserter: Mediating The Chasm Of Income Inequality Through Liberty, Equality, And Fraternity, Craig B. Mousin Dec 2009

Frédéric Ozanam ― Beneficent Deserter: Mediating The Chasm Of Income Inequality Through Liberty, Equality, And Fraternity, Craig B. Mousin

Craig B. Mousin

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Intellectual Property Training And Education: A Development Perspective, Jeremy De Beer, Chidi Oguamanam Dec 2009

Intellectual Property Training And Education: A Development Perspective, Jeremy De Beer, Chidi Oguamanam

Jeremy de Beer

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Patent Reforms Must Focus On The U.S. Patent Office, Ron D. Katznelson Dec 2009

Patent Reforms Must Focus On The U.S. Patent Office, Ron D. Katznelson

Ron D. Katznelson

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