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How Unique Is Milwaukee’S 53206? An Examination Of Disaggregated Socioeconomic Characteristics Across The City And Beyond, Scott W. Hegerty Nov 2019

How Unique Is Milwaukee’S 53206? An Examination Of Disaggregated Socioeconomic Characteristics Across The City And Beyond, Scott W. Hegerty

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Milwaukee’s 53206 ZIP code, located on the city’s near North Side, has drawn considerable attention for its poverty and incarceration rates, as well as for its large proportion of vacant properties. As a result, it has been the subject of academic studies, considerable news reporting, and even a documentary; it has benefited from targeted policies at the city level. Targeting specific ZIP codes, rather than other types of geographic area can raise certain issues, however. In particular, these areas were created for mail delivery rather than to facilitate socieoeconomic analysis, and they often aggregate diverse urban areas that sometimes cover …


Which Sectors Hold The Key To India's Future Economic Growth?, Hardik A. Marfatia Nov 2019

Which Sectors Hold The Key To India's Future Economic Growth?, Hardik A. Marfatia

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This paper explores sectors that hold the key to India's future economic growth. The forecasts of economic growth from an autoregressive distributed lag model with stock market sectoral indices are analyzed against the benchmark autoregressive model forecasts across several forecast horizons. Results show that the information from sectoral indices improves forecasts of economic growth. However, the forecast superiority is not uniform across sectors and horizons. Auto, consumers' spending, material, metal, oil and gas, and realty sectors provide the most forecasting gains. In contrast, bankex, capital goods, finance, and industrial sectors provide superior forecasts only at horizons above one year. FMCG …


A New Approach To Model The Forward-Looking Monetary Policy Function, Hardik A. Marfatia Nov 2018

A New Approach To Model The Forward-Looking Monetary Policy Function, Hardik A. Marfatia

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Public Interest In Banking Resolution Tools In The Eu And In The Us, Katarzyna Sokal Nov 2018

Public Interest In Banking Resolution Tools In The Eu And In The Us, Katarzyna Sokal

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No abstract provided.