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Improved Cooling Strategies for IT Wiring Closets
Don't wait until overheating causes servers to fail. Plan the right cooling solution for your IT wiring closet or server room now. There's an improved method for wiring closet cooling...
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Try IBM Cognos Express FREE for 30 days for integrated reporting, analysis & planning
Dec 2009
Download a free trial of IBM Cognos Express, the first and only integrated business intelligence (BI) and planning solution purpose-built for midsize companies. Get essential reporting, analysis,...
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White Papers
Get more from BI by understanding your analysis needs
Oct 2009
By understanding the four major types of analysis companies can avoid the common pitfalls that derail more traditional approaches to BI implementation.
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Making A Revenue Projection: How To Project Income When You Depend On A Few Large Accounts
Jul 2007
The problem with projecting revenue when your business depends on a few large accounts is predicting when you're going to land that next new client and how much the new business will be worth....
Provided by Suite101
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White Papers
Improving Revenue Cycle Efficiency For High Performance: Accenture's Revenue Assurance Solutions For Utilities
Dec 2008
Retail utilities are finding it more difficult than ever to keep customers current with their utility bills. Consumers are falling behind on paying their utility bills as they struggle with high...
Provided by Accenture
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White Papers
Profiting From Prediction Bias
Jan 2007
Financial forecasting is critical to the success of any business. In addition to providing a view of the future, forecasting also helps guide present day-to-day operations, shaping strategy,...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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White Papers
Q & A With Barry Keating: Smarter Forecasting, Better Profits
Nov 2009
For businesses, it's crucial to have accurate forecasts for product demand. When there's an economic downturn that curbs orders, they risk big losses if they have too much inventory. Likewise,...
Provided by University of Notre Dame (Mendoza)
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White Papers
Do Euro Area Forecasters (Still) Have Faith In Macroeconomic Building Blocks?
Oct 2009
Since the early beginning of the financial and economic crisis in 2007, economists began to raise concerns about the usefulness of macroeconomic building blocks, because none of them had predicted...
Provided by Kellogg / WHU-Otto Beisheim School
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White Papers
Cargo Revenue Management With Allotments And Spot Market Demand
Jan 2010
The paper considers a problem faced by an airline that operates a number of parallel flights to transport cargo between a particular origin destination pair. The airline can sell its cargo...
Provided by Queen's University
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White Papers
Price Guarantees In Dynamic Pricing And Revenue Management
Feb 2007
A new model was presented for revenue management of product sales that incorporates both dynamic pricing and a price guarantee. The guarantee provides customers with compensation if, prior to a...
Provided by Queen's University
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White Papers
Predictable Currency Risk Premia
Aug 2009
Currency excess returns are highly predictable, more than stock returns, and about as much as bond returns. Author shows that in a general, no-arbitrage setup, expected currency excess returns...
Provided by University of California, Los Angeles (Anderson)
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White Papers
Self-Selection And The Forecasting Abilities Of Female Equity Analysts
May 2009
This paper investigates whether there are systematic differences between the forecasting style and abilities of female and male analysts, and whether market participants recognize these...
Provided by University of Texas at Austin (McCombs)
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White Papers
Sentiment-Driven Overvaluation And Management Forecasting Strategies
Jan 2010
Prior research suggests that managers adopt disclosure strategies to exacerbate sentiment driven overvaluation, concluding that managers either "Keep quiet" or inject bias into certain voluntary...
Provided by University of Texas at Austin (McCombs)
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White Papers
Management Earnings Forecasts: A Review And Framework
Jan 2008
In this paper, author provides a framework in which to view management earnings forecasts. By evaluating management earnings forecast research within the context of this framework, author renders...
Provided by University of Texas at Austin (McCombs)
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White Papers
How Disaggregation Enhances The Credibility Of Management Earnings Forecasts
Jan 2007
An important problem facing firm managers is how to enhance the credibility, or believability, of their earnings forecasts. In this paper, we experimentally test whether a characteristic of an...
Provided by University of Texas at Austin (McCombs)
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White Papers
The Financial Crisis, Rethinking Of The Global Financial Architecture, And The Trilemma
Apr 2010
This paper extends the previous paper (Aizenman, Chinn, and Ito 2008) and explores some of the unexplored questions. The authors examine the channels through which the trilemma policy...
Provided by Asian Development Bank Institute
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White Papers
Evidence Of Differing Market Responses To Meeting Or Beating Targets Through Tax Expense Management
May 2006
Does decreasing tax expense in order to meet or beat analysts' forecasts result in smaller market rewards? The author demonstrate that when firms meet or beat these forecasts by decreasing their...
Provided by University of Texas at Austin (McCombs)
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White Papers
Projecting Global Economic Growth An Information Technology Contribution-Based Approach
Sep 2008
This paper introduces a framework for projecting economic growth that takes into account the contribution of Information Technology. The author applies this framework to forecast the growth of...
Provided by National University of Singapore School of Business
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White Papers
Dynamic Revenue Management For Online Display Advertising
Nov 2008
In this paper, the authors propose a dynamic optimization model to maximize a web publisher's online display advertising revenues. Specifically, the model dynamically selects which advertising...
Provided by University of California, Los Angeles (Anderson)
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White Papers
Robust Controls For Network Revenue Management
Sep 2007
Revenue management models traditionally assume that future demand is unknown, but can be represented by a stochastic process or a probability distribution. Demand is however often difficult to...
Provided by University of California, Los Angeles (Anderson)
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White Papers
4 Secrets Of Meaningful Projections
Mar 2010
Most business owners feel one of two ways about projections. Either they feel projections are worthless because they cannot predict the future, or they feel projections are a mechanism to make...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
The Three Budgets
Mar 2010
We're all optimistic about the future of our business. Without that optimism, we wouldn't be able to push through the challenges of small business ownership. Our dream of a sunny future and our...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Term Structure Forecasting Using Macro Factors And Forecast Combination
Jan 2010
The authors examine the importance of incorporating macroeconomic information and, in particular, accounting for model uncertainty when forecasting the term structure of U.S. interest rates. They...
Provided by Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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White Papers
The Taylor Rule And Forecast Intervals For Exchange Rates
Mar 2009
This paper attacks the Meese-Rogoff (exchange rate disconnect) puzzle from a different perspective: out-of-sample interval forecasting. Most studies in the literature focus on point forecasts. In...
Provided by Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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White Papers
Estimating The Parameters Of A Small Open Economy DSGE Model: Identifiability And Inferential Validity
Nov 2008
This paper estimates the parameters of a stylized dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model using maximum likelihood and Bayesian methods, paying special attention to the issue of weak...
Provided by Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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White Papers
Predicting Cycles In Economic Activity
Apr 2008
Predicting cycles in economic activity is one of the more challenging but important aspects of economic forecasting. This paper reports the results from estimation of binary probit models that...
Provided by Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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White Papers
Automatic Stabilizers And The Size Of Government: Correcting A Common Misunderstanding
Jul 2010
The size of government is a commonly used variable in many analytical studies on the effects of fiscal policy. An accepted practice is to measure it as the ratio of government spending to GDP....
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
In Search Of Lost Revenue: Why Restoring Fiscal Soundness After A Crisis Is Harder Than It Looks
Jun 2010
This note argues that because fiscal deficit after a crisis owe much to a drop in tax revenues and a sluggish revenue growth, its adjustment has to rely more on revenue augmentation than commonly...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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New Keynesian Exchange Rate Pass-Through
Jul 2008
The recent development literature stresses that countries that receive large revenues from natural resource endowments typically raise less revenue from domestic taxation, and that this creates...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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Bank Recycling Of Petro Dollars To Emerging Market Economies During The Current Oil Price Boom
May 2008
Fiscal performance in Latin America looks much improved this decade compared to the 1980s or 1990s. Is this a "structural" improvement or likely to be transitory? This paper answers this question...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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Determinants Of Tax Revenue Efforts In Developing Countries
Jul 2007
This paper contributes to the existing empirical literature on the principal determinants of tax revenue performance across developing countries by using a broad dataset and accounting for some...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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U.S. Revenue Surprises: Are Happy Days Here To Stay?
Jun 2007
A key question for U.S. policymakers is whether the recent strength in federal revenue is likely to continue. This question is addressed through an econometric analysis of the determinants of tax...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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Tax Potential Vs. Tax Effort: A Cross-Country Analysis Of Armenia's Stubbornly Low Tax Collection
May 2007
Despite recording double digit growth since 2000, Armenia's tax-to-GDP ratio has been fairly stable at about 14½ percent. This paper catalogues a range of factors that may account for Armenia's...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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Revenue Authorities: Issues And Problems In Evaluating Their Success
Oct 2006
Revenue authorities (RAs) have been adopted by some countries as an alternative delivery model for improved revenue administration. They are sometimes seen as a possible solution to problems such...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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Moving To Territoriality? Implications For The United States And The Rest Of The World
Jun 2006
This paper reviews the tax policy debate in the United States on the move of the corporation tax from its present worldwide basis to a territorial basis, and considers the implications for the...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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An Evaluation Of The World Economic Outlook Forecasts
Mar 2006
The World Economic Outlook (WEO) is a key source of forecasts of global economic conditions. It is therefore important to review the performance of these forecasts against both actual outcomes and...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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Box Office Revenue Forecasting: A System Dynamics Approach
May 2009
System dynamics models offer tremendous potential for use as forecasting tools. The primary advantages offered by systems dynamics-based forecasting models over traditional forecasting methods...
Provided by Sensorlytics
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MIS Alea The Engine For Reforecasting
Jun 2007
Competition is fiercer now than it has ever been. Requirements for reporting up to date actuals are greater than ever and the need to analyse data and spot trends to gain competitive advantage is...
Provided by Corporate Financial Management Systems
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Bridging Operational & Financial Forecasting
Jun 2010
This white paper examines the need for an analytic and planning environment based on definitions and metrics that are common to operations and finance. An environment like this can 1) provide...
Provided by IBM
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The Determinants Of Foreign Box Office Revenue For English Language Movies
Jun 2009
This paper examines the determinants of foreign box office revenue for English language movies. The sample consists of 449 films released during 2006-2008. Regression results indicate the primary...
Provided by West Texas A&M University
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Auction Pricing: A Case Study Assessing The Price Elasticity Of Demand Based On Supply And The Revenue Equivalence Theorem
Feb 2009
This paper addresses the price elasticity of demand related to various categories of goods sold within the consignment auction-marketing environment. An actual ongoing non-traditional business...
Provided by University of Texas
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Intra-Industry Information Transfers And The Post-Earnings Announcement Drift
May 2008
This paper examines the role of intra-industry information transfers in the post-earnings announcement drift. The authors find that subsequent same-industry earnings announcements are strongly...
Provided by Northeastern University
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The Relationship Between Directors' Independence, Reputation And Management Earnings Forecasts
Nov 2007
The authors examine the relationship between corporate governance and management earnings forecasts. They extend the prior literature by examining the impact of independent director reputation on...
Provided by University of Melbourne
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White Papers
Transformed Telcos Can Build Businesses as Other Enterprises Face Transformation
Jul 2011
Telecoms operators often don't realize how admired they are in other industries for how well they have transformed their sector. They have huge potential selling those services to enterprises that...
Provided by SAP
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Bias In Analysts' Earnings Forecasts And Foreign Currency Hedging: Evidence From Multinational, Large And Non-Financial U.S. Corporations
Dec 2006
The authors consider empirically whether observing the foreign currency hedging position of a large, multinational and non-financial U.S. firm improves an analyst's forecast accuracy. Considering...
Provided by Concordia University
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Forecasting Technology Costs Via The Learning Curve ? Myth Or Magic?
Feb 2007
To further the understanding of the effectiveness of learning or experience curves to forecast technology costs, a statistical analysis using historical data has been carried out. Three hypotheses...
Provided by University of Cambridge
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Online Forecast Combination For Dependent Heterogeneous Data
Apr 2007
This paper studies a procedure to combine individual forecasts that achieve theoretical optimal performance. The results apply to a wide variety of loss functions and no conditions are imposed on...
Provided by University of Cambridge
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The Impact Of Management Earnings Forecasts On Firm Risk And Firm Value
May 2009
This paper investigates whether voluntary management disclosure of earnings forecasts influences investors' long-term assessment of firm risk and firm value. The authors control for possible...
Provided by University of Western Ontario
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Management Earnings Forecasts: Evidence On Post-Guidance Drift
Jan 2007
This paper examines the long-term market reaction to disagreement between managers' forecasts and analysts' consensus estimates on quarterly earnings for the period 1995-2004. Prior studies...
Provided by University of Illinois at Chicago
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Why Do Analysts Issue Long-Term Earnings Growth Forecasts? An Empirical Analysis
Sep 2007
The authors examine analysts' motives to issue Long-Term earning Growth (LTG) forecasts. They find that analysts are more likely to issue LTG forecasts when their incentive to please managers is...
Provided by University of Alabama
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Forecasted Earnings Per Share And The Cross Section Of Expected Stock Returns
Jan 2007
In this paper, the authors document that analysts' Forecasted Earnings Per Share (FEPS) can predict subsequent stock returns. More specifically, stocks with higher FEPS earn substantially higher...
Provided by Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
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Behaviors Of Individual Analysts' Earnings Forecasts: Asymmetric Irrationality And Firm Effects
Jan 2007
In this paper the authors reexamine individual analysts' rationality in earnings forecasts using a two-way (analyst versus firm) fixed effect analysis on parameters of an AR(1) model that...
Provided by University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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The Role Of Analysts~ Earning Forecasts In The Valuation Process: An Introductory Overview
Aug 2010
This paper explains how analysts' earnings estimates (issued early in a fiscal year) affect the valuation process, illustrating key concepts with analyst forecast data. To derive estimates of...
Provided by Rutgers, State University of New Jersey
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How Accurate Are Government Forecasts Of Economic Fundamentals? The Case Of Taiwan
Aug 2009
A government's ability to forecast key economic fundamentals accurately can affect business confidence, consumer sentiment, and foreign direct investment, among others. A government forecast based...
Provided by University of Tokyo
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Financial Constraints, Momentum, And Reversals
Dec 2006
The authors report that financially constrained firms earn significantly higher momentum profits as compared with unconstrained firms. This relationship is robust to measurement of financial...
Provided by Virginia Tech
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White Papers
Does The FOMC Have Expertise, And Can It Forecast?
Aug 2009
The primary purpose of the paper is to answer the following two questions regarding the performance of the influential Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) of the Federal Reserve System, in...
Provided by University of Tokyo
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VaR Forecasts And Dynamic Conditional Correlations For Spot And Futures Returns On Stocks And Bonds
Oct 2009
The paper investigates the interdependence and conditional correlations between futures contracts and their underlying assets, both for stock and bond markets, and the impact of the...
Provided by University of Tokyo
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Forecasting Realized Volatility With Linear And Nonlinear Models
Oct 2009
In this paper the authors consider a nonlinear model based on neural networks as well as linear models to forecast the daily volatility of the S&P 500 and FTSE 100 indexes. As a proxy for daily...
Provided by University of Tokyo
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Evaluating Macroeconomic Forecasts: A Review Of Some Recent Developments
Mar 2010
Macroeconomic forecasts are frequently produced, published, discussed and used. The formal evaluation of such forecasts has a long research history. Recently, a new angle to the evaluation of...
Provided by University of Tokyo
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Are Forecast Updates Progressive?
Apr 2010
Macro-economic forecasts typically involve both a model component, which is replicable, as well as intuition, which is non-replicable. Intuition is expert knowledge possessed by a forecaster. If...
Provided by University of Tokyo
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Revenue Forecasts As A Mechanism For Analyst Reputation Development
Jan 2007
Previous studies have demonstrated that analysts' concern for their reputations and career advancement can partially explain the level of forecast error and systematic biases in their forecasts....
Provided by Seton Hall University
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Anti-Takeover Provisions And Corporate Disclosure
Aug 2007
The authors examine the effects of Anti-Takeover Provisions (ATPs) on corporate disclosure by testing the following two hypotheses: The market pressure hypothesis, which predicts that firms with...
Provided by Texas Christian University
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Dispersion In Analysts' Earnings Forecasts And Credit Rating
Jul 2007
This paper shows that the puzzling negative cross-sectional relation between dispersion in analysts' earnings forecasts and future stock returns results from financial distress as proxied by...
Provided by University of Maryland
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GDP Modelling With Factor Model: An Impact Of Nested Data On Forecasting Accuracy
Apr 2011
Uncertainty associated with an optimal number of macroeconomic variables to be used in factor model is challenging since there is no criteria which states what kind of data should be used, how...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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White Papers
Multi-Period Credit Default Prediction With Time-Varying Covariates
Apr 2011
In credit default prediction models, the need to deal with time-varying covariates often arises. For instance, in the context of corporate default prediction a typical approach is to estimate a...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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Evaluating Density Forecasts: A Comment
May 2011
This is a comment on Mitchell and Wallis (2011) which in turn is a critical reaction to Gneiting et al. (2007). The comment discusses the notion of forecast calibration, the advantage of using...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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Monetary Policy With Judgment: Forecast Targeting
Nov 2007
Forecast targeting, forward-looking monetary policy that uses central-bank judgment to construct optimal policy projections of the target variables and the instrument rate, may perform...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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White Papers
Nonlinear Combination Of Financial Forecast With Genetic Algorithm
Nov 2007
Complexity in the financial markets requires intelligent forecasting models for return volatility. In this paper, historical simulation, GARCH, GARCH with skewed student-t distribution and...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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White Papers
Exchange Rate Determination: An Empirical Study for Emerging Economies
Nov 2007
This paper replicates empirical studies of models of exchange rate determination for a set of seven emerging economies: Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Turkey, South Africa and South Korea. All...
Provided by Insper Institute of Education and Research
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The Properties Of Market-Based And Survey Forecasts For Different Data Releases
Nov 2007
The authors compare the accuracy of the survey forecasts and forecasts implied by economic binary options on the U.S. nonfarm payroll change. These options are available for a number of ranges of...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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White Papers
Decomposing Federal Funds Rate Forecast Uncertainty Using Real-time Data
Feb 2009
This paper uses real-time data for the U.S. to estimate out-of-sample forecast uncertainty about the Federal Funds Rate. By combining a Taylor rule with an unobserved components model of economic...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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Exchange Rates Predictability In Developing Countries
Aug 2009
The main objective of this paper is to re-investigates the exchange rates predictability puzzle using monetary model. It is hypothesised that the performance of exchange rate predictability is...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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Forecasting In Vector Autoregressions With Many Predictors
Mar 2010
This paper addresses the issue of improving the forecasting performance of Vector AutoRegressions (VARs) when the set of available predictors is inconveniently large to handle with methods and...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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Economic Forecasts With Bayesian Autoregressive Distributed Lag Model: Choosing Optimal Prior In Economic Downturn
Sep 2009
Bayesian inference requires an analyst to set priors. Setting the right prior is crucial for precise forecasts. This paper analyzes how optimal prior changes when an economy is hit by a recession....
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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Signal Extraction And Forecasting Of The UK Tourism Income Time Series. A Singular Spectrum Analysis Approach
Nov 2009
The authors present and apply the Singular Spectrum Analysis (SSA), a relatively new, non-parametric and data-driven method used for signal extraction (trends, seasonal and business cycle...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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The Role Of Regime Shifts In The Term Structure Of Interest Rates: Further Evidence From An Emerging Market
Nov 2009
In this paper, the authors investigate the interrelations among Turkish interest rates with different maturities by using a regime switching Vector Error Correction (VECM) Model. They find a long...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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VAR Forecasting Using Bayesian Variable Selection
Mar 2010
This paper develops methods for automatic selection of variables in forecasting Bayesian Vector AutoRegressions (VARs) using the Gibbs sampler. In particular, the author provides computationally...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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Financial Forecast For The Relative Strength Index
Oct 2010
In this paper the authors provide a closed-form expression for one of the most popular index in Technical Analysis: the Relative Strength Index (RSI). Given that they show how the standard...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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Real-time Nowcasting Of GDP: Factor Model Versus Professional Forecasters
Feb 2011
This paper performs a fully real-time nowcasting (forecasting) exercise of US real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth using Giannone, Reichlin and Small (2008) factor model framework which...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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Adaptive Forecasting Of Exchange Rates With Panel Data
Oct 2010
This paper investigates the statistical and economic implications of adaptive forecasting of exchange rates with panel data and alternative predictors. The candidate exchange rate predictors are...
Provided by University of Technology Sydney
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What Do We Know About Comparing Aggregate And Disaggregate Forecasts?
Mar 2009
This paper compares the performance of "Aggregate" and "Disaggregate" predictors in forecasting contemporaneously aggregated vector ARMA processes. An aggregate predictor is built by forecasting...
Provided by Universite Catholique de Louvain
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Over-Reaction To Demand Changes Due To Subjective And Quantitative Forecasting
Aug 2008
In this paper, the authors study managers' errors in decision making for inventory replenishment and how these errors affect their inventory system. In particular, primarily for its expected...
Provided by Harvard Business School
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White Papers
Get more from BI by understanding your analysis needs
Oct 2009
By understanding the four major types of analysis companies can avoid the common pitfalls that derail more traditional approaches to BI implementation.
Provided by IBM
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Downloads
Try IBM Cognos Express FREE for 30 days for integrated reporting, analysis & planning
Dec 2009
Download a free trial of IBM Cognos Express, the first and only integrated business intelligence (BI) and planning solution purpose-built for midsize companies. Get essential reporting, analysis,...
Provided by IBM
-
White Papers
Making A Revenue Projection: How To Project Income When You Depend On A Few Large Accounts
Jul 2007
The problem with projecting revenue when your business depends on a few large accounts is predicting when you're going to land that next new client and how much the new business will be worth....
Provided by Suite101
-
White Papers
Improving Revenue Cycle Efficiency For High Performance: Accenture's Revenue Assurance Solutions For Utilities
Dec 2008
Retail utilities are finding it more difficult than ever to keep customers current with their utility bills. Consumers are falling behind on paying their utility bills as they struggle with high...
Provided by Accenture
-
White Papers
Profiting From Prediction Bias
Jan 2007
Financial forecasting is critical to the success of any business. In addition to providing a view of the future, forecasting also helps guide present day-to-day operations, shaping strategy,...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
-
White Papers
Q & A With Barry Keating: Smarter Forecasting, Better Profits
Nov 2009
For businesses, it's crucial to have accurate forecasts for product demand. When there's an economic downturn that curbs orders, they risk big losses if they have too much inventory. Likewise,...
Provided by University of Notre Dame (Mendoza)
-
White Papers
Do Euro Area Forecasters (Still) Have Faith In Macroeconomic Building Blocks?
Oct 2009
Since the early beginning of the financial and economic crisis in 2007, economists began to raise concerns about the usefulness of macroeconomic building blocks, because none of them had predicted...
Provided by Kellogg / WHU-Otto Beisheim School
-
White Papers
Cargo Revenue Management With Allotments And Spot Market Demand
Jan 2010
The paper considers a problem faced by an airline that operates a number of parallel flights to transport cargo between a particular origin destination pair. The airline can sell its cargo...
Provided by Queen's University
-
White Papers
Price Guarantees In Dynamic Pricing And Revenue Management
Feb 2007
A new model was presented for revenue management of product sales that incorporates both dynamic pricing and a price guarantee. The guarantee provides customers with compensation if, prior to a...
Provided by Queen's University
-
White Papers
Predictable Currency Risk Premia
Aug 2009
Currency excess returns are highly predictable, more than stock returns, and about as much as bond returns. Author shows that in a general, no-arbitrage setup, expected currency excess returns...
Provided by University of California, Los Angeles (Anderson)
-
White Papers
Self-Selection And The Forecasting Abilities Of Female Equity Analysts
May 2009
This paper investigates whether there are systematic differences between the forecasting style and abilities of female and male analysts, and whether market participants recognize these...
Provided by University of Texas at Austin (McCombs)
-
White Papers
Sentiment-Driven Overvaluation And Management Forecasting Strategies
Jan 2010
Prior research suggests that managers adopt disclosure strategies to exacerbate sentiment driven overvaluation, concluding that managers either "Keep quiet" or inject bias into certain voluntary...
Provided by University of Texas at Austin (McCombs)
-
White Papers
Management Earnings Forecasts: A Review And Framework
Jan 2008
In this paper, author provides a framework in which to view management earnings forecasts. By evaluating management earnings forecast research within the context of this framework, author renders...
Provided by University of Texas at Austin (McCombs)
-
White Papers
How Disaggregation Enhances The Credibility Of Management Earnings Forecasts
Jan 2007
An important problem facing firm managers is how to enhance the credibility, or believability, of their earnings forecasts. In this paper, we experimentally test whether a characteristic of an...
Provided by University of Texas at Austin (McCombs)
-
White Papers
The Financial Crisis, Rethinking Of The Global Financial Architecture, And The Trilemma
Apr 2010
This paper extends the previous paper (Aizenman, Chinn, and Ito 2008) and explores some of the unexplored questions. The authors examine the channels through which the trilemma policy...
Provided by Asian Development Bank Institute
-
White Papers
Evidence Of Differing Market Responses To Meeting Or Beating Targets Through Tax Expense Management
May 2006
Does decreasing tax expense in order to meet or beat analysts' forecasts result in smaller market rewards? The author demonstrate that when firms meet or beat these forecasts by decreasing their...
Provided by University of Texas at Austin (McCombs)
-
White Papers
Projecting Global Economic Growth An Information Technology Contribution-Based Approach
Sep 2008
This paper introduces a framework for projecting economic growth that takes into account the contribution of Information Technology. The author applies this framework to forecast the growth of...
Provided by National University of Singapore School of Business
-
White Papers
Dynamic Revenue Management For Online Display Advertising
Nov 2008
In this paper, the authors propose a dynamic optimization model to maximize a web publisher's online display advertising revenues. Specifically, the model dynamically selects which advertising...
Provided by University of California, Los Angeles (Anderson)
-
White Papers
Robust Controls For Network Revenue Management
Sep 2007
Revenue management models traditionally assume that future demand is unknown, but can be represented by a stochastic process or a probability distribution. Demand is however often difficult to...
Provided by University of California, Los Angeles (Anderson)
-
White Papers
4 Secrets Of Meaningful Projections
Mar 2010
Most business owners feel one of two ways about projections. Either they feel projections are worthless because they cannot predict the future, or they feel projections are a mechanism to make...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
The Three Budgets
Mar 2010
We're all optimistic about the future of our business. Without that optimism, we wouldn't be able to push through the challenges of small business ownership. Our dream of a sunny future and our...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
Term Structure Forecasting Using Macro Factors And Forecast Combination
Jan 2010
The authors examine the importance of incorporating macroeconomic information and, in particular, accounting for model uncertainty when forecasting the term structure of U.S. interest rates. They...
Provided by Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
-
White Papers
The Taylor Rule And Forecast Intervals For Exchange Rates
Mar 2009
This paper attacks the Meese-Rogoff (exchange rate disconnect) puzzle from a different perspective: out-of-sample interval forecasting. Most studies in the literature focus on point forecasts. In...
Provided by Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
-
White Papers
Estimating The Parameters Of A Small Open Economy DSGE Model: Identifiability And Inferential Validity
Nov 2008
This paper estimates the parameters of a stylized dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model using maximum likelihood and Bayesian methods, paying special attention to the issue of weak...
Provided by Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
-
White Papers
Predicting Cycles In Economic Activity
Apr 2008
Predicting cycles in economic activity is one of the more challenging but important aspects of economic forecasting. This paper reports the results from estimation of binary probit models that...
Provided by Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
-
White Papers
Automatic Stabilizers And The Size Of Government: Correcting A Common Misunderstanding
Jul 2010
The size of government is a commonly used variable in many analytical studies on the effects of fiscal policy. An accepted practice is to measure it as the ratio of government spending to GDP....
Provided by International Monetary Fund
-
White Papers
In Search Of Lost Revenue: Why Restoring Fiscal Soundness After A Crisis Is Harder Than It Looks
Jun 2010
This note argues that because fiscal deficit after a crisis owe much to a drop in tax revenues and a sluggish revenue growth, its adjustment has to rely more on revenue augmentation than commonly...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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