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EXCHANGE RATE REGIMES, FX LIQUIDITY RISK, AND CARRY TRADE RETURNS
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Author
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Abankwa, Samuel
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Finance, Industrial management, Economics
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Description
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The dissertation consists of three related topics: FX market-wide liquidity measure and individual currency-pair liquidity co-movements, FX liquidity risk and carry trade returns, and the forward premium puzzle in foreign exchange markets. This is...
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NONPARAMETRIC PREDICTIVE REGRESSION
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Author
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Yu, Xintian
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Statistics, Finance, Economics
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Description
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In financial time series nonlinear effects and time-varying effects are observed. In this dissertation we propose a predictive regression model with time varying coefficients and functional coefficients. It allows for nonstationary predictors. We establi...
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The determinants of household violence
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Author
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Wienke, Jennifer
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Government policy, Economics
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Description
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Family violence is a pervasive social issue, which warrants attention from policy makers. Theories such as nested ecological theory and general strain theory suggest that family violence increases during times of economic hardship. Even so, histor...