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Economic models
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Industrial Management, 1958.
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Analysis of Economic Models Through Calculus of Variations
… of two science fields: Mathematics and Economics. Mathematics is often used to formulate a clear and concise solution to economic problems. In my observation calculus of variation has often been used in various macroeconomic problems. This mathematical method deals with maximizing or …
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Heterogeneity in regional economic models: disaggregation and integration
Heterogeneity in economic agents has long been one of the major discussion points in both theoretical and applied fields of economics. Particularly for regional economists focusing on macroeconomic models at the subnational level, it is of foremost importance to take into account heterogeneity of …
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Unobserved heterogeneity in economic models: testing and estimation
… a central theme on unobserved heterogeneity in economic models. The first two chapters discuss tests for parameter homogeneity against general alternatives. In the first chapter, I propose a unified framework for score tests of parameter homogeneity based on Neyman's $C(\alpha)$ approach. Such …
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A study of the fundamentals of actuarial economic models
… been used by actuaries to describe and model the economic variables required for actuarial calculations. Traditionally actuaries have only used average future values to describe these variables and they have tended to use relatively informal methods for determining these averages. These informal …
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Interlinking Interregional Economic Models With Infrastructure Networks: Three Essays
Dynamic models vary in complexity depending on the time horizon length. In the short term, where we can reasonably assume that technology and the network topology and capacity are fixed we can model dynamics as a sequence of static equilibriums where each period may be linked to the previous ones …
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On Combining Time Series and Cross-Section Data in Dynamic Economic Models
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Extrinsic uncertainty, ergodic chaos and monetary policy in two intertemporal economic models
… and ergodic chaos in two types of intertemporal economic models. The thesis is divided into four chapters. In the first chapter the existence of extrinsic uncertainty also known as sunspots is analysed within the framework of a single commodity two-period pure exchange over lapping generations …
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Economic Models of Recreational and Commercial Fishing and Their Impact on the Great Lakes Ecosystem
… consists of three papers, each presenting an economic model of human behavior as it applies to three environmental issues in the Great Lakes basin. The first paper estimates response to government-issued information on the risks of eating PCB-contaminated sportfish. We use 19 years of creel …
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Algorithm for solving a class of nonlinear, unconstrained, signomial economic models using the Greening technique, An
Includes bibliographical references (pages 95-96).
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Physical and Economic Models of Natural Resource Scarcity: Theory and Application to Petroleum Development and Production in the Lower 48 United States, 1955-1985
Physical and economic models of the costs of developing and producing petroleum in the lower 48 United States were calculated and compared for the 1955 to 1985 period. The physical scarcity model calculated the energy return on investment (EROI) for petroleum development and production. The EROI is …
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Static and dynamic modelling of the South African real sector
… investigation of the applicability of various economic models to the South African real sector. It has been written primarily for the statistician, and thus presentation of economic theory has been in a straightforward and, if possible, mathematical form. Chapter One provides an introduction to …
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An Economic Approach to Modeling Archaeological Settlement Patterns in Central Idaho
… Information Systems (GIS) and application of economic. GIS modeling is a powerful tool used by archaeologists to catalog and analyze site information in a spatial context. Economic models interpret human behavior in terms of cost and benefit. Little archaeological research has been done in …
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Estimating the Adaptation Deficit - An empirical analysis of the constraints on climate change adaptation in agriculture
… use over time. Land use is commonly optimised in economic models, which rests on the neoclassical economic assumption of rational choice among farmers. A wealth of experimental and empirical evidence demonstrates that rational choice can be a poor approximation of human decision making. Models …
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Microeconomic Model Analyses
… compares thepredictive performance of a standard economic model to a variety of machine learning models by presenting nearly 1,000 subjects with a consumer decision problem – the selection of a bundle of contingent commodities from a budget set. Our dataset allows us to compare predictions at the …
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Accounting for well capacity in the economic decision making of groundwater users
… around the world present the need for accurate economic models of groundwater use which couple traditional producer theory with hydrological science. We present a static optimization problem of individual producer rents, given groundwater as a variable input to production. In a break with …
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Optimising television programming and scheduling
… technologies have “disturbed” the traditional economic models supporting the media industry over the last decade, with viewers migrating from traditional media outlets to digital ones causing a severe drop in revenues. Consequently, the competition for viewers’ ratings has intensified …
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Infrastructure finance in Africa through the Public Private Partnership (PPP): Is the Lekki-Epe Toll Road (Nigeria) economically sustainable?
… in the area of road construction and the economic models adopted in the financing process. 2. To determine whether the accruing benefits from the concession of Lekki-Epe Expressway out-weighed the cost of constructing the purported road. 3. To determine whether the inflows from toll …
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