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Showing 1 to 20 of 72 for “"Economic significance"”.
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Economic Significance of Selective Export Promotion on Poverty Reduction and Inter-Industry Growth of Ethiopia
The purpose of this thesis was to assess the economic implications of an export promotion policy on poverty reduction and inter-industry growth of Ethiopia. The study was conducted in four steps. The first and the second steps involved simulation scenarios. Scenario 1 simulated the change in the …
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Climate change effects on land degradation and agriculture in the Swartland, South Africa
… such a climatically sensitive region of central economic significance for southern Africa.
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A CREDIT ANALYSIS OF THE UNBANKED AND UNDERBANKED: AN ARGUMENT FOR ALTERNATIVE DATA
… this study is to ascertain the statistical and economic significance of non-traditional credit data for individuals who do not have sufficient economic data, collectively known as the unbanked and underbanked. The consequences of not having sufficient economic information often determines …
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Risk management for property casualty insurance companies
… to an early default, we are able to capture the economic significance of financial distress, and allocate firm-wide risk capital. The firm-wide risk is incidentally used to empirically test the impact of risk on the cost of carry, the quality of operational profitability and forward asset …
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The anti-slavery sentiment of Virginia from 1830-1860
… entirety slavery is found to have had not only economic significance but also political, social, and moral consequences. A subject so vast in its scope has naturally received the focus of attention of many historians, and will continue to be so regarded as new phases, aspects, and results are …
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On the predictability of U.S. stock market using machine learning and deep learning techniques
… in stock market statistical predictability and economic significance over the benchmark conventional efficient market hypothesis and econometric models. Five chapters and three publishable papers were proposed altogether, and each chapter is developed to solve specific identifiable problem(s). …
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"Without carving how would I survive?" : Economic motivation and its significance in contemporary Inuit art
… Inuit art have minimized or disregarded the economic significance Inuit art has for its producers. Although economic factors of Inuit art production have been treated as irrelevant in most art historical inquiries, Inuit artists say that financial remuneration is essential to their art …
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Optimized Forecasting of Dominant U.S. Stock Market Equities Using Univariate and Multivariate Time Series Analysis Methods
… in a back-testing environment to evaluate economic significance and robustness of the methods. Initial results of back-testing yielded similar results to those from earlier independent testing. Inconsistent performance across test intervals inspired the development of a second technique …
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Style adjusted performance of South African general equity unit trusts
… different methodologies and time periods. The economic significance of this positive alpha can be large over a longer period of time.
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Investors' reaction to the recommendations of analysts published in the Financial Post "Hot Stock" column
… the Financial Post "Hot Stock" column. Tests of economic significance proved inconclusive
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The Dynamics of Border Disputes in State Making: The Fragile Borderlands in the Northern Region between Nigeria and Benin Republic in West Africa
… the area in contention has no strategic value or economic significance, and no overlapping power struggle between the states and the border communities. Empirical data were collected using the case study method. The key finding of the study revealed that the domestic politics in the challenge …
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Building skills : a construction trades training facility for the eastern Canadian Arctic
… over a new territory, Nunavut, envisioning economic self-reliance, political self-determination, and renewal of confidence in Inuit community. Life in Nunavut, however, remains circumscribed by adversities: poverty, crowded houses, and long winters. Both government and industry are …
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Lexicon of bedrock stratigraphic names of North Dakota
… to other units, characteristic fossils, economic significance, depo sitional environment, type section (1£ one has been proposed), and other remarks that might be significant. The history of strati graphic nomenclature includes a chronological listing of the first definition of the unit …
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Involvement of mitochondrial transcription factor A (TFAM) in porcine gametogenesis and preimplantation embryo development
… pig (Sus scrofa), a livestock species of major economic significance. We hypothesized that TFAM will be expressed at high levels in oocytes and embryos and that sperm mitochondria should be devoid of TFAM since they are destined for degradation after fertilization. The content of TFAM mRNA …
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Festive culture in pre-reformation rural Suffolk
… behaviour, exploring its organizational and economic significance, its relationship to the landscape, and its impact on personal possessions. The last two chapters redress the concept of festive culture as entertainment, and festive culture as carnival. They argue that these expressions of …
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