Land value and returns on Farmlands: an analysis by Spanish Autonomous Regions

Innovation Profiles Of Spanish Autonomous Regions

The aim of the following article is to study the process of innovation convergence amongst the Spanish Autonomous Regions. To this end the research has been based on the data analysis from the INE (Spanish National Institute of Statistics) Innovation surveys from 2005 to 2006. The methodology used will allow us to set up an Autonomous Regions Ranking per year, clustering per groups of innovatio...

Technical Analysis in Commodity Markets: Risk, Returns, and Value by

Although there is little academic research that supports the usefulness of technical analysis, its use remains widespread in commodity markets. Much prior research into technical analysis suffered from data-snooping biases. Using genetic programming, ex ante optimal technical trading strategies are identified. Because they are mechanically generated from simple arithmetic operators, they are fr...

content analysis of l1 and l2 writing textbooks and the perception analysis of university professors on the influence of english writing expertise on the persian in an efl context

the importance of writing as a complex skill in applied linguistics has drawn the attention of many researchers to evaluate textbooks in order to help learners gain self-sufficiency and autonomy in the field of language use and communication. investigations have shown that developments in textbooks evaluation can promote the quality of pedagogies and consequently the learning. this study attemp...

Expected returns on value, growth, and HML☆

Article history: Received 26 September 2009 Received in revised form 22 March 2010 Accepted 6 April 2010 Available online 13 April 2010 In this paper, I analyze the predictability of returns on value and growth portfolios and examine time variation of the expected value premium. As a primary tool, I use the filtering technique, which accounts for time variation in expected cash flows and explic...

Do the Spanish regions converge? A unit root analysis for the HDI of the Spanish regions