This paper analyses the link between the VDAX as a proxy for European fi nancial uncertainty and the number of terror incidents in Western Europe. Considering data of the Global Terrorism Database, the number of terror incidents does – on average – not aff ect fi nancial uncertainty. In contrast, based on a behavioral model of terrorism motivated by Schmid and de Graaf (1982), lagged fi nancial...

This paper aims to investigate the impact of behavioral biases and financial literacy on investment performance in an emerging stock market context. Based data collected from a sample 196 Moroccan investors operating Casablanca exchange, we test research hypotheses using structural equation modeling. Out four heuristics examined our proposed conceptual framework (i.e. overconfidence, representa...

1.1 Introduction Carbon stars are tracers of the intermediate age population in galaxies. Either they are currently undergoing third dredge-up on the (Thermal-Pulsing) Asymp-totic Giant Branch (TP-AGB) – the cool and luminous N-type carbon stars (or the " infrared carbon stars " , when they are significantly reddened by circumstel-lar dust through mass-loss) –, or have been enriched with carbon...

Kacang bambara merupakan tanaman tahan akan cekaman kekeringan dan tumbuh baik pada lahan kering. Air tetap berberan aktif dalam proses pertumbuhan perkembangan meskipun kacang dikategorikan sebagai legume yang kekeringan. Tujuan penelitian yaitu mengetahui kebutuhan air dari sepuluh galur terhadap pertumbahan hasil bambara. Penelitian ini dilaksankan di greenhouse FAPERTA Universitas Muhammadi...

Multiplex PCR là phương pháp sinh học phân tử nhằm khuếch đại nhiều trình tự DNA chỉ trong một phản ứng và được dụng phổ biến nghiên cứu vì tính ưu việt của nó. Vì vậy, chúng tôi đã kỹ thuật để phát hiện sự có mặt virus gây bệnh dịch tả lợn châu Phi, đồng thời định danh genotype đang lưu hành tại Việt Nam. Mục tiêu thiết kế tối hóa multiplex làm cơ sở cho việc chế tạo bộ kit kiểu gen Phi ở Kết ...

This paper proposes to investigate the impact of …nancialization on energy markets (oil, gas, coal and electricity European forward prices) during both normal times and extreme ‡uctuation periods through an original behavioral and emotional approach. To this aim, we propose a new theoretical and empirical framework based on a heterogeneous agents model in which fundamentalists and chartists co-...

1 Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London Address for Correspondence: Professor Geraldine A Thomas, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital, Room G02, Du Cane Road, London W12 0HS. Email: [email protected] The response of the international media to the possible health effects of the radiation leaks that occurred at Fukushim...

Existing studies find that compared to non-lottery stocks, lottery-like stocks tend to be overpriced and earn lower subsequent returns, probably due to investor preferences for lottery-like assets. We argue that investor preferences for holding speculative assets are more pronounced ahead of firms’ earnings announcements, probably due to lower inventory costs and immediate payoffs. We show that...