The Use of Downside Risk Measures in Portfolio Construction and Evaluation

One of the challenges of using downside risk measures as an alternative constructor of portfolios and diagnostic devise is in their computational intensity. This paper outlines how to use downside risk measures to construct efficient portfolios and to evaluate portfolio performance in light of investor loss aversiondownside risk, portfolios, performance measure

Risk and economic sustainability of crop farming systems

Environmental, social and economic attributes are important for the sustainability of a farming system. Comparing farming systems by considering only expected profitability ignores differences in both sustainability and in the riskiness of system returns. Further, in choosing between farming systems, the ability to survive various risks and shocks and con-tinue in the future is important, i.e., system resilience and persistence are important aspects of sustainabil-ity. Yet resilience and persistence have seldom been directly considered in evaluations of economic sus-tainability. A whole-farm stochastic simulation model over a six-year planning horizon was used to compare organic and conventional cropping systems for a representative farm situation in Eastern Norway. The relative sustainability of alternative systems under changing assumptions about future technology and price regimes was examined in terms of terminal financial position. The risk efficiency of the same alternatives was also compared. The results illustrate possible conflicts between pursuit of risk efficiency versus sustainability. The model used could be useful in supporting farmers’ choice between farming sys-tems as well for policy makers to develop more sharply targeted policies

Importance-Performance Analysis of Guest Entertainment Technology Amenities in the Lodging Industry

An assessment of how hotel guests view in-room entertainment-technology amenities was conducted to compare the importance of these technologies to how they performed. In-room entertainment technology continues to evolve in the hotel industry. However, given the multitude of entertainment products available in the marketplace today, hoteliers have little understanding of guests’ expectations and of which in-room entertainment-technology amenities will drive guest satisfaction and increase loyalty to the hotel brand. Given that technology is integral to a hotel stay, this study seeks to evaluate the importance and performance of in-room entertainment-technology amenities. Findings indicate that free-to-guest television (FTG TV) and high-speed Internet access were the two most important inroom entertainment-technology amenities when it comes to the selection of a hotel for both leisure and business travelers. The Importance/Satisfaction Matrix presented in the current study showed that many of the in-room entertainment-technology amenities are currently a low priority for guests. Keywords: importance-performance analysis, hotel, in-room entertainment technologie

Faktor-Faktor Yang Mempengaruhi Kemauan Untuk Membayar Pajak Wajib Pajak Orang Pribadi Yang Melakukan Wirausaha (Studi Kasus pada KPP Kabupaten Boyolali)

In fact the problem of the willingness to pay taxes was a problem that was just a matter of whether or not taxpayers pay income tax to the tax service office, then of all it was necessary factors that encourage the taxpayer to pay obligations, and these factors must also be tested in order to prove and encourage the taxes to pay its obligations. This study aims to provide empirical evidence of the influence of awareness of paying taxes, taxpayer discipline, taxpayer honesty, knowledge and understanding of tax rules, taxpayer service quality, confidence level of the system administration and law paying taxes to willingness to pay the taxpayer of an individual who does entrepreneurs in KPP Pratama Boyolali. This research was a quantitative research using survey method. Primary data was obtained from questionnaires distributed to taxpayers of individuals who conduct entrepreneurship. The number of research samples as much as 100 respondents taken by accidental sampling. The data analysis technique was using multiple linear regression analysis. Based on the results of data analysis can be concluded that awareness of paying taxes, taxpayer discipline, taxpayer honesty, knowledge and understanding of tax rules, taxpayer service quality, confidence level of the system administration and law paying taxes have influence to willingness to pay the taxpayer of an individual who does entrepreneurs in KPP Pratama Boyolali, this was indicated by the significance value of each variable <0.05

An Update to the October 2015 Working Draft on Drogheda – Ireland’s Emerging Sixth City, using 2022 Census data

This research update of author’s earlier Paper of October 2015 ‘Greater Drogheda: Emerging Demographic Evidence Base for Ireland’s Sixth City’ by reviewing and updating the growth of the Greater Drogheda Area (GDrA). It includes an examination of the fusion of its two largest settlements, Drogheda and fast-growing Laytown, Bettystown, Mornington and Donacarney (LBMD) towns. The scale of Drogheda’s growth is evidenced as a city and not that of the National Planning Framework’s Regional Growth Towns, as the evidence of this Paper will show. My 2015 paper and also my 2010 PhD are published in [email protected], under Brian Hughes

Ybp1 and Gpx3 signaling in Candida albicans govern hydrogen peroxide-induced oxidation of the Cap1 transcription factor and macrophage escape

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