News tagged with economic models

Economics study homes in on factors influencing value of great art

Arzu Aysin Tekindor has never seen "Antiques Roadshow," the PBS television program that routinely subjects artworks and other collectibles to the burning question: What is it worth?

Other Sciences / Other

created May 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Night sky satellite luminescence images used to estimate economic levels

(PhysOrg.com) -- Applying statistical analysis to a truly inspirational idea, economic researchers Xi Chen and William D. Nordhaus used nighttime satellite images taken by the U.S. Department of Defense over ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 17, 2011 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (10) | comments 1 | with audio podcast report

Chance favors the concentration of wealth, study shows

Most of our society's wealth is invested in businesses or other ventures that may or may not pan out. Thus, chance plays a role in where the wealth of a society will end up.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Jul 21, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 58 | with audio podcast

Barriers fall between TV, Internet

You say TV, I say Internet. Toe-mate-o, toe-mah-to.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers study costs of 'dirty bomb' attack in L.A.

A dirty bomb attack centered on downtown Los Angeles' financial district could severely impact the region's economy to the tune of nearly $16 billion, fueled primarily by psychological effects that could persist for a decade.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Low incomes make poor more conservative, study finds

You might think that in a time when more money is concentrated in fewer hands and incomes vary wildly from billions to subsistence, poor people might increase their support for government policies that offer some help.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 16, 2010 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (23) | comments 486 | with audio podcast

Heart of Canada's asbestos country reinvents itself

It's an unlikely match, but a green chemistry institute is thriving in the old headquarters of a Canadian mine in a sign that the former world capital of asbestos is diversifying.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Mar 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 4

Financial instruments could be spiked with unfindable risks

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a result that may have implications for financial regulation, researchers from computer science and economics have revealed potentially impenetrable problems with the pricing of financial ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (20) | comments 42

Mind over market: Economist confirms role of psychology in U.S. business cycle

(PhysOrg.com) -- Public attitude may be as important as public policy when it comes to the economy, according to UC Irvine’s Fabio Milani. A new economic model developed by the assistant professor of economics ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Jun 22, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Saving forests? Take a leaf from insurance industry's book

A group of environmental scientists say a problem-ridden economic model designed to slow deforestation can be improved by applying key concepts from the insurance industry.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

To create 2.4 million jobs invest excess corporate cash: study

U.S. corporations have far less cash on hand to invest than popularly believed - but enough to provide a significant economic stimulus and renewed employment growth in the midst of a tepid economic recovery, ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Feb 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 16

No crystal ball necessary: New tool IDs predictable economic variables

You don't need a crystal ball to tell you what is going to happen next in the economy. You need a statistical model. A new method from North Carolina State University can help researchers determine which economic variables ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Jul 21, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 4

The inevitable rise of China - hype or reality?

A cover article in the latest edition of Foreign Affairs by the University of Sydney's Dr. Salvatore Babones outlines why predictions by economists that China will continue to experience rapid growth throu ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Aug 23, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 35

Study shows income inequality a key factor in high US teen births

New research reveals the surprising economics behind the high U.S. teen birth rates, and why Texas teens are giving birth at triple the rate of Massachusetts youth: high income inequality and low opportunity cost.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sea levels will continue to rise for 500 years: study

Rising sea levels in the coming centuries is perhaps one of the most catastrophic consequences of rising temperatures. Massive economic costs, social consequences and forced migrations could result from global ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 17, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (12) | comments 9