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Open AccessAsset allocation of Australian superannuation funds: a markov regime switching approach
We extend an observable Markov Regime Switching framework to assess the switching behaviour of asset classes of Australian superannuation funds across different fund sizes. We identify the most prominent asset...
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Jump Connectedness in the European Foreign Exchange Market
We assess the jump connectedness (spillover) among five Group-of-Ten European currencies, namely the Swiss Franc, the Euro, the British pound, the Norwegian Krone, and the Swedish Krone. Our analysis covers a ...
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Stock Market Impact of Sovereign Rating Changes: Alternative Benchmark Models
Given the current state of the world capital markets, more emphasis is being placed on the growing importance of credit rating agencies in providing standardised assessment of credit risk. One of the main appl...
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How do clinical and psychological variables relate to quality of life in end-stage renal disease? Validating a proximal–distal model
The aims of this study were to: (1) validate the proximal–distal (PD) model in predialysis and early dialysis and (2) examine the role of hemoglobin on quality of life (QoL) in these patient groups.
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Problem-Based Learning of Statistical Sampling Concepts Using Fantasy Sports Team Data
This paper explores a case of using data from a fantasy sports competition (the AFL Dream Team competition) to teach the core concepts in statistical sampling and the central limit theorem as they apply to pro...
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The psychosocial correlates of quality of life in the dialysis population: a systematic review and meta-regression analysis
The psychosocial correlates of quality-of-life (QoL) research in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) are important in identifying risk and protective factors that may account for the QoL variability. Thus, the pres...
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The Power of Mindsets: Nurturing Engagement, Motivation, and Resilience in Students
In this chapter, three interrelated concepts—student engagement, motivation, and resilience—are examined through the lens of “mindsets.” Mindsets are assumptions that we possess about ourselves and others that...
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Open AccessTherapeutic Potential of SH2 Domain-Containing Inositol-5′-Phosphatase 1 (SHIP1) and SHIP2 Inhibition in Cancer
Many tumors present with increased activation of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)-PtdIns(3,4,5)P3-protein kinase B (PKB/Akt) signaling pathway. It has long been thought that the lipid phosphatases SH2 dom...
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Violence in the Australian Football League: Good or Bad?
In this chapter, the trend in violence in the Australian Football League (AFL) is examined for the period 2000–2009. We begin with a brief history of the league and the key features of the game. A distinction ...
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Underwriter reputation and underpricing: evidence from the Australian IPO market
Dimovski and Brooks (J Intern Financ Mark Inst Money 14:267–280, 2004b) examined 358 Australian industrial and mining company initial public offerings (IPOs) from 1994 to 1999 to report that more money was left o...
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Oil prices and transport sector returns: an international analysis
This study examines the role of oil prices in explaining ‘transport sector’ equity returns in 38 countries across the world. The findings of the study are strongly supportive of some role for oil prices in det...
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Mate choice for genetic quality when environments vary: suggestions for empirical progress
Mate choice for good-genes remains one of the most controversial evolutionary processes ever proposed. This is partly because strong directional choice should theoretically deplete the genetic variation that e...
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Dividend taxation and corporate investment: a comparative study between the classical system and imputation system of dividend taxation in the United States and Australia
In recent times a number of countries have initiated some important tax reforms to eliminate the distortions of double taxation. In this context, Australia adopted a dividend imputation system in 1987, while t...
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The Factors Influencing Saving in a Matched Savings Program: Goals, Knowledge of Payment Instruments, and Other Behavior
This paper explores the saving behavior of the group of low-income households that have participated in the Australian Saver Plus matched savings program. The paper finds that a dynamic panel model represents ...
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Valuing biotechnology companies: Does classification by technology type help?
This paper explores whether conventional financial ratios can be used for portfolio construction in the biotechnology sector after the companies are classified into groups based on technology platforms such as...
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Multivariate selection shapes environment-dependent variation in the clonal morphology of a red seaweed
Within-individual strategies of variation (e.g., phenotypic plasticity) are particularly relevant to modular organisms, in which ramets of the same genetic individual may encounter diverse environments imposin...
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Predictors of mental disorders and their outcome in a community based cohort
Only a limited number of population-based studies have been able to prospectively follow the mental health of their participants. We aimed to describe diagnostic changes in a population based cohort over a two...
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Evolution of mate choice in the wild
Arising from: A. Qvarnström, J. E. Brommer & L. Gustafsson Nature 441, 84–86 (2006); Qvarnström et al. reply
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Media coverage and biotechnology IPOs: Some Australian evidence
This paper analyses Australian biotechnology initial public offerings and the role of media coverage during the issue period in explaining capital raising, sentiment and underpricing. This paper finds empirica...
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Valuing biotechnology companies using the price earnings ratio
The biotechnology and life sciences sectors are a source of major source of growth in the economy. However the valuation of companies in the sector is problematic owing to the long lead times and uncertainty a...
