Essays about: "spurious regression"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words spurious regression.

  1. 1. The Impact of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) on Listed European Football Clubs

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Igor Victor Noonan; Marco Israel Silicaro; [2019]
    Keywords : Free Cash Flow Theory; Underinvestment Problem; Panel Data Regression; Trade Off Theory; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The purpose of this paper is to investigate and shed light on the critical success factors for investors, management and academia for listed European football clubs. This paper is the first of its kind in that it analyses the Key Performance Indicators and their respective impact on the stock price for 23 listed European football clubs. READ MORE

  3. 2. Convergent or Unresponsive? : The effect of austerity and mainstream party positioning on the electoral success of left-wing populist parties in Western Europe

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Lisa Gastaldi; [2018]
    Keywords : Left-wing; Populism; Mainstream party convergence; Ideology; Responsiveness; Responsibility; Austerity; Fiscal consolidation;

    Abstract : While several populist parties with ties to the left side of the ideological scale have become more prominent in the electoral arenas across Western Europe, the literature on populism still has a disproportionate focus on the right. To enhance the existing research on explanatory factors to the electoral fortunes of left-wing populist parties, this study tests two competing theories using multivariate regression analysis. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Impact of Segregation on Failing Labor Market Integration in Sweden – Causal or Not?

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Adam Josefsson; [2017-02-07]
    Keywords : segregation; labor market integration; education; housing market; ethnic networks;

    Abstract : Labor market integration of immigrants is an important issue in the political debate in many countries. Segregation is one factor often assumed to impact labor market integration negatively – through processes related to socialization, networks or stigmatization. READ MORE

  5. 4. Swedish Household Debt: Macroeconomic determinants of the household debt-to-income ratio

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Fabian Lundbäck; Johan Martinsson; [2016-09-09]
    Keywords : Household debt-to-income; Life-cycle permanent income hypothesis; Cointegration; Vector autoregressive model; Error correction model;

    Abstract : This paper describes how the rise in Swedish households’ debt-to-income ratio (DTIR) over the last 30 years can be explained based on macroeconomic implications. In particular, cointegrating relations are analysed based on a specified vector autoregressive (VAR) model, due to spurious estimations from the general OLS-regression. READ MORE

  6. 5. Prediction of Linear Models: Application of Jackknife Model Averaging

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statistiska institutionen

    Author : Geroukis Asterios; [2016]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : When using linear models, a common practice is to find the single best model fit used in predictions. This on the other hand can cause potential problems such as misspecification and sometimes even wrong models due to spurious regression. READ MORE