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Coherent risk measures under filtered historical simulation
(Elsevier, 2005-04)
Recent studies have strongly criticised conventional VaR models for not providing a coherent risk measure. Acerbi provides the intuition for an entire family of coherent measures of risk known as “spectral risk measures” ...
Commitment policy and optimal positive long-run inflation
(2008)
This paper studies different types of commitment policy in an economy where the deterministic steady state is inefficient. We show how a policy suggested by the approach of policy design entails positive long-run inflation, ...
An initial imprinting of the self-help groups of Narcotics Anonymous and Alcoholics Anonymous in Greece: the demographic facts
(Baywood Publishing, 2005)
Although the self-help groups of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) in Greece count more than twenty years of life, the researching activity in the field in Greece is limited. This study is the first ...
Optimum Design Approaches for Improving the Seismic Performance of 3D RC Buildings
(Taylor & Francis, 2009-03-28)
In this article, a number of design approaches for 3D reinforced concrete (RC) buildings are formulated in the framework of structural optimization problems and are assessed in terms of their performance under earthquake ...
Automatic Minimization of the Rigidity Eccentricity of 3D Reinforced Concrete Buildings
(Taylor & Francis, 2007)
The objective of this paper is to obtain the optimum design of 3D reinforced concrete
buildings in terms of their performance under earthquake loading. This goal is achieved by considering
the minimization of the ...
A First Description of Narcotics Anonymous and Alcoholics Anonymous Members in Greece: Prior Treatment History and Opinions about Professionals
(Sage Journal, 2007-03)
Although the self-help groups of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) in Greece have existed for more than twenty years, research on them in Greece is limited. This first study was conducted September ...
September 11: Immediate and Long Term Effects on Measures of Aggression, Prejudice, and Person Perception
(North American Journal of Psychology, 2004)
Tests of aggression, prejudice and a measure of how much uniqueness or similarity we perceive in others were administered to participants the day before the terrorist attacks of 9/ 11, the day of the attacks, six and seven ...
Domestic and multinational determinants of foreign bank profits: The case of Greek banks operating abroad
(Elsevier, 2007)
This paper examines the determinants of profits of Greek banks operating abroad by developing an integrated model that includes a set of determinants informed by the literature on the profitability of both multinational ...
Spyros Makridakis: An interview with theInternational Journal of Forecasting
(Elsevier, 2006)
Following the attainment of a place in the GreekSailing Team in the Olympics of 1960, SpyrosMakridakis set sail for New York University wherehe obtained a PhD in 1969. His first academicappointment was at INSEAD where he ...
Greek Hidden Champions: Lessons from Small, Littleknown Firms in Greece
(Pergamon, 2000-12)
The purpose of the research described in this paper is to first identify successful Greek SMEs that can be qualified as ‘hidden champions’ and second to uncover the factors that have contributed to their success. These ...