A combination of high deductible health plans (HDHPs) and health savings accounts (HSAs) holds promise for expanding health insurance for small firms. We provide information on HSA take-up and shopping behavior from a 2008 ...
Unlike mutual and pension funds, which are heavily regulated in most juristrictions, hedge funds are largely unregulated. Because they are not required to report to regulators and to the public, data on hedge fund performance ...
Cotter, John; Hanly, Jim(University College Dublin. School of Business. Centre for Financial Markets, 2005)
We examine whether hedging effectiveness is affected by asymmetry in the return distribution by applying tail specific metrics to compare the hedging effectiveness of short and long hedgers using crude oil futures contracts. ...
Cotter, John; Hanly, Jim(University College Dublin. School of Business. Centre for Financial Markets, 2007)
We examine whether hedging effectiveness is affected by asymmetry in the return distribution by applying tail specific metrics to compare the hedging effectiveness of short and long hedgers
using crude oil futures contracts. ...
Cotter, John; Hanly, Jim(University College Dublin. School of Business. Centre for Financial MarketsUniversity College Dublin. Geary Institute, 2009-08)
This paper examines the volatility and covariance dynamics of cash and futures
contracts that underlie the Optimal Hedge Ratio (OHR) across different hedging time
horizons. We examine whether hedge ratios calculated over ...
This paper analyzes the records of over 85,000 recruits from the British Isles serving in the East India Army between 1802 and 1860. It computes average heights corrected for age, occupational status, and place of origin. ...
Denny, Kevin(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2010-10)
This paper uses a cross‐country representative sample of Europeans over the
age of 50 to analyse whether individuals’ height is associated with higher or
lower levels of well‐being. Two outcomes are used: a measure of ...
This article compares the heights of 1,000 Irish and English men recruited for service in India by the East India Company in the late 1770s and early 1780s. The height data serves as a guide to determining the economic ...
This article compares the heights of 1,000 Irish and English men recruited for service in India by the East India Company in the late 1770s and early 1780s. The height data serves as a guide to determining the economic ...