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Machine learning: A potential forecasting tool
(2017-12)
Technical analysis involves predicting asset price movements from analysis of historical prices. Many studies have been conducted to determine the profitability of technical analysis. A composite prediction is considered ...
Economics of household solar panel and wind turbine systems
(2017-05)
Small wind turbines and photovoltaic (PV) technologies are available for purchase and use to provide households with electricity. The objective of this research is to determine the economic consequences of installing ...
Incorporating behavioral principles in primary data analysis with application to beer demand
(2017-05)
Recent advancements in microeconomics have resurrected a need for modern economists to grapple with principles of consumer behavior. This dissertation uses the American beer market as a starting place to present three ways ...
Three essays on insurance and options in agricultural economics
(2017-05)
Rating of insurance policies depends on the probability of events in the tail of the distribution. A modeling tool based on extreme value theory to measure such tail-related risk could potentially improve insurance rating. ...
Essays on African rural development and environmental and natural resource policy
(2017-05)
My dissertation consists of three essays in development economics and empirical microeconomics.