3399 Discussion Papers

• 13-122/III - Sequential Monte Carlo for Counting Vertex Covers in General Graphs

  Authors: Radislav Vaisman, Technion, Haifa, Israel; Zdravko Botev, University of New South Wales, Sidney, Australia; Ad Ridder, VU University Amsterdam

  Date: August 26, 2013

• 13-121/III - Forecasting Earnings Forecasts

  Authors: Bert de Bruijn, Erasmus University Rotterdam; Philip Hans Franses, Erasmus University Rotterdam

  Date: August 22, 2013

• 13-120/VIII - Coarse Tolling with Heterogeneous Preferences

  Author: Vincent A.C. van den Berg, VU University Amsterdam

  Date: August 22, 2013

• 13-119/V - The Causal Effect of Retirement on Mortality - Evidence from Targeted Incentives to retire early

  Authors: Hans Bloemen, VU University Amsterdam, Netspar, IZA; Stefan Hochguertel, VU University Amsterdam, Netspar; Jochem Zweerink, VU University Amsterdam, Netspar

  Date: August 19, 2013

• 13-118/III - The Impact of China on Stock Returns and Volatility in the Taiwan Tourism Industry

  Authors: Chia-Lin Chang, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan; Hui-Kuang Hsu, National Pingtung Institute of Commerce, Taiwan; Michael McAleer, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands, and Complutense University of Madrid, Spain

  Date: August 16, 2013

• 13-117/VIII - Tender Auctions with Existing Operators Bidding

  Author: Vincent A.C. van den Berg, VU University Amsterdam

  Date: August 15, 2013

• 13-116/VIII - Measuring Pattern, Amplitude and Timing Differences between Monetary and Non-Monetary Seasonal Factors of Tourism - the Case of Aruba

  Authors: Jorge Ridderstaat, Centrale Bank van Aruba, Aruba, Dutch Caribbean; Peter Nijkamp, VU University Amsterdam

  Date: August 15, 2013

• 13-115/VIII - Dynamics in Aceh and North Sumatera after the Twin Disasters: An Investigation into the Relevance of the Locational Fundamental Theory

  Authors: Aloysius Gunadi Brata, VU University Amsterdam, and Atma Jaya Yogyakarta University; Henri L.F. de Groot, VU University Amsterdam, and Ecorys NEI, Rotterdam; Piet Rietveld, VU University Amsterdam

  Date: August 15, 2013

• 13-114/III - Volatility Smirk as an Externality of Agency Conflict and Growing Debt

  Authors: Marcin Jaskowski, Erasmus University Rotterdam; Michael McAleer, Erasmus University Rotterdam, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan; Complutense University of Madrid, Spain

  Date: August 12, 2013

• 13-113/III - Predicting Covariance Matrices with Financial Conditions Indexes

  Authors: Anne Opschoor, Erasmus University Rotterdam; Dick van Dijk, Erasmus University Rotterdam; Michel van der Wel, Erasmus University Rotterdam

  Date: August 09, 2013

• 13-112/I - Superstars need Social Benefits: An Experiment on Network Formation

  Authors: Boris van Leeuwen, University of Amsterdam; Theo Offerman, University of Amsterdam; Arthur Schram, University of Amsterdam

  Date: August 08, 2013

• 13-111/III - Estimating Structural Parameters in Regression Models with Adaptive Learning

  Authors: Norbert Christopeit, University of Bonn, Germany; Michael Massmann, VU University Amsterdam

  Date: August 06, 2013

• 13-110/VIII - Socio-cultural Diversity and Urban Buzz

  Authors: Daniel Arribas-Bel, VU University Amsterdam; Karima Kourtit, VU University Amsterdam; Peter Nijkamp, VU University Amsterdam

  Date: August 06, 2013

• 13-109/VIII - Herding Behaviour, Bubbles and Log Periodic Power Laws in Illiquid Stock Markets. A Case Study on the Bucharest Stock Exchange

  Authors: Daniel Traian Pele, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania; Miruna Mazurencu-Marinescu, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania; Peter Nijkamp, VU University Amsterdam

  Date: August 05, 2013

• 13-108/VIII - A Multi-Actor Multi-Criteria Analysis of the Performance of Global Cities

  Authors: Karima Kourtit, VU University Amsterdam; Cathy Macharis, Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgium, and University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden; Peter Nijkamp, VU University Amsterdam

  Date: August 02, 2013

• 13-107/VIII - Modelling R&D and Innovation Support Systems – Analysis of Regional Cluster Structures in Innovation in Portugal

  Authors: Teresa de Noronha Vaz, University of the Algarve, Faro, Portugal; Purificación Vicente Galindo, University of the Algarve, Faro, Portugal; Peter Nijkamp, VU University Amsterdam

  Date: August 02, 2013

• 13-106/VIII - The Creative Urban Diaspora Economy: A Disparity Analysis among Migrant Entrepreneurs

  Authors: Karima Kourtit, VU University Amsterdam; Peter Nijkamp, VU University Amsterdam; Daniel Arribas-Bel, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

  Date: August 01, 2013

• 13-105/VIII - A Stepwise Efficiency Improvement DEA Model for Airport Management with a Fixed Runway Capacity

  Authors: Soushi Suzuki, Hokkai-Gakuen University,Japan; Peter Nijkamp, VU University Amsterdam

  Date: August 01, 2013

• 13-104/VIII - The Rat Race between World Cities: In Search of Exceptional Places by Means of Super-Efficient Data Development Analysis

  Authors: Karima Kourtit, VU University Amsterdam; Peter Nijkamp, VU University Amsterdam; Soushi Suzuki, Hokkai-Gakuen University, Sapporo, Japan

  Date: August 01, 2013

• 13-103/VIII - Residents’ Appreciation of Cultural Heritage in Tourist Centres - A Micro-simulation Modelling Approach to Amsterdam

  Authors: Eveline van Leeuwen, VU University Amsterdam; Karima Kourtit, VU University Amsterdam; Peter Nijkamp, VU University Amsterdam

  Date: August 01, 2013