This paper uses open data to analyze foreign tourists' spending patterns in Colombia and the Netherlands.
problem Difficulty in identifying which domestic industries cater to foreign visitors.
method Use of open source data and anonymized transaction data to map tourist destinations and analyze spending behavior.
result Countries may observe different tourist patterns (concentration vs decentralization).
Most papers which explored so far macroeconomic variables took into account income and wealth. Equally important as the previous macroeconomic variables is the expenditure or consumption, which shows the amount of goods and services that a person or a household purchased. Using statistical distributions from Physics, s…
We empirically investigate distributions of individual consumption expenditure f or four commodity categories conditional on fixed income levels. The data stems from the Family Expenditure Survey carried out annually in the United Kingdom. W e use graphical techniques to test for normality and lognormality of these dis…
A statistical description and model of individual healthcare expenditures in the US has been developed for measuring value in healthcare. We find evidence that healthcare expenditures are quantifiable as an infusion-diffusion process, which can be thought of intuitively as a steady change in the intensity of treatment …
Early diagnosis is important for type 2 diabetes (T2D) to improve patient prognosis, prevent complications and reduce long-term treatment costs. We present a novel risk profiling approach based exclusively on health expenditure data that is available to Belgian mutual health insurers. We used expenditure data related t…
This work presents an empirical study of the evolution of the consumer expenditure distribution in India during 1982-2007. We have used the National Sample Survey Organization data and analysed the expenditure distribution for the urban and rural sectors. It is found that this distribution is a mixture of two distribut…
Study decomposes racial healthcare disparities via shifts in mediator distributions.
problem Racial disparities in healthcare expenditures and their underlying drivers.
method Framework decomposing disparities into mediator distribution shifts and residual components, using MEPS data.
result Substantial disparities persist even when mediators are equalized, suggesting unmeasured or structural factors.
Super learner with Huber loss improves cost prediction and causal effect estimation in healthcare expenditure data.
problem Challenges in modeling healthcare expenditure distributions with standard super learning methods.
method Proposes a super learner using Huber loss, a robust loss function that down-weights outliers.
result Demonstrates appreciable finite-sample gains in cost prediction and causal effect estimation.
Study shows racial bias in health data, which can be reduced with simple techniques.
problem Racial bias in health indicators measured by the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS).
method Used publicly available and nationally representative MEPS data to show bias in predictive models for care management.
result Racial bias can be significantly reduced using simple mitigation techniques.
ChatGPT scores corporate investment plans, predicting future spending and returns.
problem Measuring and predicting corporate investment plans.
method Created a firm-level ChatGPT investment score based on conference calls.
result The investment score predicts future capital expenditures and returns.
Machine learning detects foreign stock market signals for U.S. companies.
problem Detecting value-relevant foreign information for U.S. companies.
method Training over 100,000 models to capture stock-specific relationships.
result Foreign signals predict U.S. stock returns, especially in emerging markets.
Optimizes profit in targeted marketing across multiple markets with varying marketing expenditures.
problem Maximizing profit in a sequential marketing strategy with multiple markets and varying marketing costs.
method Near-optimal algorithms in an adversarial bandit setting, proving regret bounds for different demand curve types.
result Proved near-optimal regret bounds for the profit-maximization problem in targeted marketing.
In the present paper, we identify several distributions from Physics and study their applicability to phenomena such as distribution of income, wealth, and expenditure. Firstly, we apply logistic distribution to these data and we find that it fits very well the annual data for the entire income interval including for u…
Machine learning predicts exercise load from heart rate data post-exercise.
problem Monitoring energy expenditure in real life.
method Machine learning methods (linear regression, etc.) applied to heart rate data.
result Random forest and k-nearest neighbors classifiers predict load levels accurately.
The team predicts foreign exchange rates using clustering and attention models.
problem Complexity and unexpected events in foreign exchange markets.
method Clustering and attention models applied to historical data.
result Improved event-driven price prediction for oversold scenarios.
Paper improves accuracy of energy expenditure estimation from accelerometer data.
problem Noisy and unreliable accelerometer measurements for scientific settings.
method Bag-of-Words model applied to accelerometer data for classification and regression.
result Improved root mean-squared error of energy expenditure by 1.4 units.
Polynomial distribution can be applied to dynamical systems in certain situations. Macroeconomic systems characterized by economic variables such as income and wealth can be modelled similarly using polynomials. We extend our previous work to data regarding income from a more diversified pool of countries, which contai…
Deep learning models accurately recognize and estimate physical activity types and energy expenditure from wrist accelerometer data.
problem Rigorous evaluation of wrist-worn accelerometers for assessing physical activity across the lifespan.
method Built deep learning networks to extract spatial and temporal representations from time-series data, recognizing physical activity types and estimating energy expenditure.
result Deep learning models achieved high performance: F1 scores of 0.82, 0.81, and 95 for sedentary, locomotor, and lifestyle activities, respectively; root mean square error of 1.1 for EE estimation.
Study assesses health plan risk measures for Solvency Capital Requirement.
problem Assessing risk measures for health plans to meet Solvency Capital Requirement.
method Three-part regression model with three GLMs for claim counts, episode allocation, and severity.
result Reduction in regression models compared to traditional methods.
We approximate the distribution of total expenditure of a retail company over warranty claims incurred in a fixed period [0, T], say the following quarter. We consider two kinds of warranty policies, namely, the non-renewing free replacement warranty policy and the non-renewing pro-rata warranty policy. Our approximati…
New method clusters health codes for better risk adjustment.
problem Improving insurer incentives to attract lower-cost enrollees.
method Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods for clustering diagnostic codes.
result Methodology outperforms common alternatives in health expenditure prediction.
Study shows foreign institutional investment increases liquidity commonality in large Australian stocks.
problem Impact of foreign institutional investment on liquidity commonality in Australian stocks.
method Cross-sectional and time-series analysis of Australian equity market data.
result Foreign institutional investment contributes to increased exposure of large stocks to unexpected liquidity events.
Bayesian model predicts sales from ad spending.
problem Predicting sales from advertising expenditures.
method Bayesian structural time series model.
result Model can incorporate prior information and update with data.
Paper models foreign exchange markets and develops an on-line portfolio selection algorithm.
problem Modeling and predicting returns in foreign exchange markets.
method Matrix-valued time series model, trading matrices, and cross rate method.
result Proves the profitability and universality of the on-line portfolio selection algorithm.
We first show that there are in fact triangular arbitrage opportunities in the spot foreign exchange markets, analyzing the time dependence of the yen-dollar rate, the dollar-euro rate and the yen-euro rate. Next, we propose a model of foreign exchange rates with an interaction. The model includes effects of triangular…
Study analyzes Brazilian congress members' spending patterns.
problem Lack of transparency in government spending by congress members.
method Neural network-based approach for analyzing and visualizing spending patterns.
result Inspires new machine learning methodologies for government transparency.
Hybrid method reveals true currency correlations.
problem Identify currency status in foreign exchange networks.
method Combines DCCC and network deconvolution to filter indirect effects.
result Reflects currency status changes and is more stable.
New model explains CDS price discrepancies in foreign and domestic economies.
problem Explaining discrepancies in Quanto CDS prices.
method Proposes a model with four stochastic factors and jumps-at-default, derives 4D PDEs, solves numerically.
result Qualitative explanation of CDS price discrepancies.
We investigate the relative market efficiency in financial market data, using the approximate entropy(ApEn) method for a quantification of randomness in time series. We used the global foreign exchange market indices for 17 countries during two periods from 1984 to 1998 and from 1999 to 2004 in order to study the effic…
Method detects multi-timescale consumer spending patterns from receipts.
problem Understanding and managing consumer behavior in high-dimensional data.
method Non-negative tensor factorization (NTF) to extract multi-timescale expenditure patterns.
result Consumption patterns are characterized based on spending behavior over different timescales.
The paper challenges the assumption that majority voting rights equate to 'effective control' in foreign ownership regulations.
problem The assumption that majority voting rights determine 'effective control' in foreign ownership regulations is flawed.
method The paper proposes and demonstrates a method for calculating 'effective control' based on voting thresholds and weights.
result The 'effective control' of a foreign minority stockholder can be higher than their shareholding size, challenging the assumption that majority voting rights equate to 'effective control'.
Research examines how foreign direct investment in Vietnam affects stock returns.
problem Impact of foreign direct investment on stock returns in Vietnam.
method Analyzes data from 1995 to 2015 focusing on M&A deals.
result Foreign direct investment in Vietnam, particularly M&A, influences abnormal stock returns.
Kurdistan Region is a tourist hub. This research analyzes other Non-Oil Sectors that have huge attractions of Foreign Direct Investments into the Kurdistan Region from 2005 to 2013. Comparative analysis was carried out between Iraq and the Region, and among influential Sectors of the Economy. T-test and ANOVA are stati…
Study analyzes price response and spread impact in foreign exchange markets.
problem Understanding deviations from Markovian behavior in foreign exchange markets.
method Detailed large-scale data analysis of price response functions for different years and time scales, using pip bid-ask spread definition.
result Large pip spreads significantly impact price response in foreign exchange markets.
Study shows demonetization strengthened Indian currency and stock market.
problem Impact of demonetization on Indian stock market and foreign exchange rate.
method Daily rate of return analysis of foreign exchange rate and Nifty 50 index, use of dummy variable for demonetization period.
result Demonetization led to an upward trend in Indian stock market and strengthened the Indian currency (decreased foreign exchange rate).
We have presented a novel technique of detecting intermittencies in a financial time series of the foreign exchange rate data of U.S.- Euro dollar(US/EUR) using a combination of both statistical and spectral techniques. This has been possible due to Continuous Wavelet Transform (CWT) analysis which has been popularly a…
We introduce an autoregressive-type model with self-modulation effects for a foreign exchange rate by separating the foreign exchange rate into a moving average rate and an uncorrelated noise. From this model we indicate that traders are mainly using strategies with weighted feedbacks of the past rates in the exchange …
Model shows triangular arbitrage key to cross-currency correlations in forex markets.
problem Understanding cross-currency correlations in forex markets.
method Agent-based model of market interactions.
result Triangular arbitrage is primary driver of cross-currency correlations.
We extend the exploration regarding dynamical approach of macroeconomic variables by tackling systematically expenditure using Statistical Physics models (for the first time to the best of our knowledge). Also, using polynomial distribution which characterizes the behavior of dynamical systems in certain situations, we…
Two methods are proposed to filter correlations in DCC-GARCH residuals for foreign exchange rates.
problem Filtering correlations in DCC-GARCH residuals for accurate foreign exchange rate prediction.
method Two approaches: estimating correlation matrix as a parameter and using eigenvalue decomposition.
result The DCC-GARCH residual can be almost independent using these methods.
China's QFII and RQFII programs expand foreign investment in Chinese markets.
problem Foreign investment restrictions in China's capital markets.
method Comparative analysis of globalization processes in Taiwan, Korea, and India.
result China's market openness increases as foreign demand grows.
In this paper we investigate the scaling behavior of the average daily exchange rate returns of the Indian Rupee against four foreign currencies namely US Dollar, Euro, Great Britain Pound and Japanese Yen. Average daily exchange rate return of the Indian Rupee against US Dollar is found to exhibit a persistent scaling…
Model estimates foreign exchange reserve compositions of undisclosed central banks.
problem Limited information on central bank reserve compositions hinders analysis.
method Hidden Markov Model relating portfolio valuation to exchange rates.
result China's reserve composition likely matches global average, while Singapore holds fewer US dollars.
Dynamic functional time-series methods improve forecast accuracy for foreign exchange implied volatility surfaces.
problem Forecasting implied volatility surfaces in foreign exchange markets.
method Dynamic functional principal component analysis and multivariate functional time-series methods.
result Dynamic univariate functional time-series method shows the greatest improvement in forecast accuracy.
The currency carry trade is the investment strategy that involves selling low interest rate currencies in order to purchase higher interest rate currencies, thus profiting from the interest rate differentials. This is a well known financial puzzle to explain, since assuming foreign exchange risk is uninhibited and the …
Study on-chain peak shaving to reduce Ethereum transaction costs.
problem Reducing transaction costs in blockchain networks, especially during congested periods.
method Analyzing transaction-level data from multiple firms across various industries to understand scheduling responses and cost management strategies.
result Firms' scheduling responses to congestion vary, leading to different fee savings and residual costs.
Study lead-lag relationships in foreign exchange markets using three approaches.
problem Lack of research on lead-lag relationships in foreign exchange markets.
method Three approaches: lagged correlations, lagged partial correlations, and Granger causality.
result Statistically significant lead-lag relationships found in some exchange rate pairs.
Machine learning models predict EUR/USD currency direction with 58.52% accuracy.
problem Predicting the directional movement of EUR/USD in the Foreign Exchange market.
method Comparative analysis of machine learning models, including decorrelated and non-decorrelated feature sets, and meta-estimators.
result 58.52% accuracy for one-day ahead forecasts.