This paper provides a comprehensive evaluation of the short-horizon predictive ability of economic fundamentals and forward premiums on monthly exchange-rate returns in a framework that allows for volatility timing. We implement Bayesian methods for estimation and ranking of a set of empirical exchange rate models, and construct combined forecasts based on Bayesian model averaging. More importa...

to study the effects of different tillage systems on yield and some characteristic of wheat and also some soil properties in wheat dry land area, six experiments were performed in cold, moderate and semi-warm climatic conditions of kermanshah province in west of iran, in a randomized complete block design with five replications. experimental treatments were consisted of no-tillage, reduced till...

in the recent decade, supply of labour force has increased which may causes theovereducation. overeducation is potentially costly for any economy. in this study,we examine the effective factors on overeducation, undereducation and returns ofyears of schooling, by using the mean realized match method, over iscoclassification data from household socio-economic survey in year 2003 usinglogit,mince...

sericulture has played a very important role in the socio-economic empowerment of rural and semi-urban population. the eco-friendly nature of the industry, in addition to its employment generation potential, low investments and frequent returns, has rendered the industry as one of the most suitable land based economic activity, particularly in the context of global movement against environmenta...