The stochastic differential equations for affine jump diffusion models do not yield exact
solutions that can be directly simulated. Discretization methods can be used for simulating …

Heavy dependence on fossil fuels among rural households contributes to GHG emissions
and air pollution while increasing landfill loads in Poland. This study examines benefits from …

Women are more likely than men to report physical and emotional exhaustion related to paid
work. While this gender gap in job burnout is common in the literature, the mechanism is …

Abstract Development statistics estimate that three quarters of the poor live in rural areas and
most of them depend on agriculture and related activities for their livelihood. Consequently, …

Effectively reducing climate change requires marked, global behavior change. However, it
is unclear which strategies are most likely to motivate people to change their climate beliefs …

The paper's objective is to quantify factors influencing a rural homeowner's decision to
invest in exterior insulation to improve energy efficiency, lower heating costs, decrease air …

Following the aid disbursements, if the total government spending increases less than the
total amount of foreign aid in the recipient developing economies, foreign aid is presumed to …

The link between foreign aid and economic growth has been a controversial issue with no
strong consensus so far. This paper argues that a possible reason why some studies may …

The pricing of corporate debt is still a challenging and active research area in corporate
finance. Starting with Merton (1974), many authors proposed a structural approach in which the …

This paper derives Monte Carlo simulation estimators to compute option price derivatives, ie,
the 'Greeks,' under Heston's stochastic volatility model and some variants of it which …