Publications by Nico

MLB Batting Ranking

19.07.2021

The following ranking is based on a combination of career performance and single-season offensive performance, based on the Offensive Wins Above Replacement (oWAR) stat. ...

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Tour of World Economies & Businesses

18.07.2021

Albert Einstein reportedly once said that “in the midst of every crisis, lies great opportunity.” 1 Introduction It has been said that those who forget the past are destined to relive it, and that is one reason why we pore over historical performance. To me the biggest lesson of \(COVID-19\) is to keep an open mind and to take predominantly ...

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A closer look at the Dominican Republic International Trade

16.07.2021

What we shall answer What is the total annual Dominican import and export? Who are the main trading partners? What type of goods are traded from China? Comtrade data UN Comtrade is a repository of official international trade statistics and relevant analytical tables. It allows to view and download detailed global trade data, i.e. imports and ...

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Global Interest Rates Dynamics and Inflation Expectations

14.07.2021

The intrinsic interest rate equation: \(\text{Intrinsic Riskfree Rate = Inflation + Real GDP Growth}\) can be used to both explain why interest rates vary across currencies as well as variation in exchange rates over time. If we accept the proposition that the interest rate in a currency is the sum of the expected inflation in that currency and a...

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Pakistan Screener

12.01.2022

1 Stock Screener 2 Risk Premium 3 Businesses 3.1 Excess Returns 3.2 Capital Structure 4 Industries 5 Database Pakistan data sets 6 References Optimal Capital Structure Risk Premium ...

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Saudi Arabia Screener

12.01.2022

1 Stock Screener 2 Risk Premium 3 Businesses 3.1 Excess Returns 3.2 Capital Structure 4 Industries 5 Database Saudi Arabia data sets 6 References Optimal Capital Structure Risk Premium ...

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Global Default Spreads & Risk Premiums

12.01.2022

One of the lessons that I learned from \(COVID-19\) was to move away from computing country and equity risk premiums based on long run history. The price of risk changes on a day-to-day basis based on a variety of variables, including uncertainty around future economic growth, political stability, worries about catastrophes/disasters, investor ri...

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Canada Screener

12.01.2022

1 Stock Screener 2 Risk Premium 3 Businesses 3.1 Excess Returns 3.2 Capital Structure 4 Industries 5 Data Canada data sets 6 References Optimal Capital Structure Risk Premium ...

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Turkey Screener

12.01.2022

1 Stock Screener 2 Risk Premium 3 Businesses 3.1 Excess Returns 3.2 Capital Structure 4 Industries 5 Database Turkey data sets 6 References Optimal Capital Structure Risk Premium ...

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América Latina y los resultados de las pruebas educativas PISA 2018

25.09.2021

1 Data countries=c( "Argentina", "Brazil", "Chile", "Colombia", "Costa Rica", "Dominican Republic" , "Mexico", "Panama", "Peru", "Uruguay" ) countries=countrycode %>% filter(country_name %in% countries) plot_data <- student_data_2012_2018 %>% group_by(country, year) %>% dplyr::filter(country %in% countries$country) %>% dplyr::summ...

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