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There is no consensus in the literature with regard to how the overall degree of central bank transparency should be measured and how transparency influences the level of uncertainty in the economy...

We analyse the dri­vers of two suc­ces­sive lead­er­ship changes in the re­gional, or mid-sized jet mar­ket, a par­tic­u­larly dy­namic seg­ment of the com­mer­cial air­craft in­dus­try. In the first in­stance, Bom­bardier...

Since the onset of the crisis, several studies have demonstrated that the positive effect of bank lending on economic growth is limited. After a certain level, financial deepening has no...

Objectives: Although there is strong uptake of active or passive engagement with the cultural and creative activities as determinants of individual health and well-being, few population studies report any...

The country-specific conditions for work and family reconciliation (family policies, labour market structures and gender norms) are believed to influence tensions between paid employment and childbearing...

This chapter gives an overview of common approaches to sensitivity analysis, with an emphasis on sampling methods. It covers variance-based sensitivity indices, Monte Carlo methods for estimating sensitivity...

SIMLAB 4.0 is a comprehensive stand-alone software package for performing global sensitivity analysis. Several sampling strategies and sensitivity measures are available. SIMLAB includes the most...

Multidimensional measures (often termed composite indicators) are popular tools in the public discourse for assessing the performance of countries on human development, perceived corruption, innovation, competitiveness...

A recent approach to surrogate modelling, called dynamic trees, uses regression trees to partition the input space, and fits simple constant or linear models in each “leaf”...

The terms of reference of the contract define two contributions: (i) a theoretical analysis addressing the epistemological challenges posed by quantitative indicators for sustainable growth (Part 1); and (ii)...