THE 63rd INTERNATIONAL ATLANTIC ECONOMIC CONFERENCE
Madrid, Spain
14-18 March 2007

Statistical and Econometric Methods in Business and Economics II
Thursday 17h45 - 19h45
Organizer: José Maria Montero Lorenzo, University of Castilla-La Mancha

Chair: Guido Ferrari, University of Florence

Guido Ferrari and Anna Manca, University of Florence, GME Substitution Elasticity Estimates of a CES Production Function

Pablo Gomez Margareto, and Iago Abal Rivas, Universidade da Coruna, Stock-Exchange Speculation in the Short Term with Neuronal Networks

Esteban Alfaro Cortés, Matias Gamez Martinez, and Noelia Garcia Rubio, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Neural Networks vs. Adaboost for Corporate Failure Prediction

Alessandro Viviani, University of Florence and Tiziana Laureti, University Tuscia of Viterbo, Competitiveness and Productivity: An Analysis of Italian Firms

Roman Minguez Salido and Maria Del Carmen Garcia Centeno, University San Pablo CEU, Stochastic Unit Root Model with GARCH Noises

Laura Grassini and Gianni Marliani, University of Florence, The Performance of the Manufacturing Sector in Italy: An Analysis of ISTAT Firm Survey Data

Discussants: Beatriz Larraz Iribas, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Maria Del Carmen Garcia Centeno, University San Pablo CEU, Antonio Giusti, University of Florence, and Noelia Garcia Rubio, University of Castilla-La Mancha