Publications (8)
Tobit Bayesian Model Averaging and the Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment
Alexander Jordan, Alex Lenkoski
We develop a fully Bayesian, computationally efficient framework for incorporating model uncertainty into Type II Tobit models and apply this to the investigation of the determinan…
IFDS Taint Analysis with Access Paths
Nicholas Allen, François Gauthier, Alexander Jordan
Over the years, static taint analysis emerged as the analysis of choice to detect some of the most common web application vulnerabilities, such as SQL injection (SQLi) and cross-si…
SAFE-PDF: Robust Detection of JavaScript PDF Malware Using Abstract Interpretation
Alexander Jordan, François Gauthier, Behnaz Hassanshahi +1
The popularity of the PDF format and the rich JavaScript environment that PDF viewers offer make PDF documents an attractive attack vector for malware developers. PDF documents pre…
The pain of a new idea: Do Late Bloomers response to Extension Service in Rural Ethiopia?
Alexander Jordan, Marco Guerzoni
The paper analyses the efficiency of extension programs in the adoption of chemical fertilisers in Ethiopia between 1994 and 2004. Fertiliser adoption provides a suitable strategy…
Evaluating probabilistic forecasts with scoringRules
Alexander Jordan, Fabian Krüger, Sebastian Lerch
Probabilistic forecasts in the form of probability distributions over future events have become popular in several fields including meteorology, hydrology, economics, and demograph…
Murphy Diagrams: Forecast Evaluation of Expected Shortfall
Johanna F. Ziegel, Fabian Krüger, Alexander Jordan +1
Motivated by the Basel 3 regulations, recent studies have considered joint forecasts of Value-at-Risk and Expected Shortfall. A large family of scoring functions can be used to eva…