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Stochastic model of financial markets reproducing scaling and memory in volatility return intervals
Vygintas Gontis, Shlomo Havlin, Aleksejus Kononovicius +2
We investigate the volatility return intervals in the NYSE and FOREX markets. We explain previous empirical findings using a model based on the interacting agent hypothesis instead…
The competitiveness versus the wealth of a country
Boris Podobnik, Davor Horvatic, Dror Y. Kenett +1
Politicians world-wide frequently promise a better life for their citizens. We find that the probability that a country will increase its {\it per capita} GDP ({\it gdp}) rank with…
Scale invariant properties of public debt growth
Alexander M. Petersen, Boris Podobnik, Davor Horvatic +1
Public debt is one of the important economic variables that quantitatively describes a nation's economy. Because bankruptcy is a risk faced even by institutions as large as governm…
Influence of corruption on economic growth rate and foreign investments
Boris Podobnik, Jia Shao, Djuro Njavro +2
In order to investigate whether government regulations against corruption can affect the economic growth of a country, we analyze the dependence between Gross Domestic Product (GDP…
Quantitative relations between corruption and economic factors
Jia Shao, Plamen Ch. Ivanov, Boris Podobnik +1
We report quantitative relations between corruption level and economic factors, such as country wealth and foreign investment per capita, which are characterized by a power law spa…