... similar studies of other types of firms. 3. Measures of the Determinants of Foreign Exchange Exposure There are many potential sources of foreign exchange exposure. The most obvious source of currency ... exchange exposure. 25 That the existence of foreign exchange contracts lowers the exchange rate exposure of the banks in our sample suggests that...
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... the subsequent discussion addresses the sources of these exposures. Moreover, they also reveal that the interest rate and exchange rate betas are interdependent, which suggests that some sort of simultaneous ... billion as of the end of 1992. This selection method is subject to survivorship bias, but ensures the consistency of data throughout the period. The su...
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Air and Noise Pollution Abatement Services: An Examination of U.S. and Foreign Markets ppt
... SO x , oxides of sulfur, includes primarily sulfur dioxide (SO 2 ) and sulfur trioxide (SO 3 ). SO 2 forms when sulfur (all fossil fuels contain sulfur) is burned. The resulting fine particulate matter ... disagree. Value of this report: " Statistical data are useful SA A N D SD " Other non-numerical facts are useful SA A N D SD " Analysis augments statistical data/o...
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Tài liệu Fertility, Family Planning, and Reproductive Health of U.S. Women: Data From the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth doc
... years of age who ever used a selected method of contraception, percentage who discontinued any method due to dissatisfaction and the reasons for discontinuation, and use and discontinuation of the ... sexual intercourse and percentage who used the specified contraceptive method at first intercourse, by selected characteristics: United States, 2002 Characteristic Number...
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The Geographic Distribution and Characteristics of U.S. Bank Failures, 2007-2010: Do Bank Failures Still Reflect Local Economic Conditions? pptx
... including six states in the Northeast (Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont), four southeastern states (Kentucky, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Tennessee), and ... ratio of business bankruptcies to all Administrative Office of the United States Courts; establishments (2007-09) Bureau of Labor Statistics Quarterly Census of Employment...
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Publicly Funded Agricultural Research and the Changing Structure of U.S. Agriculture doc
... funded agricultural research and the structure of agriculture is beyond the scope of this report. It is an important issue that should be the focal point of further analysis. The Structure of ... input providers, farm producers, and agricultural processors. This report will emphasize these structural characteristics but will also consider other dimensions of structure su...
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WORKING PAPER NO. 218 THE ZERO-INTEREST-RATE BOUND AND THE ROLE OF THE EXCHANGE RATE FOR MONETARY POLICY IN JAPAN potx
... 3 we discuss the consequences of the zero-interest -rate bound, first in case of a severe recession and deflation scenario, and then on average given the distribution of historical shocks as identified ... effectiveness of the nonlinear base money rule (5) in terms of its ability to reduce the biases and asymmetries in output and inflation distributions resulting from...
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Governance and the Success of U.S. Community Banks, 1790-2010: Mutual Savings Banks, Local Commercial Banks, and the Merchants (National) Bank of New Bedford, Massachusetts doc
... stockholders and their friends, families, and business associates, because it could be used to expropriate resources from outsiders, including minority stockholders, depositors, and noteholders. Insider ... Failures and Assistance Transactions, Number of Institutions, 1934–2010, FDIC Historical Statistics on Banking; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Number of Institut...
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Tài liệu Mothers’ Investments in Child Health in the U.S. and U.K.: A Comparative Lens on the Immigrant ''Paradox'' docx
... access, both within and outside of households, account for the very strong nativity differences in both countries. Tables 6A and 6B show the parameter estimates for measures of mothers’ sources ... limited to the U. S. Hispanic population and to the study of birth outcomes. Using data from the Fragile Families Study and the Millennium Cohort Study, we expand ou...
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