... autocorrelation at the bank level. The diagnostic section ofthe table reports the DD estimate as well as the p-value from the Wald test under the H0 that the DD estimate is equal to zero. The diagnostic ... further adjust the standard errors for possible autocorrelation at the state level. The diagnostic section ofthe table reports the DD estimate as well as the p-value from the Wald test under the ... parentheses, the number of observations is reported in brackets. The DD estimate is in bold. The acceptance rates of both types of banks before the start ofthe financial crisis in August 2007...
... antipathy over the Putin-Medvedev job swap touched off some ofthe largest political protests Russia has seen since the breakup of the Soviet Union. Despite these unprecedented protests, the Russian ... the Libyan precedent and believes the West is pursuing a reckless policy of regime change that will destabilize the region and could be used against Russia. The Russians point to the rise of ... milestones in the development of key systems, thereby sustaining the modernization program that has been under way since the late 1990s. For example, in August, the PLA Navy commissioned the Liaoning,...
... how the justices justified that doctrine. Students thus learn about the reasoning ofthe justices but little about the fundamentals ofthe Constitution. Of course, there are many variations of ... analyzes cases of higher complexity in which two or more ofthe components oftheConstitution interact and the holistic nature ofthe fundamental law is made evident. A copy oftheConstitution ... remind the nominee ofthe views of those who confirmed the justice, and thus to hold the justice accountable in advance. Of course, once appointed, justices are free agents. Nonethe- less,...
... loans (and therefore shut off their remaining warehouse lines of credit to nonbank lenders) after the outbreak ofthe subprime financial crisis in August 2007.286 b. The Riskiness of Nonprime ... 2. The Unheeded Lessons ofthe Dotcom-Telecom Bubble and the Collapse of Enron and WorldCom Further evidence ofthe risks posed by financial conglomerates appeared during the boom-and-bust ... increased the likelihood that “major segments ofthe securities and life insurance industries will be brought within the scope of the TBTF doctrine, thereby expanding the scope and cost of federal...
... forces on the basic ofthe combination of construction with defence, ofthe strength ofthe people's armed forces with that ofthe entire people and ofthe strength of the tradition of national ... revoke the President, the Vice-President, the Chairman and Vice-Chairmen and the members ofthe Standing Committee ofthe National Assembly, the Prime Minister ofthe Government; the Chief Justice ... Assembly is the permanent body ofthe National Assembly. The Standing Committee ofthe National Assembly consists of: - The Chairman ofthe National Assembly; - The Deputy-Chairmen ofthe National...
... common good. The Lives of L. Mestrius Plutarchussupplies a rich source of republican narratives and models of civic virtue. The writings of Cornelius Tacitus and Gaius Sallustius Crispus contain ... and the memory of Polybius, supplemented by the writings of G. Sallustius Crispus (“Sallust”), L. Mestrius Plutarchus (“Plutarch”), andP. Cornelius Tacitus inaugurated a republican tradition of ... as the English Revolution of 1688.When they are not virtuous, the people may be dangerous, and even Cicerofeared the tyranny ofthe mob more than the tyranny of kings. Sometimesin the wake of...
... historical facts regarding the rise ofthe economic power of Western Europe and the United States and the causes ofthe decline ofthe economic power. It is also an appeal to the professional economists ... the President of United States. But the world economic situation is still grim. The decline in the economies ofthe United States and much of Europe is not a figment ofthe imagination ofthe ... hegemony, rather than preserving the prosperity of the American people and protecting the American manufacturing industries, became the priority ofthe American administration. Social reforms of the...
... actions that frustrate the purposes of their statutes.”87 The Court has held, for exam-ple, that the Director ofthe Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs in the U.S.Department of Labor is ... ofthe pension, but that the Secretary of War had the discretion either to adopt or reject the courts’ findings.Although the Court did not reach the constitutional issue in Hayburn’s Case, the ... element [of standing] must be supported in the sameway as any other matter on which the plaintiff bears the burden of proof, i.e., with the mannerand degree of evidence required at the successive...
... sounding ofthe death knell ofthe real-world potency of the logically perfect, though factually fallacious, state-building constitutionalsettlement. The constitution is dead; long live the constitution! ... First comes the constitution, then comes the law: traditional constitutional theory accordingly focuses on the faithful-ness or otherwise of a constitutional judiciary to a founding constitution, ... powers versus the rule of law 149IV. Conclusion: invitatio ad offerendum and the principled mechanics of constitutional morphogenesis 1506 The principled judicial mechanics of constitutional...
... the status ofthe abbey, would have made use of those observations and thus spread the use ofthe motif. King Solomon’s Knot At the crossing ofthe church of Jou sous Montjou, in the Haute ... confirm the popularity ofthe pattern for chancel screens at that time. It is perhaps worthy of note that the use ofthe 39 relegated to the margins of main sculptures or to parts ofthe structure ... already in use. Around the Southern littoral ofthe Mediterranean it has long been a familiar motif. Here the roots come from the Copts of Egypt who had acquired them from the Levant. Neither the...