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... sectors ofthe U.S industrial base Our reading ofthe literature indicates that both the Office ofthe Secretary of Defense (OSD) and the Air Force now believe that certain aspects ofthe U.S ... headquartered in other parts ofthe world Thus, the consolidation ofthe U.S aerospace industry appears to be evolving in the direction of greater globalization, with both the structure and the characteristics ... that the Air Force can use to provide assessments both to the Office ofthe Secretary of Defense (OSD) and to Congress ofthe effects of new cross-border business arrangements as well as other...
... “interpretivists”—most of them merely to acknowledge that they include the written document in their account of constitutional law,92 some to convey the stronger message that the text is the exclusive source of ... among them the prerequisites of governmental legitimacy, the place of a higher form of law in a system that rests its legitimacy on political accountability, and the role of unelected judges in the ... opinion-writing; by their own precedents; and, certainly, by the relative fragility of their position in relation to the other branches ofthe national government But INTRODUCTION they are not seriously...
... The Course The city of Passau is located in the southeast of Germany and right at the heart of a unified Europe The University of Passau is beautifully situated at the confluence ofthe three ... economic and cultural centre of west Lower Saxony and the heart ofthe Osnabrück region The city achieved its place within the history of Europe as the venue ofthe Peace of Westphalia (1648) Osnabrück ... a cultural conurbation full of contrasts in the heart ofthe Europe The University of Duisburg-Essen is located in the middle of a region with the largest number of educational institutions per...
... crisisresponse banks around the world The inability ofthe company FER (Financial Economists Roundtable) 2008 “Re- to raise the required liquidity forced the U.S Federal forming the Role ofthe ... Authority) 2009TheThe views published here are those ofthe authors and should not be attributed to the World Bank Group Nor any ofthe conclusions represent official policy ofthe World Bank ... fueling the unsustainable growth ofthe asset-backed structured finance debt market—a major catalyst for the global financialcrisis But many ofthe complaints about them are not new Failures of ratings...
... countercyclical measure Thefinancialcrisis has illustrated the disruptive effects of procyclicality (amplification ofthe effects ofthe business cycle) and ofthe risk that can build up when financial firms ... countercyclical measure Thefinancialcrisis has illustrated the disruptive effects of procyclicality (amplification ofthe effects ofthe business cycle) and ofthe risk that can build up when financial firms ... countercyclical measure Thefinancialcrisis has illustrated the disruptive effects of procyclicality (amplification ofthe effects ofthe business cycle) and ofthe risk that can build up when financial firms...
... prevails q is the probability ofthe high price prevailing (1-q) is the probability ofthe low price prevailing r is the rate of interest The expected value of information is: The expected project ... return of $50r* The present value of this return (at the market rate of interest) is $50(r*/r) = $50*1.5 = $75 The cost to the economy of raising $100 of public funds by borrowing from the public ... households ofthe tax increase is the loss of producer surplus: ABDE + BCD The extra tax revenue to government is measured by: ABDE - FGCB The cost per dollar of additional revenue is the ratio of the...
... procyclical in its operations. Essentially this is because the value of available collateral reflects three components; the market value ofthe collateral, the haircut imposed on the borrower and the velocity of turnover (rehypothecation )of the ... From a Keynesian perspective, based essentially on a one period model ofthe determinants of aggregate demand, it seemed clearly appropriate to try to support the level of spending. After the recession of 2009, the economies ofthe AME’s ... emerge first. Moreover, it has also been suggested the magnitude of any crisis would depend on the size ofthe accumulated imbalances, which would themselves depend on the size and duration ofthe differences between the two rates ...
... in the endpoint of (4.2), agents start with an initial sample Then they add a new observation to this sample and, after the exclusion ofthe 5% of observations at the two extremities ofthe sample, ... concerning among others the length ofthe window, the number of lags or the real rate level hypothesis rr and results are reported in the …rst eight rows of table For all these results, the ten-year ... expectations of each variable ofthe model The second stage is to include these endpoints in the autoregressive model for forecasting The use of these endpoints serves to anchor the long term forecast of...
... WorkChoices during the fifteen weeks between the start ofthe2007 08 financial year and the calling ofthe2007 federal election.22 Content of marketing Setting aside the question of how the $4 million ... seeking to explain the detail of what we’re doing’.100 The emphasis on the factual nature ofthe campaign was not just about reassuring the public as to the actual content ofthe forthcoming legislation; ... removed from the text.104 The Abetz booklet features the political themes ofthe WorkChoices campaign It emphasises the evolutionary (necessary and irreversible) nature ofthe changes and their contribution...
... than their homes were worth Large chunks ofthe wealth of tens of millions of Americans vanished Overall, the destruction of net worth from housing equaled more than 40 percent ofthe value of ... speaking, they fall into two camps One group argues that changes in the structure ofthe economy are pushing up the unemployment rate The other group maintains that high unemployment is the result of ... extent The Fed recently conducted a series of tests on the largest U.S banks We found that most of them would have adequate capital even if the economy went through another extreme downturn As financial...
... data with the identity ofthe market maker to examine the quoting behavior ofthe lead underwriter during the preopening period; the behavior of other market makers; the importance ofthe preopening ... served as the lead manager for four or more offerings during our sample period These 19 banks account for 116 ofthe 188 offerings in the sample Some of these firms are counted twice because of mergers ... Price t The indicative price at time t is taken as the average ofthe bid quotes and the average ofthe ask quotes during the 30-second interval If the preopening is efficient, then the slope...
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... tested, either by the analysis of observational data or in the laboratory The standard of proof is neither the persuasiveness nor the elegance ofthe reasoning; it is the fit between the hypothesis ... For the rational study ofthe law the black-letter man may be the man ofthe present, but the man ofthe future is the man of statistics and the master of economics —Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., The ... about the conditions and fate of others For example, Cyrus Edson, a New York City health commissioner, spoke ofthe ‘‘socialism ofthe microbe, this is the chain of disease, which binds all the...
... procedures on the organizational aspects of living donation: the evaluation ofthe donor, the information for the donor and the consent ofthe donor, and the provisions surrounding the post donation ... Of note, an advocate ofthe donor is required by most professional recommendations and by the resolution CM/Res (2008)6 ofthe Council of Europe The advocate ofthe donor is defined as “a professional ... decades in the case of living donor kidney transplantation The donor may be brother or sister, mother or father, child, grandparent, cousin ofthe 1st degree or cousin of further degrees ofthe recipient...
... such, the cost of production is greater than from freshwater sources, but they are being applied in areas where the need is also greater They share some ofthe same technologies so they the science ... surfaces Biofilms may form very rapidly, restricting the flow of water through a membrane The formation of a biofilm of microorganisms on the surface ofthe desalination membranes of SWRO and ... device The thermo-compressor makes use ofthe pressure ofthe motive steam to recycle the heat content, or enthalpy, ofthe process vapour from the final effect By boosting the pressure of this...