... Risk and Term Structureof Interest Rates • The risk structureof interest rates looks at bonds with the same term to maturity and different interest rates • The term structureof interest ... n The n-period interest rate equals the average ofthe one-period interest rates expected to occur over the n-period life ofthe bond Expectations Theory • Explains why the term structureof ... over the life ofthe long-term bond • Buyers of bonds not prefer bonds of one maturity over another; they will not hold any quantity of a bond if its expected return is less than that of another...
... legislators, and academics The multiyear process to amend the federal rules, the ongoing activities ofthe Sedona Conference, the ABA, the Conference of Chief Judges, and other organizations, andthe ... response, the judge shifted the burden of proof by ruling that Morgan Stanley “shall bear the burden of proving to the jury, by the greater weight ofthe evidence, that it lacked knowledge ofthe ... parties to learn their perceptions ofthe effects of e-discovery on thelegal system Second, we reviewed the current state of e-discovery law and practices, including the main features ofthe new Federal...
... stem profile model Profile andstructureof Atlas cedar tree stem 75 Figure Application ofthe stem profile model (models IIa and IIb) andthe ring profile model to the ring profiles ofthe trees ... behaviour ofthe ring profile model worsens both in terms of bias and accuracy to the point of performing worse at the top ofthe tree than the stem profile models Similarly, the stem profile model ... depending on the part ofthe tree being dealt with: the ring profile 77 model gives better results for the butt andthe lower part ofthe stem both for the stem profiles and ring profiles (but...
... Cc of Asp and Cd of Glu, and Og of Tyr Positive unit charges were added at the following atoms: Nt ofthe N-terminus, Nf of Lys, Cf of Arg, and Nd or Ne of His (depending on the position ofthe ... noting the switch of Leu13 from being part ofthe exposed hydrophobic groove in the top-top structures to becoming part ofthe hydrophobic core in the top-bottom structures and assuming the role of ... set of available NOEs This protocol allows for the investigation ofthe role of electrostatics in guiding the optimum relative topology ofthe two monomers ofthe dimer Using the pKa values and...
... demanded Estimates ofthe marginal cost of public funds: In Australia and other OECD countries most estimates ofthe marginal cost of public funds are in the 1.2 - 1.3 range In other words, there ... 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 ... result ofthe increase in tax rate; • the quantity of labour supplied falls from L0 to L1 because ofthe upward sloping supply curve The cost to households ofthe tax increase is the loss of producer...
... Figs and 20 It is clear that the width ofthe necks determines the height ofthe potential barrier for current carriers, while the length ofthe necks determines the depletion-layer width ofthe ... However, the process of cracking is hard to control, because the magnitude ofthe sensor parameters change is dependent on the depth and length ofthe cracks Probably therefore the authors of [113], ... become noticeable The width of spillover zone depends on the material andthe nature ofthe detected gas The influence ofthe contacts on sensor response with decreased length ofthe sensitive layer...
... FUNCTION The Office shall, in accordance with the relevant provisions ofthe Financial Regulations and Rules ofthe United Nations examine, review and appraise the use of financial resources ofthe ... segregation of duties in order to assume the proposed delegation of authority The capacity andthestructure needs to be developed based on the analysis ofthe needs, bottlenecks and strengths ofthe ... component B ofthe humanitarian affairs programme of work, better reflecting the relationship of this work to the other components ofthe programme OIOS is also ofthe view that the ISDR secretariat...
... growth ofthe CEE countries This chapter ofthe thesis has the following structureThe following section provides the characteristics ofthe transition in the CEE countries, andthe implications of ... strand of theory, the credit line at the CEE subsidiaries may decline if the financial situation ofthe parent bank and/ or the macroeconomic conditions in the home country worsens On the other ... investigation ofthe impact ofthe parent banks on the credit growth pattern ofthe CEE countries The interest for the fourth chapter of this thesis is based on the following factors First, the credit...
... northern Japan (43◦ 15’ N, 141◦ 50’ E; 200-210 m a.s.l.) The topography was gently sloping, andthe basement geology consisted of alternating beds of sedimentary sandstone and mudstone ofthe ... important, andthe maintenance of foliage by short shoots becomes increasingly important Therefore, as the stand develops, the proportion of long shoots in the canopy decreases while that of short ... changed with thinning and insect outbreaks We also inferred the morphological structureofthe canopy from LB1 and LB2 using another premise based on the shoot morphology of Betula species Betula...
... i=1 i=1 j=i+1 where pi and p j are the frequencies ofthe ith and jth alleles in the population To identify the mother trees ofthe seedlings in the four plots, we then detected adult trees ... adults at the three markers, but the true mother trees of these seedlings was identified from their respective candidates using the other three markers Similarly, mother trees of 79 and 83 seedlings ... positions of seedlings and their respective mother trees The direction ofthe horizontal (x and y) axes have no particular significance, while the positive and negative orientations along the z axis...
... alter the model structureand produces a near-constant variance ofthe residuals The weighting factor was the inverse ofthe variance Two thirds ofthe data (47 plots, after removing sandy plots) ... establishment of new seedlings in the stands may be caused by the loss of vitality and death of shrubs, grasses and other tree seedlings due to the effect of drought in dry years The variation ... 0.98) and main crop density (Shapiro-Wilk’s test = 0.93) models The means ofthe residuals were 0.69 and 0.78 in the total Figure Box -and- Whisker Plots ofthe total height by age-class and stand...
... During the dry season, the quantity of transported sediment was lower andthe major input of sediment into the system came from the coastal area The estuarine domain was silting up whatever the ... học biển the dry season at each station The budget indicated a water loss by leakage though channels, mangroves and wetlands, which accounts for 20% and 42% ofthe liquid contributions ofthe total ... significant between ebb and flood Due to their shape, large with shallow lateral shoals and a deep narrow channel, as it moves landward toward the Cam and Bach Dag stations; the rise ofthe tide becoming...
... those ofthe Olg population while some plants ofthe Spa population were with the Dgor and Drech populations The plants ofthe Nad population were partially mixed with those ofthe Part and Pozh ... Moreover, the plants ofthe Chu population were mixed with those ofthe Uss, Drech and Dgor populations The arrangement ofthe populations on the MS-tree did not always correspond to their geographical ... ISSR [20] The present study aims to investigate the patterns and levels of genetic polymorphism and population structures of wild P ginseng with the AFLP method to (1) estimate the level of genetic...
... alongside the TCE, andthe three exceptions include Spiller (1985; the TCE vs market-power theory), Popper and Zenger (1998; a comparison ofthe TCE, the PRT, andthe knowledge-based view ofthe firm), ... the boundary choices of a firm andthe ―hybrid‖ contracting modes The Boundary Choices of a Firm Monteverde and Teece (1982) made one ofthe first efforts to test the predictions ofthe TCE They ... cost In the next section, I discuss the common pre-assumptions ofthe TCE and PRT the incomplete contract and asset-specificity and their roles in giving rise to holdups I review the TCE and the...
... cities ofthe 1950s and 1960s and even today The formation of these communities was mostly driven by the social belonging consideration In China, the place of origin often led to the formation of ... following thestructureof Figure 1.l 10 Figure 1.1 Organization structureofthe thesis Chapter introduces the research problem by setting out the research background and existing study ofthe socio-spatial ... have dealt with the issue of socio-spatial structureof Chinese cities (Wang, 1992; Xu and Zhu, 1989; Yu, 1986) 21 The study ofthe social areas of Shanghai showed that the degree of population...
... mentioned The men, especially the husband andthe grandfather, sip alcohol and tell their family members what they see and hear or remind them of right or wrong things in life The others also ... denoting the objects covered by the scope ofthe notion expressed in the word, andthe significative function is the function of expressing the content ofthe respective notion The function of rendering ... difficult The oldest or the husband ofthe family sits at the head ofthe table and others sit in descending order according to age or wherever they like The meal starts when everyone has their own...
... 2000 Addison Wesley Longman Slide #14-9 Cấu trúc tài ( Lý thuyết trình tư) y y ï) Theo lý thuyết huy động vốn theo trình tự: Trước hết cần tạo vốn tự có Ke đen, Kế đến vay nợ ngan hàng nơ ngân ... Trong quản trò tài : Xác đònh cấu vốn tối ưu (Optimal capital structure) : Cơ cấu vốn tối ưu cấu vốn mà đo tai chi phí vốn trung bình theo von trọng số mức tối thiểu, qua tối đa hóa gia trò công ... đo: đó: EBIT (Earnings before interest and taxes) T : Ta es Taxes EBIT x (1- T)= Lợi nhuận sau thuế nợ vàø vốán cổå phầàn h ka : Chi phí vốn trung bình theo trọng số Nếu EBIT số giá trò công...
... regards as the equivalent of thc npper part of t h e Portland Beds of southern England If, with ARKELL (1946, pp 24-28), we place the Portland Beds in the upper part ofthe Lower Volgian, they, the ... whorls of Tollia pnyeri Bitween 360 and 370 m, on the same flank ofthe moontain, the writer found similar doggers and platy-weathering sandstones, which contained occasional exarnples of Surifes and ... but further than this I am not prepared to go The dip ofthe rocks exposed in the 17all~gsides is often vcry nearly 1v Stratigraphy and Anr~noniteFauna of East Greenland 13 the same as the gradient...