... engendered by the financial friction This is because ofthe rate of growth ofthe price of tradable goods, which enters in the definition ofthe gross interest rate which governs the size ofthe wedge ... market We calculate the cost of credit forthe median firm as the ratio ofthe real value of interest payments to the real value ofthe stock of bank debt As observed in the figure, this real implict ... depreciation The sudden stop episodes studied include the Latin American debt crises ofthe 1980s, the Mexican crisis ofthe first half ofthe 1990s and the East Asian and Russian crises ofthe late...
... cost accountingforthe life cycle of coal Epstein et al emissions from coal mines, on the order of 3% ofthe stack emissions.110 There are also additional GHG emissions from the other uses of ... estimates ofthe social cost of carbon the valuation ofthe damages due to emissions of one metric ton of carbon, of $30/ton of CO2 equivalent (CO2 e),20 with low and high estimates of $10/ton ... activity of one agent affects the well-being of another agent outside of any type of market mechanism—these are often not taken into account in decision making and when they are not accounted for, they...
... 5) These components are important in two regards First, forthe pressures they put on regulators in terms of how they conducted their own operations, and second forthe pressures they put on the ... assessments (CCA) both of which gained currency in Europe and the US during the late 1980s/ 1990s These techniques are part ofthe changes associated with the NPM and they form the basis of much risk-based ... regulatory role All of these initiatives have furthered the prominence of risk discourses and the promotion of riskbased thinking in government However, the emergence of ideas about risk in the regulatory...
... particular, there exist inflationary models that are known to evade the above theorem, Carroll and Chen’s theory forthe origin ofthe arrow of time being one of them Nonetheless, the above theorem ... 4.3 Inability of inflation to fully account forthe origin ofthe arrow of time 45 Possible Approaches to Accountingforthe Origin ofthe Arrow of Time 47 5.1 Dynamical space of states ... explanation forthe origin ofthe arrow of time i Author’s Contribution This thesis is organized so as to provide a comprehensive comparison ofthe two theories on the origin ofthe arrow of time...
... represent a single pathological entity and therefore there is no single strategy for their prevention Conflict of interest The author has declared that no conflict of interest exists References Czeizel ... birth In Hungary 25.2% of congenital abnormalities were prevented by these methods Previously the selective abortion, i.e termination of pregnancy after the prenatal diagnosis of severe fetal defects ... prevention Recently the WHO and other international bodies have excluded this approach from the term “prevention” In Hungary about 20% of major congenital abnormalities (8.7% in the total group)...
... the scope ofthe study, the aims ofthe study, the methods ofthe study and finally the design ofthe study *Part II includes three chapters: + Chapter one is the literature review in which the ... in the previous chapter 3.1 The content area ofthe test The following topic checklist ofthe course book will help to point out the content area ofthe reading test The Topic checklist ofthe ... The mean is the sum of all the values in a distribution divided by the total number of values (50) The formula forthe mean is: M = ∑f N x M= mean where: ∑= sum of (or add up) N= the number of...
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... Interpretation ofthe Convention D Interpretation ofthe contract; usages E Form ofthe contract Part Two Formation ofthe contract Part Three Sale of goods A Obligations ofthe seller B Obligations ofthe ... paragraph for any lack of conformity ofthe goods if at the time ofthe conclusion ofthe contract the buyer knew or could not have been unaware of such lack of conformity Article 36 (1) The seller ... delivered at the address ofthe offeror on the last day ofthe period because that day falls on an official holiday or a non-business day at the place of business ofthe offeror, the period is...
... records The information may be all ofthe information about the record, or it may be selected information The way in which the information is extracted will depend on its input into the cable ... Standard forthe Telecom Infra of Com Bldgs Other Information Other Linkages Equipment Records PC120 the equipment the cable terminates at (desk top) Other Linked Records Linkages • are the connections ... contain the linkages to other elements ofthe telecommunications system The record will be contained in a database which may be searched and sorted according to the requirements ofthe users There...
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... Preparing the Western Cape forthe Knowledge Economy ofthe 21st Century 3.1 The economy ofthe Western Cape is woven tightly into the global economy Almost two-thirds ofthe output ofthe private ... Cape, is therefore how to channel the forces of globalisation forthe elimination of poverty and the empowerment of people to lead fulfilling lives A related challenge is posed by the rise ofthe ... prepare the people ofthe province forthe knowledge economy ofthe 21st century; To contain the spread of HIV/AIDS and TB; To empower the poor people of our province through the provision of basic...
... image that can then be ‘read’ using bioinformatics tools The readout could result in the early detection of cancer before these goals come to fruition These issues underscore the need for higher ... rich source of biomarkers forthe early detection of cancer The blood proteome changes constantly as a consequence ofthe perfusion ofthe diseased organ adding, subtracting or modifying the circulating ... controlled for Because ofthe high cost of instrumentation, the likelihood that specialized core competencies will be required for performing the process, and the reagents that this type of testing...
... improve the representation of minorities so as to enrich the pool of human capital not only forthe auditing element ofthe profession, but forthe more broadly defined accounting profession The significance ... identified are not the end ofthe process Rather these six areas for change represent the foundations for beginning the remainder ofthe effort that must be undertaken if we are to truly transform this ... the profession If this issue is not addressed soon, there will be a growing shortage of qualified accounting professionals to meet the needs ofthe economy Past studies ofthe future of accounting...
... common (i.e the cycles in such a combination not touch each other) The value (the sign) of a cycle is the product ofthe values (the signs) of its steps The sign ofthe magnitude of a Ôminus ... The absolute magnitude of a combined autoinfluence path is the product of all the rates divided by the product of all the concentrations of its species Therewith the coefficient of order p ofthe ... subgraphs ofthe same order in the same network, as was illustrated forthe two examples in this paper Thenetwork outside the former subgraph may away with the oscillophoretic potential ofthe subgraph...
... precision values above 50% forthe rst 10% ofthe list, but is outperformed by the t-test afterwards Looking at the rst 40% ofthe data, there is a big gap between the good measures (t-test, ... evaluation of lexical association measures, mainly forthe following reasons: the instability of precision values obtained from the rst few percent ofthe data in the SLs; the lack of signicant ... frequency) and the weak measures ( and ) In the second half ofthe data in the SLs, however, there is virtually no difference between , , and the other measures, with the exception of mere co-occurrence...
... levels ofthe organisation 13 See also: the Committee’s Report on the range of methodologies forthe risk and performance alignment of remuneration, May 2011; the Financial Stability Forum’s ... consists of comparing the results ofthe various assessment tools to provide a more comprehensive view ofthe bank’s operational risk profile For example, comparison ofthe frequency and severity of ... 16 For example, the bank’s structure, the nature ofthe bank’s activities, the quality ofthe bank’s human resources, organisational changes and employee turnover 17 For example, changes in the...