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a duty to their country, to their offspring, and...
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the
better
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grazing
capability
of the rangeland, many of
the
smaller landholders soon encountered
financial ...
of ignorance
and
the poor understanding of
the
fragility
of the rangeland and its carrying
capacity. Government objectives of regional development rather
than
conservation
in
the
intervening ... issues and market failure
Financial pressures
Ownership intentions and planning horizon
Uncertainty about irreversibility
Property rights and land tenure
Land tenure in the mulga rangelands...
... indices
recognized worldwide for their
accurate reflection of investment
markets. The LSE most notably uses
the FTSE 100, including other global
indices known as the FTSE All -World,
the FTSE World Index, and the ... Europe.
The London Stock Exchange (LSE) is the leading stock market exchange
in the United Kingdom (UK), and considered the most international exchange
trading system in the world. It serves the ... happening is the stock in an uptrend is
weakening. It reaches a high point, sells off for the slight dip, and then reaches
another high. The second high point cannot break through the resistance,
reaching...
... discounts and financial
benefits. BCG concluded that the adjusted prices for Belgium and the Netherlands
appeared lower than in the larger EC countries, but prices in France, Germany and the
UK ... found in the A/B segment, where Finland and
the Netherlands no longer belong to the cheap categories, but are rather in line with
the EU9 average. Another change in the ranking is found in the D ... percent of the pre-tax list price
in the UK, compared to 2 percent in Germany and the Netherlands and insignificant in
France and Belgium. Using the information from the suppliers, the price differences
relative...
... the
analysis (i.e., the one year change in the variable is used in the analysis). The other explanatory
variables included in the analyses have been used by other researchers.
The right-hand ... at the top of the income
distribution are currently at their lowest levels since the end of the second World War.
The results of the analysis suggest that changes over the past 65 years in the ... whether or not there is an association between the tax rates of the highest
income taxpayers and economic growth. Data is analyzed to illustrate the association between the
tax rates of the...
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Black Buoy, the Rose and Crown, the Horse and Groom, and the Flag
passing on to me the famous oral tradition of the economics department
(see O. E. Covick, " ;The Quantity Theory ... farmers) than did the typical unemploy-
ment insurance system, while in other parishes the adoption of a
roundsman system led to lower relief payments.
The labor rate, a variant of the roundsman system, ... explana-
tions for the widespread adoption of outdoor relief policies in the 1770s
and 1780s and for the significant differences in the administration of
relief between the southeast of England and...
... into the Mathematical Principles of the Theory of Wealth), 1838 (1897, Engl. trans. by N.T. Bacon).
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See for a standard theoretical treatment G.F. Mathewson and R.A. Winter, AnEconomic Theory ... the very limited set of circumstances where the restraints can
have exclusionary effects (essentially, foreclosure of other manufacturers), and these do not
appear relevant to the case of the ... experience”, because these are an essential part of the
goods the customer demands. Furthermore, there is wide agreement that sales-point service
and advice is an important value-enhancing activity...
... 7;358(6):580-91.
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An economic ...
of theeconomic impact of type 1 and type 2 diabetes on Canadian society, both now and in
the future. The Model also projects the costs, incidence and prevalence of the disease, as well
as the ... Diabetes
Surveillance System (NDSS) data and theEconomic
Burden of Illness (EBIC) in Canada approach to calculate
the prevalence and theeconomic burden of diabetes
in Canada. The Model is a...
... the chronicle is significant, for it is typical of conditions on many other manors at a later date.
The tenants were not able to pay the rent and do the services, and therefore gave up the land. ... of these cases the new terms were advantageous to the tenants, not to the lord,
and advantageous in a strictly pecuniary way. The lord had to grant these terms because the tenants were in
the ... also
be made of the way in which these new holders managed their lands.
In the first place, as the more destitute villains were giving up their holdings and leaving the manor, and as no
one could...
... Schuermann, T., 2007. What we know, don’t know and can’t know about bank risk:
a view from the trenches, in: Diebold, F.X. (ed.), The known, the unknown and the
unknowable in financial risk management, ... (other financial corporations,
i.e. financial corporations excluding banks); and “other”.
Exposures within an asset class are homogenous with respect to PDs and LGDs. We assume that
the bank ... measure, the risk of a portfolio is smaller or equal
than the sum of the risks of its components. The other is that the aggregate portfolio of the bank
can be decomposed into two sub-portfolios – the...
... available and thus not easily verifiable.
The credibility of an accounting analysis is also undermined to the extent that there is
suspicion regarding the motives of the managers conducting the analysis. ... benefits and derives the value, and determinants, of
improved accounting information in several production and capital budgeting contexts. Using
concepts from managerial economics, finance, and organizational ... environmental, health, and safety managers may possess a wealth of data
that is useless unless communicated to and integrated by financial analysis, investment and
production managers, and product design...
... hour; it can be
affected not only by taxes but also by the quantity and quality of the labor force.
The indicators of the quantity and quality of the labor force include the change in
the proportion ... rates and economic growth rather than the causal relationship. The
nature of these relationships, if any, is explored using statistical analysis.
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The analysis is limited to the post -World ... differenced for the analysis (i.e., the one year change in the variable is used in the
analysis); none of the variables appear to be cointegrated.
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The specifications and the other
explanatory variables...
... National Bank,
Community Bank, First Community Bank, Hancock Bank IBERIABANK, Merchants Bank, SB&T Bank and Southpoint Bank. In Mobile and Baldwin
counties, these banks have more than 180 branches. ... Regions Bank, BankTrust, BB&T, BBVA Compass Bank, RBC Bank, Wells Fargo and Whitney National
Bank. Other banks include: Bay Bank, Century Bank, BancorpSouth, Centennial Bank, Coastal Bank and ... the head of Mobile
Bay. The region includes Mobile and Baldwin counties and covers an area of 2,829
square miles. The city of Mobile is the dominant urban area. The region offers an
abundance...
... simultaneously increase the
economic benefits enjoyed by the public and increase Federal tax revenue: in other words, they
expand theeconomic pie.
Significant oil and gas reserves lie under the ...
consciously and manage the transition rather than face Greek-style popular uprisings in the face
of sudden large-scale changes.
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From aneconomic perspective, policies that encourage economic ... scientific, and technical services;
administration; finance; education; the arts; information; and management.
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Manufacturing,
which includes food and textile manufacturing, is also hard hit, with...