... usually a lagging indicator of
banking system problems, and there have been some indications of a decline in capital adequacy and
some increase in credit risks in many of the countries in the group. ... Such an
assessment includes a variety of relevant macroeconomic and financial sector data (financial
soundness indicators and structural financial sector data), as well as information from stress ... essential in assessing credit growth. Booms and busts in asset prices (in particular for real estate) can contribute to unbalanced
credit growth, resulting in financial sector distress and macroeconomic...
... find some of the econometric techniques covered in Empirical
Techniques and Applications in Finance (MFIN6201) useful in undertaking the group project.
2.4 Approach to learning and teaching ... effects, modelling and takeover prediction. His work is
published in the Journal of Business, Finance and Accounting, the Journal of Corporate
Finance and the Journal of Banking and Finance.
Terry ... Relationship of this course to other course offerings
MFINS6210 is one of the core courses in the Applied Finance and the Investment Banking
streams. Material covered in Applied Corporate Finance (MFIN6202)...
... internalization of information within the same institution may thus
enhance intra-circuit and inter-circuit stability by reducing the incentive to overfinancing.
The demand and supply factors just discussed ... model of the financial system and
illustrates the main structural, theoretical and incentive-related policy implications of circuit
theory of finance. Section I.2 discusses the special roleof the ... both
logically and temporally; 3) in a closed economy, all saving is invested; 4) no increase in
investment can take place without a corresponding increase in saving necessary to finance it;
and 5) if...
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precise positioning of laminarin substrate for efficient
exoglucanase action and CBM 4-2 for tight binding of
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business cycle turning points for the U.S. economy at the aggregate level
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ing to the business cycle studies, a country's ... business cycles of Nevada and New Mexico got in u-
enced by the California's business cycles. Similar business cycle patterns we observe
in New York, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire. According ... try to analyze if
certain industrial cycle has speci c contribution towards states level economic cycles
and the U.S. national business cycles. As a representation of a random industry, we
analyze...
... respondents indicated that their level of
activity in terms of searching, absorbing and apply-
ing new methods was slightly declining. ‘I haven’t
been very active lately in checking which new
methods ... al., 1996; Ingram and Baum,
1997). Intensive integrative practices, such as cross-
functional meetings and broad participation from
multiple functions further increase the chances of
successful ... not
just cognitive factors, but also factors connected to
motivation and local and corporate management
control principles or routines. Indirectly, the orga-
nizational context can be seen as a factor...
... necessary to take into account
that above a certain thickness, ceramic and thick films have an
inclination to cracking [87]. An example of such a process is
shown in Fig. 19. As a result of cracking, ... structure of a polycrystalline film has its own
combination of crystallographic planes that can participate
in the gas-sensing reaction. Since a large variety of crystal
structures can be obtained ... it is necessary either to
increase the roleof surface c onductivity or to increase the
contribution of inter-crystalline barriers by decreasing
the contact area or the width of the neck [46,47,50]...
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62:517-523.
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tolerance: Clinical implications in a chronic pain population.
Psychosomatic Medicine ... [13] andin patients with cancer
[14]. Both pain and depression independently predicted
QoL in Chinese cancer patients [15]. Despite these links
between QoL, pain and depression, clarification of ... JL: The roleof emotion in pain. Psychosocial factors in
pain: Clinical perspective New York: GuilfordGatchel RJ, Turk DC 1999, 74-88.
7. Blumer D, Heilbronn M: Chronic pain as a variant of depressive...
... organizations and institutions can help
facilitate cooperation and coordination and international financial institutions and
donors can then play a vital rolein seeding and facilitating the financing ... for increased access to information and communications
opportunities; and (iv) Support for innovative approaches to expanding the roleof the
private sector in scaling up successful ICT applications. ... pursue
financing of innovative, cross-sectoral ICT programs and strategies underscores their
recognition of the crucial roleof basic and advanced communication and information
capabilities...
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Istituto di Biochimica, Facolta
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Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
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both hemoglobins. The system contained 0.9 U of xanthine ... of reactive oxygen
species (ROS), which are a potential cause of oxidative
injury and could have a rolein erythrocytes senescence [7].
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also reviews the accounting literature in regards to determinants of the cost of capital, including
cost of debt and cost of equity, and its relationship to other factors. Finally, ... attractive to accounting
researchers is that it allows us to explicitly incorporate conflicts of interest,
incentive problems, and mechanisms for controlling incentive problems into the
agency theory ... review of the
backdating of ESO literature, which is a growing area of research is conducted. The backdating
process and the literature view for detecting backdating of ESOs are discussed....