... Troyes, France, and Maitre de Conferences at the Paris Institute of Political Science David Howden is Chair of the Division of Business and Social Sciences and Assistant Professor of Economics at ... Republic KirkLeeTennant is Assistant Professor of Business at StLouis University, at their Madrid campus, Madrid, Spain viii Contributors IX Fernando Ulrich holds a Master 's in Economics from ... Charles University, Prague, and serves as an advisor to the Czech National Bank Board Josef Sima is Professor of Economics and President of CEVRO Institute (School of Legal and Social Studies), Prague,...
... episodes of banking sector distress 24 Table Crisis Countries Prior to, During, and After Episodes of Banking Sector Distress Crisis Countries First During Prior to Year of Episode Episode Episode ... character of the asset price boom, and subsequent collapse, suggests common explanatory factors This paper investigates the causes and consequences of banking sector distress in a large sample of countries, ... countries experiencing episodes of banking sector distress at different periods: prior to the banking crisis, the first year of the onset of the crisis, during the banking crisis, and after the crisis...
... produced another cost savings from the simulcast system After realizing this savings (and being assured by continued excellent system performance statistics and RF measurements) the service provider ... What is "Simulcast"? A wireless simulcast communications system is defined as a signal (or group of signals) that is transmitted from a central transceiver and identically reproduced to several ... Interface Host Remote N e w N e t w o r k A rc h i t e c t u re Additional Benefits of Simulcast Conclusions Simulcast networks also can substantially reduce required switch and handoff processing and...
... costs of an action (Then, there are some “costs” that are recognized on accounting statements that should not be considered in making business decisions These costs are called “sunk costs.” See ... words, the cost of a bargain on sirloin steak may be a high price for toothpaste Chapter Production Costs and Business Decisions Some shoppers make the rounds of the grocery stores when sales are ... times, those business costs feed major policy debates in the nation s capital As is so often the case, the infamous “healthcare crisis in the United States amounts to nothing more than costs for...
... that emissions intensity can vary by time of day, by season and other factors such as peak vs baseload power (an issue that is addressed elsewhere in this report), although emissions impact is roughly ... California is helping residents and businesses install metering and control systems to support increased response to price signals to cut power usage through such measures as load shifting, moving ... and Greenhouse Gas Emission Factors Associated with Energy use in the USA: Sources, Assumptions, Methodology,” based on Reference Case of the EIA 's AEO200, Tellus Institute, 2002 See also: US...
... curves is simple Assume the cost of a system consists of its SDD cost, which is fixed regardless of how many units are procured, its infrastructure cost, such as aircraft purchases, which is determined ... cruise missile strikes (Of course, this is not the same thing as possessing only 3,000 cruise missiles; some targets would require more than physical weapons as a result of operational mistakes, ... warfare—United States—Economic aspects Air-to-surface missiles—Cost effectiveness Bombing, Aerial—United States Precision guided munitions—United States United States—Armed Forces— Weapons systems-—Cost...
... for several of the analyses shown, present the costs of care by type of health service or product (such as hospital care, physician services, or prescription drugs), sources of funds (such as private ... other goods and services, meaning that the size of that slice increases These cost increases have a significant effect on households, businesses, and federal, state, and local governments Among ... things, rising health care costs make health insurance less affordable for individuals, families, and businesses; put pressure on businesses that offer insurance coverage to their employees; can...
... analysis Studies on effects on mesocosms and natural ecosystems These are very specific studies for pesticides like Pond studies Artificial ponds are used to test different concentrations of substances ... comparatively small sample size and to reasons of comparability we limited the following presentation and discussion of the single tests to mean and median values Analysis of prices The reasons not to use ... is to bridge the gap of a representative study on test prices and the available testing capacity The study seeks to establish a statistical basis for a standard price for the single tests as specified...
... used (EB and EC are usually analysed separately on their respective markets) The analysis focuses on consumption changes for different goods and services, and on the use of resources, inputs and ... island of Sumatra The large areas of forest land given in concessions comprise dryland logged-over forests and jungle rubber; swamp forests; some smallholders’ rubber and oil-palm plantations; ... benefits, the theory suggests measurement of the changes in consumption (present and future) for all goods and services (market and non-market) Positive impacts on these goods and services are considered...
... on securitisation (Table 1) Regional banks generally have more deposits and make greater use of securitisation and less use of offshore funding, while foreign-owned banks have less deposits and ... Bps Bps Business 600 600 Small business indicator rate – other security, overdraft* 400 400 200 200 Small business indicator rate – Small and large business residentially secured, term loans ... Lending Rates Cumulative change in spreads to the cash rate since June 2007 Bps Bps Household Business 300 Personal 200 Large business (new)** Small business* 100 100 Housing (outstanding)** 2008...
... This has reflected both increases in the costs of some of the components of debt funding as well as the shift towards more expensive sources of debt Deposits Competition for deposits in Australia ... funding sourced from short-term wholesale debt (domestic and foreign) The share of securitisation has also fallen since the onset of the financial crisis, as the amortisation of the outstanding stock ... Major Banks’ Wholesale Funding Spreads A$ debt; spreads to OIS and CGS Bps 250 Bps 250 Crisis (peak) 200 200 Current 150 150 100 Wholesale debt The cost of issuing long-term bonds increased significantly...
... types The increases have, however, varied across the different types of loans, partly reflecting differences in the reassessment of the riskiness of those loans and expectations regarding loss ... First, banks have offered relatively attractive rates to depositors (discussed below) Second, strong business profits and business caution have resulted in larger corporate cash holdings, which ... variable-rate loans and the cash rate has increased by about 5 basis points The spread between the average interest rate on outstanding variable-rate housing loans and the cash rate has risen by a similar...
... and Furnisher Costs and Benefits b Overall Costs, Benefits, and Satisfaction Of course, the above responses speak to the relative benefits accrued compared to costs, not the magnitudes of costs, ... is based more on business fundamentals - the costs and benefits - and actual impacts on customers and less on legal/regulatory fears, PR concerns, and general industry practices That is, it is ... Experience Number of Respondents Level of Satisfaction Very Satisfied Somewhat Satisfied Neutral/Mixed Somewhat Unsatisfied Very Unsatisfied Source: PERC 2008 Data Furnisher s Survey Responses 23 Credit...
... some of these indoor emissions sources, please see: Hodgson AT “Common Indoor Sources of Volatile Organic Compounds: Emissions Rates and Techniques for Reducing Consumer Exposures.” University of ... broad shift to green construction offers a potentially promising way to help address a range of challenges facing Massachusetts, including: ■ Address growing costs of transmission and distribution ... energy, waste and water costs, lower environmental and emissions costs, and lower operational and maintenance costs and increased productivity and health Massachusetts already has established national...
... means of assignment of risks of losses of cheating A lower price without warranty-an "as is" purchase-places more of the risk on the buyer while the seller buys insurance against losses of his ... spirit as such.'5 15 Sports Leagues: Professional sports contests among teams is typically conducted by a league of teams We assume that sports consumers are interested not only in absolute sporting ... more by large, conglomerate firms Presumably, at some size of the firm, specialized knowledge about inputs becomes as expensive to transmit across divisions of the firms as it does across markets...
... focused on propaganda of the roles and functions of the forest, the right and responsibilities of the forest owner, the responsibilities of the authorities at all level on forest and forest land ... developing household sustainable forest management plan; study tour to successful sustainable forest management and development models/projects, procedure and process of the forest planting design, procedure ... forest and forest land allocated to households: Mainly are forests generated after slash and burn covered by generated trees, with low volume and low economic value Production forest and forest...
... removing all sorting-pass costs.1 Within this framework, we use several classes of images andof segmentation maps, both synthetic and natural, so as to study all the relevant phenomena Subsequently, ... as follows In Section some more detail on the coding scheme is provided In Sections and we analyze losses and, respectively, gains of object-based coding by means of numerical experiments on suitable ... tile size decreases, but the rate increment is always less than 20% (except a very low rates) and the PSNR gap is less than half dB at high rates, and about dB at lower rates Most of these losses...
... Theodosios Christodoulakis (Psychiatrist, Psychoanalyst, Director Of EOPS), Ioannis Diakogiannis (Assistant Prof of Psychiatry, University of Thessaloniki), Vasiliki Karpouza (Psychiatrist, Psychiatric ... Thessaly), Elias Aggelopoulos, (Assistant Prof of Psychiatry, University of Athens), Alexandros Chaidemenos (Neurologist/Psychiatrist, Director of the 8th Clinic of Psychiatric Hospital of Athens), ... for schizophrenia, being both more effective and less costly in most of the cases examined (Table 10) Sensitivity analysis results Sensitivity analysis confirmed the robustness of the model, as...