... at the end ofthe month prior to the start ofthe maintenance period that the
operation falls under. Write-offs and provisions and return on assets are measured at the
end ofthe year before the ... studies the data cross-sectionally. Section 5 presents
the panel analysis and provides the main results ofthe paper. Section 6 concludes. The
Appendix contains an overview ofthe structure ofthe ... mean of 1,144% and a standard
deviation of 3,331%. It is highly skewed. The minimum is 86%, the median is 400%,
and the maximum is 26,997%. Imbalance×nex has a mean of -208,065%
2
and a standard
deviation...
... depreciation.
2
The sudden stop episodes studied include the Latin American debt crises ofthe 1980s, the Mexican crisis
of the first half ofthe 1990s andthe East Asian and Russian crises ofthe late ... κp
M
t
M
t
(8)
using the value of final goods, the sum of all value added andthe total income in the economy
respectively. The last term in equation (8) is the income ofthe intermediary in the current
period and ... market.
We calculate the cost of credit for the 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...
... dissociation may be facilitated in the female genital
tract because of dilution ofthe protein in the intraluminal fluids ofthe cervix
and the uterus, andthe acidic fluid ofthe uterotubal junction. Such ... [24], andthe C1s
protease ofthe C1 complex of complement [25]. Thus,
the Trp band can be regarded as a characteristic
fingerprint ofthe native fold of PSP-I and PSP-II.
The near-UV CD spectra of ... spectrum of PSP-I ⁄ PSP-II reflects
the specific environment of chiral aromatic side chains
in the tertiary structure ofthe folded protein, and the
band intensities decrease in a sigmoidal way as ther-
mal...
... carboxy-terminal part
of the reactive center loop of PAI-1 in the small cleft formed
by the 60-loop and VR1 loop can be envisioned. The
kinetics ofthe interaction of thrombin and TM were shown
to ... can explain part
of the effect of thrombin on the proliferation and
migration of vascular SMC [4,34]. In the context of the
vessel wall, TM might therefore function as a regulator of
PAI-1 inactivation ... numerical
integration ofthe rate equations that describe the mechan-
isminFig.4wasperformedtoobtaintheoreticalinsight
into the effect ofthe second-order rate constants and
concentrations of TM and PAI-1 on the...
... 2011
The Effectsof Funding Costs and Risk on
Banks’ Lending Rates
Introduction
There are a number of factors that influence the
way banks set lending rates. Among these, the
costs of debt and ... middle ofthe range, as a result of some repricing of lending rates
relative to these costs. In addition to the increase in the cost of debt funding, there have been
other drivers ofthe rise ... wholesale debt (domestic
and foreign). The share of securitisation has also
fallen since the onset ofthe financial crisis, as the
amortisation ofthe outstanding stock of residential
mortgage-backed...
...
Kulin, and Cranbrook. The mean levels of translucency of noodles
made from the soft, low-FSV wheat flour andthe soft, high-FSV
wheat flour (9.25% protein) were 39.75 and 43.75%, respectively.
The ...
boiling time andthe degree of starch swelling (Crosbie 1992).
Accurate measurement ofthe color of boiled noodles necessitates
the use of a method that minimizes the effect of variation on ... be largely
independent of noodle thickness. These were considerations in the
development of methods in the present study. The aims ofthe study
were to develop new and improved methods for...
... project offices ofthe Slum Development Department ofthe
Dhaka City Corporation (Table 1 and Figure 1). Thus, for the ‘code name’, we used the
initials of inundation duration, inundation type and ... occurs rather frequently. Respondent mothers easily understand
its definition, and there is little variation of symptoms from mothers’ perceptions
(Killewo and Smet 1989): the occurrence of 3 or ... influences are lower and
higher at a cut-off age of 20.
The team physician assessed the degree of dehydration according to the WHO criteria
(WHO 1990). The severity of each diarrhoeal disease...
... form reflect the rule -of- law
value ofthe accessibility of law. The norms that handle cases of failed law
reflect both the rule -of- law value of accessibility andthe more substantive
value of consistent ... as to
ban the cute and gentle panda?”) A and B did not clarify whether pandas
were within the rule before voting.
The results of this disagreement are these. The rule “no bears” admits
of two relevant ... infelicities. And it is always possible that
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Of course, if there were no fact ofthe matter regarding the level of generality ofthe authorities’
intentions, there might well not be a fact ofthe matter...
... nullius – as if they had no biological fathers. With no link
between fathers and fetuses, no inheritance of harm could be attributed to the
father’s use of drugs. The absence of fathers in debates ... the symbols ofthe ‘crack
baby’, ‘pregnant addict’ and ‘absent father’ emerged at the center of debate
over fetal hazards. (A more detailed analysis ofthe social and political
construction of ... media
coverage ofthe issue, and since news stories began suggesting the relation on
fetal health ofthe combined eVects of poverty, addiction and exposures to
workplace and environmental toxins. The precise...
... features ofthe growth in sales and earnings: the rate of growth
and the stability ofthe growth. Conscious Investor provides proprietary tools to
measure both of these for thousands of companies. ... of let’s sit back and hope for the best.
F
Then there are others who deliberately do not want to know anything about the
activities ofthe company. They want to study the “pure” movement of ... is to hold shares for the rest of his life, when the
profit is there, andthe share price has outpaced the value ofthe underlying
business, then he sometimes takes it.
The exciting thing about...
... cost ofthe employment in question
[1]
. The
excess ofthe value ofthe resulting output over the sum of its factor cost and its user cost
is the profit or, as we shall call it, the income ofthe ... schedule ofthe marginal efficiency of capital andthe complex of
rates of interest on loans of various maturities and risks.
Thus, given the propensity to consume andthe rate of new investment, there ... entrepreneur. The factor cost is, of
course, the same thing, looked at from the point of view ofthe entrepreneur, as what the
factors of production regard as their income. Thus the factor cost and the...