... correlation matrix was initially made for all independent variablesin order to determine which indicators to be included in the final model. For those variables that were in- ter-correlated and ... followed up to the age of 7 and 10 years. The study includes medical record examination and a ‘spectral analysisin remaining and non-remaining cases at the age of ten of asthma symptoms, signs ... reporting asthma or not reporting asthma at the age of 10) and least highly inter-correlated, were included in the final multiple logistic regression model. Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals...
... maturity using 1976 industry weights.The difference increases to more than 20% in 2000. Thissuggests that changes in industry weights play an importantrole in explaining the decline in debt maturity. ... in debt14 In untabulated results, we obtain similar findings if we add to themodel control variables included in Table 6. We also obtain similarfindings if we estimate the Fama and MacBeth regression ... with listing vintage is notimportant in explaining the trend in debt maturity.Although firms are listing earlier in their life cycle, thisis not sufficient to explain the time trend in debtmaturity....
... As shown in Figure 8-9, two important bits of information are sequence information and timestamping. RTP uses the sequence information to determine whether the packets are arriving in order, ... is queuing delay. Queuing delay occurs when more packets are sent out than the interface can handle at a given interval. Cisco IOS software is good at moving and determining the destination ... problems in determining when speech ends and begins, and in distinguishing speech from background noise. This means that if you arein a noisy room, VAD is unable to distinguish between speech...
... income (Y) for household. We include the following quality variablesin the form of dummyvariables Written by Nguyen Hoang Bao May 22, 2004 Applied Econometrics DummyVariables 7 3) In ... independent variables used inregression equations, which usually take values over some continuous range. Frequently, one may wish to include the quality independent variables, often called dummy variables, ... Econometrics DummyVariables 84) Use data file SRINA 4.1) Regress Ip on Ig 4.2) Repeat the regression using (i) an intercept dummy; (ii) a slope dummy; and, (iii) both slope and intercept...
... continued fall in Irish house prices is examined. The incre a s e d rate of decline in 2011 resulted in Irish prices being almost 50 per cent down from peak levels of mid 2007. Accordingly, in ... Kennedy and McQuinn, Whyare Irish house prices still falling?Economic Leer Se Why are Irish house prices still falling?Gerard Kennedy and Kieran McQuinn1Vol. 2012, No. 5Abstract In this note, ... and Financial Services Authority of Ireland.[18] McQuinn, K. and G.O’Reilly (2 0 0 8 ) . “Assessing the role o f income and interest rates in determining houseprices,” Economic Modelling, Vol....
... 11] Bank lending and total reserves When interpreting data such as that in Figure 1, it is important to keep in mind that total reserves in the banking system are determined almost entirely ... affairs in this example, when the interbank market is performing this function efficiently. Also note that total reserves in the banking system are $20, all of which are required reserves. In this ... offsetting the decline in Bank B’s lending. Given the nature of the problem in our example, however, the central bank might be able to intervene more effectively in another way. Suppose that instead...
... Program? 2.1 Introduction 9 2.2 Immunization in India 9 3 Is ICDS the answer to malnourished children in India? 3.1 Introduction 31 3.2 Child Development Programme In India 31 3.3 ... was conducted in 1992-93, followed by NFHS-2 in 1998-99 and NFHS-3 in 2005-06. NFHS-3 data is obtained from interviewing 124,385 women in the age group 15-49 years and 74,369 men in the age group ... to invest in combating nutrition reduces potential economic growth. In India, with one of the highest percentages of undernourished children in the world, the situation is dire. Moreover, inequalities...
... 1996. The data are obtained from atrading house that chose the real-time feed, permitting the collection of somehistorical information for analysis. 4Prices are denominated in Swedish cur-rency ... Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9HEPrinted in Singapore.ADVANCES IN QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF FINANCE AND ACCOUNTINGVOLUME 3Essays in Microstructure in Honor of David K Whitcomb March 9, ... This, in turn, implies liquidity clustering in an environment in which informed tradingfurther exaggerates the clustering effect. In Scharfstein and Stein (1990), largeorder flows, observable...
... max(i,j):i=jvirjivjrij).PLACEPHOTOHERELibin Jiang received his B.Eng. degree in ElectronicEngineering & Information Science from the Univer-sity of Science and Technology of China in 2003 andthe M.Phil. degree in Information ... degree in Information Engineering fromthe Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2005, andis currently working toward the Ph.D. degree in theDepartment of Electrical Engineering & ComputerScience, ... Engineering from the Indian Institute ofTechnology, 1980, a M.S. in EE from UC Berkeley,1982, a M.A. in Mathematics, UC Berkeley, 1983,a C.Phil in Mathematics, UC Berkeley, 1984 anda Ph.D. in...
... 5000 Equity IndexWorldscopeTable 1. Indices in SRI fund performance studiesMajor sustainability indicesDow Jones Sustainability Index STOXXFTSE4Good GlobalDow Jones Sustainability Index WorldEthical ... sustainability indices, and five (12%) incorporate regional sustainability indices. For a complete list of indices used in the studies, we refer to Table 1.0 5 10 15 20Major IndexMajor Sustainability ... responsibility information translates into actions by the fund.Survivorship bias 4. Incorporate dead funds into the analysis or explain how refraining from dead funds and stocks might in uence the...
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... Detection Verbs are an important factor in providing an event profile, which in turn might be used in cat- egorizing articles into different genres. Turning to the literature in genre classification, ... help in determining methods for performing semantic aggregation of individual clauses in text gener- ation for summarization. Future Work. Our plans are to extend the current research in terms ... the 59% mark we reached a point of difficulty in adding new verbs due to ambigu- ity, e.g. verbs such as get. Thus, although our results using EVCA are revealing in important ways, it must...