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... small For example, long-term rates increase only four to ten basis points in response to a 100-basis-point increase in the interest rate target in the days surrounding the policy change The small ... long-term rates in response to the initial tightening of policy in the spring of 1994, as shown in Chart This explanation suggests policy actions may be particularly effective in influencing long-term ... determining market expectations of future interest rates Indeed, market expectations of future interest rates are likely to depend on a variety of factors influencing both real interest rates and inflationary...
... defaults, since equityholders gain more in renegotiation This argument supports the following hypothesis: HYPOTHESIS (Bargaining power and spreads): Higher bargaining power of equity results in higher ... its disciplining role on the CEO (Jensen and Meckling (1976)) This conjecture cannot explain our finding either, since better corporate governance in firms with high managerial shareholding should, ... Differentiating h with respect to bargaining power, η, yields ∂h = − αλ(1 − q)[1 − αη + qα(1 + η − λ)](1 − (1 − q)ηα)λ−2 > 0, ∂η (A10) implying that spreads are increasing in the bargaining power...
... Incrementality in deterministic dependency parsing In Incremental Parsing: Bringing Engineering and Cognition Together, Barcelona, Spain Association for Computational Linguistics J Park and C Brew 2006 A ... of words on eye movements in reading European Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 16:262–284 R Kliegl, A Nuthmann, and R Engbert 2006 Tracking the mind during reading: The in uence of past, present, ... follow nominal complements in the training data Equation expresses the general theory: the surprisal of a word, on a language model, is the logarithm of the prefix probability eliminated in the transition...
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... the DNI’s authority, Congress in 2004 approved the Intelligence Reform Act, providing the DNI additional powers in certain areas, including in those of personnel, tasking, and acquisition Arguably, ... an initiative intended to improve integration and collaboration within the intelligence community by revising “existing statutes, regulations, and directives,” as part of an effort to “delineate ... authorities In a report accompanying the FY2008 intelligence report, however, the House Intelligence Committee noted its disappointment that DNI “has not assumed a more directive role in coordinating...
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... enter into a genuine "thinking together." To the Greeks dia-logos meant a free-flowing of meaning through a group, allowing the group to discover insights not attainable individually Interestingly, ... reason, we think of planning as learning and of corporate planning as institutional learning."3 The discipline of working with mental models starts with turning the mirror inward; learning to unearth ... "basic innovation," and it creates a new industry or transforms an existing industry In these terms, learning organizations have been invented, but they have not yet been innovated In engineering,...
... credit rate 25 basis points to 5.00 percent November 1, 2007 | Additional Information Financial market pressures intensify, reflected in diminished liquidity in interbank funding markets December ... Release | More Information At the request of President-Elect Obama, President Bush submits a request to Congress for the remaining $350 billion in TARP funding for use by the incoming administration ... existing liquidity programs scheduled to expire on April 30, 2009 The Board of Governors and the FOMC note "continuing substantial strains in many financial markets." In addition, the swap lines...
... benefits of the international financial system, we, the Finance Ministers of the G-7 countries, must ensure that its credibility and integrity are not undermined by financial crime Further, in order ... Progress on Identifying and Eliminating Harmful Tax Practices, presented to the Ministerial Council of the OECD in June 2000, and which includes two lists: certain jurisdictions meeting tax haven criteria; ... standards, obstructing criminal, tax and regulatory investigations, and from constraining effective cooperation with overseas authorities e Effective vetting of financial institutions: There...
... concerning the intensive monitoring campaign in each pilot area are available here: Air monitoring campaign in Venice.pdf Air monitoring campaign in Genoa.pdf Air monitoring campaign in Thessaloniki.pdf ... monitoring campaign Marseille.pdf Air monitoring campaign in Barcelona.pdf APICE inter-comparison campaign: a first report is available Before performing the local intensive campaign in five ... held in Venice on 24th 26th January 2012 During the meeting a full day will be devoted to the discussion of the results of the intercomparison campaign held in Marseille in February 2011 In addition,...
... role in this kind of behaviour, defending inherited privileges of the past and converting itself into a large company that has transformed teaching into a business and a source of power and influence ... to enable “everything to be developable,” resulting in an increase in urban sprawl and in the price of housing and land, the former having risen from 30 to 50 percent of a housing unit’s value ... fabric, etc We are living in an age in which the politics of “fear” has become an instrument for manipulating international public opinion used by the most reactionary government administrations of...
... Analysis of the roles of RGD-binding integrins, alpha(4)/alpha(9) integrins, alpha(6) integrins, and CD9 in the interaction of the fertilin beta (ADAM2) disintegrin domain with the mouse egg membrane ... insulin and luteinizing hormone in cultured porcine granulosa-luteal cells: possible convergence of protein kinase a, phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase, and mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling ... localization of laminin chains in bovine follicles J Reprod Fertil 1998, 112(2):267-278 Zhao Y, Luck MR: Gene expression and protein distribution of collagen, fibronectin and laminin in bovine follicles...
... reported finding DCAA quality problems nationwide, including compromise of auditor independence, insufficient audit testing and inadequate planning and supervision GAO reported finding that the ... reorganizing certain administrative contracting officer positions into one organization; developing an electronic tool to collect contractor business system information; establishing integrated ... taken in response to the OIG findings DCMA has initiated corrective action to reassess the P&N eTool, including its manuals, training and reports In conjunction with that reassessment, the DCMA internal...
... resuming trade These actions include delisting and investigating the plant that exported the ineligible product, requiring a second signature on export certificates, providing training to inspection ... are being formatted into computer-based training for FSIS inspection program personnel Employees will be provided computer-based training for follow-up training and for employees who rotate into ... are being formatted into computer-based training for FSIS inspection program personnel Employees will be provided computer-based training for follow-up training and for employees who rotate into...