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Scott Heim, 34th Annual ODU Literary Festival
No full textScott Heim is the author of the HarperCollins novels We Disappear, In Awe, and Mysterious Skin, which was made into a 2005 film by Gregg Araki. He has won fellowships from the Sundance Screenwriters Lab and the London Arts Board. Originally from Kansas, Scott lived in New York for 11 years before moving to Boston in 2003. At present he is working on a screenplay and a new novel. His official website is www.scottheim.com
Demand For Durable Goods, Nondurable Goods And Services
No full textSeparate macroeconomic consumption demand functions are developed and tested for (1) durable goods, (2) nondurable goods and (3) services. These are compared for consistency with econometric studies of total consumer demand. Key factors determining demand for these goods are tested using U.S. 1960 - 2000 data. The econometric method used was 2SLS with heteroskedasticity controls. Data in first differences are used to reduce multicollinearity, non stationarity and autocorrelation. The models explain 94% of the variance in demand for consumer durables, 86% of demand for nondurable consumer goods and 81% of services demand. Demand for durables like autos and appliances, was found to be driven by the disposable income, wealth, the exchange rate, availability of consumer credit, interest rates on consumer credit, demand for new housing, which affects appliance demand, and population growth. Demand for nondurable goods, such as groceries and clothes, was driven by the same factors, except for new housing demand and the exchange rate. Demand for consumer services such as laundry, restaurant, and entertainment services was found to be related to disposable income, wealth, and population growth, but not related to consumer credit availability, or consumer credit interest rates. However, mortgage interest rates paid by households did seem to affect the demand for services.
Gebirgs-Ansicht vom B [...]
No full textPanorama vom Bürkliplatz aus, der bis 1908 Stadthausplatz bezeichnet wurdevon Dr. Albert Heim, Pro [...]Süd-Ost Segment des Kreisringpanoramas "Gebirgs-Ansicht vom B [...]"Vermutlich spätere Auflage des fast identischen Panoramas von Albert Heim: Gebirgs-Ansicht vom Stadthausplatz, Zürich: Hofer & Burger 1890 und 1892Radius im mathematischen Horizont = 1 m 40Umfang = 50¹/₃ GradeDie Höhenzahlen bedeuten Meter über Mee
Forks in the Road to Rule I
No full textIntroduction: Tanya Reinhart pioneered and developed a new and very influential approach to the syntax and semantics of anaphora. It originated in Reinhart (1983a, b) and underwent
various later modifications, e.g., Grodzinsky & Reinhart (1993), Heim (1993), Fox (1998,
2000), Reinhart (2000, 2006), Büring (2005). The central innovation concerned the
architecture of the theory. The labor traditionally assigned to Binding Theory was broken
up into two very different modules. One component (the “real” Binding Theory, if you
will) regulates only one type of anaphoric relation, namely variable binding in the sense
of logic. A new and different mechanism, variously thought of as a pragmatic principle,
an economy constraint, and an interface rule, takes care of regulating other semantic
relations, particularly conference. The latter mechanism crucially involves the
construction and comparison of alternative Logical Forms and their meanings
Space-Varying Coefficient Models for Diffusion Tensor Imaging using 3d Wavelets
No full textIn this paper, the space-varying coefficients model on the basis of B-splines (Heim et al., (2006)) is adapted to wavelet basis functions and re-examined using artificial and real data. For an introduction to diffusion tensor imaging refer to Heim et al. (2005, Chap. 2). First, wavelet theory is introduced and explained by means of 1d and 2d examples (Sections 1.1 { 1.3). Section 1.4 is dedicated to the most common thresholding techniques that serve as regularization concepts for wavelet based models. Prior to application of the 3d wavelet decomposition to the space-varying coe cient elds, the SVCM needs to be rewritten. The necessary steps are outlined in Section 2 together with the incorporation of the positive de niteness constraint using log-Cholesky parametrization. Section 3 provides a simulation study as well as a comparison with the results obtained through B-splines and standard kernel application. Finally, a real data example is presented and discussed. The theoretical parts are based on books of Gen cay et al. (2002, Chap. 1, 4-6), Härdle et al. (1998), Ogden (1997) and Jansen (2001) if not stated otherwise
Do Deficits Crowd Out Private Borrowing? Evidence From Flow Of Funds Accounts
No full textHeim (2010) found a strong negative relationship between deficits and private consumer and investment spending, controlling for other key variables. The study did not directly test the mechanism by which deficits were related to consumer and investment spending, only the result. Crowd out theory hypothesizes the mechanism is consumer and investment credit shortages induced by borrowing -financed government deficits. This paper examines that mechanism directly, testing to see if private borrowing is related to deficits. It uses Federal Reserve Flow of Funds accounts data on borrowing. The paper finds a strong negative relationship between deficits and private borrowing, with deficits reducing private borrowing dollar for dollar. The borrowing estimates are very similar to the Heim (2010) estimates of deficit effects on consumer and investment spending, suggesting crowd out effects work through the borrowing channel and fully offset the stimulus effects of deficits. Flow of Funds data on savings and investment, for accounting reasons, confirm the econometric findings of full crowd out, provided savings remain constant.
Der alte Heim
No full textDER ALTE HEIM
Der alte Heim / Kessler, Georg Wilhelm (Public Domain) ( - )
Illustration: Ernst Ludwig Heim ( - )
Title page ( - )
Vorrede zur ersten Auflage ( - )
Vorrede zur zweiten Auflage ([IX])
Leben Ernst Ludwig Heim's. Erste Abtheilung ( - )
Leben Ernst Ludwig Heim's. Zweite Abtheilung (259)
Beilagen (485)
Beilage A. (487)
Beilage B. Verwitwete Hofräthin Nissing, geb. Ordelia, an den Herausgeber (494)
Beilage C. Auszug aus dem J. P. Richter untergelegten Briefe in Ernst Wagner's Schriften. 10. Bd. S. 7. (497)
Beilage D. Das Lied vom Doctor Sondergleich (502)
Beilage E. Heimiana (505)
Beilage F. Rede am Grabe des Dr. E. L. Heim; von Küster (517
Berichtigung
No full textnach den von der schweiz. Erdbebenkommission gesammelten Berichten zusammengestellt (mit einer Tafel) von Albert Heim. Berichtigun
Which Interest Rate Should We Use In The Is Curve?
No full textDo interest rates effect investment and the GDP? If so, which ones, and by how much? Research on this topic over 5 decades has produced conflicting results. Yet, this question is of critical importance to the viability of Keynesian macroeconomics. This paper attempts to explain why results have been conflicting. It also attempts to determine with some finality which rate(s), if any, are related to GDP through the standard Keynesian mechanism: the IS curve. The paper tests exhaustively (1) a variety of real and nominal rates, (2) different hypotheses about how businesses calculate “real” interest rates (3) how the number of lags used affects results, (4) whether small sample size inherent in annual time series data adversely affects results, and (5) whether lack of hetroskedasticity and autocorrelation controls in earlier studies influenced their findings. This paper concludes only the real prime or Federal funds rates, lagged two years and the nominal current mortgage rate are significantly related to variation in the GDP, and running the prime rate alone picks up most of the variation in both. The prime rate was found to be twice as important as the mortgage rate. It also finds relatively small size (40 observation) annual data sets do not lead to problems achieving statistical significance, at least in simple IS curve models. It also finds that post - 1980 White and Newey - West correction methods for hetroskedasticity make it far more likely that any of a wide variety of interest rates and lags will be found statistically significant than was the case in earlier studies, but that correcting for multicollinearity between rates again leaves only the real prime and Federal funds rate lagged two periods and perhaps the current nominal mortgage rate significant. The effect of changes in the prime rate and mortgage rates on the GDP, though systematic, appears to be small, implying the IS curve may be nearly vertical and the Fed’s interest rate policy of little significance unless rate changes are draconian. We estimate that even a five percentage - point change in the real Federal funds and prime rates changes GDP only 2.4%, and employment only 1.2% maximally (using Okun’s law). Other findings were that nominal interest rates deflated by adaptive expectations models of inflation using the past two year’s inflation seem to best describe how businesses calculate real rates. Rational expectations models were least successful. Other rates examined include the ten year treasury rate, the Aaa and Baa corporate rates. They were seldom found statistically significant, but the mortgage rate’s estimated marginal effect seems to also capture these rates’ effect on the economy.
Comprehensive identification of Arabidopsis thaliana MYB transcription factors interacting with R/B-like BHLH proteins
No full textZimmermann IM, Heim MA, Weisshaar B, Uhrig JF. Comprehensive identification of Arabidopsis thaliana MYB transcription factors interacting with R/B-like BHLH proteins. The Plant Journal. 2004;40(1):22-34
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