1,154 research outputs found
Brooke Shields Addresses FIT Graduates
No full text2015 Commencement Speaker: Brooke Shields, Actor, Author, and Entrepreneur
Decision-Making in Hard Times: What is a Recession, Why Do We Care and When Do We Know We Are in One?
No full textDefining a recessionary event as one which impacts adversely on individuals’ economic well-being, the paper argues that recession is a multi-faceted phenomenon whose meaning differs from person to person as it impacts on their decision-making in real time. It argues that recession is best represented through the calculation of the nowcast of recession event probabilities. A variety of such probabilities are produced using a real-time data set for the US for the period, focusing on the likelihood of various recessionary events through 1986q1-2008q4 and on prospects beyond the end of the sample.Recession, Probability Forecasts, Real Time.
Do Currency Unions Deliver More Economic Integration than Fixed Exchange Rates? Evidence from the CFA and the ECCU
No full textIn this paper we develop a model to identify determinants of macroeconomic integration in the African CFA Franc Zone and in Dollar-pegging Caribbean countries (including members of the East Caribbean Currency Union). These two groups of countries each comprise states using several different local currencies: on the one hand the BCEAO-CFA Franc and the BEAC-CFA Franc (both pegged to the Euro), on the other the ECCU Dollar and other national Dollar-pegged currencies. The purpose of the analysis is to distinguish the effect of monetary union on macroeconomic integration from the effect of pegging to a common OECD currency.Currency Unions; International Integration
EXPLAINING THE BREADTH OF EXPERT ESTIMATE RANGES IN AUCTIONS OF RARE BOOKS
No full textThis paper uses data from 3144 rare book auctions to study the breadth of auctioneers’ estimate ranges. The ‘information hypothesis’ proposes that wider ranges reflect greater uncertainty. The ‘reserve hypothesis’ proposes that a narrower range indicates a higher reserve price. The information hypothesis is tested by seeing whether estimate breadths are related to the presence of greater information about likely prices. The reserve hypothesis is tested by seeing whether narrower estimate ranges predict ‘no sales’. Evidence is found in support of the information hypothesis but not the reserve hypothesis. The paper identifies differences between the auction houses Christie’s and Sotheby’s in the estimate strategies they adopt.
Application of similarity principles and turbulence research to bed-load movement
No full textTranslation of the Ph.D. thesis of A. Shields "Anwendung der Aehnlichkeitsmechanik und der Turbulenzforschung auf die Geschiebebewegung"
Legal issues of human shields
No full textThe paper focuses on analyzing whether the civilians involved in the hostilities as involuntary
human shields enjoy the same legal protection under the law as voluntary human shields. The
author looks at the differences between voluntary and involuntary human shields and the
aspect of direct and indirect participation in hostilities. The analysis is based upon
International Law and Criminal Law articles and interpretations concerning the notion of
human shields. In addition, multiple cases where the human shields were observed, were also
examined to understand the court practice on how the court deals with the law breaches in
contemporary armed conflicts
Anwendung der Aehnlichkeitsmechanik und der Turbulenzforschung auf die Geschiebebewegung
No full textPh.D thesis of Shields, original version in German. This document is the basis of all modern sediment transport formulae, and develops the concept of bed shear stress
Shields-Darcy pipingmodel. Verschilanalyse met Sellmeijer en D-GeoFlow.
No full textHydraulic Structures and Flood Ris
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