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- Pension Accounting and Corporate Earnings: The World According to GAAP
- The underlying premise of the study presented in this paper is that current pension plan accounting has two important negative effects. First, it distorts the measurement of earnings and net worth in the short run, as well as the pattern of earnings over future periods. Second, this distortion can send...
- White papers 2005-12-01
- Distortions to World Trade: Impacts on Agricultural Markets and Farm Incomes
- The paper provides estimates of the impact that removing all merchandise trade distortions would have on food and agricultural production, trade, and incomes. Using the latest versions of the Global Trade Analysis Project GTAP database and the World Bank's LINKAGE model of the global economy (projected to 2015), their results...
- White papers 2005-10-01
- Quantification of the Magnification and Distortion Effects of a Pediatric Flexible Video-Bronchoscope
- Flexible video bronchoscopes, in particular the Olympus BF Type 3C160, are commonly used in pediatric respiratory medicine. There is no data on the magnification and distortion effects of these bronchoscopes yet important clinical decisions are made from the images. The aim of this study is to systematically describe the magnification...
- White papers 2005-02-10
- The Regulatory Environment, Relative Price Efficiency And The Egyptian Private Manufacturing Sector
- This paper explains the impact of regulatory and institutional distortions, and reforms instituted to remedy them on the private manufacturing sector of Egypt. We undertake this study using a generalized cost function, which subsumes the standard neoclassical cost function as a special case. This approach allows us to assess the...
- White papers 2003-09-01
- Endogenous Deposit Dollarization
- This paper explores sources of deposit dollarization unrelated to standard moral hazard arguments. This paper develops a model in which banks choose the optimal currency composition of their liabilities. It argues that the equal treatment of peso and dollar claims in the event of bank default can induce banks to...
- White papers 2003-02-01
- Tax Distortions and Global Climate Policy
- This paper considers the efficiency implications of policies to reduce global carbon emissions in a world with pre-existing tax distortions. It first notes that the weak double-dividend, the proposition that the welfare improvement from a tax reform where environmental taxes are used to lower distorting taxes must be greater than...
- White papers 2002-09-01
- A Study of Indicator Passage Error Correction Schemes
- The passage length between the cylinder and the measuring transducer is known to cause distortion of pressure time traces due to pulsations caused by dynamic effects. This paper attempts to arrive at a simple and efficient calculation scheme for correcting those distortions. Both time domain method of characteristics approach and...
- White papers 2002-07-29
- Internal Models-Based Capital Regulation And Bank Risk-Taking Incentives
- Advocates for internal model-based capital regulation argue that this approach will reduce costs and remove distortions that they are created by rules-based capital regulations. These claims are examined using a Merton-style model of deposit insurance. Analysis show that internal model-based capital estimates are biased by safety-net generated funding subsidies that...
- White papers 2002-07-01
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- 3 JULY 1890
- Days like these Leo Tolstoy, the Russian novelist, writes: "Went downstairs to sleep. Got up late. Depressed and bored; idleness, luxurious living, useless talk. It's as if cog wheels are swimming in grease, get clogged and won't engage. Should one write for people like that? Why? I've...
- Articles 2008-07-03
- BEST OF THE REST
- Talks: James Kelman (Word Power Books, Edinburgh) The novelist talks about his newly republished essay collection, "And the Judges Said..." (0131-662 9112) tonight Pop: My Bloody Valentine (Barrowland, Glasgow) A sonic deluge...
- Articles 2008-07-03
- Size matters
- [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In my early sixgunnin' years I religiously measured the groove diameter of sixgun barrels by tapping a pure lead slug down the barrel with a wooden dowel and then trying to measure the diameter of the bullet. Enlightenment came when I finally realized the barrel diameter...
- Articles 2008-07-01
- Nikon Further Extends the NIKKOR Perspective Control Lens Selection with the Introduction of Two New PC-E Micro Lenses
- The New PC-E Micro NIKKORR 45mm f/2.8D ED and PC-E Micro NIKKOR 85mm f/2.8D Lenses Continue Nikon's Legacy of High-Quality Optics and Design MELVILLE, N.Y., July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Nikon, Inc. today introduced the new PC-E Micro NIKKOR 45mm f/2.8D ED and PC-E Micro NIKKOR 85mm f/2.8D...
- Articles 2008-07-01
- RF Web Drying System can operate at speeds up to 1,500 fpm
- Designed for high-speed drying of water-based patterned glue and coatings, MacrowaveTM RF Drying System selectively heats only patterned coatings on web and leaves bound moisture in substrate intact, preventing over-drying, distortion, and shrinking. It needs 1/3 to 1/5 of floor space required for hot air and IR dryers, and permits...
- Articles 2008-07-01
- Public Nuisance Fairness Coalition Commends Rhode Island Supreme Court Paint Industry Decision
- WASHINGTON -- Second graph, fourth sentence of release should read: However important this victory, we must remain vigilant that the distortion of the public nuisance theory is not successfully pursued in other venues and with other products (sted However important this victory, we must remain vigilant that the distortion of...
- Articles 2008-07-01
- Avago Technologies Expands Family of High-Speed Dual Voltage Digital Optocouplers for Power, Industrial and Consumer Apps
- New CMOS Optocouplers Helps to Reduce Power Consumption While Providing High Isolation Voltage, and Glitch-Free Power Up Features SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Avago Technologies, a leading supplier of analog interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications, today announced the expansion of its family of high-speed dual-supply voltage...
- Articles 2008-06-30
- Stanly County Commissioners Rebut Alcoa Poll on the Yadkin Hydroelectric Project
- Government Officials Respond Directly To Survey's Distortions STANLY COUNTY, N.C., June 30 /PRNewswire/ -- In its latest attempt in its struggle to secure renewal of a 50-year federal license for a monopoly on hydroelectric power from the Yadkin River in Stanly County ("the Yadkin Hydroelectric Project"), the...
- Articles 2008-06-30
- Susser Holdings Added to Russell 2000® Index
- CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, June 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Susser Holdings Corporation announced today that is has been added to the Russell 2000R Index. The Russell 2000 Index measures the performance of the small-cap segment of the U.S. equity universe. It is a subset of the Russell 3000R...
- Articles 2008-06-30
- Neogen Selected for Russell 2000 Index
- LANSING, Mich., June 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Neogen Corporation has been selected for the Russell 2000 Index. This occurred as Russell reconstituted its comprehensive set of U.S. and global equity indexes. Neogen has been a member of Russell's Microcap Index since 2005. The Russell 2000 Index measures...
- Articles 2008-06-30
- My bloody ears hurt - but it was worth it
- The incomparable MBV are back, and aficionados will not be disappointed Rock My Bloody Valentine Roundhouse LONDON Rarely a week goes by when I don't lazily compare some two-bit bunch of chancers to My Bloody Valentine, simply because they...
- Articles 2008-06-29
- Gig of the week
- My Bloody Valentine tonight, Sun, Wed & Thur Shoegazers and - hey, it's an open church - nu-gazers rejoice. For some time, MBV's lead sonic instigator, Kevin Shields, has kept a low profile, enhancing his perfectionist mystique even beyond the budget-busting, deadline-breaking tales attached to his band's...
- Articles 2008-06-28
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