The author studies the aggregate implications of the entry of MultiNational Firms MNFs in a two country Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium model in which firms have heterogenous productivity in the sense of Melitz (2003). Unlike the extant open economy macroeconomics literature, this model endogenizes both Foreign Direct Investment and exports...
Environmental movements are on the rise throughout the developing world, yet the record of environmental policy implementation remains poor. This article describes institutional innovations that can help bridge the gap between social preferences and environmental outcomes in developing countries. Specifically, one assesses the prospects for synergistic state society relations in...
By the mid-1990s, a broad global consensus had emerged that the private sector, rather than the state, should be the primary catalyst for new investment and development, and many emerging economies were demonstrating encouraging progress. Investors were attracted by the severe capital shortages in many emerging markets. However, this article...
A PC-based data acquisition system was installed on the bridge to monitor deck and stay accelerations, wind speeds/directions and meteorological data during the three-year test program. The statistical distributions of the modal frequencies of the structure have been obtained from the locations of the peaks of the power spectra. In...
Confidential Medical And Organizational Data Now Secured With SanDisk Cruzer Enterprise USB Flash Drives, Managed By SanDisk CMC Software MILPITAS, Calif. -- SanDiskCorporation (NASDAQ:SNDK) today announced that Howard County General Hospital in Columbia, Maryland, has selected SanDisk's Cruzer([R]) Enterprise secure USB flash drives and Central Management & Control...
That depression is a huge, if often unacknowledged, problem in the legal field has been known for quite some time. A landmark and often cited 1990 medical survey by John Hopkins University that studied major depression disorders in 104 occupations found lawyers topped the list and...
TSX.V Symbol: PTR VANCOUVER, July 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Petromin Resources Ltd. (TSX.V Symbol: PTR) is pleased to announce that William D. Bill Gunter, PhD will join the company's International Advisory Board to provide advice to the Board of Directors relating to science and technology of carbon dioxide...
CAStor Storage Cluster Supports Active and Archive Data for Genetic Research AUSTIN, Texas -- Caringo Inc., a leading provider of content storage software that delivers clustered storage infrastructure for storing both active and archive content, today announced that its CAStor[TM] software was selected by the Center of Inherited...
BEN CARSON GETS MEDAL OF FREEDOM: During a White House ceremony, President George W. Bush awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Johns Hopkins University Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery Dr. Ben Carson. America's highest civilian honor, the medal is given to those who are leaders in their field, who have...
WASHINGTON AFP — The feelings of well-being and life satisfaction brought on by the hallucinogen psilocybin, found in "magic" mushrooms, can last for months, a new study published Monday revealed. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Maryland found that the majority of 36 volunteers who took psilocybin in...
WASHINGTON AFP — The feelings of well-being and life satisfaction brought on by the hallucinogen psilocybin, found in "magic" mushrooms, can last for months, according to a new study. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Maryland found that the majority of 36 volunteers who took psilocybin in controlled...
NEW YORK -- Fitch assigns an 'AA+' rating to approximately $132,640,000 of fixed-rate revenue bonds and an 'AA+/F1+' to approximately $125,855,000 of variable rate revenue bonds issued by Maryland Health and Higher Education Facilities Authority on behalf of Johns Hopkins University JHU. The series 2008A bonds are expected to price...
Here's a high school health lesson worth repeating: Oral sex carries serious consequences. "Men and women can contract the sexually transmitted infection human papillomavirus HPV orally," says Maura Gillison, M.D., Ph.D., an associate professor of oncology at Johns Hopkins University. "The same types that lead to...
Advancing the Study of Decentralization and Federalism in Latin America Bardhan, Pranab, and Dilip Mookherjee, eds. Decentralization and Local Governance in Developing Countries: A Comparative Perspective. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2006. Tables, figures, bibliography, index, 363 pp.; paperback $35. Díaz-Cayeros, Alberto. Federalism, Fiscal Authority, and Centralization in Latin America....
Ethics Consultation: From Theory to Practice Mark P. Alusio, Robert M. Arnold, Stuart J. Youngner, eds. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003. ISBN 978-0801871658; 241 PAGES, CLOTH $45 It has been said that the practice of medicine is a moral enterprise. Yet, for those who do ethics...
Genetic Ties and the Family: the Impact of Paternity Testing on Parents and Children Mark A. Rothstein, Thomas H. Murray, Gregory E. Kaebnick, and Mary Anderlik Majumber, Editors. Baltimore, MD: John Hopkins University Press, 2005. ISBN 978-0801881930; 264 PAGES, CLOTH $ 50.00 We've entered a new era in the...
Arnson, Cynthia J. and I. William Zartman eds. Rethinking the Economics of War: The Intersection of Need, Creed, and Greed. Washington, D.C: Woodrow Wilson Center Press and Baltimore, MD: The John Hopkins University Press, 2005. 300 pp. The history of human society is filled with puzzles and patterns. One...
BAE employee killed in Iraq BAE Systems, of Rockville, the North American arm of a British defense company, announced that one of its employees, Nicole Suveges, a political scientist, was killed Tuesday in a bombing in Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq. She was working with the U.S. Army's...
The high blood pressure drug losartan shows promise in treating Marfan syndrome, according to a small study by Johns Hopkins University researchers. Marfan syndrome is a genetic disorder that affects connective tissue. The clinical trial of 18 children with severe Marfan syndrome found that losartan slowed the enlargement of...
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Gradient Analytics announced that it has named Dr. Michael Williams, Ph.D. Director of Research. Williams attended the University of Southern California and received his Ph.D. in business in 1996. He had previously attended Princeton University, where he earned a Ph.D. in economics in 1992. He received a...
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