The study examines box office sales in the context of a market share model. This is accomplished by developing a combination of a sliding-window logit model and a Gamma diffusion pattern, in a hierarchical Bayes framework. The paper shows that accounting for the full choice set available every week not...
This paper provides information on basic steps on how to prevent unauthorized access to financial accounts. A list of guidelines or procedures is provided to be followed in case of loss of credit cards many people find it easy and convenient to use credit cards and ATM or debit cards....
Studies have consistently found that social structure influences who transacts with whom, and that actors appear to benefit when exchange occurs embedded within these relations rather than in an unstructured market. In investigating these dynamics in the interaction between movie producers and distributors, this paper, however, suggests that a type...
This paper studies the apparent trend of accelerating marketing expenditure in the motion picture industry. While the number of movies released during the past decade has remained roughly constant, relative marketing costs per movie have increased significantly. Much more money is being spent in real terms to market each film,...
This article studies the interaction between the portfolio and the retirement decision. It solves explicitly a standard life cycle model with consumption and leisure. It finds that human capital can be valued as a portfolio of European put options on stock. It propose that there is a natural definition of...
This paper examines the century old debate about free trade and laissez-faire and shows with the famous diagram from Corden’s “Trade Policy and Economic Welfare,” that the logical conclusion for the modern theory of trade and welfare, once political economy costs are taken into account is that, as the classical...
This paper examines whether there is a flight-to-liquidity premium in Treasury bond prices by comparing them with prices of bonds issued by Refcorp, a U.S. Government agency. As these bonds are affected, they have the same credit as Treasury bonds. A strong evidence that this liquidity premium is related to...
This paper studies the market price of credit risk incorporated into the most important credit spreads in the financial markets: interest rate swap spreads. The approach consists of jointly modeling the swap and Treasury term structures using a four-factor affine credit framework and estimating the parameters by maximum likelihood. It...
A cool treat At a recent gathering of University of Utah alumni in Los Angeles, basketball coach Jim Boylen was the keynote speaker. The hoity-toity affair, staged at the lavish California Club, required jacket and tie. After lunch, Boylen ordered the...
SEATTLE -- Typhoon Touch Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB:TYTT) (www.typhoontouchtech.com), owner of foundational intellectual property in the area of portable touch-screen computing, announced today that, in response to what Typhoon has alleged in its complaint is an attempt by defendant Lawrence E. Harris to manipulate the market for Typhoon's stock via a...
Youth-rated DVDs of movies with smoking scenes will include anti-smoking PSAs LOS ANGELES, July 11 /PRNewswire/ -- The Entertainment Industry Foundation EIF announced today that the six major studios will include anti-smoking public service announcements produced by the California Health and Human Services Agency on millions of...
Major clinical trials conducted by ateam of researchers and doctors at the University of Minnesota MinneapolisVA Hospital, demonstrate that mulberry leaf, the food source of silkworms,can help markedly stabilize blood sugar levels and inhibit carbohydrateabsorption in Type 2 diabetics by providing additional support whichenables them to make better...
By completely reversing four types of mental impairment in mice, scientists are overturning the long-entrenched notion that our mental capacity is hardwired and immutable. So striking were the animal results that scientists are beginning drug trials on people with genetic disorders associated with mental retardation and autism. Several of the...
To look younger, you no longer have to go under the knife--or spend thousands of dollars. The newest injectables and skin-smoothing lasers combat brow furrows, fine lines, hyper-pigmentation, and other signs of aging for a fraction of the cost, with little to no downtime. "Scalpels are set to become a...
You may know him as The Incredible Hulk, a two-time Mr. Universe winner, the focus of Arnold Schwarzenegger's psych-out games in Pumping Iron, the neighbor on The King of Queens or even as a Los Angeles County deputy sheriff. Lou Ferrigno is all of these, of course, not to mention...
COMPUTER SCIENCE MICROSOFT isn't a company always beloved by consumers. But engineers and scientists may feel more kindly disposed, since the software giant is one of the few big firms that invests in basic research-the kind that may not pay off for years. In July, Microsoft is...
Company Also Provides Update on Product Demonstration Unit LOS ANGELES -- Rentech, Inc. (AMEX:RTK) today announced organizational changes at the Company. Merrick Kerr, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will be resigning from the Company effective July 18thto pursue other opportunities. Mr. Kerr's responsibilities will be assumed...
The Multnomah Bar Association has elected Michael Dwyer, Leslie N. Kay, Michelle S. Druce and Lisa M. Umscheid as officers. Dwyer was elected president after serving as president-elect in 2007. As a partner at Dwyer & Miller, his practice focuses on mediation and negotiation. He previously worked...
LOS ANGELES -- Global Clean Energy Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: GCEH) announced today that it has appointed Dr. Mark A. Bernstein Ph.D. to its Board of Directors. Dr. Bernstein is a Professor of Practice at the University of Southern California, where he also serves as the Managing Director of USC's Energy...
WASHINGTON AFP — Genes can affect whether people tend to vote in elections or not, according to a US study released this week that suggested that the urge to cast a ballot is inherited. Donating to campaigns, running for public office and going to rallies are also impacted...
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