Rural-Nonrural Differences in Educational Attainment: Results from the National Educational Longitudinal Study of 1988-2000 Soo-yong Byun‚ Judith L. Meece‚ and Matthew J. Irvin University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill April‚ 2010 Running Head: Rural-Nonrural Differences in Educational Attainment Revisited Word count: 7‚890 *This paper was presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association‚ May 3‚ 2010‚ Denver‚ CO. The analyses
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Chapter- One Introduction 1.1 Rationale for the study: The prediction of credit ratings is of interest to many market participants. Portfolio risk managers often need to predict credit ratings for unrated issuers. Issuers may seek a preliminary estimate of what their rating might be prior to entering the capital markets. For that matter‚ the rating agencies themselves may seek objective benchmarks as an initial input in the rating process. Understanding the increasingly important role of
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CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES AFFILIATED TO JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY‚ NEW DELHI M.A. APPLIED ECONOMICS RECRUITMENT GUIDE 2013-14 1 ABOUT CDS Set up in 1971 by the renowned economist‚ Late Professor Kakkadan Nandanath Raj‚ the Centre for Development Studies (CDS) is an internationally renowned‚ selfgoverning institution known for its cutting edge research in applied economics and topics germane to socio-economic development‚ impeccable pedagogy‚ and extensive and exhaustive training
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INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY (PSYC1001A) Project 6: Conformity Arvind Sharma 2011547819 doscoarvind@yahoo.com PROJECT SUMMARY INTRODUCTION: Ever since the first experiment on conformity was conducted by Jenness in 1932‚ psychologists have tried to measure conformity under various situations. Historically‚ conformity has been measured in numerous ways‚ though the most widely used methods have been behavioural observations
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The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at www.emeraldinsight.com/0143-7720.htm How to improve organizational performance through learning and knowledge? Tsung-Hsien Kuo Testing Center‚ Securities and Futures Institute‚ Taipei‚ Taiwan Abstract Purpose – Through investigating the relationship among human resource management (HRM)‚ organizational learning (OL)‚ organizational innovation (OI)‚ knowledge management capability (KMC)‚ and organizational performance (OP)
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Strategic Management Journal Strat. Mgmt. J.‚ 24: 587–614 (2003) Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI: 10.1002/smj.330 INCREASING FIRM VALUE THROUGH DETECTION AND PREVENTION OF WHITE-COLLAR CRIME KAREN SCHNATTERLY* Carlson School of Management‚ University of Minnesota‚ Minneapolis‚ Minnesota‚ U.S.A. White-collar crime can cost a company from 1 percent to 6 percent of annual sales‚ yet little is known about the organizational conditions that can reduce this cost
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Hospital Ownership and Community Benefit: Looking Beyond Uncompensated Care Paula H. Song‚ PhD‚ assistant professor‚ health services management and policy. College of Public Health‚ Ohio State University‚ Columbus; Shoou-Yih D. Lee‚ PhD‚ associate professor‚ health management and policy. University of Michigan‚ Ann Arbor; Jeffrey A. Alexander‚ PhD‚ professor emeritus‚ health management and policy. University of Michigan; and Eric E. Seiher‚ PhD‚ assistant professor‚ health services management and
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Mostly Harmless Econometrics: An Empiricist’ Companion s Joshua D. Angrist Massachusetts Institute of Technology Jörn-Ste¤en Pischke The London School of Economics March 2008 ii Contents Preface Acknowledgments Organization of this Book xi xiii xv I Introduction 1 3 9 10 12 16 1 Questions about Questions 2 The Experimental Ideal 2.1 2.2 2.3 The Selection Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Random Assignment Solves the Selection
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International Research Journal of Finance and Economics ISSN 1450-2887 Issue 84 (2012) © Euro Journals Publishing‚ Inc. 2012 http://www.internationalresearchjournaloffinanceandeconomics.com Impact of Ownership Structure on Firm Performance Evidence from Non-Financial Listed Companies at Karachi Stock Exchange Khalil-Ur-Rehman Wahla Faculty of Management Sciences International Islamic University‚ Islamabad E-mail: khalilwahla@gmail.com Tel: +92-333-6334293 Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah Faculty of Management
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Working Capital Management and Firm ’s Profitability: An Optimal Cash Conversion Cycle Haitham Nobanee Department of Banking and Finance‚ The Hashemite University‚ P.O. Box 150459‚ Zarqa‚ 13133‚ Jordan. E-mail: nobanee@gmail.com Abstract The traditional link between the cash conversion cycle and the firm ’s profitability is that shortening the cash conversion cycle increases firm ’s profitability. On the other hand shortening the cash conversion cycle could harm the firm’s operations and reduces
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