Chapter 7 Survival Models Our final chapter concerns models for the analysis of data which have three main characteristics: (1) the dependent variable or response is the waiting time until the occurrence of a well-defined event‚ (2) observations are censored‚ in the sense that for some units the event of interest has not occurred at the time the data are analyzed‚ and (3) there are predictors or explanatory variables whose effect on the waiting time we wish to assess or control. We start with some
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Determinants of Growth through Mergers and Acquisitions: An Empirical Analysis by Mathieu Luypaert European University College Brussels (EHSAL) Department of Accountancy‚ Finance and Insurance Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Nancy Huyghebaert∗ Department of Accountancy‚ Finance and Insurance Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Abstract This paper empirically investigates the determinants of external growth through mergers and acquisitions (M&As) in a typical Continental European country‚ Belgium
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Predicting Students Drop Out: A Case Study Gerben W. Dekker1‚ Mykola Pechenizkiy2 and Jan M. Vleeshouwers1 g.w.dekker@student.tue.nl‚ {m.pechenizkiy‚ j.m.vleeshouwers}@tue.nl 1 Department of Electrical Engineering‚ Eindhoven University of Technology‚ the Netherlands 2 Department of Computer Science‚ Eindhoven University of Technology‚ the Netherlands Abstract. The monitoring and support of university freshmen is considered very important at many educational institutions. In this paper we describe
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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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Quantifying individuals ’ trade-offs between privacy‚ liberty & security: The case of rail travel in U.K. Abstract Public transport systems have been targets in several terrorist attacks‚ notably in recent years‚ resulting in tight security measures worldwide. However‚ individuals ’ privacy and liberty often conflict with efforts towards safety and security‚ making it difficult to assess the benefits of security measures balanced against the costs (e.g. citizens may be stopped‚ searched and asked
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Lake Allatoona Ecosystem Structure‚ Function‚ and Change Ezzell Grant SCI/256 People‚ Science‚ and the Environment July 6‚ 2013 Gregory Bordner The major structural and functional dynamics (processes) of the Lake Allatoona ecosystem has gone through drastic changes over time. Georgia is one of the most authentically distinctly states in the country‚ composing through the heights and valleys of northern Georgia to a masses of acres of the rural areas in the southern areas; to the
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Z-score……………………………………...20 4. - Portfolio Grading Methods……………………………………………..……………..22 4.1.-Merton Model…………………………………………………………….…...22 4.2.-Expected loss model…………………………………………………………..23 4.3.-Design rating system…………………………………………………………..25 4.4.-Logit regression and probit.…………………………………………………...28 4.5.-Model CreditMetrics………………………...…………………………….…..29 5. - Coverage of Credit risk with derivatives………………………………………………29 5.1. - Credit Default Swaps - CDS……………………………………….….……..30 5.2. - Total Return
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Aarhus School of Business‚ Aarhus University Master of Science in International Economic Consulting Master Thesis The Effect of Social Trust and Economic Growth Author: Lena Pfister Academic Supervisor: Christian Bjørnskov September 2010 Abstract: In recent years‚ social trust has gained in importance within social science‚ especially in an economic growth context. The thesis examines social trust as a potential determinant of economic growth using a panel data set including
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University of Iowa Iowa Research Online Theses and Dissertations 2012 Three essays on the customer satisfaction-customer loyalty association Young Han Bae University of Iowa Copyright 2012 Young Han Bae This dissertation is available at Iowa Research Online: http://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/3255 Follow this and additional works at: http://ir.uiowa.edu/etd Part of theBusiness Administration‚ Management‚ and Operations Commons Recommended Citation Bae‚ Young Han. "Three essays on the customer satisfaction-customer
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Do Artists Benefit from Online Music Sharing? Author(s): Ram D. Gopal‚ Sudip Bhattacharjee‚ G. Lawrence Sanders Source: The Journal of Business‚ Vol. 79‚ No. 3 (May 2006)‚ pp. 1503-1533 Published by: The University of Chicago Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/500683 . Accessed: 26/06/2011 07:17 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR ’s Terms and Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp. JSTOR ’s Terms
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