By Naveen Jha‚ MA Page 1 of 16 Table of Contents Abstract…………………………………………………………………………………………..3 1. Introduction…………………………………………………………………….3 2. Estimation Strategy ………………………………….………………………….4 2.1. Hypothesis...………………………………………………………….4 2.2. Econometric Model ……….…………………………………………5 3. Data Set 3.1. Description of data set………………………………………………..5 3.2. Construction of variables 3.2.1. Dependent variables………………………………………..6 3.2.2. Explanatory variables………………………………………6 4. Results 4.1. Univariate analysis
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Appl. Statist. (2005) 54‚ Part 1‚ pp. 127–142 A useful distribution for fitting discrete data: revival of the Conway–Maxwell–Poisson distribution Galit Shmueli‚ University of Maryland‚ College Park‚ USA Thomas P. Minka and Joseph B. Kadane‚ Carnegie Mellon University‚ Pittsburgh‚ USA Sharad Borle Rice University‚ Houston‚ USA and Peter Boatwright Carnegie Mellon University‚ Pittsburgh‚ USA [Received June 2003. Revised December 2003] Summary. A useful discrete distribution (the
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the 120 motorcycle operators that were interviewed‚ 66% of them had been involved in accidents before‚ 56% had a ridding permit‚ and 43% owned their own motorcycles‚ while only 65% lived with their families in Kampala. From the application of the logit models‚ it emerges that the most important variables contributing to risks of accidents by boda boda operators were motorcycle ownership‚ family location‚ experience‚ age and ownership of a
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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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ABSTRACT: WidgeCorps’s management team had a lack in understand of some of the key multivariate statistical techniques used by many companies to measure how variables react with one another. This paper will discuss how three of these techniques are commonly used and provides a recommendation for the company to use as they move forward with research and development of new products. This paper also compares and contrasts the different multivariate techniques. KEYWORDS: multivariate techniques‚ Chi-Square
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James Farney describes North American conservatism as an ideology focused on reacting to progressivism‚ resisting any changes from the perceived natural and historical. The three major areas of change that concern conservatives are the breakdown of the community‚ the breakdown of laissez-faire capitalism‚ and the breakdown of traditional family and gender roles. Each of these concerns maps onto one of the three branches of modern conservatism: traditionalists are primarily concerned with the community
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The Roles of Corporate Governance in Bank Failures during the Recent Financial Crisis Berger‚ Allen N.1 | Imbierowicz‚ Björn2 | Rauch‚ Christian3 July 2012 Abstract This paper analyzes the roles of corporate governance in bank defaults during the recent financial crisis of 2007-2010. Using a data sample of 249 default and 4‚021 no default US commercial banks‚ we investigate the impact of bank ownership and management structures on the probability of default. The results show that defaults
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The Motives for International Acquisitions: Capability Procurements‚ Strategic Considerations‚ and the Role of Ownership Structures Author(s): Shih-Fen S. Chen Reviewed work(s): Source: Journal of International Business Studies‚ Vol. 39‚ No. 3 (Apr. - May‚ 2008)‚ pp. 454471 Published by: Palgrave Macmillan Journals Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25483277 . Accessed: 28/02/2013 12:46 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at .
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The Impact of Music Downloads and P2P File-Sharing on the Purchase of Music: A Study for Industry Canada by Birgitte Andersen* and Marion Frenz** Department of Management Birkbeck‚ University of London Malet Street‚ Bloomsbury LONDON WC1E 7HX‚ England‚ UK *Reader in the Economics and Management of Innovation‚ and Director of E-Business Programmes Tel: +44 (0)20 7631 6848 b.andersen@bbk.ac.uk ** Lecturer in Management Tel: +44 (0)20 7631 6829 m.frenz@bbk.ac.uk THE VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE THOSE
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JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL AND QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS VOL. 39‚ NO. 3‚ SEPTEMBER 2004 COPYRIGHT 2004‚ SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION‚ UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON‚ SEATTLE‚ WA 98195 Initial Public Offerings in Hot and Cold Markets Jean Helwege and Nellie Liang£ Abstract The literature offers many explanations for why the IPO market cycles from hot to cold. These include theories in which hot markets represent clusters of IPOs in a new industry‚ and signaling models that predict that hot markets
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