Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A macroeconomic study of the costs, consequences and policy implications of sectorial labour reallocation

This thesis uses a macroeconomic approach to study labour adjustments following sector-specific shocks. I develop a general model, investigate its dynamic adjustment process and apply it to study the Canadian economy in 2002–2006. This episode is an interesting case study because it features a significant labour reallocation to the resource sector and away from manufacturing, precipitated by an increase in global commodity prices and an associated exchange rate appreciation. The results establish that impediments to the adjustment process are economically significant in the aggregate for this episode, imposing costs of up to three percent of output during the transition. These findings augment several studies that suggest individual workers can face large and persistent earnings losses during job turnover. However, unlike previous research, I use the search and matching approach — which incorporates explicit labour market frictions — to uncover the sources of these costs for the macroeconomy. The findings emphasize that job loss itself is not particularly important quantitatively, but rather the non-transferability of skills during job turnover is a key concern. Finally, I investigate how labour market policy impacts the economy’s response to sector-specific shocks by analyzing a counterfactual policy change in unemployment benefits and improved skill acquisition through faster learning and training subsidies. The
Channeling International Markets for Domestic Value

This paper investigates potential links between the international and club-levelsoccer using a measure of quality defined by the performance of its club teams in international competitions. We address inherent endogeneity by employing an instrumental variables approach, based on the urban population share of a country. Our identifying strategyassumes that the support for soccer clubs in metropolitan areas that drivesclub-level successaffects national teams only through their impact on domestic professional players; being born a great athlete to a particularnationality still remains to chance. Using annual panel data from 1993 to 2010 for all FIFA countries, we isolate the impact of domestic club strength on national teams and demonstrate a positiveimpact on national team results. The converse should also hold, and our results thus suggest that the long decline of Brazilian club soccer played a salient role in the results for the 2014 World Cup host.
Relative Price Variability and Inflation: New evidence from Turkey *

Using a half-a-century long disaggregated data, we investigate the link between inflation and relative price variability, and the impact of structural changes in the behavior of inflation. We also investigate the underlying reasons driving the link between inflation and price variability. Using panel data techniques to control for aggregate shocks, we show that: 1) the effect of inflation is non-neutral: relative price variability has increased in inflationary as well as deflationary periods, 2) the effect of inflation is lower in magnitude during the high inflationary period as Danziger (1987) suggests, 3) we find strong support for menu cost models, but none for signal extraction models.
EXPLORATION IN SAVINGS BEHAVIOUR

This paper essays a reasonably comprehensive econometric analysis of the results of the 1953 sample Savings Survey of residents of the United Kingdom. Part I consists of a preliminary survey of the problem and methods of analysis and of a search for the key variables influencing individual saving patterns. In Part II two new theories of saving propounded by Modigliani and Brumberg and by Friedman are submitted to more specific testing. The Modigliani-Brumberg theory is extended to cover variations in family size, and the implications of the Friedman hypothesis as to the role of assets as a reserve for emergencies are elucidated. A number of facets of these theories are submitted to test and their implications for the analysis of comprehensive and representative equations adumbrated.
International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement

The Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is the largest and most ambitious international comparative study designed to provide 1:1icv makers, educators, researchers, and practitioners with information about educational achieveLner.t and learning contexts. Data were collected from 45 countries in more than 30 different lanyuageo. rive grade levels were tested in the two subject areas, totaling more than half a million students tested around the world. The six content dimensions covered in the TIMSS mathematics tests given to the primary school students include: whole numbers; fractions and proportionality; measurement, estimation, and number sense; data representation, analysis, and probability; geometry; and patterns, relations, and functions. The results in this report describe students' mathematics achievement at both the third and fourth grade levels. About one quarter of the questions were in the free-response format requiring students to generate and write their answers. Chapters include: (1) "International Student Achievement in Mathematics"; (2) "Average Achievement in the Mathematics Content Areas"; (3) Performance on Items within Each Mathematics Content Area"; (4) "Students' Backgrounds and Attitudes towards Mathematics"; (5) "Teachers and Instruction". Appendices contain an overview of TIMSS procedures, the test-curriculum matching analysis, and percentiles and standard deviations of mathematics achievement. (JRH) ******************************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. ******************************************************************************** I I 4111. Ali allIk
Customer Interactions in Virtual Brand Communities: Evidence from China

Abstract Customer interactions in virtual brand communities (VBCs) have become a significant approach of value co-creation. Although VBCs have been examined in different contexts and perspectives, customer interactions in VBCs have been understudied, which limits our understanding of how to deliver favorable interaction experience in VBCs. This study develops an integrated framework for customer interactions and its key antecedents (i.e., needs). Drawing on the social identity theory, brand identity is incorporated to examine its contingent impacts on the influences of the needs on customer interactions. The framework is tested in the context of the brand community (i.e, Apple, China). Global implications, managerial implications and research implications are discussed.
Stem cell‐mediated accelerated bone healing observed with in vivo molecular and small animal imaging technologies in a model of skeletal injury

Adult stem cells are promising therapeutic reagents for skeletal regeneration. We hope to validate by molecular imaging technologies the in vivo life cycle of adipose‐derived multipotent cells (ADMCs) in an animal model of skeletal injury. Primary ADMCs were lentivirally transfected with a fusion reporter gene and injected intravenously into mice with bone injury or sham operation. Bioluminescence imaging (BLI), [18F]FHBG (9‐(fluoro‐hydroxy‐methyl‐butyl‐guanine)‐micro‐PET, [18F]Fluoride ion micro‐PET and micro‐CT were performed to monitor stem cells and their effect. Bioluminescence microscopy and immunohistochemistry were done for histological confirmation. BLI showed ADMC's traffic from the lungs then to the injury site. BLI microscopy and immunohistochemistry confirmed the ADMCs in the bone defect. Micro‐CT measurements showed increased bone healing in the cell‐injected group compared to the noninjected group at postoperative day 7 (p < 0.05). Systemically administered ADMC's traffic to the site of skeletal injury and facilitate bone healing, as demonstrated by molecular and small animal imaging. Molecular imaging technologies can validate the usage of adult adipose tissue‐derived multipotent cells to promote fracture healing. Imaging can in the future help establish therapeutic strategies including dosage and administration route. © 2008 Orthopaedic Research Society. Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Orthop Res 27:295–302, 2009
Building Theory and Empirical Evidence about Public Service Motivation

The motivation of public servants has long been a topic of public concern, debate, and scholarly interest. Recent developments give the topic new prominence. One is the ‘‘global public management revolution’’ (Kettl 2005), driven by governments’ search for continuously higher levels of productivity, service orientation, and accountability. Another development is the consistent failure of financial incentive schemes (Perry, Mesch, and Paarlberg 2006) that were adapted from the private sector beginning in the late 1970s. A third development, given impetus by the first two, is increasing attention to the merits of bureaucracy as an institution and normative order (Olsen 2006). The intersection of these developments helps account for the growth of scholarly interest in public service motivation. A long-standing problem in research about motivation is that it has been concentrated on industrial and business organizations (Perry and Porter 1982; Kelman 2005). The goal of this symposium is to highlight research that is conscious of the public context for motivation and intentional about incorporating public institutions into theory development and empirical research.
GOOD GRAPES AND BAD LOBSTERS: APPLYING THE ALCHIAN AND ALLEN THEOREM

The authors consider the well-known theorem of A. Alchian and W. Allen (1964) that adding a per unit charge to the price of two substitute goods increases the relative consumption of the higher price good. The current literature misspecifies the conditions under which the theorem holds. When applying the theorem, the fixed cost should be applied on a per unit basis, rather than in terms of an entry fee for consumption. The authors state the necessary conditions for the theorem to hold when the consumers are shipped to the goods. Copyright 1995 by Oxford University Press.
Market Segmentation of an International Cultural-Historical Event in Italy

This study explores the existing markets of a unique annual event, the Spoleto Festival in Italy, that blends inter nationally well-known cultural exhibitions with historical settings. Behavioral, motivational, and demographic char acteristics of festival visitors were examined by using a posteriori market segmentation. Factor analysis was performed to determine the leading motivations for attending the international cultural-historical event, whereas cluster analysis was employed to identify groups of respondents based on motivational behaviors. Based on the findings, two distinct groups were formed: Enthusiasts and Moderates. The results of the study show statistically significant differences between the two groups in terms of age, income, and marital status. Marketing and management implications for effectively targeting the two market segments are discussed.
Internal marketing for engaging employees on the corporate responsibility journey

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore whether internal marketing could be a powerful tool for engaging employees on the corporate responsibility journey. Design/methodology/approach: In the absence of empirical work linking internal marketing efforts in organizations and employee engagement in corporate responsibility issues, a conceptual approach based on literature review is carried out to determine the existing possibilities provided by internal marketing to enhance corporate responsibility.
N2 Fixation by Unicellular Bacterioplankton from the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans: Phylogeny and In Situ Rates

ABSTRACT N2-fixing proteobacteria (α and γ) and unicellular cyanobacteria are common in both the tropical North Atlantic and Pacific oceans. In near-surface waters proteobacterial nifH transcripts were present during both night and day while unicellular cyanobacterial nifH transcripts were present during the nighttime only, suggesting separation of N2 fixation and photosynthesis by unicellular cyanobacteria. Phylogenetic relationships among unicellular cyanobacteria from both oceans were determined after sequencing of a conserved region of 16S ribosomal DNA (rDNA) of cyanobacteria, and results showed that they clustered together, regardless of the ocean of origin. However, sequencing of nifH transcripts of unicellular cyanobacteria from both oceans showed that they clustered separately. This suggests that unicellular cyanobacteria from the tropical North Atlantic and subtropical North Pacific share a common ancestry (16S rDNA) and that potential unicellular N2 fixers have diverged (nifH). N2 fixation rates for unicellular bacterioplankton (including small cyanobacteria) from both oceans were determined in situ according to the acetylene reduction and 15N2 protocols. The results showed that rates of fixation by bacterioplankton can be almost as high as those of fixation by the colonial N2-fixing marine cyanobacteria Trichodesmium spp. in the tropical North Atlantic but that rates are much lower in the subtropical North Pacific.
Intrachromosomal recombination in plants.

Molecular evidence for intrachromosomal recombination between closely linked DNA repeats within the plant genome is presented. The non‐overlapping complementary deletion derivatives of the selectable neomycin phosphotransferase gene (nptII), when intact conferring kanamycin resistance, were inserted into the genome of Nicotiana tabacum. The functional marker gene was restored with frequencies between 10(‐4) and 10(‐6) per proliferating cell clone. Prolonged tissue culture prior to kanamycin selection did not increase the number of recombinant kanamycin‐resistant (KanR) cell clones. DNA analysis of KanR clones derived from cells carrying multiple tandem recombination units suggested that these units have a tendency to undergo concerted recombination. Recovery and analysis of kanamycin‐sensitive seedlings with patches of KanR cells provided direct evidence for mitotic recombination in plant tissue.
Profiles of Cash Flow Components

Cash flow information is widely recognized as a fundamental input to analyses of company financial health and theoretical value. In particular, evaluation of management performance can depend critically on a hierarchy of cash flow relationships. These include the investment coverage ratio, the discretionary coverage ratio, the discretionary and fixed expenditures ratio and the total coverage ratio. Annual financial statement data for a sample of 333 companies were used to calculate standardized values for 13 cash flow components over the 1982-86 period. The results show that cash flow components, as a percentage of total cash flow, vary across company size and industry groups. These cash flow profiles can serve as a reference for comparative analysis.
The Question of Market Dependence

Capitalism is a system of social-property relations in which survival and social reproduction are dependent on the market; a system that is, therefore, driven by the imperatives of competition and a relentless drive to improve the forces of production. This article explores the nature of that market dependence and the specific historical conditions in which it emerged. In debate with Robert Brenner’s recent article in this journal (vol. 1, no. 2) about the early development of capitalism in the Low Countries, it is suggested that, while the Dutch Republic was a highly developed commercial society, it seems to have lacked the specific conditions that made market dependence a basic property relation, as it was in early modern English agrarian capitalism. The differences between Dutch and English patterns of economic development reflect some fundamental differences between commercial and capitalist societies.
Detection of laryngeal function using speech and electroglottographic data

The purpose of this research was to develop quantitative measures for the assessment of laryngeal function using speech and electroglottographic (EGG) data. Two procedures for the detection of laryngeal pathology were developed: (1) a spectral distortion measure using pitch synchronous and asynchronous methods with linear predictive coding (LPC) vectors and vector quantization (VQ), and (2) analysis of the EGG signal using time interval and amplitude difference measures. The VQ procedure was conjectured to offer the possibility of circumventing the need to estimate the glottal volume velocity waveform by inverse filtering techniques. The EGG procedure was to evaluate data that was 'nearly' a direct measure of vocal fold vibratory motion and thus was conjectured to offer the potential for providing an excellent assessment of laryngeal function. A threshold based procedure gave 75.9 and 69.0% probability of pathological detection using procedures (1) and (2), respectively, for 29 patients with pathological voices and 52 normal subjects. The false alarm probability was 9.6% for the normal subjects. <<ETX>>
Welfare Economics with Intransitive Revealed Preferences: A Theory of the Endowment Effect

Economists use the standard rational model to predict behavior after a policy change and to determine the policy's welfare implications. Recent experimental observations are casting doubt on the predictive accuracy of the standard model, but the more realistic behavioral alternatives often provide a poor basis for making normative evaluations. This paper suggests that we can still predict behavior and measure welfare within the same model. We show that optimizing agents with standard preferences will in some cases behave as if they are subject to an endowment effect. Even so, we may still be able to uncover information about their preferences. Copyright 2006 Blackwell Publishing Inc.
Monopolistic competition and search unemployment: a Pissarides-Dixit-Stiglitz model

We integrate two workhorse models in economics: The monopolistic competition model of Dixit and Stiglitz and the search unemployment model of Pissarides. Many results of the original models survive. New results concerning the effects of changes in labour (goods) market parameters on goods markets (the labour market) variables are obtained and compared to the literature.
Clinical utility of the ABCR400 microarray: basing a genetic service on a commercial gene chip.

OBJECTIVES To assess the clinical utility of ABCR400 microarray testing in patients with ABCA4-associated retinopathies and to report on possible issues that could arise should genetic results be delivered without validation. METHODS One hundred thirty-two probands were genotyped with the microarray. Diagnostic assays were designed to verify all mutations identified in individuals in whom at least 2 causative mutations were found. Mutations were verified in the probands, and wherever possible cosegregation analysis was performed in additional family members. RESULTS Eighty-five of the 132 probands (64.4%) genotyped with the microarray had 2 or more disease-associated mutations identified. Verification of the genotyping, however, resulted in only 80 families being able to benefit from genetic result delivery. The remaining families could not receive results owing to the confounding effect of multiple ABCA4 mutations or the incorrect identification of mutations. CONCLUSIONS The ABCR400 microarray is useful for mutation screening; however, raw data cannot be delivered directly to patients. All mutations should be verified and, whenever possible, investigated in other family members. CLINICAL RELEVANCE Validated ABCR400 results provide an unequivocal molecular diagnosis, allowing family members to be offered diagnostic, predictive, carrier, and prenatal testing. Use of the microarray can inform decision-making and identify candidates for future therapies.
The International Integrated Reporting Framework: Key Issues and Future Research Opportunities

This paper has three main aims. First, the paper introduces the concept of integrated reporting ( ) as described by the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC). A background to the development of the concept over the 4‐year period from the inception of the IIRC in 2010 is provided, culminating in the release by the IIRC of a Consultation Draft (CD) of the framework in March 2013. Second, the paper discusses key issues currently being debated relating to the CD that the IIRC will need to resolve prior to the expected release of their framework in late 2013. This discussion is based on issues identified and reported to the IIRC by a subcommittee of the International Association for Accounting Education and Research (IAAER) comprised of international accounting academics. Finally, the paper identifies a range of potential research issues relating to the development and implementation of .
There's no place like home: Managing telecommuting paradoxes

Executive Overview Telecommuting has been around as a concept since the early 1970s. But the phenomenon has not caught on as fast as researchers projected, in part because of the inherent paradoxes associated with telecommuting. We explore three seemingly evident paradoxes of alternative work arrangements, particularly telecommuting: an increase in both structure and flexibility, a focus on both individuals and teamwork, and an increase and decrease in control. We view these paradoxes from a manager's perspective, and identify strategies for managing the paradoxes: accepting the paradox, clarifying the point of view, accounting for time, and using new perspectives. We apply these strategies to the three telecommuting paradoxes and illustrate them with examples of companies that use alternative work arrangements extensively. The article concludes with lessons for managing telecommuting arrangements.
Stimulated Brillouin Scattering in Photonic Integrated Circuits: Novel Applications and Devices

The last few years have seen major progress in harnessing on-chip photon-phonon interactions, leading to a wide range of demonstrations of new functionalities. Utilizing not only the optical response of a nonlinear waveguide-but also acoustic resonances-enables the realization of microwave devices with unprecedented performance, otherwise hard to achieve in all-optical processing schemes or electronically. Here, we overview on-chip stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) with special emphasis on microwave sources and microwave signal processing schemes. We review the different material platforms and structures for on-chip SBS, ranging from chalcogenide rib waveguides to hybrid silicon/silicon-nitride structures, high-Q photonic-phononic silica microresonators, and suspended silicon nanowires. We show that the paradigm shift in SBS research-from long length of fibers to chip-scale devices-is now moving toward fully integrated photonic-phononic CMOS chips.
Selection, Heterogeneity, and Entry in Professional Markets

We analyze two different cases of entry regulation in professional markets: first, when licensing is a requirement for becoming a professional (lawyers); second, when entry and price restrictions are applied on a geographical basis (pharmacists). Both cases are investigated within a circular model of localized competition and heterogeneous players. The analysis reveals that licensing introduces a selection mechanism which is effective in preventing entry of inefficient players in markets with large ex ante heterogeneity. Furthermore, because in the second case excessive entry is reduced as the degree of heterogeneity increases, our analysis lends support to a policy that simultaneously relaxes entry and price restrictions.