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HEIDEGGER AND TEILHARD DE CHARDIN: THE CONVERGENCE OF HISTORY AND FUTURE
Authors: MEI TODD S. 
Published: September 2010

AbstractThe intent of this essay is to place the thinking of Martin Heidegger and Pierre Teilhard de Chardin in dialogue with one another in order to thresh out the latent aspects of each thinker's work that are often seen to be problematic. I argue that Teilhard's discussion of unity that differentiates illuminates a positive teleology in Heidegger's notion of Appropriation, while Heidegger's conception of retrieval/repetition discloses the significance of historical reinterpretation in Teilhard's Christology. I therefore reply to accusations that Heidegger's philosophy succumbs to relativism and reduction into Being and that Teilhard neglects history in his treatment of Omega Point.
THEOPHANY AND INDICATION: RECONCILING AUGUSTINIAN AND PALAMITE AESTHETICS1
Authors: MANOUSSAKIS JOHN PANTELEIMON 
Published: September 2010

AbstractBased on an analysis of certain theophanic narratives in the Hebrew Scriptures (Exodus 3 and 19, 1 Kings 19), this article poses the question of their Christian exegesis: which of the Persons of the Holy Trinity appeared to the patriarchs and prophets of the Old Testament and how? This seemingly trivial question has become a decisive and controversial topic in the formation of two distinct theological aesthetics: one influenced by Augustine in the West and another that finds its culmination with Gregory Palamas in the East. The aim of this article is to reconcile the polemical interpretations of Old Testament theophanies by employing a Christological understanding of aesthetics as developed by Hans Urs von Balthasar (in his Herrlichkeit) and a more nuanced understanding of signification as developed by Husserl and Merleau‐Ponty under the concept of indication.
Antagonistic Dwellings: Surveillance in Stasi Germany – An Art Project
Authors: Skelton Pam 
Published: September 2010

ABSTRACT Konspirative Wohnungen //Conspiracy Dwellings was initiated by the British artist Pam Skelton and the German scholar Joachim Heinrich and explores the legacy of state surveillance in the former German Democratic Republic. Bringing together local and international artists, academics and curators, the project presented a network of almost 500 secret apartments and institutions in Erfurt from which the former East German Ministry of State Security (Stasi) operated between 1980 and 1989, when surveillance was at its fiercest. In this image‐text essay I refer to my own observations and reflections as well as Joachim Heinrich's data analysis on the secret meeting places of the Stasi. I also indicate a topography of Erfurt in the context of its 483 conspiracy dwellings. From 28 September to 16 November 2007 Konspirative Wohnungen //Conspiracy Dwellings was displayed as audio/video installations in six venues in Erfurt revealing a system of internal state security used for spying and denunciation. From 2008–2009 different versions of the project were shown in England, Northern Ireland and Estonia.Das Projekt Konspirative Wohnungen //Conspiracy Dwellings wurde von der britischen Künstlerin Pam Skelton und dem deutschen Akademiker Joachim Heinrich ins Leben gerufen. Es beschäftigt sich mit dem problematischen Erbe der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik und zeigt ein Netz von fast 500 geheimen Wohnungen und Institutionen in Erfurt, die Beamten des ehemaligen Ministeriums für Staatssicherheit (Stasi) in der DDR zwischen 1980 und 1989 und somit in der Zeit der intensivsten Stasi‐Aktivitäten Quartier boten. Meiner Bild‐ und Textcollage liegen meine eigenen Beobachtungen sowie die von Joachim Heinrich erstellten Datenanalysen über diese geheimen Treffpunkte der Stasi zugrunde. Zudem entwerfe ich eine Topographie der Stadt Erfurt im Kontext ihrer 483 Konspirationswohnungen. Das Projekt Konspirative Wohnungen //Conspiracy Dwellings war als audiovisuelle Installation an sechs Orten der Stadt Erfurt ausgestellt und enthüllte ein ausgesprochen komplexes Netz geheimer und versteckter Stasiaktivitäten und ‐denunziationen für eine breite Öffentlichkeit. In den Jahren 2008–2009 wurde das Projekt ebenfalls in England, Nordirland und Estland ausgestellt.
The Role of Dynamic Capabilities and Social Capital in Breaking Socio‐Institutional Inertia in Regional Development
Authors: PIHKALA TIMO , HARMAAKORPI VESA , PEKKARINEN SATU 
Published: September 2010

AbstractA shift in the techno‐economic paradigm will affect regions; regions, however, are path‐dependent units. This path‐dependency often leads to considerable socio‐institutional inertia in the process of transformation whereby regions aim to remain competitive in the face of worldwide competition. The present article assesses the role of the dynamic capabilities of social capital in the process of regional adaptation. A survey conducted in the Lahti urban region in Finland is used as empirical data. The results of the survey reveal the respondents' fairly good awareness of the prevailing techno‐economic paradigm and of the strong socio‐institutional inertia confronting change in practice. The results suggest, however, that there are systematic differences in responsiveness between local politicians and other decision‐makers. The study concludes with a discussion of the relevance of shared common views on the development needed within the region.Résumé Un changement dans le schéma conceptuel techno‐économique va affecter les régions, lesquelles présentent toutefois une ‘dépendance de chemin’. Cette situation conduit souvent à une très forte inertie socio‐institutionnelle dans le processus de transformation par lequel des régions s'efforcent de garder leur place face à la concurrence mondiale. L'article évalue le rôle des capacités dynamiques du capital social au sein du processus d'adaptation régionale. Une enquête menée dans la zone urbaine de Lahti, en Finlande, fournit les données empiriques. D'après ses résultats, les personnes interrogées ont une perception assez bonne du paradigme techno‐économique dominant et de la puissante inertie socio‐institutionnelle qui s'oppose concrètement au changement. Il en ressort cependant des différences systématiques dans la réactivité entre les hommes politiques et les autres décideurs. En conclusion, l'étude analyse la pertinence des opinions communes partagées concernant le développement nécessaire dans la région.
A Theory of Precautionary Regulatory Capital in Banking*
Authors: NGO PHONG T. H. 
Published: September 2010

ABSTRACTThe orthodox assumption in the banking literature is that capital requirements are a binding constraint on banking behavior. This is in conflict with the empirical observation that banks hold a buffer of capital well in excess of the minimum requirements. This paper develops a model where capital is endogenously determined within a profit‐maximizing equilibrium. Optimality involves balancing the reduction in expected costs associated with regulatory breach with the excess cost of financing from increasing capital. We demonstrate that when the equilibrium probability of regulatory breach is less than one‐half, banks are expected to hold precautionary capital.
How do Individual, Institutional, and Foreign Investors Win and Lose in Equity Trades? Evidence from Japan*
Authors: BAE KEE‐HONG , YAMADA TAKESHI , ITO KEIICHI 
Published: September 2010

ABSTRACTWe investigate the gains and losses from equity trades of individual investors, various institutional investors, and foreign investors in the Tokyo Stock Exchange. We develop a trade‐weighted performance measure and examine the impact of trading intervals, price spreads, and market timing on performance. We find that different investor types gain or lose from different sources. For example, we discover that individual investors have poor market timing ability but potentially gain during short‐run trading intervals as their average sell price is consistently higher than the average purchase price. In contrast, we find that foreign investors consistently generate gains from trade due to good market timing, although their average sell price is lower than the average purchase price. Also, we find that foreign investors extract significant portion of their gains by trading against Japanese institutional investors when Japanese investors trade before their fiscal‐year end.
The Valuation Effects of Prime Rate Revisions: Is There an Advantage of Being First?*
Authors: ARIFF MOHAMED , LAMBA ASJEET S. 
Published: September 2010

ABSTRACTUS banks making prime rate revisions are known to suffer stock price declines, which is consistent with the Stiglitz–Weiss adverse selection theory, given the relative stickiness of interest rates. If banks suffer price declines, then why are some banks consistent leaders when revising prime rates? This research question is the focus of our paper and is examined in the relatively concentrated banking system of Singapore. Lead banks in Singapore initiating a large number of rate increases earned an average abnormal return of 5.2%, while non‐lead banks also experienced positive abnormal returns of 3.9%, a result not in agreement with US‐specific evidence. We argue that the rate increases (decreases) resulting in a significant stock price increase (decrease) for lead banks are consistent with a valuation effect in a concentrated banking system. Our results could be explained as a valuation effect from anticipated higher profits or as reward for being first. The first mover advantage may thus also have signaling value on quality.
Value‐at‐Risk in Emerging Equity Markets: Comparative Evidence for Symmetric, Asymmetric, and Long‐Memory GARCH Models
Authors: McMILLAN DAVID G. , SPEIGHT ALAN E. H. 
Published: September 2010

ABSTRACTThis paper extends research concerned with the evaluation of alternative volatility forecasting methods under value at risk (VaR) modeling in the context of the Basle Committee adequacy criteria by broadening the class of generalized autoregressive conditional heteroscedasticity models, to include both asymmetric models and long memory models, in addition to the statistical methods commonly used in financial institutions. In the analysis of daily index data for eight emerging stock markets in the Asia – Pacific region, in addition to US and UK benchmark comparators, we find both asymmetric and long memory features to be important considerations in providing improved VaR estimates that minimize occasions when the minimum capital requirement identified by the VaR methodology would have fallen short of actual trading losses. More generally, our results illustrate the importance of adopting the stringent probability level stipulated in the regulatory framework, and of using fully out‐of‐sample forecast evaluation methods for the identification of forecasting models that mitigate the likelihood of inappropriately small VaRs and consequent regulatory intervention.
Emerging Market Efficiencies: New Zealand's Maturation Experience in the Presence of Non‐Linearity, Thin Trading and Asymmetric Information
Authors: RAYHORN CHARLES , HASSAN M. KABIR , YU JUNG‐SUK , JANSON KENNETH R. 
Published: September 2010

ABSTRACTThis paper examines the efficiency of New Zealand's stock market by assessing the prevalence of thin trading, non‐linearity and information asymmetry. We find that the efficiency of this emerging market has been enhanced over time due to regulatory changes and the transition of the New Zealand economy to a free market orientation. During the 1970s and 1980s, the stock market appears to have been inefficient with thin trading and non‐linearity as leading causative agents. Our evaluation of non‐linear models, adjusted for thin trading effects, however, strongly suggests that the New Zealand stock market has become more efficient since 1990.
Cost Efficiency in South Asian Banking: The Impact of Bank Size, State Ownership and Stock Exchange Listings*
Authors: PERERA SHRIMAL , SKULLY MICHAEL , WICKRAMANAYAKE J. 
Published: September 2010

ABSTRACTThis study examines the cost efficiency performance of 111 commercial banks in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka over 1997–2004. The primary focus is to assess whether bank size, state ownership and stock exchange listing have significant effects on South Asian banks' efficiency performance. To this end, a translog‐form composite‐error cost efficiency model, which allows for exogenous environmental influences, is estimated. The results indicate that the overall efficiency of South Asian banks declined over 1997–2004. Larger banks and banks with widespread ownership through stock exchange listings were found to be relatively more cost efficient. In contrast, state‐owned banks were less efficient.
Profitability of Contrarian Strategies: Evidence from the Istanbul Stock Exchange*
Authors: BILDIK RECEP , GÜLAY GÜZHAN 
Published: September 2010

ABSTRACTThis study examines the momentum and contrarian effects on stock returns in one of the leading emerging markets, which has a unique market structure, with record‐high inflation, high volatility, high turnover, low correlation of returns with other exchanges and myopic investors: the Istanbul Stock Exchange (ISE). It also investigates the weak‐form efficiency of the stock market by examining the profitability of a number of contrarian strategies based on past returns, size, price, book‐to‐market and earnings‐to‐price ratios of stocks in various lengths of formation and holding periods. Our findings show that a self‐financing trading strategy, buying past loser stocks and selling past winner stocks generate significant abnormal returns (approximately 15% annually) in ISE. However, these large contrarian profits are for bearing the extra risk of loser stocks similar to the US results. We also find significant price, size, and B/M effects in stock returns. Finally, our results show the continous profitability of contrarian strategies both in very short (starting from 1 month) and in long holding periods (up to 36 months), which appears to be related to country‐specific factors.
A Refutation of the Existence of the Other January Effect*
Authors: EASTON STEPHEN A. , PINDER SEAN M. 
Published: September 2010

ABSTRACTCooper et al. report US evidence of the ‘other January effect,’ where returns in January are shown to have predictive power for returns over the subsequent 11 months. We re‐examine the latest sub‐period that they examine and find that the results using excess returns are not unique to January and that the effect for January is not apparent for raw returns. Further, using excess (raw) return data for 38 (44) other countries, limited support is found for the other January effect, with eight (five) of the remaining 11 months demonstrating a statistically significant effect in at least as many countries as exhibited the ‘other January effect.’ Further, there is no evidence to suggest that different tax‐year ends across countries can explain the result.
Die neuen Schuldenbegrenzungsregeln für Bund und Länder – symbolische Verfassungsänderung oder gelungene Schuldenbremse?
Authors: Korioth Stefan 
Published: September 2010

AbstractThe paper discusses the recently reformed articles 109 and 115 as well as the respective temporary arrangement of article 143d of the German Basic Law. The aim of these norms is to limit public sector borrowing for both the federal state and the lands of the Federal Republic of Germany. The author critically assesses the capacity of the new regulations to achieve this aim. The different solutions for public debt will only be capable of alleviating the problem of excessive new public debts if there is a corresponding political will. The new regulations, partly following EU law, ignore the fact that the self-binding constraint of the democratic legislator in the sensitive area of public finance tends to exceed the jurisdiction of constitutional law. Thus it is argued that the new regulations are for the most part an act of merely symbolic legislation. They do not truly deserve to be called a “debt brake”.
The Action Plan on Combating Terrorism: A Flawed Instrument of EU Security Governance
Authors: BOSSONG RAPHAEL 
Published: September 2010

AbstractAfter clarifying the ideal‐typical characteristics of action plans, this contribution shows how the Action Plan on Combating Terrorism emerged out of a hectic process of policy‐entrepreneurship by the European Commission and other integration‐minded actors. This overloaded the EU's policy‐making capacity and fostered policy conflict, while the strategic dimension was neglected.
Impact of a parenting program in a high‐risk, multi‐ethnic community: the PALS trial
Authors: Scott Stephen , O’Connor Thomas G. , Futh Annabel , Matias Carla , Price Jenny , Doolan Moira 
Published: September 2010

Background:  Parenting programs have been shown to work when delivered to motivated ethnic majority parents in demonstration projects, but comparatively little is known about their impact when delivered to high‐risk, multi‐ethnic populations by routine local services.Methods:  The Primary Age Learning Skills (PALS) trial was a randomized controlled trial of an evidence‐based parenting‐group program that targeted the parent–child relationship and child literacy. Parents of 174 children were selected from a population of 672 5‐ and 6‐year‐olds attending four primary schools in a high‐risk, ethnically diverse, inner‐city area. Eighty‐eight children were allocated to the Incredible Years preventive program plus a shortened six‐week version of the SPOKES literacy program, delivered by local services; 86 to usual community services; 152/174 (87%) of families were successfully followed up. Parent–child relationship quality and child behavior were measured using direct observation and parent interview; child reading was assessed psychometrically.Results:  Two‐thirds (58/89) of those offered the parenting program attended at least one session, with similar enrolment rates across the Black African, African‐Caribbean, White‐British and Other ethnic groups. Mean attendance was four relationship‐building sessions and one literacy‐development session. Satisfaction questionnaires were completed by 43/58 starters; 93% said they were well or extremely satisfied, with equally high rates across ethnic groups. At follow‐up after one year, those allocated to the intervention showed significant improvements in the parent–child relationship on observation and at interview compared to controls; effects were similar across all ethnic groups. However, child behavior problems and reading did not improve. The cost was £1,343 ($2,100) per child.Conclusions:  Programs can be organized to be engaging and effective in improving parenting among high‐risk, multi‐ethnic communities, which is of considerable value. To also be cost‐effective in achieving child changes may require a set‐up that enables parents to attend more sessions and/or an exclusive focus on children with clinically significant behavior problems.
Time perception, phonological skills and executive function in children with dyslexia and/or ADHD symptoms
Authors: Gooch Debbie , Snowling Margaret , Hulme Charles 
Published: September 2010

Background:  Deficits in time perception (the ability to judge the duration of time intervals) have been found in children with both attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and dyslexia. This paper investigates time perception, phonological skills and executive functions in children with dyslexia and/or ADHD symptoms (AS).Method:  Children with dyslexia‐only (n = 17), AS‐only (n = 17), comorbid dyslexia+AS (n = 25), and typically developing controls (n = 42), matched for age and non‐verbal ability, were assessed on measures of phonological skills, executive function and time perception (duration discrimination and time reproduction).Results:  Children with dyslexia were impaired on measures of phonological skill and duration discrimination compared to children without dyslexia (though problems on duration discrimination appeared to be attributable to mild symptoms of inattention in this group). In contrast, children with AS exhibited impairments on measures of both time perception and executive function compared to children without AS. Children with dyslexia+AS showed an additive combination of the deficits associated with dyslexia‐only and AS‐only.Conclusions:  Dyslexia and AS appear to be associated with distinct patterns of cognitive deficit, which are present in combination in children with dyslexia+AS.
Theory to practice: HIV/AIDS policies in operation within British retailing
Authors: McLean Morag , Moore Christopher 
Published: September 2010

AbstractDespite recent scientific advancements, Human Immune Deficiency Virus (HIV)/ Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) remains a serious health issue for those involved in employee management. The introduction of the Disability Discrimination Act (1995) has meant that increased numbers of HIV/AIDS infected workers are able to remain in employment, fully protected by this legislation. Because of the nature and characteristics of retail employment, it is suggested that retailers have an increased likelihood of encountering employees and/or customers with the disease, compared with most other industries. This paper examines one particular aspect of the challenge facing retailers, notably that of the ‘operationalization’ of their HIV/AIDS policies into practices, especially in terms of company selection rocesses, education and training, employee relations and employee assistance programmes. Data were collected from a number of leading retail companies,1 from which, important observations can be made with regard to retailers' attitudes towards employee welfare in general, and in relation to HIV/AIDS in particular. The research results indicate potential discrimination in terms of employee selection involving a significant number of major retailers, and little comprehensive education/training on HIV/AIDS occurring, despite evidence of disruptive behaviour by staff. In addition, the findings provide evidence that even major companies find it difficult to balance issues of employee welfare against the financial concerns of the organization, in terms of assisting affected employees.
Family characteristics and convenience food expenditure in urban Korea
Authors: Jae Mie Kyung , Ryu Jeong Soon , Abdel‐Ghany Mohamed 
Published: September 2010

AbstractThis study uses a sample of 39 025 urban families from the 1996 Korean Family Income and Expenditures Survey to examine the relationship between family characteristics and expenditure on convenience foods. Results indicate that age and education of the family's head, number of children, presence of children under the age of six, the wife's labour force participation, and area of residence were significant in predicting the level of expenditure on convenience foods. The present study points to and gives a rationale to differences in some of the effects as compared with those found in Western countries.
Comparison of attitudes towards school lunch by elementary school children in Japan, Korea and Thailand
Authors: Hori Kohji , Kim Yeon‐Soo , Kim Sang‐Ae , Thasanee Witoteerasarn , Boedi Purboyo R. A. Rahma , Hu Ji‐Yee , Sumonchat Jaroenkornburi , Saowapa Sukprasert 
Published: September 2010

AbstractThe attitudes of elementary school children towards school lunch among three Asian countries, namely Japan, Korea and Thailand, were compared. More school children in Japan felt that their teachers gave them advice during the school lunch programme. Japanese and Korean teachers advised their children to eat as much as possible of the lunch. Korean children may be a little more obedient with regard to heeding the advice. However, few teachers in Thailand gave the children advice over eating lunch, and the Thai children looked forward to and enjoyed the school lunch. The different responses between Thailand and other two countries may be attributed in part to the differences in the teachers' instruction in the programme. Elementary school teachers, especially in Thailand and Korea, have to take more classes in food and nutrition in universities or colleges, and positively take part in the school lunch programme.