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Have Federal Reserve MBS purchases affected market functioning?

Kandrac, John - In: Economics Letters 121 (2013) 2, pp. 188-191

extent to which these purchases were associated with disruptions in indicators of market functioning by using daily data on … Federal Reserve MBS purchase operations. I find that two separate proxies for market functioning show adverse responses to … September 2012. However, the magnitude of the disruption in market functioning appears to be quite modest. …

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More than total economic value: How to combine economic valuation of biodiversity with ecological resilience

Admiraal, Jeroen F.; Wossink, Ada; Groot, Wouter T. de; … - In: Ecological Economics 89 (2013) C, pp. 115-122

The assessment of total economic value has become a pragmatic and popular approach in nature valuation, yet criticisms have been raised. One major point of critique is that total economic value bases the monetary value of ecosystems purely on the flow of human benefits of services of ecosystems...

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The detection and influence of problematic item content in ability tests: An examination of sensitivity review practices for personnel selection test development

Grand, James A.; Golubovich, Juliya; Ryan, Ann Marie; … - In: Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 121 (2013) 2, pp. 158-173

did not exhibit differential item functioning across sex nor did their presence engender negative test taker reactions …

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Does loneliness mediate the relation between social support and cognitive functioning in later life?

Ellwardt, Lea; Aartsen, Marja; Deeg, Dorly; Steverink, Nardi - In: Social Science & Medicine 98 (2013) C, pp. 116-124

mechanisms between social support and cognitive functioning. We investigate one of the possible mechanisms, and argue that … subjective appraisals rather than received amounts of social support affect cognitive functioning. Loneliness is seen as an … functioning. Data are from the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam (LASA) and include 2255 Dutch participants aged 55–85 over a …

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Operationalising the capability approach for outcome measurement in mental health research

Simon, Judit; Anand, Paul; Gray, Alastair; Rugkåsa, Jorun - In: Social Science & Medicine 98 (2013) C, pp. 187-196

Amartya Sen's multidimensional capability approach focuses on the importance of freedoms to be or do things people have reason to value. It is an alternative to standard utilitarian welfarism, the theoretical approach to quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) and cost-utility analyses. Despite the...

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Modeling Differential Item Functioning Using a Generalization of the Multiple-Group Bifactor Model

Jeon, Minjeong; Rijmen, Frank; Rabe-Hesketh, Sophia - In: Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics 38 (2013) 1, pp. 32-60

group-specific difficulty parameters, the model can be used to assess differential item functioning (DIF) for testlet …

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Role of lifestyle orientation and perceived organizational functioning in psychological empowerment of IT professionals

Singh, Shalini; Deo Kodwani, Amitabh; Agrawal, Rakesh Kumar - In: Benchmarking: An International Journal 20 (2013) 3, pp. 396-418

functioning in psychological empowerment perceptions of information technology (IT) professionals. Design …. Organizational functioning is also found to have a strong effect on psychological empowerment perceptions of IT professionals …

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Treasury System Design; A Value Chain Approach

Tandberg, E. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005

Treasury systems enable governments to prepare financial plans, implement annual budgets, handle cash resources, provide fiscal accounts, and ensure control and accountability. The design of these systems varies considerably across countries, reflecting differences in priorities, country...

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Indicators of Inequality and Poverty

Subramanian, S. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2004

This essay aims at a broad, main-stream account of the literature on inequality and poverty measurement in the space of income and, additionally, deals with measures of disparity and deprivation in the more expanded domain of capabilities and functionings. In addition to an introductory and a...

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Die effek van 'n avontuurgerigte ervaringsleerprogram op die persoonlike funksionering van jeugdiges / Sumari Tesnear

Tesnear, Sumari - 2004

functioning (positive functioning, selfperception, trauma dynamics, relationships and decision making) of youths in thesociety … personal functioning of the youths.For the purpose of this study, twenty-eight students between the ages of 17 -19years from … Beyond Adventure School. The CFI-Post measures the followingcomponents related to the functioning of the youth: positive …

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