We use college football data and, in some cases, ESPN scout grades to estimate (1) attributes that are likely to result in a college quarterback being selected by a National Football League (NFL) team, and (2) the performance of rookie quarterbacks in the NFL. We find that both college passing...

This paper seeks to examine the determinants of the profitability of the Chinese banking sector during the post-reform period of 2000¨C2005. The empirical findings from this study suggest that all the determinants variables have statistically significant impact on China banks profitability....

Generalized Response Surface Methodology (GRSM) is a novel general-purpose metaheuristic based on Box and Wilson.s Response Surface Methodology (RSM).Both GRSM and RSM estimate local gradients to search for the optimal solution.These gradients use local first-order polynomials.GRSM, however,...