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Managing the Human Service Market: The Case of Long-Term Care in Japan
Kadoya, Yoshihiko - 2011
two unique features of human service: ambiguous policy goals and a considerable amount of front-line worker discretion …
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A quantitative analysis of supply response in the Namibian mutton industry
Van Wyk, Danie - 2011
Thesis (MScEng (Industrial Engineering))--University of Stellenbosch, 2011.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009429590
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Development and structuring of commercial mortgage-backed securities in Australia
Chikolwa, Bwembya C - 2008
According to the Reserve Bank of Australia (2006) the increased supply of Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (CMBS), with a range of subordination, has broadened the investor base in real estate debt markets and reduced the commercial property sector’s dependence on bank financing The CMBS...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009434910
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An analytical framework for monitoring and optimizing bank branch network efficiency / E.H. Smith
Smith, Eugene Herbie - 2009
Financial institutions make use of a variety of delivery channels for servicing their customers. The primary channel utilised as a means of acquiring new customers and increasing market share is through the retail branch network. The 1990s saw the Internet explosion and with it a threat to...
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An integrated model platform for the economic assessment of agricultural policies in the European Union
Perez Dominguez, Ignacio; Gay, Stephan Hubertus; … - 2008
A number of economic models have been applied to analyse theCommon Agricultural Policy. The partial equilibrium models CAPRI,ESIM, AGLINK, AGMEMOD and CAPSIM and the general equilibriummodels GLOBE and GTAP are currently integrated in a modellingplatform for Agro-Economic Policy Analysis in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443696
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EMPIRICAL MEASUREMENT OF CREDIT RATIONING IN AGRICULTURE: A METHODOLOGICAL SURVEY
Petrick, Martin - 2003
Empirical analysis of rural credit market failure has been of key scientific and political interest in recent years. The aim of this paper is to give an overview of various methods for measuring credit rationing of farms employed in the literature. Furthermore, based on a common analytical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444376
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Isolating a measure of inflation expectations for the South African financial market using forward interest rates
Reid M. - 2009
The inflation expectations channel of the transmission mechanism is generally recognised as crucial for the implementation of modern monetary policy. This paper briefly reviews the practices commonly employed for measuring inflation expectations in South Africa, and offers an additional method,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009480482
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Balance of power, certainty and discretion in the franchise relationship: An analysis of contractual terms
Spencer, Elizabeth C. - 2008
to in making the contract. Discretion, if it is too wide, may no longer represent the true intentions of the parties, but … franchisees. This section also discusses the allocation of discretion in franchise contracts. Discretion accorded to parties in … conditions. The results presented here also indicate that franchise contracts confer high levels of discretion upon a franchisor …
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Robust Control and Persistence in New Keynesian Monetary Policy Analysis
Paetz, Michael - 2007
This thesis investigates the consequences of model uncertainty and persistence in consumption habits and price-setting behaviour in a New Keynesian model.As the decision of a central bank is made in an uncertain environment, the analysis of uncertainty is essential in monetary policy models. In...
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Monetary policy and sovereign debt vulnerability
Nuño, Galo; Thomas, Carlos
economy model where the government issues nominal defaultable debt and chooses fi scal and monetary policy under discretion …
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