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The Effect Of Presented Outcome Order On Patients' Decisions Concerning Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair, Joseph Cousin Nov 2006

The Effect Of Presented Outcome Order On Patients' Decisions Concerning Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair, Joseph Cousin

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

Background: As the field of medicine is often described as one that combines science and art, it must be noted that data are only considered influential if understood by the person or persons deciding whether or not to use such data. Thus, psychological principles that govern the use of data play almost as equal a role as the medical development of that data. This study applies the psychologically-derived concepts of framing effects to the field of medicine, in an attempt to determine whether risk order should be considered as a framing effect. Specifically, this study used a randomized double-blinded controlled …


Race/Ethnicity As A Moderator In Child And Adolescent Depression And Anxiety Trials, Natalie Guerrier Nov 2006

Race/Ethnicity As A Moderator In Child And Adolescent Depression And Anxiety Trials, Natalie Guerrier

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

The inclusion of racial/ethnic minorities in treatment outcomes trials for children and adolescents with depression and anxiety is essential, particularly given the assumption, required by the NIH, that racial diversity is important to the generalizability of clinical trial outcomes. A search for randomized clinical trials on the treatment of child and adolescent depression and anxiety was conducted using the Medline and Psychinfo databases. These were then reviewed to determine whether race or ethnicity were 1) factored into recruitment strategies; 2) represented in the trial sample; and 3) included in moderator analyses to determine the extent to which they may influence …


The Economic Impact Of Aids Treatment: Labor Supply In Western Kenya, Harsha Thirumurthy, Joshua Graff Zivin, Markus Goldstein Nov 2006

The Economic Impact Of Aids Treatment: Labor Supply In Western Kenya, Harsha Thirumurthy, Joshua Graff Zivin, Markus Goldstein

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Identification And Inference Of Nonlinear Models Using Two Samples With Arbitrary Measurement Errors, Xiaohong Chen, Yingyao Hu Nov 2006

Identification And Inference Of Nonlinear Models Using Two Samples With Arbitrary Measurement Errors, Xiaohong Chen, Yingyao Hu

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

This paper considers identification and inference of a general latent nonlinear model using two samples, where a covariate contains arbitrary measurement errors in both samples, and neither sample contains an accurate measurement of the corresponding true variable. The primary sample consists of some dependent variables, some error-free covariates and an error-ridden covariate, where the measurement error has unknown distribution and could be arbitrarily correlated with the latent true values. The auxiliary sample consists of another noisy measurement of the mismeasured covariate and some error-free covariates. We first show that a general latent nonlinear model is nonparametrically identified using the two …


Republic Of Latvia: 2006 Article Iv Consultation—Staff Report; Public Information Notice On The Executive Board Discussion; And Statement By The Executive Director For The Republic Of Latvia, International Monetary Fund (Imf) Oct 2006

Republic Of Latvia: 2006 Article Iv Consultation—Staff Report; Public Information Notice On The Executive Board Discussion; And Statement By The Executive Director For The Republic Of Latvia, International Monetary Fund (Imf)

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Master Circular - Cash Reserve Ratio (Crr) And Statutory Liquidity Ratio (Slr), Chief Executives Of All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding Regional Rural Banks), Rbi/2006-07/145, Reserve Bank Of India Oct 2006

Master Circular - Cash Reserve Ratio (Crr) And Statutory Liquidity Ratio (Slr), Chief Executives Of All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding Regional Rural Banks), Rbi/2006-07/145, Reserve Bank Of India

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Two Algorithms For Solving The Walrasian Equilibrium Inequalities, Donald J. Brown, Ravi Kannan Oct 2006

Two Algorithms For Solving The Walrasian Equilibrium Inequalities, Donald J. Brown, Ravi Kannan

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Tests Of Independence In Separable Econometric Models: Theory And Application, Donald J. Brown, Rahul Deb, Marten H. Wegkamp Oct 2006

Tests Of Independence In Separable Econometric Models: Theory And Application, Donald J. Brown, Rahul Deb, Marten H. Wegkamp

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No abstract provided.


Portugal: Financial System Stability Assessment, International Monetary Fund (Imf) Oct 2006

Portugal: Financial System Stability Assessment, International Monetary Fund (Imf)

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Housing At The Tipping Point - The Outlook For The Us Residential Real Estate Market, Moody's Investor Service, Mark Zandi, Celia Chen, Brian Carey Oct 2006

Housing At The Tipping Point - The Outlook For The Us Residential Real Estate Market, Moody's Investor Service, Mark Zandi, Celia Chen, Brian Carey

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Watters V Wachovia, United States: Courts: Supreme Court Oct 2006

Watters V Wachovia, United States: Courts: Supreme Court

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The Resolution Of Systemic Banking System Crises, David Hoelscher, Stefan Ingves Oct 2006

The Resolution Of Systemic Banking System Crises, David Hoelscher, Stefan Ingves

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Log Periodogram Regression: The Nonstationary Case, Chang Sik Kim, Peter C.B. Phillips Oct 2006

Log Periodogram Regression: The Nonstationary Case, Chang Sik Kim, Peter C.B. Phillips

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

Estimation of the memory parameter ( d ) is considered for models of nonstationary fractionally integrated time series with d > (1/2). It is shown that the log periodogram regression estimator of d is inconsistent when 1 < d < 2 and is consistent when (1/2) < d = 1. For d > 1, the estimator is shown to converge in probability to unity.


A Complete Asymptotic Series For The Autocovariance Function Of A Long Memory Process, Offer Lieberman, Peter C.B. Phillips Oct 2006

A Complete Asymptotic Series For The Autocovariance Function Of A Long Memory Process, Offer Lieberman, Peter C.B. Phillips

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

An infinite-order asymptotic expansion is given for the autocovariance function of a general stationary long-memory process with memory parameter d in (-1/2,1/2). The class of spectral densities considered includes as a special case the stationary and invertible ARFIMA(p,d,q) model. The leading term of the expansion is of the order O (1/ k 1-2 d ), where k is the autocovariance order, consistent with the well known power law decay for such processes, and is shown to be accurate to an error of O(1/ k 3-2d ). The derivation uses Erdélyi’s (1956) expansion for Fourier-type integrals when there are critical points …


Cmlti 2006-Nc2 16dr S&P Pre-Closing Checklist, Unknown Sep 2006

Cmlti 2006-Nc2 16dr S&P Pre-Closing Checklist, Unknown

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Cmlti 2006-Nc2 16er S& P True Sale Letter And Tax Opinion, Standard & Poor's Financial Services Llc Sep 2006

Cmlti 2006-Nc2 16er S& P True Sale Letter And Tax Opinion, Standard & Poor's Financial Services Llc

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Octans I Cdo Offering Circular, Merrill Lynch International Sep 2006

Octans I Cdo Offering Circular, Merrill Lynch International

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This offering circular serves the interest of Octans I CDO and Merrill Lynch.


Interpreting The Predictive Uncertainty Of Elections, Ray C. Fair Sep 2006

Interpreting The Predictive Uncertainty Of Elections, Ray C. Fair

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

This paper provides an interpretation of the uncertainty that exists at the beginning of the day of an election as to who will win. It is based on the theory that there are a number of possible conditions of nature that can exist on election day, of which one is drawn. Political betting markets like Intrade provide a way of trying to estimate this uncertainty. It is argued that polling standard errors do not provide estimates of this type of uncertainty. They instead estimate sample-size uncertainty, which can be driven close to zero with a large enough sample. This paper …


Kantian Allocations, John E. Roemer Sep 2006

Kantian Allocations, John E. Roemer

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

Several authors in the economics literature have referred to Kantian behavior, informally, as a kind of cooperation. We model this notion precisely, and define two kinds of Kantian allocation. An set of strategies by players is Kantian if, informally, no player would advocate that all players change their strategies in the ‘same kind of way.’ We prove existence and Pareto efficiency of Kantian allocations. The proportional solution in a production economy with a common access technology emerges as a special case. We study whether Kantian behavior can ‘resolve’ the prisoners’ dilemma and the voting paradox. It turns out that Kant’s …


Economic Development As Opportunity Equalization, John E. Roemer Sep 2006

Economic Development As Opportunity Equalization, John E. Roemer

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

The justification of using GNP per capita as a measure of economic development is utilitarian ethics plus an assumption that no needs are more urgent than others. Here, we advocate a measure of economic development based on the degree to which the society in question has equalized opportunities for the acquisition of income. In highly developed economies, inequality of opportunity accounts for less than 10% of total inequality, while in developing economies, it accounts for over 30%.


Merrill Lynch Engagement Letter With N.I.R. Management, Bank Of America Corporation/ Bank Of America Merrill Lynch, N.I.R. Management Aug 2006

Merrill Lynch Engagement Letter With N.I.R. Management, Bank Of America Corporation/ Bank Of America Merrill Lynch, N.I.R. Management

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Frbny Letter From Jim Robbins To Michelle A Vinnedge Re Examination Letter Report, Jim Robbins, Dianne Dobbeck Aug 2006

Frbny Letter From Jim Robbins To Michelle A Vinnedge Re Examination Letter Report, Jim Robbins, Dianne Dobbeck

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This letter is addressed to Michelle A. Vinnedge


A Panel Unit Root And Panel Cointegration Test Of The Complementarity Hypothesis In The Mexican Case, 1960-2001, Miguel D. Ramirez Aug 2006

A Panel Unit Root And Panel Cointegration Test Of The Complementarity Hypothesis In The Mexican Case, 1960-2001, Miguel D. Ramirez

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Common Learning, Martin W. Cripps, Jeffrey C. Ely, George J. Mailath, Larry Samuelson Aug 2006

Common Learning, Martin W. Cripps, Jeffrey C. Ely, George J. Mailath, Larry Samuelson

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

Consider two agents who learn the value of an unknown parameter by observing a sequence of private signals. The signals are independent and identically distributed across time but not necessarily across agents. We show that that when each agent’s signal space is finite, the agents will commonly learn its value, i.e., that the true value of the parameter will become approximate common-knowledge. In contrast, if the agents’ observations come from a countably infinite signal space, then this contraction mapping property fails. We show by example that common learning can fail in this case.


Common Learning, Martin W. Cripps, Jeffrey C. Ely, George J. Mailath, Larry Samuelson Aug 2006

Common Learning, Martin W. Cripps, Jeffrey C. Ely, George J. Mailath, Larry Samuelson

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

Consider two agents who learn the value of an unknown parameter by observing a sequence of private signals. The signals are independent and identically distributed across time but not necessarily agents. Does it follow that the agents will commonly learn its value, i.e., that the true value of the parameter will become (approximate) common-knowledge? We show that the answer is affirmative when each agent’s signal space is finite and show by example that common learning can fail when observations come from a countably infinite signal space.


Restructuring And Reforms In The Korean Banking Industry, Soo-Myung Kim, Ji-Young Kim, Hoon-Tae Ryoo Aug 2006

Restructuring And Reforms In The Korean Banking Industry, Soo-Myung Kim, Ji-Young Kim, Hoon-Tae Ryoo

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No abstract provided.


Bear Stearns High Grade Structured Credit Strategies Enhanced Leverage Fund Private Placement Memo, Bear Stearns Companies, Inc. Aug 2006

Bear Stearns High Grade Structured Credit Strategies Enhanced Leverage Fund Private Placement Memo, Bear Stearns Companies, Inc.

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No abstract provided.


Bear Stearns High-Grade Structured Credit Strategies, Bear Stearns Companies, Inc. Aug 2006

Bear Stearns High-Grade Structured Credit Strategies, Bear Stearns Companies, Inc.

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No abstract provided.


Wachovia Corporation2006 Risk Assessment, Richard F. Westerkamp Jr., Stan Poszywak, John A. Beebe, Nancy Stapp, Jeremy Carter, Ryan Rehorn, Jim Gearhart, Kevin Littler Jul 2006

Wachovia Corporation2006 Risk Assessment, Richard F. Westerkamp Jr., Stan Poszywak, John A. Beebe, Nancy Stapp, Jeremy Carter, Ryan Rehorn, Jim Gearhart, Kevin Littler

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No abstract provided.


Teaching Entrepreneurship: Impact Of Business Training On Microfinance Clients And Institutions, Dean Karlan, Martin Valdivia Jul 2006

Teaching Entrepreneurship: Impact Of Business Training On Microfinance Clients And Institutions, Dean Karlan, Martin Valdivia

Discussion Papers

No abstract provided.