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Financial Contagion in Five Small Open Economies: Does the Exchange Rate Regime Really Matter?

INTERNATIONAL FINANCE, Issue 1 2000
Zsolt Darvas
This paper examines the spillover effects of the global financial crises of 1997,9 on five small open economies with different types of exchange rate regimes: the Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Israel and Poland. We found empirical evidence that the regional aspect played a dominant role in the intensity of the spillover effects. We found no empirical evidence that the pressures on exchange rates, interest rates and stock markets were primarily influenced by the exchange rate regime in place. Our findings do not support the commonly held view that flexible regimes are the best choice for small open emerging market economies exposed to volatile capital flows. [source]

Does Size Really Matter?

PACING AND CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY, Issue 6 2008
A Comparison of the Riata Lead Family Based on Size, Its Relation to Performance
Background: Recently, the performance and safety of smaller diameter implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) leads has been questioned. The purpose of this analysis was to determine the impact of size on lead performance and perforation rates by comparing the performance of 7 French (7F) and 8 French (8F) leads with similar design characteristics implanted by a single operator. Methods: Patients implanted with a Riata 1580 (8F) or 7000 (7F) series leads (St. Jude Medical, Sylmar, CA, USA) over a 2-year period were evaluated to compare performance and perforation rates. Results: There were 357 Riata 8F leads and 357 Riata 7F leads implanted in 714 patients. Follow-up ranged from 1 to 24 months. The 8F leads were implanted in the right ventricular apex more often than were 7F leads (129 or 37% vs 72 or 20%, P < 0.0001). Oversensing that did not result in therapy occurred in 2 pts (0.56%) with 8F leads and 1 pt. (0.28%) with a 7F lead (P = 0.56). Oversensing with therapy occurred once in both groups (0.28%, P = NS). One perforation occurred in each group (0.28%, P = NS). Both occurred in leads that were implanted in the right ventricular apex (P = 0.02). Conclusions: The performance of St. Jude Medical 7F and 8F Riata leads was similar. The incidence of lead-related adverse events was within or below the low end of published acceptable ranges for ICD lead perforation and sensing anomalies. Perforations were less likely to occur in leads that were implanted in nonapical positions. [source]

Does Idiosyncratic Risk Really Matter?

THE JOURNAL OF FINANCE, Issue 2 2005
TURAN G. BALI
ABSTRACT Goyal and Santa-Clara (2003) find a significantly positive relation between the equal-weighted average stock volatility and the value-weighted portfolio returns on the NYSE/AMEX/Nasdaq stocks for the period of 1963:08 to 1999:12. We show that this result is driven by small stocks traded on the Nasdaq, and is in part due to a liquidity premium. In addition, their result does not hold for the extended sample of 1963:08 to 2001:12 and for the NYSE/AMEX and NYSE stocks. More importantly, we find no evidence of a significant link between the value-weighted portfolio returns and the median and value-weighted average stock volatility. [source]

Does Institutional Change Really Matter?

THE MANCHESTER SCHOOL, Issue 4 2002
Central Bank Reform, Inflation Targets, Interest Rate Policy in the OECD Countries
We estimate forward,looking interest rate reaction functions for the G3 and some inflation targeters. Shifts in the conduct of monetary policy are detected for the USA and Japan. In contrast with the existing literature, we show that these countries only shifted to policies consistent with an implicit inflation,targeting regime in the 1990s. Inflation targets and central bank reforms in Sweden, the UK, Canada and New Zealand only led in some cases to changes in policy responses, and changes in policy pre,date the introduction of targets. We challenge the one,model,fits,all approach towards monetary policy that permeates much of the current literature. [source]

Innentitelbild: Does Size Really Matter?

ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE, Issue 21 2010
Guest Exchange Reaction (Angew. Chem., The Steric Isotope Effect in a Supramolecular Host
Kinetische Isotopeneffekte treten beim Gastaustausch in einem supramolekularen Wirt-Gast-System auf. J.,S. Mugridge, R.,G. Bergman und K.,N. Raymond zeigen in ihrer Zuschrift auf S.,3717,ff., dass eine Deuterierung des Gastmoleküls die Geschwindigkeit der Abgabe aus dem Wirthohlraum um 11,% erhöhen kann. Die beobachteten Isotopeneffekte sind konsistent mit der geringeren Größe der deuterierten Gastmoleküle, eine bessere Erklärung liefern aber Veränderungen in den C-H/D-Schwingungsmoden der Gastspezies im räumlich befrachteten Übergangszustand des Gastaustauschs. [source]

Does Size Really Matter?

ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE, Issue 21 2010
Guest Exchange Reaction, The Steric Isotope Effect in a Supramolecular Host
Ist Größe alles? Inverse kinetische Isotopeneffekte bis 11,% treten beim Gastaustausch in einem hoch geladenen supramolekularen Wirt auf (siehe Bild). Zwar kann man die beobachteten Isotopeneffekte anhand des geringeren Raumbedarfs von Deuterium erklären, für ein kompletteres Bild ist aber eine Kopplung der Aufweitung der Öffnungen im Wirt mit den C-H/D-Schwingungsmoden des Gasts zu berücksichtigen. [source]

Location, Location, Location: Does Place of Work Really Matter?

BRITISH JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT, Issue 2009
Tom Redman
This paper examines the work attitudes of home- and office-based workers. A review of the existing literature finds both pessimistic and optimistic accounts of the impact of homeworking on employee attitudes and behaviours. Drawing on a survey of 749 managerial and professional employees in knowledge-intensive industries, the study finds more support for the optimistic perspective. The findings suggest that homeworking is positively associated with employee well-being and a more balanced work,home relationship. There is no evidence that organizational citizenship behaviours are reduced by homeworking but there is some support for homeworking undermining employees' perception of the organization as supporting their careers and personal development. [source]