In the last several years, there has been increased theoretical emphasis on the agent-principal
problem as it applies to corporate finance. This paper is an attempt to empirically test for …

With the recent difficulty in beating the S&P 500 Index, the debate over active versus passive
investing has risen to a new level of importance. We provide a framework for analyzing the …

With the growth in the market for interest rate swaps has come a growing need to understand
the potential default risks of these instruments. In general, swap participants can deal with …

Most of the risk associated with fixed income price movements is accounted for by their
duration-that is, their sensitivity to changes in the discount rate. Thus, for bonds, duration and …

Received monetary theory supports the existence of a strong relationship between monetary
activity and stock prices. Following the work of Friedman and Schwartz [8], relating money …

Gliomas represent approximately 30% of all central nervous system tumors and 80% of
malignant brain tumors 1 . To understand the molecular mechanisms underlying the malignant …

Logit estimation is applied to predicting the probability that a given firm will be a merger
target. Care is taken to account for variation in industry characteristics. The statistical …

Objective: There are few detailed data on cognition in patients undergoing dialysis. We
evaluated the frequency of and risk factors for poor cognitive performance using detailed …

Eric Sorensen untersucht, wie das Christentum den Makel von Magie und Aberglauben bei
der Ausübung des Exorzismus überwinden konnte, als dieser sich im Zuge der Mission in …

BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cognitive impairment are common in
dialysis patients. Given the proposed role of microvascular disease on cognitive function, …