Sentences with phrase «central finding of»

That is the central finding of research by Cornelia Lawson, Aldo Geuna and Ugo Finardi, to be presented at the Royal Economic Society's annual conference at the University of Sussex in Brighton in...

That is the central finding of the Ecological Footprint (EF), a widely cited global sustainability indicator used by the United Nations and major NGOs around the world to estimate the impact of human activity on the biosphere.

The interesting, central finding of the theory paper is that when a «fortune» (available resources) fall below a certain critical level (determined by the cost per unit time of surviving, and the stochastic return investments available to the investor), the optimal policy becomes what economists call a «risk - seeking» one, where the investor should place relatively large bets on relatively high payoff, low probability of payoff gambles.

Instead of torturing teachers and school administrators with more useless regulations and policies, education policy makers could at least try to address the central finding of the 1966 Coleman Report.

«A central finding of this evaluation is that the technical assistance had limited impact in these [participating] schools,» says the study.

Accountability has been a central theme of education reform for almost two decades, driven by the unchallenged central finding of James Coleman's seminal 1966 study: Although some interventions are demonstrably more effective than others, there's no direct link between what goes into a school by way of resources and what comes out by way of student learning.

That is the central finding of the first Austria - wide epidemiological study into the prevalence of mental health problems in Austria, conducted under the supervision of Andreas Karwautz and Gudrun Wagner at MedUni Vienna's Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in collaboration with the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute Health Promotion Research and published in a child and adolescent psychiatry journal.

The central finding of this case study is that small - scale NTFP producers can form second - tier enterprises that can achieve financial viability and significantly improve incomes for members.

The journal said it checked the data with independent experts, «who concur that the data in Figure 1 are flawed, but agree that [the retraction] does not negate the central findings of the paper.»

Charlotte Helfrich - Förster sums up the central findings of these experiments as follows: «Our analyses show that PDF neurons head for brain areas that are essential for learning, memory and orientation to the sun.

One of the central findings of my work with well over 100 schools in the last several years is that, relative to the really hard obstacles and events in life that we all face, changing most school organizations is not hard — it is uncomfortable.

But that conclusion does not undermine — rather, it reinforces — one of the central findings of school integration research: that having motivated peers and parents in a school community benefits all students.

Of course, I tend to mean by «sceptics», those who have serious, considered, reasonable and intellectually justifiable doubts about any one of the central findings of AR4.

In Talk 1 an update on the central findings of the last two years of a major empirical project to develop two new scales: The PPSI (Positive Parenting Schema Inventory: A measure of adaptive patterns of parenting) and the YPSQ (Young Positive Schema Questionnaire: A measure of adaptive schemas) will be presented.

Not exact matches

Researchers who conducted months of aerial and underwater surveys of the 2,300 - kilometer (1,400 - mile) reef off Australia's east coast found that around 35 percent of the coral in the northern and central sections of the reef are dead or dying, said Terry Hughes, director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook University in Queensland state.

G4S's World Cash Report, which chimes with central bank data, found three quarters of online purchases in the Middle East and Asia are paid for in cash on delivery.

The central bank found that 39 % of respondents said they planned to increase investment over the next 12 months, while 32 % said they expected little change from current levels and 30 % predicted a decline.

And that story was partly influenced by the Central Intelligence Agency, which gave Bigelow and her producers unprecedented access to the agency's classified documents on the intelligence that led to both the finding of bin Laden and the raid on the Al Qaeda leader's compound.

The school, which was founded in 1919 and started offering an MBA in 1954, took Goizueta's name in 1994, and his business philosophy is now a central part of the school's mission: to develop professionals who will add value to their companies by changing the way business is done.

The company, which was founded in 2010 and has no central office, embraces near total transparency among its 65 global employees, including the typically secretive topic of money.

You'll find threads with dozens of participants, discussing some central question or idea.

They're hoping to find out what controls the size of the nucleus, the central compartment of a cell that contains the DNA, and other components of the cell as it develops into a many - celled organism.

Without a clear voice from Berlin, the EU will simply find it harder to articulate policies to deal with the suppression of civil rights in central Europe, the splintering of the single market through Brexit and — heaven help us — a possible renewal of the Eurozone crisis amid as global interest rates turn higher.

In the ensuing months, however, the central reasoning of the case was cited time and again as judges in several states found gay marriage bans unlawful.

Deep learning — the seemingly miraculous technique of feeding computers extremely large sets of data and letting them find patterns — was central to Google solving «Breakout» and other simple games; it helped Facebook understand «StarCraft» combat; and it played a significant role in cracking go.

The first bust was May 4, when a coast guard patrol stopped a boat near the Galapagos Islands with two Ecuadoreans and a Colombian aboard, finding 964 kilograms of cocaine reportedly destined for Central American.

My colleague Leslie Doolittle, assistant dean and director of academic support services at Bentley, has found that many millennials consider central to their lives the following priorities: family, friends and making a difference in their community.

The findings show yet again how Amazon Prime has become one of the central pillars of Amazon's e-commerce and streaming businesses.

STANLEY FISCHER: I think almost every — chair or governor of a central bank anywhere finds himself facing a crisis within two or three years.

Engaging constructively with governments is central to advancing BlackRock's mission, and, in the United States, we desperately need to find common ground on which Americans of different views and from different parties can come together to move the nation forward.

«The challenge that this administration has refused to take on is that there is a very real call in the west to defeat and destroy the threat from radical Islamic terrorism, whether it fights under the name of Al Quaeda [sic]... or Boko Haram or ISIS or any of the other dozens of groups that are founded on the central principle of the destruction of the West and the imposition of Sharia law,» Pompeo said in an October interview with the Wichita Eagle newspaper.

The tense negotiations over Greece's debt come as the Greek government struggles to find a consensus to pass the budget reforms demanded by its so - called troika of lenders — the European Central Bank, European Union and International Monetary Fund — in exchange for releasing the next installment of bailout money, a 30 billion euro ($ 38.3 billion) payout scheduled to be released in March.

Mr. Leissner, who is married to the American fashion designer Kimora Lee Simmons, left Goldman in January after the firm found a letter that Mr. Leissner wrote, on Goldman letterhead, vouching for Jho Low, a close associate of the Malaysian prime minister and a central target of various government investigations.

An important and useful element of the thinking at the time was the replacement of the earlier «control theory» approach to policy (i.e. the belief that the central point was to find an appropriate spot on the Phillips curve and to stay there), towards a «game theoretic» view, in which the critical issues related to behaviour — the interaction between the monetary authorities and the public.

Also see Stein J (2013), «Liquidity Regulation and Central Banking», Speech at the «Finding the Right Balance» 2013 Credit Markets Symposium sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Charlotte, North Carolina, 19 April.

Since our founding more than 30 years ago, the proper safeguarding of customer data has been a central tenet of Bloomberg's culture.

Even so, Mr. Draghi is unlikely to challenge the founding dogma of the European Central Bank, which demands that it adhere to its German - inspired mandate to fight inflation.

This is where a central bank always has to rely on the detailed knowledge of its staff, often supplemented with an extensive liaison program with the business community (which the RBA has found to be invaluable).

Ingves» point about a lack of legal frameworks perhaps encompassed the overarching predicament central bankers find themselves in when it comes to digital currencies.

If you're already retired, the central issue is finding a level of spending that will allow you to live comfortably in retirement without exhausting your nest egg too soon.

➢ Another 2014 study found that one - year - advance growth forecasts from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the European Central Bank from 2008 to 2012 showed «substantial over-optimism, averaging 1.6 to 2.4 percentage points above actual growth.»

The challenge that this administration has refused to take on is that there is a very real call in the west to defeat and destroy the threat from radical Islamic terrorism, whether it fights under the name of Al Quaeda... or Boko Haram or ISIS or any of the other dozens of groups that are founded on the central principle of the destruction of the West and the imposition of Sharia law,» Pompeo said in an Oct. 17 interview with the Wichita Eagle.

Because of the important roles business and consumer confidence play in fostering economic growth, central bank officials often find themselves taking too - rosy a view of the economic figures.

Alexander said he is confident the 15 - room penthouse, which sits on the corner of Central Park at 59th Street and Fifth Avenue, would find a buyer soon, given the location and the size — 7,000 square feet of indoor space and 2,170 square feet of outdoor space.

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Beyond all this, the survey's central finding was the way that millennial wealth behaves differently to that of older generations and in particular the rise and rise of the experience economy, «where consumers increasingly prefer to live large rather than to own more.

Europe is preparing to find successors for many of its most powerful economic officials, including the influential head of the European Central Bank.

While mortgage lenders have tightened their wallets since 2008, corporations have been borrowing with abandon, abetted by trillions of dollars in central bank liquidity and investors searching for yield they can no longer find in government bonds or money markets.

In this month's edition of Real Estate Trend Alert Insider, exclusive to RETA Lifetime members, Ronan chats to Bill Bonner, founding publisher of International Living, Agora's Chairman, and partner at Rancho Santana, one of Central America's most luxurious and in - demand beach resorts.

Could it be that someone found a way to vastly increase the supply of gold without having to go through the trouble of mining it — to dishoard and lease it from central bank reserves and then issue certificates against gold that never existed in the first place?