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AN EVALUATION OF PRICING PERFORMANCE AND HEDGING EFFECTIVENESS OF THE BARLEY FUTURES MARKET
This paper investigates the pricing efficiency and hedging effectiveness of the Winnipeg barley futures market, using the Chicago corn futures market as a norm. Several tests of pricing efficiency were conducted and the stability of the basis was studied. The barley futures market operates in a heavily regulated economic environment and this is shown to impact on both price behavior and hedging opportunities.Crop Production/Industries, Marketing,
UNDERSTANDING THE CANADA/UNITED STATES GRAINS DISPUTE: FACTORS AND IMPACTS
Agricultural and Food Policy, International Relations/Trade,
Features in Evanescent Aharonov-Bohm interferometry
In this work we analyze an Aharonov-Bohm interferometer in the tunneling
regime. In this regime, current magnification effect which arises in presence
of transport currents is absent. A slight modification in the form of a quantum
well incorporated in one of the arms leads to revival of current magnification.
Systematics in magneto-conductance oscillations are observed in this evanescent
wave geometry. In this framework we also see absence of Fano lineshapes in
transmission resonances but once again one can recover these if the direct path
supports propagating modes.Comment: 7 pages, 7 figures. Minor changes made. Accepted for publication in
Phys. Rev.
Current magnification effect in mesoscopic systems at equilibrium
We study the current magnification effect and associated circulating currents
in mesoscopic systems at equilibrium. Earlier studies have revealed that in the
presence of transport current(non-equilibrium situation), circulating currents
can flow in a ring even in the absence of magnetic field. This was attributed
to current magnification which is quantum mechanical in origin. We have shown
that the same effect can be obtained in equilibrium systems, however, in the
presence of magnetic flux. For this we have considered an one-dimensional open
mesoscopic ring connected to a bubble, and the system is in contact with a
single reservoir. We have considered a special case where bubble does not
enclose magnetic flux, yet circulating currents can flow in it due to current
magnification.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures. Minor corrections made and journal reference
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Categorical Data
A very brief survey of regression for categorical data. Categorical outcome (or discrete outcome or qualitative response) regression models are models for a discrete dependent variable recording in which of two or more categories an outcome of interest lies. For binary data (two categories) probit and logit models or semiparametric methods are used. For multinomial data (more than two categories) that are unordered, common models are multinomial and conditional logit, nested logit, multinomial probit, and random parameters logit. The last two models are estimated using simulation or Bayesian methods. For ordered data, standard multinomial models are ordered logit and probit, or count models are used if ordered discrete data are actually a count.binary data, multinomial, logit, probit, count data
Equilibrium currents in quantum double ring system: A non-trivial role of system-reservoir coupling
Amperes law states that the magnetic moment of a ring is given by current
times the area enclosed. Also from equilibrium statistical mechanics it is
known that magnetic moment is the derivative of free energy with respect to
magnetic field. In this work we analyze a quantum double ring system
interacting with a reservoir. A simple S-Matrix model is used for
system-reservoir coupling. We see complete agreement between the aforesaid two
definitions when coupling between system and reservoir is weak, increasing the
strength of coupling parameter however leads to disagreement between the two.
Thereby signifying the important role played by the coupling parameter in
mesoscopic systems.Comment: 6 pages, 3 figure
Meson Production at COSY-TOF and COSY-ANKE
The roles of the COSY-TOF and COSY-ANKE spectrometers in the measurement of
strange meson production are briefly reviewed, mainly in connection with new
results on the pp -> K^+ p Lambda, pp -> K^+ p Sigma^0 and pp -> K^+ n Sigma^+
reactions.Comment: Invited talk at the MESON2010 conference in Krakow, June 201
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