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Semismall perturbations, semi-intrinsic ultracontractivity, and integral representations of nonnegative solutions for parabolic equations
We consider nonnegative solutions of a parabolic equation in a cylinder D
\timesI, where is a noncompact domain of a Riemannian manifold and with or . Under the assumption [SSP]
(i.e., the constant function 1 is a semismall perturbation of the associated
elliptic operator on ), we establish an integral representation theorem of
nonnegative solutions: In the case , any nonnegative solution is
represented uniquely by an integral on , where is the Martin boundary of for the
elliptic operator; and in the case , any nonnegative solution is
represented uniquely by the sum of an integral on and a constant multiple of a particular solution. We also show
that [SSP] implies the condition [SIU] (i.e., the associated heat kernel is
semi-intrinsically ultracontractive).Comment: 35 page
Firms' Main Market, Human Capital and Wages
Recent international trade literature emphasizes two features in characterizing the current patterns of trade: efficiency heterogeneity at the firm level and quality differentiation. This paper explores human capital and wage differences across firms in that context. We build a partial equilibrium model predicting that firms selling in more-remote markets employ higher human capital and pay higher wages to employees within each education group. The channel linking these variables is firmsâ endogenous choice of quality. Predictions are tested using Spanish employer-employee matched data that classify firms according to four main destination markets: local, national, European Union, and rest of the World. Employeesâ average education is increasing in the remoteness of firmâs main output market. Marketâdestination wage premia are large, increasing in the remoteness of the market, and increasing in individual education. These results suggest that increasing globalization may play a significant role in raising wage inequality within and across education groups.vertical differentiation, exporters, Alchian-Allen effect, wage inequality, unobservable skills
A Note on the Link between Firm Size and Exports
This paper re-examines the link between firm size and exports in order to study the proposal that consists of increasing the firm size to raise exports as a way out of the current economic crisis. The elasticity of export propensity (percentage of exported sales) with respect to firm size depends on several firm characteristics. The new theories of international trade emphasize the firm heterogeneity as the theoretical basis of this behaviour. In the context of such heterogeneity, this paper uses the quantile regression methodology to analyze the effect of firm size on export propensity of the firms, confirming the existence of a positive relationship that becomes less important as export propensity increases. The traditional estimate of this elasticity on the average of the export propensities distribution underestimates the effect in the bottom of the distribution and overestimates the effect on most of it
On dynamical bit sequences
Let X^{(k)}(t) = (X_1(t), ..., X_k(t)) denote a k-vector of i.i.d. random
variables, each taking the values 1 or 0 with respective probabilities p and
1-p. As a process indexed by non-negative t, is
constructed--following Benjamini, Haggstrom, Peres, and Steif (2003)--so that
it is strong Markov with invariant measure ((1-p)\delta_0+p\delta_1)^k. We
derive sharp estimates for the probability that ``X_1(t)+...+X_k(t)=k-\ell for
some t in F,'' where F \subset [0,1] is nonrandom and compact. We do this in
two very different settings:
(i) Where \ell is a constant; and
(ii) Where \ell=k/2, k is even, and p=q=1/2. We prove that the probability is
described by the Kolmogorov capacitance of F for case (i) and Howroyd's
1/2-dimensional box-dimension profiles for case (ii). We also present
sample-path consequences, and a connection to capacities that answers a
question of Benjamini et. al. (2003)Comment: 25 pages. This a substantial revision of an earlier paper. The
material has been reorganized, and Theorem 1.3 is ne
Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Study of the Fractions and Trapped Compounds in Asphaltenes of Merey Heavy Crude Oils and Its Vacuum Residue
The electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) technique was used to study the behavior of the asphaltenes from the Merey crude oil (ASCM), its vacuum residue (ARVM), its fractions, and trapped compounds (A1-ASCM, A2-ASCM, TC-ASCM, A1-ARVM, A2-ARVM, and TC-ARVM). Asphaltenes were precipitated from Merey heavy crude oil and its vacuum residue. The fractionation of our petroleum asphaltenes was carried out using the para-nitrophenol (PNP) method. Two fractions named A1 and A2 and trapped compounds were obtained. The temperature dependence of the EPR spectra was used to obtain a set of temperatures related to free radical (FR) generation and recombination. From the analysis of the EPR spectrum of the most intense signal of the vanadium, we obtain the temperature ranges of the anisotropic-to-isotropic domains, we found a nonlinear behavior of the B parameter in the temperature range studied, and we propose a functional relationship for this parameter as a function of the temperature. On the other hand, we found the temperatures for the slow-to-fast motion regime in these samples and correlated it with the mobility of the fractions.Fil: Hernandez Nuñez, Maury Sabrina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Industrias. Instituto de TecnologĂa de Alimentos y Procesos QuĂmicos. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones CientĂficas y TĂ©cnicas. Oficina de CoordinaciĂłn Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de TecnologĂa de Alimentos y Procesos QuĂmicos; ArgentinaFil: Silva, Pedro J.. Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones CientĂficas; Venezuel
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