Tantrums and Other Stories

This collection\u27s first section of interrelated short stories is centered on the lives of those working in a clothing store in a coastal New Jersey town. Hungarian emigre Ili manages the Lucky Lady Boutique on the Seaside Park boardwalk. Her abusive husband Pista owns the store and the arcade next door. Ili strives to make a life for herself free from Pista\u27s cruelty. Angie, Ili\u27s young salesgirl, attempts to support her ill mother after her father\u27s death, but she struggles with the financial and care-giving responsibilities this entails. The stories in the second section of this collection explore the troubled relationships within one family. Judy becomes unexpectedly pregnant in college, and her decision to start a family with her boyfriend, despite her ambivalence, results in heartache years later, when their marriage fails. She is unwilling to accept support from her sister Michelle because she resents the history of their parents coddling her sister. The sisters\u27 mutual resentment is a legacy to Judy\u27s daughter Sarah and tensions between the three women are inevitable

Analýza spolehlivosti signalizace EPS

Import 19/04/2006Prezenční výpůjčkaVysoká škola báňská. Fakulta hornicko-geologická. Katedra (527) techniky požární ochrany a bezpečnosti průmysl

Experience Does not Eliminate Bubbles: Experimental Evidence

We study the role of experience in the formation of asset price bubbles. Therefore, we conduct two related experiments. One is a call market experiment in which participants trade assets with each other. The other is a learning-to-forecast experiment in which participants only forecast future prices, while the trade, which is based on these forecasts, is computerized. Each experiment comprises three treatments that vary the amount of information about the fundamental value that participants receive. Each market is repeated three times. In both experiments and in all treatments, we observe sizable bubbles. These bubbles do not disappear with experience. Our findings in the call market experiment stand in contrast to the literature. Our findings in the learning- to-forecast experiment are novel. Interestingly, the shape of the bubbles is different between the two experiments. We observe flat bubbles in the call market experiment and boom-and-bust cycles in the learning-to-forecast experiment

Property Taxes in the Punjab, Pakistan

This note provides an overview of the current property taxation system in the Punjab Province based on the premise that the property tax: 1) is essentially a fiscal tool; 2) is not an instrument of social redistribution; 3) system should be kept simple; and 4) is a technical instrument with strong financial, institutional, and political connotations. This note summarizes the key attributes of the present property taxation system of the Punjab Province and proposes some solutions for improving the property tax system