26 research outputs found
Aperiodic nano-photonic design
The photon scattering properties of aperiodic nano-scale dielectric
structures can be tailored to closely match a desired response by using
adaptive algorithms for device design. We show that broken symmetry of
aperiodic designs provides access to device functions not available to
conventional periodic photonic crystal structures.Comment: 23 pages, LaTex, 8 postscript figure
Patents and Industrialisation. An Historical Overview of the British Case, 1624-1907
A Report to the Strategic Advisory Board on Intellectual Property Policy (SABIP), U
Never Breaking the Wall: The Old Assimilation Paradigm Confronted to Recent Econometric Techniques
Investigating the impact of auto loans on unemployment: The US experience
This paper explores the impact of automobile loan debt on US unemployment. Individuals with heterogeneous economic positions deem automobiles as important durable goods for unemployment exit and expected wage increases. The methodological approach makes use of an Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) Bound Testing modelling approach to document a negative and significant relationship between auto loans and unemployment. The results survive certain robustness tests, while they seem to confirm certain theoretical arguments posed in the literature, such as that the credit mechanism that dominates the transmission mechanism of monetary policy (credit shocks have a profound significant link with unemployment), while they seem to mitigate the role of alternative theories (where levered households suffer from a ‘debt overhang’ problem that distorts their preferences, making them demand high wages, and the ‘vacancy-posting’ effect) which imply that loans lead to high unemployment. The findings seem to provide significant recommendations to monetary policy makers on strengthening the banking services industry, providing an alternative to monetary policy for labour market intervention.N/