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Direct evidence for the magnetic ordering of Nd ions in NdMnSi and NdMnGe by high resolution inelastic neutron scattering
We have investigated the low energy nuclear spin excitations in
NdMnSi and NdMnGe by high resolution inelastic neutron
scattering. Previous neutron diffraction investigations gave ambiguous results
about Nd magnetic ordering at low temperatures. The present element-specific
technique gave direct evidence for the magnetic ordering of Nd ions. We found
considerable difference in the process of the Nd magnetic ordering at low
temperature in NdMnSi and NdMnGe. Our results are consistent
with those of magnetization and recent neutron diffraction measurements
From wall spaces to CAT(0) cube complexes
We explain how to adapt a construction due to M. Sageev in order to construct a proper action of a group on a CAT(0) cube complex starting from a proper action of the group on a wall space
Liquidity, moral hazard and bank crises
Bank crises, by interrupting liquidity provision, have been viewed as resulting in welfare losses. In a model of banking with moral hazard, we show that second best bank contracts that improve on autarky ex-ante require costly crises to occur with positive probability at the interim stage. When bank payo¤s are partially appropriable, either directly via imposition of …nes or indirectly by the use of bank equity as a collateral, we argue that an appropriately designed ex-ante regime of policy intervention involving conditional monitoring can prevent bank crises.bank runs, contagion, moral hazard, liquidity, random, contracts, monitoring.
Illicit Drug Use and Educational Attainment
This paper uses data from the National Education Longitudinal Study to estimate the association between illicit drug use during high school and the number of years of schooling completed. The analysis accounts for the possibility that drug use is endogenous using two methods: (1) by controlling for individual-level characteristics measured before high school entrance; and (2) by using an instrumental variables method, with state drug policies and 8th grade school characteristics as identifying variables. Findings suggest that marijuana and cocaine use in both 10th and 12th grade are associated with reductions in the number of years of schooling completed.
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