Related science for agricultural students

Thesis (Ed.M.)--Boston University PLEASE NOTE: there exist TWO versions of this thesis. Neither is complete. The full version, of which we have two volumes (in a single file), is missing pages 10-19, 128-132, 134, 139-143, 153-154, 163-171, 218-220, 232, 240-242, 291-327, 349-351, 403. The unified version is a selection of papers from the full version, and so is a subset of the full version; judging by the page numbering on the bottom of pages, it is a complete representation of what the author intended for this unified version

Les Oracles chaldaïques entre idéologie et critique (XVe/XVIIe s.)

Texte de la communication faite lors du colloque international « Oracles chaldaïques II », organisé par Lucia Saudelli et Adrien Lecerf, Paris, INHA, 2 octobre 2010 (publication prévue dans les actes de ce colloque en 2011)Comment les « Oracles chaldaïques » deviennent-ils des «Oracles magiques» au début du XVe siècle? Exemples d'enjeux théologiques, religieux et politiques, de l'utilisation des « Oracles chaldaïques / de Zoroastre » entre le XVe siècle et le XVIIe siècle (Pléthon, Agostino Steuco, Thomas Stanley, Jean Le Clerc, Pierre-Daniel Huet, Pierre Jurieu)

A critical analysis of the use of educational motion pictures by two methods.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Boston University

Why are convertible bond announcements associated with increasingly negative issuer stock returns? An arbitrage-based explanation

While convertible offerings announced between 1984 and 1999 induce average abnormal stock returns of −1.69%, convertible announcement effects over the period 2000–2008 are more than twice as negative (−4.59%). We hypothesize that this evolution is attributable to a shift in the convertible bond investor base from long-only investors towards convertible arbitrage funds. These funds buy convertibles and short the underlying stocks, causing downward price pressure. Consistent with this hypothesis, we find that the differences in announcement returns between the Traditional Investor period (1984–1999) and the Arbitrage period (2000–September 2008) disappear when controlling for arbitrage-induced short selling associated with a range of hedging strategies. Post-issuance stock returns are also in line with the arbitrage explanation. Average announcement effects of convertibles issued during the Global Financial Crisis are even more negative (−9.12%), due to a combination of short-selling price pressure and issuer, issue, and macroeconomic characteristics associated with these offerings

Labour productivity and profitability in the Dutch flower trade

This paper makes an attempt to illustrate the use of econometric models as frame of reference for diagnosing small firm performance. For this purpose, two models are developed explaining differences in labour productivity and profitability among Dutch flower exporters. In addition, we show how these models can be used for inter-firm performance comparisons