Reallocation gains in a specific factors model with firm heterogeneity

We study firm heterogeneity in a specific factors model to address the effect of factor mobility on reallocation gains from trade. A model is proposed with Melitz type firm heterogeneity with two sectors, two countries and two fixed factors and one factor mobile across sectors. Equilibrium in each sector can be concisely represented by a demand and supply equation and a FE and ZCP condition. Varying the substitution elasticity between the fixed and mobile factor we show that the welfare gains from trade liberalization are larger in countries with a lower substitution elasticity. Furthermore, it is shown that the immobile production factor in the comparative disadvantage sector can still gain from trade liberalization due to the reallocation effect.Firm heterogeneity, Specific Factors, Reallocation Gains from Trade

Reallocation Gains in a Specific Factors Model with Firm Heterogeneity

We study firm heterogeneity in a specific factors model to address the effect of factor mobility on reallocation gains from trade. A model is proposed with Melitz-type firm heterogeneity with two sectors, two countries and two fixed factors and one factor mobile across sectors. Equilibrium in each sector can be concisely represented by a demand and supply equation and an FE and ZCP condition. Varying the substitution elasticity between the fixed and mobile factor, we show that the welfare gains from trade liberalization are larger in countries with lower substitution elasticity. Furthermore, it is shown that the immobile production factor in the comparative disadvantage sector can still gain from trade liberalization due to the reallocation effect.firm heterogeneity, specific factors, reallocation gains from trade

Mysticism in eighteenth-century English literature

In the heart of the 'age of reason' there is a hunger for transcendence, for the experience of unity of the mind and spirit of man with the Divine, both within nature and beyond. The sublime was the socially acceptable mode in which the man of reason abandoned the rules and anxiously sought to experience the transcendental. The sublime was not an aberration of the age but an inevitable outcome of the new awareness of the infinite resulting from various causes including the seventeenth-century scientific advances, the work of Newton and of Locke. The desire of the age for integration and wholeness is elucidated through examination of the work of sixteen writers. Beginning with the third Earl of Shaftesbury and ending with William Law, this thesis intends to show, first, that there was a significant amount of mystical literature written in eighteenth-century England and, secondly, that there was a vital mystical dimension in the spirit of the age. The writers examined are not part of one or two large groups atypical against the background of their century. They come from different traditions and are diffused throughout the period. The writers studied are as well-known as Christopher Smart and George Berkeley and as little known as James Usher and Alexander Dow. The oneness of mystical experience, which, to various degrees, all of the writers demonstrate in their mystical insights, impelled them to write of the oneness of internal and external reality, and of the human and Divine. They all testify, in different ways and with various emphases, that there is a divine, creative force in man which unifies all the disparate elements of self, and unites the self with God, but only when one gives all to this divine fire in the soul

Grade-Point Averages of Oversears Military-Dependent Students Compared to Grade-Point Averages of Non-Military Students

The major purpose of this investigation was to make a comparison of grade-point averages, earned by military dependent students in overseas Dependent Schools, with the grade-point averages of a comparably non-mobile student society with whom they graduated in the united states. The study of the situation existing in the Novato High School, Novato, Marin County, California over a period of years prompted the investigation conducted during the school year 1971-1972. Data for the investigation was derived from the permanent record cards of 2,173 graduated students over a period of five graduating classes, 1966- 1970. The Novato High School has been for many years, the terminus of high school education for military-dependent students whose parents are assigned to the Hamilton Air Force Base, which is located within the city limits of Novato, California. Procedure for the investigation was to identify those permanent records of military-dependent students who had studied in one Overseas Dependent School for at least one semester of their four years of high school work. Ninety-nine identified students were included in the investigation and designated: Group A (Military-Dependent) students. .;., The number of overseas military-dependent students identified represented less than ten percent of the class they graduated with. Employing a table of random numbers as the method for selection, 99 non-military and non-mobile students of the same graduating classes were chosen as the comparison group and designated: Group B (Non-Military) students. A total of 198 students were included in the study. The criterion variables used in this investigation were the following: 1) Class Year, 2) Sex, 3) Grade-Point Average, 4) Area of overseas Study; viz, Europe or Pacific 5) Number of Semesters Studied overseas. Variables 4 and 5 were for correlation studies within the military-dependent group, only. Statistical design for analysis of the data employed the use of the G4 CAL T Test for multiple analysis of variance procedure; two-tailed t tests were used to test the null hypotheses generated by the investigation. The analysis was made through employment of the computer at the University of California, Berkeley. As a result of questions proposed during the investigation five null hypotheses were tested for significance at the .05 level of confidence with the following results: 1. There is no significant difference in mean grade-point averages of Group A (Military-Dependents) and Group B (Non-Military) students. The null hypothesis was rejected. 2. There is no significant difference in mean grade point average achievement between military-dependent males and non-military males. The null hypothesis was rejected. 3. There is no significant difference in mean grade point average achievement between military-dependent females and :n,on-mili tary females. The null hypothesis was accepted. 4. There is no significant relationship within the military, between the area of study and any other variable particularly grade-point average. The null hypothesis was accepted. 5. There is no significant relationship within the military between semesters overseas and any other variable studied particularly grade-point average. The null hypothesis was accepted. As a result of this investigation it is recommended that similar studies be conducted in school districts that have a transient military-dependent student body from overseas. To validate the findings of this investigation it is suggested that additional variables, comparable to both groups, be added to measure achievement as proof that mobility affects achievement. Studies should be made to assure that the curriculum of secondary schools meets the needs of a society that is apparently more mobile than in any other time in the history of the United States. Investigations should also be made of mobile students whose parents are employed by national corporations owning subsidiary companies in foreign lands, and for whom movement with family to these foreign posts is necessary. Where these students obtain their education, and achievement recorded, is important to further comprehension of academic success of A

101 Ways to Try to Grow Arabidopsis: Can a Soilless Mix Be Augmented to Improve Growth?

This document is one entry in a series of questions and answers originally posted to the Purdue University Department of Horticulture & Landscape Architecture’s Plant Growth Facility Web site [http://www.hort.purdue.edu/hort/facilities/greenhouse/101exp.shtml] regarding best practices for Arabidopsis thaliana growth. Digital images showing treatment differences are included. A summary of recommendations; materials and methods description; and references list are available in separate documents

Optimizing Greenhouse Corn Production: Summary

This publication provides a summary of the goals and scope of our studies to optimize greenhouse corn production, as well as a single-page chart of all the recommendations. The chart includes recommendations for substrate, container, irrigation, fertilization, spacing and lighting. In this version, we updated the pot size recommendation. This document is one entry in a series of questions and answers originally posted to the Purdue University Department of Horticulture & Landscape Architecture’s Plant Growth Facility Web site (http://www.hort.purdue.edu/hort/facilities/greenhouse/CornMethod.shtml) regarding best practices for corn plant growth in a greenhouse. Controlled studies were conducted with the goals of optimizing growth and yield; developing standardized methodology using readily available commercial materials; and providing recommendations for both high-tech and low-tech facilities. Digital images showing treatment differences are included, as well as statistical analysis of data. A summary of recommendations; materials and methods description; and a reference list are available in separate documents

101 Ways to Try to Grow Arabidopsis: Materials/Methodology

This document describes the methods and materials used to develop best practices for Arabidopsis thaliana growth at the Plant Growth Facility of the Department of Horticulture & Landscape Architecture in the College of Agriculture at Purdue University

101 Ways to Try to Grow Arabidopsis: What Pot Size Worked the Best in This Study?

This document is one entry in a series of questions and answers originally posted to the Purdue University Department of Horticulture & Landscape Architecture’s Plant Growth Facility Web site [http://www.hort.purdue.edu/hort/facilities/greenhouse/101exp.shtml] regarding best practices for Arabidopsis thaliana growth. Digital images showing treatment differences are included. A summary of recommendations; materials and methods description; and references list are available in separate documents

Optimizing Greenhouse Rice Production: What Is the Best Watering Method?

This document is one entry in a series of questions and answers originally posted to the Purdue University Department of Horticulture & Landscape Architecture’s Plant Growth Facility Web site [http://www.hort.purdue.edu/hort/facilities/greenhouse/RiceMethod.shtml] regarding best practices for rice plant growth in a greenhouse. Controlled studies were conducted with the goals of optimizing growth and yield; developing standardized methodology using readily available commercial materials; and providing recommendations for large-scale high-throughput production. Digital images showing treatment differences are included. A summary of recommendations; materials and methods description; and a reference list are available in separate documents