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Observations on the empirical capital asset pricing model in estimating a public utility's cost of equity capital.
(1998)
The literature of the Capital Asset Pricing Model describes a fundamental bias in its empirical application. The most notable problem is that the Empirical Capital Asset Pricing Model produces betas which overestimate the ...
Stronger than custom: West Point and the admission of women, 1972-1980.
(1998)
When the first women cadets entered the United States Military Academy in 1976, they were harbingers of massive changes at West Point and within the American Army. They arrived on the heels of the anti-militarism of the ...
Technical and economic feasibility study of polyelectrolyte-enhanced ultrafiltration (PEUF) for the removal of multivalent ions from water.
(1998)
The results of this work were modeled using an ion-binding model based on a two-phase approximation theory to predict rejection of the hardness ions. The model is highly accurate in prediction of rejections at low ...
Embedding regional input-output and econometric models: A dynamic integration approach (DIA).
(1998)
Embedding input-output characteristics into an econometric specification at regional level has recently gained popularity. The focus of attention has been directed toward the methodology with which the input-output ...
Exploring children's geometric thinking.
(1998)
This study examined seven 4th and 5th graders' geometric thinking, specifically their understanding in the areas of area and volume. Base Ten Blocks, Tangrams, questions on 2-D and 3-D are three categories of geometric ...
Electrically conducting polymer matrix composites: A morphological and structural perspective.
(1998)
Wide angle x-ray scattering (WAXS), conductivity, optical microscopy, stress relaxation, and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) measurements, were used to show the effect of filler addition and uniaxial orientation ...
Social identity and ethnic formation: Some epistemological implications for liberal social philosophy.
(1998)
Ethnic nationalism increasingly concerns social philosophers, who frequently deal with it either in the context of defending liberal individualism with concomitant deep autonomy, which viewpoint seems antithetical to the ...
The adjudication of utilitarianism and rights in the sphere of health care.
(1998)
Such a commingling of theoretical elements, under the claim of being utilitarian, may seem ambiguous, however, it is my contention that such inclusions only serve to enhance the plausible nature of this sphere-specific ...
Teacher or performer: Role identification among piano majors.
(1998)
The study contains seven chapters and several appendices. Chapter one defines the problem and provides a brief introduction to symbolic interaction theory. Chapter two contains a survey of related literature in the following ...
Cheating and motivation: An examination of the relationships among cheating behaviors, motivational goals, cognitive engagement, and perceptions of classroom goal structures.
(1998)
Academic cheating was examined from a motivational perspective. Two constructs served as the basis for exploring relationships between cheating and intrinsic motivation: intrinsic motivation for cheating (the degree to ...