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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Positive Interest"”.
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Informal debt contract and consumption : evidence from the vehicle scrappage program/
… for DOFF repayment, a formal debt contract, or positive interest rate. This suggests that informal finance can have shadow cost due to informal debt's potential recall risk, and non-pecuniary costs in the forms of social sanction. Moreover, I exploit a unique rebate mechanism of the VSP in China …
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Masculinities, self-efficacy and interior plants as leisure
… their choices to grow interior plants. Two interesting findings of this research were that there was no all-encompassing view of masculinity among the participants. Rather, there were multiple and complex masculinities perceived by the participants. I also found that positive interest in …
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Impact of Climate Change on Career Pathway Choices of Youth in Nepal
… to Youth, (2) Shifts in Students' Career Interests, (3) Gaps in Agricultural Education, and (4) Expanding Opportunities Through Policy Support. The findings revealed that climate change is impacting how young people perceive agriculture as an occupation. Interview subjects revealed that …
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Otea: Transmission and Transmedia
… by way of entertainment, I aim to initiate positive interest in these topics. Given the transmission of Maori concepts at the heart of the project, specific Maori cultural lenses have been applied to interpret the modern media employed. Through practical investigation, this project explores …
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The use of cooperative organizations in vocational agriculture training in Virginia
Increased interest and growth in cooperative activities is indicated in vocational agricultural instruction by the fact that thirty-seven percent of the cooperative participating classes, as reported in the questionnaire replies, started their cooperatives during the forties. Additional need and …
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Toward an Advanced System of Accountability for Improved Student Learning Outcomes: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Test-Based Accountability in Louisiana
… lawmakers were collected. Stakeholders indicate positive interest in holding schools accountable for values other than standardized tests scores and lawmakers indicated interest in piloting an advanced system, while also indicating the political complications for advancing the system in such a …
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Genetics-based research at the Minnesota State Fair: the impacts of public engagement on participatory experience
… through increased knowledge (70%) and interest (60%). About 57% of the children involved in the study have a more positive interest in science, while roughly 44% of the parents have a more positive opinion of genetics since their enrollment in the study. GKS participants have similar …
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FEMALE SAUDI PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS’ COMPETENCY IN INFORMATION LITERACY, PERCEPTIONS OF FUTURE CLASSROOM PRACTICE, AND THE ROLE OF LIBRARIANS
… but also as teachers. They also showed a positive interest to learn who to practice information literacy in their future teaching only to improve their students’ knowledge about the subject, not to teach students these skills, which is related to the second level of IL practice skill. The …
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Application of Lie symmetries to Solving Partial Differential Equations associated with the Mathematics of Finance
… to derive and solve the models associated with interest rate derivatives whose price dynamics comprise of partial differential equations in their set up. The interest rate derivative model that we consider is of great importance because it deviates from the usual models that are depended on the …
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The relationship between the macroeconomic and demographic factors and the demand for and lapsation of life insurance in Malaysia and the United States
… fertility rate in the previous period (i.e. positive and significant), is a vitally important factor in connection with life insurance demand (measured by number, by amount and by premium). Income and stock market return are important factors affecting the consumers' ability to purchase life …
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Feasibility of Reuse in the Concrete Industry
… all parties and stakeholders. Overall, there is positive interest in the concept of concrete reuse; however, there is apparent uncertainty on how to approach it and, thus, there is a need for practical guidance to address various technical, logistical, and liability concerns in a comprehensive …
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Essays on monetary policy: macro and firm-level evidence from Malaysia, a small open economy
… VAR (SVAR) study. Monetary policy variables (interest rate and money<br/>supply) have been measured through a non-recursive identification scheme, which<br/>allows the monetary authority to set the interest rate and money supply after observing<br/>the current value of foreign variables, …