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Mood effects in optimal debt contracts

Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, 2012
Abstract The impact of strong emotions or mood on decision making and risk taking is well recognized in behavioral economics and finance. Yet, and in spite of the immense interest, no study, so far, has provided any comprehensive evidence on the impact of such emotions on financial contracts and particularly on debt contracts. This paper provides the
Nicholas Apergis, Dimitris Voliotis
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Systemic Effects of Contractions

1981
The contraction of a large muscular organ like the uterus has to have significant systemic repercussions particularly because a very large proportion of the cardiac output, supplying the IVS circulation, passes through it. Almost every bodily system or apparatus is affected by the contractions of the uterus, but only those directly involved in ...
Luis A. Cibils, Mary Campau Ryerson
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Designing effective service contracts

IEEE/SEMI 1996 Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Conference and Workshop. Theme-Innovative Approaches to Growth in the Semiconductor Industry. ASMC 96 Proceedings, 2002
Does it matter who performs maintenance? The servicing of semiconductor manufacturing equipment has significant ramifications for efficient operations, the rate and direction of technological advances, and the relationships between customers and suppliers of equipment.
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Experiments on Supply Chain Contracting: Effects of Contract Type

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2016
We conduct decision experiments on a simple manufacturer-retailer supply chain where the retailer faces the newsvendor problem. Both firms in our experiments are represented by human subjects that engage in repeated interaction with each other. Different from the literature, we aim to understand the combined effects of individual decision biases and ...
Ummuhan Akbay, Murat Kaya
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Ulysses Contracts and the Nocebo Effect

The American Journal of Bioethics, 2012
The nocebo effect is both recursive and detrimental. It is recursive because it is self-fulfilling; it is detrimental because the impact is either harmful or undesirable.
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Effect of ethanol on neuromuscular contraction

Comparative and General Pharmacology, 1972
Abstract The effect of ethanol on neuromuscular preparations (phrenic diaphragm of rat) seems to be similar to that of depolarizing agents, with augmentation of and diminution of intracellular potassium, we have observed that:— 1. 1. Low concentrations of ethanol produce augmentation of excitability and contraction in skeletal muscle. 2.
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Establishing Effective Contracts

For many ground investigation specialists the conditions of contract is often the most scrutinised document in the procurement process. A well written, properly constructed and 'transparent' contract, is beneficial to all the parties involved with a ground investigation, and this section examines how this can be achieved. The section also signposts the
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Cost effective contract food service

International Journal of Hospitality Management, 1982
H E, Zaccarelli, J D, Ninemeier
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The Effectiveness of Contracted Coalitions

Armed Forces & Society, 2013
The debate on the effectiveness of Private Security Contractors (PSCs) in Iraq has been waged ever since their first appearance. Statists have argued that they are much less effective than regular troops, while neoliberals consider them an effective supplement to regular troops. However, so far, both schools alike have drawn on anecdotal evidence only;
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Toward financially effective contract management

2015
Despite the large volume of literature on contracting out and the growth of publicly-funded yet externally-delivered goods and services at all levels of government, far less attention has been paid to financially effective contract management. In particular, the question as to under which conditions public funds can be spent in cost-effective and ...
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