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A Shock Therapy Against the “Endowment Effect” [PDF]

Simple exchange experiments have identified the fact that participants trade their endowment less frequently than standard demand theory predicts. List (2003) finds, however, that the most experienced dealers acting on a well functioning market are not ...
Dirk Engelmann, Guillaume Hollard
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Diabetes‐induced vascular calcification is associated with low pyrophosphate and its oral supplementation prevents calcification in diabetic mice

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Induction of diabetes in three different mouse strains uniformly resulted in an increase in TNAP activity and a reduction in pyrophosphate (PPi) in the circulation. Inhibition of TNAP restored plasma PPi. Diabetes‐induced calcification in the media layer of the aorta was detected only in the Abcc6−/− strain, which is predisposed to ectopic ...
Krisztina Fülöp, Eszter Kozák, Natália Tőkési, Lilian Kocsis, Anikó Kelemen, Zsuzsanna Geszti, Adriána Kutás, Mariann Harangi, Ágnes Diószegi, Zsolt Rapi, József Balla, Olivier Le Saux, András Váradi, Viola Pomozi   +13 more
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Analysing the Feasibility of Adopting Gas Turbine Technology for Electric Power Generation in Iraq

RUDN Journal of Engineering Research
A study was undertaken to understand the status of electric power demand, generation and supply in Iraq and the feasibility for adopting gas turbine technology for generating electric power.
Wissam H.S. Alaabidy, Majid S.S. Al-Rubaiawi, Mikhail A. Chertousov, Mikhail Y. Frolov   +3 more
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Exogenous Endowment—Endogenous Reference Point

Economic Journal, 2019
We develop a model in the presence of categories that creates a link between the agent’s exogenous endowment and an endogenous reference point. The reference point is the best feasible alternative in the endowment’s category. This reference generates a
Amnon Maltz
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Impact of a senior research thesis on students' perceptions of scientific inquiry in distinct student populations

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This study addressed how a senior research thesis is perceived by undergraduate students. It assessed students' perception of research skills, epistemological beliefs, and career goals in Biochemistry (science) and BDC (science‐business) students. Completing a thesis improved confidence in research skills, resilience, scientific identity, closed gender‐
Celeste Suart, Haley L. Zubyk, Michelle Ogrodnik, Caitlin E. Mullarkey, Felicia Vulcu   +4 more
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How University Endowments Respond to Financial Market Shocks: Evidence and Implications [PDF]

Endowment payouts have become an increasingly important component of universities’ revenues in recent decades. We test two leading theories of endowment payouts: (1) universities smooth endowment payouts, or (2) universities use endowments as self ...
Jeffrey Brown, Jun-Koo Kang, Scott Weisbenner, Stephen G. Dimmock   +3 more
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Low expression of chloride channel accessory 1 predicts a poor prognosis in colorectal cancer [PDF]

, 2015
© 2014 The Authors. Cancer published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of American Cancer Society. Funded by Friends of ANCHOR NHS Grampian Endowment Fund.
Cao, Lin, Chan, Wanhei, Heys, Steven D, Liu, Jiaen, McCaig, Colin D, Milne, Gillian, Pu, Jin, Xu, Yanjie, Yang, Bo   +8 more
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KLK7 overexpression promotes an aggressive phenotype and facilitates peritoneal dissemination in colorectal cancer cells

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KLK7, a tissue kallikrein‐related peptidase, is elevated in advanced colorectal cancer and associated with shorter survival. High KLK7 levels in ascites correlate with peritoneal metastasis. In mice, KLK7 overexpression increases metastasis. In vitro, KLK7 enhances cancer cell proliferation, migration, adhesion, and spheroid formation, driving ...
Yosr Z. Haffani, Tobias Dreyer, Meriem Naim, Rea Lo Dico, Natalia A. Ignatenko, Viktor Magdolen, Dalila Darmoul   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hacia vínculos efectivos entre la política comercial estadounidense y la capacidad para el desarrollo ambiental

Perfiles Latinoamericanos, 2003
La política comercial de Estados Unidos proporciona a los países la oportunidad de vincular los acuerdos comerciales con compromisos de cooperación dirigidos a ayudar a los países pobres a superar necesidades de desarrollo sustentable básicas, como el ...
John Audley
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Sniping to Avoid the Endowment Eect in Auctions [PDF]

An endowment effect can result in both multiple bidding and sniping in auctions. It can cause players to bid multiple times and overpay for items. Sniping is a rational response for experienced bidders looking to avoid the endowment effect.auction, eBay,
Christopher Cotton
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