Temporal structure in spiking patterns of ganglion cells defines perceptual thresholds in rodents with subretinal prosthesis. [PDF]
, 2018 Subretinal prostheses are designed to restore sight in patients blinded by retinal degeneration using electrical stimulation of the inner retinal neurons.
Goetz, Georges +8 more
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Exchange Rate Targeting in a Small Open Economy [PDF]
The paper develops a New Keynesian Small Open Economy Model charac- terized by external habit formation and Calvo price setting with dynamic inflation updating. The model is used to analyze the e¤ect of nominal ex- change rate targeting on optimal policy
Mette Ersbak Bang Nielsen
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Consumption Risk and International Asset Returns: Some Empirical Evidence [PDF]
The paper examines if real stock returns in four countries are consistent with consumption-based models of international asset pricing. The paper finds that ex-ante real stock returns exhibit statistically significant fluctuations over time and that ...
Robert E. Cumby
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Pegged Exchange Rate Regimes -- A Trap? [PDF]
This paper studies the empirical and theoretical association between the duration of a pegged exchange rate and the cost experienced upon exiting the regime.
Joshua Aizenman, Reuven Glick
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Improving the electrochemical performances of Li rich Li1.20Ni0.13Co0.13Mn0.54O2 through a cooperative doping of Na and PO4 3 with Na3PO4 [PDF]
, 2018 Li rich layered oxide cathodes suffer from poor rate capability, voltage decay and inferior cycling stability. Herein, we propose a novel synergistic strategy to improve the electrochemical performances of Li rich Li1.20Ni0.13Co0.13Mn0.54O2 by the co ...
Franz, A. +9 more
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Journal of the Anus, Rectum and Colon, 2019 Objectives: The variable-stiffness colonoscope is reportedly useful for making colonoscope insertion easier. However, this function is not associated with all colonoscopes.
Daisuke Kikuchi +6 more
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ON-THE-JOB SEARCH, URBAN INFORMAL SECTOR AND THE DEVELOPMENT POLICIES-A GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS [PDF]
The purpose of this paper is to examine the Fields (1989) proposition1 in a multi sector general equilibrium model with perfect and imperfect capital mobility2.
Titas Bandopadhyay
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Money-based interest rate rules: lessons from German data [PDF]
The paper derives the monetary policy reaction function implied by money growth targeting. It consists of an interest rate response to deviations of the inflation rate from target, to the change in the output gap, to money demand shocks and to the lagged
Gerberding, Christina +2 more
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The Responsiveness of Consumer Prices to Exchange Rates And the Implications for Exchange-Rate Policy: A Survey Of a Few Recent New Open-Economy... [PDF]
The traditional case for flexibility in nominal exchange rates assumes that there is nominal price stickiness that prevents relative prices from adjusting in response to real shocks.
Charles Engel
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Measuring the Impact of Intervention on Exchange Market Pressure [PDF]
We introduce an index of ex ante exchange market pressure (EMP) that can be used as a benchmark against which to measure the effectiveness of sterilized intervention.
P. Siklos, D. Waymark
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