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Sovereign credit rating mismatches

open access: yes, 2016
Este trabalho analisa que fatores, entre os determinantes de ratings soberanos encontrados na literatura, são responsáveis pelas diferenças entre os ratings de crédito soberanos de diferentes agências de rating, no período 1980-2015. Para tal, utilizaram-se modelos probit ordenados e simples de efeitos aleatórios com o objetivo de avaliar o poder ...
openaire   +1 more source

Simulating competition in the US bioeconomy to produce hard‐to‐electrify transportation fuels using limited biomass resources

open access: yesBiofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, EarlyView.
Abstract This study presents a novel bioeconomy optimization framework, BiOpt, designed to address critical questions regarding the strategic use of limited US biomass resources for biofuel production. By integrating detailed techno‐economic analyses, life cycle assessments, and resource assessment data, BiOpt optimizes resource distributions across ...
Nicholas A. Carlson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond right or wrong: How partial credit scoring on multiple‐choice questions improves student performance and assessment perceptions

open access: yesBritish Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims In this study, we examined the effects of assigning partial credit to selected answer choices on student performance and perceptions in a pharmacology course using Type A multiple‐choice questions (MCQs). Methods Partial credit scoring was incorporated into quizzes and exams in a 10‐week pharmacology course for postbaccalaureate premedical ...
Stephen D. Schneid   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Using non‐linear slide decks to administer individualized problem‐based learning assessments within pharmacology education

open access: yesBritish Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aim Problem‐based learning (PBL) is an established approach in medical, nursing, pharmacy and veterinary medicine education. This study describes the implementation and aims to evaluate the use of non‐linear slide decks as a method to deliver PBL as individualized student assessments within pharmacology education. This approach, originally developed in
Wendy R. Francis   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fostering medication review competence of pharmacy students: An assessment by students and their preceptors after advanced‐level practical internship

open access: yesBritish Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims The aim of this study was to introduce a new assessment method for pharmacy students' real‐life competence in reviewing medications after obligatory advanced‐level practical internship in Finland. Methods The new medication review (MR) competence assessment method consisted of (1) a self‐assessment by pharmacy students and (2) a performance ...
Katja Leiman   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Practice, knowledge and attitude of physicians and pharmacists towards the spontaneous reporting system of adverse drug reactions in Switzerland

open access: yesBritish Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Introduction Introduction Reporting adverse drug reactions (ADRs) is essential for detecting drug risks. Despite legal obligations in Switzerland, underreporting remains an issue. This study assessed practice, knowledge and attitudes towards the spontaneous ADR reporting system among physicians and pharmacists.
Fiona A. Strobel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sovereign Latin American Eurobonds

open access: yesEconomia Aplicada, 1999
This research study evaluated statistically the importance of bond structure, financing activity, and issuer characteristics to the relative yield spread for fixed-rate Latin American Sovereign Eurobonds.
William C. Handorf, Khaled Amirac
doaj  

More analysts, better ratings: Do rating agencies invest enough in less developed countries? [PDF]

open access: yes
Rating agencies' track record is good in developed countries but poor in emerging economies. Why? Given the almost-monopolistic structure of the industry, we conjecture that agencies might underinvest in information gathering.
Giovanni Ferri
core  

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