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Kizildag, Murat, and Ozgur Ozdemir. "Underlying factors of ups and downs in financial leverage overtime." Tourism Economics 23, no. 6 (2016): 1321–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1354816616683579.

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We present new stylized facts on the underlying reasons of US hospitality and tourism firms’ fluctuating levels of financial leverage during the period 1990–2015 using comprehensive micro- and macro-level accounting data overtime. To characterize this puzzling phenomenon, we quantified firm-specific and macroeconomic parameters and a diverse set of leverage proxies at various time frames with various structures. We further took account of the recent economic upheaval in our analyses so that we can compare firms’ leverage behavior as “before” and “after” the major economic turmoil in 2007–2009 periods. The primary themes of our arguments were that firm-specific leverage factors significantly influenced short-term leverage, while long-term leverage was mostly determined by macroeconomic indicators. Beyond that, book leverage was more favorable across firms than market leverage. Last, hospitality and tourism firms substantially extended their borrowing capacities, aggressively grew their leverage ratios, and dramatically increased collateral values leading to lower cost of borrowing due to relaxed lending standards in the aftermath of the recent upheaval. Our article complements previous work by examining whether leverage factors demonstrate discrepancies from the prior findings and by proposing rigorous industry-specific outlook and solution for the financial leverage literature.
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Davis, Steven J., and John Haltiwanger. "Dynamism Diminished: The Role of Housing Markets and Credit Conditions." American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics 16, no. 2 (2024): 29–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/mac.20190007.

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We estimate the effects of house price changes on young-firm employment shares and industry-level employment growth in local economies. A novel test shows that house price effects on local economies work through wealth, liquidity, and collateral effects on the propensity to start new firms and expand young ones. Aggregating local effects to the national level, our estimates imply that housing market ups and downs play a major role—as transmission channel and driving force—in medium-run fluctuations in young-firm employment shares in recent decades. We also find a distinct and smaller role for locally exogenous loan-supply shifts. (JEL D22, E24, E32, G21, L25, R11, R31)
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Trifu, Alexandru. "The CEO‟s Managerial Skills, Ups and Downs of a Firm and Crisis." Management and Organizational Studies 4, no. 4 (2017): 23. http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/mos.v4n4p23.

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We are dealing in this paper with the general issue of management crisis, crisis as inflection and disturbing point for the economic entity. There many causes for the appearance and ongoing of crisis within socio-economic systems. We chose the most important cause: that of the action and decision-making of the outstanding human resource and propeller for the entire activity, the CEO.Starting from Peter Drucker‟s allegation that the CEO is the power-link between the organization and the business/natural environment, we want to highlight that the plans, the ideas, and intentions of a CEO dedicated and efficient lead to efforts and costs inside the entity and results (bad or good) outside, into society and markets. The CEO is main person to see, to predict, the opportunities for the performance of the company. BUT, the results can be favorable on medium run, or only on short run, involving possible subsequent crisis, consisting on undulating movements of the entity activity.Specifically, we propose the situation of John Reed, former CEO of Citicorp (then Citigroup), in fact the architect of the complex mega-financial structure which became Citigroup and negative repercussions occurred from factual financial activity of the corporation.
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Setiawanta, Yulita, Dwiarso Utomo, Imam Ghozali, and Jumanto Jumanto. "Financial Performance, Exchange Rate, and Firm Value: The Indonesian Public Companies Case." Organizations and Markets in Emerging Economies 11, no. 22 (2020): 348–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.15388/omee.2020.11.37.

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 Transactions between countries require a stable exchange rate. When the exchange rate of the country experiences uncertainty, then this will influence the company’s financial performance and even affect the company’s market value. This study aims to look for the direct influence of the company’s financial performance as an independent variable and the firm value as a dependent variable within the investor perspective, also including the exchange rate factor as a moderating variable. Investors could probably learn about information on the ups-and-downs of the Indonesian rupiah against foreign currencies before their investment decisions, even though financial performance substantially influences the company’s market value. The sample in this study was 50 companies within four years of observation. Data processing was carried out by the Eviews statistical application. The results showed that the financial performance, which is proxied by the capital structure, affects firm value, but not profitability. The impact of exchange rate moderation also occurs in the relationship of capital structure and firm value, while the moderation effect on profitability and firm value is not proven. This study provides information that exchange rates influence investment interests upon investors’ analysis of the financial performance of the capital structure, but not profitability.
 
 
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Nagar, Neerav, and Kaustav Sen. "Do financially distressed firms misclassify core expenses?" Accounting Research Journal 30, no. 2 (2017): 205–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/arj-04-2015-0054.

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Purpose This paper aims to examine whether financially distressed firms manipulate core or operating income through the misclassification of operating expenses as income-decreasing special items. Design/methodology/approach This sample comprises firms in the USA with data from 1989 to 2010. The authors used the methodology given in McVay (2006) and multiple regressions. Findings Managers of financially distressed firms are more likely to inflate core or operating income as compared to the healthy firms to meet or beat earnings benchmarks. They do so by misclassifying core or operating expenses as income-decreasing special items. Specifically, core expenses are shifted to income-decreasing special items like goodwill impairments, settlement costs, restructuring costs and write downs. Practical implications The paper sheds light on an important firm characteristic, financial distress that intensifies classification shifting – an earnings management tool which auditors, investors and regulators find tough to detect. The findings have implications for investors, as they fail to comprehend such shifting (McVay, 2006); analysts, who issue forecasts based on street earnings; lenders, as distressed firms may be concealing their true performance; and regulators, as the misclassification of income statement items is a violation of accounting principles. Originality/value The authors extend the literature on accruals and real earnings management by the financially troubled firms and present first evidence that the managers of such firms also manipulate core or operating income through classification shifting.
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Ossa, Henry, and Ana Cristina Gonzalez. "Hacienda Flandes: the ups and downs of a Colombian coffee farm." Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies 6, no. 1 (2016): 1–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/eemcs-06-2015-0117.

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Subject area Strategic Planning for family businesses. Study level/applicability MBA family businesses courses and/or executive education courses that focus on family businesses. The case can be used in introductory sessions related to family business strategy. Case overview This case tells the story of two generations of coffee plant growers at Hacienda Flandes in Colombia’s coffee region. It describes external and internal factors that affected the family business from 1970 to 2013. The case presents antecedents and consequences of environmental circumstances and family members’ decisions that drive this business from boom to decline and later on to its potential reinvention. Through an analysis of this family-owned coffee plantation across generations, students are expected to understand the importance of strategic planning in family businesses, in a changing and competitive environment. Family businesses in emerging economies are the most common type of businesses. In Latin America, most of family businesses might be younger than those in Europe and even in North America. Therefore, family businesses in these economies can be going through or will soon go through a succession. Succession success rate is low, regardless of the culture or country in which the family business develops. This case deals with the preparation (or lack of preparation) of the next generation in family businesses management and its consequences and helps students suggest alternatives and better decisions to run family businesses in an emerging economy. Expected learning outcomes Students will be able to know and explain the concept of a family business as a dynamic system: firm, family and individuals, each one with actions and outcomes; analyze opportunities for and threats to family businesses across generations; and formulate strategies that balance business and family demands. Supplementary materials The teaching note has specific reading materials to support class discussion.
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Gibson, Sheree, Richard Kelly, SD Miller, and Tom Albin. "Human Factors Consulting: The Ins & Outs, Ups & Downs, Pros & Cons." Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 62, no. 1 (2018): 878. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1541931218621200.

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The objective of this panel is to provide attendees with the opportunity to learn about what they always wanted to know about the wide world of human factors consulting, but were afraid to ask (or didn’t know to ask). This session should be of interest to meeting attendees at any stage of their career, including students and those who might be considering a career change or branching out. These panelists, together, have experience over a wide range of consulting domains, as well as being individuals who are at different stages in their consulting careers. As such, the panel session will provide attendees with multiple perspectives on select topics and on responses to attendees’ questions. Sheree Gibson, PE, CPE is President of Ergonomic Applications, a small industrial ergonomics consulting firm in South Carolina. She has been a consultant for most of her professional life, working for a forensic consulting firm as well as an in-house ergonomics consultant for Michelin Tire before setting out on her own. She has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and a M.S.E. in Applied Ergonomics, both from West Virginia University. She is active in the American Industrial Hygiene Association, the American Society of Safety Engineers and HFES. Sheree is also Vice-President of the Foundation for Professional Ergonomics. Richard Kelly, PhD earned his doctorate in Engineering Psychology from New Mexico State University and went on to work as an engineering psychologist for the Army at White Sands and then for the Navy at SPAWAR in San Diego. After about 10 years supporting large and small RDT&E programs and leading teams of scientists and engineers, he left the government to start Pacific Science & Engineering (PSE). Over the past 34 years, PSE has grown steadily from 2 to 50 employees and has been a prime contractor, subcontractor, and consultant on hundreds of projects in many different domains, including military, intelligence, industrial process, commercial, medical, education, autonomous vehicles, and more. PSE remains an independent, employee-owned company entirely focused on human performance in complex systems. The technical staff have received numerous recognitions from clients and professional groups for their outstanding work that makes a real difference for our users. Dee Miller, PhD works at Dell, Inc. in the Business Transformation Office as the Senior Principal UX & Service Design Engineer building relationships and appropriately influencing relevant internal teams and direct business contacts in the adoption of a human-centered approach to designing internal systems and processes and delivering services related to Order Experience Life Cycle. She recently started an independent consultancy called Dawn Specialty Consulting. One of the first projects of the new consultancy is consulting with a local non-profit and a police department on applying design thinking to community policing initiatives. Dee has prior experience consulting with state and federal government agencies on matters pertaining to transportation and healthcare. Tom Albin, PE, CPE, PhD is a licensed professional engineer and a certified professional ergonomist. He holds a PhD from the Technical University of Delft in the Netherlands. Currently the principal of High Plains Ergonomics Service, Tom has been engaged in ergonomics consulting since 2001. He has extensive experience as a researcher, a corporate ergonomist and as a product developer. He is active in the US and International Standards community, chairing the ANSI/HFES 100 computer workstation standard and serving as an accredited US expert on several ISO committees. He was Executive Director of the Office Ergonomics Research Committee from 2007 until retiring in 2018. Tom’s consulting work has been principally concerned with physical ergonomics issues in office and industrial settings. Current projects deal with evaluation of injury risk during push and pull tasks and with applied anthropometry. Topics Panelists will each be given time to introduce themselves at the beginning of the session. Each will speak for 7-10 minutes about their career path, ‘what I like best about consulting’, and ‘3-5 things I wish I had known before I started consulting’. The panel will also address the following topics: ethics, running a business (business plans, financing, insurance, legalities, managing employees, marketing, building relationships with clients, and writing contracts), and work/life balance. These topics will be introduced, in the form of questions from the moderator if/when questions from the audience are exhausted.
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Ma'rifah, Nurul. "Positivisasi Hukum Keluarga Islam sebagai Langkah Pembaharuan Hukum Islam di Indonesia: Kajian Sejarah Politik Hukum Islam." Al-Manahij: Jurnal Kajian Hukum Islam 13, no. 2 (2019): 243–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.24090/mnh.v13i2.2692.

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This paper discusses the making Islamic family law a formal law in the perspective of the political history of Islamic law in Indonesia, which cannot be separated from the role of the regime since the beginning of the Old Order era. In this era, the regime showed its alignment with the renewal of Islamic law. However, when the regime was not as firm and tended to be democratic, as it was during the Reformation era, Islamic family law reform tended to be stagnant. On the other hand, the history of Islamic family law renewal also experienced ups and downs because it is affected by political configurations, in which Indonesian Muslims attitudes could be classified into progressive and Islamist groups. Progressive groups try to fight for the renewal of Islamic family law contextually; whereas Islamist groups are more textual in responding to Islamic family law reform.
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Hanafi, Muhammad Riza, and Mely Noviryani. "Securitization, Desecuritization, and Resecuritization of Labor Issues in Saudi Arabia." Politicos: Jurnal Politik Dan Pemerintahan 4, no. 1 (2024): 45–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.22225/politicos.4.1.2024.45-55.

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The presence of Indonesian Workers (TKI) abroad, especially in the Middle East Region, is between the devil and the deep sea. Apart from reducing the government's responsibility to improve the economy by providing job opportunities, their presence also adds to the country's foreign exchange. However, on the other hand, the presence of TKI also adds to the problems caused by the lack of adequate legal protection, inadequate security and welfare guarantees, as well as the ups and downs of Indonesia's bilateral relations with the countries where they work as a result of the problems caused by the TKI themselves. Several policies related to sending migrant workers to the Middle East have been adopted since the time of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. However, a firm policy was only taken during the administration of President Joko Widodo with the issuance of Minister of Manpower Decree number 260 of 2015 which stopped and prohibited the placement of Indonesian workers with individual users in Middle Eastern countries. This policy can also be seen as a policy that is outside the norm considering that the Middle East is the most popular region for migrant workers. This research attempts to explain how the ups and downs of the TKI issue are seen from a security perspective using a constructivist approach. This process, which the Copenhagen School calls securitization, attempts to place threats and objects that must be secured as products of the process of social interaction. This research will also look at how securitization occurs which is then followed by desecuritization and in its development becomes resecuritization.
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Pingali, Srinivas, Grishma Shah, and Janet Rovenpor. "Rethinking Quatrro’s execution strategy: capturing the small and medium-sized enterprise market." Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies 9, no. 4 (2019): 1–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/eemcs-09-2019-0227.

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Learning outcomes The learning outcomes of this paper are to understand the supply side of the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) model and how a firm can develop and capture a new market using Blue Ocean Strategy principles; understand how to use the four actions framework and eliminate/reduce/raise/create (ERRC) grid to develop a Blue Ocean market; evaluate three strategic alternatives available to a firm along with the benefits and challenges of each; map out the current strategy to inform possible future strategies and envision how one can use the BMC to re-invent the execution strategies of a disruptor; and discuss the opportunities for growth and the challenges therein in a dynamic global business environment. Case overview/synopsis Sri Rao, President of Market Development and Strategy of Quatrro Business Support Services (Quatrro), a BPO firm, weaved through the bustling streets of Gurgaon, India, to get to work early on a blistering summer day. It was the beginning of the new 2017 fiscal year and there was a sense of anticipation and uncertainty in the office to which he was headed. Quatrro offered outsourced finance, accounting and payroll solutions to small and medium-sized enterprises across the world, but mainly the USA. Arriving at his desk, Rao gazed out the window and reflected on Quatrro’s journey so far, the ups and the downs and the strategy for moving forward. Growth had been moderate with small deals. Local and regional Certified Public Accountant firms continued to provide stiff competition and the cost of acquiring new clients was high. There was a need to rethink Quatrro target markets and business development strategy. Quatrro’s annual board meeting was coming up in three weeks and Rao wanted to present a credible plan to accelerate Quatrro’s growth. He was worried that if the plan was not accepted by the board, any further investments in the business would be challenging and could even lead to the board directing Quatrro to divest. He believed they had run out of patience with a business that had a lot of potential but was not growing. He had one last opportunity to get Quatrro’s strategy right before his planned departure from the company in just a year’s time. Rao waited for his team to discuss their recommendations based on a presentation he had made to them two days ago. Complexity academic level Undergrad/MBAs. While most growth strategy cases focus on firms seeking to outsource services for efficiency and concentrate on value added to the core functions and competences, this case centers on the supply side and examines the BPO firm itself. It focuses on the technology service industry (as opposed to product/manufacturing), which while growing and significant is not often written about in cases, and finally, the case integrates an understanding of the Blue Ocean Strategy along with the Business Model Canvas allowing students to envision how one can use the BMC to re-invent a business strategy. It does so with a traditional Ansoff Matrix as the backdrop. Supplementary materials Teaching Notes are available for educators only. Please contact your library to gain login details or email support@emeraldinsight.com to request teaching notes. Subject code CSS 11: Strategy.
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Kartje, Michael J. "PASSED DOWN: MASCULINE FAMILIAL RELATIONS IN FILM." OpenSIUC, 2014. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/1491.

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My short narrative film Passed Down follows three generations of men in a family: a son, a father and a grandfather. Composed of four short scenes, the film focuses on the three characters as they work through issues of masculinity, passed down from one generation to the next. My film suggests that this cultural sharing is part of a much larger set of social boundaries that help define what it is to "be a man". These scenes reflect my own personal experience with this phenomenon, as a son and as a father myself.
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Xiong, Zhibin. "Novel scaled-down poly-Si thin-film transistor devices and technologies /." View abstract or full-text, 2005. http://library.ust.hk/cgi/db/thesis.pl?ELEC%202005%20XIONG.

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Holman, Milan. "40 Meters Down: A Diver's Journey." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2019. https://scholarworks.uno.edu/honors_theses/130.

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Edgren, Benjamin Bondesson /. Christian. "Twelvestep : Down inside." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Sektionen för teknokultur, humaniora och samhällsbyggnad, 2004. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-1671.

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Title: Music video: Twelvestep – DownInside Made by: Benjamin Bondesson Christian Edgren Tutor: Silvio Ocasic Course admin: Peter Ekdahl Purpose: To create a music video that we can stand, that challenges us in the creative process. And to help a struggling band with another medium to spread their music. Goal:We intend to create a great product that is demanding and educational to us. Especially when it comes to cooperation and editing/post production. Keywords:Music video, digital video, film<br>Titel: Musikvideo: Twelvestep – Down Inside Skapad av: Benjamin Bondesson Christian Edgren Handledare: Silvio Ocasic Kursansvarig: Peter Ekdahl Syfte: Att skapa en musikvideo vi kan stå för och som kräver mycket av oss i skapande processen. Samt att hjälpa ett kämpande band med att få ett annat medium att sprida sin musik på. Mål: Vi avser att uppnå en snygg och bra produkt, som kräver mycket av oss och som ska lära oss mycket under skapandet. Framförallt vad det gäller samarbete och redigering/efterproduktion. Nyckelord:Musikvideo, digitalvideo, film<br>Benjamin Bondesson 0704-247 442 Christian Edgren 0704-832 106
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Broach, Margaret Ann. "“Down to the Last:” An experiment in comedy, stunts, and visual effects." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2016. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/2246.

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This paper will cover the creation of my thesis film, “Down to the Last,” from concept to completion, with a special focus on writing a dark comedy with a strong female lead, and the desire to incorporate visual effects and stunts to enhance the overall story. Details of how my crew and I decided to approach the challenges of my script and vision will be fleshed out along with solutions to problems we faced during preproduction, principle photography, and postproduction. The outcome of the project is a combination of minute deviations from my initial vision and a minimization of visual effects in order to preserve the tone and humor of the story.
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Morris, Emily. "Breaking Down Masculinity in Breaking Bad and the Western Genre: Performance and Disruption." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2013. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/192.

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I am proposing a critical inquiry into the structural function of the character of Skyler White in AMC’s Breaking Bad as well as a further investigation of show’s relationship to the Western genre and the construction of masculinity.
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Garcia, Ashley D. "Justice looks down on female victims or favors the bold| An ideological reading of select contemporary American films." Thesis, Northern Arizona University, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1594005.

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<p> The themes of crime and justice have captured the attention of Americans for decades. These themes are frequently portrayed in Hollywood films. While these stories capture the attention of Americans, both young and old, they propagate messages about what justice is, how it should be accomplished, who should serve it, and who is worthy to receive it. These messages have important implications for how Americans come to understand the American criminal justice system and its procedures. Reflective of lived experience, films about crime and justice have often drawn upon the victimization of women as an exigency for telling tales about justice as related to females. <i>The Bounty Hunter</i> (2010), <i>The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo</i> (2011), <i> Les Mis&eacute;rables</i> (2012), and <i>Safe Haven</i> (2013) are analyzed using ideological criticism to reveal their ideological constructions of justice for women, what subject positions these films interpellate female audience members into, and how women, as interpellated by these ideologies, should engage in the criminal justice system.</p>
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Almabrok, Almabrok Abushanaf. "Gas-Liquid Two-Phase Flow in Up and Down Vertical Pipes." Thesis, Cranfield University, 2013. http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/8447.

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Multiphase flows occurring in pipelines with a serpentine configuration is an important phenomenon, which can be encountered in heat exchangers used in a variety of industrial processes. More specifically, in many industrial units such as a large cracking furnace in a refinery, the tubes are arranged in a serpentine manner and are relatively short. As flow negotiates round the 180o bend at the ends of the tubes, the generated centrifugal force could cause flow maldistribution creating local dry spots, where no steady liquid film is formed on the adjacent straight sections of the pipe. As a result, events including coking, cracking and overheating of heat transfer surfaces may occur and lead to frequent shutdown of the facilities. Consequently, this could increase operating costs and reduce production revenue. Thus, it is desirable to know the effect that the bends exert on the flow in the straight part of the pipe. Apart from this, knowledge of the bend effects on the flows in the pipeline could also be important for the design of other pipelines for gas/liquid transport, e.g. offshore gas and oil pipelines. Quite a large number of studies have been found in the literature. The majority of them were for two-phase flow with small diameter pipes (i.d. ≤ 50 mm). However, studies with large diameter pipes (i.d. ≥ 100 mm), have increasingly been considered in recent years as problems related to large diameter vertical pipes are being encountered more and more often in industrial situations. This thesis studies the effect of 180o bends on the characteristics and development of gas-liquid two-phase flows in large diameter downward and upward pipes. The study particularly focuses on the influence of serpentine configuration on flow structure, cross-sectional void distribution and circumferential liquid film profiles and their development along the downward and upward sections. It was found that both the top and bottom bends have considerable impacts on flow behaviour, although to varying degrees. These impacts were highly dependent on the air and water flow rates. For sufficient flow rates, the bends were observed to create flow maldistribution in the adjacent straight section, due to the effects of centrifugal force. The air moved towards the inner zone of the bend and the water towards the outer zone, while a lesser quantity of water was identified on the other surfaces of the pipe. Investigation of the film thickness development in the downward and upward sections showed that, the liquid film behaviour close to the bends was significantly different from those located further away. This can be attributed to the centrifugal force of the bends. Examination of the power spectral density (PSD) along the downward and upward sections showed that, the shape of PSD located in the adjacent section to the bends, was substantially different from those located further away. Furthermore, several flow regime maps were generated which showed that, in addition to bubbly, intermittent and annular flows, unstable flows existed along the upward section, particularly for low gas and water flow rates. In this study it was found that, the lower bend was periodically blocked by the liquid and then blown through by the accumulated air. The data obtained from this study were compared with different theoretical correlations found in the existing literature. Some discrepancy between the results of the current study and those of previous published materials was noted. Updated correlations were presented which provided well results when they applied for the data obtained from the current study and previous studies.
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Stiles, Judith H. "The red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta, in early-successional coastal plain forests: tests of distribution and interaction strength." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/46488.

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The red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta, is an abundant and aggressive component of early-successional communities in the southeastern United States. After disturbance, it rapidly invades new habitats, and once there, it has strong competitive and predatory effects on the existing arthropod community. In upland coastal plain pine forests at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, I conducted two studies of fire ant ecology. In my first study (chapter 1), I investigated the way in which fire ants colonize early-successional road and powerline cuts through forests, and I tested whether some of these linear habitats provided better fire ant habitat than others. I found that fire ant mound density (#/ha) was similar in narrow dirt roads and in wider roads with the same intermediate level of mowing disturbance, and that density was lower in wide powerline cuts where the vegetation is only removed every five years. Furthermore, mound density was greatest near the edges of cleared roads and powerline cuts and was also greater on the northern sides of roads and powerline cuts where there was less shading from the adjacent forest. Results from this study suggest that allowing increased shading from adjacent forest vegetation, especially along northern roadside edges, would limit the suitability of road and powerline cuts as fire ant habitat, thereby slowing invasion. In my second study (chapter 2), I examined the impact of fire ants on arthropod and plant species in early-successional forest gaps. In a tritrophic system, I tested whether the top-down effect of insect herbivore consumption by fire ants was strong enough to cascade through two trophic levels and improve plant growth and fitness. I compared this potential effect to that of other arthropod predators in the community. I found that fire ants controlled the level of tissue damage to plant leaves by herbivores, but that the damage was not severe enough to influence plant growth or fitness. Fire ants had stronger negative interactions with insect herbivores than other predators in the community, and for this reason, fire ants can be considered keystone predators. This project provides further evidence that fire ants successfully invade even small patches of early-successional habitat that exist within larger matrices of uninhabitable, late-successional forest, and that once there, they have a dramatic effect on the arthropod community. Restricting the amount of early-successional habitat within southeastern forests, either as permanent road and powerline cuts or as temporary gaps, would limit the potential for strong and detrimental effects by the invasive fire ant.<br>Master of Science
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Suardin, Jaffee Arizon. "The integration of Dow's Fire and Explosion Index into process design and optimization to achieve an inherently safer design." Texas A&M University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/4145.

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The integration of the safety parameter into process design and optimization is essential. However, there is no previous work in integrating the fire and explosion index (F&EI) into design and optimization. This research proposed a procedure for integrating safety into the design and optimization framework by using the safety parameter as optimization constraint. The method used in this research is Dow’s Fire and Explosion Index which is usually calculated manually. This research automates the calculation of F&EI. The ability to calculate the F&EI, to determine loss control credit factors and business interruption, and to perform process unit risk analysis are unique features of this F&EI program. In addition to F&EI calculation, the F&EI program provides descriptions of each item of the penalties, chemicals/materials databases, the flexibility to submit known chemical/material data to databases, and material factor calculations. Moreover, the sensitivity analyses are automated by generating charts and expressions of F&EI as a function of material inventory and pressure. The expression will be the focal point in the process of integrating F&EI into process design and optimization framework. The proposed procedure of integrating F&EI into process design and optimization framework is verified by applying it into reactor-distillation column system. The final result is the optimum economic and inherently safer design for the reactor and distillation column system.
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Books on the topic "Downs (Firm)"

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Golding, William. Fire down below. Faber & Faber, 1989.

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Golding, William. Fire down below. Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1989.

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Bradley, George. The fire fetched down: Poems. Alfred Knopf, 1996.

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Fireman Small-- fire down below! Houghton Mifflin Co., 2001.

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Ryman, Gary R. Mayday! Firefighter Down. Hellgate Press, 2014.

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Kayoko, Ota, and AMO (Frim), eds. Waist down: Skirts by Miuccia Prada. 3rd ed. Progretto Prada Arte, 2006.

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Company, Dow Chemical, ed. Dow's fire & explosion index: Hazard classification guide. 7th ed. American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1994.

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editor, Bowring Amy 1971, ed. Down to Bowring's: A memoir. Creative Publishers, 2015.

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Willingham, David. Down to the wire: Faith under fire. CRC Publications, 1994.

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1949-, Ries David G., Simek John W, and American Bar Association. Section of Law Practice Management, eds. Locked down: Information security for law firms. American Bar Association, 2012.

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Freeland, Thornton. "Flying Down to Rio." In 100 Film Musicals. British Film Institute, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84457-568-8_24.

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Zhurbas, Vika, Ilaria Mariotti, and Marko Orel. "The (re)location of Coworking Spaces in Ukraine During the Russian Invasion." In Evolution of New Working Spaces. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-50868-4_12.

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AbstractA significant part of all firms tends to remain in the same location throughout their lives. Firm birth, death, and relocation are part of firm demography. Firm location, birth, and death are driven by several pull and push factors which also include exogenous shocks such as a foreign invasion. This paper aims to present and discuss the location of coworking spaces in Ukraine during the first year of the Russian Invasion. Several coworking spaces closed down in the Kyiv region, and others have opened in the western part of the country. The motivations driving the choice of location of three new coworking spaces in western areas are presented through interviews with the coworking spaces managers, and the role played by the coworking spaces community discussed.
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Tzioumakis, Yannis. "Down By Law(1986)." In Screening American Independent Film. Routledge, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003246930-27.

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Pletnev, Dmitri, and Victor Barkhatov. "Ups and Downs of High-Growth Firms in Russia." In Innovation in Sustainable Management and Entrepreneurship. Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44711-3_10.

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Sullivan, Daniel, and Jeff Greenberg. "Introduction: When the Lights Go Down." In Death in Classic and Contemporary Film. Palgrave Macmillan US, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137276896_1.

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Trump, Maxine. "Competition Genre—Knock Down the House." In Making a Scene in Documentary Film. Routledge, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003254768-8.

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Steinberg, Ted. "Wilderness under Fire." In Down To Earth. Oxford University PressNew York, NY, 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195140095.003.0002.

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"Fire Down Below." In Environmental Biology. Science Publishers, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/b10187-11.

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Gillespie, Andrew. "Revenues, costs, and profits." In Foundations of Economics. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/hebz/9780198806523.003.0012.

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This chapter examines the determinants of a firm's revenue and its costs. It also analyses the price and output decisions that will maximize profits. The chapter considers how low the price level must fall before firms will shut down in the short run and in the long run. An understanding of all these issues can predict how firms will behave in a particular market situation. The chapter demonstrates that in the short run firms will produce provided revenue can at least cover the variable costs (because fixed costs have to be paid anyway even if the firm shuts down). In the long run, firms will produce provided revenue at least covers costs, i.e. it makes at least normal profits.
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"Film Noir." In Here I Throw Down My Heart. University of Pittsburgh Press, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/jj.3102565.24.

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Conference papers on the topic "Downs (Firm)"

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Dehbonei, Hooman. "Earthing – substation fire and station transformer customers supply transfer voltage issue." In 2016 Down to Earth Conference (DTEC). IEEE, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/dtec.2016.7731286.

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Bartashius, Jason. "Turning the Exorcist’s Heteropatriarchal Order ‘Upside Down’ in Stranger Things." In – The Asian Conference on Media, Communication & Film 2020. The International Academic Forum(IAFOR), 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.22492/issn.2186-5906.2021.13.

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Tyagi, Rakesh K., and V. V. Rampal. "FIR generation by optical down conversion." In Emerging OE Technologies, Bangalore, India, edited by Krishna Shenai, Ananth Selvarajan, C. K. N. Patel, C. N. R. Rao, B. S. Sonde, and Vijai K. Tripathi. SPIE, 1992. http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.636981.

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Chen, Zhenyi, Juan Qin, Xiaoli Zhang, Min Zhang, Weimin Shi, and Linjun Wang. "Synthesis and optical properties of CdS quantum dot-embedded silica film for luminescent down-shifting layer." In Seventh International Conference on Thin Film Physics and Applications, edited by Junhao Chu and Zhanshan Wang. SPIE, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.888425.

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Li, Jingzhen, Xuanrong Yi, and Jie Tian. "Film down rushing and equistroke film transporting in an intermittent moving mechanism." In Twenty-Third International Congress on High-Speed Photography and Photonics, edited by Valentina P. Degtyareva, Mikhail A. Monastyrski, Mikhail Y. Schelev, and Alexander V. Smirnov. SPIE, 1999. http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.350483.

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Meli, Luciana, Karen Petrillo, Anuja De Silva, et al. "Driving down defect density in composite EUV patterning film stacks." In SPIE Advanced Lithography, edited by Eric M. Panning and Kenneth A. Goldberg. SPIE, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2260146.

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Koizumi, Y., R. Enari, and H. Ohtake. "Correlations of Characteristics of Waves on a Film Falling Down on a Vertical Wall." In ASME 2005 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. ASMEDC, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2005-82244.

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Behavior of a liquid film flows down counter-currently on the inner surface of a circular pipe was examined. In experiments, silicon oils of 500, 1000 and 3000 cSt as well as water were used as the liquid phase. The gas phase was air. A test section vertically oriented was a circular pipe of 30 mm in inner diameter and 5.4 m in length. The substrate thickness of the silicone film, where the film Reynolds number was quite low, was close to the mean film thickness while the water film substrate was much thinner than the mean film thickness. Waves were on the substrate. It was confirmed that there were waves with some certain amplitude even on the silicone films near the flooding occurrence where the film Reynolds number was quite low. The mean film thicknesses of silicon films as well as the water film were well expressed by applying the universal velocity profile to the film flow. When the film Reynolds number was lower than 600, the wave velocity was well predicted as the velocity of small perturbation waves on the laminar film. As the film Reynolds number becomes large, the wave velocity becomes slower than the small perturbation wave velocity. The correlation for the wave length was developed based upon the present experimental results. Combining it with the Nosoko correlations and modifying constants and exponents, new correlations for the wave velocity and the maximum film thickness were proposed. The correlations could predict these within 15% accuracy.
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Uma, B., and R. Usha. "Nonlinear Stability of Thin Viscoelastic Liquid Film Down a Vertical Wall With Interfacial Phase Change." In ASME 2002 Joint U.S.-European Fluids Engineering Division Conference. ASMEDC, 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/fedsm2002-31035.

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Wealky nonlinear stability analysis of thin viscoelastic liquid film flowing down a vertical wall including the phase change effects at the interface has been investigated. A normal mode approach and the method of multiple scales are employed to carry out the linear stability solution and the nonlinear stability solution for the film flow system. The results show that both the supercritical stability and subcritical instability are possible for condensate, evaporating and isothermal viscoelastic film flow system. The stability characteristics of the viscoelastic film flow are strongly influenced by the phase change parameter. The condensate (Evaporating) viscoelastic film is more stable (unstable) than the isothermal viscoelastic film and the effect of viscoelasticity is to destabilize the film flowing down a vertical wall.
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Wolfe, Jesse, and Bernard Thomas. "Durable Low-Emissivity Solar Control Film." In Optical Interference Coatings. Optica Publishing Group, 1992. http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/oic.1992.otud4.

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Further conservation of energy continues to be a major priority, even with the advances that have been made in reducing our present consumption. For while energy use has gone down, costs continue to grow. Homeowners continue to look for ways to keep their fuel costs down. Buyers of new homes expect new construction to feature the latest in energy-efficient products such as insulated windows. Many insulated glass units (IGU's) have a thin film coating on one or two of the inner surfaces (#2 and #3) of the unit. Figure 1 illustrates such a unit.
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Salo, Mikko, and Risto Ritala. "Blown film thickness control with a scanning down-the-line measurement." In 2022 American Control Conference (ACC). IEEE, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.23919/acc53348.2022.9867884.

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Fabiani, Andrea, Martha López, José-Luis Peydró, and Paul E. Soto. Capital Controls, Corporate Debt and Real Effects: Evidence from Boom and Crisis Times. Banco de la República, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.32468/be.1244.

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We show that capital controls (CC), by slowing-down firm debt-growth in the boom, improve firm performance during crises. Exploiting a tax on foreign-currency (FX) debt inflows in Colombia before the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) and multiple firm-level and loan-level administrative datasets, we find that CC reduce FX-debt inflows. Firms with weaker local banking relationships cannot fully substitute FX-debt with domestic-debt, thereby reducing firm-level total debt and imports during the boom. However, by preemptively reducing firm-level debt, CC boost exports and employment during the subsequent GFC, especially for financially-constrained firms. Moreover, CC do not significantly alter credit allocation between productive and unproductive firms.
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Arias, Karla, Segundo Camino-Mogro, Mariana Weiss, et al. Measuring the Efficiency in Energy Distribution Firms in LAC: A Service Provision and Financial Performance Approach. Inter-American Development Bank, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0004547.

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This study identifies and analyzes the evolution of efficiency in providing services and in the financial performance of the LAC electricity distribution companies between 2014-2020. In addition, it examines firms characteristics that might be related to efficiencies, such as quality of service, corporate governance, firm size, and ownership. This paper uses a twostep procedure. First, it considers the efficiency levels and the total factor productivity (TFP) changes using the Malmquist index and breaks down the total change by relying on a nonparametric data envelopment analysis (DEA) approach. The second stage focuses on the drivers of efficiency obtained in the first stage using the Tobit technique. The main results suggest that there is no significant improvement in the levels of efficiency in the period analyzed in the energy distribution firms in LAC. When analyzing the heterogeneity of a company's efficiency, the evidence shows a relation between companies efficiency and the quality perceived by users, higher efficiency is related to better-perceived quality. Besides, companies characteristics, such as firm size, corporate governance, and ownership, are related to the heterogeneity of efficiency.
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Rud, Juan Pablo, Andres Fernandez, and Matías Busso. Firm Productivity as an Engine of Saving. Inter-American Development Bank, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0009285.

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This technical note considers whether low savings in Latin America and the Caribbean may result from low productivity rather than vice versa. Economies with low TFP growth tend to be economies in which returns to investments are low, with low saving rates as well. In that sense, low TFP growth, by providing weaker incentives to save, could be another determinant of the low saving rates observed in the region. Moreover, firms need to invest, which in turn requires that they can access financial markets. If instead, firms are constrained because of financial frictions, some entrepreneurs may have to run small firms and save in order to fund their projects, slowing down aggregate productivity growth. This note further examines the distribution of private savings in the economy and the behavior of firm saving to explore whether financial frictions distort price signals and incentives to save.
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Lamont, Owen. Go Down Fighting: Short Sellers vs. Firms. National Bureau of Economic Research, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w10659.

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White, B. W., and W. S. Gregory. PF-4 simulated fire accident analysis: Filter-spray cool-down system reevaluation implications. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), 1990. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/6502411.

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Alfaro, Laura, Oscar Becerra, and Marcela Eslava. EMEs and COVID-19: Shutting Down in a World of Informal and Tiny Firms. National Bureau of Economic Research, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w27360.

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Forney, Glenn P., and William D. Davis. Analyzing strategies for eliminating flame blow-down occurring in the Navy's 19F4 fire fighting trainer. National Institute of Standards and Technology, 1992. http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/nist.ir.4825.

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Vélez-Velásquez, Juan Sebastián. Banning Price Discrimination under Imperfect Competition: Evidence from Colombia's Broadband. Banco de la República de Colombia, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.32468/be.1148.

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Economic theory is inconclusive regarding the effects of banning third-degree price discrimination under imperfect competition because they depend on how the competing firms rank their market segments. When, relative to uniform pricing, all competitors want higher prices in the same market segments, a ban on price discrimination will reduce profits and benefit some consumers at the expense of others. If, instead, some firms want to charge higher prices in segments where their competitors want to charge lower prices, price discrimination increases competition driving all prices down. In this case, forcing the firms to charge uniform prices can increase their profits and reduce consumer surplus. We use data on Colombian broadband subscriptions to estimate the demand for internet services. Estimated preferences and assumptions about competition are used to simulate a scenario in which firms lose their ability to price discriminate. Our results show large effects on consumer surplus and large effects on firms’ profits. Aggregate profits increase but the effects for individual firms are heterogeneous. The effects on consumer welfare vary by city. In most cities, a uniform price regime causes large welfare transfers from low-income households towards high-income households and in a few cities, prices in all segments rise. Poorer households respond to the increase in prices by subscribing to internet plans with slower download speed.
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Gutiérrez, José E., and Luis Fernández Lafuerza. Credit line runs and bank risk management: evidence from the disclosure of stress test results. Banco de España, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.53479/25006.

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As noted in recent literature, firms can run on credit lines due to fear of future credit restrictions. We exploit the 2011 stress test supervised by the European Banking Authority (EBA) and the Spanish Central Credit Register to explore: 1) the occurrence and magnitude of these runs after the release of negative stress test results; and 2) banks’ behaviour before and after the release of this information. We find that, following the release of the results, firms drew down approximately 10 pp more available funds from lines granted by banks that had a worse performance in the stress test. Moreover, before the release date, poorer performing banks were more likely to reduce the size of credit lines, while those with more significant balances of undrawn credit lines were more likely to cut term lending.
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Gutiérrez, José E., and Luis Fernández Lafuerza. Credit line runs and bank risk management: evidence from the disclosure of stress test results. Banco de España, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.53479/24998.

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As noted in recent literature, firms can run on credit lines due to fear of future credit restrictions. We exploit the 2011 stress test supervised by the European Banking Authority (EBA) and the Spanish Central Credit Register to explore: 1) the occurrence and magnitude of these runs after the release of negative stress test results; and 2) banks’ behaviour before and after the release of this information. We find that, following the release of the results, firms drew down approximately 10 pp more available funds from lines granted by banks that had a worse performance in the stress test. Moreover, before the release date, poorer performing banks were more likely to reduce the size of credit lines, while those with more significant balances of undrawn credit lines were more likely to cut term lending.
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