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Pricing corporate securities as contingent claims
An examination of the relative value of securities in a corporation's capital structure, using the concept of contingent value analysis.In 1973, Fischer Black, Myron Scholes, and Robert Merton pointed out that securities issued by a corporation can be priced as claims whose values are contingent on the value of the enterprise as a whole. The notion of treating corporate securities as contingent…
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- 9780262273480
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- 1 online resource (xii, 415 pages) :illustrations
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The Power of Narrative in Environmental Networks
For as long has humans have lived in communities, storytelling has bound people to each other and to their environments. In recent times, scholars have noted how social networks arise around issues of resource and ecological management. This book argues that stories, or narratives, play a key role in these networks - that environmental communities 'narrate themselves into existence'. The book p…
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- 9781461937128
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- 1 online resource (xiv, 225 pages) :illustrations, map.
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Kids and Credibility: An Empirical Examination of Youth, Digital Media Use, a…
Overview: How well do children navigate the ocean of information that is available online? The enormous variety of Web-based resources represents both opportunities and challenges for Internet-savvy kids, offering extraordinary potential for learning and social connection but little guidance on assessing the reliability of online information. This book reports on the first large-scale survey to…
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- 9780262266581
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Principle B, VP ellipsis, and interpretation in child grammar
This is the first experimental study of Principle B with verb phrase ellipsis and properties of the interpretation of empty pronouns in ellipsis. Among the universal principles are those known as the principles of the binding theory. These principles constrain the range of interpretations that can be assigned to sentences containing reflexives and reciprocals, pronouns, and referring express…
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- 9780262284974
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- 1 online resource.
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Principles and Practice of Clinical Electrophysiology of Vision (Second Edition)
The long-awaited second edition of an authoritative reference on electrophysiologic vision testing, including detailed information on techniques and problems, basic physiology and anatomy, theoretical concepts, and clinical findings; with extensive new material. This authoritative text is the only comprehensive reference available on electrophysiologic vision testing, offering both practical in…
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- 2nd ed.
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- 9780262275187
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- 1 online resource (xxii, 977 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates) :illustrations (some color)
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The Major Transitions in Evolution Revisited
In 1995, John Maynard Smith and E?ors Szathm?ary published their influential book 'The Major Transitions in Evolution'. In this volume, scholars reconsider and extend the earlier book's themes in light of recent developments in evolutionary biology.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262295703
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- 1 online resource (x, 319 pages) :illustrations.
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Positive computing : technology for wellbeing and human potential
"On the eve of Google's IPO in 2004, Larry Page and Sergey Brin vowed not to be evil. Today, a growing number of technologists would go further, trying to ensure that their work actively improves people's lives. Technology, so pervasive and ubiquitous, has the capacity to increase stress and suffering; but it also has the less-heralded potential to improve the well-being of individuals, society…
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- 0262325683
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- 1 online resource (x, 288 pages).
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The Color Revolution
A history of color and commerce from haute couture to automobile showrooms to interior design.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 0262305348
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- 1 online resource (xiv, 380 pages) :illustrations (some color).
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Environmental Inequalities Beyond Borders: Local Perspectives on Global Injus…
Case studies demonstrate the spatial disconnect between global consumption and production and its effects on local environmental quality and human rights.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262295680
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- 1 online resource (vi, 303 pages) :illustrations, map.
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Visual Versions
A Bradford book."These essays by Robert Schwartz on topics in the theory of vision are written from a pragmatic perspective. The issues and arguments will interest both philosophers and psychologists, covering new ground and bridging gaps between these disciplines. Schwartz begins historically, with discussions of problems raised and solutions offered in Bishop Berkeley's writings on vision, pr…
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- 9780262283304
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- 1 online resource (x, 265 pages) :illustrations
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