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Why are calls of convertible preferred stock delayed? : tests of the passive investor hypothesis and the call faliure hypothesis
(1993)
Ingersoll (1977a) and Brennan and Schwartz (1977) show that, in perfect markets, managers maximize common stockholders' wealth by calling a convertible security as soon as its conversion value exceeds its call price. ...
Thermohydrodynamic analysis of product-lubricated hydrostatic bearings in turbulent regime
(1992)
A bulk-flow thermohydrodynamic (THD) analysis is developed for accurate predictions of the static and dynamic performance characteristics of turbulent flow product-lubricated hydrostatic journal bearings (HJBs). Pointwise ...
Attitudes of small-scale fishermen in Pangandaran, Indonesia toward selected governmental programs, the occupation of fishing, and risk
(1990)
This study analyzed selected problems of small-scale fishermen in Indonesia, related to governmental assistance, fishing as an occupation, and their willingness to take risk associated with fishing practices. The population ...
An adaptive hybrid neural network approach for learning nonstationary manufacturing processes
(1993)
An adaptive hybrid learning procedure is proposed for change detection and on-line identification of nonstationary manufacturing processes. Sequential measurements in manufacturing systems and on-line measured signals in ...
Hormonal basis for developmental arrest of last-instar Heliothis virescens larvae by Campoletis sonorensis polydnavirus
(1987)
Campoletis sonorensis is an ichneumonid endoparasitoid of Heliothis virescens larvae. The polydnavirus which occurs in the reproductive tract of C. sonorensis (CsV) has several effects on the host independent of the presence ...
The present and the mid-tertiary structure and deformation of southwest Japan and its implications for the formation of the Japan Sea
(1994)
Geological and geophysical data from SW Japan and the adjacent regions are analyzed to determine the nature of deformation in SW Japan, and the regional tectonic framework responsible for this deformation. The relationship ...