The environment for business creation is central to economic policy, as entrepreneurs are believed to be forces of innovation, employment and economic dynamism. We use data from the National Longitudinal Surveys (NLS) to investigate the relative importance of financial and human capital...

We use data from the National Longitudinal Surveys to investigate the relative importance of family financial and human capital in the transition into self-employment. Specifically, we estimate the impacts of individual's own wealth and human capital and parental wealth and self-employment...

In the early days of computing, geophysical fluid dynamics (GFD), predominantly numerical weather prediction (NWP), was a dominant factor in the design of computer architecture and algorithms. This early work focused initially on finite difference algorithms on rectangular computational grids...

By definition, a crisis is a situation that requires assistance to be managed. Hence, response to a crisis involves the merging of local and non-local emergency response personnel. In this situation, it is critical that each participant: (1) know the roles and responsibilities of each of the...

[fre] En raison de ses nombreux avantages, le marché mondial de la titrisation continue de connaître un fort niveau d'expansion et reste une importante source de fonds pour MBNA et de nombreuses institutions financières. Il y a plusieurs facteurs qui contribuent au succès du marché mondial...