Economic Review, August 2007

August 2007

Berlin, 28 August 2007

I. General observation The Green Paper contains considerations with regard to the future Common European Asylum System. These considerations are mainly couched in questions which are commented on under II. However, this Green Paper also contains, in part, concrete objectives relating, for instance, to a higher common standard of protection and a higher degree of solidarity between EU Member Sta...

Summaries Thursday , August 16 , 2007

9:30–10:10 Organic alternatives for cranberry fruit rot control/ Use of prophyte for Phytophthora root rot of cranberry/ Use of varying irrigation rates for cranberry cultivation (Bogs 11-16) A trial was planted to test the practical potential of several alternative establishment methods, particularly when plant material is limiting. The following aspects were considered: 1) quantity of plant m...

Hedge Fund Investors More Rational Than Rash - Economic Letter, August 2007 - FRB Dallas

by Jeffery W. Gunther and Anna Zhang The banking industry’s treatment of loans has undergone a dramatic transformation over the past two decades. While maintaining their traditional role in originating loans and holding them on their books, banks have become more likely to create and sell securities backed by pools of loans and other debt instruments. Banks’ adoption of the “originate-to-distri...

Washington University Record, August 9, 2007