FINANCIAL AND MEMBERSHIP REPORT

Financial Dollarization and European Union Membership

We analyze the effect of European Union (EU) membership on financial dollarization for the Central and Eastern European countries. Using a unique monthly dataset that spans about two decades, we find that both the accession process toward EU membership and EU entry have a direct impact on deposit and loan dollarization. EU membership reduces deposit dollarization while it increases loan dollari...

Report to the membership.

Executive Summary The Context of College Sports, 2011-12. During 2011, the landscape of intercollegiate athletics changed significantly, presenting COIA a new mix of challenges. In the area of improving the alignment of athletics with academics, the news was generally positive: significant new academic reforms were adopted by the NCAA, and evidence of the positive impact of earlier reforms bega...

Financial Stability Report

A new method for fuzzification of nested dummy variables by fuzzy clustering membership functions and its application in financial economy

In this study, the aim is to propose a new method for fuzzification of nested dummy variables. The fuzzification idea of dummy variables has been acquired from non-linear part of regime switching models in econometrics. In these models, the concept of transfer functions is like the notion of fuzzy membership functions, but no principle or linguistic sentence have been used for inputs. Consequen...

Report one: "I am me"--the AAHE membership survey.

Article: During the 1977 AAHPER convention in Seattle, Washington, each member of the AAHE Board of Directors was charged with the responsibility to initiate and complete a service project for the benefit of AAHE and its members. The overall mission was named PROJECTS TEN. Kenneth S. Clarke, then chairman of the health education program at Pennsylvania State University, selected for his project...