Germany and the Monroe Doctrine

QnAs with Christopher Monroe.

Classic computing can take credit for technology ranging from mobile phones to supercomputers. But in recent years, a budding counterpart to these conventional devices has emerged: quantum computers. Whereas classic computing sometimes fails to solve complex calculations, such as factoring hundred-digit numbers, quantum computing holds the potential to easily tackle such problems. The field of ...

Investigating The Co- Movement And Causality Between Iran And Germany

Discourse Annotation In The Monroe Corpus

We describe a method for annotating spoken dialog corpora using both automatic and manual annotation. Our semi-automated method for corpus development results in a corpus combining rich semantics, discourse information and reference annotation, and allows us to explore issues relating these.

Comparing Earnings Management in Germany and the USA

This study presents empirical evidence concerning the effect of different accounting standard on earnings management. Prior studies have shown that accounting standards influence earnings management. Tighter accounting standards regime restricts management’s descretion to manipulate accruals, and at the same time, induce more costly real earnings management activities. To investigate this iss...

A Conversation with Monroe Sirken

Born January 11, 1921 in New York City, Monroe Sirken grew up in a suburb of Pasadena, California. He earned B.A. and M.A. degrees in sociology at UCLA in 1946 and 1947, and a Ph.D. in 1950 in sociology with a minor in mathematics at the University of Washington in 1950 where Professor Z. W. Birnbaum was his mentor and thesis advisor. As a Post-Doctoral Fellow of the Social Science Research Cou...