a University of Groningen, School of Economics, Department of Marketing, P.O. Box 800, NL-9700 AV Groningen, The Netherlands b Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, Department of Marketing Management, Office T10-16, P.O. Box 1738, NL-3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands c Rotterdam School of Economics, Erasmus University, Office H15-19, P.O. Box 1738, NL-3000 DR Rotterdam, The Nethe...

ERIM Report Series reference number ERS-2004-080-MKT Publication August 2004 Number of pages 21 Email address corresponding author [email protected] Address Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM) Rotterdam School of Management / Rotterdam School of Economics Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam P.O. Box 1738 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands Phone: +31 10 408 1182 Fax: +31 10 408 9640 Ema...

Abstract. Wind as a resource of renewable energy has obtained an important share of the energy market already. Therefore simulation and prediction of wind speeds is essential for both, for engineers and energy traders. In this paper we analyze the surface wind speed data from three prototypic locations: coastal region (Rotterdam), undulating forest landscape few 100 m above sea level(Kassel), ...

Erasmus MC / University Medical Center Rotterdam / Sophia Children’s Hospital, Division of Pediatric Oncology/Hematology, Rotterdam The Netherlands. Erasmus MC / University Medical Center Rotterdam, Department of Clinical Genetics, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Dutch Childhood Oncology Group, The Hague, The Netherlands. COALL study group, Hamburg, Germany. St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, D...

1 Department of Ambulatory Care and Community Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland 2 Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands 3 Department of Cardiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands 4 Department of Medical Informatics, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands 5 Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medi...

1 Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Erasmus MC–Sophia Children’s Hospital, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2 Laboratory of Pediatrics, Erasmus MC–Sophia Children’s Hospital, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 3 Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Children’s Hospital of ...

Democracies delegate substantial decision power to politicians. Using a model in which an incumbent can design, examine and implement public policies, we show that examination takes place in spite of, rather than thanks to, elections. Elections are needed as a carrot and a stick to motivate politicians, yet politicians who are overly interested in re-election shy away from policy examination. O...

Helen Heath, Claudia Ribeiro de Almeida, Frank Sleutels, Gemma Dingjan, Suzanne van de Nobelen, Iris Jonkers, Kam-Wing Ling, Joost Gribnau, Rainer Renkawitz, Frank Grosveld, Rudi W Hendriks* and Niels Galjart* Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Immunology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Erasmu...

1Department of Anesthesiology, erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The netherlands; 2Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia and The James hogg iCAPTURe Center, st. Paul’s hospital, Vancouver, Canada; 3Department of Pulmonology, erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The netherlands; 4Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The netherlands; 5Department of C...