Much foreign direct investment (FDI) takes the form of mergers and acquisitions (M&A). It is commonplace in finance to view acquisitions as manifestations of the market for corporate control. Following on that insight we propose a model of FDI in which headquarters bid to control overseas assets. We derive an equation for bilateral FDI stocks that resembles the recently developed fixed effects ...

Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a non-invasive method of brain stimulation that has been intensively investigated in clinical and cognitive neuroscience. Although the general impression is that tDCS is a safe technique with mild and transient adverse effects (AEs), human data on safety and tolerability are largely provided from single-session studies in healthy volunteers. In ...

Four rumen fistulated Holstein calves (BW 132.3 ± 1.61 kg) fed high concentrate diets (10 to 90, forage to concentrate ratio) were assigned to a 4 x 4 Latin square design to investigate the effects of nonstructural carbohydrate (barley or corn) and protein (soybean meal or sunflower meal) sources on ruminal fermentation and animal performance. The following 2 x 2 factorial arrangement of treatm...

The paper analyses the effects of imports and inward foreign direct investment (FDI) on the innovative activity of domestic firms. The effects are assumed to be positive, since imports and FDI increase the competition on domestic markets and domestic firms have to perform more efficiently to maintain their market position. The hypothesis is tested on the basis of a panel data set containing 127...

BACKGROUND After vaccination, vaccinees acquire some protection against infection and/or disease. Vaccination, therefore, reduces the number of infections in the population. Due to this herd protection, not everybody needs to be vaccinated to prevent infections from spreading. METHODS We quantify direct and indirect effects of influenza vaccination examining the standard Susceptible-Infected-...

In a study with 112 thirdand fourth-grade children, we measured the relative effectiveness of discovery learning and direct instruction at two points in the learning process: (a) during the initial acquisition of the basic cognitive objective (a procedure for designing and interpreting simple, unconfounded experiments) and (b) during the subsequent transfer and application of this basic skill t...

The measurement of nuclear Overhauser effects (1) for determination of the threedimensional structure of mo lecules in solution is rapidly gaining popularity. The bui ldup rate of the NOE depends on r6, where I is the interproton distance. Measu.rement of the NOE buildup rates therefore provides a means to measure interproton distances. Most commonly, two-dimensional NMR experiments are used fo...