International Trade and Biological Invasions: A Queuing Theoretic Analysis of the Prevention Problem by Amitrajeet A. Batabyal Department of Economics, RIT, 92 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, NY 14623-5604. Internet [email protected] and Hamid Beladi Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics and Center for Agricultural Policy and Trade Studies, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58105...

We briefly review simulation schemes for the investigation of rare transitions and we resume the recently introduced Transition Interface Sampling, a method in which the computation of rate constants is recast into the computation of fluxes through interfaces dividing the reactant and product state. PACS: 82.20.Db, 82.20.Sb keywords: Rare events; Rate constants; Transition Path Sampling. ∗Corre...

The paper starts with a summary of the way the new theories of international trade have incorporated the role of multinational companies (MNCs) in the location of production. The main, specific assumptions used to incorporate MNCs’ activities relate to joint inputs at the company’s level combined with assumptions regarding costs at the plant level and spatial transaction costs. It is claimed th...

b. Wallenberg Wood Science Center, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-10044 Stockholm, Sweden c. Innventia AB, Box 5604, SE-114 86 Stockholm, Sweden † These authors contributed equally. ‡ Present address: Magne c Resonance Research Centre, Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HE, UK * Corresponding author: [email protected]. 1 Water in c...

We thank Yoshiro Higano and two anonymous referees for their comments on a previous version of this paper. In addition, Batabyal acknowledges financial support from the Gosnell endowment at RIT. The usual disclaimer applies. 2 Department of Economics, Rochester Institute of Technology, 92 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, NY 14623-5604, USA. Internet: [email protected] 3 Department of Economics, Uta...

This chapter focuses on institutional investors in the German financial markets. Institutional investors are specialized financial intermediaries who collect and manage funds on behalf of small investors toward specific objectives in terms of risk, return and maturity. The major types of institutional investors in Germany are insurance companies and investment funds. We will examine the nature ...

A RECENT NATIONAL STUDY indicated that illicit drug use is 16.2% among pregnant teens and 7.4% among pregnant women aged 18 to 25 years. Neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) is a drug withdrawal syndrome in newborns following birth. The syndrome most commonly occurs in the context of antepartum opiate use, although other drugs have also been implicated. In addition to NAS, illicit drug use (speci...