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m-Commerce in Canada: An Interaction Framework for Wireless Privacy
August 6, 2006, 12:00am PDT
Mobile commerce (m-Commerce) is a natural extension of e-Commerce that allows users to interact with other users or businesses in a wireless mode, anytime/anywhere. The Canadian market, with its...
Provided by McMaster University
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Compressive Sensing Receiver for Free-Space Optical Communication Through the Atmosphere
October 29, 2008, 12:00am PDT
This paper presents a novel application of Compressive Sensing (CS) to provide spatial diversity for free-space optical communication links. A CS receiver estimates the focal-plane signal...
Provided by McMaster University
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White Papers
Supply Chain Management Information Systems Capabilities: An Exploratory Investigation of Electronics Manufacturers
August 5, 2006, 12:00am PDT
Supply Chain Management Information Systems (SCM IS) play an increasingly critical role in the ability of firms to reduce costs and increase the responsiveness of their supply chain. This paper...
Provided by McMaster University
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Physician Labour Supply In Canada: A Cohort Analysis
September 28, 2006, 12:00am PDT
This paper employs cohort analysis to examine the relative importance of different factors in explaining changes in the number of hours spent in direct patient care by Canadian General/ Family...
Provided by McMaster University
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On The Sensitivity Of Aggregate Productivity Growth Rates To Noisy Measurement
May 1, 2007, 12:00am PDT
Aggregate rates of productivity growth are among the most closely watched indicators of economic performance. They are also among the most difficult to measure accurately. This paper explores the...
Provided by McMaster University
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A Note On Income Distribution And Growth
June 1, 2007, 12:00am PDT
Many analysts expect the aging population to lead to a reduction in the growth of living standards. Income inequality - a problem that has been accentuated by the payroll tax hikes that were...
Provided by McMaster University
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Population Aging, Older Workers, And Canada~s Labour Force
September 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT
The Expert Panel on Older Workers made recommendations designed to increase the labour force participation of older workers. The authors explore the implications that higher rates of older-worker...
Provided by McMaster University
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Patterns Of Retirement As Reflected In Income Tax Records For Older Workers
September 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT
If retirement means a substantial and sustained reduction in the time spent working for pay or profit, measurement requires a definition of substantial and sufficient observations of the same...
Provided by McMaster University
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The Effect Of Match Quality And Specific Experience On Career Decisions And Wage Growth
August 1, 2007, 12:00am PDT
This paper constructs and estimates a career decision model where individuals search for both career matching and employer matching to understand wage growth and career mobility using the NLSY79....
Provided by McMaster University
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A Bargaining Model Of Tax Competition
December 4, 2007, 12:00am PST
This paper develops a model in which competing government's offer financial incentives to induce individual firms to locate within their jurisdictions. Equilibrium is described under three...
Provided by McMaster University
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Equalization Payments In A Bargaining Model Of Tax Competition
January 31, 2008, 12:00am PST
A model in which a high-productivity region and a low-productivity region bargain with each firm in a group of mobile firms is constructed. It differs from the Han and Leach [7] model in that the...
Provided by McMaster University
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Organizational Capital And The International Co-Movement Of Investment
July 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
A productivity shock leads to a large international transfer of capital and negative co-movement of investment in the typical two-country real business cycle model. Most recent models that attempt...
Provided by McMaster University
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An Evaluation Of The Working Income Tax Benefit
August 1, 2007, 12:00am PDT
The federal government has implemented an earned income tax credit - what it has called the Working Income Tax Benefit - in the 2007 Budget. Edmund Phelps has argued that the earned income tax...
Provided by McMaster University
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New Evidence On Taxes And Portfolio Choice
March 1, 2009, 12:00am PST
Identifying the effect of differential taxation on portfolio allocation requires exogenous variation in marginal tax rates. Marginal tax rates vary with income, but income surely affects portfolio...
Provided by McMaster University
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The Capacity Region of a Product of Two Unmatched Gaussian Broadcast Channels With Three Particular Messages and a Common Message
November 3, 2009, 12:00am PST
This paper considers a Gaussian broadcast channel with two unmatched degraded components, three particular messages, and a common message that is intended for all three receivers. It is shown that...
Provided by McMaster University
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Specification of Agent Explicit Knowledge in Cryptographic Protocols
August 19, 2010, 12:00am PDT
Cryptographic protocols are widely used in various applications to provide secure communications. They are usually represented as communicating agents that send and receive messages. These agents...
Provided by McMaster University
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Utility Indifference Pricing: A Time Consistent Approach
February 25, 2011, 12:00am PST
This paper considers the optimal portfolio selection problem in a dynamic multi-period stochastic framework with regime switching. The risk preferences are of exponential (CARA) type with an...
Provided by McMaster University
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Statistical Inference For Time-changed Brownian Motion Credit Risk Models
February 11, 2011, 12:00am PST
The authors consider structural credit modeling in the important special case where the log-leverage ratio of the firm is a Time-Changed Brownian Motion (TCBM) with the time-change taken to be an...
Provided by McMaster University
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From Growth To Cycles Through Beliefs
June 16, 2011, 12:00am PDT
The author presents a theoretical model where the economy endogenously adopts the technological ideas of a slowly evolving technological frontier, and show that the presence of a "Technological...
Provided by McMaster University
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Formation Of Heterogeneous Skills And Wage Growth
September 20, 2009, 12:00am PDT
This paper examines how primitive skills associated with occupations are formed and rewarded in the labor market over the careers of men. The objective task complexity measurement from the...
Provided by McMaster University
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Software
Sell Books McMaster University 1.0 (Mobile)
September 9, 2011, 12:00am PDT
Sell your used textbooks to Titles Bookstore at McMaster University using this instant price quote app! It allows you to scan the barcodes of books that you'd like to sell using your phone's...
Provided by Titles, McMaster University Bookstore
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Program Families in Scientific Computing
October 3, 2007, 12:00am PDT
This paper motivates how the quality of scientific computing applications can be improved by developing them as a program family. In particular, arguments are presented that a program family...
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Full Diversity Blind Signal Designs for Unique Identification of Frequency Selective Channels
May 20, 2008, 12:00am PDT
In this paper, the authors develop two kinds of novel closed-form decompositions on Phase Shift Keying (PSK) constellations by exploiting linear congruence equation theory: the one for factorizing...
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Software
MacMap 1.51 (Mobile)
May 31, 2011, 12:00am PDT
Have you ever been lost on campus? The McMaster MacMap application will help you find your way! With its interactive map you'll be able to search for and locate buildings on campus and get...
Provided by McMaster University
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White Papers
Full Diversity Blind Signal Designs for Unique Identification of Frequency Selective Channels
May 20, 2008, 12:00am PDT
In this paper, the authors develop two kinds of novel closed-form decompositions on Phase Shift Keying (PSK) constellations by exploiting linear congruence equation theory: the one for factorizing...
Provided by McMaster University
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White Papers
Program Families in Scientific Computing
October 3, 2007, 12:00am PDT
This paper motivates how the quality of scientific computing applications can be improved by developing them as a program family. In particular, arguments are presented that a program family...
Provided by McMaster University
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Software
Sell Books McMaster University 1.0 (Mobile)
September 9, 2011, 12:00am PDT
Sell your used textbooks to Titles Bookstore at McMaster University using this instant price quote app! It allows you to scan the barcodes of books that you'd like to sell using your phone's...
Provided by Titles, McMaster University Bookstore
-
Software
MacMap 1.51 (Mobile)
May 31, 2011, 12:00am PDT
Have you ever been lost on campus? The McMaster MacMap application will help you find your way! With its interactive map you'll be able to search for and locate buildings on campus and get...
Provided by McMaster University
-
White Papers
Formation Of Heterogeneous Skills And Wage Growth
September 20, 2009, 12:00am PDT
This paper examines how primitive skills associated with occupations are formed and rewarded in the labor market over the careers of men. The objective task complexity measurement from the...
Provided by McMaster University
-
White Papers
From Growth To Cycles Through Beliefs
June 16, 2011, 12:00am PDT
The author presents a theoretical model where the economy endogenously adopts the technological ideas of a slowly evolving technological frontier, and show that the presence of a "Technological...
Provided by McMaster University
-
White Papers
Statistical Inference For Time-changed Brownian Motion Credit Risk Models
February 11, 2011, 12:00am PST
The authors consider structural credit modeling in the important special case where the log-leverage ratio of the firm is a Time-Changed Brownian Motion (TCBM) with the time-change taken to be an...
Provided by McMaster University
-
White Papers
Utility Indifference Pricing: A Time Consistent Approach
February 25, 2011, 12:00am PST
This paper considers the optimal portfolio selection problem in a dynamic multi-period stochastic framework with regime switching. The risk preferences are of exponential (CARA) type with an...
Provided by McMaster University
-
White Papers
Specification of Agent Explicit Knowledge in Cryptographic Protocols
August 19, 2010, 12:00am PDT
Cryptographic protocols are widely used in various applications to provide secure communications. They are usually represented as communicating agents that send and receive messages. These agents...
Provided by McMaster University
-
White Papers
The Capacity Region of a Product of Two Unmatched Gaussian Broadcast Channels With Three Particular Messages and a Common Message
November 3, 2009, 12:00am PST
This paper considers a Gaussian broadcast channel with two unmatched degraded components, three particular messages, and a common message that is intended for all three receivers. It is shown that...
Provided by McMaster University
-
White Papers
New Evidence On Taxes And Portfolio Choice
March 1, 2009, 12:00am PST
Identifying the effect of differential taxation on portfolio allocation requires exogenous variation in marginal tax rates. Marginal tax rates vary with income, but income surely affects portfolio...
Provided by McMaster University
-
White Papers
An Evaluation Of The Working Income Tax Benefit
August 1, 2007, 12:00am PDT
The federal government has implemented an earned income tax credit - what it has called the Working Income Tax Benefit - in the 2007 Budget. Edmund Phelps has argued that the earned income tax...
Provided by McMaster University
-
White Papers
Organizational Capital And The International Co-Movement Of Investment
July 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
A productivity shock leads to a large international transfer of capital and negative co-movement of investment in the typical two-country real business cycle model. Most recent models that attempt...
Provided by McMaster University
-
White Papers
Equalization Payments In A Bargaining Model Of Tax Competition
January 31, 2008, 12:00am PST
A model in which a high-productivity region and a low-productivity region bargain with each firm in a group of mobile firms is constructed. It differs from the Han and Leach [7] model in that the...
Provided by McMaster University
-
White Papers
A Bargaining Model Of Tax Competition
December 4, 2007, 12:00am PST
This paper develops a model in which competing government's offer financial incentives to induce individual firms to locate within their jurisdictions. Equilibrium is described under three...
Provided by McMaster University
-
White Papers
The Effect Of Match Quality And Specific Experience On Career Decisions And Wage Growth
August 1, 2007, 12:00am PDT
This paper constructs and estimates a career decision model where individuals search for both career matching and employer matching to understand wage growth and career mobility using the NLSY79....
Provided by McMaster University
-
White Papers
Patterns Of Retirement As Reflected In Income Tax Records For Older Workers
September 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT
If retirement means a substantial and sustained reduction in the time spent working for pay or profit, measurement requires a definition of substantial and sufficient observations of the same...
Provided by McMaster University
-
White Papers
Population Aging, Older Workers, And Canada~s Labour Force
September 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT
The Expert Panel on Older Workers made recommendations designed to increase the labour force participation of older workers. The authors explore the implications that higher rates of older-worker...
Provided by McMaster University
-
White Papers
A Note On Income Distribution And Growth
June 1, 2007, 12:00am PDT
Many analysts expect the aging population to lead to a reduction in the growth of living standards. Income inequality - a problem that has been accentuated by the payroll tax hikes that were...
Provided by McMaster University
-
White Papers
On The Sensitivity Of Aggregate Productivity Growth Rates To Noisy Measurement
May 1, 2007, 12:00am PDT
Aggregate rates of productivity growth are among the most closely watched indicators of economic performance. They are also among the most difficult to measure accurately. This paper explores the...
Provided by McMaster University
-
White Papers
Physician Labour Supply In Canada: A Cohort Analysis
September 28, 2006, 12:00am PDT
This paper employs cohort analysis to examine the relative importance of different factors in explaining changes in the number of hours spent in direct patient care by Canadian General/ Family...
Provided by McMaster University
-
White Papers
Compressive Sensing Receiver for Free-Space Optical Communication Through the Atmosphere
October 29, 2008, 12:00am PDT
This paper presents a novel application of Compressive Sensing (CS) to provide spatial diversity for free-space optical communication links. A CS receiver estimates the focal-plane signal...
Provided by McMaster University
-
White Papers
m-Commerce in Canada: An Interaction Framework for Wireless Privacy
August 6, 2006, 12:00am PDT
Mobile commerce (m-Commerce) is a natural extension of e-Commerce that allows users to interact with other users or businesses in a wireless mode, anytime/anywhere. The Canadian market, with its...
Provided by McMaster University
-
White Papers
Supply Chain Management Information Systems Capabilities: An Exploratory Investigation of Electronics Manufacturers
August 5, 2006, 12:00am PDT
Supply Chain Management Information Systems (SCM IS) play an increasingly critical role in the ability of firms to reduce costs and increase the responsiveness of their supply chain. This paper...
Provided by McMaster University
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