(2016) explained: provided that the outcomes of the control group before and after policy intervention are 0.78 and 0.81 respectively, 0.03 (0.81–0.78) would be the observed change in the control group, namely the unobserved change in the treatment group; provided that the outcomes of the ...
Alice, a student from DP2,explained her understanding of this knowledge question to us in the TOK exhibition:“I think the reasons for whether knowledge is accepted are complicated, and the most important ones are cultural context, historical co...
Despite the increasing popularity of the theory of change (ToC) approach, little is known about the extent to which ToC has been used in the design and evaluation of public health interventions. This review aims to determine how ToCs have been developed and used in the development and evaluati...
In the prediction of behaviour, perceived behavioural control accounted for most of the variance in exercising, whereas intentions explained most of the variance in walking and cycling. Based on the results, we conclude, that different kinds of interventions may be required to change intentions to ...
Nobel 2002 | Who was Daniel Kahneman and how did he change the field of economics? You could call Daniel Kahneman the unicorn ofeconomics. As a psychologist, he had a profound influence on people who criticized the homo economics, the theoretical notion that our economic decisions are always ...
expanding the space of possible future objects. Such events can drastically change the copy number distribution of objects at various assembly indices, depending on the emerging kinetics in the formation of new objects. By combining discovery and production kinetics in a simplified formulation, we esti...
The concept behind the Phillips curve states the change in unemployment within an economy has a predictable effect onprice inflation. The inverse relationship between unemployment and inflation is depicted as a downward sloping, convex curve, with inflation on the Y-axis and unemployment on the X-...
Question 3 of 30 3. Which of the sentences below best expresses the essential information in the highlighted sentence in the passage? Incorrect choices change the meaning in important ways or leave out essential information. A.Researchers did all that they possibly could to confirm the hypothesis ...
Firms choose target debt ratios by trading off the tax benefits of debt against the costs of bankruptcy and financial distress. Actual debt ratios move towards the targets. Agency theory. Financing decisions have first-order real effects because they change managers’ incentives and their investment ...
This chapter describes an application of real options theory to the case of investment in power generation plant when faced with uncertain climate change regulation. The power sector is one of the largest emitters of greenhouse gases in most economies, and is likely to be among the first targets...