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ItemEvaluation and management of patients with noncardiac chest pain.(Hindawi Limited, 2008)Up to a third of patients undergoing coronary angiography for angina-like chest pain are found to have normal coronary arteries and a substantial proportion of these individuals continue to consult and even attend emergency departments. Initially, these patients are usually seen by cardiologists but with accumulating evidence that the pain might have a gastrointestinal origin, it may be more appropriate for them to be cared for by the gastroenterologist once a cardiological cause has been excluded. This review covers the assessment and management of this challenging condition, which includes a combination of education, reassurance, and pharmacotherapy. For the more refractory cases, behavioral treatments, such as cognitive behavioral therapy or hypnotherapy, may have to be considered.
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ItemExplicit neural signals reflecting reward uncertainty(ROYAL SOC, 2008-12-12)The acknowledged importance of uncertainty in economic decision making has stimulated the search for neural signals that could influence learning and inform decision mechanisms. Current views distinguish two forms of uncertainty, namely risk and ambiguity, depending on whether the probability distributions of outcomes are known or unknown. Behavioural neurophysiological studies on dopamine neurons revealed a risk signal, which covaried with the standard deviation or variance of the magnitude of juice rewards and occurred separately from reward value coding. Human imaging studies identified similarly distinct risk signals for monetary rewards in the striatum and orbitofrontal cortex (OFC), thus fulfilling a requirement for the mean variance approach of economic decision theory. The orbitofrontal risk signal covaried with individual risk attitudes, possibly explaining individual differences in risk perception and risky decision making. Ambiguous gambles with incomplete probabilistic information induced stronger brain signals than risky gambles in OFC and amygdala, suggesting that the brain's reward system signals the partial lack of information. The brain can use the uncertainty signals to assess the uncertainty of rewards, influence learning, modulate the value of uncertain rewards and make appropriate behavioural choices between only partly known options.
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ItemMarkowitz in the brain?(Editions Dalloz, 2008)Brain-scanning (fMRI) evidence is presented that activity in certain sub-cortical structures of the human brain correlate with changes in expected reward, and with risk. Risk is measured by variance of payoff, as in Markowitz’ theory. These brain structures form part of the dopaminergic system (which consists of the neurons that emit a crucial chemical, namely, dopamine, and the areas to which the dopamine neurons project). The dopaminergic system has been known to regulate reward expectation. We show that it is involved in risk perception as well. As such, our findings support for the human brain what recently had been discovered in the primate brain (using single-neuron analysis instead of fMRI).
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ItemTHE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE, REPUTATION AND MANAGEMENT EARNINGS FORECASTS(Virtus Interpress, 2008)
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ItemAnalysts' recommendations: from which signal does the market take its lead?(SPRINGER, 2009-08)
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ItemCapital management in mutual financial institutions(ELSEVIER, 2009-03)
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ItemThe sub-prime crisis down under( 2008)
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ItemGovernance structures of initial public offerings in Australia(WILEY, 2007-11)We study the relationship between venture capital financing, CEO ownership, compensation structure, and board structures for a group of Australian IPO firms. Results suggest that board structures are influenced by the industry the firm is in, and presence of venture capitalists results in a larger board with a higher number of outside directors. CEOs in non VC‐backed firms own a significantly higher fraction of firm shares, and CEO ownership is negatively related to both board size and outside blockholders. VC‐backed firms are significantly more likely to disclose information about CEO compensation packages, but the relationship between actual board size and structure and disclosure is insignificant. Finally, we also find that venture capital backing significantly decreases the time to change‐in‐status for firms, whereby firms cease to exist as independent entities.
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ItemEmployee Entitlements and Secured Creditors: Assessing the Effects of the Maximum Priority Proposal(UNIV NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTR GRAD SCH MANAGEMENT, 2009-06)Corporate failures and consequent default on obligations have, in some circumstances, led to significant losses for employees with accumulated unpaid leave entitlements. The Australian government responded initially to this problem by implementing a government-funded compensation scheme. Subsequently it announced a proposal involving legislating for seniority (maximum priority) of entitlements in corporate liquidation which has not been implemented. This paper analyses and provides quantitative estimates of the consequences of changing creditor priority in this manner. Contrary to conventional wisdom and arguments mounted in opposition to such a change, the effect on corporate funding costs would be extremely small. The paper argues that legislation to effect such a change warrants further consideration as a complement to the existing compensation scheme.