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College Football Rankings And Market Efficiency, Ray C. Fair, John F. Oster Sep 2002

College Football Rankings And Market Efficiency, Ray C. Fair, John F. Oster

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

The results in this paper show that various college football ranking systems have useful independent information for predicting the outcomes of games. Optimal weights for the systems are estimated, and the use of these weights produces a predictive system that is more accurate than any of the individual systems. The results also provide a fairly precise estimate of the size of the home field advantage. These results may be of interest to the Bowl Championship Series in choosing which teams to play in the national championship game. The results also show, however, that none of the systems, including the optimal …


Risk Aversion And Stock Prices, Ray C. Fair Sep 2002

Risk Aversion And Stock Prices, Ray C. Fair

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

This paper uses data on companies that have been in the S&P 500 index since 1957 to examine whether risk aversion has decreased since 1995. The evidence suggests that it has not. There is no evidence that more risky companies have had larger increases in their price-earnings ratios since 1995 than less risky companies.


From Your Guest Editor, Thomas Gilson Sep 2002

From Your Guest Editor, Thomas Gilson

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


Atg Deadlines, Editor Sep 2002

Atg Deadlines, Editor

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


From Your (Hotelier) Editor, Katina Strauch Sep 2002

From Your (Hotelier) Editor, Katina Strauch

Against the Grain

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Letters To The Editor, Katina Strauch Sep 2002

Letters To The Editor, Katina Strauch

Against the Grain

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If Rumors Were Horses, Katina Strauch Sep 2002

If Rumors Were Horses, Katina Strauch

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


Rmo(U)Rs From Paddington, Daryl Rayner Sep 2002

Rmo(U)Rs From Paddington, Daryl Rayner

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


Aggregation, Integration And The Library Without Walls?, Adam Hodgkin Sep 2002

Aggregation, Integration And The Library Without Walls?, Adam Hodgkin

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


Op Ed -- Imhbco (In My Humble But Correct Opinion) -- Lj And The Nra: Separated At Birth? Or, Knee-Jerk Politics Makes Strange Bedfellows, Rick Anderson Sep 2002

Op Ed -- Imhbco (In My Humble But Correct Opinion) -- Lj And The Nra: Separated At Birth? Or, Knee-Jerk Politics Makes Strange Bedfellows, Rick Anderson

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


Would You Like Print With That? -- Will Electronic Reference Packages Supplant Print?, Frances C. Wilkinson, Linda Lewis Sep 2002

Would You Like Print With That? -- Will Electronic Reference Packages Supplant Print?, Frances C. Wilkinson, Linda Lewis

Against the Grain

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Online Auction Services Orders: An Order Librarian's Reflections On Olas, Nick J. Vincelli Sep 2002

Online Auction Services Orders: An Order Librarian's Reflections On Olas, Nick J. Vincelli

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


Back Talk -- Use Statistics, Anthony (Tony) W. Ferguson Sep 2002

Back Talk -- Use Statistics, Anthony (Tony) W. Ferguson

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


Digital Reference: A New Library Paradigm Of The Emperor's New Clothes, Steve Mckinzie, Jonathan D. Lauer Sep 2002

Digital Reference: A New Library Paradigm Of The Emperor's New Clothes, Steve Mckinzie, Jonathan D. Lauer

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


Atg Special Report -- Libraries In The Cyberage, Mark Y. Herring Sep 2002

Atg Special Report -- Libraries In The Cyberage, Mark Y. Herring

Against the Grain

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Atg Interviews Sean Pidgeon, Thomas Gilson Sep 2002

Atg Interviews Sean Pidgeon, Thomas Gilson

Against the Grain

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Atg Interviews David Levinson & Karen Christensen, Thomas Gilson Sep 2002

Atg Interviews David Levinson & Karen Christensen, Thomas Gilson

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


People Profile: Rick Anderson, Editor Sep 2002

People Profile: Rick Anderson, Editor

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


From The Reference Desk, Thomas Gilson Sep 2002

From The Reference Desk, Thomas Gilson

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


Book Reviews -- Monographic Musings, Debbie Vaughn Sep 2002

Book Reviews -- Monographic Musings, Debbie Vaughn

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


Test Driving Cd-Roms: Review Of Cd-Rom Product -- Oxford English Dictionary Version 3.0, Burton Callicott Sep 2002

Test Driving Cd-Roms: Review Of Cd-Rom Product -- Oxford English Dictionary Version 3.0, Burton Callicott

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


Cases Of Note - Commercial Appropriation, Bruce Strauch Sep 2002

Cases Of Note - Commercial Appropriation, Bruce Strauch

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


And They Were There -- Reports Of Meetings -- Trends And Traditions Featured At Salalm, 2002, Christine Mueller Sep 2002

And They Were There -- Reports Of Meetings -- Trends And Traditions Featured At Salalm, 2002, Christine Mueller

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


Legally Speaking -- Search Warrants And Records: What Libraries And Bookstores Need To Know, Bryan M. Carson J.D., M.I.L.S. Sep 2002

Legally Speaking -- Search Warrants And Records: What Libraries And Bookstores Need To Know, Bryan M. Carson J.D., M.I.L.S.

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


How The Other Half Lives: My Experience In Crossing Over To The Vendor Side, Allison P. Mays Sep 2002

How The Other Half Lives: My Experience In Crossing Over To The Vendor Side, Allison P. Mays

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


Biz Of Acq -- Developing Book Donation Resources, Paul T. Jackson Sep 2002

Biz Of Acq -- Developing Book Donation Resources, Paul T. Jackson

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


Talk Of The Trade, Barry Fast Sep 2002

Talk Of The Trade, Barry Fast

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


Issues In Vendor/Library Relations -- Reading The Map, Bob Nardini Sep 2002

Issues In Vendor/Library Relations -- Reading The Map, Bob Nardini

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


Questions & Answers -- Copyright Column, Laura N. Gasaway Sep 2002

Questions & Answers -- Copyright Column, Laura N. Gasaway

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.


Bet You Missed It -- Press Clippings -- In The News -- Carefully Selected By Your Crack Team Of News Sleuths, Pamela M. Rose M.L.S. Sep 2002

Bet You Missed It -- Press Clippings -- In The News -- Carefully Selected By Your Crack Team Of News Sleuths, Pamela M. Rose M.L.S.

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.