Summary of suspended-solids concentration data, San Francisco Bay, California, water year 1997 /

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Kings River project in California. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting pursuant to law, a report of the Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior, dated January 23, 1940, on an investigation of the Kings River project in California.

Referred to the Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation and ordered printed February 12, and June 20, 1940.

Charter of the City of Berkeley, California

Amended through 1959 by tip-ins

Geohydrology of the Antelope Valley Area, California and design for a ground-water-quality monitoring network /

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Air pollution control in California: annual report.

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California employment and payrolls in ... /

At head of title: California. Department of Employment affiliated with [U.S.] Social Security Board ...

Regulations establishing standards of identity, quality, purity and sanitation, and governing the labeling and advertising of wine in the state of California.

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Annual report of the Secretary to the Board of Regents.

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Directory of physicians and surgeons, osteopaths, drugless practitioners, chiropodists holding certificates issued under the medical practice acts of the state of California.

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California property tax laws, annotated, including regulations.

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USING GPS DATA TO EXPLORE DEMOGRAPHIC PREDICTORS OF LIFE-SPACE: A POOLED ANALYSIS

Thesis (Master's)--University of Washington, 2016-06

Conditional performance evaluation and the relevance of money flows for Australian international equity funds

This paper assesses the importance of fund flows in the performance evaluation of Australian international equity funds. Two concepts of fund flows are considered in the context of a conditional asset pricing model. The first measure is net fund flow relative to fund size and the second is net fund flow relative to sector flows. We find that incorporating a fund flow measure relative to the sector flow results in a reduction of measured perverse market timing. The results indicate that, at the individual fund level, cash flows are relevant in assessing management outcomes.

The impact of target board recommendations in Australian takeovers

This paper examines the impact of targe board recommendations on the probability of the bid being successful in the Australian takeovers context. Specifically, we model the success rate of the bid as a binary dependent variable and target board recommendations or the board hostility as our key independent variable by using logistic regression framework. Our model also includes bid structures and conditions variables (such as initial bid premium, bid conditions, toehold, and interlocking relationship) and bid events (such as panel and bid duration) as our control variables. Overall, we find board hostility has statistically significant negative effect on the success rate of the bid and almost all control variables (except for the initial bid premium) are statistically significant with the correct sign. That is, we find toehold, the percentage of share required to make the bid becomes successful, and the unconditional bid have positive impact on the success rate of the bid, at least as predictive determinants prior to the release of any hostile recommendation. Consistent with Craswell (2004), we also find the negative relation between interlocking relationship and the success rate of the bid. Our finding supports that from target investors’ point of view, interlock is consistent with the negative story of self interest by directors. Finally, like Walking (1985), we find that the initial bid premium does not have influence on the success rate of the bid. Hence our results reinstate Walking’s bid premium puzzle in Australian context.

Board composition, ownership structure and dividend policies in an emerging market: further evidence from CASE 50

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to examine dividend policies in an emerging capital market, in a country undergoing a transitional period. Design/methodology/approach – Using pooled cross-sectional observations from the top 50 listed Egyptian firms between 2003 and 2005, this study examines the effect of board of directors’ composition and ownership structure on dividend policies in Egypt. Findings – It is found that there is a significant positive association between institutional ownership and firm performance, and both dividend decision and payout ratio. The results confirm that firms with a higher return on equity and a higher institutional ownership distribute higher levels of dividend. No significant association was found between board composition and dividend decisions or ratios. Originality/value – This study provides additional evidence of the applicability of the signalling model in the emerging market of Egypt. It was found that despite the high institutional ownership and the closely held nature of the firms, which imply lower agency costs, the payment of higher dividend was considered necessary to attract capital during this transitional period.