It has been shown by Maskin and Tirole (1990, proposition 11) that with quasi-linear preferences and private values, an informed principal neither gains nor loses if her private information is revealed before contracting takes place. The note shows that this result may not hold when the agent faces countervailing incentives.

the study of the sentence and its divisions has been always a cause of difference in syntactical viewpoints among the ancient and modern arab grammarians. ibn hesham sees three divisions for the arabic sentence: the noun sentence, the verb sentence and the adverb sentence. the adverb sentence in his view is that in which a time or place adverb or a prepositional phrase is the predicate proceede...

background and objectives: hospitals usually generate large amounts of hazardous waste. if not managed properly, hospital waste can pose threats to public safety and damage the environment. waste minimization is a waste management approach that focuses on reducing the amount and toxicity of hazardous wastes. this study pursues a two-fold purpose: 1) to gain insight into hospital waste minimizat...

Thom Gunn’s oeuvre spanned more than four decades, during which he kept writing ekphrastic poems. The way words and images relate to each other in them, however, changed gradually considerably. While his early work is characterized by the dominance of verbal over visual, later poems from 1970s 80s question language attribute destructive power image. Word image become reconciled last two collect...

If we apply water at one end of a Nitella cell, A, and place at the other end, B, a solution of a substance which does not penetrate, such as sucrose, water enters the cell at A, passes along inside the cell, and escapes at B. But if in place of sucrose we use a substance which penetrates such as ethyl alcohol the flow of water is lessened and this fact makes it possible to measure the amount o...

We can say that a personal computer is one that is available to the user when he wants to use it, while a private computer is one that is never available to others. We use the term private computing to describe the computational model which involves small, private, hand-held computers, i.e. Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs). In general, a PDA offers its user relatively few resources; a lowband...

We can say that a personal computer is one that is available to the user when he wants to use it, while a private computer is one that is never available to others. We use the term private computing to describe the computational model which involves small, private, hand-held computers, i.e. Personal Digital Assistants (pdas). In general, a pda offers its user relatively few resources; a low-ban...

Abstract Very few parts of the world have legislation that prohibits operation or promotion contract cheating services. This means commercial companies providing such services can formally register and operate in most countries. If a student enters into an agreement with provider, what rights do they to change their mind are risks if choose so? paper examines question through legal, institution...