Within a framework for enriched on-line discussion forums for e-government policy-making, pro and con statements for positions are input, structurally related, then logically represented and evaluated. The framework builds on current technologies for multi-threaded discussion, natural language processing, ontologies, and formal argumentation frameworks. This paper focuses on the natural languag...

Abstract Communication is a well-known tool to promote cooperation and pro-social behavior. In this study, we examine whether minimal communication in form of public consent with pre-defined statement sufficient strengthen groups. Within the controlled environment laboratory experiment, identify ways by which non-enforceable statements are associated higher levels good setting. At first, trigge...

Conditional statements, including subjunctive and counterfactual conditionals, are the source of many enduring challenges in formal reasoning. The language of probability can distinguish among several different kinds of conditionals, thereby strengthening our methods of analysis. Here we shall use probability to define four principal types of conditional statements: SUBJUNCTIVE, MATERIAL, EXIST...

Many emerging market economies have used macroprudential policy to mitigate the risk of financial crises and the resulting output losses. However, macroprudential policy may reduce economic growth in good times. This paper introduces endogenous growth into a small open economy model with occasionally binding collateral constraints in order to study the impact of macroprudential policy on financ...

.01 This section addresses the auditor's responsibility to apply the concept of materiality in planning and performing an audit of financial statements. Section 450,Evaluation ofMisstatements IdentifiedDuring the Audit, explains how materiality is applied in evaluating the effect of identified misstatements on the audit and the effect of uncorrected misstatements, if any, on the financial state...

17 ntangible assets are both large and important. However, current financial statements provide very little information about these assets. Even worse, much of the information that is provided is partial, inconsistent, and confusing, leading to significant costs to companies, to investors, and to society as a whole. Solving this problem will require on-balance-sheet accounting for many of these...