Presents information on a study which analyzed how fluctuations in the default rate on high-yield
corporate bonds are among the factors that explain variance in the sector's returns. …

The new Credit Risk Indicator (CRI) based on credit rating migration matrices is introduced.
We demonstrate strong correlation between CRI and a number of defaults through several …

2 large, returns on defaulted issues are realized only in the form of capital appreciation,
since they pay no current interest. 4 Defaulted bonds are not high yield, but rather “no-yield” …

Reinvestment and intensification are common processes in many urban areas across the
world. These transformations are often analyzed with concepts such as ‘urban regeneration’, ‘…

Selling Songs and Smiles explores female sexual entertainment (" songs and smiles")
during Japan’s Heian and Kamakura periods, examining the gradual construction of a …

The katei shosetsu (domestic novel), a type of popular romance fiction featuring married
heroines, emerged in the years between the Sino- and Russo-Japanese Wars. These initial …

Evidence from many countries in recent years suggests that collateral values and recovery
rates on corporate defaults can be volatile and, moreover, that they tend to go down just when …

… battered her with hls drum rolls, In her new Okashima, Evans created a humorous caricature
of Oriental theatre, in kimono and fancy black wig. There was a hankie dance, a fan dance, …

In 1862, fifty-one-year-old Matsuo Taseko left her old life behind by traveling to Kyoto, the
old imperial capital. Peasant, poet, and local political activist, Taseko had come to Kyoto to …

… Okashimo and Smillie each worked on a problem in statistics - Okashima with data supplied
… Smillie’s work was rather similar to Okashima’s in that he too wrote computer programs to …