The Relationship between Wages and Firm Size: An Information Theoretic Analysis

1987 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon Strand
Author(s):  
Brett Martin ◽  
Peter H. Meckl ◽  
Benjamin J. Zwissler

When developing a black box model, the precise functional relationship between inputs and output is unknown. Engineers and scientists have turned to various regression tools in order to effectively capture the relationship based on past data observations. When modeling this data, however, it is important to only use inputs that provide information about the output. This paper presents a method of selecting the most informational input vectors for use in regression model building. This information-theoretic analysis for input vector selection requires only past data observations. Experimental results show that models built on the most informational input vectors produce less mean squared error on both training and validation data sets.


Author(s):  
Alexander Vasilievich Dvernik

The article studies different shell constructions of mid-water trawls and their properties. The problem settled is suggested to be solved taking into account real geometric interrelations between spacious and surface properties of cone shells. The author suggests to accept a so-called geometric quality coefficient as a criterion of the properties of a conical shell, which represents the ratio of the shell to the area of its side surface and by analogy to use it to the shell of the trawl. The relationship between the trawl dimensions and geometric quality coefficient have been studied. Comparing these figures with the actual characteristics of trawls showed good convergence. According to the results of theoretic analysis and parameters calculation, trawl large-size shells will always have advantages in geometric characteristics over mid-size and, especially, small-size shells. The results of the analysis can be used for approximate calculations of the parameters of the trawl and justification of ways to improve the performance of existing mid-water trawls.


Author(s):  
George Saridakis ◽  
Priscila Ferreira ◽  
Anne‐Marie Mohammed ◽  
Susan Marlow

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-1
Author(s):  
Alexandros E. Tzikas ◽  
Panagiotis D. Diamantoulakis ◽  
George K. Karagiannidis

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 669-687 ◽  
Author(s):  
Celia Álvarez-Botas ◽  
Víctor M. González-Méndez

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse the effect of economic development on the influence of country-level determinants on corporate debt maturity, bearing in mind firm size and the period of financial crisis. Design/methodology/approach The authors employ panel data estimation with fixed effects to examine the role of economic development in influencing the relationship between country-level determinants on corporate debt maturity. The paper uses a sample of 30,727 listed firms, belonging to 39 countries, over the period 2005–2012. Findings Corporate debt maturity increases with the efficiency of the legal system and bank concentration and decreases with the weight of banks in the economy. However, the importance of these country determinants is greater in developing than in developed countries. The authors also show that firm size in developed and developing countries influences country determinants of corporate debt maturity. Finally, the results reveal that the financial crisis has affected the debt maturity of firms differently in developed and developing countries, with the effect of bank concentration lengthening debt maturity, this effect being more pronounced in developing countries. Practical implications The findings provide useful insights to guide policy decisions providing access to long-term financing, as corporate debt maturity depends on economic development, institutional environment, banking structure and firm size. Originality/value This study incorporates economic development in explaining the relationship between country-level determinants and corporate debt maturity.


Entropy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (7) ◽  
pp. 858
Author(s):  
Dongshan He ◽  
Qingyu Cai

In this paper, we present a derivation of the black hole area entropy with the relationship between entropy and information. The curved space of a black hole allows objects to be imaged in the same way as camera lenses. The maximal information that a black hole can gain is limited by both the Compton wavelength of the object and the diameter of the black hole. When an object falls into a black hole, its information disappears due to the no-hair theorem, and the entropy of the black hole increases correspondingly. The area entropy of a black hole can thus be obtained, which indicates that the Bekenstein–Hawking entropy is information entropy rather than thermodynamic entropy. The quantum corrections of black hole entropy are also obtained according to the limit of Compton wavelength of the captured particles, which makes the mass of a black hole naturally quantized. Our work provides an information-theoretic perspective for understanding the nature of black hole entropy.


2011 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 183-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khan Md. Mahfuzus Salam ◽  
Tetsuro Nishino ◽  
Kazutoshi Sasahara ◽  
Miki Takahasi ◽  
Kazuo Okanoya

Author(s):  
Subhashish Banerjee ◽  
Ashutosh Kumar Alok ◽  
R. Srikanth ◽  
Beatrix C. Hiesmayr

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