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Children's Resources in Collective Households: Identification, Estimation, and an Application to Child Poverty in Malawi by Dunbar, Geoffrey R., Lewbel, Arthur, Pendakur, Krishna

“…The share of household resources devoted to children is hard to identify because consumption is measured at the household level and goods can be shared. Using…”
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Identification of Random Resource Shares in Collective Households Without Preference Similarity Restrictions by Dunbar, Geoffrey R., Lewbel, Arthur, Pendakur, Krishna

“…Resource shares, defined as the fraction of total household spending going to each person in a household, are important for assessing individual material…”
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Uncovered return parity: Equity returns and currency returns by Djeutem, Edouard, Dunbar, Geoffrey R.

“…•We examine a model of exchange rates where financiers can trade and invest in risky assets globally.•We show equilibrium exchange rates are determined by two…”
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Demographics and the demand for currency by Dunbar, Geoffrey R.

“…I use data from the Bank of Canada’s Bank Note Distribution System and exploit a natural experiment offered by the timing of Easter in the Gregorian calendar…”
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Phase 2 Trial of an Alpha-7 Nicotinic Receptor Agonist (TC-5619) in Negative and Cognitive Symptoms of Schizophrenia by Walling, David, Marder, Stephen R, Kane, John, Fleischhacker, W Wolfgang, Keefe, Richard S E, Hosford, David A, Dvergsten, Chris, Segreti, Anthony C, Beaver, Jessica S, Toler, Steven M, Jett, John E, Dunbar, Geoffrey C

“…This trial was conducted to test the effects of an alpha7 nicotinic receptor full agonist, TC-5619, on negative and cognitive symptoms in subjects with…”
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A Randomized Exploratory Trial of an Alpha-7 Nicotinic Receptor Agonist (TC-5619) for Cognitive Enhancement in Schizophrenia by LIEBERMAN, Jeffrey A, DUNBAR, Geoffrey, SEGRETI, Anthony C, GIRGIS, Ragy R, SEOANE, Frances, BEAVER, Jessica S, NAIHUA DUAN, HOSFORD, David A

“…This exploratory trial was conducted to test the effects of an alpha7 nicotinic receptor partial agonist, TC-5619, on cognitive dysfunction and negative…”
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A randomized double-blind study comparing 25 and 50 mg TC-1734 (AZD3480) with placebo, in older subjects with age-associated memory impairment by Dunbar, Geoffrey C, Kuchibhatla, Ramana V, Lee, G

“…Cognitive decline is a feature of ageing and can be defined as normal (age-associated memory impairment) or pathological (mild cognitive impairment/Alzheimer’s…”
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Seasonal adjustment, demography, and GDP growth by Dunbar, Geoffrey R.

“…Seasonal adjustment removes the predictable seasonal variation in GDP. If there is seasonal variation in factor inputs, then seasonal adjustment factors may be…”
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Assessing the Reliability and Validity of the Sheehan Irritability Scale in Patients With Major Depressive Disorder by Khan, Sajjad A, Revicki, Dennis A, Hassan, Mariam, Locklear, Julie C, Friedman, Lisa Aronson, Mannix, Sally, Tummala, Raj, Dunbar, Geoffrey C, Eriksson, Hans, Sheehan, David V

“…Irritability is a significant component in the clinical manifestation of major depressive disorder (MDD). The Sheehan Irritability Scale (SIS) was developed to…”
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The Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview (M.I.N.I.): the development and validation of a structured diagnostic psychiatric interview for DSM-IV and ICD-10 by Sheehan, D V, Lecrubier, Y, Sheehan, K H, Amorim, P, Janavs, J, Weiller, E, Hergueta, T, Baker, R, Dunbar, G C

“…The Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview (M.I.N.I.) is a short structured diagnostic interview, developed jointly by psychiatrists and clinicians in…”
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The Family and Medical Leave Act and the labor productivity of parents by Dunbar, Geoffrey R.

“…The Family and Medical and Leave Act of 1993 in the US expanded workplace provisions for leave-taking by working parents. In this note, I propose a method to…”
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Effect of ispronicline, a neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor partial agonist, in subjects with age associated memory impairment (AAMI) by Dunbar, Geoffrey C., Inglis, Fraser, Kuchibhatla, Ramana, Sharma, Tonmoy, Tomlinson, Mark, Wamsley, James

“…Cognitive decline seen in the normal elderly is associated with selective loss of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs). Nicotine given either by…”
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Content validity of the Sheehan Irritability Scale in patients with major depressive disorder by Mannix, Sally, Hassan, Mariam, Tummala, Raj, Locklear, Julie C, Revicki, Dennis A, Khan, Sajjad, Dunbar, Geoffrey C, Eriksson, Hans, Sheehan, David V

“…The Sheehan Irritability Scale (SIS) measures the frequency, severity, and impairment associated with irritability in psychiatric patients. The content…”
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Working parents and total factor productivity growth by Dunbar, Geoffrey R., Easton, Stephen T.

“…Since 1963, changes in the family composition of the US labor force explain more than half of the variability in US total factor productivity growth. Using the…”
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Cognitive enhancement in man with ispronicline, a nicotinic partial agonist by Dunbar, Geoffrey C, Kuchibhatla, Ramana

“…Cholinergic mechanisms are clearly involved in memory deficits associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD) (Perry et al., 1977). Recently, there has been growing…”
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Weather the storms? Resilience investment and production losses after hurricanes by Brannlund, Johan, Dunbar, Geoffrey, Ellwanger, Reinhard, Krutkiewicz, Matthew

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Returns-to-scale and the equity premium puzzle by Dunbar, Geoffrey

“…A model of heterogenous firms facing idiosyncratic risk is proposed which generates an equity premium of 6 per cent and a risk-free rate of 1.5 per cent even…”
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AZD3480, a Novel Nicotinic Receptor Agonist, for the Treatment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Adults by Potter, Alexandra S, Dunbar, Geoffrey, Mazzulla, Emily, Hosford, David, Newhouse, Paul A

“…Background Laboratory studies have found that acute stimulation of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors improves cognition in adult…”
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Synthesis, complexation and cyclisation reactions of a new acyclic diamide: observation of intramolecular ligand exchange in a structurally characterised nickel(II) complex by Brooker, Sally, Dunbar, Geoffrey S, Jameson, Geoffrey B

“…A new acyclic diamide ligand H 2L1 has been prepared and characterised H 2L12 6-bis(1-propanecarboxamido-3-amino)pyridine is prepared from…”
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Safety and tolerability of dexmecamylamine (TC-5214) adjunct to ongoing antidepressant therapy in patients with major depressive disorder and an inadequate response to antidepressant therapy: results of a long-term study by Tummala, Raj, Desai, Dhaval, Szamosi, Johan, Wilson, Ellis, Hosford, David, Dunbar, Geoffrey, Eriksson, Hans

“…Safety and tolerability are important considerations when selecting patients' treatment for major depressive disorder. We report the long-term safety and…”
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