ABSTRACTTitle of Document: A BENEFIT-COST ANALYSIS OF THE STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAMEd M. Pacchetti, Doctor of … generation students who have not participated in the SSS program. Applying a methodology used in other benefit-cost analyses of … that benefit-cost analysis should be one of many measures used to evaluate SSS projects and determine program success. …

comes from the tax benefit system, which offsets two thirds of the total increase in inequality. Generally speaking, the … developed countries. In contrast to the tax benefit system in rich countries, the fiscal system in China does not bring a lower …

processes utilized to meet this vision employ performance based trade studies to determine the lowest cost, highest reliability … solution. The methodology implemented in this dissertation focuses on a concurrent evaluation of the performance, cost, and … allows the decision maker to evaluate the highest reliability, lowest cost lunar architectures without being distracted by …

ABSTRACTThe purpose of this study is to analyse the cost and profit efficiency of banksin South Africa. The cost … determine both cost andprofit efficiency of four large and four small, South African-based banks. Theresults of the study show … that South African banks have significantly improvedtheir cost efficiencies between 2000 and 2005. However efficiency gains …

was used to classify patient episodes into DRG classes using the LAETA Grouper and AR-DRGs. Third, DRG cost weights were … calculated based on the internationally accepted principles of 'activity-based' cost accounting and cost-modelling, taking into … identify whether there is any association between modelled cost weights and length of stay at the DRG level, two statistical …

The first essay “Cost Models for Lot Streaming in Multistage Flow Shops with Unequal Number of Sublots between Stages …’s purchasing cost (quantity discount) and the inventory holding cost in the first total costs model. Both the total costs models …

realised spreads. Overall, the London Stock Exchangeis the highest execution cost market, and the NYSE is the lowest ….This research includes a market-specific study of the effect on execution cost of the Liquidity Provider of Euronext Paris. Euronext …