The evaluation process consists of assigning a stringency value (SV) of "1", if standardized requirement ([L.sub.s]) is less than experimental limit ([l.sub.e]), and otherwise assigning a stringency value of "0" (Eqs.

where [[delta].sub.s0] is the consumer's quality perception for good s in absence of MRL regulation; MR[L.sub.sj] is the stringency index of MRLs for sector s in country j, with larger index representing more stringent MRLs (i.e., lower tolerance levels);7 p is a parameter to be estimated that captures the degree to which the MRLs affect the import demand.

If complying with environmental regulation is decreasing the efficiency of the firms, then the size of the informal sector will be increasing in the stringency of environmental regulation (Baksi and Bose, 2010).

Having completed the first two steps in creating a new environmental standard for aircraft, agreement to a metric system last summer and certification procedures at this CAEP meeting, CAEP can now turn to considering and assessing the stringency levels for the future standard.

* Key factors contributing to growth within the painting market include the recovery of global economies from the recent economic turmoil, rapid industrialization, increasing demand from end-use sectors, such as automotive and construction, the increasing stringency in regulations, rising competition, growth in unique formulations, and technological and product developments.

In a particularly compelling essay, Kirsten Dyck contrasts official responses to hate rock in Germany and the US--two countries whose relationships to historical memory have dictated different levels of stringency regarding neo-Nazi activities--calling for changes in educational systems rather than dwelling on issues of freedom of speech.

The forest department is causing undue nuisance with their stringency on getting rid of unwanted trees.

(2012) found evidence of improved quality in response to greater regulatory stringency in some, but not all nursing home quality measures, as well as some evidence of nursing staff substitution.

The Association continues its work in ensuring that the competitive position of UK surface finishing companies is not jeopardized by EU legislation enforced at radically different levels of stringency across member states.

"Britain's creative industries are more highly prized than ever in these times of financial stringency so this event represents a timely insight into the potential future impact of the students who will graduate into this sector - and ultimately help to boost the economy."

Production has resumed at Lotus following a 60-day financial stringency period that Malaysian law insists upon following a sale, but future development at the plant, or the production of new models is unlikely until DRB-Hicom has completed a lengthy review of its acquisition.

The May 23 European Council is set to be a difficult one, as the leaders of EU Juggernaut Germany - Chancellor Angela Merkel and her FinMin Wolfgang Schaeuble - are staunch defenders of financial stringency and austerity.

Sensational glimpses of mature characteristic Bartok, incorporated imaginative East European stringency from woodwinds which contrasted splendidly with wild strings and a lugubrious tam tam.

The authors also find a positive and significant relationship between the stringency of state gasoline content regulations and tax incidence.