Shocks

Word SHOCKS
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What do we mean by shocks?

A sudden, heavy impact.

A discontinuity arising in the solution of a partial differential equation.

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It is merely the most prominent member of a group of shocks of greater or less intensity, and is known as the _principal shock_ or _earthquake_, while the others are called _minor_ or _accessory shocks_, and _fore-shocks_ or ❋ Charles Davison (1899)

Yet the exposure to such shocks is hard to gauge and difficult to conceptualize. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Now in addition it is fairly easy to see that a pad abort will not be the same as a launch abort: On pad you may have reflected shocks from the ground for example. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Matching light-rate springs with heavy-control shocks is a recipe for disaster. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"Short-term shocks in the market are scary, particularly when you need assets in the near future," says Laura Lutton, an editorial director for Morningstar's Fund Research. ❋ AnnaMaria Andriotis (2011)

Some independent experts, while critical overall, praise the administration for its role in spacing out the negative shocks from the record home repossessions taking place, lessening the chances of the economy suffering a fatal blow. ❋ The Huffington Post News Team (2010)

As bad as this law is, what shocks is the absurd endorsement by Stewart Baker. ❋ Unknown (2010)

We gather the hay into piles we call shocks and then Kaarlo drives the wagon along and we put the hay in it. ❋ Jennifer L. Holm (2011)

It also would leave the economy less exposed to short-term shocks. ❋ Unknown (2011)

In March 2004 I was still dazed from the twin shocks of the 11th September 2001 attack and the perverse ❋ Unknown (2010)

The main shocks are to population -- plagues, wars, and what have you. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He argues that papers using a Rational Expectations Equilibrium (REE) approach generate the equity premium puzzle (it's too big), the risk free rate puzzle (it's too low) and the equity volatility puzzle (it's too volatile compared to fundamentals), by incorrectly assuming that the underlying density generating growth shocks is known to agents. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The number of parents who drive their kids to school and pick them up again shocks me. ❋ Unknown (2008)

As a result, the response of inflation to nominal shocks is both sluggish and hump shaped . ❋ Unknown (2008)

Most people seem to have certain levels of happiness and tend to go to them after short term shocks, either positive or negative. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But when addressing short term shocks to the economy, something like this can make sense. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Michael points out that short term shocks, while potentially severe, do not interrupt long term growth in well functioning economies. ❋ Unknown (2008)

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