"... In PAGE 8: ....6.2.8 Financing/leasing Table3 indicates the personalization functions applicable in the agreement phase. The automatic compilation of an order is a typical personalization feature.... ..."

"... In PAGE 4: ... Probably the best source for such comparisons are data constructed by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) on the use of various cashless payments instruments. Table1 provides BIS estimates for the United States of both the number and the dollar value of transactions, where the payments instruments shown are limited to small dollar instruments used typically by households. 3 Several aspects of the data in table 1 are noteworthy.... ..."

"... In PAGE 10: ... Figure 10 shows the observed and simulat- ed ground subsidence at the eight survey points. Similar statistics concerning the relative errors were also calcu- lated and are shown in Table4 . It can be seen that about 46% of the survey points have a simulated settlement error of lt;5%.... ..."

"... In PAGE 7: ...Table 1: An example for the settlement of payments in the matrix auction Table1 illustrates an example of this mechanism where three different items are allocated to three agents. According to the Vickrey principle agent C gets 60 currency units for performing task 2 and agent B gets 80 currency units as payment for performing the tasks 1 and 3 together.... ..."

"... In PAGE 14: ... Two extensive discussions of these two comprehensive data files are provided in the literature: Harrison (1996) includes an analysis of the appropriateness of combining the Wage Chronologies File and the Wage File; and Crossley, Harrison, and Ljutic (1996) look at variations over time in contract length. The samples that we analyse are summarized in Table2 . We begin with data covering the period 1952-96.... In PAGE 14: ... The fourth sample widens the scope still further by including all private sector contracts, again for the 1965-96 period. These four samples include only the initial wage change (see Table2 a), but the Wage File does, of course, contain details of the average wage increase over the life of the contract (what we have earlier called the lifetime definition). We make use of this information in samples 5 and 6, shown in Table 2b.... In PAGE 14: ... These four samples include only the initial wage change (see Table 2a), but the Wage File does, of course, contain details of the average wage increase over the life of the contract (what we have earlier called the lifetime definition). We make use of this information in samples 5 and 6, shown in Table2 b. These samples are identical to the third and fourth samples, except that the average wage increase replaces the initial wage increase.... In PAGE 14: ... These samples are identical to the third and fourth samples, except that the average wage increase replaces the initial wage increase. For each of the six samples, Table2 reports the number of contracts for various sizes of nominal wage change, including a count of those contracts with a change of zero. When we compare the third and the fifth samples or the fourth and the sixth, we quickly see confirmation of our earlier observation about different definitions of the wage increase.... In PAGE 15: ...193 what follows, we examine this question by analysing the effect of variations in price inflation (measured by the annual percentage change in the CPI) on the density at zero. As a precursor to this analysis, Table2 summarizes the range of values of CPI inflation associated with the observations in each subsample of nominal wage changes. In the case of initial wage changes of zero, the median inflation rate is close to 4 per cent, suggesting that low inflation alone cannot be blamed when nominal wages are unchanged from one contract to the next.... In PAGE 15: ... That the relationship between the proportion of zero nominal wage changes and levels of price inflation is complicated is reinforced by an examination of Figures 6 to 11. These figures relate in turn to each of the samples introduced above and summarized in Table2 . Each figure shows the proportion of settlements in each year for which the nominal wage change was zero, compared with the annual rate of inflation.... In PAGE 20: ... This enables us to isolate the effect of different rates of price inflation on just this baseline segment. Figures 12 to 17 show the fitted densities for the six samples summarized in Table2 . For each sample, the actual density is plotted together with three fitted densities.... ..."

"... In PAGE 14: ... Two extensive discussions of these two comprehensive data files are provided in the literature: Harrison (1996) includes an analysis of the appropriateness of combining the Wage Chronologies File and the Wage File; and Crossley, Harrison, and Ljutic (1996) look at variations over time in contract length. The samples that we analyse are summarized in Table2 . We begin with data covering the period 1952-96.... In PAGE 14: ... The fourth sample widens the scope still further by including all private sector contracts, again for the 1965-96 period. These four samples include only the initial wage change (see Table2 a), but the Wage File does, of course, contain details of the average wage increase over the life of the contract (what we have earlier called the lifetime definition). We make use of this information in samples 5 and 6, shown in Table 2b.... In PAGE 14: ... These four samples include only the initial wage change (see Table 2a), but the Wage File does, of course, contain details of the average wage increase over the life of the contract (what we have earlier called the lifetime definition). We make use of this information in samples 5 and 6, shown in Table2 b. These samples are identical to the third and fourth samples, except that the average wage increase replaces the initial wage increase.... In PAGE 14: ... These samples are identical to the third and fourth samples, except that the average wage increase replaces the initial wage increase. For each of the six samples, Table2 reports the number of contracts for various sizes of nominal wage change, including a count of those contracts with a change of zero. When we compare the third and the fifth samples or the fourth and the sixth, we quickly see confirmation of our earlier observation about different definitions of the wage increase.... In PAGE 15: ...193 what follows, we examine this question by analysing the effect of variations in price inflation (measured by the annual percentage change in the CPI) on the density at zero. As a precursor to this analysis, Table2 summarizes the range of values of CPI inflation associated with the observations in each subsample of nominal wage changes. In the case of initial wage changes of zero, the median inflation rate is close to 4 per cent, suggesting that low inflation alone cannot be blamed when nominal wages are unchanged from one contract to the next.... In PAGE 15: ... That the relationship between the proportion of zero nominal wage changes and levels of price inflation is complicated is reinforced by an examination of Figures 6 to 11. These figures relate in turn to each of the samples introduced above and summarized in Table2 . Each figure shows the proportion of settlements in each year for which the nominal wage change was zero, compared with the annual rate of inflation.... In PAGE 20: ... This enables us to isolate the effect of different rates of price inflation on just this baseline segment. Figures 12 to 17 show the fitted densities for the six samples summarized in Table2 . For each sample, the actual density is plotted together with three fitted densities.... ..."

"... In PAGE 22: ...ote: All variables are de#1Cned in Table 4. #10Between#11 is a means-on-means regression. Heteroskedastic- consistent standard errors are shown in parenthesis. Table6 pools the data across years to extract additional information from the... ..."