First Nationwide has so far taken advantage of Federal regulations permitting the interstate acquisition of troubled thrift units, and Mr. Frank said the bank would now seek to acquire "large, healthy, friendly institutions" in the states for which it has expansion rights.
The present paper contributes to this literature by focusing on the quality of "market friendly" institutions as measured by Kufmann et al. (1999).
First, there is an important literature showing the importance of good and market friendly institutions on growth.2 Second, there is some compelling evidence that institutions are not frozen and can evolve over time.
Professor Lundquist emphasizes that the military is a surprisingly "family friendly" institution.
When the Republicans took control of the House this year, Speaker Newt Gingrich pledged to restructure the work schedule to make Congress a more "family friendly" institution.
However, despite an attempt over the past several years to remake itself into a 'climate friendly' institution it has continued to support new coal plants like the one in Kosovo.
The selection of the sample facilities was basically purposive and took account of each facility's history as a baby friendly institution, including the perceived commitment of its personnel to breastfeeding promotion.
Both are going out of their way to be educational, child-friendly institutions.
And, despite San Francisco's rapid transformation during the recent tech boom, many gay and gay-friendly institutions are keeping queer creativity alive in SF.
Some early steps have been taken, some large OA-friendly institutions are warming to libre, many OA-friendly institutions large and small are no longer willing to subordinate their interests to the interests of publishers, and the only players who might have been hurt by premature libre mandates --authors are joining the call for stronger OA policies.
Here, at one of the state's more rehabilitation-friendly institutions, there are ample programs for the men to participate in, including sports leagues, a chess club, writing classes, a ministry, and vocational courses.
