On Cancer, there is a large spread of confidences (scores), and the largest spread of consensus values.
With Ernst's scenario, Bahrami's WCS model can be applied as the distance of the individual's decision (d i ) divided by the spread of the confidence distribution, which is d i /σ i.
On March 16, JPMorgan said it would acquire Bear for only $2 per share, in a deal brokered by the Federal Reserve aimed at heading off a bankruptcy and a spreading crisis of confidence in the global financial system.
The Greek debt crisis in May and June spread a crisis of confidence in other Southern European countries, such as Spain and Portugal, pushing down equity markets.
"The present turbulence has spread a lack of confidence in the financial markets and beyond, in a manner and intensity that was not foreseeable," Mr. Almunia said in his speech in Brussels.
He added, "We can spread a feeling of confidence in America".
In Washington, where bankers and policy makers wrapped up a weekend of meetings, there was bitter recrimination about the Treasury's decision to let Lehman Brothers fail — a move that many blamed for helping the crisis of confidence spread globally.
A sense of confidence spread amongst the workforce – they had taken on the bosses and it had gone pretty well.
If they do, as Argentina argues, then today's spreads and the loss of confidence are just irrational market behaviour.
If the loss of confidence spreads beyond Kabul Bank, it seems almost certain to strain the resources of the Afghan government — and make it more likely that the United States will be forced to intervene.
