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During the past two centuries, major technological breakthroughs such as the steam engine and electricity have acted as the catalysts for growth and have resulted in a marked increase in material well-being. The dominant technology today - information and communication technology (ICT) - does...
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One of the unforeseen consequences of the WTO agreements has been controversy over risk. This volume explores aspects … of risk with special reference to the WTO, where national instruments to reduce risk may conflict with international … trade rules. The book is divided into sections dealing with: accounting for risk in trade agreements; risk and the WTO …
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Edition, McGraw-Hill. -- Lando, D. (2004), Credit Risk Modeling: Theory and Applications, Princeton University Press … Unknowable in Financial Risk Management: Measurement and Theory Advancing Practice, Chapter 1, Princeton, NJ: Princeton …-91 -- William F. Sharpe (1964), 'Capital Asset Prices: A Theory of Market Equilibrium under Conditions of Risk', Journal of Finance …
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This book presents an up-to-date overview of the theory as well as the empirics of the relationship between investment … investment theory, professionals in the financial sector and students of macroeconomics and finance. Investment, Capital Market …
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Economics of Ecological Resources presents new or recently published work on ecological economies, sustainability, poverty, resource degradation and decision-making under uncertainty. The book explores the allocation of resources in jointly determined ecological-economic systems. An introductory...
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differing views regarding the role of economic theory as applied to the real world. William Greer reveals that the intellectual …
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Recently there has been a resurgence of interest in the study of optimal monetary policy under uncertainty. This book provides a thorough survey of the literature that has resulted from this renewed interest. The authors ground recent contributions on the 'science of monetary policy' in the...
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"Presenting innovative modelling approaches to the analysis of fiscal policy and government debt, this book moves beyond previous models that have relied upon the assumption that various age-specific rates and policy variables remain unchanged when it comes to generating government expenditures...
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As the world entered the twenty-first century, global skill shortages in many occupations were evident throughout the world. While these were mitigated by a global recession, there is no generally agreed upon method for measuring these shortages. This book discusses various theories for...
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pt. I. Philosophy and theory -- pt. II. Planning and implementation -- pt. III. Intersections and practice …
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