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Changes in market functioning and central bank policy: an overview of the issues

Barth, Marvin J.; Wooldridge, Philip D.; Remolona, Eli M - Bank for International Settlements (BIS) - 2002

In recent years, a number of structural developments have had a significant influence on the functioning of financial … market functioning pose various challenges for central bank policy, including what role central banks should play in … BIS Working Papers No 120 Changes in market functioning and central bank policy: an overview of the issues …

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Introduction to social choice and welfare

Suzumura, Kotaro - Banca d'Italia - 2002

Social choice theory is concerned with the evaluation of alternative methods of collective decision-making, as well as with the logical foundations of welfare economics. In turn, welfare economics is concerned with the critical scrutiny of the performance of actual and/or imaginary economic...

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Psychometrics: From practice to theory and back

Stout, William - In: Psychometrika 67 (2002) 4, pp. 485-518

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Disentangling the Circularity in Sen's Capability Approach â€“ An Analysis of the Co-Evolution of Functioning Achievement and Resources

Binder, Martin; Coad, Alex - Volkswirtschaft Abteilung, Fachbereich … - 2010

There is an ambiguity in Amartya Sen's capability approach as to what constitutes an individual's resources, conversion factors and valuable functionings. What we here call the "circularity problem" points to the fact that all three concepts seem to be mutually endogenous and interrelated. All...

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