Democratizing the Economics Debate
Mainstream economists act on an idealized image of science, which includes the convergence of perspectives into a single supposed scientific truth. This book shows that this idealized image both provides an inadequate description of what science should be and misrepresents the recent past and current state of economics.
The Political Economy of Public Pensions
Public pensions in the United States face an impending funding crisis in the wake of the financial crisis and the COVID-19 recession. Many cities and states will struggle to meet these growing obligations without major cuts in government services, reneging on pension promises, or raising taxes. This Element examines the development of the pension crisis through the lens of political economy. We analyze the knowledge and incentive problems inherent in the institutional structure, governance, and accounting of public pensions. We conclude by offering several institutional, governance, and reporting reforms to address the pension funding crisis.
Theoretical background of the WTO. The agreement on trade facilitation and critical reflection
Seminar paper from the year 2018 in the subject Economics - Other, grade: 2,0, SRH - Mobile University, language: English, abstract: The purpose of this paper is to outline the theoretical framework of the most popular economic theory approaches and the meaning of trade in general. As part of globalization nations are moving closer together and the importance and intensity of the cooperation between countries increases continuously. During this development transnational networks are getting an increasingly important role regarding the regulation and control of various areas of life such as economic relations, environmental issues, security and law. These transnational institutions are influencing technical standards and norms, they affect environmental-, consumption- and law standards and their power is gaining in importance. One of these bodies is the World Trade Organization (WTO) which was founded in the end of the 20th century with the purpose of creating a platform for negotiations about trade standards, regulating institutions in the trade sector and the development of multilateral agreements. The principles which underlain the work of the WTO include amongst others the subject of transparency, non-discrimination, and safety valves. With the evolution of a world ongoing getting more complex in trading subjects the facilitation, standardization and harmonization of global trade procedures get crucial and necessary for successful global growth. The implementation of the Agreement on Trade Facilitation (TFA) as the first multilateral agreement enforced in this context includes the establishment of global standards regarding customs and administrative measures and aims at the reduction of trading barriers and transaction costs in the future.
A Guidebook on Mapping Poverty through Data Integration and Artificial Intelligence
This guidebook identifies tools and resources that can help generate poverty statistics using satellite imagery, geospatial data, and machine-learning algorithms to augment conventional data collection and sample survey techniques. The "leave no one behind" principle of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development requires appropriate indicators to be estimated for different segments of a country's population. The guidebook was based on a feasibility study by ADB, in collaboration with the Philippine Statistics Authority, the National Statistical Office of Thailand, and the World Data Lab, that aimed to enhance the granularity, cost-effectiveness, and compilation of high-quality poverty statistics. It also serves as an accompanying guide to the Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2020 special supplement focusing on mapping poverty estimates.
The Art of Experimental Economics
The Art of Experimental Economics identifies and reviews twenty of the most important papers to have been published in experimental economics in order to highlight the power and methods of this area, and provides many examples of findings in behavioral economics that have extended knowledge in the economics discipline as a whole.
State and Corporate Management of Region’s Development in the Conditions of the Digital Economy
This edited book presents scientific and practical recommendations for the successful state and corporate management of regional development under the conditions of the digital economy. These conditions have produced a number of changes. On the one hand, new aspects of regional economies, which require management, are emerging, above all, digital technologies that have to be understood by the population, employees in the labor market, and regional companies. On the other hand, new opportunities for improving practices in the state and corporate management of regional development on the basis of digital technologies are also emerging: e-government systems, digital marketing, online trade, "smart" regions, etc. This book provides an overview of the leading digital technologies and demonstrates how they can be used to improve modern practices in the state and corporate management of regional development in the digital economy. The authors develop the conceptual foundations and put forward practical recommendations. In closing, the authors' conclusions and recommendations are applied to the example of modern Russia, ensuring the practical relevance of the research.
Hungary and Other Emerging Eu Countries in the Financial Storm
This book analyzes the banking crisis and the events surrounding it in Hungary and other emerging EU member countries in 2007-2013. Written by J繳lia Kir獺ly, a former policymaker, and the Deputy Governor of the Hungarian Central Bank at the time of the crisis, it also offers a firsthand account of the processes in and responses to the financial crisis. While there is extensive literature on the crisis, most of it focuses on the US or the Eurozone, sometimes mentioning the "emerging world" in passing. However, Central and Eastern Europe experienced the crisis very differently than other emerging countries. In the pre-crisis years, the region in accession to the EU attracted abundant fresh capital, but the seemingly unconstrained global liquidity fuelled credit bubbles. After the Lehman crisis, capital rapidly fled these countries. In this part of the world, the recession proved to be much worse than elsewhere, with double-digit growth soon turning into a double-digitdecline in GDP. Several countries had to turn to the IMF and the EU for stand-by credit. Based on her own inside experience as a top central banker, the author offers a personal yet professional analysis of the causes and consequences of the financial hurricane.
The Political Economy Reader
For political economy courses at a variety of levels and from a range of disciplines, The Political Economy Reader is also of interest to scholars and citizens wanting perspective on the intersection of economics, politics, and society.
Imperialism and Capitalism, Volume I
This book examines the history of empire and its influence on capitalism. Taking inspiration from Vladimir Lenin's essay Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism, the thoughtful chapters explore how workers and resources in Africa, Latin America, and Asia were exploited by capitalist colonizers. Particular attention is given to the empires of Great Britain, Russia, Japan, the Netherlands, and the United States. This book aims to trace the historical development of capitalism and its reliance of colonialism, and is relevant to those interested in economics, development studies, international relations, and global politics.
Behavioral Economics
Behavioral Economics: Evidence, Theory, and Welfare provides an engaging and accessible introduction to the motivating questions, real-world evidence, theoretical models, and welfare implications of behavioral economics concepts. Applications and examples - from household decisions, finance, public finance, labor, business, health, development, politics, education, energy, and sports - illustrate the broad relevance of behavioral economics for consumers, firms, markets, and policy makers alike. This textbook provides readers with both the intuition and analytical tools to apply behavioral economics concepts in understanding the complex social world. Each part of the book covers a key concept, beginning with a range of empirical evidence that is anomalous within the standard economics framework. In light of this evidence, a second chapter introduces and applies a nonstandard behavioral modeling approach. The last chapter of each part explores market reactions and policy responses to individuals behaving in nonstandard ways. Numerous exercises of varying types and levels provide readers the opportunity to check and enrich their understanding. The book's clear structure orients readers to the many concepts of behavioral economics. It also highlights the process by which economists evaluate evidence and disentangle theories with different social welfare implications. Accessible to students from diverse economic backgrounds, this textbook is an ideal resource for courses on behavioural economics, experimental economics and related areas. The accompanying Solutions Manual further extends learning and engagement.
Explaining Wealth Inequality
This book discusses the origins of wealth inequality and explains how societies can reform to avoid the catastrophe of inequality-induced social breakdown. It develops a theoretical and practical understanding of the principles behind the concept of ownership and of property, complete with historical examples.
OECD Economic Surveys
Structural and institutional strengths, a strong crisis response and a high level of digitalisation have helped the Netherlands to weather the COVID-19 crisis with so far limited economic damage compared to many OECD countries. Several long-standing challenges are set to affect the strength of the recovery and its long-term sustainability.
Lifting the Eyepatch. The Business Models of Piracy
Doctoral Thesis / Dissertation from the year 2017 in the subject Economics - Finance, grade: cum laude, Helmut Schmidt University - University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg (Finanzwissenschaft), language: English, abstract: The purpose of this dissertation is to "lift the eyepatch" to visualize the different business models of piracy without self-imposed limitations, to lay the foundation for a more profound and comprehensive research approach. To overcome this blind spot, pirates are not morally judged for their criminal behavior but considered as equal entrepreneurs of the economy. Instead of insinuating pirates to rush at single hijackings to make quick money desperately, they are believed to run professional companies, which base on sophisticated and repeatable business models. This impartial assumption makes the topic assessable by macro- and microeconomic tools and models. Furthermore, this approach allows analyzing the subject from a pirate's perspective. From this opposite viewpoint, an economic assessment facilitates the identification of framework-factors, which have been responsible for the emergence and development of piracy in general. In a next step, the application of business models helps to reveal further relevant factors, which trigger the internal procedures of the piracy companies, running a business in the hotspots of South-East Asia, West Africa, and East Africa. These deduced elements will then be illustrated in an explorative qualitative cause and effect model, to visualize their interrelation and the corresponding processes between them, which ultimately lead to the feasibility-assessment of piracy businesses. These visualized business models can be used as templates for further research objectives and enable academics to take the perspective of criminal entrepreneurs, to reveal new insights and weak-spots of illegal business models in general. These findings could be used to tighten effective counter-measures, which may not have been
E-Mobilit瓣t in Deutschland. Telematikmarktanalyse, strategische Bewertung und Trend 2021
Masterarbeit aus dem Jahr 2021 im Fachbereich VWL - Verkehrs繹konomie, Note: 1,7, Hochschule Fulda, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die vorliegende Arbeit stellt eine Analyse hinsichtlich der nationalen Entwicklung im Telematikmarkt dar und ber羹cksichtigt dabei die Elektromobilit瓣t. Um den Status quo besser zu veranschaulichen, werden bereits ver繹ffentlichte Telematikmarktstudien im Kern zusammengefasst und abschlie?end in einem Fazit bewertet. Dabei untersucht der Autor, welche Nutzungspotentiale bestehen und welche noch zu erschlie?en sind. Zuerst werden die Abstammung und Definition der Telematik erkl瓣rt. Bevor es zum Hauptteil geht, widmet sich die vorliegende Ausarbeitung ebenfalls der Thematik "Datenschutz". Im n瓣chsten Schritt werden relevante und zukunftstr瓣chtige Kriterien eines immer weiter fortschreitenden Telematikmarktes ermittelt. Hierzu werden die Vorgehenswei?en bei der Gewichtung der einzelnen Kriterien und dessen Bewertungsstrukturen im Scoring-Modell erl瓣utert. Des Weiteren werden die Bedeutungen der Funktionen bzw. Kriterien f羹r die Studie in einer Legende veranschaulicht. Gem瓣? dieser Richtlinien f羹hrt der Autor eine empirische Forschung durch, interpretiert die Ergebnisse aus seiner Sichtweise und gibt eine Zukunftsprognose ab.
The OECD
In the last decade, the OECD has undergone a period of transformation under the leadership of Secretary-General Angel Gurr穩a and his senior management - a transformation that has revitalised the organisation's operations and outputs. Now celebrating its 60th anniversary, the OECD provides an increasingly valuable resource for its members and partners worldwide. This, the only book to cover the last ten years of the OECD's work, focuses on the policy-related advice, evidence-based global standards, trusted statistics and analysis, and support for policy reform that it has developed. The book commences with a brief history of the OECD and its key decision processes and then examines the impact of its leadership in driving a wide range of achievements and in securing an expanding, increasingly global role. It focuses on the organisation's green agenda and the move to measure living conditions in a more detailed fashion, rather than relying largely on GDP, and on the inclusive growth project that aims at making markets work for all. It discusses the OECD's remarkably influential work in education, including PISA and PIAAC, and demonstrates the capacity of the OECD to embrace new areas of work - the importance of innovation and the digital economy in driving economic growth. Based on access to a wide range of documents and extensive interviews with senior officials and members, this comprehensive book also sheds light on the OECD's partnership with the G20 in the push for stronger international co-operation and transparency in tax matters as well their Inclusive Framework on Base Erosion and Profit shifting (BEPS), aimed at tackling tax avoidance. The OECD's strategic response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the drive to develop 'Smart Data' are also covered.
Pr羹fungsmechanismen bei Wirecard. Die Kontrollierbarkeit der Finanzwelt
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2021 im Fachbereich VWL - Finanzwissenschaft, Note: 1,2, Duale Hochschule Baden-W羹rttemberg, Stuttgart, fr羹her: Berufsakademie Stuttgart, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Ziel dieser Arbeit ist es, verschiedene Kontrollgremien wie die Pr羹fungsgesellschaften, die BaFin und den Aufsichtsrat auf Effektivit瓣t und Aktualit瓣t in Zusammenhang mit der Finanzwelt zu 羹berpr羹fen. Daf羹r sollen die einzelnen Pr羹fmechanismen durch eine kritische Analyse ihrer Aufgaben, Anforderungen und Pr羹fungsm繹glichkeiten beleuchtet werden. Hierf羹r dient der Fall Wirecard als aktuelles Beispiel, an welchem die Beurteilung der Pr羹fmechanismen stattfindet. Im Zuge einer Fallstudie wird darauf abgezielt, die Kontrollaufgaben der Gremien mit ihrem Verhalten und den ihnen zugrundeliegenden Kontrollm繹glichkeiten ins Verh瓣ltnis zu setzen. Anschlie?end soll auf den Erkenntnissen basierend ein R羹ckschluss auf die Kontrolle der Finanzwelt gezogen werden. Dabei wird nicht auf eine endg羹ltige Feststellung von m繹glichem Fehlverhalten der teilhabenden Kontrollorgane abgezielt, sondern eine grundlegende Einsch瓣tzung der Angemessenheit der Pr羹fmechanismen angestrebt. Durch die Insolvenz des Zahlungsdienstleisters Wirecard in Folge jahrelangen Bilanzbetrugs stehen die Pr羹fungsinstitutionen, die mit der Unternehmenskontrolle beauftragt sind, in der Kritik. Diese Kritik bildet das Fundament der Problemstellung dieser Arbeit: Ist die aktuelle Finanzwelt mit den bestehenden Pr羹fmechanismen noch kontrollierbar? Die Ergebnisse der Fallstudie zeigen, dass die Finanzwelt mit den bestehenden Pr羹fmechanismen noch kontrollierbar ist, es jedoch gewisser Angleichungen bedarf. Hiervon betroffen ist haupts瓣chlich die Kontrolle durch die BaFin, welche mangelnde Kompetenzen und strukturelle Defizite hinsichtlich der Aufdeckung von Bilanzbetrug aufweist. Die lange Zeit unentdeckt gebliebene Falschdarstellung im Fall Wirecard l瓣sst sich f羹r Aufsichtsrat und Abschlusspr羹fer*innen dagegen eher mit dem
Regionaltourismus
Die erfolgreiche Etablierung und Vermarktung einer Region als Tourismusregion bzw. Destination ist eine Gemeinschaftsaufgabe und stellt gro?e Herausforderungen an alle regionalen Tourismusakteure. In vielen Tourismusregionen mangelt es noch immer an professioneller Tourismusarbeit und einem effektiven Destination Management (DMO). Dieses Werk zeigt auf, wie Kooperation und Qualit瓣t verbessert, wie 360-Grad-Marketing genutzt und eine attraktive Destination mit profilierter Destinationsmarke gebildet werden k繹nnen.
Practical Guidebook on Data Disaggregation for the Sustainable Development Goals
This guidebook provides tools for disaggregated data production, analysis, and communication relevant for measuring progress in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The "leave no one behind" principle espoused by the 2030 Agenda requires measures of progress for different segments of the population. This entails detailed disaggregated data to identify subgroups that might be falling behind, to ensure progress toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). ADB and the Statistics Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs developed this practical guidebook with tools to collect, compile, analyze, and disseminate disaggregated data. It also provides materials on issues and experiences of countries regarding data disaggregation for the SDGs.
Japans aktuelle Geldpolitik. Blaupause f羹r die Europ瓣ische Zentralbank in der n瓣chsten Krise?
Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2019 im Fachbereich VWL - Geldtheorie, Geldpolitik, Note: 1,7, Hochschule RheinMain, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In dieser Thesis wird die folgende Frage er繹rtert: Kann die aktuelle Geldpolitik Japans als Vorbild f羹r die Handlungen der Europ瓣ischen Zentralbank dienen, bei dem Eintreten der n瓣chsten Wirtschaftskrise? F羹r das Beantworten der Frage wird als erstes zwischen konventioneller und unkonventioneller Geldpolitik unterschieden und der Mechanismus Quantitative Easing erkl瓣rt. Darauffolgend wird die Entstehung der japanischen Geldpolitik betrachtet und anschlie?end die aktuelle Geldpolitik ausf羹hrlich dargelegt. Dabei wird die Zeitspanne von 2018 bis einschlie?lich Januar 2019 ber羹cksichtigt. Anschlie?end werden die geldpolitischen Instrumente der EZB mit den Instrumenten der BOJ verglichen, um herauszufinden, welche Ma?nahmen der Bank of Japan bisher noch nicht von der EZB angewandt werden. F羹r einen besseren Vergleich werden Eurowerte in Yen umgerechnet, mit dem aktuellen Wechselkurs. Schlussendlich wird untersucht, ob die Anwendung der Ma?nahmen rechtlich durchf羹hrbar w瓣re und effektiv zur Bek瓣mpfung eines Wirtschaftsabschwungs beitragen k繹nnte. Diese Thesis geht von der Annahme aus, dass Deflation langfristig negativ wirkt und daher von Notenbanken zu bek瓣mpfen ist. Die n瓣chste Weltwirtschaftskrise wird nicht abwendbar sein, deswegen stellt sich die Frage, welche Reaktionsm繹glichkeiten der Europ瓣ischen Zentralbank bleiben, wenn Staatsanleihek瓣ufe durch Quantitative Easing (QE) nicht mehr ausreichen, um den Euro zu retten.
Financing Disaster Risk Reduction in Asia and the Pacific
This publication aims to guide policy makers and other stakeholders on how to scale up disaster risk reduction financing in developing member countries of the Asian Development Bank. Disaster events impact Asia and the Pacific more than any other region in the world. In light of current and future climate and disaster risks, there is an urgent need to address the region's underinvestment in disaster risk and reduction. The publication provides an overview of financing opportunities for developing Asia--including instruments and mechanisms--as well as country case studies and practical tips for governments to implement enhanced disaster risk reduction.
Congestion Charges. International Experiences and Suggestions for Germany
Seminar paper from the year 2019 in the subject Economy - Transport Economics, grade: 1.0, Zeppelin University Friedrichshafen, language: English, abstract: The congestion problem could be alleviated by switching to more space-efficient means of transport such as local public transport. The majority of cities lack incentive systems that encourage individual users to switch. This paper addresses this problem and discusses the possibility of introducing a price mechanism within the framework of a congestion charge. In the second chapter, transport economic models and the urban modal split are used as the basis. In the second half of the second chapter, congestion is considered as an expression of a collective action problem and possible counter-mechanisms. With regard to the research question, attention is paid to the congestion charge. In the third chapter, the case study method is used to analyse the three cities Stockholm, London and Singapore that have already introduced congestion charges. From the different price models as well as effects on the demand for transport services, recommendations for action for the application in German cities are developed in the fourth chapter. The last chapter contains a critical discussion and a conclusion.
External Debt and Economic Growth in Nigeria. An Overview From 1986 to 2016
Essay from the year 2019 in the subject Economics - Foreign Trade Theory, Trade Policy, grade: 3.92, language: English, abstract: The main objective of this study is to examine the relationship between External Debt and Economic growth in the case of Nigeria. The study used annual data covering the period 1986 to 2016. The study used Augmented Dickey Fuller test to check the stationarity of the data, Johnson's Cointegration approach was employed to test the Cointegrating relationship existing among the variables in the model and Granger causality was also used to test the direction of the relationship among variables. The Vector Error Correction Model was employed to capture both short run and long run dynamics. Generally, the results reveal that External Debt has a negative impact on the economy.
Merchants, Market and Monarchy
This book explores the vital role of merchants within early modern China. Unlike European merchants, their Sino-colleagues have long been regarded as certain social pariahs after pre-Qin period, despite the fortune they made. The key mission of this monograph is to investigate whether the standing of merchants in the Ming Empire has been improved compared with their predecessors. Generally, their status is reflected in state-merchant relationship and their role in the market, which can be found in miscellaneous economic activities such as market monopoly, commercial taxation, international trade, and consumption.This book aims to be of relevance to students and researchers interested in early modern history, eastern commerce, Ming merchants, and contemporary global affairs.
Central Asia and the New Global Economy
This volume analyzes the geopolitical and macroeconomic situation in Central Asia, local policy responses to crisis, and alternative scenarios for the foreseeable future. Particular attention is devoted to Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
Mathematical Methods and Quantum Mathematics for Economics and Finance
Given the rapid pace of development in economics and finance, a concise and up-to-date introduction to mathematical methods has become a prerequisite for all graduate students, even those not specializing in quantitative finance. This book offers an introductory text on mathematical methods for graduate students of economics and finance-and leading to the more advanced subject of quantum mathematics. The content is divided into five major sections: mathematical methods are covered in the first four sections, and can be taught in one semester. The book begins by focusing on the core subjects of linear algebra and calculus, before moving on to the more advanced topics of probability theory and stochastic calculus. Detailed derivations of the Black-Scholes and Merton equations are provided - in order to clarify the mathematical underpinnings of stochastic calculus. Each chapter of the first four sections includes a problem set, chiefly drawn from economicsand finance. In turn, section five addresses quantum mathematics. The mathematical topics covered in the first four sections are sufficient for the study of quantum mathematics; Black-Scholes option theory and Merton's theory of corporate debt are among topics analyzed using quantum mathematics.
Harnessing Digitization for Remittances in Asia and the Pacific
This report looks at the benefits of digitization for remittances in Asia and the Pacific. Remittances are considered a lifeline of developing countries and are especially vital for migrants and their families. Digital data technology can help alleviate many of the "pain-points" in the remittances industry. For example, it can significantly enhance the convenience, speed, security, and affordability of sending and receiving remittances. The report discusses the importance of remittances in Asia and the Pacific, the key challenges faced by the industry, and the impacts of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. It also includes country case studies that demonstrate the benefits of digitization and makes recommendations on how the digitization of remittances across the region can be further advanced.
Pacific Transport Sector Assessment, Strategy, and Road Map 2021-2025
This publication gives an overview of key transport issues in ADB's Pacific developing member countries and of the bank's planned 2021-2025 transport sector operations in the region. ADB's Pacific transport sector operations, based on domestic and regional sector priorities and ADB's Strategy 2030, aim to help countries prepare for and respond to shocks, deliver sustainable services, and promote inclusive growth. They cover the subsectors of maritime, land, and urban transport; aviation; and intermodal connectivity. This publication is linked to ADB's Pacific Approach strategy document.
Natural Economic Theory
The Natural Economic Theory is a new general theory of economics. Theory of general equilibrium, positive in nature and global in scope. Understanding economic functioning is a great puzzle. Natural theory unites all the pieces from the same theoretical, mathematical and empirical unit, opening a new window for the understanding of the economic phenomenon.Books published (edition and private diffusion): i) El Equilibrio de las Naciones (1998), ii) Modelo Macroecon籀mico Natural (1999), iii) Natural Macroeconomic Model (2000), iv) The World Stock Market and the Natural Price Theory (2002), v) Teor穩a Econ籀mica Natural (2017). Papers, reviewed and approved by the Scientific Committees of more than 50 international conferences on economics and finance: "The Natural Value Theory: Empirical Evidences of the Purchasing Power Parity and the Long Term Stock Market Function" (december 19, 2002); "Natural Value Theory: Empirical Evidences of the Long Term World Financial Market Function" (september 27, 2004); "Empirical Evidences of Long Term World Exchange Rate Market Function" (january 26, 2008); "World Financial Market Function: Empirical Evidence of Long Term Stock Market Function" (2008); "The World Gold Coeficient: Proposal for the Reform of the Internacional Monetary System" (december 12, 2011); "Stochastic Monetary Policy Paradigm?, Empirical Evidences of a Monetary Optimum: The Natural Monetary Policy Model" (2012); "Natural Price Theory and Positive Economics" (june 30, 2014).Gonzalo P矇rez-Seoane has a Degree in Law from the Madrid Complutense University. He completed an MBA at Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico, ITAM; a Business Management Programme at IESE; First Advanced Corporate Finance Programme for Senior Management at CIIF (IESE); and Phd Course in Business Administration at the Madrid Complutense University. He worked for different banks in the areas of risk analysis, corporate banking, global portfolio management, financial banking modeling and portfolio risk modeling, holding management positions (Mexico, London, Madrid). He went on to become the CEO of a Corporate Finance Consulting firm formed by IESE Finance Professors; Corporate Finance Director of a leading international Asset Valuation firm and Chairman of an Global Investment Consulting firm. He has three years' experience as a university lecturer on finance and business economics (European Business School, Centro Universitario Villanueva).
Digital Health Implementation Guide for the Pacific
This guide provides resources for the planning and implementation of health systems in Pacific island countries to support improved decision-making and service delivery. With increased internet connectivity, Pacific island countries have more opportunities to connect remote health facilities for greater information exchange. This guide draws on experiences from Pacific island countries that have already invested in digital health and brings together practical tools and resources to support all stages of digital health planning and implementation. It includes extensive contributions from practitioners, government staff, and development partners in the Pacific health sector.
Asia Bond Monitor - June 2021
This edition notes mixed local currency government bond yield movements in emerging East Asia. It covers green sukuk (Islamic bonds), ASEAN+3 sustainable bonds, fintech for sustainable investments, and governing sustainable finance. Local currency bonds outstanding in emerging East Asia rose to USD20.3 trillion at the end of March 2021, but the overall growth of the bond market moderated somewhat in quarter one. Local currency government bond yield movements were mixed as the resurgence of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases and global inflation fears had varied effects on individual markets. Investor sentiment remained subdued amid the uncertainties.
Modern Economic Thought
This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.
The Road Towards Democracity
This book discusses the challenges faced by the homo resaliens and his need for a transition to a more sustainable social, economic, and environmental system. It fills a gap in the existing literature and provides a new perspective by changing the etymology of the word resilience: no more resiliere, but resalio. By comparing and analysing the relevant literature, the author has coined the term homo resaliens (resilient man), in contrast to the failure of the homo oeconomicus, the corruption of the homo politicus, the incompleteness of homo sustinens, and the limits of homo ecologicus. Opening a new debate in which the role of academia and res publica are fundamental to safeguard human communities and future generations, this book will greatly assist governments that wish to understand the socio-political and economic implication of resilience in terms of social inclusiveness and long termsocial and environmental sustainability.
Complexity and Resilience
Processes driving urban growth are inherently related to multiple socio-economic factors, making the analysis of urban form and functions a challenging and complicated endeavour. Several fundamental factors and contextual indicators contribute to identify the main determinants of urban growth, that include economic and demographic variables, the socio-spatial structure, territorial patterns, institutional, religious and cultural attributes. Understanding spatio-temporal patterns of economic resilience can support the adoption of explicit developmental policies addressing specificities and local weaknesses of regional contexts.Thirty years after the seminal work entitled 'The Mediterranean City in Transition' by Lila Leontidou, the present contribution re-formulates a narrative framework interpreting the medium-term evolution of Southern European cities and generalises this frame to the analysis of other metropolitan areas with similar morphological and functional characteristics worldwide. Going beyond traditional Mediterranean discourses grounded on economic backwardness, social secularism, and demographic mix, an original interpretation of Mediterranean urbanities is proposed related to the local governance, real estate bubbles, land-use mix, and deregulation in urban expansion. Focusing on socioeconomic development processes in the Northern Mediterranean, the lost opportunity to reduce regional disparities and to give value to scenic and cultural values of the cities and the surrounding countryside are additional issues considered in this vision. Basing on a narrative analysis of ecologically fragile and socially fragmented Mediterranean contexts, the pervasiveness of a structural crisis - affecting regional and country economic systems, while infiltrating in the institutions, local governance systems, and the society, is finally debated as a contribution to a better understanding of complex urbanities worldwide.
The Transition from Command to Market Economies in East-Central Europe
Now that the euphoria over political change has died down, the formerly socialist countries of Eastern and Central Europe are facing an economic crisis. The contributors to this well-established annual publication consider the key factors affecting the economic transition process.
Arise
'Jane Holgate is a brilliant thinker' - Jane McAlevey In Arise, Jane Holgate argues that unions must revisit their understanding of power in order to regain influence and confront capital. Drawing on two decades of research and organizing experience, Holgate examines the structural inertia of today's unions from a range of perspectives: from strategic choice, leadership and union democracy to politics, tactics and the agency afforded to rank-and-file members. In the midst of a neoliberal era of economic crisis and political upheaval, the labor movement stands at a crossroads. Union membership is on the rise, but the 'turn to organizing' has largely failed to translate into meaningful gains for workers. There is considerable discussion about the lack of collectivism among workers due to casualization, gig work and precarity, yet these conditions were standard in the UK when workers built the foundations of the 19th-century trade union movement. Drawing on history and case studies of unions developing and using power effectively, this book offers strategies for moving beyond the pessimism that prevails in much of today's union movement. By placing power analysis back at the heart of workers' struggle, Holgate shows us that transformational change is not only possible, but within reach.
Culture, Sociality, and Morality
The chapters in this volume explore, engage and expand on the key thinkers and ideas of the Austrian, Virginia, and Bloomington schools of political economy. The book emphasizes the continuing relevance of the contributions of these schools of thought to our understanding of cultural, social, moral and historical processes for interdisciplinary research in the social sciences and humanities. An analysis of human action that deliberate divorces it from cultural, social, moral and historical processes will (at least) limit and (at worst) distort our understanding of human phenomena. The diversity in topics and approaches will make the volume of interest to readers in a variety of fields, including: anthropology, communications, East Asian languages & literature, economics, law, musicology, philosophy, and political science.
OECD Economic Surveys
Iceland's economy is recovering from a deep COVID-19 recession. Fisheries and intellectual services exports are on the rise and foreign tourists are starting to come back as travel restrictions are gradually eased. The health crisis has been relatively mild so far, thanks to a smart testing and tracking strategy and a well-functioning health system.
Die Finanzierung von Gesundheitsleistungen durch Public Private Partnership (PPP)
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2008 im Fachbereich VWL - Gesundheits繹konomie, Note: 2,3, Technische Universit瓣t Berlin (Universit瓣t), Veranstaltung: Seminar, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Im Rahmen der Arbeit wird n瓣her auf das Konzept des Public Private Partnership (PPP) eingegangen und gekl瓣rt, inwieweit PPP als eine Alternative zur L繹sung der Finanzierungsprobleme im Gesundheitswesen beitragen kann. Dazu soll im folgenden Abschnitt das Modell unter Einbezug der verschiedenen Privatisierungs- und Finanzierungsformen n瓣her spezifiziert werden, ehe im darauffolgenden Abschnitt die wesentliche Bedeutung der PPP f羹r die Finanzierung im Gesundheitswesen herausgearbeitet werden soll. Der Schwerpunkt liegt dabei in der Darlegung und Abw瓣gung der 繹konomischen Vor- und Nachteile, dessen Ergebnisse letztendlich mit in die Schlussbetrachtung mit einbezogen werden sollen.
Retail-Clinics. Darstellung eines neuen Gesch瓣ftsmodells im Gesundheitswesen
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2020 im Fachbereich VWL - Gesundheits繹konomie, Note: 1,0, Deutsche Hochschule f羹r Pr瓣vention und Gesundheitsmanagement GmbH, Veranstaltung: Gesundheitsmanagement II, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die vorliegende Arbeit beleuchtet betriebswirtschaftliche Potenziale des in den USA verbreiteten Gesch瓣ftsmodells der Retail-Clinics (RC). Hierbei wird zun瓣chst der konzeptionelle Bezugsrahmen und die grundlegenden Aspekte dargestellt. Im weiteren Verlauf wird auf verschiedene Management-Aspekte eingegangen, explizit auf das Leistungs-, Kunden- und Finanzmanagement. Abschlie?end erfolgt eine ?berpr羹fung der ?bertragbarkeit des Konzepts auf das deutsche Gesundheitssystem.
Capturing Finance
Arbitrage--the trading practice that involves buying assets in one market at a cheap price and immediately selling them in another market for a profit--is fundamental to the practice of financial trading and economic understandings of how financial markets function. Because traders complete transactions quickly and use other people's money, arbitrage is considered to be riskless. Yet, despite the rhetoric of riskless trading, the arbitrage in mortgage-backed securities led to the 2008 financial crisis. In Capturing Finance Carolyn Hardin offers a new way of understanding arbitrage as a means for capturing value in financial capitalism. She shows how arbitrage relies on a system of abstract domination built around risk. The commonsense beliefs that taking on debt is necessary for affording everyday life and that investing is necessary to secure retirement income compel individuals to assume risk while financial institutions amass profits. Hardin insists that mitigating financial capitalism's worst consequences, such as perpetuating class and racial inequities, requires challenging the narratives that naturalize risk as a necessary element of financial capitalism as well as social life writ large.
"Umweltzeichen" als Hilfe f羹r mehr Umweltbewusstsein
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2018 im Fachbereich Umweltwissenschaften - Klima- und Umweltschutz, Note: 1,3, Fachhochschule Trier - Umwelt-Campus, Standort Birkenfeld, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Ziel der dieser Arbeit ist, die Wichtigkeit eines nachhaltigen Umweltzeichens aufzuzeigen. In Folge dessen werden Verbesserungspotenziale bei schon l瓣nger etablierten Umweltzeichen wie der "Blaue Engel" aufgezeigt. Daf羹r wird der "Blaue Engel" mit anderen Umweltzeichen verglichen. Der Klimawandel stellt ein globales Problem dar. Mittlerweile sind Klimaproblematiken in jeder Gesellschaft vorgedrungen und sensibilisieren diese zunehmend. Nach dem 2009 entworfenen Konzept der ?kologischen Belastungsgrenzen des schwedischen Professors Johan Rockstr繹m wird von neun globalen Prozessen ausgegangen, welche die Belastungsgrenzen unseres Planeten bestimmen. Die Grenzen sind in verschiedenen Abstufungen unterteilt, darunter auch eine sogenannte sichere planetare Belastungsgrenze. In einem besonders dramatischen Ausma? befindet sich das Artensterben, der Stickstoffkreislauf, sowie die Klimakrise. Die planetarischen Grenzen zeigen, dass neue Handlungsstrategien gefunden werden m羹ssen, da andernfalls der Planet "Erde" nicht mehr f羹r unsere Wirtschaft genutzt werden kann. Umweltzeichen sind nicht nur eine Hilfe f羹r Konsumenten f羹r einen nachhaltigen Einkauf, sondern auch f羹r Unternehmen, nachhaltige Standards zu entwickeln und gesetzliche Richtlinien einzuhalten. Problematisch sind jedoch die unterschiedlichen Anforderungen von Umweltzeichen. Da Unternehmen oftmals nur einen positiven Marketingeffekt aus den Umweltzeichen ziehen m繹chten, gibt es einige Umweltzeichen, welche die Nachhaltigkeitsziele nicht eindeutig verfolgen.
Capturing Finance
Arbitrage--the trading practice that involves buying assets in one market at a cheap price and immediately selling them in another market for a profit--is fundamental to the practice of financial trading and economic understandings of how financial markets function. Because traders complete transactions quickly and use other people's money, arbitrage is considered to be riskless. Yet, despite the rhetoric of riskless trading, the arbitrage in mortgage-backed securities led to the 2008 financial crisis. In Capturing Finance Carolyn Hardin offers a new way of understanding arbitrage as a means for capturing value in financial capitalism. She shows how arbitrage relies on a system of abstract domination built around risk. The commonsense beliefs that taking on debt is necessary for affording everyday life and that investing is necessary to secure retirement income compel individuals to assume risk while financial institutions amass profits. Hardin insists that mitigating financial capitalism's worst consequences, such as perpetuating class and racial inequities, requires challenging the narratives that naturalize risk as a necessary element of financial capitalism as well as social life writ large.
Complexity, Heterogeneity, and the Methods of Statistical Physics in Economics
This book systematically provides a prospective integrated approach for complexity social science in its view of statistical physics and mathematics, with an impressive collection of the knowledge and expertise of leading researchers from all over the world. The book mainly covers both finitary methods of statistical equilibrium and data-driven analysis by econophysics. The late Professor Masanao Aoki of UCLA, who passed away at the end of July 2018, in his later years dedicated himself to the reconstruction of macroeconomics mainly in terms of statistical physics. Professor Aoki, who was already an IEEE fellow, was also named an Econometric Society Fellow in 1979. Until the early 1990s, however, his contributions were focused on the new developments of a novel algorithm for the time series model and their applications to economic data. Those contributions were undoubtedly equivalent to the Nobel Prize-winning work of Granger's "co-integration method". Afterthe publications of his New Approaches to Macroeconomic Modeling and Modeling Aggregate Behavior and Fluctuations in Economics, both published by Cambridge University Press, in 1996 and 2002, respectively, his contributions rapidly became known and spread throughout the field. In short, these new works challenged econophysicists to develop evolutionary stochastic dynamics, multiple equilibria, and externalities as field effects and revolutionized the stochastic views of interacting agents. In particular, the publication of Reconstructing Macroeconomics, also by Cambridge University Press (2007), in cooperation with Hiroshi Yoshikawa, further sharpened the process of embodying "a perspective from statistical physics and combinatorial stochastic processes" in economic modeling. Interestingly, almost concurrently with Prof. Aoki's newest development, similar approaches were appearing. Thus, those who were working in the same context around the world at that time cametogether, exchanging their results during the past decade. In memory of Prof. Aoki, this book has been planned by authors who followed him to present the most advanced outcomes of his heritage.
Inflation, Unemployment and Capital Malformations
The magnum opus of Bernard Schmitt, published here in English for the first time with an extensive introduction, provides a revolutionary explanation of the cause of today's economic disorder as well as an innovative solution allowing for the passage from disorder to order.
Going Public Im Deutschen Reich
Die seit Anfang der 1980er Jahre bestehende intensive Forschung zu B繹rseneinf羹hrungen am deutschen Kapitalmarkt erm繹glicht zuverl瓣ssige Forschungsresultate f羹r die Zeitr瓣ume 1870 bis 1914 sowie ab dem Jahr 1948. Eine vollst瓣ndige IPO-Zeitreihe f羹r die dazwischenliegenden Jahre konnte bisher nicht pr瓣sentiert werden. Diese bestehende Forschungsl羹cke wird nunmehr geschlossen, indem mit dem vorliegenden Buch erstmals eine vollst瓣ndige Zeitreihe von B繹rseneinf羹hrungen f羹r den Zeitraum 1917 bis 1945 vorgelegt wird. Zus瓣tzlich ist es in Zusammenstellung mit bisherigen Forschungsreihen erstmalig m繹glich, eine l羹ckenlose Zeitreihe von B繹rseneinf羹hrungen seit der Reichsgr羹ndung 1871 bis zur heutigen B繹rsenentwicklung zu erhalten. Dar羹ber hinaus leistet dieser Band einen Beitrag zur Beschreibung der historischen B繹rsenorganisation, zur Validierung bestehender Modellans瓣tze unter Ber羹cksichtigung 繹konomischer und politischer Schocks sowie den Nachweis positiver Emissionsrenditen f羹r die Zwischenkriegsjahre.
Destroying Democracy
A history of the erosion of democracy across the globe Democracy is being destroyed. This is a crisis that expresses itself in the rising authoritarianism visible in divisive and exclusionary politics, populist political parties and movements, increased distrust in fact-based information and news, and the withering accountability of state institutions. Over the last four decades, democracy has radically shifted to a market democracy in which all aspects of human, non-human and planetary life are commodified, with corporations becoming more powerful than states and their citizens. This is how neoliberal capitalism functions at a systemic level and if left unchecked, is the greatest threat to democracy and a sustainable planet. Volume six of the Democratic Marxism series focuses on how decades of neoliberal capitalism have eroded the global democratic project and how, in the process, authoritarian politics are gaining ground. Scholars and activists from the political left focus on four country cases - India, Brazil, South Africa and the United States of America - in which the COVID-19 pandemic has fuelled and highlighted the pre-existing crisis. They interrogate issues of politics, ecology, state security, media, access to information and political parties, and affirm the need to reclaim and re-build an expansive and inclusive democracy. Destroying Democracy is an invaluable resource for the general public, activists, scholars and students who are interested in understanding the threats to democracy and the rising tide of authoritarianism in the global south and the global north.
Genossenschaften und Kriegsstatistik
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