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Serie: Methodology of Educational Measurement and Assessment,

Inhalt: This book is open access under a CC BY-NC 2.5 license. This book describes the extensive contributions made toward the advancement of human assessment by scientists from one of the world’s leading research institutions, Educational Testing Service. The book’s four major sections detail research and development in measurement and statistics, education policy analysis and evaluation, scientific psychology, and validity. Many of the developments presented have become de-facto standards in educational and psychological measurement, including in item response theory (IRT), linking and equating, differential item functioning (DIF), and educational surveys like the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), the Programme of international Student Assessment (PISA), the Progress of International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) and the Trends in Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). In addition to its comprehensive coverage of contributions to the theory and methodology of educational and psychological measurement and statistics, the book gives significant attention to ETS work in cognitive, personality, developmental, and social psychology, and to education policy analysis and program evaluation. The chapter authors are long-standing experts who provide broad coverage and thoughtful insights that build upon decades of experience in research and best practices for measurement, evaluation, scientific psychology, and education policy analysis. Opening with a chapter on the genesis of ETS and closing with a synthesis of the enormously diverse set of contributions made over its 70-year history, the book is a useful resource for all interested in the improvement of human assessment.

Anmerkung: 1. What Does It Mean to Be a Nonprofit Educational Measurement Organization in the 21st Century?- PART 1: ETS Contributions to Developing Analytic Tools for Educational Measurement -- 2. A Review of Classical Item Analysis Developments and Applications -- 3. Psychometric Contributions: Focus on Test Scores -- 4. Contributions to Score Linking Theory and Practice -- 5. Item Response Theory -- 6. Research on Statistics -- 7. Contributions to the Quantitative Assessment of Item, Test, and Score Fairness -- PART 2: ETS Contributions to Education Policy and Evaluation -- 8. Large-Scale Group-Score Assessment -- 9. Large-Scale Assessments of Adult Literacy -- 10. Modeling Change in Large-Scale Longitudinal Studies of Educational Growth: Four Decades of Contributions to the Assessment of Educational Growth.- 11. Evaluating Educational Programs -- 12. Contributions to Education Policy Research -- PART III: ETS Contributions to Research in Scientific Psychology -- 13. Research on Cognitive, Personality, and Social Psychology: I -- 14. Research on Cognitive, Personality, and Social Psychology: II -- 15. Research on Developmental Psychology -- PART IV: ETS Contributions to Validity -- 16. Research on Validity Theory and Practice at ETS -- 17. Understanding the Impact of Special Preparation for Admissions Tests -- 18. A Historical Survey of Research Regarding Constructed-Response Formats -- 19. Advancing Human Assessment: A Synthesis Over Seven Decades.

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Serie: Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing Series ; v.468

Weitere Ausg.: Print version: Montali, Marco Process Mining Workshops Cham : Springer,c2023 ISBN 9783031278143

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Serie: Springer Proceedings in Mathematics and Statistics Ser. ; v.99

Anmerkung: Intro -- Preface I -- Preface II -- Contents -- Part I Markets, Regulation,and Model Risk -- A Random Holding Period Approach for Liquidity-Inclusive Risk Management -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Earlier Literature -- 1.2 Different Risk Horizons Are Acknowledged by BCBS -- 2 The Univariate Case -- 2.1 A Brief Review on the Stochastic Holding Period Framework -- 2.2 Semi-analytic Solutions and Simulations -- 3 Dependence Modeling: A Bivariate Case -- 4 Calibration with Liquidity Data -- 4.1 Dependencies Between Liquidity, Credit, and Market Risk -- 4.2 Marginal Distributions of SHPs -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Regulatory Developments in Risk Management: Restoring Confidence in Internal Models -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Loss of Confidence in Internal Models---How Did It Happen? -- 2.1 An Example from the First Years of the Crisis -- 2.2 Divergence of Model Results -- 3 Alternatives to Internal Models -- 3.1 Overview -- 3.2 The Leverage Ratio -- 3.3 Regulatory Standardised Approaches -- 4 Ways of Restoring Confidence -- 4.1 Overview -- 4.2 Reducing the Variation in Model Results Through Standardisation -- 4.3 Enhancing Transparency -- 4.4 Highlighting the Positive Developments as a Result of the Trading Book Review -- 4.5 Strengthening the Use Test Concept -- 4.6 A Comprehensive Approach to Model Validation -- 4.7 Quantification and Capitalisation of Model Risk -- 4.8 Voluntary Commitment by Banks to a Code of ``Model Ethics'' -- 4.9 Other Approaches -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Model Risk in Incomplete Markets with Jumps -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Losses from Hedged Positions -- 2.1 Market and Model Setup -- 2.2 Loss Process -- 2.3 Loss Distribution -- 3 Measures of Model Risk -- 3.1 Value-at-Risk and Expected Shortfall -- 3.2 Axioms for Measures of Model Risk -- 4 Hedge Differences -- 5 Application to Energy Markets -- References. , Part II Financial Engineering -- Bid-Ask Spread for Exotic Options under Conic Finance -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Exotic Bid-Ask Spread -- 3 Conclusion -- References -- Derivative Pricing under the Possibility of Long Memory in the supOU Stochastic Volatility Model -- 1 Introduction -- 2 A Review of the supOU Stochastic Volatility Model -- 3 Martingale Conditions -- 4 Fourier Pricing in the supOU Stochastic Volatility Model -- 4.1 A Review on Fourier Pricing -- 4.2 The Characteristic Function -- 4.3 Regularity of the Moment Generating Function -- 5 Examples -- 5.1 Concrete Specifications -- 5.2 Calibration and an Illustrative Example -- References -- A Two-Sided BNS Model for Multicurrency FX Markets -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Two-Sided Barndorff--Nielsen--Shephard Model Class -- 3 A Tractable Multivariate Extension of the Two-Sided Γ-OU-BNS Model -- 4 Modeling Two FX Rates with a Bivariate Two-Sided Γ-OU-BNS Model -- 4.1 The Dependence Structure of the Lévy Drivers -- 4.2 Implicitly Defined Models -- 5 Application: Calibration to FX Rates and Pricing of Bivariate FX Derivatives -- 5.1 Data -- 5.2 Model Setup -- 5.3 Calibration -- 6 Conclusion and Outlook -- References -- Modeling the Price of Natural Gas with Temperature and Oil Price as Exogenous Factors -- 1 Introduction -- 2 A Review of the Model by Stoll and Wiebauer (2010) -- 3 The Oil Price Dependence of Gas Prices -- 4 Model Calibration with Temperature and Oil Price -- 4.1 Oil Price Model -- 4.2 Temperature Model -- 4.3 The Residual Stochastic Process -- 5 Option Valuation by Least Squares Monte Carlo Including Exogenous Components -- 5.1 Extensions of Least Squares Monte Carlo Algorithm Including Exogenous Components -- 5.2 Influence of Exogenous Components on Valuation Results -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Copula-Specific Credit Portfolio Modeling -- 1 Introduction. , 2 Copulas Under Consideration -- 3 A Comparison Between CreditRisk+ and CreditMetrics -- 3.1 Preliminary Notes and General Remarks -- 3.2 Theoretical Background -- 4 Results on Estimated Copulas and Risk Figures -- 4.1 Portfolio and Model Calibration -- 4.2 Parametrization of Marginal Distributions -- 4.3 Estimation of Copulas -- 4.4 Effect of the Copula on the Risk Figures and the Tail of the Loss Distribution -- 5 Summary -- References -- Implied Recovery Rates---Auctions and Models -- 1 Introduction -- 2 CDS Settlement: Credit Auction -- 2.1 Initial Biding Period -- 2.2 Dutch Auction -- 2.3 Summary of the Auction Procedure -- 3 Examples of Implied Recovery Models -- 3.1 Cox--Ingersoll--Ross Type Reduced-Form Model -- 3.2 Pure Recovery Model -- 4 Conclusion and Outlook -- References -- Upside and Downside Risk Exposures of Currency Carry Trades via Tail Dependence -- 1 Currency Carry Trade and Uncovered Interest Rate Parity -- 2 Interpreting Tail Dependence as Financial Risk Exposure in Carry Trade Portfolios -- 3 Generalised Archimedean Copula Models for Currency Exchange Rate Baskets -- 4 Currency Basket Model Estimations via Inference Function for the Margins -- 4.1 Stage 1: Fitting the Marginal Distributions via MLE -- 4.2 Stage 2: Fitting the Mixture Copula via MLE -- 5 Exchange Rate Multivariate Data Description and Currency Portfolio Construction -- 6 Results and Discussion -- 6.1 Tail Dependence Results -- 6.2 Pairwise Decomposition of Basket Tail Dependence -- 6.3 Understanding the Tail Exposure Associated with the Carry Trade and Its Role in the UIP Puzzle -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- Part III Insurance Riskand Asset Management -- Participating Life Insurance Contracts under Risk Based Solvency Frameworks: How to Increase Capital Efficiency by Product Design -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Considered Products. , 2.1 The Traditional Product -- 2.2 Alternative Products -- 3 Stochastic Modeling and Analyzed Key Figures -- 3.1 The Financial Market Model -- 3.2 The Asset-Liability Model -- 3.3 Key Drivers for Capital Efficiency -- 4 Results -- 4.1 Assumptions -- 4.2 Comparison of Product Designs -- 4.3 Sensitivity Analyses -- 4.4 Reduction in the Level of Guarantee -- 5 Conclusion and Outlook -- References -- Reducing Surrender Incentives Through Fee Structure in Variable Annuities -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Assumptions and Model -- 2.1 Variable Annuity -- 2.2 Benefits -- 3 Valuation of the Surrender Option -- 3.1 Notation and Optimal Surrender Decision -- 3.2 Theoretical Result on Optimal Surrender Behavior -- 3.3 Valuation of the Surrender Option Using PDEs -- 4 Numerical Example -- 4.1 Numerical Results -- 5 Concluding Remarks -- References -- A Variational Approach for Mean-Variance-Optimal Deterministic Consumption and Investment -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Mean-Variance-Optimal Deterministic Consumption and Investment Problem -- 3 Existence of Optimal Deterministic Control Functions -- 4 A Pontryagin Maximum Principle -- 5 Generalized Gradients for the Objective -- 6 Numerical Optimization by a Gradient Ascent Method -- 7 Numerical Example -- References -- Risk Control in Asset Management: Motives and Concepts -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Risk Management for Active Portfolios -- 2.1 Factor Structure and Portfolio Risk -- 2.2 Allocation to Active and Passive Funds -- 3 Dealing with Investors Downside-Risk Aversion -- 3.1 Portfolio Insurance -- 3.2 Popular Portfolio Insurance Strategies -- 3.3 Performance Comparison -- 3.4 Other Risks -- 4 Parameter Uncertainty and Model Uncertainty -- 4.1 Parameter Uncertainty -- 4.2 Model Uncertainty -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Worst-Case Scenario Portfolio Optimization Given the Probability of a Crash -- 1 Introduction. , 1.1 Alternative Ansatz of Korn and Wilmott -- 1.2 Literature Review -- 2 Setup of the Model -- 3 Optimal Portfolios Given the Probability of a Crash -- 4 The q-quantile Crash Hedging Strategy -- 5 Examples -- 5.1 Uniformly Distributed Crash Sizes -- 5.2 Conditional Exponential Distributed Crash Sizes -- 5.3 Conditional Exponential Distributed Crash Sizes with Exponential Distributed Crash Times -- 6 Deterministic Portfolio Strategies -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- Improving Optimal Terminal Value Replicating Portfolios -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Mathematical Setup -- 3 The Theory of Replicating Portfolios -- 3.1 Cash-Flow Matching -- 3.2 Discounted Terminal Value Matching -- 4 Equivalence of Cash-Flow Matching and Discounted Terminal Value Matching -- 5 Example -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Part IV Computational Methodsfor Risk Management -- Risk and Computation -- 1 Computational Risk -- 1.1 Efficiency of Algorithms -- 1.2 Risk of an Algorithm -- 1.3 Eliminate the Risk -- 1.4 Effort -- 1.5 Example -- 2 Assessing Structural Risk -- 2.1 Simplest Attractor -- 2.2 Mean-Field Models -- 2.3 Artificial Example -- 2.4 Structure in Phase Spaces -- 2.5 Risk Index -- 2.6 Example -- 2.7 Summary -- References -- Extreme Value Importance Sampling for Rare Event Risk Measurement -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The One-Dimensional Case -- 3 Examples -- 3.1 Example 1: Simulation Estimators of Quantiles and TailVar for the Normal Distribution -- 3.2 Example 2: Simulating a Portfolio Credit Risk Model -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- A Note on the Numerical Evaluation of the Hartman--Watson Density and Distribution Function -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Occurrence of the Hartman--Watson Law -- 3 Straightforward Implementation Based on Formula (1) -- 4 Evaluation via Gaver--Stehfest Laplace Inversion. , 5 Evaluation via a Complex Laplace Inversion Method for the Bondesson Class.

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Serie: Iconicity in Language and Literature, Volume 15

Weitere Ausg.: Print version: Dimensions of iconicity. Amsterdam, [Netherlands] ; Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania] : John Benjamins Publishing Company, c2017 ISBN 9789027243515

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ISBN: 9783848713554 , 9783845254364

Serie: Schriften zum Notarrecht Band 41

Inhalt: Bei der Errichtung von handschriftlichen Testamenten zeigt sich ein erheblicher Beratungsbedarf für juristische Laien, dies führt immer wieder zu Fehlern. In den Beiträgen des Tagungsbands zum Symposium des Rheinischen Instituts für Notarrecht vom 31. Januar 2014 wird ein Blick aus verschiedenen Perspektiven auf dieses Thema geworfen.Philosophisch wurde gefragt, ob das eigenhändige Testament die Testierfreiheit aktualisiert oder ob der Laie nicht dadurch gerade überfordert wird. Der zweite Beitrag zeigt in einer breit angelegten Untersuchung die rechtliche Ausgestaltung des holographischen Testaments in Europa und Lateinamerika auf.In einem weiteren Beitrag wird eine Auswertung von Gerichtsentscheidungen präsentiert. Zum Abschluss wird auf eine historische Alternative das Testamentum parentum inter liberos nach Gemeinem Recht aufmerksam gemacht.Insgesamt zeigt sich, dass das eigenhändige Testament trotz der Unzulänglichkeiten ein notwendiges Instrument des Erbrechts darstellt.Mit Beiträgen von:Prof. Dr. Mathias Schmoeckel (Bonn), Prof. Dr. Rainer Zaczyk (Bonn), Prof. Dr. Anne Röthel (Hamburg), Prof. Dr. Karl August Prinz von Sachsen Gessaphe (Hagen) und Prof. Dr. Hans-Georg Hermann (München)

Anmerkung: Beiträge des Tagungsbands zum Symposium des Rheinischen Instituts für Notarrecht vom 31. Januar 2014 , Cover; Das holographische Testament - Erleichterung oder Hindernis für Laien?; Propria Manu - Rechtsphilosophische Bemerkungen zum eigenhändigen Testament; Form und Privatautonomie: Blicke auf das eigenhändige Testament; Holographisch, allographisch, nuncupativ: Zum Formprivileg beim Testamentum parentum inter liberos bis 1900; Das eigenhändige Testament in Europa und Lateinamerika: eine riskante oder sichere Testamentsform?

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Ausgabe: 1st ed.

ISBN: 9781844071777 , 9781849771832

Inhalt: Limits to Privatization is the first thorough audit of privatizations from around the world. It outlines the historical emergence of globalization and liberalization, and from analyses of over 50 case studies of best- and worst-case experiences of privatization, it provides guidance for policy and action that will restore and maintain the right balance between the powers and responsibilities of the state, the private sector and the increasingly important role of civil society. The result is a book of major importance that challenges one of the orthodoxies of our day and provides a benchmark for future debate

Anmerkung: Front Cover -- Limits to Privatization -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Boxes -- Foreword by the President of the Club of Rome: Prince El Hassan Bin Talal -- Preface: Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker, Oran R. Young and Matthias Finger -- Editors' Acknowledgements -- Part I: Introduction -- Limits to Privatization: Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker, Oran R. Young, Matthias Finger -- Part II: Privatization in Many Sectors: Case Studies and Snapshots -- Initial remarks: Oran R. Young -- Natural Resources and Related Industries -- Water -- Solving water-supply problems in Bolivia: Beyond Cochabamba: Ralf Südhoff -- A 'waterl'eau' in Grenoble, France: Martin Stürmer -- Manila: A success story turned sour: Dörte Bernhardt -- Thames Water Utilities Limited, UK: Matthias Finger and Roger Levett -- Water privatization in Tanzania: : Mixed results: Jürgen Scheffran -- Budapest sewage works: Partial privatization of a Central European utility: Alexander Juras and Todd Schenk -- Management Success at Rostock, Germany: Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker -- Metals and Cement -- Privatization of the mining sector in Zambia: The case of Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines (ZCCM): Brenda Mofya and Brighton Lubansa -- Saving Sidex Galati steel mills in Romania: Black Sea University Foundation -- Union Miniere Pirdop Copper, Bulgaria: A case of privatization and the environment: Alexander Juras and Todd Schenk -- Other Resources -- The fight against patents on the neem tree: Vandana Shiva and Ruth Brand -- The basmati patent: Ruth Brand -- Privatizing nature: Plundering biodiversity: Aziz Choudry -- Private forests in Germany: Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker -- Network Industries -- Energy -- Enron: Unregulated master of influence: Matthias Finger -- The price to pay for deregulation of electricity supply in California: Ruth Brand and Jürgen Scheffran , A weak spot in the US private pension system: Beate Klein -- The Swiss three-pillar pension system Geneviève: Reday-Mulvey -- Police and Security -- 'Rent a soldier': The privatization of security and war and the case of mercenary companies in Africa: Thomas Thümmel, Fabian Fechner and Jürgen Scheffran -- Privatization of police services in Frankfurt, Germany: Tonia Sophie Müller and Simon Stähler -- Private prisons in the US: John Züchner -- Part III: Privatization in Context -- Initial remarks: Oran R. Young -- The General Context -- Post-war history: The ups and downs of the public sector: Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker -- The global context: Privatization in a globalizing world: Oran R. Young -- The Regional Context -- Privatization in G7 countries: Matthias Finger -- Privatization in Latin America: Jorge A. Schiavon -- Liberalization of services: Experiences of African consumers: Nessie R. Golakai -- No limits? Privatization in Central and Eastern Europe: Zsolt Boda -- Privatization in South Asia: Joachim Betz -- Special Issues -- Essential services: Shifting the burden of proof: Tim Kessler and Nancy Alexander -- Privatization of the infrastructures: Matthias Finger -- The top public service transnational corporations: Matthias Finger -- How GATS (General Agreement on Trade in Services) jeopardizes essential services: Nancy Alexander and Timothy Kessler -- Privatization and development: Andreas Obser -- Privatization and corruption: Frédéric Boehm, Juanita Olaya and Jaime Polanco -- Employment impacts of privatization: Rolph van der Hoeven and Hella Hoppe -- Women's rights under privatization: The example of Bulgaria, Poland, Russia and the Ukraine Anne Zollner -- Environmental impacts of privatization: Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker -- Does privatization provide the right choice of choice?Observations from the UK: Roger Levett , Part IV: Governance of Privatization -- Initial remarks: Oran R. Young -- Regulation: Matthias Finger -- Example: Water privatization working for the poor - first dos and don'ts of regulation: Ralf Südhoff -- Example: Accountability instead of privatization - The Parana (Brazil) school performance report cards: Alcyone Vasconcelos and Simon Schwartzman -- Privatization and Municipal Democracy: Nele Schneidereit and Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker -- Financing Global Public Goods: Challenges Inge Kaul -- Example: Private funding of infrastructure in developing countries: Peter Wolff -- Escaping Pernicious Dualism: Civil Society between the State and the Firm: Teodor Shanin and Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker -- Private Governance: Private Rules for Privatization?: Marianne Beisheim -- Example: The 'CSR navigator': Björn Stigson and Margaret Flaherty -- 'Co-evolution' between State Regulation and the Private Sector: Raimund Bleischwitz -- Part V: Conclusion -- Lessons Learned from Privatization: Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker, Oran R. Young, Matthias Finger and Marianne Beisheim -- About the Editors and Authors -- Notes -- List of Acronyms and Abbreviations -- References -- Index , Telecommunications and Postal Services -- Telecommunications in Mexico, Uruguay and Argentina: A tale of contrasts: Jochen Boekhoff -- Privatization of telecommunication in Japan: Thomas Thümmel and Max Thümmel -- Privatization in outer space: Lessons from Landsat and beyond: Jürgen Scheffran -- TPG Post: a Dutch privatization success: Matthias Finger -- Transportation -- British Rail: Martin Weidauer -- Economics of transport and privatization: Felix R. FitzRoy -- Japanese National Railways: Martin Weidauer -- Regionalization as part of rail restructuring in Germany: Martin Weidauer -- Privatization of the transport sector in Argentina: Tim Gürtler -- Air New Zealand: Diwata Olalia Hunziker -- Skyguide: A case of corporatization: Matthias Finger -- Other Services -- Waste Disposal -- No time to waste: How to avoid too much of a bad thing (Germany, Malaysia): Raimund Bleischwitz and Akira Proske -- Insurance -- Abolishing property insurance monopolies in Germany: Thomas von Ungern-Sternberg -- Culture and Media -- Privatization of Italian cultural heritage: Roland Benedikter -- The Salzburg Festival: An example of public responsibility and private money: Raffaela Kluge -- The global media monsters: Private media dominate the world's public sphere: Dušan Reljić -- Health -- Partial privatization of healthcare in Chile: Olaf Rotthaus -- Healthcare in the US: Kai Senf -- Healthcare reform in Zambia: Brighton Lubansa and Brenda Mofya -- Pharmaceutical research and development for neglected diseases: Market failures and the case of sleeping sickness: Tobias Luppe -- Education -- Education in Chile: Ernst Hillebrand -- Community-managed basic education in Guatemala: A solution for the poor?: Sabine Speiser -- The increasing privatization of universities in Tanzania: Verdiana G. Masanja and Michael von Hauff -- Pensions

Weitere Ausg.: Print version Beishem, Marianne Limits to Privatization London : Taylor & Francis Group,c2005 ISBN 9781844071777

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Serie: Routledge Explorations in Economic History Series

Inhalt: During the period from 1945 to 2005, Britain underwent two deep-seated institutional transformations when political elites successfully challenged the prevailing wisdom on how to govern the economy. Attlee and Thatcher were able to effectively implement most of their political platforms. During this period there were also two opportunities to challenge existing institutional arrangements. Heath's 'U-turn' in 1972 signalled his failure to implement the radical agenda promised upon election in 1970, whilst Tony Blair's New Labour similarly failed to instigate a major break with the 'Thatcherite' settlement. Rather than simply retell the story of British economic policymaking since World War II, this book offers a theoretically informed version of events, which draws upon the literatures on institutional path dependence, economic constructivism and political economy to explain this puzzle. It will be of great interest to both researchers and postgraduates with an interest in British economic history and the fields of political economy and economic crisis more widely

Anmerkung: Cover -- Ideas and Economic Crises in Britain from Attlee to Blair (1945-2005) -- Copyright -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Continuity and change in British economic policymaking -- 2 Crisis, ideas, and path dependence: Theoretical framework and postwar Britain's changing political economy -- 3 Clement Attlee's postwar "settlement" (1945-1970): Depression, war, Keynes, Beveridge, and a new consensus -- 4 Relative decline and the unraveling of consensus (1959-1979): From "having it so good" to the "winter of discontent" -- 5 Margaret Thatcher's triumph (1975-1990): Inflation, Hayek, and the overhaul of the British state -- 6 Thatcherism's flaws and Tony Blair's consolidation (1987-2005): From the Lawson boom to New Labour's "New Britain" -- 7 Conclusion: Made in Britain -- Postscript: Gordon Brown, the "Great Recession," and the future of neoliberalism -- Appendix: List of interviewees -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Weitere Ausg.: Print version Matthijs, Matthias M. Ideas and Economic Crises in Britain from Attlee to Blair (1945-2005) London : Taylor & Francis Group,c2010 ISBN 9780415579445

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Serie: State of the Art in Business Research Series

Inhalt: The unique challenges associated with understanding network industries requires insights from a range of disciplinary perspectives, namely economics, engineering, law, and political science. This book analyses the de- and re-regulation of the network industries and the regulatory challenges these industries will face in the future

Anmerkung: Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Why are network industries interesting? -- 2 Why do network industries need regulation? -- 3 The politics of regulation -- 4 Regulatory authorities -- 5 Regulating monopolies -- 6 "Regulation by contract" - the French model -- 7 Post and telecom -- 8 Transport -- 9 Energy -- 10 Water -- 11 New digital infrastructures -- 12 Conclusion -- References -- Glossary -- Index

Weitere Ausg.: Print version Finger, Matthias Network Industries Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group,c2019 ISBN 9781138326934

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ISBN: 9780415115094 , 9780203429037

Inhalt: Examines the importance of NGOs in world environmental politics. Four case studies, including the ivory trade ban and Great Lakes water negotiations, detail how NGOs challenge the traditional structures of world politics

Anmerkung: Intro -- Environmental NGOs in World Politics Linking the local and the global -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- List of acronyms used -- 1 Introduction -- Part I Theoretical perspectives -- 2 NGOs: creating a niche in environmental diplomacy -- 3 NGOs and transformation: beyond social movement theory -- Part II NGO relations -- 4 Advocacy and diplomacy: NGOs and the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement -- 5 The ivory trade ban: NGOs and international conservation -- 6 The Antarctic Environmental Protocol: NGOs in the protection of Antarctica -- 7 Environmental NGOs in the UNCED process -- Part III Conclusion -- 8 Translational linkages -- Bibliography -- Index

Weitere Ausg.: Print version Finger, Matthias Environmental NGOs in World Politics Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group,c1994 ISBN 9780415115094

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ISBN: 9780415333689 , 9780203413920

Serie: Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy Series

Inhalt: This book constitutes a thorough analysis of the phenomenon of corruption, as seen from the perspective of New Institutional Economics - one of the most influential new schools of thought in the social sciences of the past decade

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Weitere Ausg.: Print version Lambsdorff, Johann Graf The New Institutional Economics of Corruption Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group,c2004 ISBN 9780415333689

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