Author: United States. Congress. HousePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 2752
Book Description
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Author: United States. Congress. HousePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 2752
Book Description
An Engine, Not a Camera
Author: Donald MacKenziePublisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262250047
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 782
Book Description
In An Engine, Not a Camera, Donald MacKenzie argues that the emergence of modern economic theories of finance affected financial markets in fundamental ways. These new, Nobel Prize-winning theories, based on elegant mathematical models of markets, were not simply external analyses but intrinsic parts of economic processes. Paraphrasing Milton Friedman, MacKenzie says that economic models are an engine of inquiry rather than a camera to reproduce empirical facts. More than that, the emergence of an authoritative theory of financial markets altered those markets fundamentally. For example, in 1970, there was almost no trading in financial derivatives such as "futures." By June of 2004, derivatives contracts totaling $273 trillion were outstanding worldwide. MacKenzie suggests that this growth could never have happened without the development of theories that gave derivatives legitimacy and explained their complexities. MacKenzie examines the role played by finance theory in the two most serious crises to hit the world's financial markets in recent years: the stock market crash of 1987 and the market turmoil that engulfed the hedge fund Long-Term Capital Management in 1998. He also looks at finance theory that is somewhat beyond the mainstream—chaos theorist Benoit Mandelbrot's model of "wild" randomness. MacKenzie's pioneering work in the social studies of finance will interest anyone who wants to understand how America's financial markets have grown into their current form.
Portfolio Decision Analysis
Author: Ahti SaloPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1441999434
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
Portfolio Decision Analysis: Improved Methods for Resource Allocation provides an extensive, up-to-date coverage of decision analytic methods which help firms and public organizations allocate resources to 'lumpy' investment opportunities while explicitly recognizing relevant financial and non-financial evaluation criteria and the presence of alternative investment opportunities. In particular, it discusses the evolution of these methods, presents new methodological advances and illustrates their use across several application domains. The book offers a many-faceted treatment of portfolio decision analysis (PDA). Among other things, it (i) synthesizes the state-of-play in PDA, (ii) describes novel methodologies, (iii) fosters the deployment of these methodologies, and (iv) contributes to the strengthening of research on PDA. Portfolio problems are widely regarded as the single most important application context of decision analysis, and, with its extensive and unique coverage of these problems, this book is a much-needed addition to the literature. The book also presents innovative treatments of new methodological approaches and their uses in applications. The intended audience consists of practitioners and researchers who wish to gain a good understanding of portfolio decision analysis and insights into how PDA methods can be leveraged in different application contexts. The book can also be employed in courses at the post-graduate level.
Disciplinary and Semiotic Relations Across Human-computer Interaction
Author: Luiz Ernesto MerklePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Computer science
Languages : en
Pages : 742
Book Description
Harmful Algal Blooms on the North American West Coast
Author: Raymond L. RaLondePublisher: Alaska Sea Grant College Program
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
This book is the proceedings of a conference to organize a West Coast effort for research and monitoring harmful algal blooms, held in 1999 in Anchorage, Alaska. Eleven contributions, by U.S. and Canadian agency and industry experts, describe HAB problems and solutions, including biology and economics, funding for HAB research and monitoring, and regional efforts.
Geographic Information Systems in Business
Author: James B. PickPublisher: Igi Global
ISBN: 9781591404002
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
This book contains state-of-the-art research studies on the concepts, theory, processes, and real world applications of geographical information systems (GIS) in business. Its chapters are authored by many of the leading experts in applying GIS and geospatial science to business. The book utilizes a wide variety of approaches and methodologies including conceptual theory development, research frameworks, quantitative and qualitative methods, case studies, systems design, DSS theory, and geospatial analysis combined with point-of-sale. Since relatively little research has been published on GIS in business, this book is pioneering and should be the principal compendium of the latest research in this area. The book impacts not only the underlying definitions, concepts, and theories of GIS in business and industry, but its practice as well.
Deliberative Democracy in Practice
Author: David KahanePublisher: UBC Press
ISBN: 0774859083
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
Deliberative democracy is a dominant paradigm in normative political philosophy. Deliberative democrats want politics to be more than a clash of contending interests, and they believe political decisions should emerge from reasoned dialogue among citizens. But can these ideals be realized in complex and unjust societies? This book brings together leading scholars who explore debates in deliberative democratic theory in four areas of practice: education, constitutions and state boundaries, indigenous-settler relations, and citizen participation and public consultation. This dynamic volume casts new light on the strengths and limitations of deliberative democratic theory, offering guidance to policy makers and to students and scholars interested in democratic justice.
Supreme Court Practice
Author: Robert L. SternOn the Rule of Law
Author: Brian Z. TamanahaPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521604659
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
The rule of law is the most important political ideal today, yet there is much confusion about what it means and how it works. This 2004 book explores the history, politics, and theory surrounding the rule of law ideal, beginning with classical Greek and Roman ideas, elaborating on medieval contributions to the rule of law, and articulating the role played by the rule of law in liberal theory and liberal political systems. The author outlines the concerns of Western conservatives about the decline of the rule of law and suggests reasons why the radical Left have promoted this decline. Two basic theoretical streams of the rule of law are then presented, with an examination of the strengths and weaknesses of each. The book examines the rule of law on a global level, and concludes by answering the question of whether the rule of law is a universal human good.
Home-work
Author: Cynthia Conchita SugarsPublisher: University of Ottawa Press
ISBN: 0776616099
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Canadian literature, and specifically the teaching of Canadian literature, has emerged from a colonial duty to a nationalist enterprise and into the current territory of postcolonialism. From practical discussions related to specific texts, to more theoretical discussions about pedagogical practice regarding issues of nationalism and identity, Home-Work constitutes a major investigation and reassessment of the influence of postcolonial theory on Canadian literary pedagogy from some of the top scholars in the field.