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The Euro and Its Central Bank: Getting United after the Union
History and analysis of European monetary integration and related economic, financial, monetary, and international political issues: an accesible guide.This history and analysis of the euro and the European Central Bank traces the process of European monetary integration from its beginnings as a utopian vision in the aftermath of World War II through the establishment of a single currency manag…
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- 9780262281157
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- 1 online resource (xviii, 260 pages) :illustrations
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The European Central Bank: Credibility, Transparency, and Centralization
An examination of the debates on European Central Bank monetary policy, focusing on issues of transparency, credibility, and accountability and the effect of the ECB's decentralized structure.The adoption of the euro in 1999 by 11 member states of the European Union created a single currency area second in economic size only to the United States. The euro zone's monetary policy is now set by th…
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- 9780262271400
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- 1 online resource (264 pages) :illustrations.
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Exchange Rates under the East Asian Dollar Standard: Living with Conflicted V…
Essays by prominent scholars and policymakers honor one of the most influential macroeconomists of the last thirty years discussing the themes behind his work.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262279550
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- 1 online resource (xix, 491 pages) :illustrations
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Exporting Environmentalism: U.S. Multinational Chemical Corporations in Brazi…
A great deal of research has focused on the role of governments, nongovernmental organizations, and advocacy groups in promoting environmental ideologies. Researchers and activists have generally assumed antienvironmental and antiregulatory stances on the part of corporations. Exporting Environmentalism is the first book to examine industry's transnational promotion of environmental ideas and p…
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- 9780262273541
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- 1 online resource (xvi, 282 pages).
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Fighting words :language policy and ethnic relations in Asia
Project sponsored by the BCSIA Studies in International Security in cooperation with the Center for Peace and Security Studies, and the Pacific Basin Research Center.Language policy is a sensitive issue in most countries. In countries where more than one language is spoken--the vast majority--language policies affect the ability of individuals and groups to participate in government, to be trea…
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- 9780262269353
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- 1 online resource (xi, 480 pages) :maps.
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Financial policies in emerging markets
An overview of the financial vulnerability of emerging market economies and how the impact of exchange rate regimes affects this vulnerability.The 1994-1995 Mexican crisis was the first in a succession of financial crises to hit emerging markets in Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea, Russia, Brazil, Argentina, and Turkey. In almost all these cases, problems in the banking sector played …
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- 9780262268691
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- 1 online resource (vi, 259 pages) :illustrations
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Fiscal Decentralization and the Challenge of Hard Budget Constraints
An?alise comparativa sobre pol?itica fiscal e or?cament?aria nos seguintes pa?ises: Brasil, Estados Unidos, Canad?a, Noruega, Alemanha, Argentina, ?India, China, ?Africa do Sul, Ucr?ania, Hungria.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262282482
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- 1 online resource (x, 476 pages) :illustrations
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Transit-oriented displacement or community dividends? :understanding the effe…
An examination of the neighborhood transformation, gentrification, and displacement that accompany more compact development around transit. Cities and regions throughout the world are encouraging smarter growth patterns and expanding their transit systems to accommodate this growth, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and satisfy new demands for mobility and accessibility. Yet despite a burgeoning…
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- 9780262352901
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Science and environment in Chile :the politics of expert advice in a neoliber…
The politics of scientific advice across four environmental conflicts in Chile, when the state acted as a "neutral broker" rather than protecting the common good. In Science and Environment in Chile , Javiera Barandiar?n examines the consequences for environmental governance when the state lacks the capacity to produce an authoritative body of knowledge. Focusing on the experience of Chile afte…
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- 9780262347419
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- 1 online resource (284 pages).
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The paradox of scale :how NGOs build, maintain, and lose authority in environ…
An examination of why NGOs often experience difficulty creating lasting change, with case studies of transnational conservation organizations in Southeast Asia and the Pacific.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262349246
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- 1 online resource (xi, 240 pages)
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