Applied econometrics

using the SAS System

"Applied Econometrics Using the SAS[registered] System" is the first book of its kind to treat the analysis of basic econometric data using SAS[registered], one of the most commonly used software tools among today's statisticians in business and industry. This book thoroughly examines ...

La aplicación por sectores del nuevo Plan General de Contabilidad

El nuevo PGC aprobado por Real Decreto de 16 de noviembre de 2007, entró en vigor el 1 de enero de 2008. En dicho Real Decreto, en su disposición final primera, se habilitó al Ministro de Economía y Hacienda, a propuesta del ICAC, para aprobar ...

Religion and the Constitution. T.1

Free exercise and fairness

Balancing respect for religious conviction and the values of liberal democracy is a daunting challenge for judges and lawmakers, particularly when religious groups seek exemption from laws that govern others. Should members of religious sects be able to use peyote in worship? Should pacifists be ...

The liberalisation of trade in services in MERCOSUR

This book contrasts the rhetoric of economic integration propagated from the highest political circles with the reality on the ground, taking trade in services in the Southern Common Market ( MERCOSUR ) as a case study. In 1991 Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay signed in Asuncion, an ...

Due diligence

an M&A value creation approach

This nuts-and-bolts guide examines all aspects of an M&A due diligence - from coming to the decision to acquire a company, to who should be on the due diligence team, to the actual process and the final report and post-closing follow up. It advocates a focus on both risk mitigation and shareholder value creation, and emphasizes a holistic approach that spans from planning to post-acquisition integration. The tentative contents is: introduction; planning for value creation: growth strategy; engagement and pursuit; preparing for due diligence; validation of value: performing due diligence; assessment of due diligence results; optimizing value: post diligence negotiation; and, extracting value: post-transaction integration.

The Hesitant Hand

taming self-interest in the history of economic ideas

Adam Smith turned economic theory on its head in 1776 when he declared that the pursuit of self-interest mediated by the market itself - not by government - led, via an invisible hand, to the greatest possible welfare for society as a whole. "The Hesitant Hand" examines ...

Social conventions from language to Law

Social conventions are those arbitrary rules and norms governing the countless behaviors all of us engage in every day without necessarily thinking about them, from shaking hands when greeting someone to driving on the right side of the road. In this book, Andrei Marmor offers ...

Contracting States

sovereign transfers in international relations

Increasingly today nation-states are entering into agreements that involve the sharing or surrendering of parts of their sovereign powers and often leave the cession of authority incomplete or vague. But until now, we have known surprisingly little about how international actors design and implement these ...

The politics of global regulation

Eds. Walter Mattli, Ngaire Woods. Regulation by public and private organizations can be hijacked by special interests or small groups of powerful firms, and nowhere is this easier than at the global level. In whose interest is the global economy being regulated? Under what conditions ...

Citizens, courts, and confirmations

positivity theory and the judgements of the american people

In recent years the American public has witnessed several hard-fought battles over nominees to the U.S. Supreme Court. In these heated confirmation fights, candidates' legal and political philosophies have been subject to intense scrutiny and debate. "Citizens, Courts, and Confirmations" examines one such fight ...

Religion and the Constitution.T.2

Establishment and fairness

Balancing respect for religious conviction and the values of liberal democracy is a daunting challenge for judges and lawmakers, particularly when religious groups seek exemption from laws that govern others. Should members of religious sects be able to use peyote in worship? Should pacifists be ...

Cosmopolitanism and the geographies of freedom

Liberty and freedom are frequently invoked to justify political action. Presidents as diverse as Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, and George W. Bush have built their policies on some version of these noble values. Yet in practice, idealist agendas often ...

Forces of transformation

the end of the Bronze Age in the Mediterranean: proceedings of an international symposium held at St. John´s College, University of Oxford 25-6th March 2006

Edited by Christoph Bachhuber and R. Gareth Roberts. The volume is the first in nearly a decade to focus a wide range of scholarship on one of the most compelling periods in the antiquity of the Mediterranean and Near East. It presents new interpretive approaches ...

Business Law

This text is an accurate and to-the-point summary of the major areas of law relating to business and is a great companion for students on business law and commercial law courses. Accurate and to-the-point summaries of the major areas of law pertaining to business, make ...

Marketing

a guide to the fundamentals

Even though organisations have become increasingly marketing-focussed in their approach - and it is clear that marketing is more than just the 'marketing department' - marketing is one of the most misunderstood areas of business. Philip Kotler, an American marketing guru, defines it as 'the business function ...

In defense of judicial elections

One of the most contentious issues in politics today is the propriety of electing judges. Ought judges be independent of democratic processes in obtaining and retaining their seats, or should they be subject to the approval of the electorate and the processes that accompany popular ...

The limits of economic globalization

north-south divergence

Hard on the heels of putting the Cold War bogeyman to rest, economic globalization has loomed, at least for some, as the world system's next crisis carrier. Globalization creates winners and losers and tramples on the distinctiveness of local cultures and sovereignties. There is ...

Law and economics

a reader

Ed. Alain Marciano. This book brings together the most authoritative articles on Law and Economics and the interaction between the two disciplines as well as the use of economic tools to analyse legal problems. Aimed at students experiencing the subject for the first time, the ...

Designing central banks

Eds. David Mayes, Geoffrey Wood. The activities of central banks are relevant to everyone in society. This book starts by considering how and why in general central banks evolved and specifically the special aspects of the contribution of the North- Northern European Central Banking Tradition ...

Cities and development

By 2030 more than 60 per cent of the world's population will live in urban areas, with most of the world's population growth over the next 25 years being absorbed by cities and towns in low and middle income countries. What are the ...