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Los ejércitos del franquismo (1939-1975)

Eds. Fernando Puell de la Villa, Sonia Alda Mejías. A más de setenta años de su comienzo, el régimen franquista, el más extenso período de la España del siglo XX ha sido analizado por la historiografía desde las más variadas perspectivas, Sin embargo, las Fuerzas ...

Teoría de la Justicia

En este libro, que ha tenido repercusión mundial y ha sido traducido a múltiples lenguas, John Rawls (Baltimore, 1921) afirma que cada persona tiene una inviolabilidad fundada en la justicia que no está limitada ni siquiera por medidas que pudieran beneficiar a toda la sociedad ...

An introduction to money laundering deterrence

Every criminal act anywhere that involves obtaining money illegally produces funds which need to be laundered. The IMF estimates that 2-5% of global GDP ($590bn and $1.5 trillion) is laundered every year - $590bn is the equivalent of Spain's yearly output. Globally, regulations have ...

Venture capital and the finance of innovation

This useful guide walks venture capitalists through the principles of finance and the financial models that underlie venture capital decisions. It presents a new unified treatment of investment decision making and mark-to-market valuation. The discussions of risk-return and cost-of-capital calculations have been updated with the ...

The capital needs of Central Banks

Eds. Sue Milton, Peter Sinclair. Central banks have evolved over many years, and sometimes centuries, as policy-making, not profit-making, institutions, and yet they are structured legally and financially like 'for-profit' companies of the twenty-first century. The question is what is an appropriate level of equity ...

Anatomy of financial crisis

a real estate bubble, runaway credit markets, and regulatory failure

An in-depth look at the origins and development of the current financial crisis, from an economist and Washington insider. The author explains how a wide array of financial institutions - including mortgage banks, commercial banks, and investment banks - created a credit bubble that supported nonprime mortgage ...

Enchanted Europe

superstition, reason, and religion, 1250-1750

Since the dawn of history people have used charms and spells to try to control their environment, and forms of divination to try to foresee the otherwise unpredictable chances of life. Many of these techniques were called 'superstitious' by educated elites. For centuries religious believers ...

Womenomics

cómo ser una superwoman y una superboss sin dejar de ser dueña de tu tiempo y de tu vida

No hay que hacerlo todo para tenerlo todo Gracias al excitante nuevo mundo de la womenomía, las mujeres profesionales podemos conseguir por fin lo que queremos de verdad y transformar radicalmente el modo en que trabajamos. Nos encontramos ante un momento histórico en el que ...

El hombre que cambió su casa por un tulipán

qué podemos aprender de la crisis y cómo evitar que vuelva a suceder

¿Qué curiosa lógica pudo llevar a que un neerlandés antes sensato viese como un buen negocio cambiar su casa por un tulipán? ¿Qué paralelismos existen entre nuestra crisis inmobiliaria, la burbuja de los Mares del Sur y la del Japón de los noventa? ¿Qué extraño ...

Partiality and impartiality

morality, special relationships, and the wider world

Eds. Brian Feltham, John Cottingham. Issues of impartiality and partiality are a major focus of debate in moral theory. What demands do the needs and interests of others place upon us? Should our personal relationships and commitments have a special place in our moral deliberations ...

Global mobile media

There are now over one and a half billion mobile phones used worldwide. Alongside phones, there are a range of other portable media devices widely used including analogue and digital radio receivers, portable music players (MP3 players and iPods), laptop computers, not to mention a ...

Las organizaciones internacionales

Edición coordinada por José Manuel Sobrino Heredia. Esta obra trata de dar respuesta a las nuevas exigencias derivadas de la creciente interdependencia entre los Estados y otros entes Internacionales, así como de la mundialización o globalización que caracterizan el presente contexto internacional. Esta nueva edición ...

Behavioral finance

investors, corporations, and markets

Eds. H.Kent Baker, John R. Nofsinger. A definitive guide to the growing field of behavioral finance This reliable resource provides a comprehensive view of behavioral finance and its psychological foundations, as well as its applications to finance. Comprising contributed chapters written by distinguished authors ...

Simulation and optimization in finance

modeling with MATLAB, @RISK, or VBA

An introduction to the theory and practice of financial simulation and optimization In recent years, there has been a notable increase in the use of simulation and optimization methods in the financial industry. Applications include portfolio allocation, risk management, pricing, and capital budgeting under uncertainty ...

Investing in resources

how to profit from the outsized potential and avoid the risks

How to analyze and understand investment opportunities in the resources market Investing in resource markets is quite different from other sectors-extreme cyclicality; very long cycles; huge corrections; continual mergers and acquisitions; and, huge capital needs. Written by industry pioneer Adrian Day, Investing in Resources: How ...

Risk finance and asset pricing

value, measurements, and markets

A comprehensive guide to financial engineering that stresses real-world applications Financial engineering expert Charles S. Tapiero has his finger on the pulse of shifts coming to financial engineering and its applications. With an eye toward the future, he has crafted a comprehensive and accessible book ...

Tendencias en prevención de delitos y sus límites

privacidad y dignidad humana frente al uso de las nuevas tecnologías

Dir. José Ramón Agustina. Presentación de JESUS MARÍA SILVA SANCHEZ .- Prólogo .- PRIVACIDAD, UN CONCEPTO CONFUSO DANIEL J. SOLOVE .- CUESTIONES ÉTICAS EN TORNO A LA VIGILÂNCIA EN ESPACIOS PÚBLICOS MEDIANTE SISTEMAS DE VIDEOVIGILANCIA ANDREW VON HIRSCH .- ESTRATÉGIAS PARA DETECTAR Y PREVENIR CONDUCTAS ILÍCITAS EN EL LUGAR ...

Teoría del injusto penal

Las controversias metodológicas. Los paradigmas de la estabilidad. Los paradigmas y las leyes naturales. Los paradigmas del lenguaje. Los paradigmas procedimentales. La crítica de los paradigmas. Las bases para la reformulación del injusto. La delimitación doctrinaria. Las funciones del injusto. El contenido del injusto. Los ...

Electricity market reforms

economics and policy challenges

With the global demand for energy skyrocketing, over the past twenty years many countries have restructured their electric power industries, typically moving from a regulated monopoly to a competitive market structure. The results of these reforms vary significantly from country to country depending on the ...

Capital, accumulation, and money

an integration of capital, growth, and monetary theory

CONTENTS: Premises and an Overview.- Myros and Other Concepts and Definitions.- The Macroeconomic Framework.- Interest and Money.- Production and Investment.- General Price Level and Inflation.- Capital Values, Wealth, and Related Topics.- Macroeconomic Equilibrium and Employment.- Capital Theory in Perspective.- Opportunity and Sunk Costs.- Trade, Transfers ...