Applied derivatives

options, futures, and swaps

Applied Derivatives provides a detailed, yet relatively non-technical, treatment of the conceptual foundations of derivative securities markets' pricing and investment principles. This book draws from the most fundamental concepts of pricing for options, futures, and swaps to provide insight into the potential risks and returns ...

Migraciones económicas masivas y derechos del hombre

De la Revolución Francesa a la Guerra de la Independencia

Huelva a fines de la Edad Moderna

ÍNDICE: I. Introducción. II. Actividad política y poderes locales durante el período revolucionario. III. La villa en tiempos de guerra contra el enemigo francés. IV. Las bases económicas. V. Crisis de subsistencia y epidemias. VI. Cultura y niveles educativos al final de la Ilustración. VII ...

Risk management

value at risk and beyond

The use of derivative products in risk management has spread from commodities, stocks and fixed income items, to such virtual commodities as energy, weather and bandwidth. All this can give rise to so-called volatility and there has been a consequent development in formal risk management ...

The nature of economic growth

an alternative framework for understanding the performance of nations

This text charts development economics as it evolved from Adam Smith to new or endogenous growth theory. Thirlwall is critical of the latter, and its predecessor neo-classical growth theory, and tries to put back demand as a driving force in growth theory.

Representación comercial: contrato de trabajo o agencia mercantil

distinción conceptual entre el representante de comercio y el agente comercial.

Profit in the futures markets!

insigthts and strategies for futures and futures options trading

The mechanics of futures trading. The latest approaches and technical tools to capitalize on high-level research and information and leverage small ammounts of cash into sizable investments profits. Vehicles for profiting on price swings. Advance strategies and techniques for succesful trading.

Advanced macroeconomics

a primer

Since the rational expectations revolution in macroeconomics, the subject has changed massively, adopting the principles behind the revolution and building on them in a spectacular way. In this accessible and informative book, the authors guide the student through what has become the conceptual and mathematical ...

Economic policy reform

the second stage

The papers and commentary collected here constitute a vital discussion of contemporary thinking on economic policy reform, in particular the difficulties that leave so much of the world seemingly mired in poverty. Distinguished contributors address issues ranging from education and privatization to exchange rates and ...

Leadership engine

how winning companies build leaders at every level

Why do some companies consistently win in the marketplace while others struggle from crisis to crisis? The answer, says Noel Tichy, is that winning companies possess a "Leadership Engine" -- a proven system for creating dynamic leaders at every level.

Saddam Hussein

la política de la venganza

"Saddam es el hombre que comenzó en 1987 la guerra contra Irán, usó armas químicas contra los kurdos en su país, desarrolló armas biológicas capaces de matar a la mayoría de la gente del Medio Oriente, amenazó, invadió Kuwait e inició la Guerra del Golfo ...

Markets and moral regulation

Does European integration influence national cultures and social policies? Is Europe's fabled cultural diversity diminishing? In this 2001 book, Paulette Kurzer examines these important and topical questions by comparing the Irish abortion ban, Finnish and Swedish drinking restrictions, and Dutch drug decriminalization. Employing a ...

Essays in econometrics. Collected Papers of Clive W. J. Granger

Vol.II: Casuality, integration and cointegration, and long memory

This book, and its companion volume in the Econometric Society Monographs series (ESM number 32), present a collection of papers by Clive W. J. Granger. His contributions to economics and econometrics, many of them seminal, span more than four decades and touch on all aspects ...

Monetary regimes of the twentieth century

Abstract economic theory may be timeless and potentially universal in its application, but macroeconomics has to be seen in its historical context. The nature of the policy regime, the behaviour of the economy and the beliefs of professional economists all interact, and influence each other ...

Readings in games and information

This highly original collection brings together contemporary articles from a variety of sources to present the key topics in game theory. The book includes a combination of classic and contemporary readings from a range of books and journals that together present a complete resource for ...

Topics in empirical international economics

a festschrift in honor of Robert E.Lipsey

In this volume emanating from the National Bureau of Economic Research's programme in international economics, leading economists address recent developments in three important areas. The first section of the book focuses on international comparisons of output and prices, and includes papers that present new ...

Familia y trabajo en el régimen jurídico de su armonización

Economic life in the modern age

Werner Sombart (1863-1941) may well have been the most famous and controversial social scientist in Germany during the early twentieth century. Highly influential, his work and reputation have been indelibly tainted by his embrace of National Socialism in the last decade of his life. Although ...

The Internet Galaxy

reflections on the internet, business, and society

The Web has been with us for less than a decade. The popular and commercial diffusion of the Internet has been extraordinary-instigating and enabling changes in virtually every area of human activity and society. We have new systems of communication, new businesses, new media and ...

Trade, foreign policy and defence in EU constitutional law

the legal regulation of sanctions, exports of dual-use goods and armaments

This book examines how the increasing interdependence between trade and foreign policy can be managed within the legal framework of the European Union. In the context of the legally distinct characteristics of the European Community and the Common Foreign and Security Policy,it analyses the ...