Rational expectations and econometric practice /

Table of Contents: “…To make economic decisions in an uncertain environment people must forecast such variables as future rates of inflation, tax rates, government…”

Argentina facing the challenge of health insurance reform /

Table of Contents: “…Desing and early implementation of the healt insurance reform program -- K. Future prospects and problems…”

Poverty reductionand the World Bank : progress and challenges in the 1990s

Table of Contents: “…Impact of strategies and interventions on reducing poverty -- 4. Lessons learned and future directions -- Annexes -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Note to all operational managers and staff: poverty reduction in Bank operations -- Tables -- Boxes.…”

Society and education in Brazil / by Havighurst, Robert James, 1900-1991‏

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Nuevas prácticas en Londres.

Table of Contents: “…Londres llama : nuevas arquitecturas locales / Florencia Rodríguez -- Elías Redstone : Hairywood -- Temporary Eyesore -- Closet Gallerty -- I shot, Norman Foster -- Southwark Lido -- Emergency exit -- 00:/ : The hub - Hub King Coss -- Hub Make Lab -- Urban Beach Bristol -- Sense of Place -- Studio Weave: 140 boomerangs -- Freya and Robin -- Blackburn's secret -- Exhibition furniture -- AOC: The lift new parliament -- Friars primary school -- Building futures -- No.1 Lower Carbon Drive -- Helenslea Avenue…”

Understanding the economic and financial impacts of natural disasters / by Benson, Charlotte

Table of Contents: “…Financing the cost of future disasters -- 6. Findings of the study and implications for policy and research -- Appendix A. …”

Growth and trade : being an abbreviated version of Industrial growth and world trade / by Maizels, Alfred, 1917-2006

Table of Contents: “…Effects of competition and import-substitution on exports from the main industrial countries -- 9. Past trends and future prospects -- Appendices: The trade networls tables -- Gross domestic product and the production and consumption of manufactures.…”

The cost stickness phenomenon : causes, characteristics, and implications for fundamental analysis and financial analysts' forecasts / by Baumgarten, Daniel

Table of Contents: “…Geleitwort; Vorwort; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; List of Symbols; 1 Introduction; 2 The Cost Stickiness Phenomenon; 2.1 Evidence on the Stickiness of Costs and its Potential Causes; 2.2 Characteristics of Cost Stickiness; 2.2.1 General Characteristic of Cost Stickiness; 2.2.1.1 Stickiness of Different Cost Components; 2.2.1.2 The Influence of the Magnitude of Changes in Activity; 2.2.1.3 The Time Horizon of Cost Stickiness; 2.2.1.4 Cyclical Characteristics of Cost Stickiness; 2.2.2 Firm-Specific Characteristics of Cost Stickiness 2.2.3 Industry-Specific Characteristics of Cost Stickiness2.2.4 Country-Specific Characteristics of Cost Stickiness; 2.3 Cost Stickiness and Managerial Incentives; 2.4 Criticism of the Cost Stickiness Concept; 2.5 Applications of the Cost Stickiness Concept to Related Financial Research; 3 Cost Stickiness and the Information Content of the SG&A Ratio; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The SG&A Ratio in Fundamental Analysis; 3.3 Research Design and Data; 3.3.1 Research Design; 3.3.1.1 Impact on Future Operating Earnings per Share; 3.3.1.2 Impact on Future Sales, Cost of Goods Sold, and SG&A Costs 3.3.1.3 Influence of Potential for Enhancements of Operating Processes3.3.2 Sample Data; 3.3.3 Descriptive Statistics; 3.4 Results; 3.4.1 Impact on Future Operating Earnings per Share; 3.4.2 Impact on Future Sales, Cost of Goods Sold, and SG&A Costs; 3.4.3 Influence of Potential for Enhancements of Operating Processes; 3.5 Differentiation from an Explanation in Terms of Cost Stickiness; 3.6 Sensitivity Analyses; 3.6.1 Changes in the Segmentation of the Sample; 3.6.2 Impact on Earnings per Share; 3.7 Conclusion; 4 Cost Stickiness and Analysts' Implied Cost Forecasts; 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Literature Review and Hypothesis Development4.2.1 Cost Stickiness; 4.2.2 Earnings Forecast Optimism; 4.2.3 Hypotheses Development; 4.3 Research Design and Sample; 4.3.1 Research Design; 4.3.2 Sample and Descriptive Statistics; 4.4 Results; 4.5 Sensitivity Analyses; 4.5.1 More Extensive Data Trimming; 4.5.2 Median Consensus Forecasts; 4.5.3 Problematic Cost Components; 4.5.4 Individual Forecasts; 4.5.5 Industrial Firms; 4.5.6 Clustered Standard Errors or Fama-MacBeth [1973] Regression; 4.5.7 Main Effect of Decrease Dummy; 4.5.8 Experienced Analysts; 4.6 Conclusion; 5 Concluding Remarks References…”

Chile : the adult health policy challenge by Márquez, Patricio

Table of Contents: “…The risk factors -- 5. Future health trends in Chile -- 6. Implications for health care costs -- 7. …”

Peter Drucker : una jornada intelectual /

Table of Contents: “…Estrategia / Michael Porter -- Digital economy / Don Tapscott -- CEO Saatchi & Saatchi / Kevin Roberts -- Biotechnology and future / Juan Enriquez -- London Business School / Gary Hamel -- Grameen Bank / Muhammad Yunus -- Jimmy Wales founder of Wikipedia -- Jeffrey Sachs economista -- Search of excellence / Tom Peters -- Larry Huston vice president P & G -- Marketing expert / Philip Kotler -- Strategy and profitability / Adrian Slywotzky -- Adriana Cisneros vice director of strategy chairman -- Stephen covey author The seven habit of highly effective people.…”

Wealth : a brief explanation of the causes of economic wealth / by Cannan, Edwin, 1861-1935

Table of Contents: “…The Control of Provision For the Future -- 8. Continuous Power to Demand, Or Income -- 9. …”
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High tech architecture / by Davies, Colin

Table of Contents: “…RICHARD ROGERS PARTNERSHIP: Fleetguard Manufacturind and Dsitribution Centre -- Inmos Microprocessor Factory -- Laboratories and Corporate Facility for PA Technology -- Coin Street Development -- New Thames bridge -- Lloyd´s of London -- FOSTER ASSOCIATES: Headquarters for Willis, Faber and Dumas -- Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts -- Hammersmith Centre -- Warehouse and Distribution Centre for Renault -- Airport Terminal, Stansted -- Hongkong Bank Headquarters -- NICHOLAS GRIMSHAW AND PARTNERS: Office Building for Digital -- Warehouse for Herman Miller -- IBM Sports Hall -- Ice Rink, Oxford -- Office and Workshop for Ladkarn Ltd -- MICHAEL HOPKINS AND PARTNERS: Architect's own house and studio -- Draught Beer Departament, Greene King -- "Patera" Nursery Industrial Units -- Enclosure of Shopping Centre, Basildon -- Abbey Hill Golf Club, Milton Keynes -- Research Laboratories for Schlumberger -- AHRENDS, BURTON AND KORALEK: Cummins Engine Company Ltd -- Supermarket for J. Sainsbury -- FUTURE SYSTEMS: Doughnut House -- FUTURE SYSTEMS AND JIRICNA, KEER ASSOCIATES: Harrods "Way in" Shop -- MICHAEL AUKETT ASSOCIATES: Computer Centre, Lennox Wood -- RICHARD HORDEN: House, Woodgreen -- IAN RITCHIE: Eagle Rock House -- THAMESDOWN BOROUGH COUNCIL ARCHITECTS: Link Centre -- WEBWE, BRAND AND PARTNERS: Medical Faculty, Technical University of Aachen -- HELMUT SCHULITZ: Schulitz House, Beverly Hills -- Houses, Hollywood -- BENTHEM, CROUWEL: House at Almere, near Amsterdam -- GUSTAV PEICH: Radio Stations RENZO PIANO WITH: Pavilion for travelling exhibition of IBM Europe -- SHUNJI ISHIDA AND ALESSANDRO TRALDI.…”

The new demographic regime : population challenges and policy responses /

Table of Contents: “…Responses to the new demographics: present and future strategies for the European Union / Jerome Vignon -- 4. …”

Trade policy in developing countries by Buffie, Edward F

Table of Contents: “…Direct foreign investment, economic development, and welfare -- 10. Suggestions for future research.…”

Rural development : from vision to action

Table of Contents: “…Areas of concentration and future directions -- Appendices: A. Focus programs by region -- B. …”

Space 2030 : tackling society's challenges / by Andrieu, Michel

Table of Contents: “…A scenario-based exploration of the future of space applications -- 2. Meeting societal challenges: how space might help -- 3. …”
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Models as mediators : perspectives on natural and social science /

Table of Contents: “…Past measurements and future prediction / Adrienne van den Bogaard.…”

Las verdades nómadas, & General intellect, poder constituyente, comunismo / by Negri, Antonio, 1933-

Table of Contents: “…Llamamos comunismo -- La revolución ha comenzado en 1968 -- La reacción de los setenta : "no future" -- La revolución continúa -- La nueva alianza -- Pensar y vivir de otro modo. …”

Economics of development assistance : Japan's ODA in a symbiotic world / by Nishigaki, Akira, 1929-

Table of Contents: “…II, Japan's ODA: The special features of Japan's ODA ; Forms of ODA and the system and mechanisms to implement them ; Japan's ODA performance : an international comparison -- pt. III, Future tasks: ODA and global issues ; In pursuit of "broad-based" development ; Japan's ODA in a symbiotic world…”

Eco-quartier.

Table of Contents: “…-- Architecture et développement durable : pour une refondation disciplinaire -- Ile-de-france : Eco-région cherche quartiers durables -- Un futur quartier parisien écologique? -- Eco-urbanisme…”