Historical background There were a number of powerful forces working for European integration after 1945. To Continental Europeans, the nation state had been discredited. This was particularly true of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy, which had behaved repressively towards their citizens, not to mention the citizens of other countries. The pre-war system of independent nation states had been unable to solve the economic problems thrown up by the Great Depression. There was also the threat of Soviet
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Financial Crisis in the European Union: The Cases of Greece and Ireland Sara F. Taylor Thesis submitted to the faculty of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Political Science Scott G. Nelson, Chair Karen M. Hult Deborah J. Milly September 7, 2011 Blacksburg, Virginia Keywords: EUROPEAN UNION, EUROZONE, GREECE FINANCIAL CRISIS, IRELAND BANKING CRISIS, EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK Copyright
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RBI'S MONETARY POLICY INITIATIVES SINCE 2008-09 AND ITS EFFECTIVENESS IN CONTAINING INFLATION PROJECT OF MACROECONOMICS ON “RBI’S MONETARY POLICY INITIATIVES SINCE 2008-09 AND ITS EFFECTIVENESS IN CONTAINING INFLATION” SUBMITTED BY ARPIT PANGASA (11DM032) GUNJAN GODWANI (11DM052) RIDHI PRASAD (11DM122) UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF PROF. JAGDISH SHETTIGAR BIRLA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY, GREATER NOIDA RBI'S MONETARY POLICY INITIATIVES SINCE 2008-09 AND ITS EFFECTIVENESS
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taking into account the domiciles of a target firm, its ultimate owner, and the acquirer. Using dispersedlyowned target firms as the baseline, we examine whether and how different types of owners in target firms—individual(s)/family, industrial, financial, and government—as well as their domicile affect the incidence of international M&As. We find that both individual(s)/family and government target firm owners are negatively associated with the incidence of international M&As; while foreign domicile
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Turks and Kurds Pirzada Osama Turkish policies of repression against the Kurds were one of the strongest and most lasting arguments against admitting Turkey to membership in the European Union. Turkey's application to the European Union is still pending and is soon to be reviewed again. Support for a United States invasion of Iraq may bring the Turks billions in aid, but it may also give them the much costlier choice between losing any chance for membership in the European Union and tolerating
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NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES DEVALUATION CRISES AND THE MACROECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF POSTPONED ADJUSTMENT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Sebastian Edwards Peter Montiel Working Paper No 66 NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH 1050 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138 February 1989 A first version of this paper was written while Edwards was a visiting scholar in the Research Department of the International Monetary Fund. We have benefited from discussions with Saul Lizondo.
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Martin Neil Baily Douglas J. Elliott The Brookings Institution July 11, 2013 The Role of Finance in the Economy: Implications for Structural Reform of the Financial Sector Executive Summary The U.S. financial system is critical to the functioning of the economy as a whole and banks are central to the financial system. In addition to providing substantial employment, finance serves three main purposes: Credit provision. Credit fuels economic activity by allowing businesses to invest beyond
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[pic] Professional Higher Education Bachelor's Programme “European Business Studies” Course Paper in Economics TITLE Author: _______________ Group D1AX Supervisor:_______________ Riga, Month 2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 3 2. Literature survey 4 2.1 The nature of inflation 4 2.2 Methods of measuring inflation 6 2.3 Reasons and consequences of inflation 9 3. Practical rationale for analysing
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the economic and political relations in all societies less vertically hierarchical and more flatly distributed. Local groups often have different foci, but among the movement's prime concerns is the belief that large corporations and the global financial system control the world in a way that disproportionately benefits a minority, undermines democracy and is unstable.[8][9][10][11] The first Occupy protest to receive wide coverage was Occupy Wall Street in New York City's Zuccotti Park, which
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Local Economy http://lec.sagepub.com/ The euro crisis Andrew Jones Local Economy 2011 26: 594 DOI: 10.1177/0269094211421748 The online version of this article can be found at: http://lec.sagepub.com/content/26/6-7/594 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com On behalf of: London South Bank University Local Economy Policy Unit Partner Organisation: Centre for Local Economic Strategies Additional services and information for Local Economy can be found at: Email Alerts: http://lec
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