1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910452296503321

Titolo

Causation and explanation / / edited by Joseph Keim Campbell, Michael O'Rourke, and Harry Silverstein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2007

ISBN

1-282-09908-6

9786612099083

0-262-26976-7

1-4294-9238-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (335 p.)

Collana

Topics in contemporary philosophy

Altri autori (Persone)

CampbellJoseph Keim <1958->

O'RourkeMichael <1963->

SilversteinHarry <1942->

Disciplina

122

Soggetti

Causation

Explanation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A Bradford book."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Explaining four psychological asymmetries in causal reasoning: implications of causal assumptions for coherence -- Causality and computation -- Actual causes and thought experiments -- What's wrong with neuron diagrams? -- Mackie remixed -- Occasional causes -- In defense of explanatory deductivism -- Goal-directed action and teleological explanation -- Van Fraassens Dutch book argument against explanationism -- Counterfactuals in economics: a commentary -- Why don't you want to be rich? preference explanation on the basis of causal structure -- Decisions, intentions, urges, and free will: why Libet has not shown what he says he has -- Constitutive overdetermination -- Ex nihilo nihil fit: arguments new and old for the principle of sufficient reason.

Sommario/riassunto

Leading scholars discuss the development and application of theories of causation and explanation, offering a state-of-the-art view of current work on these two topics.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910790743703321

Autore

Imam Amna

Titolo

Democracy and public administration in Pakistan / / Amna Imam, Eazaz A. Dar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-429-25350-8

1-4665-1156-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (244 p.)

Collana

Public Administration and Public Policy

Public administration and public policy

Disciplina

351.5491

Soggetti

Democracy - Pakistan

Pakistan Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Public administration in historic Pakistan -- Administrative history of Pakistan -- Theoretical framework  -- Crunching numbers -- Conceptual and philosophical foundations of arguments that led to the demise of apolitical protracted consultation and instrumentation in Pakistan and its implications -- Identifying core areas of improvement and recommendations for a lasting democracy in Pakistan.

Sommario/riassunto

<P>This book explores the role of the grass roots public administrative institution of DC & DM in historical context for Pakistan, and its viability for a meaningful democracy and stability of the country. The authors contend that Pakistan's democracy to-date lacks firm foundation, as evidenced by the country's disintegration in 1971, violence and drugs in the 80s, crime infested communities in the 90s, terrorism in the 2000s, and the current volatile situation in Balochistan and FATA, as well as high crime rate and lacking sense of security among the communities of Pakistan. </P>



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910155013103321

Autore

Jalles João Tovar

Titolo

Fiscal Discipline and Exchange Rates : : Does Politics Matter? / / João Tovar Jalles, Carlos Mulas-Granados, José Tavares

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2016

ISBN

9781475555783

1475555784

9781475555837

1475555830

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (30 pages) : illustrations, tables

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Altri autori (Persone)

Mulas-GranadosCarlos

TavaresJosé

Disciplina

332.45

Soggetti

Foreign exchange rates - Political aspects

Foreign Exchange

Public Finance

Structure, Scope, and Performance of Government

National Deficit Surplus

Debt

Debt Management

Sovereign Debt

Currency

Foreign exchange

Public finance & taxation

Exchange rate arrangements

Conventional peg

Government asset and liability management

Exchange rate flexibility

Exchange rates

Public financial management (PFM)

Finance, Public

Austria

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

We look at the effect of exchange rate regimes on fiscal discipline, taking into account the effect  of underlying political conditions. We present a model where strong politics (defined as  policymakers facing longer political horizon and higher cohesion) are associated with better fiscal  performance, but fixed exchange rates may revert this result and lead to less fiscal discipline. We  confirm these hypotheses through regression analysis performed on a panel sample covering 79  countries from 1975 to 2012. Our empirical results also show that the positive effect of strong  politics on fiscal discipline is not enough to counter the negative impact of being at/moving to  fixed exchange rates. Finally, we use the synthetic control method to illustrate how the transition  from flexible to fully fixed exchange rate under the Euro impacted negatively fiscal discipline in  European countries. Our results are robust to a number of important sensitivity checks, including  different estimators, alternative proxies for fiscal discipline, and sub-sample analysis.

4.

Record Nr.

UNIORUON00017606

Autore

HERTZ, Amelia

Titolo

Die Kultur um den Persischen Golf und Ihre Ausbreitung / von Amelia Hertz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

152 p., 8 p. di tav., : ill. ; 25 cm

Edizione

[Aalen : Scientia Verlag]

Descrizione fisica

Suppl. del periodico Klio, Beiheft 20 (Neue Folge, Heft 7)

Classificazione

VOA I

Soggetti

Archeologia - Iran - Siti - Golfo Persico

Archeologia - Iran - Siti - Susa

Archeologia - Vicino Oriente Antico

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia