1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910297053403321

Autore

Vollmer Sebastian

Titolo

A contribution to the empirics of economic and human development / / Sebastian Vollmer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bern, : Peter Lang International Academic Publishing Group, 2018

Frankfurt am Main, Germany : , : Peter Lang, , [2009]

©2009

ISBN

3-631-75349-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (155 pages) : illustrations, charts; PDF, digital file(s)

Collana

Göttinger Studien zur Entwicklungsökonomik/ Gottingen Studies in Development Economics ; ; 27

Disciplina

330.0112

Soggetti

Economic development - Econometric models

Commercial treaties

Economic forecasting

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally presented as the author’s doctoral thesis: Göttingen, 2009.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book contributes to the empirical literature on economic and human development from five different perspectives: the first chapter provides a new statistical test for bimodality of densities with an application to income data. The second chapter analyzes the worlds cross-country distribution of income and challenges the so called Twin Peaks-claim. The third chapter focuses on the world income distribution and resulting implications for poverty reduction, pro-poor growth and the evolution of global inequality. The fourth chapter estimates the welfare effects of recently negotiated Economic Partnership Agreements between the EU and African countries. Finally, the fifth chapter investigates whether democracy leads to higher levels of health and education.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910793985103321

Autore

Silva Andie <1984->

Titolo

The brand of print : marketing paratexts in the early English book trade / / by Andie Silva

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden Boston : , : BRILL, , 2020

ISBN

90-04-41024-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (260 pages)

Collana

Library of the Written Word; ; volume76

Disciplina

381.450020942

Soggetti

Book industries and trade - England - History - 16th century

Book industries and trade - England - History - 17th century

Paratext - England - History

Books - England - Marketing - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Copyright Page / Andie Silva -- Acknowledgements / Andie Silva -- List of Illustrations / Andie Silva -- Abbreviations / Andie Silva -- Transcription and Editorial Practice / Andie Silva -- Introduction / Andie Silva -- “In Sundry Hands”: Patronage, Human Capital, and Print Agents as Tastemakers / Andie Silva -- “Read, Reape, and Returne”: Emotional Branding and the Profit of Reading / Andie Silva -- “Before thou begynneth to read”: Visual Consumption as Brand / Andie Silva -- “An Instrument of Iron”: Commodifying Gender and Devotion with Emotional Capital in Queen Elizabeth’s A Godly Meditation of the Soul / Andie Silva -- “Printed in Utopia”: Marketing Genre across a Century / Andie Silva -- Immaterial Labour, Mass Intellectuality, and the New Digital Agents / Andie Silva -- Conclusion / Andie Silva -- Back Matter -- Bibliography / Andie Silva -- Index / Andie Silva.

Sommario/riassunto

The Brand of Print offers a comprehensive analysis of the ways printers, publishers, stationers, and booksellers designed paratexts to market printed books as cultural commodities. This study traces envoys to the reader, visual design in title pages and tables of contents, and patron dedications, illustrating how the agents of print branded their markets by crafting relationships with readers and articulating the value of their



labor in an increasingly competitive trade. Applying terms from contemporary marketing theory to the study of early modern paratexts, Andie Silva encourages a consideration of how print agents' labor and agency, made visible through paratextual design, continues to influence how we read, study, and digitize early modern texts.