1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910330710603321

Autore

Berthelot Anne

Titolo

Engins et machines : L'imaginaire mécanique dans les textes médiévaux / / Fabienne Pomel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Rennes, : Presses universitaires de Rennes, 2018

ISBN

2-7535-5730-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BougetHélène

Clément-RoyerMyriam

Connochie-BourgneChantal

DominguezVéronique

Ferlampin-AcherChristine

HüeDenis

Pavlevski-MalingreJoanna

PomelFabienne

UeltschiKarin

Soggetti

Literary Theory & Criticism

Medieval & Renaissance Studies

littérature médiévale

imaginaire

machine

roman

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Machines et projectiles de guerre, pièges en vénerie, mécanismes et artifices destinés à servir l'illusion théâtrale ou encore automates : ces engins médiévaux suscitent l'admiration par leur ingéniosité et leurs effets spectaculaires. Ils relèvent des arts mécaniques à une époque où les classements entre les domaines de savoir-faire fluctuent, et où la frontière entre domaine artisanal et artistique n'est pas tracée. Le savoir-faire technique, lié au corps et à la matière, oscille alors entre



promotion et méfiance. Toute machine en tant que produit de l'artifice humain fait de son fabriquant un potentiel rival du Dieu créateur.  Les machines invitent donc à s'interroger sur la place et la représentation de la mécanique dans la culture médiévale et plus spécialement dans les textes littéraires qui s'emparent des objets mécaniques, les mettent en scène ou usent de la métaphore mécanique pour réfléchir sur l'engin et les artifices de la création littéraire : l'écrivain se considère lui aussi comme un artisan et le travail de la fiction pose des questions de légitimité.  Les contributions de ce volume proposent donc une réflexion sur les carrefours et interactions entre arts mécaniques et imaginaire poétique et sur les ambiguïtés de la figure de l'artifex.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910786486403321

Autore

Furceri Davide

Titolo

Can Policies Affect Employment Intensity of Growth? A Cross-Country Analysis / / Davide Furceri, Ernesto Crivelli, Joël Toujas-Bernate

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2012

ISBN

1-4755-7007-4

1-4755-7401-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (33 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

IMF working paper ; ; WP/12/218

Altri autori (Persone)

CrivelliErnesto

Toujas-BernateJoël

Soggetti

Job creation

Full employment policies

Finance: General

Labor

Macroeconomics

Macroeconomics: Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment and Investment: Other

Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies: General

Business Fluctuations

Cycles

Employment

Unemployment

Wages

Intergenerational Income Distribution

Aggregate Human Capital

Aggregate Labor Productivity



Labor Economics Policies

General Financial Markets: General (includes Measurement and Data)

Demand and Supply of Labor: General

Institutions and the Macroeconomy

Labour

income economics

Finance

Labor market policy

Commodity markets

Labor markets

Structural policies

Financial markets

Macrostructural analysis

Economic theory

Manpower policy

Commodity exchanges

Labor market

New Zealand

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.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; I. Introduction; II. Empirical Strategy and Data; A. Empirical Strategy; B. Data; III. Results; A. Regional trends in employment elasticities; B. Determinants of Employment Elasticities; IV. Conclusions; References; Figures; 1. The evolution of Unemployment Across Regions; 2. Real GDP and Employment Growth, by Income Level Group, 2000-09; 3. Distribution of Long-Run Employment Elasticities; Tables; 1. Descriptive Statistics and Sources; 2. Spearman's Rank Correlation Coefficient for Long-run Elasticities Estimates

3. Long Term Employment Elasticities, by Region, Income Level, and Economic Sector4. Evolution of Employment Elasticities with Time; 5. Correlation Between Employment Elasticities and Structural Policy Variables; 6. Effects of Structural Variables on Employment Elasticities; 7. Effects of Structural and Macroeconomic Variables on Employment Elasticities; 8. Effects of Structural and Demographic Variables on Employment Elasticities; 9. Effects of Labor Market Policy Indicators on Employment Elasticities; 10. Effects of Product Market Policy Indicators on Employment Elasticities

11a. Non-Linear Effects of Structural Variables on Employment Elasticities-GDP11b. Non-Linear Effects of Structural Variables on Employment Elasticities-Output Volatility; 11c. Non-Linear Effects of Structural Variables on Employment Elasticities-Inflation; Appendix

Sommario/riassunto

The aim of this paper is to provide new estimates of employment-output elasticities and assess the effect of structural and macroeocnomic policies on the employment-intensity of growth. Using an unbalanced panel of 167 countries over the period 1991 - 2009, the results suggest that structural policies aimed at increasing labor and product market flexibility and reducing government size have a



significant and positive impact on employment elasticities. In addition, the results also suggest that in order to maximize the positive impact on the responsiveness of employment to economic activity, structural policies have to be complemented with macroeconomic policies aimed at increasing macroeconomic stability.

3.

Record Nr.

UNIORUON00063213

Titolo

Kagaku no shiso / Inoue Takeshi, Ueyama Shunpei, Kawakami Takeshi, Tsukuba Hisaharu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tokyo, : Chikuma shobo, 1976

Descrizione fisica

2 v. ; 20 cm

Classificazione

GIA VII

Soggetti

MUSICA GIAPPONESE

Lingua di pubblicazione

Giapponese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia