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UNINA9910463171703321 |
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Autore |
Cole Bernard D. <1943-> |
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Asian maritime strategies : navigating troubled waters / / Bernard D. Cole |
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Annapolis, Maryland : , : Naval Institute Press, , [2013] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (321 p.) |
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HIS027150HIS027060HIS027110 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Sea-power - Pacific Area |
Sea-power - Pacific Area - History |
Navies - Pacific Area |
Navies - Asia |
Electronic books. |
Pacific Area Strategic aspects |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Introduction ; 1. Setting the Scene; 2. The United States; 3. Japan ; 4. North Asia ; 5. China ; 6. Southeast Asia ; 7. India ; 8. South Asia ; 9. Conflict and Cooperation ; Conclusion ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index ; About the Author |
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" Asian Maritime Strategies explores one of the world's most complex and dangerous maritime arenas. Asia, stretching from the Aleutian Islands to the Persian Gulf, contains the world's busiest trade routes. It is also the scene of numerous maritime territorial disputes, pirate attacks, and terrorist threats. In response, the nations of the region are engaged in a nascent naval arms race. In this new work, Bernard Cole, author of the acclaimed The Great Wall At Sea, examines the maritime strategies and naval forces of the region's nations, as well as evaluating the threats and opportunities for cooperation at sea. The United States Navy is intimately involved in these disputes and opportunities, which threaten vital American economic, political, and security interests. The most useful geographical designation for maritime Asia is the "Indo- |
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Pacific" and Cole provides both a survey of the maritime strategies of the primary nations of the Indo-Pacific region as well as an evaluation of the domestic and international politics that drive those strategies. The United States, Canada, Russia, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, China, the Philippines, Brunei, Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, Myanmar, India, Pakistan, Iran, the smaller Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf states are all surveyed and analyzed. The United States, Japan, China, and India draw the most attention, given their large modern navies and distant strategic reach and the author concludes that the United States remains the dominant maritime power in this huge region, despite its lack of a traditionally strong merchant marine. U.S. maritime power remains paramount, due primarily to its dominant navy. The Chinese naval modernization program deservedly receives a good deal of public attention, but Cole argues that on a day-to-day basis the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force, as its navy is named, is the most powerful maritime force in Far Eastern waters, while the modernizing Indian Navy potentially dominates the Indian Ocean. Most telling will be whether United States power and focus remain on the region, while adjusting to continued Chinese maritime power in a way acceptable to both nations. No other current or recent work provides such a complete description of the Indo-Pacific region's navies and maritime strategies, while analyzing the current and future impact of those forces. "-- |
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UNINA9910155014203321 |
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Autore |
Dias Daniel |
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A Tale of Two Sectors : : Why is Misallocation Higher in Services than in Manufacturing? / / Daniel Dias, Christine Richmond, Carlos Robalo Marques |
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Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2016 |
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9781475554069 |
1475554060 |
9781475554120 |
1475554125 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (50 pages) : illustrations (some color), tables |
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Collana |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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RichmondChristine |
Robalo MarquesCarlos |
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Disciplina |
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Service industries - Portugal |
Manufacturing industries - Portugal |
Macroeconomics |
Industries: Manufacturing |
Industries: Service |
Production and Operations Management |
Production |
Cost |
Capital and Total Factor Productivity |
Capacity |
Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development |
One, Two, and Multisector Growth Models |
Measurement of Economic Growth |
Aggregate Productivity |
Cross-Country Output Convergence |
Industry Studies: Services: General |
Macroeconomics: Production |
Industry Studies: Manufacturing: General |
Labor Economics: General |
Manufacturing industries |
Labour |
income economics |
Services sector |
Total factor productivity |
Productivity |
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Manufacturing |
Labor |
Economic sectors |
Service industries |
Industrial productivity |
Labor economics |
Income economics |
Portugal |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Recent empirical studies document that the level of resource misallocation in the service sector is significantly higher than in the manufacturing sector. We quantify the importance of this difference and study its sources. Conservative estimates for Portugal (2008) show that closing this gap, by reducing misallocation in the service sector to manufacturing levels, would boost aggregate gross output by around 12 percent and aggregate value added by around 31 percent. Differences in the effect and size of productivity shocks explain most of the gap in misallocation between manufacturing and services, while the remainder is explained by differences in firm productivity and age distribution. We interpret these results as stemming mainly from higher output price rigidity, greater labor adjustment costs and more informality in the service sector. |
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