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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781331303321

Titolo

Bombing, states and peoples in Western Europe, 1940-1945 [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Claudia Baldoli, Andrew Knapp and Richard Overy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Continuum, 2011

ISBN

1-4411-8048-6

1-283-12966-3

9786613129666

1-4411-9803-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (374 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BaldoliClaudia

KnappAndrew

OveryR

Disciplina

940.54/4941

Soggetti

Bombings - Europe, Western - History

Escapes - Europe, Western - History - 20th century

World War, 1939-1945 - Aerial operations, British

World War, 1939-1945 - Underground movements

Europe, Western History

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

pt. 1. States and peoples -- pt. 2. Cultural responses to bombing -- pt. 3. Society in the bombing war -- pt. 4. Friend or foe? : popular perceptions of bombing.

Sommario/riassunto

With Western Europe now at the heart of a united continent it is ever more difficult to explain how only 70 years ago European states destroyed much of the urban landscape from the air. There were many blitzes between 1940 and 1945 with an estimated 700,000 people killed. The purpose of this book is to provide the basis for a comparison of the experience of western states under the impact of bombing. In particular it considers the political, cultural and social responses to bombing rather than the military, strategic and social dimensions which have formed the core of the discussion hitherto.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790537803321

Autore

Barnett William A

Titolo

Advances in monetary policy design : applications to the gulf monetary union / / by William A. Barnett and Ryadh M. Alkhareif

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2013

ISBN

1-4438-5333-X

Edizione

[1.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (145 p.)

Disciplina

145

Soggetti

Monetary policy - Great Britain

Interest rates - Government policy - Great Britain

Monetary policy

Interest rates

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

In response to the recent financial crisis, many countries have initiated monetary stimulus packages. Maintaining proper measures of monetary aggregates is of particular importance for such economic policies. However, many central banks worldwide use the simple-sum monetary indexes, which ignore the liquidity characteristics of financial assets. Using the simple-sum indexes can produce misleading information, especially for broad monetary aggregates within which financial assets are not likely to be perfect substitutes. - - This book focuses on alternative economic stability indicators, and outlines the methods for constructing proper monetary and financial indicatorsknown as Divisia indexes. The Divisia monetary indexes are designed to measure accurately the liquidity in the economy by assigning different weights to different financial assets according to their usefulness in transactions. This book is highly relevant to economists interested in monetary policy and the construction of core inflation indicators and proper monetary indexes, in accordance with aggregation and index number theory. This book is the first to publish Divisia-based money supply indexes and core inflation indicators for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries and for the Gulf Monetary Union. Researchers



who use the financial data published by GCC central banks can use our indexes and findings to examine the interactions among the relevant macro-economic variables. - -