1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910497092703321

Titolo

Advances in Transportation Geotechnics IV [[electronic resource] ] : Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics Volume 2 / / edited by Erol Tutumluer, Soheil Nazarian, Imad Al-Qadi, Issam I.A. Qamhia

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022

ISBN

3-030-77234-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2022.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIV, 976 p. 616 illus., 484 illus. in color.)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, , 2366-2557 ; ; 165

Disciplina

624.15

Soggetti

Engineering geology

Engineering—Geology

Foundations

Hydraulics

Geotechnical engineering

Transportation engineering

Traffic engineering

Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics

Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences

Transportation Technology and Traffic Engineering

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

This volume presents selected papers presented during the 4th International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics (ICTG). The papers address the geotechnical challenges in design, construction, maintenance, monitoring, and upgrading of roads, railways, airfields, and harbor facilities and other ground transportation infrastructure with the goal of providing safe, economic, environmental, reliable and sustainable infrastructures. This volume will be of interest to postgraduate students, academics, researchers, and consultants



working in the field of civil and transport infrastructure. .

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910783653603321

Autore

Burdekin Richard C. K (Richard Charles Keighley), <1958, >

Titolo

Confidence, credibility, and macroeconomic policy : past, present, future / / Richard C.K. Burdekin and Farrokh K. Langdana

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1995

ISBN

1-134-85123-5

1-138-86580-X

1-280-10828-2

1-134-85124-3

0-203-42519-7

9786610108282

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (234 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LangdanaFarrokh K

Disciplina

339.5

Soggetti

Economic stabilization

Uncertainty

Monetary policy

Fiscal policy

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 (p. [187]-200) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Foreword by the Honourable Ruth Richardson MP; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Fiscal policy, credibility and inflation: The critical role of confidence factors; Bond-financed deficits, taxation and expectations: An experimental test of the Ricardian equivalence theorem; Monetary credibility and national output: An experimental verification of the Lucas 'islands' explanation of business cycles; Public confidence and public finance during the American Civil War: Lessons from North and South

Deficit finance, expectations and real money balances: The operation of the inflation tax in Germany after the First World War Does exchange rate pegging foster monetary credibility? The European Monetary



System and the 1980's disinflation; Consumer confidence in today's macroeconomy: Definition, measurement and potential importance; Consumer confidence and the optimal timing of effective monetary stabilisation; Consumer confidence and domestic fiscal stabilisation; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The authors explore the interaction between confidence and the credibility of the government's financial policies. It will be an invaluable guide for all those interested in macroeconomic policy.