1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990002734520403321

Autore

Batty, Joseph

Titolo

Standard costing. / by batty J.

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : MacDonald, 1960

Descrizione fisica

xii, 328 p. ; 21 cm

Locazione

ECA

Collocazione

C3-P09-24-RA

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910786210003321

Autore

Hadlock Charles Robert

Titolo

Six sources of collapse : a mathematician's perspective on how things can fall apart in the blink of an eye / / Charles R. Hadlock [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington : , : Mathematical Association of America, , 2012

ISBN

1-61444-514-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 207 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Spectrum series

Disciplina

363.34

Soggetti

Disasters - Mathematical models

Environmental disasters - Mathematical models

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-199) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Predicting unpredictable events -- Group behavior: crowds, herds, and video games -- Evolution and collapse: game playing in a changing world -- Instability, oscillation, and feedback -- Nonlinearity: invitation to chaos and catastrophe -- It's all about networks -- Putting it all together: looking at collapse phenomena in



"6-D."

Sommario/riassunto

Beginning with one of the most remarkable ecological collapses of recent time, that of the passenger pigeon, Hadlock goes on to survey collapse processes across the entire spectrum of the natural and man-made world. He takes us through extreme weather events, technological disasters, evolutionary processes, crashing markets and companies, the chaotic nature of Earth's orbit, revolutionary political change, the spread and elimination of disease, and many other fascinating cases. His key thesis is that one or more of six fundamental dynamics consistently show up across this wide range.  These six sources of collapse can all be best described and investigated using fundamental mathematical concepts. They include low probability events, group dynamics, evolutionary games, instability, nonlinearity, and network effects, all of which are explained in readily understandable terms. Almost the entirety of the book can be understood by readers with a minimal mathematical background, but even professional mathematicians are likely to get rich insights from the range of examples. The author tells his story with a warmly personal tone and weaves in many of his own experiences, whether from his consulting career of racing around the world trying to head off industrial disasters to his story of watching collapse after collapse in the evolution of an ecosystem on his New Hampshire farm.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910959515103321

Autore

Yartey Charles Amo

Titolo

Caribbean Renewal : : Tackling Fiscal and Debt Challenges / / Charles Amo Yartey, Therese Turner-Jones

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2014

ISBN

9781484377598

1484377591

9781484321171

1484321170

9781484312964

1484312961

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (315 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

Turner-JonesTherese

Disciplina

336

Soggetti

Finance, Public - Caribbean Area

Debts, Public - Caribbean Area

Fiscal policy - Caribbean Area

Exports and Imports

Financial Risk Management

Foreign Exchange

Macroeconomics

Public Finance

Debt

Debt Management

Sovereign Debt

Fiscal Policy

National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General

International Lending and Debt Problems

Current Account Adjustment

Short-term Capital Movements

Public finance & taxation

Finance

International economics

Currency

Foreign exchange

Fiscal consolidation

Public debt

Debt reduction

Fiscal rules



Fiscal stance

Fiscal policy

Asset and liability management

Expenditure

Debts, External

Debts, Public

Expenditures, Public

Balance of payments

Jamaica

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 at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acronyms; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; 1 Fiscal Consolidation and Debt Reduction in the Caribbean: An Overview; 2 Fiscal Performance in the Caribbean Before and After the Global Financial Crisis; 3 Public Debt Profile and Public Debt Management in the Caribbean; 4 Global Large Debt Reduction: Lessons for the Caribbean; 5 Fiscal Consolidation: Country Experiences and Lessons from the Empirical Literature; 6 Fiscal Sustainability and Public Debt Limits in the Caribbean: An Illustrative Analysis

7 Fiscal Consolidation in the Caribbean: Past and Current Experiences8 Fiscal Multipliers in the Caribbean; 9 Selected Debt Restructuring Experiences in the Caribbean; 10 Fiscal Policy and the Current Account in Microstates; 11 Fiscal Policy Rules and Fiscal Performance: Evidence from Microstates; 12 Fiscal and Debt Sustainability in the Caribbean: A New Agenda; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Caribbean economies face high and rising debt-to-GDP ratios that jeopardize prospects for medium-term debt sustainability and growth. This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the challenges of fiscal consolidation and debt reduction in the Caribbean. It examines the problem of high debt in the region and discusses policy options for improving debt sustainability, including fiscal consolidation, robust growth, and structural reforms. The book also examines empirically the factors underlying global large debt reduction episodes to draw important policy lessons for the Caribbean. It also reviews the literature on successful fiscal consolidation experiences and provides an overview of past and current consolidation efforts in the Caribbean. The book concludes that the region needs a broad and sustained package of reforms to reduce debt ratios to more manageable levels and strengthen economic resilience.