Chicano Nations [[electronic resource] ] : The Hemispheric Origins of Mexican American Literature / / Marissa K. López

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910781711203321
• Autore: López Marissa K
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : New York University Press, c2011
• ISBN: 0-8147-5329-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (270 p.)
• Collana: American Literatures Initiative ; ; 4
• Disciplina: 810.9/86872073
• Soggetti: Mexican Americans in literature; Mexican Americans - Intellectual life; American literature - Mexican American authors - History and criticism; Electronic books.
• 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. [231]-243) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Latinidad abroad: Sarmiento's, Zavala's, and Perez Rosales' narrative maps -- Mexicanidad at home: Mariano Vallejo's Chicano historiography -- Racialized bodies and the limits of the abstract: María Mena and Daniel Venegas -- More life in the skeleton: Caballero and the teleology of race -- Ana Castillo's 'distinct place in the Americas' -- Border patrol as global surveillance: post-9/11 Chicana/o detective fiction.
• Sommario/riassunto: Chicano Nations argues that the trans-nationalism that is central to Chicano identity originated in the global, postcolonial moment at- the turn of the nineteenth century rather than as an effect of contemporary economic conditions, which began in the mid nineteenth century and primarily affected the labouring classes. The Spanish empire then began to implode, and colonists in the ""new world"" debated the national contours of the viceroyalties. This is where Marissa K. Lopez locates the origins of Chicano literature, which is now and always has been ""post-national,"" encompassing the wealthy

Accounting discretion of banks during a financial crisis / / Luc Laeven, Harry Huizinga

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910788226703321
• Autore: Laeven Luc
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2009
• ISBN: 1-4623-3255-2; 1-4518-7354-9; 1-282-84413-X; 9786612844133; 1-4527-3492-5
• Descrizione fisica: 41 p. : ill
• Collana: IMF Working Papers
• Altri autori (Persone): HuizingaHarry
• Soggetti: Banks and banking; Accounting - Corrupt practices; Banks and Banking; Financial Risk Management; Investments: General; Industries: Financial Services; Banks; Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages; Financial Institutions and Services: Government Policy and Regulation; International Financial Markets; General Financial Markets: General (includes Measurement and Data); Banking; Finance; Financial services law & regulation; Investment & securities; Loans; Loan loss provisions; Asset valuation; Securities; State supervision; Asset-liability management; Financial instruments; United States
• 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: This paper shows that banks use accounting discretion to overstate the value of distressed assets. Banks' balance sheets overvalue real estate-related assets compared to the market value of these assets, especially during the U.S. mortgage crisis. Share prices of banks with large exposure to mortgage-backed securities also react favorably to recent changes in accounting rules that relax fair-value accounting, and these banks provision less for bad loans. Furthermore, distressed banks use discretion in the classification of mortgage-backed securities to inflate their books. Our results indicate that banks' balance sheets offer a distorted view of the financial health of the banks.