1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454324303321

Titolo

Wind power and power politics : international perspectives / / edited by Peter A. Strachan, David Toke & David Lal

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-135-89896-0

1-282-28375-8

9786612283758

0-203-88642-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (229 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in science, technology, and society ; ; 9

Altri autori (Persone)

LalDavid

StrachanPeter A

TokeDavid

Disciplina

333.9/2

Soggetti

Wind power - Government policy

Energy policy

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Appendices; Foreword; 1 Assessing National Patterns of Wind Ownership; 2 Wind-Power Outcomes: Myths and Reality; 3 Local Social Acceptance Through Local Involvement: The Case of Wind-Power Implementation in North Rhine-Westphalia; 4 The Wind-Power Market in the Netherlands: Assessing the Performance of Wind Cooperatives; 5 Corporate Interests and Spanish Wind-Power Deployment; 6 Wind-Energy Policy Development in Ireland: A Critical Analysis; 7 Assessing the Performance of the UK Renewables Obligation: Cinderella or an Ugly Sister?

8 Gone With the Wind?: Prospects of Community-Owned Wind Energy in the United States9 The Development of Wind Power in the Netherlands and Denmark: The Impact of Different Innovation Strategies and Policies; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The aim of the book is to analyse the factors that have influenced wind power outcomes in a range of countries which have featured significant



wind power deployment programmes. A central theme is the relationship between patterns of ownership and the outcomes. These flow from different social environments, but they are associated with different types of planning outcome and deployment rates. Grass roots ownership is more widespread than is commonly thought, although it is not a panacea for effective wind power programmes. Financial policies used to promote wind power also have important inf

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910790978003321

Titolo

Global credit review . Volume 3

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Jersey : , : World Scientific, , [2014]

�2014

ISBN

981-4566-14-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iv, 168 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

332.705

Soggetti

Export credit

International finance

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.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Message from the Editor; Systemic Risk in Europe Eric Jondeau and Michael Rockinger; INTRODUCTION; I. HOW TO MEASURE SYSTEMIC RISK?; II. MODELLING SYSTEMIC RISK; III. THE SITUATION IN EUROPE; IV. THE SITUATION OF EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS; NOTE; REFERENCES; Changes in the Ratings Game - An Update on Various Developments RMI staff; INTRODUCTION; I. A CONSTRUCTIVE RESPONSE TO THE CRA CRITIQUES; 1.1. Litigation; II. LANDMARK CASE; III. CRA REGULATIONS; 3.1. United States; 3.2. Europe; IV. INTERNATIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS; V. IMPROVING CURRENT CRA REGULATIONS

5.1. The US State Insurance Regulators VI. CONCLUDING REMARKS; NOTES; Reserve Requirements as Window Guidance in China Violaine Cousin; INTRODUCTION; I. RESERVE REQUIREMENTS - AN OVERVIEW; 1.1. Reserve Requirements as Monetary Policy Tool; 1.2. Reserve



Requirements in China; 1.3. Excess Reserves in China; 1.4. Impact of RRR Changes on Banks; II. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY; 2.1. Data Set Development; 2.2. Descriptive Statistics; 2.3. Outliers Analysis; 2.4. Rationale for Using MM-Estimates Robust Regression; III. ROBUST REGRESSION RESULTS; 3.1. Overall Impact on Loan Quality

3.2. Results Based on Different State Links 3.3. Impact Under Different Conditions; 3.4. Impact of Excess Reserves; IV. CONCLUSION; NOTES; REFERENCES; APPENDIX A; APPENDIX B; APPENDIX C; APPENDIX D; APPENDIX E; The Implementation of the Basel II Default Definition by Credit Risk Assessment Systems: An Analysis of Possible Aggregation Procedures Markus Bingmer and Laura Auria; INTRODUCTION; I. THE TASK OF AGGREGATING DIFFERENT DEFAULT REPORTS; II. A THEORETICAL ANALYSIS OF THE AGGREGATION TASK; 2.1. Using the Default Information of a Single Bank; 2.2. Considering All Defaults

2.3. Building a Default Indicator Based on the Binomial Distribution with the Goal of Consistency   2.4. Considering Materiality of Defaults; III. AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF AGGREGATION WITH THE MATERIALITY THRESHOLD; IV. CONCLUSION; NOTES; REFERENCES; Can Credit-Scoring Models Effectively Predict Microloans Default? Statistical Evidence from the Tunisian Microfinance Bank Ibtissem Baklouti and Abdelfettah Bouri; INTRODUCTION; I. CREDIT SCORING IN MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS: THE LITERATURE; II. DATA AND MODEL; 2.1. Sample Selection and Variables Identifi cation; 2.2. Model Description

III. EMPIRICAL RESULTS 3.1. Univariate Analysis; 3.2. Model Estimation; 3.3. Calibration; 3.3.1. Quality of the logistic regression model; 3.3.2. Validation of the credit-scoring model; IV. CONCLUSION; NOTES; REFERENCES; Stepping Up to the Liquidity Challenge: The Changing Role of Credit Portfolio Management IACPM and KPMG; INTRODUCTION; I. STEPPING UP TO THE LIQUIDITY CHALLENGE: THE CHANGING ROLE OF CPM; II. REGULATORY CHALLENGES; III. SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES; IV. MANAGING LIQUIDITY RISK; V. MODELING LIQUIDITY RISK; VI. A CONTINUING JOURNEY

NUS-RMI Credit Research Initiative Technical Report (Version: 2013, Update 2b) RMI staff

Sommario/riassunto

Global Credit Review is an annual publication that provides an overview of the most important developments in global credit markets and the regulatory landscape. The third volume provides some critical analysis, reviews the introduction of new regulations and also offers new insights to address the challenges ahead. The carefully selected chapters touch on current topics such as: the measurement of systemic risk, reserve requirements and its role in monetary policy, the application of the Basel II default definition by credit risk assessment systems, and changes in credit portfolio management,



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Record Nr.

UNIORUON00055373

Autore

TEEUW, A.

Titolo

Lombok een dialect-geografische studie / A. Teeuw

Pubbl/distr/stampa

's-Gravenhage, : Martinus Nijhoff, 1958

Descrizione fisica

VII, 274 p. ; 23 cm

Classificazione

INDS II CB

Lingua di pubblicazione

Olandese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia