1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910807639503321

Titolo

Nation and history : Polish historians from the Enlightenment to the Second World War / / edited by Peter Brock, John D. Stanley and Piotr J. Wróbel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2006

©2006

ISBN

1-4426-5790-1

1-4426-2722-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (420 p.)

Collana

Heritage

Disciplina

907/.2/022438

Soggetti

Historians - Poland

Historiography - Poland

Poland Intellectual life

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Adam Naruszewicz (1733-1796) -- 2 Joachim Lelewel (1786-1861) -- 3 Józef Szujski (1835-1882) -- 4 Boleslaw Limanowski (1835-1935) -- 5 Tadeusz Wojciechowski (1838-1919) -- 6 Tadeusz Korzon (1839-1918) -- 7 Michal Bobrzyński (1849-1935) -- 8 Wladyslaw Smoleński (1851-1926) -- 9 Stanislaw Smolka (1854-1924) -- 10 Aleksander Brückner (1856-1939) -- 11 Oswald Balzer (1858-1933) -- 12 Szymon Askenazy (1865-1935) -- 13 Waclaw Sobieski (1872-1935) -- 14 Waclaw Tokarz (1873-1937) -- 15 Franciszek Bujak (1875-1953) -- 16 Stanislaw Kutrzeba (1876-1946) -- 17 Adam Skalkowski (1877-1951) -- 18 Wladyslaw Konopczyński (1880-1952) -- 19 Natalia Gasiorowska-Grabowska (1881-1964) -- 20 Marceli Handelsman (1882-1945) -- 21 Marian Kukiel (1885-1973) -- 22 Stanislaw Kot (1885-1975) -- 23 Oskar Halecki (1891-1973) -- 24 Adam Próchnik (1892-1942) -- Chronology of Polish History -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.



Sommario/riassunto

While featuring different approaches, Nation and History serves as the most comprehensive work on Polish historiography written in English.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910975152503321

Autore

Leruth Luc

Titolo

A Principal-Agent Theory Approach to Public Expenditure Management Systems in Developing Countries / / Luc Leruth, Elisabeth Paul

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2006

ISBN

9786613824592

9781462388141

1462388140

9781451988345

1451988346

9781283512145

1283512149

9781451993233

1451993234

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (45 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Altri autori (Persone)

PaulElisabeth

Soggetti

Government spending policy - Management - Developing countries

Expenditures, Public - Developing countries

Auditing

Expenditure

Expenditures, Public

External audit

Internal controls

Management accounting & bookkeeping

National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General

Public Administration

Public finance & taxation

Public Finance

Public Sector Accounting and Audits

Revenue

Tax incentives

Taxation

Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue: General

France



Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"September 2006."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. INTERPRETATION OF PEM UNDER THE PRINCIPAL-AGENT THEORY""; ""III. THE BASIC MODEL ""; ""IV. EX POST AUDITS""; ""V. EX ANTE CONTROLS""; ""VI. CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""

Sommario/riassunto

A well-functioning public expenditure management (PEM) system is considered a critical pillar of government efficiency, on par with a low-distortion tax system and efficient tax administration. The paper discusses PEM systems in developing countries using an analytical framework based on principal-agent theory. This simple model can be applied to various PEM systems, and allows for comparisons between institutional settings. To illustrate this, we analyze the benefits derived from the use by the Ministry of Finance (MoF) of two control instruments; ex post audits and ex ante controls, and assess their value in terms of their ability to deter cheating. We derive a set of possible "control regimes" which can be used by the MoF. Although we illustrate the use of the model using developing countries, it is also relevant to developed economies.