1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910465632903321

Titolo

The end of nostalgia [[electronic resource] ] : Mexico confronts the challenges of global competition / / Diana Villiers Negroponte, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, 2013

ISBN

0-8157-2255-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (218 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

NegroponteDiana Villiers

Disciplina

330.972

Soggetti

Globalization - Mexico

Electronic books.

Mexico Economic policy 21st century

Mexico Economic conditions 21st century

Mexico Politics and government 2000-

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

The end of nostalgia : Mexico confronts the challenges of a global era / Diana Villiers Negroponte -- Piecing together the puzzle of Mexico's growth / Arturo Franco -- Unlocking Mexico's political gridlock / Arturo Franco -- Energy challenges for the Pena Nieto administration / Duncan Wood -- Toward a regional competitiveness agenda : U.S.-Mexico trade and investment / Christopher E. Wilson -- The priority of education in Mexico / Armando Chacon -- Security policy and the crisis of violence in Mexico / Eduardo Guerrero -- The Merida initiative : a mechanism for bilateral cooperation / Diana Villiers Negroponte -- Mexico and the United States : where are we and where should we be? / Andres Rozental.

Sommario/riassunto

"Explores how Mexico, in transition from one-party rule to liberal democracy, can develop the institutional and cultural underpinnings needed to meet the challenges of global economic competition. Examines in particular education, energy, domestic politics, regional trade and investment, public security, and relations with the United States"--



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910826698603321

Autore

Radermecker Anne-Sophie

Titolo

Anonymous art at auction : the reception of early Flemish paintings in the western art market (1946-2015) / / by Anne-Sophie V. Radermecker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, The Netherlands ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

90-04-46020-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (340 pages)

Collana

Studies in the history of collecting & art markets ; ; Volume 11

Disciplina

759.9493

Soggetti

Painting, Flemish

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

"Working with a data set accounting for 13,000 auction sales results, Anne-Sophie V. Radermecker explores what contemporary buyers value when purchasing paintings of unknown or uncertain authorship, and which variables influence price formation mechanisms in this market segment. The principle finding of this book is not only that historical names matter in the art market, but so do all other alternative identification strategies that art market players use to label anonymous paintings. Indirect names, provisional names, and spatiotemporal designations function as substitutes for real names that simulate identities, create ex-post stories around the artworks offered for sale, and, consequently, reduce information asymmetry about an artist's identity, with, at time, quite unexpected effects on price"--



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910172124703321

Titolo

Forging

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cleveland, Ohio, : Penton Pub., c1990-

Fort Atkinson WI, : Endeavor Business Media, LLC

Disciplina

682

Soggetti

Forging

Periodicals.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico