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Record Nr.

UNINA9910466057203321

Titolo

Resilience and growth in the small states of the Pacific / / editors Hoe Ee. Khor, Roger P. Kronenberg, and Patrizia Tumbarello

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, District of Columbia : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-4755-2293-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (462 p.)

Disciplina

330.99

Soggetti

Economic development - Islands of the Pacific

Electronic books.

Islands of the Pacific Economic conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Part I: Setting the Stage: The Quest for Resilience and Growth in the Pacific Islands; 1 Economic Growth in the Pacific Island Countries-Challenges, Constraints, and Policy Responses; 2 Raising Potential Growth and Enhancing Resilience to Shocks; 3 Building Resilience in the Pacific Island Countries; 4 The Pacific Speed of Growth: How Fast Can It Be and What Determines It?; 5 Strengthening Macro-Fiscal Resilience to Natural Disasters and Climate Change in the Small States of the Pacific

Part II: Managing External Spillovers, Shocks, and Vulnerabilities6 Global and Regional Spillovers to Pacific Island Countries; 7 Major Economic Shocks and Pacific Island Countries during the Global Economic Crisis; 8 Drivers of Inflation in the Pacific Island Countries; 9 Vulnerabilities of Isolated Small Island States in the Pacific; Part III: Tailoring Macroeconomic Policies to the Small States of the Pacific; 10 Strengthening Fiscal Frameworks and Improving the Spending Mix in Small States

11 Estimating Fiscal Multipliers Using a Simplified General Equilibrium Model of Small States, with Application to Kiribati and Palau12 Monetary Policy Transmission Mechanisms in Pacific Island Countries; 13 Global Commodity Prices, Monetary Transmission, and Exchange



Rate Pass-Through; 14 The Role of Excess Liquidity and Interest Rate Pass-Through for the Monetary Transmission Mechanism in the Pacific; Part IV: Removing Structural Impediments to Growth; 15 Planning Public Financial Management Reforms in Pacific Island Countries

16 Pacific Island Countries: Trade Integration in a Changing Global Economy17 Determinants of Interest Rate Spreads in the Solomon Islands; 18 Interest Rates, Bank Profitability, and Capital Adequacy in the South Pacific; Appendix 1 Fiji; Appendix 2 Kiribati; Appendix 3 Marshall Islands; Appendix 4 Micronesia; Appendix 5 Palau; Appendix 6 Papua New Guinea; Appendix 7 Samoa; Appendix 8 The Solomon Islands; Appendix 9 Timor-Leste; Appendix 10 Tonga; Appendix 11 Tuvalu; Appendix 12 Vanuatu; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910831054903321

Titolo

Doing social psychology research [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Glynis M. Breakwell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA, : BPS Blackwell, 2004

ISBN

1-281-31100-6

9786611311001

0-470-77627-7

0-470-77709-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (390 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BreakwellGlynis M (Glynis Marie)

Disciplina

302

302.072

Soggetti

Social psychology - Research - Methodology

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

Introduction : approaches to data collection and data analysis / Glynis M. Breakwell -- Experimental research designs / Lorne Hulbert -- Measuring optimistic bias / Chris Fife-Schaw & Julie Barnett -- A quasi-experimental study of stereotyping / Adam Rutland -- The design and analysis of quasi-experimental field research / Eamonn Ferguson &



Peter Bibby -- The impact of social value orientation on decision making in social dilemmas : a survey exercise / Mark van Vugt & Richard H. Gramzow -- On using questionnaires to measure attitudes / Geoffrey Haddock -- Modelling identity motives using multilevel regression / Vivian L. Vignoles -- The analysis of equivocation in political interviews / Peter Bull -- Interpretative phenomenological analysis / Jonathan A. Smith & Mike Osborn -- Cognitive mapping : generating theories of psychological phenomena from verbal accounts and presenting them diagrammatically / Tom Farsides -- The multiple sorting procedure / Julie Barnett -- The laddering technique / Susan Miles & Gene Rowe -- Focus groups / Sue Wilkinson.

Sommario/riassunto

This practical text introduces students to all the principal data collection methods and data analyses used in social psychology.A student-friendly introduction to the data collection methods and data analyses used in social psychology. Describes the principal research methods and shows how they can be applied to particular research questions. Each chapter is written by a psychologist well known for using the method they describe. Methods presented include conducting surveys, constructing questionnaires, facilitating focus groups, running interviews, and