1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910481108503321

Autore

Victor Sextus Aurelius

Titolo

De viris illustribus [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Florence, : Sanctum Jacopo a Ripoli, 1478

Descrizione fisica

Online resource (v.)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Latino

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Reproduction of original in Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910966817203321

Autore

Margo Robert A (Robert Andrew), <1954->

Titolo

Race and schooling in the South, 1880-1950 : an economic history / / Robert A. Margo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 1990

ISBN

9786611223830

9781281223838

1281223832

9780226505015

0226505014

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 164 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Long-term factors in economic development

Disciplina

338.4/7370/975

338.47370975

Soggetti

Discrimination in education - Southern States - History

Economic development - Effect of education on

Education - Economic aspects - Southern States - History

Segregation in education - Southern States - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [135]-159) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- National Bureau of Economic Research -- Relation of the Directors to the Work and Publications of the National Bureau of Economic Research -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Two Explanations of Economic Progress -- 2. Race and Schooling in the South: A Review of the Evidence -- 3. The Political Economy of Segregated Schools: Explaining the U-Shaped Pattern -- 4. "Teacher Salaries in Black and White": Pay Discrimination in the Southern Classroom -- 5. The Impact of Separate-but-Equal -- 6. The Competitive Dynamics of Racial Exclusion: Employment Segregation in the South, 1900 to 1950 -- 7. "To the Promised Land": Education and the Black Exodus -- 8. Conclusion: Race, Social Change, and the Labor Market -- Notes -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The interrelation among race, schooling, and labor market opportunities of American blacks can help us make sense of the relatively poor economic status of blacks in contemporary society. The role of these factors in slavery and the economic consequences for blacks has received much attention, but the post-slave experience of blacks in the American economy has been less studied. To deepen our understanding of that experience, Robert A. Margo mines a wealth of newly available census data and school district records. By analyzing evidence concerning occupational discrimination, educational expenditures, taxation, and teachers' salaries, he clarifies the costs for blacks of post-slave segregation. "A concise, lucid account of the bases of racial inequality in the South between Reconstruction and the Civil Rights era. . . . Deserves the careful attention of anyone concerned with historical and contemporary race stratification."-Kathryn M. Neckerman, Contemporary Sociology "Margo has produced an excellent study, which can serve as a model for aspiring cliometricians. To describe it as 'required reading' would fail to indicate just how important, indeed indispensable, the book will be to scholars interested in racial economic differences, past or present."-Robert Higgs, Journal of Economic Literature "Margo shows that history is important in understanding present domestic problems; his study has significant implications for understanding post-1950s black economic development."-Joe M. Richardson, Journal of American History



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910958983203321

Autore

Oksendal Bernt

Titolo

Stochastic Differential Equations : An Introduction with Applications / / by Bernt Oksendal

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1998

ISBN

3-662-03620-7

Edizione

[5th ed. 1998.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIX, 324 p.)

Collana

Universitext, , 2191-6675

Classificazione

60G40

60H10

60J45

Disciplina

519.2

Soggetti

Probabilities

Differential equations

Mathematical physics

System theory

Control theory

Mathematical optimization

Calculus of variations

Probability Theory

Differential Equations

Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics

Systems Theory, Control

Calculus of Variations and Optimization

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Some Mathematical Preliminaries -- 3. Ito Integrals -- 4. The Ito Formula and the Martingale Representation Theorem -- 5. Stochastic Differential Equations -- 6. The Filtering Problem -- 7. Diffusions: Basic Properties -- 8. Other Topics in Diffusion Theory -- 9. Applications to Boundary Value Problems -- 10. Application to Optimal Stopping -- 11. Application to Stochastic Control -- 12. Application to Mathematical Finance -- Appendix A: Normal Random Variables -- Appendix B: Conditional Expectation --



Appendix C: Uniform Integrability and Martingale Convergence -- Appendix D: An Approximation Result -- Solutions and Additional Hints to Some of the Exercises -- References -- List of Frequently Used Notation and Symbols.

Sommario/riassunto

The main new feature of the fifth edition is the addition of a new chapter, Chapter 12, on applications to mathematical finance. I found it natural to include this material as another major application of stochastic analysis, in view of the amazing development in this field during the last 10-20 years. Moreover, the close contact between the theoretical achievements and the applications in this area is striking. For example, today very few firms (if any) trade with options without consulting the Black & Scholes formula! The first 11 chapters of the book are not much changed from the previous edition, but I have continued my efforts to improve the presentation through­ out and correct errors and misprints. Some new exercises have been added. Moreover, to facilitate the use of the book each chapter has been divided into subsections. If one doesn't want (or doesn't have time) to cover all the chapters, then one can compose a course by choosing subsections from the chapters. The chart below indicates what material depends on which sections. Chapter 6 Chapter IO Chapter 12 For example, to cover the first two sections of the new chapter 12 it is recom­ mended that one (at least) covers Chapters 1-5, Chapter 7 and Section 8.6. VIII Chapter 10, and hence Section 9.1, are necessary additional background for Section 12.3, in particular for the subsection on American options.