1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454078603321

Titolo

Financial sector development in the Pacific Rim [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Takatoshi Ito and Andrew K. Rose

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2009

ISBN

1-282-06996-9

9786612069963

0-226-38686-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (402 p.)

Collana

NBER-East Asia seminar on economics ; ; v. 18

Altri autori (Persone)

Itò„Takatoshi <1950->

RoseAndrew <1959->

Disciplina

332.095

Soggetti

Financial institutions - Pacific Area

Financial institutions - East Asia

Financial crises - East Asia

Financial crises - Pacific Area

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Papers presented at the 18th Annual East Asia Seminar in Economics, held at Singapore Management University on June 22-24, 2007.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Hong Kong and Shanghai: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow -- 2. Listing Policy and Development of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in the Prewar Period -- 3. Misaligned Incentives and Mortgage Lending in Asia -- 4. East Asia and Global Imbalances: Saving, Investment, and Financial Development -- 5. Consumer Credit Market in Korea since the Economic Crisis -- 6. The Determinants of Cross-Border Merger and Acquisition Activity in the Financial Sector in Asia: Did the Asian Financial Crisis Change Them? -- 7. Merger Activities and Stock Market Valuation in China -- 8. Consolidation of Banks in Japan: Causes and Consequences -- 9. Did the Japanese Stock Market Appropriately Price the Takenaka Financial Reform? -- 10. Big Business Stability and Social Welfare -- Contributors -- Author Index -- Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

The reform in Asian financial sectors-especially in banking and stock markets-has been remarkable since the currency crisis of 1997-98.



East Asia is now a major player in international finance, providing serious competition to the more traditional financial centers of London and New York. Financial Sector Development in the Pacific Rim provides a rich collection of theoretical and empirical analyses of the growing capital markets in the region.            Bringing together authors from various East Asian and Pacific nations, this volume examines the institutional fac

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910986689303321

Autore

Monti Buzzetti Colella, Adriano

Titolo

Reporter col cilindro : alle origini del giornalsimo parlamentare / Adriano Monti Buzzetti Colella

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[S.l.], : Historica, 2008

ISBN

978-88-33373-44-7

Descrizione fisica

355 p. ; 23 cm

Collana

Saggistica

Disciplina

075.09

Locazione

FLFBC

Collocazione

075.09 MONA 01

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910962772503321

Autore

Hutcheon Linda <1947->

Titolo

Irony's edge : the theory and politics of irony / / Linda Hutcheon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, c1995

ISBN

1-134-93754-7

1-134-93755-5

0-203-35925-9

1-280-05587-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (254 p.)

Disciplina

128/.4

808.001

Soggetti

Irony

Philosophy

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

Cover; Title; Copyright Page; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION: THE ""SCENE"" OF IRONY; 1 RISKY BUSINESS: THE ""TRANSIDEOLOGICAL"" POLITICS OF IRONY; 2 THE CUTTING EDGE; I Emotions and ethics on edge; II The ""devil's mark"" or the ""snorkel of sanity""?: the contradictory functions and effects of irony; 3 MODELING MEANING: THE SEMANTICS OF IRONY; I Images en route to a definition; II Theater goes to the movies: Henry V; 4 DISCURSIVE COMMUNITIES: HOW IRONY ""HAPPENS""; I The miracle of ironic communication

II Provocation and controversy: the work of Anselm Kiefer5 INTENTION AND INTERPRETATION: IRONY AND THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER; I The unbearable slipperiness of irony; II Eco's echoes and Wagner's vicissitudes; 6 FRAME-UPS AND THEIR MARKS: THE RECOGNITION OR ATTRIBUTION OF IRONY; I The sign( s) of the beast-in context; II Tricksters and enfants terribles: performing ironies; 7 THE END(S) OF IRONY: THE POLITICS OF APPROPRIATENESS; Notes; Bibliography; Name index; Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

The edge of irony, says Linda Hutcheon, is always a social and political edge. Irony depends upon interpretation; it happens in the tricky,



unpredictable space between expression and understanding.  Irony's Edge is a fascinating, compulsively readable study of the myriad forms and the effects of irony. It sets out, for the first time, a sustained, clear analysis of the theory and the political contexts of irony, using a wide range of references from contemporary culture. Examples extend from Madonna to Wagner, from a clever quip in conversation to a contentious exhibition in a