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UNINA9910454078603321 |
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Financial sector development in the Pacific Rim [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Takatoshi Ito and Andrew K. Rose |
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Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2009 |
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1-282-06996-9 |
9786612069963 |
0-226-38686-4 |
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1 online resource (402 p.) |
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NBER-East Asia seminar on economics ; ; v. 18 |
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Itò„Takatoshi <1950-> |
RoseAndrew <1959-> |
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Financial institutions - Pacific Area |
Financial institutions - East Asia |
Financial crises - East Asia |
Financial crises - Pacific Area |
Electronic books. |
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Monografia |
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Papers presented at the 18th Annual East Asia Seminar in Economics, held at Singapore Management University on June 22-24, 2007. |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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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 |
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The reform in Asian financial sectors-especially in banking and stock markets-has been remarkable since the currency crisis of 1997-98. |
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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 |
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UNINA9910986689303321 |
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Monti Buzzetti Colella, Adriano |
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Reporter col cilindro : alle origini del giornalsimo parlamentare / Adriano Monti Buzzetti Colella |
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[S.l.], : Historica, 2008 |
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UNINA9910962772503321 |
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Hutcheon Linda <1947-> |
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Irony's edge : the theory and politics of irony / / Linda Hutcheon |
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London ; ; New York, : Routledge, c1995 |
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1-134-93754-7 |
1-134-93755-5 |
0-203-35925-9 |
1-280-05587-1 |
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[1st ed.] |
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1 online resource (254 p.) |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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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 |
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The edge of irony, says Linda Hutcheon, is always a social and political edge. Irony depends upon interpretation; it happens in the tricky, |
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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 |
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