1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910971750303321

Autore

Boz Emine

Titolo

Emerging Market Business Cycles : : The Role of Labor Market Frictions / / Emine Boz, Ceyhun Bora Durdu, Nan Li

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2012

ISBN

9781475512519

1475512511

9781475512496

147551249X

9781283866637

1283866633

9781475572773

1475572778

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (52 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

IMF working paper ; ; WP/12/237

Altri autori (Persone)

DurduCeyhun Bora

LiNan

Disciplina

332.1;332.152

Soggetti

Business cycles

Business forecasting

Labor

Macroeconomics

Production and Operations Management

Open Economy Macroeconomics

Economic Growth of Open Economies

Employment

Unemployment

Wages

Intergenerational Income Distribution

Aggregate Human Capital

Aggregate Labor Productivity

Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy

Demand and Supply of Labor: General

Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs: General

Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search

Macroeconomics: Consumption

Saving

Wealth

Production



Cost

Capital and Total Factor Productivity

Capacity

Labour

income economics

Labor markets

Consumption

Total factor productivity

National accounts

Labor market

Economics

Industrial productivity

Income economics

Mexico

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.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 Empirical Evidence on Emerging Economy Labor Markets; 3 A Small Open Economy Model with Search-Matching Frictions; 4 Quantitative Analysis; 4.1 Calibration; 4.2 Solution: Nonlinear Methods; 4.3 The Model Dynamics; 4.4 Main Findings; Canonical SOE-RBC; Search-Matching Model; 4.5 Sensitivity Analysis; 5 Matching efficiency shocks; 6 Conclusion; References; References; Appendixes; A: Data Appendix; B: TFP computation; C: Decentralized Economy; D: Canonical SOE-RBC; Tables; Table 1: Real earnings; Table 2: Unemployment Rate and Employment

Table 3: Hours worked: Manufacturing and AggregateTable 4: Calibrated Parameters; Table 5: Business Cycle Moments; Table 6: Sensitivity Analysis; Table 7: Matching Efficiency Shocks; Figures; Figure 2: Limiting Distributions of Endogenous State Variables; Figure 3: Impulse Response Functions: Main Macroeconomic Variables; Figure 4: Impulse Response Functions: Labor Market Variables; Figure 1: Sectoral Decomposition of Employment

Sommario/riassunto

Emerging economies are characterized by higher consumption and real wage variability relative to output and a strongly countercyclical current account. A real business cycle model of a small open economy that embeds a Mortensen-Pissarides type of search-matching frictions and countercyclical interest rate shocks can jointly account for these regularities. In the face of countercyclical interest rate shocks, search-matching frictions increase future employment uncertainty, improving workers’ incentive to save and generating a greater response of consumption and the current account. Higher consumption response in turn feeds into larger fluctuations in the workers’ bargaining power while the interest rates shocks lead to variations in the firms’ willingness to hire; both of which contribute to a highly variable real wage.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911007372903321

Autore

Albright Richard D

Titolo

Cleanup of chemical and explosive munitions : locating, identifying contaminants, and planning for environmental remediation of land and sea military ranges and ordnance dumpsites / / Richard D. Albright

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Norwich, NY, U.S.A., : William Andrew Pub., c2008

ISBN

1-282-73775-9

9786612737756

0-8155-1686-X

1-282-01381-5

9786612013812

1-282-16978-5

9786612169786

0-8155-1645-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (384 p.)

Disciplina

623.4/45

Soggetti

Chemical weapons disposal

Explosive ordnance disposal

Hazardous waste site remediation

Bombing and gunnery ranges - Environmental aspects

Military bases - Environmental aspects

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 (p. 301-316) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Cleanup of Chemical and Explosive Munitions: Locating, Identifying Contaminants, and Planning for Environmental Remediation of Land and Sea Military Ranges and Ordnance Dumpsites; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part 1: The Cleanup of Chemical and Explosive Munitions; Chapter 1. Cleaning Up Old Munitions Sites; 1.1 A Primer on the Science and Concepts of Cleaning Up a Range Site; 1.2 A Historical Background of Old Munitions Sites; 1.3 New Requirements for Old Munitions

Chapter 2. Limitations and Expertise in Remediating Munitions Sites2.1



State and Local Regulators Need to Develop Their Own Expertise in Remediating Munitions Sites; Chapter 3. The Extent of the Munitions Problem; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Extent of the Munitions Problem Generally; 3.3 Land Mines; 3.4 Munitions Burials by the Civilian Conservation Corps; 3.5 Extent of the Explosive Munitions Problem; Chapter 4. Explosive Ordnance; 4.1 Danger From Explosive Ordnance; 4.2 Explosive Contamination; 4.3 Methods of Destroying Military Explosives; Chapter 5. Chemical Warfare Material

5.1 Introduction to Chemical Warfare Material Issues5.2 History of Chemical Warfare; 5.3 Extent of the Chemical Warfare Material Problem; 5.4 Unique Problems in CWM Site Remediation; 5.5 Potential Chemical Agents That May Be Encountered; 5.6 Radioactive Facilities; Chapter 6. Prior Ordnance Disposal Practices; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Burial of Chemical Weapons; 6.3 Dumping Explosive and Chemical Ordnance Underwater; Chapter 7. Ordnance Detection and Analysis; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 General Types of Metal Detectors; 7.3 UXO Location Technologies; 7.4 Choosing a Metal Detector or Magnetometer

7.5 UXO Analysis7.6 Other Geophysically Intrusive Techniques; 7.7 How to Conduct a Correct Search for Buried or Range Impact Ordnance; 7.8 Historical and Archival Data Sources; Chapter 8. Excavation and Removal of Ordnance; 8.1 Excavating the Ordnance Item after Proper Identi cation; Chapter 9. Recommendations; 9.1 Basic Site Requirements; 9.2 Time is Running Out; Photo and Map Section; Part 2: Case Study: The American University Experiment Station (AUES): A Formerly Used Defense Site; Introduction to Part II; Chapter 10. A History of the American University Experiment Station (AUES) Site

10.1 Introduction10.2 The History of the AUES Site; 10.3 The District of Columbia's First Report on the World War I Poison Gas Production at the AUES; Chapter 11. Concerns over the Adequacy of Previous Remediation Efforts; 11.1 Introduction; 11.2 Concerns about Remaining Unexploded Ordnance and Chemical Containers; 11.3 Community Right to Know; Chapter 12. The District of Columbia's Initial Success as a State Regulator on AUES; 12.1 Success Results from Hard Work and Providence; 12.2 Myths and Falsehoods Regarding the AUES; 12.3 The Glass Stopper

12.4 The Child Development Center at American University

Sommario/riassunto

Unexploded military ordnance and toxic chemicals, some dating back to World War I, are a worldwide concern, especially at closed military bases that will be redeveloped for housing or civilian use. In Europe and Asia, many munitions sites are former battlegrounds; in Russia and its former territories, sites are used for storage and waste disposal. Experts estimate that the United States alone could spend between 50 and 250 billion dollars to cleanup these sites, many of which are in high-population density, residential areas.  You might live near one such site right now.  This book gi