04846nam 2201021 a 450 991078007790332120230817224045.00-520-93982-41-59734-978-X10.1525/9780520939820(CKB)111056485642006(EBL)223494(OCoLC)475928156(SSID)ssj0000267492(PQKBManifestationID)11208157(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000267492(PQKBWorkID)10334638(PQKB)10703495(MiAaPQ)EBC223494(DE-B1597)520889(OCoLC)50668009(DE-B1597)9780520939820(Au-PeEL)EBL223494(CaPaEBR)ebr10053556(EXLCZ)9911105648564200620010814h20022002 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe view from Vesuvius Italian culture and the southern question /Nelson MoeBerkeley, Calif. University of California Press2002©20021 online resource (xv, 349 pages)Studies on the history of society and culture ;460-520-24826-0 0-520-22652-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-335) and index.Front matter --Contents --Illustrations --Acknowledgments --Introduction: How Did Southern Italy Become "the South"? --I. Imagining the South. 1750-1850 --II. Representing the South in the Risorgimento. 1825-1861 --III. Representing the South in Postunification Italy. 1870-1885 --Conclusion: What the South Enables Us to Say --Bibliography --IndexThe vexed relationship between the two parts of Italy, often referred to as the Southern Question, has shaped that nation's political, social, and cultural life throughout the twentieth century. But how did southern Italy become "the south," a place and people seen as different from and inferior to the rest of the nation? Writing at the rich juncture of literature, history, and cultural theory, Nelson Moe explores how Italy's Mezzogiorno became both backward and picturesque, an alternately troubling and fascinating borderland between Europe and its others. This finely crafted book shows that the Southern Question is far from just an Italian issue, for its origins are deeply connected to the formation of European cultural identity between the mid-eighteenth and late nineteenth centuries. Moe examines an exciting range of unfamiliar texts and visual representations including travel writing, political discourse, literary texts, and etchings to illuminate the imaginative geography that shaped the divide between north and south. His narrative moves from a broad examination of the representation of the south in European culture to close readings of the literary works of Leopardi and Giovanni Verga. This groundbreaking investigation into the origins of the modern vision of the Mezzogiorno is made all the more urgent by the emergence of separatism in Italy in the 1990's.Studies on the history of society and culture ;46.Public opinionItaly, NorthernStereotypes (Social psychology)ItalyItaly, SouthernCivilizationPublic opinionItaly, SouthernSocial conditions19th centuryPublic opinionItaly, SouthernPolitics and government19th centuryPublic opinion20th century.civic.cultural history.cultural identity.cultural life.cultural theory.europe.giovanni verga.government and governing.historians.historiography.ideological differences.italian culture.italian history.italian literature.italian politics.italian society.italy.leopardi.mezzogiorno.national divides.nonfiction.political divides.political theory.separatism.southern italy.southern question.travel writing.vesuvius.western history.Public opinionStereotypes (Social psychology)945/.708Moe Nelson1961-456133MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780077903321The view from Vesuvius3755365UNINA05689oam 22014054 450 991078834550332120230721045632.01-4623-6790-91-4518-7079-51-4519-8829-X1-282-84172-69786612841729(CKB)3170000000055117(EBL)1605853(SSID)ssj0000943994(PQKBManifestationID)11503135(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000943994(PQKBWorkID)10978557(PQKB)11605604(OCoLC)762469891(MiAaPQ)EBC1605853(IMF)WPIEE2008221(EXLCZ)99317000000005511720020129d2008 uf 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrCommodities and the Market Price of Risk /Shaun RoacheWashington, D.C. :International Monetary Fund,2008.1 online resource (25 p.)IMF Working PapersIMF working paper ;WP/08/221Description based upon print version of record.1-4519-1532-2 Includes bibliographical references.Contents; I. Introduction; II. Merton's ICAPM Risk-pricing Model; A. Deriving the risk-pricing equation; B. Identifying state variables; III. Brief Review of the Literature; IV. Data; V. Estimating the Quantities and Prices of Risk; A. The macro risk exposure of commodities; B. Market prices for macro risk; VI. Results; A. Real interest rate risk is priced; B. The time-varying cost of interest rate insurance; C. Evidence for a commodity-specific risk premium; D. Model fit; VII. Conclusion; References; AppendixCommodities are back following a stellar run of price performance, attracting financial investor attention. What are the fundamental reasons to hold commodities? One reason is the exposure offered to underlying risk factors. In this paper, I assess the macro risk exposure offered by commodity futures and test whether these risks are priced, using Merton's (1973) intertemporal capital asset pricing model for a sample of commodity prices covering the period January 1973 - February 2008. I find that commodity futures offer a hedge against lower interest rates and that investors are willing to accept lower expected returns for this position. Although some commodities are also a hedge against U.S. dollar depreciation, this risk is not priced.IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;No. 2008/221RiskEconometric modelsCommodity futuresEconometric modelsCapital assets pricing modelBanks and BankingimfInvestments: CommoditiesimfInvestments: GeneralimfInvestments: FuturesimfCommodity MarketsimfInterest Rates: Determination, Term Structure, and EffectsimfPension FundsimfNon-bank Financial InstitutionsimfFinancial InstrumentsimfInstitutional InvestorsimfInvestmentimfCapitalimfIntangible CapitalimfCapacityimfFinancing PolicyimfFinancial Risk and Risk ManagementimfCapital and Ownership StructureimfValue of FirmsimfGoodwillimfInvestment & securitiesimfFinanceimfMacroeconomicsimfFinancial services law & regulationimfCommoditiesimfReal interest ratesimfFuturesimfReturn on investmentimfMarket riskimfCommercial productsimfInterest ratesimfDerivative securitiesimfSaving and investmentimfFinancial risk managementimfUnited StatesimfRiskEconometric models.Commodity futuresEconometric models.Capital assets pricing model.Banks and BankingInvestments: CommoditiesInvestments: GeneralInvestments: FuturesCommodity MarketsInterest Rates: Determination, Term Structure, and EffectsPension FundsNon-bank Financial InstitutionsFinancial InstrumentsInstitutional InvestorsInvestmentCapitalIntangible CapitalCapacityFinancing PolicyFinancial Risk and Risk ManagementCapital and Ownership StructureValue of FirmsGoodwillInvestment & securitiesFinanceMacroeconomicsFinancial services law & regulationCommoditiesReal interest ratesFuturesReturn on investmentMarket riskCommercial productsInterest ratesDerivative securitiesSaving and investmentFinancial risk management330.015195Roache Shaun1462118DcWaIMFBOOK9910788345503321Commodities and the Market Price of Risk3716506UNINA