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Contemporary Financial Intermediation

By: Stuart I. Greenbaum,Anjan V. Thakor,Arnoud W. A. Boot

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Contemporary Financial Intermediation

By: Stuart I. Greenbaum,Anjan V. Thakor,Arnoud W. A. Boot

Contemporary Financial Intermediation, 4th Edition by Greenbaum, Thakor, and Boot continues to offer a distinctive approach to the study of financial markets and institutions by presenting an integrated portrait that puts information and economic reasoning at the core. Instead of primarily naming and describing markets, regulations, and institutions as is common, Contemporary Financial Intermediation explores the subtlety, plasticity and fragility of financial institutions and credit markets. In this new edition every chapter has been updated and pedagogical supplements have been enhanced. For the financial sector, the best preprofessional training explains the reasons why markets, institutions, and regulators evolve they do, why we suffer recurring financial crises occur and how we typically react to them. Our textbook demands more in terms of quantitative skills and analysis, but its ability to teach about the forces shaping the financial world is unmatched. - Updates and expands a legacy title in a valuable field - Holds a prominent position in a growing portfolio of finance textbooks - Teaches tactics on how to recognize and forecast fluctuations in financial markets

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Academic Press

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0124059341

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9780124059344

Artificial Vision for Robots

By: I. Aleksander

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Artificial Vision for Robots

By: I. Aleksander

I. ALEKSANDER Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics BruneI University, England The three key words that appear in the title of this book need some clarification. First, how far does the word robot reach in the context of indus trial automation? There is an argument maintaining that this range is not fixed, but increases with advancing technology. The most limited definition of the robot is also the earliest. The history is worth following because it provides a convincing backdrop to the central point of this book: vision is likely to epitomize the technolo gical advance, having the greatest effect in enlarging the definition and range of activity of robots. In the mid 1950s it was foreseen that a purely mechanical arm-like device could be used to move objects between two fixed locations. This was seen to be cost-effective only if the task was to remain fixed for some time. The need to change tasks and therefore the level of programmability of the robot was a key issue in the broadening of robot activities. Robots installed in industry in the early 1960s derived their programmability from a device called apinboard. Ver tical wires were energized sequentially in time, while horizontal wires, when energized, would trigger off elementary actions in the manipulator arm. The task of reprogramming was a huge one, as pins had to be reinserted in the board, connecting steps in time with robot actions.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1468468553

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9781468468557

General Principles of Quantum Field Theory

By: N.N. Bogolubov,Anatoly A. Logunov,A.I. Oksak,I. Todorov

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General Principles of Quantum Field Theory

By: N.N. Bogolubov,Anatoly A. Logunov,A.I. Oksak,I. Todorov

The majority of the "memorable" results of relativistic quantum theory were obtained within the framework of the local quantum field approach. The explanation of the basic principles of the local theory and its mathematical structure has left its mark on all modern activity in this area. Originally, the axiomatic approach arose from attempts to give a mathematical meaning to the quantum field theory of strong interactions (of Yukawa type). The fields in such a theory are realized by operators in Hilbert space with a positive Poincare-invariant scalar product. This "classical" part of the axiomatic approach attained its modern form as far back as the sixties. * It has retained its importance even to this day, in spite of the fact that nowadays the main prospects for the description of the electro-weak and strong interactions are in connection with the theory of gauge fields. In fact, from the point of view of the quark model, the theory of strong interactions of Wightman type was obtained by restricting attention to just the "physical" local operators (such as hadronic fields consisting of ''fundamental'' quark fields) acting in a Hilbert space of physical states. In principle, there are enough such "physical" fields for a description of hadronic physics, although this means that one must reject the traditional local Lagrangian formalism. (The connection is restored in the approximation of low-energy "phe nomenological" Lagrangians.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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9400904916

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9789400904910

Theoretical Computational Dynamics

By: Shih-I Pai

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Theoretical Computational Dynamics

By: Shih-I Pai

This book gives an introduction to the theoretical and computational fluid dynamics of a compressible fluid. It focuses on the basic assumptions and the formulation of the theory of compressible flow as well as on the methods of solving problems.

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700

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CRC Press

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1000109860

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9781000109863

International Business

A Global Perspective

By: Marios I. Katsioloudes,Spyros Hadjidakis

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International Business

A Global Perspective

By: Marios I. Katsioloudes,Spyros Hadjidakis

International Business' covers international business issues from a multinational perspective. Each chapter features the reverse perspective case that provides material for discussion and/or case analysis from a global perspective not necessarily that of the US.

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Routledge

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0750679832

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9780750679831

The Myth of Too Big To Fail

By: I. Moosa

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The Myth of Too Big To Fail

By: I. Moosa

The book presents arguments against the taxpayers'-funded bailing out of failed financial institutions, and puts forward suggestions to circumvent the TBTF problem, including some preventive measures. It ultimately argues that a failing financial institution should be allowed to fail without fearing an apocalyptic outcome.

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Springer

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0230295053

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9780230295056

Financialization and Government Borrowing Capacity in Emerging Markets

By: I. Hardie

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Financialization and Government Borrowing Capacity in Emerging Markets

By: I. Hardie

Hardie investigates the link between the financialization – defined as the ability to trade risk – and the capacity of emerging market governments to borrow from private markets. He considers the government bond markets in Brazil, Lebanon and Turkey and includes interviews with 126 financial market actors.

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179

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0230370268

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9780230370265

Can Emerging Market Central Banks Bail Out Banks? A+L4848 Cautionary Tale From Latin America

By: Luis I. Jacome H.,Tahsin Saadi Sedik,Mr.Simon Townsend

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Can Emerging Market Central Banks Bail Out Banks? A+L4848 Cautionary Tale From Latin America

By: Luis I. Jacome H.,Tahsin Saadi Sedik,Mr.Simon Townsend

This paper investigates whether developing and emerging market countries can implement monetary policies similar to those used by advanced countries during the recent global crisis - injecting significant amounts of money into the financial system without facing major short-run adverse macroeconomic repercussions. Using panel data techniques, the paper analyzes episodes of financial turmoil in 16 Latin America during 1995-2007. The results show that developing and emerging market countries should be cautious because injecting money on a large scale into the financial system may fuel further macroeconomic instability, increasing the chances of simultaneous currency crises.

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International Monetary Fund

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146392397X

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9781463923976

Book's by I M Kunt

Contemporary Financial Intermediation

Contemporary Financial Intermediation

Artificial Vision for Robots

Artificial Vision for Robots

General Principles of Quantum Field Theory

General Principles of Quantum Field Theory

Theoretical Computational Dynamics

Theoretical Computational Dynamics

International Business

International Business

The Myth of Too Big To Fail

The Myth of Too Big To Fail

Financialization and Government Borrowing Capacity in Emerging Markets

Financialization and Government Borrowing Capacity in Emerging Markets

Can Emerging Market Central Banks Bail Out Banks? A+L4848 Cautionary Tale From Latin America

Can Emerging Market Central Banks Bail Out Banks? A+L4848 Cautionary Tale From Latin America

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