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Proceedings of the Fourth International Forum on Decision Sciences edited by Xiang Li, Xiaofeng Xu.

Table of Contents: “…Innovation Research on Three-Dimensional Central Coordination of University-Industry-Government under Triple Helix Perspective -- The Innovative Pattern of Bulk Commodity Supply Chain Based on Internet Finance -- Social Attribute Preference Learning Based Design Decision of Electrical Engineering Projects -- Global Climate Change Studying Based on Big Data Analysis of Antarctica -- The Analysis of Our Energy Internet Development Prospect under the Background of “B&R” -- Study on the Relationship between Managerial Power and the Quality of Accounting Information -- Behavioral Selections of the Express Company and the Customer: An Analysis Based on Evolution Game Theory -- The Effects of Social Commerce Disputes of Rating Result -- Project Bid Evaluation Research Based on the Aggressive Generalized DEA Model -- The Mechanism of Empowering Leadership’s Effect on Employee Creativity in Dingtalk Alibaba Context -- The Credit Scoring Model Based on Logistic-BP-AdaBoost Algorithm and Its Application in P2P Credit Platform -- Dynamic Simulation of Stock Market Based on SVM With Different Parameter Optimization Methods -- The Analysis of China's Cotton Subsidy Policy Based on MPS and CSCT -- The Analysis of Farmers Cognition and the Influence of the Cotton Target Price Reform in Xinjiang -- Experimental Economics Analysis of Environment-Friendly Agricultural Technique Decision-Making -- Research On the Linkage Effect Between Shanghai and Shenzhen 300 Stock Index and the Shanghai and Shenzhen Fund Index -- Competitiveness Assessment of China Listed Household Electric Appliance Enterprises by the Principal Component Analysis -- The Analysis of Internet Development Index Based on Visualization -- A Comparative Analysis Study Of Data Mining Algorithm In Customer Relationship Management -- Research on Value Evaluation of Scientific and Technical Human Capital Based on Key Performance Indicators -- Analysis of Factors Affecting Consumers’ Brand Trust under Different Purchasing Behaviors -- Big Data to Lead A New Era for “Internet+”: Current Status and Prospect -- Research on Fault Detection of High-Speed Train Bogie -- Influence of Customer to Customer Interaction on Service Purchase Behavior Intention: Moderating Role of Customer Experience——In China E-Commerce Environment -- Evolutionary Game and Simulation on the Internet of Things in Supply Chain -- Pricing Structure Financial Products of Commercial Banks in China -- A Chance Maximization Model for Uncertain Project Scheduling Problem -- The Explorer of Decision-Making in Class -- Some Power Aggregation Operators for Hesitant Intuitionistic Fuzzy Linguistic Set and Their Applications to Multiple Attribute Decision Making -- Mechanics Analysis in Cable Supported Barrel Vault Based on the Uncertain Damage -- Formulas to Calculate the Variance and Pseudo-Variance of Complex Uncertain Variable -- Measure Constraint Model and Its Properties of Closed-Loop Logistics Network -- Chance Left Constraint Model for TSP and Its GASO Algorithm -- Research on the Impact of the Counter Marketing to the Sales Performance of China's Tobacco Industry -- The Manufacturing Enterprise of China Internal Control and the Agency Costs -- Research on the Development and Management of Intellectual Property in the Aerospace Manufacturing Industry -- Under the Trend of Wisdom Supply Chain, Finance Storage Risk Identification and Aversion Countermeasures Research in Our Country -- Research Status of Earned Value Management -- Reliability Analysis of Unrepairable Warm Standby Systems Mixed With Randomness and Fuzziness -- Research on the Marketing Strategy of the New Media Age Based on AISAS Model：A Case Study Of Micro Channel Marketing -- Overview and Prospect of the Research on the Product Oil Consumption Tax in China -- A Survey of Electronic Commerce Tax Collection and Management -- Development Analysis of O2O Model Based on Mobile Electronic Business -- Research on Modeling Customer Churn in Video Players -- Risk Analysis of Supply Chain Pricing Problem Based on Uncertain Measure -- Pricing Decision Problem in Closed-Loop Supply Chain under Uncertain Random Environment -- Competition in A Two-Channel Supply Chain With Symmetric Retailers under Channel Preference -- Uncertain Resource-Constrained Project Scheduling Problem with Net Present Value Criterion for Risk-Averse Decision Makers -- Research on the Development of Cross-Border E-Commerce in Port Cities——A Case of Manzhouli City -- Study on Development Countermeasure of Manzhouli Wood Processing Industrial Cluster -- The Study of Relationship between Diversification Strategy and Customers Performance in Service Industry— An Example Analysis of High-End Catering Enterprise in Beijing -- The"Internet +" Based Study on the Development Strategy ABAOT Sino-Russian Cross-Border E-Commerce -- The SWOT Analysis and Countermeasure Research of Travel Agency Online Marketing in Network Times -- The Analysis of the Management Mode of Decision-Making Characteristics and Development Trend of Engineering Project -- Study of Community E-Commerce Logistic Distribution Model Based on Intelligent Community Property -- Research on the Development Strategy of Cultural Enterprises Based on the Negative WOM -- The Literature Review on the Research of Derailment -- Regulation of Equity Crowdfunding in Hong Kong -- The Impact of Big Data on Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Financing -- Uncertain Optimization Model for Railway Power Supply Equipment Maintenance Scheduling Problem -- Research on Yong Teachers’ Salary System in Private Colleges -- The Problems and Suggestions of Express "Real-Name System" in Our Country -- Introduction to Network Economy Era of Customer Relationship Management -- Research on the Tourism Consumption Behavior of College Students in the Mobile Social Network Environment -- Application of Improved Adaptive Genetic Algorithm in Train Energy Saving -- Optimal Inventory Policy for Newsboy Problem Based on Fuzzy Random Demand -- Research on the Causes and Countermeasures of the Price Dispersion of Online Retail Commodity -- Empirical Analysis of Influence Factor of Investment Income of Commercial Bank Financial Product -- Empirical Analysis on the Evolution of Development Mode of Cultural Creative Industry -- The Effect of Chinese Listed Company Manager’s Irrational Merger and Acquisition Decision on the Performance -- Research on Competitiveness of Listed Security Companies in China -- Research on the Evaluation of Rural Credit Cooperatives in Agriculture Efficiency in China’s Various Regions -- The Empirical Study on the Comprehensive Evaluation of Agricultural Economic Development Level in Various Regions of Heilongjiang Province -- The Chinese Regional Rural Credit Unions’ Efficiency Evaluation Based on Network DEA -- Analysis of Economic Benefit of Resource-Based City’s Transformation Based on the Development of Modern Service Industry -- Research on the Comprehensive Evaluation of Financial Ecological Environment in Various Regions of Heilongjiang Province -- Research on Performance Evaluation of Agricultural Development in Different Regions in China -- The Empirical Research on the Technical Efficiency and the Influencing Factors with the County Agency of Agricultural Development Bank of China -- The Empirical Study on the Evaluation and Improvement of Wheat Cost and Benefit Efficiency in Different Regions in China -- A Biclustering-Based Lead User Identification Methodology Applied to Xiaomi -- Discrete Tunnel-Filled Function Method for Discrete Global Optimization Problems -- The Trend Research of Intergenerational Income Elasticity Change between Father and Son - Based On The CHNS Data of Three Provinces in Central Empirical -- Research on the Legal Regulation of China's E-Finance Field.…”
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Boosting paychecks : the politics of supporting America's working poor / Daniel P. Gitterman. by Gitterman, Daniel Paul

Table of Contents: “…Bush and the return of across-the-board tax relief -- Toward a new bargain? -- The past and future politics of boosting paychecks.…”
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Challenges of the Modern Economy Digital Technologies, Problems, and Focus Areas of the Sustainable Development of Country and Regions / edited by Yakhya G. Buchaev, Arsen S. Abdul...

Table of Contents: “…Import Substitution: the Main Directions of Import Substitution, the Pros and Cons of the Implemented State Program, Some Success Stories of Import Substitution and its Prospects -- 16. …”
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The Invisible Line : Land Reform, Land Tenure Security and Land Registration. by Dekker, Henri A. L.

Table of Contents: “…SPECIFIC ASPECTS OF LAND REGISTRATION -- 7.1 Title Insurance -- 7.1.1 An Extraordinary System of Insurance -- 7.1.2 Title Companies -- 7.1.3 Indemnification by Title Insurance -- 7.2 Main Characteristics of Land Registration -- 7.2.1 Documents and Customs -- 7.2.2 Titles or Deeds -- 7.2.3 What is the Purpose? …”
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Pension economics / David Blake. by Blake, David, 1954-

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My Story : Tom L. Johnson. by Hauser, Elizabeth J.

Table of Contents: “…The City Government and the Tax School.…”
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Against the profit motive : the salary revolution in American government, 1780-1940 / Nicholas R. Parrillo. by Parrillo, Nicholas R.

Table of Contents: “…The old regime : lawful bargaining for public services -- Bargaining outlawed -- A regulatory nightmare : salaries as a remedy for corrupt exchange and official lucre -- A government capable of saying "no" : salaries as a reaction against customer service -- State and local taxation : the tax ferrets -- Federal taxation : the moiety men -- Criminal prosecution : cash for convictions -- Incarceration : jailors' fees and penitentiary profits -- Naval warfare : prize money and blood money -- Epilogue : American state-building and the critique of bureaucracy.…”
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Special economic zones : progress, emerging challenges, and future directions / edited by Thomas Farole, Gokhan Akinci.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction / Thomas Farole and Gokhan Akinci -- The thin end of the wedge : unlocking comparative advantage through EPZs in Bangladesh / Mustafizul Hye Shakir and Thomas Farole -- Success and statis in Honduras' free zones / Michael Engman -- China's investment in special economic zones in Africa / Deborah Brautigam and Tang Xiaoyang -- Partnership agreements in the China-Singapore (Suzhou) industrial park : lessons for joint economic zone development / Min Zhao and Thomas Farole -- SEZs in the context of regional integration : creating synergies for trade and investment / Naoko Koyama -- When trade preferences and tax breaks are no longer enough : the challenge of adjustment in the Dominican Republic's free zones / Jean-Marie Burgaud and Thomas Farole -- Fostering innovation in developing economies through SEZs / Justine White -- Early reform zones : catalysts for dynamic market economies in Africa / Richard Auty -- Planned obsolescence? …”
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The encyclopedia of libertarianism / editor Ronald Hamowy.

Table of Contents: “…. -- La Boétie, Étienne de -- Labor Unions -- Laissez-Faire Policy -- Lane, Rose Wilder -- Lao Tzu -- Las Casas, Bartolomé de -- Law and Economics -- Law Merchant -- LeFevre, Robert -- Left Libertarianism -- Leggett, William -- Levellers -- Liability -- Liberal Critique of Libertarianism -- Liberalism, Classical -- Liberalism, German -- Liberty, Presumption of -- Liberty in the Ancient World -- Limited Government -- Locke, John -- Macaulay, Thomas Babington -- MacBride, Roger Lea -- Madison, James -- Magna Carta -- Maine, Henry Sumner -- Mandeville, Bernard -- Market Failure -- Marriage -- Marxism -- Mason, George -- Material Progress -- Mencken, H.L. -- Menger, Carl -- Mercantilism -- Meyer, Frank S. -- Military-Industrial Complex -- Mill, John Stuart -- Milton, John -- Minimal State -- Mises, Ludwig von -- Molinari, Gustave de -- Money and Banking -- Montaigne, Michel de -- Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat de -- Mont Pelerin Society -- Murray, Charles -- Nathan, Tonie -- Nationalism -- Natural Harmony of Interests -- Natural Law -- New Deal -- Nietzsche, Friedrich -- Nock, Albert Jay -- Nonaggression Axiom -- Nozick, Robert -- Objectivism -- Oppenheimer, Franz -- Ortega y Gasset, José -- Orwell, George -- Ostrom, Vincent and Elinor -- Paine, Thomas -- Paternalism -- Paterson, Isabel -- Paul, Ron -- Peace and Pacifism -- Philosophic Radicals -- Physiocracy -- Political Parties -- Popper, Karl -- Pornography -- Positive Liberty -- Posner, Richard A. -- Pound, Roscoe -- Praxeology -- Price, Richard -- Price Controls -- Privacy -- Private Property -- Privatization -- Progress -- Progressive Era -- Prohibition of Alcohol -- Proudhon, Pierre-Joseph -- Psychiatry -- Public Choice Economics -- Puritanism -- Pursuit of Happiness -- Racism -- Rand, Ayn -- Rawls, John -- Read, Leonard E. -- Regulation -- Religion and Liberty -- Rent Seeking -- Republicanism, Classical -- Responsibility -- Restitution for Crime -- Retribution for Crime -- Revolution, Right of -- Ricardo, David -- Rights, Natural -- Rights, Theories of -- Right to Bear Arms -- Röpke, Wilhelm -- Rothbard, Murray -- Rousseau, Jean-Jacques -- Rule of Law -- Say, Jean-Baptiste -- Scholastics/School of Salamanca -- Schumpeter, Joseph -- Secessionism -- Self-Interest -- Senior, Nassau William -- Separation of Church and State -- Sexuality -- Shaftesbury, Third Earl of -- Sidney, Algernon -- Simon, Julian -- Slavery, World -- Slavery in America -- Smith, Adam -- Social Darwinism -- Socialism -- Socialist Calculation Debate -- Social Security -- Sociology and Libertarianism -- Sowell, Thomas -- Spencer, Herbert -- Spontaneous Order -- Spooner, Lysander -- State -- Stigler, George J. -- Stirner, Max -- Stoicism -- Subsidiarity -- Sumner, William Graham -- Szasz, Thomas -- Taft, Robert A. -- Taxation -- Tax Competition -- Term Limits -- Thoreau, Henry David -- Tocqueville, Alexis de -- Tracy, Destutt de -- Transportation -- Tucker, Benjamin R. -- Tullock, Gordon -- Turgot, Anne-Robert-Jacques -- Urban Planning -- Utilitarianism -- Virtue -- Voltaire -- Voluntarism -- Voluntary Contract Enforcement -- War -- War on Terror -- War Powers -- Washington, George -- Wealth and Poverty -- Welfare State -- Whiggism -- Wicksell, Knut -- Wilberforce, William -- Wollstonecraft, Mary.…”
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Capital, coercion, and postcommunist states / Gerald M. Easter. by Easter, Gerald, 1959-

Table of Contents: “…Toward a fiscal sociology of the post-communist state -- Fiscal crisis of the old regime -- Politics of tax reform : making (and unmaking) revenue bargains -- State meets society in the transitional tax regime -- Building fiscal capacity in post-communist states -- Taxation and the reconfiguration of state and society.…”
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Dismantling the American dream : how multinational corporations undermine American prosperity / Michael Collins. by Collins, Michael

Table of Contents: “…The treat of Wall Street -- Chapter 9. The problems of tax reduction -- Chapter 10. Buying government with lobbying money -- Chapter 11. …”
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Social science in government : the role of policy researchers / Richard P. Nathan. by Nathan, Richard P.

Table of Contents: “…Evaluating the California GAIN Program -- The GAIN Process -- The MDRC Evaluation -- The Research Challenge -- Discoveries in the Implementation Process -- Endnotes…”
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New Approaches to CSR, Sustainability and Accountability, Volume III edited by Kıymet Tunca Çalıyurt.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction The increasing importance of ESG reporting in the Covid era -- 2. Training Accounting, Finance and Internal Auditing Staff on Environmental Issues, Sustainability and Climate Change Risk -- 3. …”
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International human resource management : policies and practices for multinational enterprises / Ibraiz Tarique, Dennis R. Briscoe, Randall S. Schuler. by Tarique, Ibraiz, Briscoe, Dennis R., 1945-, Schuler, Randall S.

Table of Contents: “…International Recruitment, International Selection, and Repatriation 10. International Training and Management Development 11. International Compensation, Benefits, and Taxes 12. …”
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LEAPS trading strategies : powerful techniques for options trading success / Marty Kearney. by Kearney, Marty

Table of Contents: “…Stock Ownership; Limiting Your Risks; Delta As A Factor of Pending Expiration; The Importance of Setting Targets; Pros and Cons Summary; Self-Test Questions; Chapter 5: Covered Writing with LEAPS; Covered Write Strategy; Evolving Value Scenarios; The Long-Term Advantage; Important Features of The Strategy; Self-Test Questions; Chapter 6: LEAPS Protective Puts and Collars; The Inevitable Tax Complication; The Protective Put; Pros and Cons of Leaps Puts; The Collar Strategy; Puts As Training Wheels On Your Portfolio; Pros and Cons of Leaps Collars.…”
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Handbook of asset and liability management : from models to optimal return strategies / Alexandre Adam. by Adam, Alexandre

Table of Contents: “…PART V TOOLS FOR ASSET AND LIABILITY MANAGERS21 Simulation tools for interest rates and other financial indexes21.1 Stochastic calculation21.2 Equity market simulation21.3 Interest rate simulation21.4 Generic models for joint simulation of inflation, stock index, interest rates, real estate, liquidity and credit spreads21.5 Market simulations including risk premiums22 Delta equivalent computation22.1 Principles22.2 Delta, penta, correla and courba equivalents or "Adam equivalents"22.3 Delta equivalent associated break-even point22.4 Examples of delta equivalent computation22.5 Hedging error and gamma equivalent23 Technical tools useful in ALM23.1 Risk measures23.2 Optimization methods23.3 Common statistical tools in ALM23.4 Other statistical tools and common ALM functionsPART VI ECONOMIC VALUE AND NEW RISK INDICATORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BASEL II AND SOLVENCY II REGULATORY PERSPECTIVE24 Basel II regulation and Solvency II24.1 Common regulatory risk constraints24.2 Basel II: normalized regulatory constraints24.3 Solvency II25 Links between ALM and financial analysis25.1 Performance indicators in the company25.2 Shareholder's equity value, economic value and risk premiums25.3 Capital allocation/attribution and capital consumption25.4 Company valuation and cost of capital with positive tax rate25.5 Merton's model25.6 Financial analysis and ALM implications26 Towards economic capital indicators26.1 Economic capital and its implications26.2 Economic capital computation main hypotheses26.3 ALM stress testing26.4 Credit risk economic capital computation26.5 Economic capital in ALM26.6 IFRS and regulation implications for ALM26.7 New indicators for the economic value approachPART VII OPTIMAL RETURN STRATEGIES27 Risk perfect hedging using the delta equivalent technique27.1 Micro hedging strategies with structured products27.2 Delta hedging strategies27.3 Example of a bank balance sheet with demand deposits28 Limits policy28.1 Economic capital limit28.2 Setting economic capital limits28.3 Gap limit28.4 Income sensitivity limit29 Income smoothing strategies29.1 Important preliminary comment about income smoothing and fraud29.2 Examples of income smoothing29.3 Example of a cumulative AFS bonds income smoothing strategy29.4 ALM and Hawks martingale30 Economic value management: the A/L manager's optimization programme under economic capital constraints and accounting constraints30.1 Point of view of "traditional A/L managers" and criticism of the models30.2 Economic value management30.3 Economic value optimization using grid methodology31 Application to Banking Book activities31.1 Deposit accounts: valuation and hedging in an economic capital approach using the grid methodology31.2 Application to Stock Market Book31.3 Application to Credit Risk Book31.4 Prepayment risk optimal hedging strategies31.5 Application to a global Banking Book including business and model risk31.6 Direct demand deposit income smoothing through a simple example32 Economic value management in insurance companies and in Capital Book management32.1 Economic value management in insurance companies32.2 Application to economic Capital Book managementPART VIII CONCLUSIONS ON THE ALM OF TOMORROW33 Conclusions on the future of ALM33.1 ALM diversity33.2 ALM benchmarking33.3 Conclusions on ALM and modelsPART IX ANNEXES34 Statistical advanced tools34.1 Extreme points34.2 Copulas35 The basis of interest rate modelling35.1 Yield curve reconstitution35.2 Yield curve stochastic interest rate modelsBibliographyIndex.…”
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Handbook of asset and liability management : from models to optimal return strategies / Alexandre Adam. by Adam, Alexandre

Table of Contents: “…PART V TOOLS FOR ASSET AND LIABILITY MANAGERS21 Simulation tools for interest rates and other financial indexes21.1 Stochastic calculation21.2 Equity market simulation21.3 Interest rate simulation21.4 Generic models for joint simulation of inflation, stock index, interest rates, real estate, liquidity and credit spreads21.5 Market simulations including risk premiums22 Delta equivalent computation22.1 Principles22.2 Delta, penta, correla and courba equivalents or "Adam equivalents"22.3 Delta equivalent associated break-even point22.4 Examples of delta equivalent computation22.5 Hedging error and gamma equivalent23 Technical tools useful in ALM23.1 Risk measures23.2 Optimization methods23.3 Common statistical tools in ALM23.4 Other statistical tools and common ALM functionsPART VI ECONOMIC VALUE AND NEW RISK INDICATORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BASEL II AND SOLVENCY II REGULATORY PERSPECTIVE24 Basel II regulation and Solvency II24.1 Common regulatory risk constraints24.2 Basel II: normalized regulatory constraints24.3 Solvency II25 Links between ALM and financial analysis25.1 Performance indicators in the company25.2 Shareholder's equity value, economic value and risk premiums25.3 Capital allocation/attribution and capital consumption25.4 Company valuation and cost of capital with positive tax rate25.5 Merton's model25.6 Financial analysis and ALM implications26 Towards economic capital indicators26.1 Economic capital and its implications26.2 Economic capital computation main hypotheses26.3 ALM stress testing26.4 Credit risk economic capital computation26.5 Economic capital in ALM26.6 IFRS and regulation implications for ALM26.7 New indicators for the economic value approachPART VII OPTIMAL RETURN STRATEGIES27 Risk perfect hedging using the delta equivalent technique27.1 Micro hedging strategies with structured products27.2 Delta hedging strategies27.3 Example of a bank balance sheet with demand deposits28 Limits policy28.1 Economic capital limit28.2 Setting economic capital limits28.3 Gap limit28.4 Income sensitivity limit29 Income smoothing strategies29.1 Important preliminary comment about income smoothing and fraud29.2 Examples of income smoothing29.3 Example of a cumulative AFS bonds income smoothing strategy29.4 ALM and Hawks martingale30 Economic value management: the A/L manager's optimization programme under economic capital constraints and accounting constraints30.1 Point of view of "traditional A/L managers" and criticism of the models30.2 Economic value management30.3 Economic value optimization using grid methodology31 Application to Banking Book activities31.1 Deposit accounts: valuation and hedging in an economic capital approach using the grid methodology31.2 Application to Stock Market Book31.3 Application to Credit Risk Book31.4 Prepayment risk optimal hedging strategies31.5 Application to a global Banking Book including business and model risk31.6 Direct demand deposit income smoothing through a simple example32 Economic value management in insurance companies and in Capital Book management32.1 Economic value management in insurance companies32.2 Application to economic Capital Book managementPART VIII CONCLUSIONS ON THE ALM OF TOMORROW33 Conclusions on the future of ALM33.1 ALM diversity33.2 ALM benchmarking33.3 Conclusions on ALM and modelsPART IX ANNEXES34 Statistical advanced tools34.1 Extreme points34.2 Copulas35 The basis of interest rate modelling35.1 Yield curve reconstitution35.2 Yield curve stochastic interest rate modelsBibliographyIndex.…”
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Handbook of asset and liability management : from models to optimal return strategies / Alexandre Adam. by Adam, Alexandre

Table of Contents: “…PART V TOOLS FOR ASSET AND LIABILITY MANAGERS21 Simulation tools for interest rates and other financial indexes21.1 Stochastic calculation21.2 Equity market simulation21.3 Interest rate simulation21.4 Generic models for joint simulation of inflation, stock index, interest rates, real estate, liquidity and credit spreads21.5 Market simulations including risk premiums22 Delta equivalent computation22.1 Principles22.2 Delta, penta, correla and courba equivalents or "Adam equivalents"22.3 Delta equivalent associated break-even point22.4 Examples of delta equivalent computation22.5 Hedging error and gamma equivalent23 Technical tools useful in ALM23.1 Risk measures23.2 Optimization methods23.3 Common statistical tools in ALM23.4 Other statistical tools and common ALM functionsPART VI ECONOMIC VALUE AND NEW RISK INDICATORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BASEL II AND SOLVENCY II REGULATORY PERSPECTIVE24 Basel II regulation and Solvency II24.1 Common regulatory risk constraints24.2 Basel II: normalized regulatory constraints24.3 Solvency II25 Links between ALM and financial analysis25.1 Performance indicators in the company25.2 Shareholder's equity value, economic value and risk premiums25.3 Capital allocation/attribution and capital consumption25.4 Company valuation and cost of capital with positive tax rate25.5 Merton's model25.6 Financial analysis and ALM implications26 Towards economic capital indicators26.1 Economic capital and its implications26.2 Economic capital computation main hypotheses26.3 ALM stress testing26.4 Credit risk economic capital computation26.5 Economic capital in ALM26.6 IFRS and regulation implications for ALM26.7 New indicators for the economic value approachPART VII OPTIMAL RETURN STRATEGIES27 Risk perfect hedging using the delta equivalent technique27.1 Micro hedging strategies with structured products27.2 Delta hedging strategies27.3 Example of a bank balance sheet with demand deposits28 Limits policy28.1 Economic capital limit28.2 Setting economic capital limits28.3 Gap limit28.4 Income sensitivity limit29 Income smoothing strategies29.1 Important preliminary comment about income smoothing and fraud29.2 Examples of income smoothing29.3 Example of a cumulative AFS bonds income smoothing strategy29.4 ALM and Hawks martingale30 Economic value management: the A/L manager's optimization programme under economic capital constraints and accounting constraints30.1 Point of view of "traditional A/L managers" and criticism of the models30.2 Economic value management30.3 Economic value optimization using grid methodology31 Application to Banking Book activities31.1 Deposit accounts: valuation and hedging in an economic capital approach using the grid methodology31.2 Application to Stock Market Book31.3 Application to Credit Risk Book31.4 Prepayment risk optimal hedging strategies31.5 Application to a global Banking Book including business and model risk31.6 Direct demand deposit income smoothing through a simple example32 Economic value management in insurance companies and in Capital Book management32.1 Economic value management in insurance companies32.2 Application to economic Capital Book managementPART VIII CONCLUSIONS ON THE ALM OF TOMORROW33 Conclusions on the future of ALM33.1 ALM diversity33.2 ALM benchmarking33.3 Conclusions on ALM and modelsPART IX ANNEXES34 Statistical advanced tools34.1 Extreme points34.2 Copulas35 The basis of interest rate modelling35.1 Yield curve reconstitution35.2 Yield curve stochastic interest rate modelsBibliographyIndex.…”
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Dismantling the American Dream How Multinational Corporations Undermine American Prosperity / by Michael Collins. by Collins, Michael

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Halftitle -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Description -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Outsourcing by Multinational Corporations -- Chapter 3: A Surge in Inequality -- Chapter 4: The Myth of Free Trade -- Chapter 5: Innovation and the Loss of Technology -- Chapter 6: The Slow Erosion of American Manufacturing Industries -- Chapter 7: Financialization and the Shareholder Revolution -- Chapter 8: The Threat of Wall Street -- Chapter 9: The Problems of Tax Reduction…”
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