Big Government Is Stifling the American Spirit A Debate / Intelligence2.

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Advances in Accounting Behavioral Research. by Karim, Khondkar E.

Table of Contents: “…. ; Introduction; Background; Employment Classification Tax Impact; Employer -- Employee Guidelines; Revenue Ruling 87-41 (1987-1 CB 296); Prior Studies; Employee vs Independent Contractor/Methodology Literature; Gender Literature; Data; Research Questions; Methodology.…”
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The occupation of the American mind : Israel's public relations war in the United States / George Matta and Mundovision Productions present a Media Education Foundation production...

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Not Working The Pulse of the Great Recession / Gibson, D. W.

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Street Crime Hedrick Smith Productions.

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How innovation really works : using the trillion-dollar R & D fix to drive growth / Anne Marie Knott. by Knott, Anne Marie

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The price of football : understanding football club finance / Kieran Maguire. by Maguire, Kieran

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Reading and writing public documents : problems, solutions, and characteristics / edited by Daniël Janssen, Rob Neutelings.

Table of Contents: “…How research can lead to better government forms / Carel Jansen & Michael Steehouder -- Undercover research into text quality as a tool for communication management : the case of the Dutch tax department / Jan Renkema -- Optimizing public information brochures : formative evaluation in document design processes / Menno de Jong & Peter Jan Schellens -- Public documents in a multilingual context / Jacqueline Hulst & Leo Lentz -- Improving the quality of public documents : or, why training public writers often doesn't work / Daniël Janssen -- The lack of clarity in a sentence : the style of official documents in Dutch / Frank Jansen -- Convincing citizens : the role of argument quality / Hans Hoeken -- Collaborative writing for the government / Daniël Janssen & Niels van der Mast -- Strategic revision of public documents : how policy writers revise documents in order to reach consensus / Niels van der Mast & Daniël Janssen -- Trust and verify : local suspensions of the cooperation principle in political communication / Rob Neutelings & Henk Pander Maat -- Reading to assess in professional life : reading styles of Dutch parliamentarians / Rob Neutelings.…”
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The Technical Interview Guide to Investment Banking + Website. by Pignataro, Paul

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Stocks for options trading : low-risk, low-stress strategies for selling stock options-profitability / by Harvey Friedentag. by Friedentag, Harvey C. (Harvey Conrad)

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Climate Finance : Regulatory and Funding Strategies for Climate Change and Global Development. by Stewart, Richard B.

Table of Contents: “…PART II: Proposals for Climate Finance: Regulatory and Market Mechanisms and IncentivesA. Trading or Taxes?; 5 Cap-and-Trade Is Preferable to a Carbon Tax; B. …”
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Liberal reform in an illiberal regime : the creation of private property in Russia, 1906-1915 / Stephen F. Williams. by Williams, Stephen F.

Table of Contents: “…Trends in agricultural productivity per capita ; Peasant landholdings ; Peasant and pomeshchik productivity ; Land and grain prices: the Peasant Land Bank ; Tax burdens ; A glimpse of peasant life -- The politics of reform. …”
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Creative safety solutions / Thomas D. Schneid. by Schneid, Thomas D.

Table of Contents: “…Joint ventures to reduce costs -- chapter 10. Grants, contracts, tax credits, and deductions -- chapter 11. Utilizing free services -- chapter 12. …”
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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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Development Economics. by Siggel, Eckhard

Table of Contents: “…2 Economic Growth and its Determinants2.1 Production Function Models; 2.2 The Nature of Technical Change; 2.3 Empirical Evidence and Policy Conclusions; 2.4 Macroeconomic Growth Models; 2.5 Neoclassical Growth and the Stylized Facts of Economic Growth; 2.6 Endogenous Growth; 2.7 Convergence Once Again; Case Study 4: International Convergence of Income Levels; Case Study 5: Sources of Growth in Kenya's Manufacturing Sector; 3 Financing Economic Growth from Domestic Sources; 3.1 Policies to Accelerate Economic Growth; 3.2 Increasing Savings; 3.3 Fiscal Policy and Tax Reform.…”
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The Changing Face of Innovation : Is It Shifting to Asia? / Seeram Ramakrishna, Daniel Joo-Then Ng. by Ramakrishna, Seeram

Table of Contents: “…2.1 Research and Development InvestmentsChina; China's Rising Stature in Science and Technology; India; China and India -- Research Output Has Been Rising Rapidly; Korea; Korea's R & D output; Singapore; Key Innovation Outcome of Some Asian Countries; 2.2 Universities; Singapore; Current State of Higher Education; Geographic Distribution of Researchers in the World; Scientific Publications; 2.3 Young Minds and Human Resources; State of China and India; China's and India's Intellectual Diaspora -- Reverse Brain-drain; India's Intellectual Diaspora -- Reverse Brain-drain.…”
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The value of debt in building wealth : creating your glide path to a healthy financial L.I.F.E. / Thomas J. Anderson. by Anderson, Thomas J. (Certified investment management analyst)

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The value of debt in building wealth : creating your glide path to a healthy financial L.I.F.E. / Thomas J. Anderson. by Anderson, Thomas J. (Certified investment management analyst)

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