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EconomiesFinancial crises are often expected to trigger industry renewal through processes of creative destruction; however, this outcome is not automatic. This study examines why the mechanisms associated with creative destruction failed to emerge in Lebanon’s ...
Samar Abou Ltaif, Alkis Thrassou
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Swiss monetary policy: central bank independence and stabilization goals [PDF]
Banks and banking, Central - Switzerland ; Monetary policy - Switzerland ...
Richard C.K. Burdekin
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.This study advances SafeWax, a bio‐inspired, fatty‐acids‐based superhydrophobic coating, by identifying an agriculturally compliant solvent and revealing how solvent‐controlled Fatty acid crystallization governs the coating's microscopic structure and performance.
Niv Ben‐Arie +13 more
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Banking in transition countries [PDF]
Modern banking institutions were virtually non-existent in the planned economies of central Europe and the former Soviet Union. In the early transition period, banking sectors began to develop during several years of macroeconomic decline and turbulence ...
Hasan, Iftekhar +2 more
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Melanin content directly controls fungal spore mechanical properties, with pigmented spores achieving rupture forces two orders of magnitude higher than hyaline spores. Environmental stress drives this quantity‐quality tradeoff; stressed species invest energy in melanin‐reinforced, mechanically superior thick‐walled, super‐hydrophobic spores, while ...
Atul Agrawal, Steven E. Naleway
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Sovereign digital currencies: Central Banking of the future or echoes from the past? [PDF]
IANUS Diritto e Finanza, 2019 Le criptovalute c.d. sovrane, precisamente sulle valute digitali emesse dalle banche centrali, rappresentano un’idea suggestiva ed intrigante nel quadro dei prodotti del mercato europeo.
Marta Božina Beroš
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Derivatives clearing and settlement: a comparison of central counterparties and alternative structures [PDF]
Most exchange-traded and some over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives are cleared and settled through clearinghouses that function as central counterparties (CCPs). Most OTC derivatives are settled bilaterally.
Robert Steigerwald, Robert R. Bliss
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EDITORIAL Geopolitics, Climate Risks, and Digitalisation: The Future of Central Banking — Special Issue of the 19th BMEB International Conference [PDF]
EDITORIAL Geopolitics, Climate Risks, and Digitalisation: The Future of Central Banking — Special Issue of the 19th BMEB International ...
Juhro, Solikin M., Narayan, Paresh Kumar
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Magneto‐Ionic Devices With Polymer‐Based Electrolytes
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Polymer electrolytes are introduced for magneto‐ionic devices based on hydroxide and hydrogen ions. The magneto‐ionic effect results in a pronounced voltage‐controlled variation of coercivity in both devices. The switching speed is in the range of 100 ms.
Markus Gößler +3 more
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Does Conservatism Matter? A Time Series Approach to Central Banking [PDF]
The empirical literature on central banking has found measures of central bank independence/conservatism to be negatively correlated with inflation and inflation variance across countries.
Helge Berger, Ulrich Woitek
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