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Abstract The European Union was hit by the financial crisis of 2008. The impact of this crisis, however, and the extent to which this has led to strengthening environmental, health and safety risk regulation in the EU remain open to debate. This article advances the discussion of the “ratcheting‐up” hypothesis by adding a new explanatory factor, namely
Ronit Justo‐Hanani
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Abstract The volume and scale of commercial captive breeding of parrots have grown dramatically in recent decades. Although it has been proposed, and is often assumed, that captive breeding can reduce pressure on wild populations, there has been little scrutiny of the scale, viability, or impacts of captive breeding to prevent overexploitation among ...
Alisa Davies, Neil D'Cruze, Rowan Martin
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Financial speculation meets cultural heritage in China's wildlife markets
Abstract Environmental regulations restricting the use of a natural resource or species often have unintended consequences. One example is prohibitions on the international trade in culturally important endangered wildlife. Trade restrictions may artificially increase scarcity and, consequently, value.
Annah Lake Zhu, George Zhu
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Mercados financieros e inversion colectiva [PDF]
[Resumen] La evolucion de la economia mundial y el crecimiento economico ha propiciado importantes y sucesivos cambios que han transformado las caracteristicas y las condiciones del mundo financiero. La historia del dinero a lo largo del tiempo apasionante e ilustrativa explica los grandes cambios que ha experimentado el orden economico mundial y los ...
Antonio Grandio Dopico +3 more
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Banker, pastor, teef: Christian financial elites and vernaculars of accountability in Ghana
Abstract When nine Ghanaian banks collapsed during the country's 2017–2019 financial crisis, a Charismatic Pentecostal pastor was at the center of public accusations as the board chairman of one of the failed banks. His role put a spotlight on the growing influence of Charismatic Pentecostal institutions and elites in Ghana's financial market. Shifting
Anna‐Riikka Kauppinen, Girish Daswani
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Sentiment and attitudes toward offsetting and the biodiversity market in online media articles
Abstract Biodiversity offsetting, a conservation approach to offset loss of habitat and ecosystem services, has been widely accepted and implemented in different legislative frameworks around the globe. I assigned sentiment scores (from −3 [very negative] to +3 [very positive]) to online news articles to examine public sentiment toward offsetting.
Sebastian Theis
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"Mercados de activos financieros"
Reseña de la obra de: MARTÍN MARÍN, J. L. Y TRUJILLO PONCE, A. (2011) Mercados de activos financieros, Madrid, Ed. Delta Publicaciones, 576 págs.
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La Ley N° 20.555, que lleva el nombre ciudadano de “Ley del SERNAC Financiero”, alude a un tipo de consumidor en particular –el “consumidor financiero”– quien suele encontrarse en una posición negociadora poco favorable en razón de las asimetrías del ...
Ignacio Rostión
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Abstract South Africa's Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF) is among the world's largest pension funds, public or private. The pension fund's sizeable coffers reflect reforms to its structure undertaken as a safeguard for apartheid bureaucrats. Today, the fund is entangled in South Africa's financial markets.
Sarita Pillay Gonzalez
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Se estudia la paridad de interés, impactos de un mercado cambiario a plazo y la determinación de la eficiencia de los mercados cambiarios y monetarios, con su marco teórico y relaciones fundamentales Luego se examina el riesgo de cartera, eficiencia del ...
Rolando Reyes
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