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Protecting Financial Markets: Lessons From the Subprime Mortgage Meltdown [PDF]
, 2007 Why did the recent subprime mortgage meltdown undermine financial market stability notwithstanding the protections provided by market norms and financial regulation?
Schwarcz, Steven L.
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STATE‐LED RURALIZATION AND ITS URBAN ENTANGLEMENTS: Agribusiness Land Transfers in Rural China
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract As urbanization takes on forms and spaces beyond the typical city, urban theorists have questioned how the field can comprehend the rural. Drawing on recent theories in rural geography, I propose the concept of ‘state‐led ruralization’, which I define as state agencies’ deliberate effort to reshape rural social space by regulating the ...
Ettore Santi
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SMART CITY CONTROL ROOMS: The Rewiring of Local Governance Landscapes in India
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Smart city control rooms are prominent components of the smart city discourse. They embody a long‐standing dream to visualize and manage multiple urban processes in real time through the collation of data flows. Previous research has produced important insights into the design, construction and operation of these facilities.
Devika Prakash +2 more
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New financial order : recommendations by the Issing Committee ; preparing G-20 – Washington, November 15, 2008 [PDF]
, 2009 Content New Financial Architecture (Short Version) 1. Purpose of the paper – causes of the crisis 2. Recommendations 2.1. Incentives 2.2. Transparency 2.3. Regulation and Supervision 2.4. International Institutions 3.
Asmussen, Jörg +5 more
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract While the geographical distribution of eviction filings has been explored in Toronto, the intersection of rental housing financialization, race and eviction remains underexplored. Financial actors and their intermediaries, who fuel the eviction crisis in economically disenfranchised Black renter communities, exert significant influence over ...
Nemoy Lewis +2 more
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STREETS AS STAGES: Traffic Enforcement and the Competition for Cultural Growth in China
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In keeping with China’s desire to build soft power to parallel its economic growth, the policing of city streets has moved to the forefront as a mechanism for moral regulation and improving urban prestige. Under pressure to civilize their citizenry, many Chinese cities have become entrepreneurial cities within a type of cultural growth ...
Gregory Fayard
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What kinds of credit associations favor introducing new financial technology? [PDF]
, 2009 Since 2003, the Financial Services Agency has set relationship banking enhancement program as an important strategic task to improve the functions of regional financial institutions.
Harimaya, Kozo +2 more
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Australia and the Path Not Taken: The Declining Independence and Influence of Middle Powers
Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Australian foreign policy has famously been distinguished by the search for ‘great and powerful friends’. However, Australia's relationship with its current notional protector and key ally—the United States—has generally had more costs than benefits and, I argue, has consequently not been in Australia's much‐invoked ‘national interest ...
Mark Beeson
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Too Interconnected To Fail: Financial Contagion and Systemic Risk in Network Model of CDS and Other Credit Enhancement Obligations of US Banks [PDF]
Credit default swaps (CDS) which constitute up to 98% of credit derivatives have had a unique, endemic and pernicious role to play in the current financial crisis.
Ali Rais Shaghaghi +3 more
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Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Amid shifting geopolitical tensions, the notion of “research security” has become an increasingly prominent concern in science policy. This paper analyzes how research security is framed and operationalized in Germany and the United States using discourse analysis and securitization theory.
Nicolas V. Rüffin +3 more
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