This volume addresses important trends in the internationalization of equity markets. Essays examine such issues as: the current extent of international market integration; gains to US investors through international diversification; and the behaviour of country funds.
In an age of sound bite, what sort of author could be relevant than a master of epigram? Martial, the influential epigrammatist of classical antiquity, was just such a... Læs mere
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Presents a reappraisal of the causes and consequences of a movement that ultimately transformed the nature of social insurance and the... Læs mere
Focusing on the language and symbols of reform, Fineman argues that by advocating measures based on equality of treatment rather than... Læs mere
With a half-dozen books of poetry published to date, Kenneth Fields distills some forty years of teaching and writing about poetry into Classic Rough News, a collection of fresh... Læs mere
The protagonist of this novel is a tender, troubled deity. In the beginning is God's solitude, and because he is lonely he creates the world. He wrestles with Moses... Læs mere
The essays contained in this text highlight the problems that the European pension reform process faces and how it differs from that of the US. A range of... Læs mere
Given the projected increase in life expectancy and number of retirees, the social security system faces eventual overload.... Læs mere
Discussing the privatization of social security in the face of an ageing population, this text studies retirement benefits in systems based on individual saving in funded... Læs mere