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French Financial Markets

  • 1st Edition
  • February 28, 1995
  • Gilbert Durieux + 2 more
  • English
  • eBook
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The author's have provided a clear vision of the French financial sector, which is often underestimated by the international community. The rate of change has been significant, with the size of Paris as a financial centre growing significantly faster than New York, Frankfurt, and even London and Tokyo. The modernisation that has been undertaken, which is responsible for this growth, has affected all aspects of the French financial markets; particularly, the status of the players and the institutional regime, and also the financial instruments and back-office tools. This book is essential reading for anyone dealing with this increasingly important European financial centre.

Oil Trading Manual

  • 1st Edition
  • January 1, 1995
  • David Long
  • English
  • eBook
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The Oil Trading Manual (OTM) provides a unique and comprehensive reference source to the latest developments in the structure and conduct of the international oil markets including:Physical characteristics and refiningOil pricing arrangementsPhysical oil marketsForward and futures contractsOptions and swapsOperations and logisticsAccounting and taxationControlling financial riskLegal and regulatory controlOTM provides a unique and comprehensive reference source to the structure and conduct of the international oil markets. The manual covers all the major oil trading instruments and their applications; the trading centres, contracts, uses and users of both the physical and the terminal oil markets, and their administrative, management, tax, and accounting implications. It also includes vital information on changes to the international legal and regulatory structures.The manual is divided into three complementary parts;Characteristics An introduction to oil and oil trading, and includes material on the nature of oil as a commodity, refinery processes and the different ways in which oil is priced.Instruments and markets Deals with the oil market itself taking each segment in turn, explaining how the various trading instruments work and describing the markets that have evolved to trade them. It starts with the physical oil markets, moving on to forward and futures markets, followed by options and swaps.Administration Covers the essential 'back-room' activities without which oil trading could not continue. It includes practical material on operations and logistics, credit control, accounting, taxation, contracts and regulation, and controlling financial risk, providing a unique guide to the subject.Compiled from the contributions of a range of internationally respected professionals, it is the indispensable practical companion for all those involved with trading in this complex commodity.Revised and updated 2003

Rise and Demise of Commodity Agreements

  • 1st Edition
  • January 1, 1995
  • Marcelo Raffaelli
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 1 - 8 4 5 6 9 - 9 1 3 - 0
A detailed examination is provided of the circumstances which led to the negotiation of each of the international commodity agreements with economic provision included since the end of World War II. How such agreements operated and the causes for difficulties in their implementation and the reasons for their failure is also discussed. It concentrates on four specific agreements; cocoa, coffee, sugar and tin; and as a contrast to these commodities a chapter is dedicated to OPEC. Written by an insider who was actually present at the 'creation', a first-hand view is given of how commodity agreements are actually arrived at during the course of negotiation and implementation.

The Third World Congress on Biosensors Abstracts

  • 1st Edition
  • May 27, 1994
  • Abstracts
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 9 9 3 5 - 8
Biosensors 94: The Third World Congress on Biosensors Abstracts focuses on the progress in the field of biosensors, including immuno-absorbent 'catch' system, surface plasmon resonance, and chemiluminescence. The selection first offers information on the development of a commercial multichannel clinical sensor chip; commercial development and application of biosensors; amperometric biosensors based on dehydrogenase/NAD and heterocyclic quinones; and enzyme-epoxy membrane based semi-automated glucose analyzing system. The text then takes a look at the orientation of antibody fragments to increase TIRF immunosensor efficiency and the development of latex-technology for specific DNA detection with surface plasmon resonance. The book elaborates on gas-phase biosensor for the determination of ethanol vapor; novel electrochemical gas phase biosensors for the detection of phenolic vapors; and the development of an immuno-absorbent 'catch' system for the detection of pesticides and pesticide analogues. The book also ponders on the kinetics of binding of immobilized antibodies under nonequilibrium, flow conditions; flow injection thin-layer cell immunosensor with chemiluminescent detection of peroxidase label; and new optical fiber sensor for detecting chemiluminescence and its application to immunoassay. The selection is a valuable source of data for researchers interested in biosensors.

The International Nickel Trade

  • 1st Edition
  • January 1, 1992
  • Simon Clow
  • English
  • eBook
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Nickel is an internationally traded commodity and the smallest of the LME's six base metals contracts. Its unique characteristics allow a variety of commercial and industrial applications, the most important of which is undoubtedly in the production of stainless steels. Simon Clow has set out to paint an overall picture of the nickel trade; the result is a book which genuinely covers the entire industry. It describes the history and growth, defines areas of production and explains the mechanisms of demand and consumption. Above all the book is concerned with patterns of supply, with prices and with attitudes towards different pricing mechanisms.

Agricultural Economics and Policy: International Challenges for the Nineties

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 7
  • January 15, 1991
  • K. Burger + 3 more
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 4 - 5 9 9 5 5 - 1
International challenges in agricultural economics for the nineties will come from a redirection of the EC policy, stimulated by GATT negotiations, the opening towards Eastern Europe and environmental considerations, from a production oriented policy towards rural policy, aiming at protecting vulnerable regions, maintaining a rural population, curtailing production in the West and fostering it in the East, and aiming at the provision of environmentally desirable output.This book focusses on developments that are bound to dominate the discussion of agricultural economics and policy in the years to come. Together, the contributions give a vivid picture of the dynamic times that lie ahead for both Eastern and Western European agriculture, and of the profound changes that will be forced upon agricultural policy.

Comparisons of Prices and Real Products in Latin America

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 194
  • October 13, 1990
  • J. Salazar-Carrillo + 1 more
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 9 4 5 8 - 2
Contained in this book are studies related to the computation of purchasing power parities for comparing real income and product among Latin American countries. The principal components of income and product comparisons are discussed: from designing and executing benchmark studies, to extrapolating results for non-benchmark years. Different comparative methods and measurement techniques, including index number formulations, are considered. Comparisons of Latin countries with other countries are also undertaken.This volume aims to illuminate the thorny theoretical and methodological issues involved in regional comparisons, and to facilitate the practical application of the comparative approach to the many sided policy problems generated by a rapidly integrating international economy.

Handbook of International Economics

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 2
  • January 1, 1985
  • R.W. Jones + 1 more
  • English
  • Hardback
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  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 5 5 0 3 7 - 4
This Handbook adopts a traditional definition of the subject, and focuses primarily on the explanation of international transactions in goods, services, and assets, and on the main domestic effects of those transactions.The first volume deals with the "real side" of international economics. It is concerned with the explanation of trade and factor flows, with their main effects on goods and factor prices, on the allocation of resources and income distribution and on economic welfare, and also with the effects on national policies designed explicitly to influence trade and factor flows. In other words, it deals chiefly with microeconomic issues and methods.The second volume deals with the "monetary side" of the subject. It is concerned with the balance of payments adjustment process under fixed exchange rates, with exchange rate determination under flexible exchange rates, and with the domestic ramifications of these phenomena. Accordingly, it deals mainly with economic issues, although microeconomic methods are frequently utilized, especially in work on expectations, asset markets, and exchange rate behavior.For more information on the Handbooks in Economics series, please see our home page on http://www.elsevier.nl/locate/hes

Handbook of International Economics

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 1
  • January 1, 1984
  • P.B. Kenen + 1 more
  • English
  • Paperback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 4 - 7 0 4 2 2 - 1
  • Hardback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 4 - 8 6 7 9 2 - 6
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 5 7 0 8 6 - 0
This Handbook adopts a traditional definition of the subject, and focuses primarily on the explanation of international transactions in goods, services, and assets, and on the main domestic effects of those transactions.The first volume deals with the "real side" of international economics. It is concerned with the explanation of trade and factor flows, with their main effects on goods and factor prices, on the allocation of resources and income distribution and on economic welfare, and also with the effects on national policies designed explicitly to influence trade and factor flows. In other words, it deals chiefly with microeconomic issues and methods.The second volume deals with the "monetary side" of the subject. It is concerned with the balance of payments adjustment process under fixed exchange rates, with exchange rate determination under flexible exchange rates, and with the domestic ramifications of these phenomena. Accordingly, it deals mainly with macroeconomic issues, although microeconomic methods are frequently utilized, especially in work on expectations, asset markets, and exchange rate behavior.For more information on the Handbooks in Economics series, please see our home page on http://www.elsevier.nl/locate/hes

Handbook of Singapore — Malaysian Corporate Finance

  • 1st Edition
  • January 1, 1970
  • Tan Chwee Huat + 1 more
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 0 5 8 6 - 4
Handbook of Singapore – Malaysian Corporate Finance discusses topics that are relevant to the acquisition of funds by Singaporean and Malaysian corporations. The book is comprised of 19 chapters that cover the domestic sources of corporate funding and various aspects of international finance. The coverage of the text includes financial institutions and markets; exchange-rate systems and policies; and the role of Singaporean and Malaysian stock exchanges. The book also deals with the taxation aspects of corporate finance; the futures market; and financing from overseas. The text will be of great use to financial managers, bankers, and professional investors who want to be more aware of the Singaporean and Malaysian corporate finance.

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