The economic, political and social situation in Chile shows a country in transition. Some observers anticipate a broad “reboot” of the nation. While Chile is still seen by many as an example of progress in South America and of developmental potential in the global South, it faces a complex...

This book challenges the wide-ranging generalizations that dominate the literature on the impact of export-led growth upon Latin America during the first export era. The contributors to this volume contest conventional approaches, stemming from structuralism and dependency theory, which portray...

This book analyses the development challenge faced by Latin America at a time at which the concerns for the large inequality in the region are at a peak. This volume focuses on growth-with-equity, and is written by an outstanding group of Latin American and international researchers and...

This book brings together analysis on the conditions of agricultural sectors in countries and regions of the world’s peripheries, from a wide variety of international contributors. The contributors to this volume proffer an understanding of the processes of agricultural transformations and...

This volume deals with macroeconomic issues and their relation with economic growth. Frustrating GDP growth has been a lasting feature of Latin American economies since the 1980s. Analyzing the policy measures that were taken in a bid to avoid costly mistakes and recover economic growth, this...

Marktmachtausübung und Stand der Forschung zum Thema Marktmacht und Marktmachtmessung -- Einführung in den deutschen Strommarkt -- Bestimmung des relevanten Marktes und kontinentaleuropäisches Außenhandelsregime -- Strukturelle Indikatoren für Marktmacht -- Quantifizierung von Marktmacht am...

Investor sentiment and behavior play an important role in financial markets. Using a unique data set consisting of more than 36.5 million submitted retail investor orders over the course of five years, Matthias Burghardt constructs an innovative retail investor sentiment index. He shows that...

Indizes im Wirtschafts- und Sozialleben sowie am Kapitalmarkt -- Anwendung von Aktienindizes -- Anlage in Indexprodukten -- Fehlinterpretationen von Indizes im Anlagealltag -- Konstruktion von Indizes.

Part I -- Foundation and Key concepts -- GCC Country Risk and the " Arab Spring " -- Country Risk assessments -- Part II : Indicators of Country Risk analysis -- Indicators of Financial Risk -- Determinants of Country economic risk -- Country political risk contents -- Part III : GCC Country...