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Cette thèse s’intéresse au lien entre la politique de communication des banques centrales et leurs processus de prise de décision. Partant du constat que la récente littérature empirique, par manque d’outils adéquats, s’est peu focalisée sur l’intérêt d’analyser la communication des banques centrales pour comprendre leurs modes de fonctionnement, en particulier leurs politiques de fixation des taux d’intérêt; les différents chapitres de cette thèse proposent d’y remédier. En premier lieu, on met en lumière les différentes problématiques auxquelles sont confrontées les banques centrales (telle que la Banque Centrale Européenne ou la Réserve Fédérale Américaine); notamment l’hétérogénéité des préférences de politique monétaire des membres du comité décisionnel, ou les désaccords en termes de préférences de politiques économiques survenues dans le contexte de la crise de la zone euro. En second lieu, on se propose d’expliquer les déterminants et les conséquences de ces désaccords et de cette hétérogénéité avec des outils non standards, en complément de modèles théoriques et économétriques. Ainsi, s’inspirant de démarches et de méthodologies développées dans les autres sciences sociales, telle que la sociologie, la psychologie, ou les sciences politiques, les travaux de cette thèse exploitent la communication très prolifique des banques centrales pour éclairer leurs processus de prise de décision. / This thesis focuses on the link between central banks’ communication and their decision-making processes. Due to the fact that the recent empirical literature has not used central banks’ communication policy to understand their inner working, and notably their interest rate setting behavior, because of the boundaries of economic tools; the different chapters of this thesis propose to fill the gap of this literature. In a first step, we unveil the issues that some central banks face (like, e.g., the European Central Bank or the Federal Reserve), such as the heterogeneity in terms of monetary policy preferences between committee members, or the disagreements in terms of economic policy preferences in the context of the euro debt crisis. In a second step, we explain the determinants and the consequences of these disagreements and heterogeneity, using non standard analytical tools, along with theoretical and econometric models. Therefore, we consider the methodologies used in other social sciences, like sociology, psychology, or political science, to analyze the prolific communication policy of central banks, with the aim to unveil their decision-making processes.

Tese de doutoramento. Engenharia Química. Faculdade de Engenharia. Universidade do Porto. 2005

There are two coupled objectives for this study of buoyancy-driven turbulence. The first objective is to determine if the development of a Rayleigh-Taylor (RT) mixing layer can be manipulated experimentally by altering the initial condition of the experiment. The second objective is to evaluate the performance of the Besnard, Harlow, and Rauenzahn (BHR) turbulent transport model when initialized with experimentally measured initial conditions. An existing statistically steady water channel facility at Texas A&M University and existing experimental diagnostics developed for this facility have been used to measure the turbulent quantities of buoyancy-driven turbulence. A stationary, bi-planar grid with a high solidity ratio, σ, has been placed immediately downstream of the termination of the splitter plate, perpendicular to the flow direction, to generate a turbulent initial condition. The self-similar growth parameter, α , for the RT mixing layer has been measured using a visualization technique to determine if the initial conditions affect the development of the RT mixing layer. The self-similar growth parameter, α , decreased from a value of 0.072 ± 0.0003 with the fine grid to values of 0.063 ± 0.0003 and 0.060 ± 0.0003 with the medium and coarse grids, respectively. With the results from the first objective, a unique opportunity arose to evaluate the performance of the variable density, RANS-type, BHR turbulent transport model. Measurements of velocity statistics necessary to initialize the model accurately have been obtained using particle image velocimetry (PIV). The performance of the BHR model was evaluated through comparison of the experimentally measured and BHR modeled self-similar growth parameter, α , from the penetration height of the bubbles/spikes and the self-similar growth parameter, K α , of the turbulent kinetic energy at the centerline of the low Atwood RT driven turbulent mixing layer. When initialized with the experimentally measured initial conditions, the BHR model did agree with the experimental measurements of the penetration height growth parameter, α , as well as the centerline turbulent kinetic energy growth parameter, K α , in the self-similar portion of the flow.

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My thesis explores what is involved in attaining an integrated sense of self, a question which is both interesting in its own right and which can also provide one enlightening means of comparing the disciplines of theology and psychology. The first two chapters establish the theological method to be followed and provide an ideological context. I describe why the relationship between theology and psychology is a particularly problematic one and outline why I think some of the methods so far proposed for relating them are unsatisfactory. I suggest instead that in some respects the two disciplines may be seen as providing alternative strategies for securing the unity of the self. With the aid of Charles Taylor's philosophy of personhood, I set out what I mean by the self and what constitutes the unity of the self. I describe how the modem self has developed historically through the relation of individuals to sources of value, and I suggest that theology and some forms of psychology can be understood as offering expressions of complementary sources of such value and hence can be related to one another. I consider postmodern attacks on the unified self and conclude that our contemporary context is one which demands less strongly ordered forms of integrating the self than those which have come down to us in the Western intellectual tradition. The next four chapters focus on the work of key representatives of the theological and psychological traditions. From the side of theology, I describe Augustine's conviction that an individual might move from a state of fragmentation to a state of wholeness through being remade in the image of the one God (chapter 3). From the psychological side, I consider Freud's methods for enabling us to move from a state of neurosis to limited self-mastery (chapter 4), and Jung's suggestion that wholeness is attained though discovery and acceptance of the natural realm lying within the psyche (chapter 5). 1 then review the proposals for uniting the self behind the project of self-actualisation that have been developed by the humanistic psychologists, in particular Fromm, Maslow and Rogers (chapter 6).In conclusion (chapter 7) 1 suggest some ways in which Augustine's theology needs to be revised if it is to be relevant to our contemporary self-understanding, and show how the most promising strategy for unifying the self is likely to arise from a combination of an Augustinian theistic outlook with the insights of these modem psychologists.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Tufts University, 2005. / Submitted to the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 322-330). Access restricted to members of the Tufts University community. Also available via the World Wide Web;

Thesis (M.Ed.) -- University of Adelaide, Dept. of Education, 1973.

Thesis (B.A.Hons.)--Dept. of History, University of Adelaide, 1970. / Includes bibliographical references.