Melbourne is making a concerted bid to obtain the centenary 1996 Olympic Games. While much of its bid is occupied with explanations of the city’s ability to meet the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) requirements, it is underpinned by a common theme that the city possesses a unique quality of “Friendliness”. (For complete abstract open document)

This dissertation consists of 3 essays that examine the impact of electronic screen trading in futures markets. The research provides empirical evidence on increasingly significant issues given the rapid global advances in technology used in securities markets. Each essay addresses the scarcity of conclusive research in order to aid researchers, regulators, exchange policy makers and systems builders as they confront issues related to electronic trading systems.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business, December 2002. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the Internet.

Vilken effekt frivilligt redovisad information har på kapitalmarknaden är en omstridd fråga i litteraturen. Vissa menar att mer information minskar informationsasymmetrin på kapitalmarknaden medan andra finner motsatt resultat, där en förklaring är information overload. Denna studie bidrar till frågan genom att studera rapportlängden samt informationsinnehållet i kvartalsrapporter från 155 bolag noterade på Nasdaq Stockholm under åren 2015-2016, där bid-ask spread och handelsvolym används som mått på informationsasymmetri. Av fyra genomförda regressionsanalyser visar två signifikanta resultat. De signifikanta resultaten visar att frivilligt redovisad information höjer handelsvolymen, vilket indikerar att informationsasymmetrin på kapitalmarknaden minskar. Detta resultat har betydelse för såväl företag som standardsättare såsom IASB eftersom det tyder på att den svenska marknaden efterfrågar mer redovisad information.

Submitted by DAVID ALMSTADTER DE MAGALHÃES null (david.dvdmg@gmail.com) on 2016-03-29T14:05:01Z No. of bitstreams: 1 TESE - VERSÃO FINAL - (DAVID MAGALHAES).pdf: 9767964 bytes, checksum: 0181e8d576399de5d518f73f4cf278f9 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Ana Paula Grisoto (grisotoana@reitoria.unesp.br) on 2016-03-30T13:26:20Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 magalhaes_dam_dr_mar.pdf: 9767964 bytes, checksum: 0181e8d576399de5d518f73f4cf278f9 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-30T13:26:20Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 magalhaes_dam_dr_mar.pdf: 9767964 bytes, checksum: 0181e8d576399de5d518f73f4cf278f9 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-02-29 / Após o desmantelamento da indústria brasileira de defesa nos anos 1990, os Governos de Lula e Dilma lançaram mão de uma série de iniciativas para revitalizar o setor bélico nacional. Além dos programas de compras governamentais que visaram produzir um "choque de demanda", uma das mais importantes iniciativas para viabilizar o processo de revitalização da Base Industrial de Defesa consistiu na ampliação do mercado externo ao setor produtivo de armas, isto é, na reinserção da indústria bélica brasileira no oligopolizado mercado global de produtos de defesa. Em razão da insuficiente e flutuante demanda interna, a reorganização da indústria militar depende, portanto, do apoio prestado pelo Estado às exportações de armas, o qual pode produzir certos desdobramentos nas relações exteriores do Brasil. Assim, o objetivo deste trabalho é examinar a política brasileira de exportação de armas no contexto da revitalização da Base Industrial de Defesa, compreendendo-a tanto na sua dimensão do controle das exportações materiais bélicos (a Política Nacional de Exportação de Materiais de Emprego Militar, PNEMEM) quanto nas iniciativas governamentais de promoção e inteligência comercial. / After the dismantling of the Brazilian defense industry in the 1990s, the governments of Lula and Dilma launched several initiatives to revitalize the military-productive sector. In addition to government procurement programs that aimed to produce a "demand shock", one of the most important initiatives to facilitate the process of revitalization of the Brazilian Defense Industrial Base was the expansion of foreign markets to the arms made in Brazil, ie, the reintegration of Brazilian arms industry in the concentrated global market of defense products. Because of the insufficient and erratic domestic demand, the reorganization of the military industry, therefore, depends on the support provided by the Government for arms exports, which can produce certain consequences in Brazilian foreign policy. The objective of this work is to examine the Brazilian policy on arms exports in the context of the revitalization of the Defense Industrial Base, understanding it both in its dimension of export control system (the National Policy of Arms Sales, PNEMEM) and in government initiatives of trade promotion.

Tese (doutorado)—Universidade de Brasília, Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo, 2018. / Submitted by Raquel Viana (raquelviana@bce.unb.br) on 2018-07-12T17:37:57Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2018_GeorgeAlexdaGuia.pdf: 22096824 bytes, checksum: 4845b105dba8692d05a8241de3394e85 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Raquel Viana (raquelviana@bce.unb.br) on 2018-07-14T20:11:23Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2018_GeorgeAlexdaGuia.pdf: 22096824 bytes, checksum: 4845b105dba8692d05a8241de3394e85 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-07-14T20:11:23Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2018_GeorgeAlexdaGuia.pdf: 22096824 bytes, checksum: 4845b105dba8692d05a8241de3394e85 (MD5) / O projeto político-discursivo de expansão e modernização capitalista posto em prática por instituições financeiras globais, como é o caso do Fundo Monetário Internacional-FMI, Banco Mundial-BIRD e demais bancos regionais de desenvolvimento influenciou não apenas a gestão dos recursos públicos, mas, sobretudo, a economia política do desenvolvimento e seu par, o subdesenvolvimento. Sob este contexto, a tese abarca os diálogos históricos entre o significado e a geografia do dinheiro a partir da perspectiva dos projetos de desenvolvimento do patrimônio cultural postos em prática pelo Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento-BID no período de 1960-2010. O cerne da análise é a política do BID para o financiamento do patrimônio cultural que, longe de ser um mero instrumento técnico e financeiro, no contexto da globalização, não é cultural nem politicamente neutra. Nessa genealogia, aborda a trajetória das práticas discursivas e a geografia dos fluxos de capital e as evidências deste percurso na recuperação dos bairros históricos de Valparaíso no Chile e na engenharia financeira do Programa MONUMENTA no Brasil. A partir dos conceitos de hegemonia e economia política retoma-se uma tradição teórica que transita entre o capital, tempo e espaço e que aposta na descrição- discursiva, geográfica e histórica- como processo de produção de sentidos e significados. É dentro dessa perspectiva que se aborda conceitos como discurso, política, poder e memória que seriam formas de produção atuantes nos projetos de desenvolvimento. Não menos importante, a pesquisa destaca que se faz necessária uma revisão do ideário patrimônio culturaldesenvolvimento em direção a uma nova ‘gramática’ e prática mais próxima à vida social, cultural e econômica dos bens culturais e de suas populações. / The political-discursive project of capitalist expansion and modernization put into practice by global financial institutions, such as the International Monetary Fund-IMF, World Bank-, and other regional development banks. They have influenced not only the management of public resources but, above all, the political economy of development and i underdevelopment. In this context, the thesis covers the historical dialogues between the meaning and the geography of money from the perspective of the cultural heritage development projects put in place by the Inter-American Development Bank-IDB in the period 1960-2010. The essential crux of the analysis is the IDB's policy for financing cultural heritage, far from being a mere technical and financial instrument in the context of globalization, is neither culturally nor politically neutral. In this genealogy, it addresses the trajectory of discursive practices and the geography of capital flows and an evidences of this course in the recovery of the historic quarters of Valparaíso in Chile and the financial engineering of the MONUMENTA Program in Brazil. From the concepts of hegemony and political economics, a theoretical tradition takes place between capital, time and space, and which is based on description-discursive, geographical and historical-as a process of production of senses and meanings. Within this perspective approaches concepts such as discourse, politics, power and memory that would be forms of production that are active in development projects. On the whole, he research highlights a revision of the cultural heritage-developmental ideology as necessary in the direction of a new 'grammar' and practice t closer to the social, cultural and economic life of cultural assets and their populations. / El proyecto político-discursivo de expansión y modernización capitalista puesto en práctica por instituciones financieras globales, como es el caso del Fondo Monetario Internacional-FMI, Banco Mundial-BIRD y demás bancos regionales de desarrollo influenció no sólo la gestión de los recursos públicos, sobre todo, la economía política del desarrollo y su par, el subdesarrollo. En este contexto, la tesis abarca los diálogos históricos entre el significado y la geografía del dinero desde la perspectiva de los proyectos de desarrollo del patrimonio cultural puestos en práctica por el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo-BID en el período 1960-2010. El núcleo del análisis es la política del BID para la financiación del patrimonio cultural que, lejos de ser un mero instrumento técnico y financiero, en el contexto de la globalización, no es cultural ni políticamente neutro. En esta genealogía aborda la trayectoria de las prácticas discursivas y la geografía de los flujos de capital y las evidencias de este recorrido en la recuperación de los barrios históricos de Valparaíso en Chile y en la ingeniería financiera del Programa MONUMENTA en Brasil. A partir de los conceptos de hegemonía y economía política se retoma una tradición teórica que transita entre el capital, tiempo y espacio y que apuesta por la descripción-discursiva, geográfica e históricacomo proceso de producción de sentidos y significados. Es dentro de esa perspectiva que se aborda conceptos como discurso, política, poder y memoria que serían formas de producción actuantes en los proyectos de desarrollo. No menos importante, la investigación destaca que se hace necesaria una revisión del ideario patrimonio cultural-desarrollo hacia una nueva gramática y práctica más cercana a la vida social, cultural y económica de los bienes culturales y de sus poblaciones.

abstract: Given the "New Nine Measures" for capital market reform, a policy document issued by the State Council of China, the development of markets for interest rate derivatives, such as treasury futures, becomes an increasingly important task. Several shortcomings of the existing treasury futures market have been noted: including low market liquidity, singular investor composition, restrict contract terms, and low hedging demand. This study contributes to a better understanding of the treasury futures market by analyzing changes in China treasury futures market regulations and their impact on market liquidity of treasury futures. Found that compared with the mature market, China treasury futures market exists liquidity shortage, the trading system, market structure and the division of regulatory are factors which influence the liquidity of China treasury futures market. This study found that reducing transaction costs for further optimization of the width and depth of China treasury futures market are not obvious by using quantitative analysis method, expanding the smallest change price can optimize the market depth, reducing transaction costs and expanding smallest change price can optimize the immediacy, volume and hosting amount. In addition, the bond market will also influence the treasury futures market, the price fluctuations and the morphology of the yield curve of bond market have significant influence on width, depth and holdings of market. The system of China treasury futures market needs to be optimized by expanding the smallest change price and reducing transaction costs. The market structure needs to be optimized by establishing unified bond market and enriching investor structure. These findings have significant theoretical and practical implications. The study also provides policy recommendations for the design and establishment of treasury futures market to the regulatory agencies. / Dissertation/Thesis / Doctoral Dissertation Business Administration 2016