[pt] A dissertação consiste em uma tradução comentada de Mean Free Path (2010), último livro de poesia de Ben Lerner, poeta e romancista estadunidense contemporâneo. Lerner desenvolve uma poética marcada por colisões e fragmentações, com choques de sentido de um verso para outro, versos fora de ordem, recombinados etc. Tais características dispararam reflexões sobre as escolhas tradutórias, comentadas em notas (relativas aos versos), às quais são entrelaçados conceitos teóricos caros aos estudos de tradução poética, que atribuem ao tradutor um papel ativo. A linguagem do autor se articula com a forma como se dá a comunicação nos dias de hoje. / [en] The thesis consists of an annotated translation of Mean Free Path (2010), the latest poetry book written by the contemporary American poet and novelist Ben Lerner. He creates a poetic language marked by collisions and fragmentations, with disruptions to the meanings from one line to another, lines out of order or recombined etc. These features triggered reflections on the translation choices, which are discussed in notes on specific lines. Theoretical concepts relevant to the study of poetry translation, which give translators an active role, are intertwined with the notes. The author s poetic language is attuned to the way people communicate nowadays.

Esta tesis consiste en una serie de estudios empíricos sobre la industria de los ordenadores personales basados en datos de 8 países americanos (Argentina, Brasil, Canadá, Chile, Colombia, Estados Unidos, México y Perú) entre 2005 y 2007, y se compone de 3 capítulos. En el primer capítulo se analizan estadísticamente las principales características de esta industria. El segundo capítulo aporta una visión panorámica del escenario competitivo, ofrece una estimación de la demanda y del poder de mercado por grupos de empresa, e interpreta la lógica económica de los cambios observados en Latinoamérica a raíz del proceso de migración hacia la portabilidad. El tercer capítulo representa una contribución a la literatura sobre el análisis retrospectivo de las fusiones. En él se estudia el impacto sobre precios del anuncio y la fusión Acer – Gateway, ocurridos durante 2007 y que permitió a estas firmas convertirse en el tercer proveedor mundial de ordenadores personales. / This dissertation consists of empirical studies on the industry of personal computers (PCs). These studies are based on quarterly data for the period 2005-2007 from eight countries of the Americas: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, the US, Mexico, and Peru. The dissertation is organized in three chapters. The first chapter presents a statistical summary of the main features of the PC industry. The second chapter offers an outlook of the PC industry (with special emphasis on the competitive structure), an estimation of both the demand for PCs and the firms’ market power, and a discussion of the changes caused by the PC portability phenomenon. The third chapter contributes to the literature on the retrospective study of mergers and acquisitions by analyzing the 2007 acquisition of the US computer hardware company Gateway by the Taiwan-based international computer company Acer, which created the third largest PC maker in the world.

Dissertação (mestrado) - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba, 2010 / Bibliografia: f.122-129 / A inserção de uma nova mentalidade de planejamento no Brasil, cujas origens estão na década de 1930 nas reformas de Getulio Vargas, influenciou fortemente o planejamento urbano de Curitiba. O planejamento urbano de Curitiba na década de 1960 teve suas raí / The insertion of a new mentality of planning in Brazil, whose origins are in the 1930 reforms of President Getulio Vargas, strongly influenced the urban planning of Curitiba. In the 1960s the urban planning of Curitiba had its roots in the strategic visio

Resumo: Este trabalho tem como principal objetivo analisar comparativamente qual o espaço cedido pelo jornal Gazeta do Povo, em suas primeiras páginas e páginas internas, a assuntos relacionados a Jaime Lerner, enquanto prefeito de Curitiba, em três mandatos (1971-1975/1979-1983/1989-1992), o primeiro durante a ditadura militar (censura), o segundo durante o período de transição e o terceiro já durante a democracia consolidada. A metodologia utilizada foi a de pesquisa quantitativa em que foram avaliados mais de 4.300 exemplares do jornal, dentro do período dos três mandatos de Lerner, dos quais foram retirados os dados analisados nesta pesquisa. Uma das hipóteses que moveu este trabalho é de que houve diferenças no tratamento das notícias relacionadas ao ator político nos períodos analisados, pois, seus mandatos ocorreram em períodos políticos distintos. A pesquisa utiliza, para embasar este trabalho, estudos sobre questões como agendamento, visibilidade e critérios de noticiabilidade. E ainda faz uma contextualização dos períodos políticos citados, sobre Jaime Lerner e sobre a Gazeta do Povo.

In the thesis, we examine the bank lending channel and the effect of banking market structure on the transmission of monetary policy in Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan. We employ bank-level data for the period of 2011-2017 to detect if banks with different characteristics react differently to monetary policy shocks. Banking market structure is proxied by three measures-CR5, HHI, and Lerner Index. We estimate two types of models: dynamic (with system GMM) and static (with FE) models. We also consider the effect of dollarization on bank loan supply as well as on monetary policy. We do not find consistent evidence that banks react differently to monetary policy shocks depending on bank characteristics (size, capitalization, and liquidity). Hence the existence of the lending channel is not conclusive. Nevertheless, the results show that monetary policy is less effective in more concentrated markets. This finding is robust in all specifications with both types of models. In this sense, competition is not significant. The results also suggest that dollarization weakens the effect of domestic monetary policy. Keywords bank lending channel, CR5, HHI, Lerner Index, system GMM, dollarization Author's e-mail t.jvarize@yahoo.com Supervisor's e-mail janxmares@gmail.com

Skuldbegreppet används inom olika områden. I Bibeln och andra mytologiska berättelser finns temat skuld beskrivet. Inom psykologin vrider och vänder man på skam- och skuldbegreppet inom flera olika inriktningar som psykoanalysen och existenspsykologin.  Syftet med denna uppsats i en komparativ litteraturstudie är att undersöka och belysa emotionen skuld ur olika perspektiv, och söka förståelse kring hur bearbetning av skuld påverkas av respektive perspektiv. Genom att jämföra tre samtida författare, Marianne Lerner, psykoterapeut som får representera psykologin. Harlan J. Wechsler, representerar judisk teologiskt perspektiv, och Rollo May, psykolog, som får stå för den existentiella inriktningen. Emotionen skuld är en komponent i varje enskild människans liv, som var och en hanterar både på ett medvetet och ett omedvetet plan. Skulden samverkar med andra emotioner och har en positiv och en negativ sida. Alla tre inriktningar har ett spänningsfält mellan temat god-ond som behöver internaliseras och samverka inom psyket i varje enskild människas liv. Förmågan att ta ansvar sker genom acceptans (existentialismen/May) integration av skuld (psykologin/Lerner) och att göra bättring (judisk teologi/Wechsler).

Previous studies have found a positive association between the costs of switching providers and market power in the banking sector. We believe a similar association exists in the Swedish home insurance industry, given that Finansinspektionen's (2022) previous findings indicate price walking, a premium paid by loyal customers, is prevalent in the market. We therefore investigate whether there exists a positive association between switching costs and market power in the Swedish home insurance market using a panel data approach between the years of 2012-2022. We employ Shy's (2002) measure to estimate switching costs and the Lerner index to estimate market power. The results reveal a statistically significant association between switching costs and market power, indicating that reducing switching costs could help reduce market power, potentially benefiting consumers. These results are robust between model choices, period, and measure of price and costs. The findings also imply that decreases in switching costs could lower consumer prices by increasing competition and reducing profit margins. To reduce switching costs, we propose investigating the effects of standardizing insurance policies for easier comparison and exploring the potential effects of discouraging cumulative discounts that deter customers from changing providers.

Previous studies have found a positive association between the costs of switchingproviders and market power in the banking sector. We believe a similar associationexists in the Swedish home insurance industry, given that Finansinspektionen’s(2022) previous findings indicate price walking, a premium paid by loyal customers,is prevalent in the market. We therefore investigate whether there exists a positiveassociation between switching costs and market power in the Swedish homeinsurance market using a panel data approach between the years of 2012-2022. Weemploy Shy’s (2002) measure to estimate switching costs and the Lerner index toestimate market power. The results reveal a statistically significant association betweenswitching costs and market power, indicating that reducing switching costscould help reduce market power, potentially benefiting consumers. These resultsare robust between model choices, period, and measure of price and costs. Thefindings also imply that decreases in switching costs could lower consumer pricesby increasing competition and reducing profit margins. To reduce switching costs,we propose investigating the effects of standardizing insurance policies for easiercomparison and exploring the potential effects of discouraging cumulative discountsthat deter customers from changing providers.

My dissertation examines the putative success of Curitiba, the Brazilian capital of Paraná, and seeks to understand how it came to be touted as the model city of Brazil. The standard explication for Curitiba’s success credits the power of a single city agency, the Urban Planning and Research Institute of Curitiba (IPPUC), and the vision of its first president, Jaime Lerner. According to this narrative, in 1971 IPPUC formalized a broad urbanistic vision for the city’s growth and initiated projects aimed at improving traffic congestion, expanding green space, and increasing city and social services. I argue that the narrative of the institute’s contributions provide an incomplete genealogy of Curitiba’s success. It fails to examine the historical context of the city’s status and does not consider the significance of publicity campaigns in sustaining this image. Also, IPPUC’s story is not only tendentious but derivative. My historical research shows how IPPUC has rearticulated longstanding tropes that celebrate the region’s unique characteristics -such as Curitiba’s edenic cityscape and its European social composition- and has recycled deterministic arguments related to race, ethnicity, and geography. My dissertation demonstrates that exceptionalist discourses have circulated for more than a century. I trace these claims from the 1880s to the 1940s and investigate how and why they changed over time. I show that politicians first initiated efforts to promote the region at the turn of the twentieth century to attract European colonists. Over the next fifty years, politicians, elites, and intellectuals forwarded new claims that positioned Curitiba and Paraná as ideal locations for economic and social development. Planning specialists from around the world have closely studied Curitiba’s urban development, but in their analyses they have largely failed to consider the intellectual and social constructs that undergird this story of progress. My dissertation focuses on century-old celebratory claims about Curitiba and reveals the epistemological roots of the current explications of the city’s success. / text

本研究以日本國內產物保險公司作為研究對象，研究期間為1986年至2010年，共25個年度。本研究應用固定效果之GMM（一般化動差法）模型，以Lerner index衡量市場獨占力（競爭度），檢驗對日本產險公司之市場獨占力（競爭度）對於公司的財務穩定度以及各種風險之影響，包括總風險、核保風險以及投資風險。本研究發現日本國內產險公司獨占力與各風險大多存在負相關：越高獨占力（越低競爭度）的公司其總風險及核保風險越低。然而，越高獨占力（越低競爭度）的公司容易面對越高的投資風險。本研究結果亦顯示，獨占力對於風險之影響於1997至2010之研究期間有顯著效果，惟其於1986至1996之研究期間效果不顯著。 / This paper chooses Japanese domestic general insurance company as the objective and the research period is from 1986 to 2010, 25 sample years in total. We apply fixed-effect in the GMM (Generalized method of moments) to examine the impact of the market power (Lerner index) specifically in insurance market on financial stability and different risks of insurance company, including total risk, underwriting risk and investment risk. The result suggests in general, negative relation exist between market power and risks in Japanese domestic general insurance industry: We find that the higher the market power (the lower competition), the lower the total risk and underwriting risk. On the other hand, higher marker power (lower competition) leads to higher investment risk. Our finding also shows that market power has an impact in the period 1997-2010 but not for the period of 1986-1996, which confirms that Japanese financial reform in 1996 might have influence on risks and financial stability.