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The archaeological study of environmental degradation. An example from Southern France.
2004
Spatial distribution of the arctic haze aerosol size distribution in western and eastern Arctic
1997
Abstract Since June 1993, four flight campaigns to the Arctic have been carried out by a group of scientists from Russia and Germany. Optical remote-sensing methods and in-situ chemical and aerosol measurements have been combined on board a Russian IL-18 research aircraft. From arctic air bases in Siberia, Alaska, Canada, and Spitsbergen, respectively, flights have been undertaken to determine spatial structure of arctic haze events. This paper reports on aerosol data obtained during the expedition of Spring 1994. Haze events have been found in the east and west Arctic, containing about the same concentration of particles. Horizontal and vertical layer extensions are given and the size dist…
Cosmopolitanism as Nonrelationism and Relevant Duties of Justice
2021
This chapter clarifies the new concept of cosmopolitanism as nonrelationism and embeds it in the academic debate. In defence of the new concept, it clarifies how personal relationships can be valued without treating them as a basis for justifying special responsibilities between related individuals. The argument distinguishes between different kinds of responsibilities based on a responsibility framework developed from conceptual considerations of Hart and O’Neill as well as Pettit and Goodin. It reveals that not all kinds of responsibilities are equally relevant with regard to matters of justice.
Domestic Policies in Self-Enforcing Trade Agreements
2012
If all cross-country externalities travel through the terms-of-trade, efficient trade agreements target the terms-of-trade but ignore domestic policies. This argument has been advanced by prominent studies on trade agreements. The present paper shows that its logic fails if production possibilities are intertemporally linked -- for example, under dynamic factor accumulation. In this case, past policies shape current production possibilities and thus affect defection temptations. Therefore, self-enforcing trade agreements that leave the choice of domestic policies to individual countries risk that countries abandon the zone of voluntarily cooperation while optimizing their policies. Conseque…
Argumentative Knowledge Construction in Online Learning Environments in and across Different Cultures: A Collaboration Script Perspective
2007
In recent years, information and communication technology has established new opportunities to participate in online learning environments around the globe. These opportunities include the dissemination of specific online learning environments as well as opportunities for learners to connect to online learning environments in distant locations. These dissemination and distance learning scenarios create potential challenges, however, in terms of the cultural differences in the internal scripts that learners of different cultures bring to these environments. This article considers these issues and challenges specifically for online environments focusing on argumentative knowledge constructio…
Liberalización de los servicios transfronterizos en el Derecho de la Unión Europea
2020
SummaryI. Liberalization of services. II. Case of Matteo Peralta 1. Applicable Legislation 2. Situation of domestic law 3. Freedom of services 4. Flag discrimination. 5. Restrictions on services 6. Freedom of establishment. 7. Measures of equivalent effect 8. Free competition. III. Case of Alpine Investments. 1. Scope of services. 2. Restriction of origin 3. Jurisprudence Keck and Mithouard 4. Justification of the restriction 5. Need for the measure IV. Conclusions. Bibliography.AbstractThe study addresses the methodology conceptual system and argumentative structure used by the European Union Court in the analysis of the liberalization or free provision of cross-border services between …
Retos para la educación y profesión contable derivados de una armonización mundial liderada por el IASC: la nueva estrategia europea de armonización …
2001
En este trabajo presentamos un juicio crítico de las importantes decisiones que la Comisión Europea ha adoptado a lo largo del pasado año 2000, con miras a implantar definitivamente una estrategia sobre armonización contable. Consideramos que este trabajo es de especial importancia en el contexto de esta Conferencia Internacional, dado que muchos organismos mundiales a favor de la armonización contable, han puesto sus ojos en el modelo de la Unión Europea y en cierto sentido el área económica europea es un peso fundamental para contrarrestar la fuerza de los Estados Unidos, respaldados por sus mercados de capitales, de cara al debate de armonización contable internacional. Dada la actualida…
The impact of the subsidy policy on total factor productivity : an empirical analysis of China's cotton production
2013
Published version of an article in the journal: Mathematical Problems in Engineering. Also available from the publisher at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/248537 Open access This paper develops one model to explore the relationship between the subsidy policy and the agricultural total factor productivity (TFP). It indicates that the agricultural TFP will be lower after the subsidy policy is implemented and there exists a negative relation between the subsidy and TFP, if subsidies are associated with the acreage. Using Malmquist index, this paper measures the changes of TFP in China's cotton production before and after the subsidy policy is implemented. The results verify that the subsidy po…
Artificial Markets Modeling. Methods and Applications
2007
Has financial attitude impacted the trading activity of retail investors during the COVID-19 pandemic?
2020
Financial attitude influences the financial behavior of retail investors. Although the extant research has acknowledged and examined this relationship, the measures of financial attitude and behavior still vary widely and are generally posed as a series of questions rather than statements. In addition to this, there is insufficient knowledge regarding retail investors' behavior in the face of a health crisis, such as the current COVID-19 pandemic. This study addresses these gaps in the prior literature by examining the relative influence of six dimensions of financial attitude, namely, financial anxiety, optimism, financial security, deliberative thinking, interest in financial issues, and …