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Lorenzo Pozzi, Studi di logica antica e medioevale
No full textPattin Adriaan. Lorenzo Pozzi, Studi di logica antica e medioevale. In: Revue Philosophique de Louvain. Quatrième série, tome 74, n°23, 1976. p. 460
Lorenzo Pozzi, Studi di logica antica e medioevale
No full textPattin Adriaan. Lorenzo Pozzi, Studi di logica antica e medioevale. In: Revue Philosophique de Louvain. Quatrième série, tome 74, n°23, 1976. p. 460
The Classics of the First Lorenzo de' Medici. For a New Critical Reading of Corinth
No full textopenIl presente lavoro si propone di rileggere una delle prime opere di Lorenzo de’ Medici, "Corinto", attraverso temi letterari che lo caratterizzano, tenendo presente i modelli latini, greci e italiani ai quali l’autore attinge e confrontandone altri, pertinenti ai temi analizzati. Dopo una rapida introduzione sul contesto storico in cui il poemetto si inserisce, esso viene presentato per quanto concerne il contenuto e la storia redazionale, approfondita nell’Appendice, dove si presentano inoltre i testi di riferimento. Segue dunque la nuova lettura critica. La riflessione sul concetto di classico e su Lorenzo quale autore e personaggio del poemetto conclude l’analisi.The present work aims to re-read one of Lorenzo de’ Medici’s first works, "Corinto", through the literary themes which characterize it, keeping in mind the Latin, Greek and Italian models on which the author draws and comparing others, pertinent to the themes analyzed. After a quick introduction to the historical context in which the poem fits, it is presented in terms of content and editorial history, detailed in the Appendix, where the reference texts are also presented. Thus follows the new critical reading. The reflection on the concept of classic and on Lorenzo as author and character of the poem concludes the analysis
Testing for international business cycles : a multilevel factor model with stochastic factor selection
Get PDFThe empirical literature on common international business cycles has largely ignored model misspecification in estimated factor models as the various cycles are typically imposed but not tested for. This paper proposes a Bayesian stochastic factor selection approach for multilevel factor models. The procedure is applied to a three-level dynamic factor model with a global factor, six regional factors and three development level factors. We estimate the factor model using real GDP growth data for a panel of 60 countries over the period 1961 - 2017. We find robust evidence for the presence of a global business cycle, four regional cycles (Europe, North America, Latin America and Asia) and two development level cycles (industrial countries and emerging market economies). This suggests that both geographical proximity and the development level of countries are important dimensions of international business cycle synchronization that should be considered simultaneously, a point not previously made in the existing synchronization literature. (C) 2021 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V
Measuring time-varying financial market integration: an unobserved component approach
No full textWe measure the time-varying degree of world stock market integration of five developed countries (Germany, France, UK, US, and Japan) over the period 1970:1-2011:10. Time-varying financial market integration of each country is measured through the conditional variances of the country-specific and common international risk premiums in equity excess returns. The country-specific and common risk premiums and their conditional variances are estimated from a latent factor decomposition through the use of state space methods that allow for GARCH errors. Our empirical results suggest that stock market integration has increased over the period 1970:1-2011:10 in all countries but Japan. And while there is a structural increase in stock market integration in four out of five countries, all countries also exhibit several shorter periods of disintegration (reversals), i.e. periods in which country-specific shocks play a more dominant role. Hence, stock market integration is measured as a dynamic process that is fluctuating in the short run while gradually increasing in the long run
A dynamic factor model with stochastic factor selection
No full textWe investigate the presence of international business cycles in macroeconomic aggregates (output, consumption, investment) using a panel of 60 countries over the period 1961 - 2014. The paper presents a Bayesian stochastic factor selection approach for dynamic factor models with predetermined factors. The literature has so far ignored model uncertainty in these models as common factors (i.e., global, regional or otherwise) are typically imposed but not tested for. We focus in particular on the existence of a global business cycle as the literature has, in our opinion unjustifiably, taken for granted its existence. In contrast to the literature, we find no evidence to support its presence
Alle sorgenti del Kothon. Il rito a Mozia nell’Area sacra di Baal ‘Addir - Poseidon. Lo scavo dei pozzi sacri nel Settore C Sud-Ovest (2006-2011) (= Quaderni di Archeologia Fenicio-Punica, Colour Monograph 02)
No full textIl rito a Mozia nell’area sacra del Tempio del Kothon, e lo scavo dei pozzi sacri nel Settore C Sud-OvestThe ritual in the sacred area of the Temple of Mothya Kothon, and the excavation of the sacred wells in Area C South-Wes
A dynamic factor model with stochastic factor selection
No full textWe investigate the presence of international business cycles in macroeconomic aggregates (output, consumption, investment) using a panel of 60 countries over the period 1961 - 2014. The paper presents a Bayesian stochastic factor selection approach for dynamic factor models with predetermined factors. The literature has so far ignored model uncertainty in these models as common factors (i.e., global, regional or otherwise) are typically imposed but not tested for. We focus in particular on the existence of a global business cycle as the literature has, in our opinion unjustifiably, taken for granted its existence. In contrast to the literature, we find no evidence to support its presence
Pianificazione, EVA e valore: relazioni e meccanismi di feed-back. Il caso Telecom Italia.
No full textL'articolo analizza le relazioni tra pianificazione, EVA e valore del capitale aziendale.
Il processo di pianificazione definisce gli obiettivi aziendali e le azioni da intraprendere per la realizzazione degli stessi. Il piano aziendale traduce gli obiettivi ed i comportamenti aziendali in termini di grandezze economiche. Assumendo che il fine dell’impresa possa essere rappresentato dalla creazione di valore per gli azionisti, occorre analizzare in che termini il piano aziendale frutto del processo di pianificazione genera valore.
L’EVA rappresenta un utile strumento per misurare i fenomeni di creazione (o distruzione) del valore aziendale. Tale strumento consente dunque di calcolare gli incrementi di valore connessi all’implementazione del piano aziendale.
Le quotazioni di borsa esprimono il valore di mercato del capitale aziendale. Esse pertanto riflettono, in linea di principio, i futuri processi di creazione di valore, misurabili anche tramite l’EVA e determinati dalle strategie codificate nel processo di pianificazione.
Da queste brevi osservazioni appare evidente come pianificazione, EVA e valore di borsa siano tra loro collegati da molteplici relazioni.
Nelle pagine che seguono si analizza come il gruppo Telecom Italia analizza, sviluppa e utilizza i citati elementi per migliorare il processo di pianificazione.
L’articolo dà per scontata la conoscenza del modello EVA e si focalizza solo su questioni applicative
The fight against malaria in Sardinia at the turn of the 20th Century: a lesson for the present
No full textThis article seeks to estimate the health burden of malaria in Sardinia between the last decades of the 19th Century and the first decades of the 20th Century, emphasizing the distinctive features of the disease in the island. The analysis illustrates the exceptional significance of malaria experience in Sardinia, due to the extremely high death risks among children caused by the epidemiological and seasonal characteristics of the disease. The authors also aim to analyse the effectiveness of the quinine campaign, which allowed a gradual reduction of mortality, without definitively defeating the disease. The partial failure of the health campaign was mainly due to the extreme poverty of the population, its low literacy, and the scarcity of health-infrastructures in the more rural and remote areas of the island. The article provides an analysis, as complete as possible based on the available documentation, of the demographic impact of malaria in the Sardinian health transition and offers, at the same time, a lesson for the current challenges in the poorest countries, showing that to defeat the disease it is essential to combat its social determinants
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