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Book SynopsisThe definitive guide to technical analysis... written from a trader's perspective With the keen insight and perspective that have made him a market legend, Jack D. Schwager explores, explains, and examines the application of technical analysis in futures trading.Table of ContentsPartial table of contents: CHART ANALYSIS. Charts: Forecasting Tool or Folklore? Trends. Trading Ranges. Chart Patterns. Is Chart Analysis Still Valid? Setting Objectives and Other Position Exit Criteria. Linking Contracts for Long-Term Chart Analysis: Nearest Versus Continuous Futures. REAL-WORLD CHART ANALYSIS. Real-World Chart Analysis. OSCILLATORS AND CYCLES. Cycle Analysis of the Futures Markets (R. Mogey & J. Schwager). TRADING SYSTEMS AND PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT. Examples of Original Trading Systems. Testing and Optimizing Trading Systems. PRACTICAL TRADING GUIDELINES. Eighty-Two Trading Rules and Market Observations. Index.

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Book SynopsisFor 5000 years shipping has served the world economy and today it provides a sophisticated transport service to every part of the globe. Yet despite its economic complexity, shipping retains much of the competitive cut and thrust of the perfect market of classical economics. This blend of sophisticated logistics and larger than life entrepreneurs makes it a unique case study of classical economics in a modern setting.The enlarged and substantially rewritten Maritime Economics uses historical and theoretical analysis as the framework for a practical explanation of how shipping works today. Whilst retaining the structure of the second edition, its scope is widened to include: lessons from 5000 years of commercial shipping history shipping cycles back to 1741, with a year by year commentary updated chapters on markets; shipping costs; accounts; ship finance and a new chapter on the return on capital new chapters on the geography of sea trade; tTrade Review'This is a splendid book, well illustrated, with plenty of technical explanation as to the hardware employed by this fascinating industry. It deserves to be at the elbow of all those who pretend to any knowledge of the amazing maritime world we cheerfully inhabit.' - Michael Grey, Lloyd's List Maritime Economics is an exceptionally well-written overview of the international shipping industry. - CHOICE Table of ContentsPart 1: Introduction to Shipping 1. Sea Transport in the Global Economy 2. The Economic Organization of the Shipping Market Part 2: Shipping Market Economics 3. Shipping Market Cycles 4. Supply, Demand and Freight Rates 5. The Four Shipping Markets Part 3: Shipping Company Economics 6. Costs, Revenue and Cashflow 7. Financing Ships and Shipping Companies 8. Risk, Return and Shipping Company Economics Part 4: Seaborne Trade and Transport Systems 9. The Geography of Maritime Trade 10. The Principles of Maritime Trade 11. Transport of Bulk Cargo 12. Transport of Specialised Cargoes 13. Transport of General Cargo Part 5: The Merchant Fleet and Transport Supply 14. The Ships that Supply the Transport 15. The Economics of Merchant Shipbuilding and Scrapping 16. The Regulation of the Maritime Industry Part 6: Forecasting and Planning 17. Maritime Forecasting and Market Research

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Book SynopsisDrawing on extensive historical research, Eric Helleiner provides the first comprehensive political history of the phenomenon, one that details and explains the central role played by states in permitting and encouraging financial globalization.Trade ReviewEric Helleiner offers readers a very useful and readable history of post-war changes in international finance. I would readily assign this book to graduate and advanced under-graduate seminars in international political economy. It covers a lot of territory and does not sacrifice depth for expanse. * International History Review *"This is a fascinating tale of how the international financial system arrived at its present global span. Helleiner argues that the liberalization of financial markets worldwide has been driven largely by government choices, not by technological change or economic pressures. The challenges to states and the reemergence of global finance reveal what an interesting and provocative book it is. This brief outline cannot do justice to its theoretical sophistication and historical depth. Helleiner has made an important contribution in a debate that will undoubtedly continue." —International JournalTable of Contents1. IntroductionPART I: THE RESTRICTIVE BRETTON WOODS FINANCIAL ORDER 2. Bretton Woods and the Endorsement of Capital Controls 3. Continuing Caution: The Slow and Limited Move to ConvertibilityPART II: THE REEMERGENCE OF GLOBAL FINANCE 4. Support for the Euromarket in the 1960s 5. Failed Cooperation in the Early 1970s 6. Four Turning Points in the Late 1970s and Early 1980s 7. The Liberalization Trend in the 1980s 8. Weathering International Financial CrisesPART III: CONCLUSION 9. Explaining Differing State Behavior in Trade and FinanceWorks Cited Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A fascinating study of an overlooked topic."---Andrew Stuttaford, Wall Street Journal"[Bankers and Bolsheviks] is lucidly written, meticulously researched and painstakingly edited. It meets its stated aim of usefully filling a gap in the historiography of the Russian revolution."---Francis King, European History Quarterly

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Book SynopsisYour blunt guide to Brexit. Journalist Ian Dunt reveals how leaving the EU will strike the law, politics and business. Based on expert advice, this fully revised 2018 edition of his pithy bestseller illuminates the UK's biggest issue, stripped of the spin of its media cheerleaders. Incisive and important, and growing more so by the day.Trade Review'Admirably brief and necessarily brutal... Whatever your position during the referendum, you ought to read Dunt because he is willing to face uncomfortable facts. The only country in the world with absolute sovereignty is North Korea. Everyone else must make compromises. The only question for us is how bad a compromise we must endure.' – NICK COHEN, THE SPECTATOR'Excellent. A must-read. Harass every MP until they read Dunt's book.' – AC GRAYLING, ACADEMIC'Dunt's compact and easily digestible book skilfully navigates the post-referendum world - giving far more detail than any Government minister has yet managed. I'd encourage anyone who is confused, fascinated or frustrated by Brexit to read this book - you'll be far wiser by the end of it.' – CAROLINE LUCAS MP'I would strongly recommend Ian Dunt's excellent guide to what happens next. Dunt has taken the extraordinary step of asking a set of experts what they think about matters of law. This is one of the few books of the set to face forwards rather than backwards and it is all the better for that. I learnt a lot, which I find often happens when I have the humility to listen to experts.' – PHILIP COLLINS, PROSPECT MAGAZINE'Dunt is a Remainer, but you wouldn’t be able to tell that from reading this book. He wastes no time on recriminations, finger-pointing or a dissection of the referendum campaign (riven as it was with misinformation, ignorance, propaganda and outright lies). Instead he looks ahead, to the enormous challenges Britain now faces, in the hope of making the best of a bad situation.' – GRUB STREET'It’s a nightmare vision, deliberately painted so, as a shock to the complacency of those who thought Brexit would be a breeze. But, as Dunt then makes clear, these are “the consequences of a chaotic, hard Brexit.' – PAUL MAGRATH, ICLRTable of ContentsMICHAEL GOVE QUOTE. 'I think the people in this country have had enough of experts from organisations with acronyms, saying they know what’s best and getting it consistently wrong.’ Michael Gove, Brexit campaigner, Sky News, 3 June 2016, when told the US, China, India, IMF, CBI etc opposed Brexit INTRODUCTION. Imagines the disruption to trade if Britain left the European Union without a deal and was forced to fall back on World Trade Organisation rules, leading to Customs and country of origin checks on British goods entering the Continent. Food starts to rot WHAT WAS THAT? Ian Dunt was laying out Britain's worst-case scenario – a chaotic heard Brexit. But there are alternatives. 'Based on extensive research and discussions with leading experts in politics, the law, markets and Europe, it maps the road ahead, with its multiple hazards and dangers' WHAT DID WE VOTE FOR? On 23 June 2016, voters in the UK were asked: ‘Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union.’ The results were: Remain 16,141,241 (48.1%), Leave 17,410,742 (51.9%). Voters could not specify which version of Brexit they wanted WHAT IS ARTICLE 50? Theresa May triggered Article 50 – the European Union rule that must be invoked by any country wishing to leave – on 29 March 2017. Unlike pretty much any other European law ever written, Article 50 is very short. And nightmarish for the UK WHAT IS THE EUROPEAN PROJECT? Britain has always been deeply ignorant of the motivation behind the European project, tracing the Coal and Steel Community (France, West Germany, Italy, Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg), European Economic Community which made a bigger common market, and European Union WHAT IS THE SINGLE MARKET? The single market had been the dream of European planners from the outset. It would not just get rid of tariffs like an ordinary free trade agreement, it would create four fundamental freedoms: • Goods • Capital • Services • People. Europe's people and firms would merge WHAT ARE THE POLITICS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION? Successive waves of enlargements have increased the EU. Chart of EU members in 2016, relative to the size of the economy. In the 1990s, the EU constructed the Eurozone, a monetary union of 19 member states using the euro. Illustration of EU members and Eurozone WHAT ABOUT FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT? Boris Johnson joked that he was ‘pro having my cake and pro eating it.’ The 27 remaining European leaders have stressed that access to the single market ‘requires acceptance of all four freedoms’, but there may still be some wriggle room. WHAT ABOUT THE ECONOMY? Britain faced a full range of options for withdrawal from the European Union, including staying in the customs union and/or staying in the single market. The EU has a full range of menu options for the single market. Norway and Switzerland are members in different ways NORWAY. When EFTA states Norway, Lichtenstein and Iceland joined the single market they became members of a wider European Economic Area (EEA), securing an arm’s length relationship with Brussels while enjoying the benefits of free trade SWITZERLAND. In 1992, Swiss voters rejected the idea of joining the other EU objectors in the European Economic Area. Instead, the Swiss eventually agreed on a series of bilateral treaties with the EU in return for access to the single market. It is a messy fudge TURKEY. Britain could leave the single market and stay in the customs union. A customs union is only about the taxation of goods. It allows goods to be moved between its members without paying tariffs and has one common tariff arrangement for goods coming from outside. CANADA. Leaving the single market and customs union means that the closest economic relationship the UK and Europe can expect to have is a free trade deal, like the one between the EU and Canada. One would allow Britain to trade with the EU while reducing tariffs and country-of-origin checks THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION. Brexit supporters have long claimed that the WTO is a safety net for the UK once it finally leaves Europe. They portray the WTO as a virile, regulation-free wonderland just waiting for Britain to take its place as one of the world’s leading trading nations. It is not. HOW CAN WE KEEP THE UK TOGETHER? Most of Britain’s difficulties are based on its desire to maintain the financial benefits of the EU while extracting itself from sharing any sovereignty. But there is an aspect to the British dilemma outside that trade-off: keeping the United Kingdom together SCOTLAND. Most Scots voted to stay in the European Union, but that does not mean that Brexit will lead to a surge in support for Scottish independence. The British single market is worth four times as much to Scotland in terms of jobs and trade than the EU single market IRELAND. The problems in Scotland look like pleasantries next to those in Ireland. At stake is nothing less than a reversal of two decades of careful progress since the Troubles. And yet government ministers have seemed largely uninterested in the impact of Brexit across the Irish Sea WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? Brexit cannot satisfy the dreams, but we can ask the following questions: what do the leading Brexiters want, how talented are they, what tools do they have at their disposal and in which context do they operate? The answer to those questions grounds our expectations WHAT DO THE BREXIT MINISTERS WANT? Since the Brexit referendum and the June 2017 general election British politics has been volatile and unpredictable, so it’s impossible to know if the Brexit ministers in place (Boris Johnson, David Davis, Liam Fox) will be in place for long HOW TALENTED ARE THEY? Both Liam Fox and David Davis often seemed unable to grasp the rudiments of the European Union and international trade. In July 2016, Dr Fox told The Sunday Times that ‘about a dozen free trade deals outside the EU’ would be ‘ready for when we leave’ WHAT TOOLS DO THEY HAVE? The reliance of European businesses on the UK has prompted some people to suggest ‘they need us more than we need them’. As with all alluring nonsense, it is based on a grain of truth. But the Brexiters have drastically underestimated the lopsidedness of the relationship WHAT IS THE CONTEXT? Ministers are operating in a complicated and restrictive environment. They are being forced into an impossible timetable by an overmighty negotiating partner while trying to establish a society-wide regulatory framework and facing a volatile Parliament with no majority THE ECONOMY. After the referendum vote, the pound fell to a 31-year low on currency markets. While there have been occasional bounces, the trend has been downwards and there is no sign of sterling reaching its pre-referendum level. The confidence of foreign investors in Britain's economy is waning THE CITY OF LONDON. Britain’s financial services will weaken as banks move part of their operations and staff to EU jurisdictions in Ireland or mainland Europe. This will not be a rout, but a small and steady leak. The City of London will survive Brexit IMMIGRATION. Immigration to the UK fell after the referendum vote and continued to do so thereafter. Although most members of the public don’t know it due to decades of tabloid misinformation, this will lower the standard of living. The reason is that immigration is good for the economy THE PARLIAMENTARY BATTLE. Whoever occupies Downing Street will have a difficult time trying to pass the legislation needed to deliver Brexit unless they have a large working majority. As things stand, there is no support in the Commons for any position, whether hard Brexit, soft Brexit or Remain MAKING A NEW COUNTRY. Britain’s membership of the European Union will also kill off lots of other laws important to everyday life. Britain’s membership of the EU is a legal agreement, enshrined in domestic law by the European Communities Act 1972 THE TIME PROBLEM. Two years might just have been enough to complete the administrative element of Article 50. It is not enough to recreate the EU’s regulatory infrastructure or to negotiate, agree and ratify a good trade deal. Anyone trying to finish these tasks competently probably needs 10 years WHAT HAPPENS AFTER BREXIT? Exiting the European Union is so complicated it would be impossible to achieve without statutory instruments. But it is also incredibly dangerous. Ministers suddenly have the power to tinker with nearly half a century of law and industrial standards POSTSCRIPT. There is a need for patience and good sense... Absolute sovereignty is a fantasy. The only absolute sovereignty available in the world is North Korea’s model of total isolation. Outside of that, we must make compromises in order to cooperate with other countries for our mutual advantage LIST OF EXPERTS. Including James Chalmers, Larry Elliott, Sir Lawrence Freedman, Carl Gardner, Holger Hestermeyer, Markus W. Gehring, Dominic Grieve, Sir Paul Jenkins, Sabine Jenni, Steve Keen, Guy Lougher, Anand Menon, Giles Merritt, Laurent Pech, Steve Peers, Gavin Phillipson, Keith Rockwell ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. I thank Martin Hickman, my publisher... who came to me after my first post-referendum blog, Everything You Need To Know About Theresa May’s Brexit Nightmare In Five Minutes, despite the fact that it didn’t tell the reader everything they needed and couldn't be read in 5 minutes REFERENCES. Full list of references and sources for important facts about Britain's withdrawal from the European Union

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Book SynopsisA groundbreaking account of British and French efforts to channel their eighteenth-century geopolitical rivalry into peaceful commercial competitionTrade Review“Shovlin challenges the conventional perception of unbridled Franco-British rivalry and aggression in the 18th century by giving greater emphasis to the cumulative process by which diplomats negotiated and merchants lobbied to cut cross-channel tariffs and pursue other means of enabling free trade.”—Christopher Silvester, Financial Times“A highly original account. . . . With skill, Shovlin challenges the conventional understanding of Franco-British rivalry and belligerence in the eighteenth-century in emphasising the process by which diplomats negotiated, and merchants lobbied, to cut tariffs and in turn to facilitate free trade.”—Paul Ridgway, Africa Ports & Ships“Original, thought-provoking, and deeply researched. Shovlin topples textbook oppositions of war and peace, rivalry and collaboration, and protection and free trade.”—Lauren Benton, author of A Search for Sovereignty“Lucid, subtle, and wide-ranging. Trading with the Enemy decisively revises views of eighteenth-century Franco-British relations as a scene of endless war, imperial rivalry, and jealousy of trade. Its recovery of more cooperative and peaceful history provides both lessons for the present and signposts for the future.”—David Armitage, author of Civil Wars: A History in Ideas“A refreshing interpretation. Through his skilful unpacking of the intertwined histories of capitalism and the state, Shovlin shows us once and for all how mythic was the supposed opposition between free trade and protectionism.”—Renaud Morieux, author of The Channel

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Book SynopsisThe Trade and Receivables Finance Companion: A Collection of Case Studies and Solutions is based on the author’s personal experience gained through more than 40 years in the field of trade finance. This Companion applies the techniques described in his first volume, Trade and Receivables Finance: A Practical Guide to Risk Evaluation and Structuring to an extensive range of international trade scenarios. Practical solutions are discussed and presented through a specially selected collection of more than 20 case studies. These books provide an unrivalled and highly practical set of manuals for the trade and receivables financier.The reader is taken on a journey from the structuring of trade products including collections, import and export letters of credit, back to back credits, guarantees and standby credits to fully and partially structured financing solutions for the importer, manufacturer, distributor, middle-party and exporter. Each funding technique provides a compelling alternative to an overdraft.The case studies include the risk assessment and financing of open account payables, stock and receivables transactions and the evaluation and use of credit insurance as a supporting tool. The structuring of commodity finance across the trade cycle, to include warehousing, and call-off is also described. Many of the chapters contain a summary ‘keynote’ overview and comprehensive ‘deal sheet’ extracts of the chosen solution detailing facility and operational requirements. Table of Contents1. Conflicting needs: the need for risk mitigation and finance 2. The trade cycle: construction and facility calculation3. Bills of lading: exercising control4. Advance against collections: an alternative to the overdraft5. Letters of credit for import: protecting the applicant 6. Letters of credit for export: protecting the beneficiary7. Letter of credit non-bank issuer: risk appreciation and negotiation8. Standby letters of credit: protecting the applicant and issuing bank9. Advance payment guarantee: Applicant risk mitigation and clause construction10. Back to back guarantees: managing risk11. Pre-export finance: use of documentation to mitigate performance risk12. Pre-shipment finance: funding the manufacturer13. Stock: structuring financing solutions14. Commercial terms: evaluation15. Credit insurance: evaluating cover16. Receivables finance: formulating the facility structure17. Specific insured debt purchase: structuring a solution to meet the client’s needs18. Financing the importer: structuring payables finance19. Supporting the middle-party: minimising risk exposure20. Discount purchase: reducing the facility requirement21. Commodity finance: financing the trade cycle22. Trade & receivables finance: structuring a compelling client focused solution

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Catão and Obstfeld's book offers valuable insights into what globalization can and cannot deliver. The rich diversity of perspectives among a distinguished cast of contributors makes these collective readings unique, stimulating, and informative to policymakers, academics, and the general public at large."—Carmen M. Reinhart, coauthor of This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly"Bringing together leading experts who lay out the key issues we face today, Meeting Globalization's Challenges offers a nuanced, insightful, and balanced exploration that will serve as an invaluable reference."—Pinelopi Goldberg, Chief Economist, World Bank Group, and Elihu Professor of Economics, Yale University"This is an extremely topical book that brings together an impressive group of top economists to discuss pressing issues related to globalization. A superb overview of a controversial subject."—Douglas A. Irwin, author of Clashing over Commerce: A History of US Trade Policy"Economists tend to believe that globalization has been good for humanity. The public often thinks it brings inequality, unemployment, and social instability. This important book explains how to reconcile these different perspectives with fresh thinking about how the benefits of globalization can be preserved while the risks can be better managed."—Minouche Shafik, director of the London School of Economics, former deputy governor of the Bank of England

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Book SynopsisCrafting an engrossing journey from the Pennsylvania oil fields of the 1860s to today's Middle East, Crude Volatility shows how past periods of stability and volatility in oil prices help us understand the new boom-bust era. Robert McNally explains how oil became so central to our world and why it is subject to such extreme price fluctuations.Trade ReviewRobert McNally has written an excellent biography of a world-famous character, known for volatility and violent mood swings, sometimes reviled but always a player in the world economy and politics—the oil price. Insightful and timely, Crude Volatility explores the clash over many decades between "boom and bust" prices and the efforts to harness them. In the current market, McNally explains why volatility is likely to win out over stability—highly significant for what will remain the world's most important commodity for many years to come. -- Daniel Yergin, Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Prize and The Quest and Vice Chairman of IHS MarkitPioneer's strong balance sheet and successful hedging program—before and since the latest price bust—depended largely on McNally's sound advice and his outstanding grasp of oil market dynamics and OPEC. This same expertise is on display in his lively book, which will help any reader understand the history of oil markets, and how we got to where we are today. -- Scott Sheffield, CEO, Pioneer Natural ResourcesThis is an important book. Bob McNally is the first to place shale oil in its proper historical context and explain the ramifications. His conclusions have profound implications for policymakers and the market. It would be unwise to venture out into this new and more volatile oil market without using McNally as your guide. -- Paul Horsnell, Global Head of Commodities at Standard CharteredThis completely fresh viewpoint from Robert McNally is a must read for anyone involved in the oil market. The historical perspective provided in Crude Volatility is critical to understanding the future of prices and the impact they will have on the geopolitical order in years to come. Buckle up for a wild ride! -- Paul Tudor Jones, founder of Tudor Investment Corporation and the Robin Hood FoundationSplendid... McNally is both a skillful historian and an astute analyst... for readers who do not have the time to tackle Daniel Yergin's 900-page standard-bearer, The Prize (1990), Crude Volatility is a concise alternative for understanding the grand narrative of oil. -- R. Tyler Priest * Wall Street Journal *[McNally] deftly explains the motivation behind attempts to temper oil market swings. . . . McNally uses history and two new oil data sets - on prices and global spare capacity - to explain that the greater the market imbalance, the wider the potential price swings, which in itself reinforces greater supply fluctuations. -- Anjli Raval * Financial Times *The most comprehensive treatment of concerted attempts to stabilize oil prices...Recommended. * Choice *If you're an investor in the sector, a policy-maker or diplomat, or you just want a heads up about the next threats facing the global economy, read it. * Petroleum Economist *[McNally] paints a compelling picture of the colorful history of the global oil industry . . . of interest and pertinence to nearly every energy economist (and many macroeconomists). . . . Well-researched and documented. * Energy Journal *Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsAuthor's NoteIntroduction: The Texas ParadoxI. The Long Struggle for Stability: 1859–19721. And Then There Was Light: From Chaos to Order in the Kerosene Era (1859–1911)2. No Rockefeller, No Peace: Boom-Bust Returns3. Why Are Oil Prices Prone to Boom-Bust Cycles?4. The Texas Era of Price Stability: U.S. Supply Controls and International Cartelization (1934–1972)II. The OPEC Era: 1973–20085. The Birth of OPEC: 1960–19696. OPEC Takes Control from Texas and the Seven Sisters: 1970–19807. OPEC's Rude Awakening: 1981–19908. OPEC Muddles Through: 1991–20039. Twilight: OPEC's Power to Prevent Price Spikes Ebbs and Vanishes: 2004–200810. Oil's Third Boom-Bust Era: 2009–?EpilogueNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the Gold Medal in International Business / Globalization, Axiom Business Book Awards""[The] exploration of trade’s future is particularly thought-provoking. . . . One lesson of Mr. Levinson’s absorbing, centuries-long survey is that evolving global systems are always vulnerable to unexpected events."---Matthew Rees, Wall Street Journal"Smart and exceptionally well-timed."---Justin Fox, Bloomberg"Ostensibly a history of international trade through three distinct ‘globalizations,’ Outside the Box is most useful as a chronicle of how the pre-2008 model of complex, globe-spanning, just-in-time manufacturing has been exposed as fragile, inefficient, and opaque."---Mike Jakeman, strategy+business"Outside the Box is an intriguing synergy of social-sciences analysis, a useful aide memoire, a captivating read. Marc Levinson synthesizes well and writes smoothly, with a light touch of irony—very smart non-fiction."---Linda Quest, International Social Science Review"Marc Levinson’s Outside the Box is a timely and fascinating discussion of globalization."---Andreas Grein, Journal of Economic Literature"A valuable and stimulating contribution to the literature which can be profitably (and enjoyably) read by economist and non-economist alike."---Ian Harwood, Society of Professional Economists"Levinson provides a captivating account of globalisation by interlinking historical events that we know a great deal about with more obscure ones. Globalisation is not over – just different. I, for one, am glad it is ongoing as it will allow Levinson to produce a follow-up book."---Alex Gray, Financial World"This book is an interesting addition to the reading list of professionals and policymakers, which will help them think outside the box to integrate globalization and resilience for a sustainable global supply chain that is essential during this uncertain and challenging times. Nevertheless, this book can also serve as an idea-generating platform for academic readers in the field of globalization and international trade."---Satya Sahoo, Journal of Maritime Affairs

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Book SynopsisJohannes Urpelainen provides an expert guide to India’s energy and environmental issues that incorporates both domestic and global perspectives. He details how unequal economic development and rapid population growth have brought the country to its current state.Trade ReviewUrpelainen provides a social and historical context for the development of India’s environment and energy policy since independence. Not many books do this in an approachable manner, and hence Energy and Environment in India is a welcome intervention. The book convincingly makes the case that meeting India’s growing energy needs sustainably is central to maintaining the global carbon budget. -- Kaushik Deb, Columbia UniversityUrpelainen’s analysis addresses two of 21st century India’s most entrenched, interrelated policy and political challenges: expanding energy access while also protecting a fragile environment. The volume, which deftly situates these problems within their complex social, political, and historical settings, will be equally valuable for researchers, students, and policymakers. -- Sunila S. Kale, University of WashingtonThe book convincingly argues that to produce fair, equitable, and sustainable outcomes for almost two billion Indians, the country must strive for a sustainable future through democratic norms. It’s a great reference book to understand India’s domestic issues and its role in the global energy and environment politics. * The Hindu *An excellent model through which we might argue for the utility of history in environment and energy policy. * H-Environment *Table of ContentsIntroduction1. Foundations and History2. Economic Growth and Environmental Degradation3. Governance and Policy4. Flexing Muscle in Global Environmental Politics5. The Future of Energy and Environment in IndiaNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisAn informed argument for an economic policy based on bridges of preparation and adaptation rather than walls of protection and exclusionTrade Review“Given the tight global labour market, [Hubbard’s] points on training workers—that corporations benefit in the long term by investing in the development of their workers—are timely. The upshot is that to flourish, we all need to build bridges. Government policy must play a central role, while businesses must invest in its people and communities.”—Financial Times“Those who gain from change need to compensate the losers. But ‘compensation is not a check from a gainer to the loser, but a basic principle that support for preparation (opportunity) and reconnection (social insurance) must accompany market acceptance of change. It preserves both the gains of market capitalism and dynamism, and popular support for those gains.’ Hubbard’s support for such ideas is to me surprising, important and correct.”—Martin Wolf, The Economist, “Best New Books on Economics”“In the tortured partisan debate on economic policy, it is a rare pleasure to find a superb scholar such as Glenn Hubbard framing issues from the center.”—Kenneth Rogoff, Harvard University“Glenn Hubbard’s rare blend of a keen mind, a facile pen, and copious government experience makes him a voice worth listening to. I always do, even when we disagree. The Wall and the Bridge is a great read—packed with good ideas and sprightly writing.”—Alan S. Blinder, Princeton University“When technological change and globalization in recent decades brought frustration over the resulting losses to jobs and communities, there were no guardrails to get these workers back on track. As this compelling book shows, our nation is going to need bridges to help people get through the unavoidable transformations.”—Edmund Phelps, 2006 Nobel Laureate in Economics and author of Mass Flourishing

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Book SynopsisA bold new account of the state of globalization today—and what its collapse might mean for the world economyTrade Review“Braw excels herself in this book. Sharply illustrated with real-life examples and vivid character sketches, closely argued and clearly written, she outlines the dangers unthinking globalisation created for our domestic cohesion and national security – and plots a path back from the brink.”—Edward Lucas, author of The New Cold War“Braw writes with long-established research authority and great personal wit, tracing the way so many optimistic expectations have been redefined; events and trends that leave us, indeed, with a new world to fashion as best we can. It’s the story of our era, and Elisabeth Braw tells it beautifully.”—Michael Clarke, author of The Challenge of Defending Britain“Braw has crafted a gem of a book, a trenchant, big-hearted account of the helter skelter history of globalisation, its slippery rise and apparent fall. Who shaped it, how did it lose its steam? GoodbyeGlobalization is peopled with hucksters and schemers but also philanthropists. . . . A fantastically eclectic cast of interview partners give insights into how it all went wrong.”—Roger Boyes, Diplomatic Editor of The Times “Braw has brilliantly explained the challenges we face now and in the coming years. We, the West, must get organized, strengthening our alliances while also strengthening our own national resilience in order to protect what has made us secure and prosperous. Elisabeth has shown us how.”—Lt Gen (ret.) Ben Hodges, former Commander General of United States Army Europe“The idea of mutual dependency between liberal democracies and authoritarian states brought money to some, but war and misery to many. Elisabeth Braw brilliantly analyses the causes behind the current global turmoil. Unfortunately more are set to come due to these misjudgements. Read this book and buckle up.”—Artis Pabriks, former Deputy Prime Minister of Latvia

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Book SynopsisThe Art of Sanctions offers a practical framework for planning and applying sanctions based on two critical factors: pain and resolve. Focusing on lessons learned from sanctions on Iran and Iraq, Richard Nephew provides policymakers with practical guidance on how to measure and respond to pain and resolve to achieve successful sanctions regimes.Trade ReviewAs Richard Nephew points out in this highly readable book, the use of economic sanctions to affect the behavior of others internationally has been around for a long time. Precisely because he has been a practitioner in the application of sanctions, his insights and conclusions are thoughtful and should inform policy makers. Experts as well as the interested public will learn a great deal from this book. -- Dennis Ross, former special assistant to President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton, and counselor, Washington Institute for Near East PolicySanctions have become a hot policy tool and Richard Nephew—a key sanctions policy practitioner during the Obama administration—has written a masterful insider's how-to guide. Those dealing with or worried about North Korea, Russia, or Iran would do well to learn lessons from The Art of Sanctions. -- Daniel Fried, former U.S. State Department coordinator for sanctions policy, and distinguished fellow, Atlantic CouncilDrawing on his firsthand experience as a senior U.S. policymaker and negotiator, Nephew provides an essential user’s guide to the development and implementation of sanctions, an increasingly vital tool of U.S. statecraft. A must-read for officials and outside experts dealing with North Korea, Iran, Russia, and other pressing national security challenges. -- Robert Einhorn, former senior advisor for nonproliferation and arms control at the U.S. State Department and senior fellow at the Brookings InstitutionRichard Nephew's excellent book provides a basic framework for effectively employing sanctions. It makes a very important contribution to our understanding of how to use these tools—particularly from a practitioner's perspective. -- Eric B. Lorber, Financial Integrity NetworkNephew draws on his experiences at the U.S. Department of State as deputy coordinator for sanctions policy to provide anecdotes about the U.S. experience applying sanctions on Iran and Iraq, which help illustrate his framework and make for an entertaining read. * Arms Control Today *

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Book SynopsisThe novelist Paul Morand described the Exposition of 1900 in Paris: … a new and ephemeral city hidden in the centre of the other, a whole quarter of Paris in fancy dress, a ball, where the buildings were the masqueraders. To our childish eyes it was a marvel, a coloured picture book, a save filled by strangers with treatures. Masked in this swirl of colour and noise was an event for the political, scholarly, literary, and financial elite of all nations, an occasion for demonstrating the many preoccupations of the intellectuals of the age. Like all the World's Fairs of the nineteenth century, this was an opportunity for the awarding of excellence: the awards or lack of them could make or break an artist, craftsman, or inventor who offered his skills for judgment by the international juries; it was the arena where careers were launched or ended, fortunes made or destroyed, reputations of great firms established or ruined. And in one major respect the Paris World's

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Book SynopsisThis handbook provides practitioners with a collection of original ideas on foreign exchange rates, and provides the necessary background on relevant concepts, risks, and policies for working in today's international economic climate.Table of ContentsPreface xxiii Contributors xxvii part one Overview 1 Foreign Exchange Market Structure, Players, and Evolution 3 1.1 Introduction, 3 1.2 Geography and Composition of Currency Trading, 4 1.2.1 Which Currencies are Traded? 6 1.2.2 What Instruments are Traded? 9 1.2.3 How is Trading Regulated? 9 1.3 Players and Information in FX Markets, 11 1.3.1 Who Needs Liquidity? 12 1.3.2 Who Provides Liquidity? 15 1.3.3 Asymmetric Information and Exchange Rate Determination, 19 1.4 Electronic Trading Revolution in FX Markets, 21 1.4.1 The Telephone Era, 22 1.4.2 The Rise of the Computer, 22 1.4.3 Recent Developments in Electronic Trading, 30 1.5 Survey of Multibank FX Platforms, 35 1.6 Summary, 38 Glossary, 39 Acknowledgments, 41 References, 42 2 Macro Approaches to Foreign Exchange Determination 45 2.1 Introduction, 45 2.2 Models of the Nominal Exchange Rate, 46 2.2.1 The Monetary Model, 46 2.2.2 Portfolio Balance Models, 49 2.2.3 Empirical Evidence, 51 2.3 Real Models of the Real Exchange Rate, 54 2.3.1 Purchasing Power Parity, 55 2.3.2 Balassa–Samuelson and Productivity-Based Models, 56 2.3.3 Two-Good Models, 59 2.4 New Directions in Exchange-Rate Modeling, 60 2.4.1 Taking Reaction Functions Seriously, 60 2.4.2 The Impact of Financial Globalization, 63 2.4.3 The Risk Premium and Order Flow, 64 2.5 Conclusions, 65 Acknowledgments, 65 References, 66 3 Micro Approaches to Foreign Exchange Determination 73 3.1 Introduction, 73 3.2 Perspectives on Spot-Rate Dynamics, 74 3.2.1 Decomposition of Depreciation Rates, 74 3.2.2 Macro- and Microperspectives, 77 3.3 Currency Trading Models and their Implications, 80 3.3.1 The Portfolio Shifts Model, 81 3.3.2 Empirical Implications, 88 3.4 Exchange Rates, Order Flows, and the Macro Economy, 95 3.4.1 A Micro-Based Macro model, 96 3.4.2 Empirical Implications, 100 3.5 Conclusion, 105 Appendix, 105 3.6 Acknowledgment, 108 References, 108 4 The Exchange Rate in a Behavioral Finance Framework 111 4.1 Introduction, 111 4.1.1 Mainstream Exchange Rate Models, 111 4.1.2 Away from the Mainstream, 113 4.2 Exchange Rate Puzzles, 114 4.2.1 Disconnect Puzzle and Excess Volatility Puzzle, 114 4.2.2 Unit Root Property, 115 4.2.3 Volatility Clustering, 118 4.2.4 Fat-Tailed Distributed Exchange Rate Returns, 119 4.3 A Prototype Behavioral Model of the Foreign Exchange Market, 122 4.4 Conclusion, 127 References, 129 5 The Evolution of Exchange Rate Regimes and Some Future Perspectives 133 5.1 Introduction, 133 5.2 A Brief History of Currency Regimes, 135 5.3 Performance of the Laisser-Faire Exchange Rate System, 1973–2010, 138 5.3.1 Market Discipline, 139 5.3.2 Economic Policy Coordination, 140 5.3.3 Integration of Emerging Market Countries into the Global Economy, 140 5.4 Trends in Currency Use, 141 5.4.1 Global Imbalances and the Financial Crisis of 2007–2009, 143 5.5 Prospects for the Future, 144 5.5.1 The Current System, 144 5.5.2 Toward a more Managed International Monetary System? 146 5.5.3 How and When Will Reform Occur? 150 5.5.4 A Global Nominal Anchor? 151 5.6 Concluding Comments, 153 Appendix A: A Formal Test of Hollowing Out, 154 References, 156 part two Exchange Rate Models and Methods 6 Purchasing Power Parity in Economic History 161 6.1 Introduction, 161 6.2 Categorization of Purchasing-Power-Parity Theories, 162 6.3 Historical Application of PPP: Premodern Periods, 163 6.3.1 Ancient Period, 163 6.3.2 Medieval Period, 164 6.3.3 Sixteenth-Century Spain, 165 6.4 Techniques of Testing PPP Theory in Economic-History Literature, 165 6.4.1 Comparative-Static Computation, 165 6.4.2 Regression Analysis, 165 6.4.3 Testing for Causality, 165 6.4.4 Nonstationarity and Spurious Regression, 166 6.4.5 Testing for Stationarity, 167 6.4.6 Cointegration Analysis, 167 6.5 Price Variable in PPP Computations, 168 6.6 Modern Period: Testing of PPP, 169 6.6.1 Early North America, 169 6.6.2 Bullionist Periods, 170 6.6.3 Floating Rates—Second-Half of Nineteenth Century, 171 6.6.4 Classic Metallic Standards, 172 6.6.5 World War I, 172 6.6.6 Floating Rates—1920s, 173 6.6.7 1930s, 175 6.6.8 Interwar Period, 175 6.6.9 Spain—Long Term, 176 6.6.10 Guatemala—Long Term, 176 6.7 Analysis of U.S. Return to Gold Standard in 1879, 177 6.8 Establishment and Assessment of a Fixed Exchange Rate in Interwar Period, 177 6.8.1 United Kingdom, 177 6.8.2 France, 179 6.9 Conclusions, 180 References, 181 7 Purchasing Power Parity in Tradable Goods 189 7.1 Introduction, 189 7.2 The LOP and Price Indices, 190 7.3 Empirical Evidence on the LOP, 194 7.3.1 Early Tests of the LOP, 194 7.3.2 The Border Effect, 194 7.3.3 Barriers to Arbitrage and Nonlinearities, 195 7.3.4 The Tradable Versus Nontradable Goods Dichotomy, 198 7.3.5 The Aggregation Bias and Micro Price Studies, 199 7.4 Purchasing Power Parity, 200 7.4.1 Transitory and Structural Disparities from Parity, 203 7.5 Aggregating from the LOP to PPP: What Can We Infer? 205 7.5.1 An Eyeball Analysis of PPP, 207 7.6 Conclusion and Implications, 213 Appendix: TAR Modeling, 214 Acknowledgments, 215 References, 215 8 Statistical and Economic Methods for Evaluating Exchange Rate Predictability 221 8.1 Introduction, 221 8.2 Models for Exchange Rate Predictability, 224 8.2.1 A Present Value Model for Exchange Rates, 224 8.2.2 Predictive Regressions, 226 8.3 Statistical Evaluation of Exchange Rate Predictability, 228 8.4 Economic Evaluation of Exchange Rate Predictability, 231 8.4.1 The Dynamic FX Strategy, 231 8.4.2 Mean-Variance Dynamic Asset Allocation, 231 8.4.3 Performance Measures, 232 8.4.4 Transaction Costs, 234 8.5 Combined Forecasts, 235 8.6 Empirical Results, 237 8.6.1 Data on Exchange Rates and Economic Fundamentals, 237 8.6.2 Predictive Regressions, 242 8.6.3 Statistical Evaluation, 244 8.6.4 Economic Evaluation, 249 8.7 Conclusion, 256 Appendix A: The Bootstrap Algorithm, 259 Acknowledgments, 260 References, 260 9 When Are Pooled Panel-Data Regression Forecasts of Exchange Rates More Accurate than the Time-Series Regression Forecasts? 265 9.1 Introduction, 265 9.2 Panel Data Exchange Rate Determination Studies, 267 9.3 Asymptotic Consequences of Pooling, 268 9.3.1 Predictive Regression Estimated on Full Sample, 268 9.3.2 Out-of-Sample Prediction, 271 9.4 Monte Carlo Study, 272 9.5 An Illustration with Data, 275 9.6 Conclusions, 278 References, 279 10 Carry Trades and Risk 283 10.1 Introduction, 283 10.2 The Carry Trade: Basic Facts, 285 10.2.1 What is a Carry Trade? 285 10.2.2 Measuring the Returns to the Carry Trade, 286 10.3 Pricing the Returns to the Carry Trade, 290 10.4 Empirical Findings, 293 10.4.1 Traditional Risk Factors, 293 10.4.2 Factors Derived from Currency Returns, 299 10.5 Time-Varying Risk and Rare Events, 308 10.6 Conclusion, 311 Acknowledgments, 311 References, 311 11 Currency Fair Value Models 313 11.1 Introduction, 313 11.2 Models/Taxonomy, 315 11.2.1 ‘‘Adjusted PPP’’: Harrod-Balassa-Samuelson and Penn Effects, 315 11.2.2 The Behavioral Equilibrium Exchange Rate Family of Models, 316 11.2.3 The Underlying Balance (UB) Approach, 320 11.2.4 External Sustainability (ES) Approach, 324 11.2.5 The Natural Real Exchange Rate (NATREX), 325 11.2.6 The Indirect Fair Value (IFV), 325 11.3 Implementation Choices and Model Characteristics, 328 11.3.1 Horizon/Frequency, 329 11.3.2 Direct Econometric Estimation Versus ‘‘Methods of Calculation’’, 331 11.3.3 Treatment of External Imbalances , 332 11.3.4 Real Versus Nominal Exchange Rates, 333 11.3.5 Bilateral Versus Effective Exchange Rate, 333 11.3.6 Time Series Versus Cross Section or Panel, 336 11.3.7 Model Maintenance, 336 11.4 Conclusion, 337 Acknowledgments, 338 References, 339 12 Technical Analysis in the Foreign Exchange Market 343 12.1 Introduction, 343 12.2 The Practice of Technical Analysis, 345 12.2.1 The Philosophy of Technical Analysis, 345 12.2.2 Types of Technical Analysis, 346 12.3 Studies of Technical Analysis in the Foreign Exchange Market, 350 12.3.1 Why Study Technical Analysis? 350 12.3.2 Survey Evidence on the Practice of Technical Analysis, 350 12.3.3 Computing Signals and Returns, 351 12.3.4 Early Studies: Skepticism before the Tide Turns, 353 12.3.5 Pattern Recognition, Intraday Data, and Other Exchange Rates, 353 12.4 Explaining The Success of Technical Analysis, 355 12.4.1 Data Snooping, Publication Bias, and Data Mining, 355 12.4.2 Temporal Variation in Trading Rule Returns, 357 12.4.3 Do Technical Trading Returns Compensate Investors for Bearing Risk? 359 12.4.4 Does Foreign Exchange Intervention Create Trading Rule Profits? 361 12.4.5 Do Cognitive Biases Create Trading Rule Profits? 363 12.4.6 Do Markets Adapt to Arbitrage Away Trading Rule Profits? 365 12.5 The Future of Research on Technical Analysis, 366 12.6 Conclusion, 367 Acknowledgments, 368 References, 368 13 Modeling Exchange Rates with Incomplete Information 375 13.1 Introduction, 375 13.2 Basic Monetary Model, 376 13.3 Information Heterogeneity, 379 13.4 Model Uncertainty, 381 13.5 Infrequent Decision Making, 385 13.6 Conclusion, 388 Acknowledgments, 388 References, 389 14 Exchange Rates in a Stochastic Discount Factor Framework 391 14.1 Introduction, 391 14.2 Exchange Rates and Stochastic Discount Factors, 392 14.2.1 Stochastic Discount Factors, 392 14.2.2 Real Exchange Rates and Currency Risk Premia, 395 14.3 Empirical Evidence, 398 14.3.1 From UIP Regressions to Currency Portfolios, 398 14.3.2 Annual Currency Excess Returns and Aggregate Risk, 399 14.3.3 Monthly Currency Excess Returns, 403 14.3.4 Implications for Stochastic Discount Factors, 403 14.3.5 Predictability of Currency Excess Returns, 405 14.4 Models, 407 14.4.1 Habits, 407 14.4.2 Long-Run Risk, 411 14.4.3 Disaster Risk, 414 14.5 Conclusion, 417 References, 417 15 Volatility and Correlation Timing in Active Currency Management 421 15.1 Introduction, 421 15.2 Dynamic Models for Volatility and Correlation, 424 15.2.1 The Set of Multivariate Models, 425 15.2.2 The Set of Univariate Models for Volatility Timing, 427 15.2.3 Pairwise Model Comparisons, 427 15.2.4 Estimation and Forecasting, 427 15.3 The Economic Value of Volatility and Correlation Timing, 428 15.3.1 The Dynamic Strategy, 428 15.3.2 Dynamic Asset Allocation with CRRA Utility, 428 15.3.3 Performance Measures, 429 15.3.4 Transaction Costs, 430 15.4 Parameter Uncertainty in Bayesian Asset Allocation, 430 15.5 Model Uncertainty, 431 15.5.1 The BMA Strategy, 432 15.5.2 The BMW Strategy, 432 15.6 Empirical Results, 432 15.6.1 Data and Descriptive Statistics, 432 15.6.2 Bayesian Estimation, 433 15.6.3 Evaluating Volatility and Correlation Timing, 434 15.7 Conclusion, 440 Appendix A: Univariate Models for Volatility Timing, 442 Appendix B: Parameter Uncertainty and the Predictive Density, 443 Acknowledgments, 444 References, 444 part three FX Markets and Products 16 Active Currency Management Part I: Is There a Premium for Currency Investing (Beta) 453 16.1 Introduction, 453 16.2 Beta in the Foreign Exchange Markets, 455 16.2.1 Understanding the FX Carry Trade, 455 16.2.2 FX Carry as a Broader Strategy, 456 16.2.3 FX Trend-Based Strategies, 458 16.2.4 Value-Based Strategies Within FX, 460 16.2.5 USD Directional Trade, 461 16.2.6 Correlation between these FX Strategies and Other Forms of Beta, 462 16.2.7 Weighted Portfolio of FX Strategies, 463 16.3 Multiple Forms of FX Beta, 465 16.4 Carry FX Indices from Banks, 465 16.5 Trend-Following FX Indices from Banks, 467 16.6 Conclusion, 468 References, 469 17 Active Currency Management Part II: Is There Skill or Alpha in Currency Investing? 471 17.1 Introduction, 471 17.2 Alternative Currency Management Mandates, 473 17.2.1 Features of a Currency Mandate, 473 17.2.2 Structural and Operational Choices, 476 17.2.3 The Alpha Continuum and Implications of Active Currency Mandates, 477 17.3 Benchmarks for Currency Fund Management, 477 17.3.1 A Basic Factor Model for Currency Returns, 479 17.4 Empirical Evidence with the Barclay Currency Traders Index and Individual Fund Managers, 481 17.4.1 Empirical Evidence with the Barclay Currency Traders Index, 481 17.4.2 Individual Currency Manager Returns, 485 17.4.3 Alternative Information Ratio, 493 17.5 Empirical Evidence: Fund Managers on the DB FX Select Platform, 496 17.5.1 Grouping Managers into a Fund of Funds, 496 17.6 Conclusions and Investment Implications, 498 References, 499 18 Currency Hedging for International Bond and Equity Investors 503 18.1 Introduction, 503 18.2 Overview of Empirical Hedging Studies, 504 18.3 Return and Volatility Impact of Currency Hedging, 506 18.3.1 Theoretical Background, 506 18.3.2 Methodology, 508 18.3.3 Summary of Findings on the Return and Volatility Impact of Currency Hedging, 525 18.4 Hedge Instruments—Currency Forwards versus Options, 526 18.4.1 Why Do Hedge Cash Flows Matter? 526 18.4.2 Historical Performance of Hedging with Options, 527 18.4.3 Summary of Findings on Hedging with Options Versus Forwards, 532 18.5 Managing Tracking Error in Forward Hedges, 533 18.5.1 How Often to Rebalance? 533 18.5.2 Trigger-Based Versus Regular Rebalancing, 539 18.5.3 Summary of Findings on Hedge Rebalancing, 539 18.6 Conclusions, 541 References, 543 19 FX Reserve Management 545 19.1 FX Reserve Management, 545 19.2 FX Reserve Uses, 545 19.3 FX Reserve Sources, 546 19.4 Objectives of Reserves Management, 547 19.5 Techniques of Reserve Management, 547 19.6 Historical Perspective, 548 19.7 What Assets Do Central Banks Hold? 549 19.8 Constraints, 550 19.9 External Managers, 551 19.10 Costs of Accumulation and Holding of Reserves, 551 19.11 Diversification, 552 19.12 Challenges to Diversification and Size of Reserves, 552 19.13 Changing Role of the Dollar as the International Reserve Currency, 554 19.14 Reserve Management if the Dollar is Replaced as the Reserve Currency, 557 19.15 Conclusion, 559 Acknowledgments, 559 References, 559 20 High Frequency Finance: Using Scaling Laws to Build Trading Models 563 20.1 Introduction, 563 20.2 The Intrinsic Time Framework, 565 20.3 Scaling Laws, 567 20.3.1 The New Scaling Laws, 568 20.3.2 The Coastline, 573 20.4 The Scale of Market Quakes, 574 20.5 Trading Models, 577 20.5.1 Overview, 577 20.5.2 Coastline Trader, 578 20.5.3 Monthly Statistics, 580 20.6 Conclusion, 582 Acknowledgments, 582 References, 582 21 Algorithmic Execution in Foreign Exchange 585 21.1 Introduction, 585 21.1.1 Drawing from the Equity Market, 586 21.1.2 What is Going to Work for Foreign Exchange? 587 21.2 Key Components of an Algorithmic Execution Framework, 589 21.2.1 Smart Order Routing (SOR), 589 21.2.2 Intelligence, 590 21.2.3 Speed, 591 21.3 Types of Algorithms, 592 21.3.1 Time Slicers, 592 21.3.2 Sweeper, 592 21.3.3 Iceberg, 592 21.3.4 Opportunistic, 592 21.3.5 Participators, 594 21.3.6 Internalization Strategies, 594 21.3.7 Dynamic Algorithms, 595 21.4 What Execution Strategies are Most Effective? 595 21.4.1 Measuring Performance, 596 21.5 Looking Forward, 596 Appendix A, 596 References, 597 22 Foreign Exchange Strategy Based Products 599 22.1 Introduction, 599 22.2 Evolution of the Foreign Exchange Market, 600 22.2.1 Disappointing Early Years, 600 22.2.2 Emergence of ‘‘Puzzles’’ in FX, 601 22.2.3 Growth of FX Market Turnover and Currency Managers, 602 22.3 Foreign Exchange Investable Indices and Strategy-Based Products, 606 22.3.1 Why Profit Opportunities Exist? 606 22.3.2 Beta and Alpha in Foreign Exchange, 607 22.3.3 Why is FX Attractive? 613 22.3.4 Why use Strategy-Based FX Products? 619 22.4 Conclusion, 620 References, 620 23 Foreign Exchange Futures, Forwards, and Swaps 623 23.1 Introduction, 623 23.2 Market Basics and Size, 625 23.2.1 FX Outright Forwards and Futures, 625 23.2.2 FX Swaps and Cross-Currency Swaps, 628 23.2.3 Market Size, 635 23.3 Dislocations of the FX and Cross-Currency Swap Markets under Financial Crises, 637 23.3.1 Japan Premium Case in the Late 1990s, 637 23.3.2 The Global Financial Crisis from 2007, 639 23.4 Conclusion, 643 Acknowledgments, 643 References, 643 24 FX Options and Volatility Derivatives: An Overview from the Buy-Side Perspective 647 24.1 Introduction, 647 24.2 Why Would One Bother with an Option? 648 24.2.1 History, 648 24.2.2 FX Options, 649 24.3 Market for FX Options, 655 24.3.1 Overview, 655 24.3.2 Players, 656 24.3.3 Setting the Price, 658 24.4 Volatility, 660 24.4.1 Overview of Models, 660 24.4.2 Some Stylized Facts and Implied Moments, 664 24.4.3 Is Volatility an Asset Class? 666 24.4.4 Anti-Black Swan Strategies, 674 24.4.5 Black Swan Strategies, 676 24.5 FX Options from the Buy-Side Perspective, 683 24.5.1 Strike versus Leverage, 683 24.5.2 Implied Distribution, 685 24.5.3 Long-Dated Options versus Short-Dated Option, 689 24.5.4 Black Swan Fund, 692 24.5.5 Currency Hedging of Illiquid Assets, 693 Acknowledgment, 695 References, 695 part four FX Markets and Policy 25 A Common Framework for Thinking about Currency Crises 699 25.1 Introduction, 699 25.2 The KFG Model, 701 25.3 Extensions, 706 25.3.1 Attack-Conditional Monetary Policy, 706 25.3.2 Devaluation, 707 25.3.3 Sterilization and Interest Rate Defense, 709 25.3.4 Lender of Last Resort and Currency Crises, 711 25.4 Empirical Work, 713 25.5 Conclusion, 714 References, 715 26 Official Intervention in the Foreign Exchange Market 717 26.1 Introduction, 717 26.2 Official FX Interventions and Reserve Accumulation: Stylized Facts, Motives, and Effects, 721 26.3 Empirical Evidence on the Effectiveness of Official FX Interventions, 725 26.3.1 A Simple Conceptual Framework, 726 26.3.2 Time-Series Approach: Evidence on Effectiveness and Channels, 728 26.3.3 Event-Study Approach: Evidence on Longer-Term Effectiveness, 739 26.4 Conclusions, 746 26.5 Acknowledgements, 746 References, 747 27 Exchange Rate Misalignment—The Case of the Chinese Renminbi 751 27.1 Introduction, 751 27.2 Background, 752 27.3 Undervalued or Overvalued, 754 27.3.1 The FEER Misalignment Estimate, 754 27.3.2 The Penn Effect Regression, 757 27.3.3 Data Revision, 759 27.4 Concluding Remarks, 762 Acknowledgments, 763 References, 763 28 Choosing an Exchange Rate Regime 767 28.1 Five Advantages of Fixed Exchange Rates , 768 28.2 Econometric Evidence on the Bilateral Trade Effects of Currency Regimes, 770 28.2.1 Time-Series Dimension, 771 28.2.2 Omitted Variables, 772 28.2.3 Endogeneity of the Currency Decision, 773 28.2.4 Implausible Magnitude of the Estimate, 774 28.2.5 Country Size, 775 28.3 Five Advantages of Floating Exchange Rates, 775 28.4 How to Weigh Up the Advantages of Fixing Versus Floating, 777 28.5 Country Characteristics That Should Help Determine the Choice of Regime, 778 28.6 Alternative Nominal Anchors, 780 References, 781 Index 785

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Book SynopsisTrade in services is an increasingly important part of global trade and, as such, figures prominently in multilateral, regional and bilateral trade negotiations. In this volume of essays, academics, negotiators and experts from various international organizations explore the achievements of such negotiations, together with the challenges and opportunities which arise and the motivations that come into play in such negotiations. The contributions highlight issues in important services sectors, such as distribution, energy, finance, telecommunications, air transport and the postal and audiovisual sectors, as well as areas such as cross-border trade and government procurement. Case studies look into the experiences of specific countries. The focus on sector analysis and country experiences sheds light on the state of services liberalization and the regulation of international trade in services at the beginning of the twenty-first century, making this an indispensable guide to ongoing andTrade Review'While there are too many valuable contributions to cite them all here, the insights of Mukherjee, Stephenson, and Saez are particularly invaluable.' Journal of World Trade ReviewTable of ContentsForeword Pascal Lamy; Summary and overview Juan A. Marchetti and Martin Roy; Part I. From Policy to Negotiations: 1. Services trade and growth Bernard Hoekman and Aaditya Mattoo; Part II. Multilateral and Bilateral Negotiations on Services: Overall Perspectives: 2. Services liberalization in the WTO and in preferential trade agreements Juan A. Marchetti and Martin Roy; 3. Preferential trade agreements in services: friends of foes of the multilateral trading system? Carsten Fink; Part III. Challenges, Issues and Opportunities in Services Sectors: 4. Telecommunications: Can trade agreements keep up with technology? L. Lee Tuthill and Laura B. Sherman; 5. Liberalization of cross-border trade in services: a developing country perspective Sumanta Chaudhuri and Suparna Karmakar; 6. Out of stock or just in time? Doha and liberalization of distribution services Martin Roy; 7. Air transport liberalization: a world apart Pierre Latrille; 8. Financial services liberalization in the WTO and preferential trade agreements Juan A. Marchetti; 9. Beyond the main screen: audiovisual services in PTAs Martin Roy; 10. Liberalization of postal and courier services: ready for delivery? Ruosi Zhang; 11. Liberalization of energy services: are PTAs more energetic than the GATS? Mireille Cossy; 12. Market access for government procurement of services: comparing recent PTAs with WTO achievements Robert D. Anderson and Anna Caroline Müller; 13. A warmer welcome? Access for natural persons under preferential trade agreements Antonia Carzaniga; Part IV. Country Experiences with Services Trade: 14. GATS plus or minus? Services commitments in comparative contexts for Colombia and Uruguay J. P. Singh; 15. Opening services markets at the regional level under the CAFTA-DR: the cases of Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic Maryse Robert and Sherry Stephenson; 16. Why isn't South Africa more pro-active in international services negotiations? Peter Draper, Nkululeko Khumalo and Matthew Stern; 17. Services liberalization in PTAs and the WTO: the experiences of India and Singapore Arpita Mukherjee; 18. The domestic dynamics of preferential services liberalization: the experience of Australia and Thailand Malcolm Bosworth and Ray Trewin; 19. The Chilean experience in services negotiations Sebastián Sáez; 20. Appendix: a readers' guide to basic GATS concepts and negotiations.

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive, clear, and up-to-date introduction to the basic theory used by economists to understand global finance for advanced undergraduates. Important concepts are illustrated with real-world examples and over 140 end-of-chapter questions consolidate learning.

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Book SynopsisDiscussion of the governance of global trade and the multilateral trading system is too often dominated by developed-country scholars and opinion-makers, with inadequate attention given to developing country perspectives. Making Global Trade Governance Work for Development gathers a diversity of developing country views on how to improve the governance of global trade and the WTO to better advance sustainable development and respond to the needs of developing countries. With contributions by senior scholars, commentators and practitioners, the essays combine new, empirically-grounded research with practical insights about the trade policy-making process. They consider the specific governance issues of interest to developing countries and acknowledge the changing dynamics in the global economy and in trade decision-making.Table of ContentsIntroduction Carolyn Deere Birkbeck; Part I. Enduring Development Challenges and New Agendas for Global Trade Governance: 1. Globalization, development, and democracy José Antonio Ocampo; 2. The United Nations and the Millennium development goals: what roles in and beyond the governance of global trade? Laskhmi Puri; 3. The interactions of trade, macroeconomic policies and sustainability: implications for global trade governance Alejandro Nadal; 4. A sustainable development perspective on global trade governance Ricardo Meléndez-Ortiz and Trineesh Biswas; Part II. Roles and Responsibilities in Global Trade Governance: Diversity in Developing Country Priorities and Strategies: 5. New powers in the club: the challenges of global trade governance Amrita Narlikar; 6. China's ascent in global trade governance: from rule taker to rule shaker and, maybe rule maker? Henry Gao; 7. LDC priorities for improved global trade governance Atul Kaushik and Julian Mukiibi; 8. Priorities for small states in global trade governance Edwin Laurent; 9. Improving the participation of small developing countries in the governance of the multilateral trading system Richard Bernal; Part III. Strengthening Multilateralism: Priorities for WTO Reform: 10. The WTO, democracy, and development: a view from the South Bhupinder Chimni; 11. Reclaiming development in the world trading system revisited Yong-Shik Lee; 12. Fostering developing country engagement in the dispute settlement system: outstanding challenges and governance implications Niall Meagher; 13. Rethinking the governance of aid for trade David Luke and Luisa Bernal; 14. Strengthening WTO surveillance: making transparency work for developing countries Arunabha Ghosh; 15. Why not an Ombudsman at the WTO? A proposal for debate Félix Peña; Part IV. WTO Decision-Making Processes: 16. Towards fair and inclusive decision-making in WTO negotiations Brendan Vickers and Faizel Ismail; 17. Revisiting the single undertaking: towards a more balanced approach to WTO negotiations Miguel Rodríguez and Marie Wilke; 18. Enhancing developing country participation in global trade governance through South-South coalitions in the World Trade Organization Vicente Yu; 19. Inclusive trade governance: participation of stakeholders from the national to the multilateral levels Rashid Kaukab; 20. Global trade governance and development: the WTO accession conundrum Carlos Primo Braga and Olivier Cattaneo; Part V. Conclusion: 21. Development-oriented agendas for global trade governance: a summary of proposals Carolyn Deere Birkbeck.

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Book SynopsisThe essays in this volume are written by leading economists working on the Indian economy. They collectively emphasize the importance of policies and institutions for sustained growth and poverty reduction, stressing that the success of sector-specific policies is vitally dependent on the nature of markets and the functioning of institutions such as those charged with regulating and overseeing critical sectors. Individual contributions assess the role of Indian government policy in key sectors and emphasize the policies required to ensure improvements in these sectors. The first section discusses aspects of the macro economy; the second deals with agriculture and social sectors; the third with jobs and how labor markets function in agriculture, industry and services; and the fourth with infrastructure services, specifically electricity, telecommunications and transport. The essays are drawn from the most influential papers presented in recent years on Indian economic policy at the StanTrade Review'The transformation of India in the past couple of decades from a slow growth economy to the ranks of the fastest growing economies in the world is not a mystery. Economic reforms unleashed the growth potential of the sleeping giant. But what exactly were these reforms? This volume, with contributions by an all-star cast of expert economists, is the definitive description of the wide-ranging economic reforms undertaken by the Indian government. It will be read by academics with an interest in growth and the Indian economy, as well as by policy makers around the developing world who want their countries to emulate the Indian experience.' Mohsin Khan, Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East, Washington DC'This is a comprehensive critical analysis of economic reforms in India in various important sectors of the economy. The contributors to the volume are well-known scholars on Indian economy, and in this volume they not only make lucid and critical analysis of the reforms undertaken so far but also underline the unfinished tasks. The book is a must-read for students, scholars, and policy makers of Indian economy alike.' M. Govinda Rao, Director, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New DelhiTable of Contents1. Introduction Nicholas C. Hope, Anjini Kochar, Roger Noll and T. N. Srinivasan; Part I. The Macro Economy: 2. Federalism and economic development in India: an assessment Nirvikar K. Singh and T. N. Srinivasan; 3. India and China: trade and foreign investment Arvind Panagariya; 4. Financial sector reforms and monetary policy: the Indian experience Rakesh Mohan; Part II. Institutional Reforms: Agriculture and Education: 5. Land reform, decentralized governance and rural development in West Bengal Pranab Bardhan and Dilip Mookherjee; 6. Market-driven agricultural growth: contrasting experiences in Punjab and Rajastham Peter Hazell, Abhijit Sharma and Laurence Smith; 7. India's higher education opportunity Naushad Forbes; 8. Improving the quality of rural primary schools: an evaluation of a computer aided learning program in south India Verghese Jacob, Anjini Kochar and Suresh Reddy; Part III. Employment, Industrial Structure and Poverty: 9. The missing middle Anne O. Kreuger; 10. Some aspects of the trends in employment and unemployment in Bihar and Kerala since the seventies T. N. Srinivasan and Treb Allen; 11. Size matters: urban growth and poverty in India 1983–2005 Peter Lanjouw and Rinku Murgai; Part IV. Infrastructure: Electricity and Transportation: 12. An assessment of Indian telecommunications reform Roger Noll and Scott Wallsten; 13. Managing demand-side economic and political constraints on electricity industry restructuring process Frank A. Wolak; 14. Moving India: the political economy of transport sector reform Nirvikar K. Singh and Jessica S. Wallack.

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Book SynopsisThe WTO Analytical Index is a comprehensive guide to the interpretation and application of the WTO Agreements by the Appellate Body, dispute settlement panels and other WTO bodies. It contains extracts of key pronouncements and findings from tens of thousands of pages of WTO jurisprudence, including panel reports, Appellate Body reports, Article 21.3(c) awards and Article 22.6 decisions. This unique work will be of assistance to anyone working in the field of WTO law, including lawyers, economists, academics and students. It is produced by the Legal Affairs Division of the WTO Secretariat with contributions from other divisions of the Secretariat and the Appellate Body Secretariat. The third edition of the WTO Analytical Index covers developments in WTO law and practice over the period January 1995 to September 2011.Trade Review'… a terrific resource.' Lorand Bartels, University Senior Lecturer in Law, University of CambridgeTable of ContentsVolume 1: Introduction; 1. Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization; 2. General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994; 3. Agreement on Agriculture; 4. Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures; 5. Agreement on Textiles and Clothing; 6. Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade; 7. Agreement on Trade-Related Investment Measures; 8. Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994; 9. Agreement on Implementation of Article VII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994; 10. Agreement on Preshipment Inspection; 11. Agreement on Rules of Origin; 12. Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures. Volume 2: 1. Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures; 2. Agreement on Safeguards; 3. General Agreement on Trade in Services; 4. Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights; 5. Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes; 6. Trade Policy Review Mechanism; 7. Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft; 8. Agreement on Government Procurement; 9. GATT disputes; 10. WTO disputes; Index by subject; Index by case.

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Book SynopsisThe Geneva Consensus includes Pascal Lamy's personal reflections on his time as Director General of the WTO and highlights how trade can only act as a motor for growth if the correct mix of policies is in place. Deeper cooperation is required between international organizations involved in setting economic, social and political policies to put this 'consensus' into effect.Table of Contents1. Harnessing globalization amid the crisis facing multilateralism; 2. The changing face of trade; 3. Helping the poorest up the prosperity ladder; 4. Trade: friend not foe of the environment; 5. Trading towards global food security; 6. Trade can contribute towards better health ; 7. Trade and labour: separated at birth but still connected; 8. Trade and energy: the case for a greater WTO role; 9. Trade and currencies: trading community seeks greater currency stability; 10. Trade and competition: fairer competition makes for fairer trade; 11. Trade and human rights: a case of misplaced suspicion; 12. Last but not least: the Doha Round.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides comprehensive, in depth analysis of the different sets of rules of origin adopted by major trading partners, namely EU, US, China and Japan and all trading regions - Asia, Africa and Latin America. It discusses the current status of non-preferential as well as preferential rules of origin in international trade, their evolution over last decades and tendencies for the future. With its multidisciplinary approach, the book''s contents provide legal and economic comparative analysis of different sets of rules origin, reviewing their drafting differences and their implications and impact on industrial and investment environments. Drawing from the thirty years'' experience of the Author, the book provides insights from trade negotiations along with practical tools for policy makers and practitioners, orientation for the private sector and analytical tools for researchers. A new methodology to draft product specific rules of origin based on an input-output table elaboratedTable of ContentsPreface; Abbreviations; 1. Efforts to establish multilateral rules; 2. The Uruguay round agreement on rules of origin: the harmonization work programme of non-preferential rules of origin; 3. Preferential rules of origin; 4. The economics of rules of origin; 5. Experiences in drafting preferential rules of origin in GSP schemes, Africa, Asia and Latin America; 6. Drafting rules of origin; 7. The administration of rules of origin.

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Book SynopsisThis Handbook aims to provide practical guidance on good treaty practice. It presents a range of examples from the practice of several States and international organisations and explains the actions that need to be taken to create a new treaty, bring it into force, operate it, amend it and wind it up, on both the international and the domestic plane. It also explores what constitutes good treaty practice, and develops generic principles or criteria against which to evaluate these examples. It provides a useful analytical tool to enable each government and international organisation to identify and develop the best treaty practice for their circumstances, recognising that one size does not necessarily fit all. It will be of interest to those working with treaties and treaty procedures in governments, international organisations and legal practice, as well as legal academics and students wishing to gain insight into the realities of treaty practice.Trade Review'This Handbook is a collaborative effort by the authors to identify, through engagement with various stakeholders, the best practices in treaty-making. It is a comprehensive guide providing expertise on each stage of a treaty's lifespan including, reservation, ratification, amendments, etc. It condenses highly technical information into an accessible framework, making it an indispensable resource, not only for treaty experts, diplomats and administrators, but also lawyers, academics and students delving into the intricacies of treaty practice.' Gabrielle Marceau, Université de Genève and the World Trade Organization Senior Counsellor'This Handbook will be of great practical importance. It does not just assemble rules, practices and clauses in order to illustrate the life of international treaties. It delivers much more: it is a Manual on good treaty practice, designed to educate those in the front line of treaty work on how to handle everything they might come across in their job not only in a correct, but in an optimal way. The scope and depth of the Handbook are truly impressive without being intimidating; the language is clear and the many examples are well-chosen. The work lives up to the – Plato – standard it itself sets for treaty practice: professional, legal, assured, transparent, organised.' Bruno Simma, Former Member of the International Law Commission and of the International Court of Justice, Judge at the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal (The Hague)'This remarkable book provides a unique and insightful account of all aspects of treaty practice and as such will not only be essential reading for government officials whose work relates to treaties, but will also be of considerable interest to international law practitioners and academics.' Dan Sarooshi, Essex Court Chambers and University of Oxford'Treaty law is a very important component of international law. Diplomats, government legal advisers and legal practitioners are frequently engaged in the process of making, interpreting and implementing treaties. They will find this Handbook an indispensable guide to good treaty practice.' Tommy Koh, Ambassador-at-Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, SingaporeTable of Contents1. Introduction to good treaty practice; 2. Organising treaty work in governments and international organisations; 3. Treaties and other kinds of international instruments; 4. Managing and using treaty collections; 5. Making a new treaty (negotiation, drafting, production); 6. Preparing to become party to a treaty; 7. Becoming party to a treaty – consent to be bound and entry into force; 8. Continuing engagement with the treaty throughout its life; 9. Ending treaty relations; 10. Future of treaty practice.

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Book SynopsisThis book shows how the current reform in investment regulation is part of a broader attempt to transform the international economic order. Countries in the North and South are currently rethinking how economic order should be constituted in order to advance their national interests and preferred economic orientation. While some countries in the North seek to create alternative institutional spaces in order to promote neoliberal policies more effectively, some countries in the South are increasingly skeptical of this version of economic order and are experimenting with alternative versions of legal ordering that do not always sit well with mainstream versions promoted by the North. While we recognize that there are differences in approaches to the investment regimes proposed by countries in the South, we identify commonalities that could function as the founding pillars of an alternative economic order.Table of Contents1. Reconceptualizing international investment law from the global South Michelle Ratton Sanchez Badin and Fabio Morosini; 2. The South and alternative models of trade and investment regulation - Chinese investment and approaches to international investment agreements Vivienne Bath; 3. The Chilean experience in South-South investment and trade agreements Rodrigo Polanco Lazo; 4. Australia and the Asia-Pacific: the regulation of investment flows into Australia and the role of free trade agreements Vivienne Bath; 5. India's trade and investment agreements: striking a balance between investor protection rights and development concerns James Nedumpara; 6. Navigating between resistance and conformity with the international investment regime: the Brazilian agreements on cooperation and facilitation of investments (ACFIs) Michelle Ratton Sanchez Badin and Fabio Morosini; 7. The new South African protection of investment act: striking a balance between attraction of FDI and redressing the Apartheid Legacies Malebakeng Agnes Forere; 8. Experimenting with international investment law: initiatives from the Global South Andrew Lang and Nicolás Marcelo Perrone; Index.

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