IMF Staff Papers, Volume 50, Special Issue, IMF Third Annual Research Conference

IMF Staff Papers, Volume 50, Special Issue, IMF Third Annual Research Conference
Author: Mr.Robert P. Flood
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2003-08-25
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781589062047

The paper discusses a model in which growth is a negative function of fiscal burden. Moreover, growth discontinuously switches from high to low as the fiscal burden reaches a critical level. The paper provides an overview of key elements of corporate bankruptcy codes and practice around the world that are relevant to the debate on sovereign debt restructuring. It also describes the broad trends in international financial integration for a sample of industrial countries and explains the cross-country and time-series variation in the size of international balance sheets.

Use with Care

Use with Care
Author: Doug Cocks
Publisher: UNSW Press
Total Pages: 362
Release: 1992
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780868403083

Practical blueprint for developing, conserving and managing Australia's natural resources, written by a senior scientist with the CSIRO. Includes chapters on the international environment, natural disasters, land ownership and current land use. Also features an extensive bibliography and index.

Australian Cities

Australian Cities
Author: Patrick Troy
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 330
Release: 1995-09-14
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780521484374

An incisive 1995 exploration of urban planning and policy, and the problems facing urban Australia in the 1990s.

Executory Contracts in Insolvency Law

Executory Contracts in Insolvency Law
Author: Jason Chuah
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 646
Release: 2019
Genre: Bankruptcy
ISBN: 178811552X

Executory Contracts in Insolvency Law offers a unique, comprehensive, and up-to-date transnational study of the topic, including an analysis of certain countries which have never previously been undertaken in English. Written by experts in the field, with extensive experience of both research and professional experience, this is a groundbreaking investigation into the philosophies and rationales behind the different policy choices adopted and implemented by a range of over 30 jurisdictions across the globe.

Contested Skies

Contested Skies
Author: John Gunn
Publisher: john gunn
Total Pages: 604
Release: 1999
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780702230738

TAA had almost a fifty-year record of ground-breaking aviation throughout Australia. Along with Qantas, the airline helped Australia overcome the "tyranny of distance", and made a sustained contribution to aviation in its early years. This book tells the inside story of the airline's internal struggle, and relations with governments.

Chinese Investment in Australia

Chinese Investment in Australia
Author: X. Huang
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2011-07-19
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0230314155

This book provides comprehensive coverage on the key issues of Chinese investment in the Australian minerals industry. It offers unique insights into the entry process, the management of Chinese investments, and their success factors and lessons learnt as being impacted upon by the entangling of political, economic, social and competitive forces.