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Real Market Economics: The Fundamental Framework for Finance Practitioners
(Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2018)This book provides a framework for understanding the economics that drive markets, enabling investment professionals to understand the reality of markets and models, and to ‘be where the profits are’. Economics is about ... -
Real-Estate Derivatives : From Econometrics to Financial Engineering
(Oxford University Press, 2017)This book brings together the latest concepts and models in real-estate derivatives, the new frontier in financial markets. The importance of real-estate derivatives in managing property price risk that has destabilized ... -
A Rebel Chick Mystic's Guide: Healing Your Spirit with Positive Rebellion
(Hay House, 2012)This is a book for brave, nonconformist women (or for those who aspire to be), written from the heart and soul of a spiritual rocker chick. Lifelong psychic Lisa Marie Selow leads you to uncover your true self, reveal your ... -
Rebel Rulers: Insurgent Governance and Civilian Life during War
(Cornell University Press, 2011)Rebel groups are often portrayed as predators, their leaders little more than warlords. In conflicts large and small, however, insurgents frequently take and hold territory, establishing sophisticated systems of governance ... -
Recent Advances in Financial Engineering 2012: Proceedings of the International Workshop on Finance 2012
(World Scientific Publishing Company, 2014)Recent Advances in Financial Engineering 2012 is the Proceedings of the International Workshop on Finance 2012, which was held at the University of Tokyo on October 30 and 31, 2012. This workshop was organized by the Center ... -
The Recipe Girl Cookbook
(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013)Delicious, family-friendly recipes from popular blogger Recipe Girl. One of the world's most popular food blogs, RecipeGirl.com is the place to go for easy, family-friendly recipes. With hungry mouths to feed and little ... -
Reclaiming information and communication technologies for development
(Oxford University Press, 2017)The development of new Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) has transformed the world over the last two decades. These technologies are often seen as being inherently 'good', with the ability to make the world ... -
Reconstructing the World Trade Organization for the 21st Century: An Institutional Approach
(Oxford University Press, 2015)The institutional shortcomings of the World Trade Organization (WTO) became apparent during the Doha Round of Trade negotiations that began in 2001 and which aimed to improve the success of developing countries' trading ... -
Recursive Macroeconomic Theory
(MIT Press, 2012)Recursive methods offer a powerful approach for characterizing and solving complicated problems in dynamic macroeconomics. Recursive Macroeconomic Theory provides both an introduction to recursive methods and advanced ... -
Redesigning Leadership
(MIT Press, 2011)Lessons for a new generation of leaders on teamwork, meetings, conversations, free food, social media, apologizing, and other topics. -
Reference and Referring
(MIT Press, 2012)These fifteen original essays address the core semantic concepts of reference and referring from both philosophical and linguistic perspectives. After an introductory essay that casts current trends in reference and referring ... -
Reflections of Amma: devotees in a global embrace
(University of California Press, 2014)Globally known as Amma, meaning "Mother," Mata Amritanandamayi has developed a massive transnational humanitarian organization based in hugs. She is familiar to millions as the hugging saint,” a moniker that derives from ... -
Reflective Practice For Teaching In Lifelong Learning
(McGraw-Hill Education, 2012)This book makes the case for reflective practice in post-compulsory teaching, showing how reflective practice might support teachers, as well as being compulsory. -
Reformed Theology
(Continuum International Publishing Group, 2010)This is a book about Reformed theology. Two things must be said about this claim. First, this book is about theology: reflection about God. Second, this book addresses one strand in the larger cord of Christian theology: ... -
Regenerating Regional Culture: A Study of the International Book Town Movement
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)This book explores the significance of the international book town movement and its impact on contemporary society. It examines how book towns have emerged and how their culture and unique characteristics help to explain ... -
Regression Modeling Strategies: With Applications to Linear Models, Logistic and Ordinal Regression, and Survival Analysis ( 2 ed.)
(Springer, 2015)This highly anticipated second edition features new chapters and sections, 225 new references, and comprehensive R software. In keeping with the previous edition, this book is about the art and science of data analysis and ... -
Regulating Code: Good Governance and Better Regulation in the Information Age
(MIT Press, 2013)Internet use has become ubiquitous in the past two decades, but governments, legislators, and their regulatory agencies have struggled to keep up with the rapidly changing Internet technologies and uses. In this groundbreaking ... -
Regulating competition in stock markets : antitrust measures to promote fairness and transparency through investor protection and crisis prevention
(Wiley, 2012)A guide to curbing monopoly power in stock markets Engaging and informative, Regulating Competition in Stock Markets skillfully analyzes the impact of the recent global financial crisis on health and happiness, and uses ... -
Regulation and Instability in U.S. Commercial Banking: A History of Crises
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2011)The historical response to bank crises has always been more regulation. A pattern emerges that some may find surprising: regulation often contributes to bank instability. It suppresses competition and effective response ... -
Regulation of Infrastructure and Utilities: Public Policy and Management Issues
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)This book provides a comprehensive discussion of the public policy and management issues that are encountered in the regulation of infrastructure and utilities. Drawing from theoretical arguments and several case studies, ...