Wspc imprint: 2707 books
Simulating Copulas
Stochastic Models, Sampling Algorithms, and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2017
The book provides the background on simulating copulas and multivariate distributions in general. It unifies the scattered literature on the simulation of various families of copulas (elliptical, Archimedean, Marshall-Olkin type, etc.) as well as on different construction principles (factor models,...
by Qingjiang Kong
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2012
The European Union (EU) has now become the largest trade partner of China. While Sino-US trade relations and particularly the high-profile trade disputes between the US and China get considerable academic attention for geopolitical reasons, less research has been done on the Sino-EU trade disputes...
Political Science Research Methods
Exploring America at a Crossroads
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2013
The principal goal of this textbook is to provide clear and elementary descriptions of the major statistical techniques used in political and social science research. The book is built on two basic assumptions. First, that it is possible to explain social science statistics in a simple and straightforward...
Achieving Financial Stability
Challenges to Prudential Regulation
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2017
The Great Financial Crisis of 2007–2010 exposed the existence of significant imperfections in the financial regulatory framework that encouraged excessive risk-taking and increased system vulnerabilities. The resulting high cost of the crisis in terms of lost aggregate income and wealth, and increased...
China
Development and Governance
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2012
China has achieved significant socio-economic progress and has become a key player on the international stage after several decades of open-door and reform policy. Looking beyond China's transformation, this book focusses on the theme of governance which is widely regarded as the next most critical...
Goh Keng Swee on China
Selected Essays
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2012
Touted as one of the main engineers of Singapore's economic growth, Dr Goh's collection of writings and speeches seek to shed light on the various challenges that China faced in the early 90s. His arguments and analyses were presented clearly and concisely while being firmly established upon economic...
The Rise of Singapore
(In 2 Volumes)Volume 1: The Reasons for Singapore's SuccessVolume 2: Reflections on Singapore
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2015
In the 50th anniversary year of Singapore's independence, it is timely to trace our developmental journey in order that young Singaporeans students, visiting tourists and foreigners working in Singapore may be informed about why and how Singapore succeeded, despite tremendous odds. The two volumes...
by Licheng Ma
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2015
The evolution of China's intellectual landscape, especially the battles among different influential social and political ideas, sheds light on its history. Leading Schools of Thought in Contemporary China offers a close-up look of eight major schools of thought that swept across China between 1978...
by Siwei Cheng
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
China has initiated and implemented its economic reforms for over 30 years, however, the comprehensive economic reforms and opening up is still unfolding. The author was a state leader, who has personally engaged in China's economic policy-making process from 1999 to 2008, and is an economist, who...
Japan and China
A Contest in Aid to Sub-Saharan Africa
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2018
Since the opening up of China in 1979, the country had experienced phenomenal economic growth over the decades and overtook Japan as the second-largest economy in 2010. With the establishment of a conservative administration led by Shinzo Abe in December 2012 and Xi Jinping's ascendance to power as...
by Francisco L Rivera-Batiz, Luis A Rivera-Batiz
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2018
Income Inequality in OECD Countries
What are the Drivers and Policy Options?
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2013
This book provides a comprehensive review of income inequality issues in the OECD in a cross-country setting. It presents a wealth of data and analysis on the formation of inequality and identifies groups of countries that share similar inequality patterns. It also reviews developments at the extremes...
Job Placements and Job Shifts in China
The Effects of Education, Family Background and Gender
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2014
The book investigates the impact of the market-oriented economic reform in China on a unique aspect of the labor market outcomes — individuals' access to different employment sectors, that is, the state and collective sector, the private sector, and the sector of family contract farming in the 1990s....
Global Modernization Review
New Discoveries and Theories Revisited
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2015
Modernization has effected a profound change in human civilizations and is a global trend since the 18th century. It includes not only the great change and transformation from traditional to modern politics, economies, societies and cultures, but also all human development and protection of the natural...