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Asset management : a systematic approach to factor investing
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ISBN: 9780199959327 0199959323 9780199382323 1306858496 019938231X 0199959331 0199382328 9780199959334 Year: 2014 Publisher: Oxford: Oxford university press,

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This book upends the conventional wisdom about asset allocation by showing that what matters aren't asset class labels but the bundles of overlapping risks they represent. The key, the book argues, is bad times, and the fact that every investor's bad times are somewhat different. The notion that bad times are paramount is the guiding principle of the book, which offers a new approach to the age-old problem of where an investor should put their money. This book argues that the traditional approach, with its focus on asset classes, is too crude and ultimately too costly to serve investors adequately. Instead it focuses instead on "factor risks," the peculiar sets of hard times that cut across asset classes, and that must be the focus of investors' attention if they are to weather market turmoil and receive the rewards that come with doing so. Optimally harvesting factor premiums for an investor requires identifying personal hard times, and exploiting the difference between them and those of the average investor.


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Euro Area Policies : Selected Issues.
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ISBN: 1498308007 1322070970 1498334148 1498360750 1498356079 9781498356077 9781498308007 Year: 2014 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund,

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This Selected Issues paper assesses the youth unemployment problem in advanced European economies, especially the euro area. Youth unemployment rates increased sharply in the euro area after the crisis. Much of these increases can be explained by output dynamics and the greater sensitivity of youth unemployment to economic activity compared with adult unemployment. Labor market institutions also play an important role, especially the tax wedge, minimum wages, and spending on active labor market policies. The paper highlights that policies to address youth unemployment should be comprehensive and country specific, focusing on reviving growth and implementing structural reforms.


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Securitization of Islam : a vicious circle, counter-terrorism and freedom of religion in Central Asia
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ISBN: 9783837629040 383762904X 1322494398 3839429048 Year: 2014 Publisher: Bielefeld, Germany transcript Verlag

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Diverse Islamic groups have triggered a »revival of Islam« in Central Asia in the last decades. As a result, there has been a general securitization of Islam by the governments: not only do they combat the terrorist Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan but also outlaw popular groups such as the Gülen movement. However, strong repression of religion might lead to radicalization. Kathrin Lenz-Raymann tests this hypothesis with an agent-based computer simulation and enriches her study with interviews with international experts, leaders of political Islam and representatives of folk Islam. She concludes that ensuring religious rights is essential for national security. Besprochen in: Portal für Politikwissenschaft, 21.01.2016, Christian Patz Europe Asia Studies, 28.10.2016, Riccardo Mario Cucciolla

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Islam and politics --- Terrorism --- Freedom of religion --- National security --- #SBIB:316.331H421 --- #SBIB:316.331H333 --- #SBIB:39A10 --- Acts of terrorism --- Attacks, Terrorist --- Global terrorism --- International terrorism --- Political terrorism --- Terror attacks --- Terrorist acts --- Terrorist attacks --- World terrorism --- Direct action --- Insurgency --- Political crimes and offenses --- Subversive activities --- Political violence --- Terror --- National security policy --- NSP (National security policy) --- Security policy, National --- Economic policy --- International relations --- Military policy --- Freedom of worship --- Intolerance --- Liberty of religion --- Religious freedom --- Religious liberty --- Separation of church and state --- Freedom of expression --- Liberty --- Islam --- Politics and Islam --- Political science --- History. --- Religious aspects --- History --- Prevention --- Morfologie van de godsdiensten: Islam --- Godsdienst, oorlog en vrede --- Antropologie: religie, riten, magie, hekserij --- Government policy --- Law and legislation --- Political aspects --- Asia. --- Central Asia. --- Freedom of Religion. --- Islam. --- Islamic Studies. --- Political Ideologies. --- Political Science. --- Politics. --- Social Movements. --- Terrorism. --- Securitization; Islam; Central Asia; Terrorism; Freedom of Religion; Politics; Political Ideologies; Islamic Studies; Social Movements; Asia; Political Science --- Islam and state --- Prevention. --- Mosque and state --- State and Islam --- State, The --- Ummah (Islam)

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