Suchergebnisse

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College.

This volume was prepared by Benedikt Siegler while working at the Center for the Economics of Education of the Ifo Institute. It was completed in June 2014 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich (LMU) in November 2014. The thesis includes three empirical studies, each of which evaluates one distinct education policy to improve educational outcomes of juveniles and young adults: the provision of private school vouchers in the context of a school accountability system to increase educational production at low-performing public schools (Chapter 2), opening of new universities in regions without local tertiary education supply to raise tertiary education attainment by the local population (Chapter 3), and the introduction of the Bachelor degree programs at German universities to foster student mobility and employability (Chapter 4).

E-money is the newest payment instrument. As a part of the new electronic payment system (possible future substitute of traditional payment), e-money raises the professional interest about its implications to further development of banking functions in the global and networked economy. Statistical evidence confirms the existence of e-money in the developed countries, which is understandable because of their high technological level and knowledge and the ability to absorb useful innovations of any kind. But, although electronic money has been present in their markets for more than 20 years, its use is still at a very low level. Countries from the region2 are in the early beginning. They are in the phase of accepting electronic banking, and putting into force the legislation for e-money. The reason could be found in the level of economic and technological development. One of the leading factors opposing the existence of e-money is the strong competition from the debit/ credit cards. The possible influence of e-money on the monetary policy is also a topic of professional interest overall. E -money has the potential to substitute currency in circulation, which is part of the monetary aggregates from the balance sheet of central banks. Now, the influence is not significant - central banks are recording very low decrease of currency in circulation as a result of increase of e-money. But still, having in mind that any innovation takes time to be accepted on the market, in the future central banks and experts need to follow the developments surrounding e-money more closely and more carefully.

This dissertation examines the reconstruction of the fifty-one parish churches in the city of London after the Great Fire of 1666. It is not primarily focused on the architectural elements of the rebuilt churches or the role played by Sir Christopher Wren, Surveyor of the King's Works, in their reconstruction. Instead this dissertation explores the reconstruction of London's parish churches as an effort by neighborhood communities to recover after an unprecedented disaster. The parish church was not simply a physical manifestation of local identity or a focus for neighborhood pride. These churches transcended their most basic function as a site for religious worship - they served as the central location for myriad political, economic and social functions essential to a parish community. Given the centrality of a church to nearly every aspect of life in a city parish, it is unsurprising how aggressively London's parishes attempted to direct the reconstruction of their churches and the reconstitution of their parish communities - through both legal and extra-legal means. This struggle to preserve these centuries-old urban communities was particularity important for those parishes whose churches were eliminated after the fire - a loss that could leave these now homeless parishes at the mercy of less than accommodating neighbors. Ultimately this dissertation will reveal how active most Londoners were in the recovery of the city after the Great Fire, as well as how central the parish community was to the early modern English, even in a city as diverse, dynamic, and multifaceted as Restoration London.

Dossier de prensa que recoge noticias sobre el viaje de Felipe González, Partido Socialista Español, a Bruselas los días 15 y 16 de febrero de 1977. También incluye una nota breve sobre el coloquio del Grupo Socialista en el Parlamento Europeo, celebrado el 11 de febrero de 1977 y un breve informe del coloquio socialista del 15 de febrero de 1977.