Eduardo Borensztein, Kevin Cowan, Barry Eichengreen, and Ugo Panizza
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- August 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780262026321
- eISBN:
- 9780262269025
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- The MIT Press
- DOI:
- 10.7551/mitpress/9780262026321.003.0001
- Subject:
- Economics and Finance, Econometrics
This chapter first sets out the book’s three main objectives: (i) To document the characteristics of Latin American bond markets and evaluate their “underdevelopment” in absolute terms and relative ...
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This chapter first sets out the book’s three main objectives: (i) To document the characteristics of Latin American bond markets and evaluate their “underdevelopment” in absolute terms and relative to other forms of financing; (ii) to identify the factors behind the recent growth (or lack thereof) in these bond markets; and (iii) to discuss whether policies aimed at promoting the growth of Latin American bond markets will have a positive effect on the region’s economic performance. It then discusses the state of Latin American bond markets; government bond markets; private bond markets; and private and sovereign debt market interactions.Less
This chapter first sets out the book’s three main objectives: (i) To document the characteristics of Latin American bond markets and evaluate their “underdevelopment” in absolute terms and relative to other forms of financing; (ii) to identify the factors behind the recent growth (or lack thereof) in these bond markets; and (iii) to discuss whether policies aimed at promoting the growth of Latin American bond markets will have a positive effect on the region’s economic performance. It then discusses the state of Latin American bond markets; government bond markets; private bond markets; and private and sovereign debt market interactions.
Kevin Fox Gotham and Miriam Greenberg
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- May 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780199752225
- eISBN:
- 9780199371983
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199752225.003.0004
- Subject:
- Sociology, Urban and Rural Studies, Science, Technology and Environment
Chapter 4 analyzes the process of long-term post-crisis redevelopment in each city. The chapter first explores the complex forms of crisis framing and political intervention, including the historic ...
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Chapter 4 analyzes the process of long-term post-crisis redevelopment in each city. The chapter first explores the complex forms of crisis framing and political intervention, including the historic upsurge of civic engagement, coalition building, and social movement formation, from the grassroots to elite levels. Next, it examines how political mobilization by newly created public-private partnerships—the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation and the Louisiana Recovery Authority—attempted to co-opt and neutralize grassroots attempts to influence the elite policymaking process. It then analyzes the form, trajectory, and problems of redevelopment in the two cities, with special emphasis on the implementation of the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program, the Liberty Zone, the Gulf Opportunity Zone, and tax-exempt private activity bonds to finance and promote reinvestment. Chapter 4 shows that New York’s post-crisis redevelopment may be seen as a prototype and New Orleans’s as the first test case for the application of market-centered principles and spatial strategies to guide the institutional response to major urban disasters.Less
Chapter 4 analyzes the process of long-term post-crisis redevelopment in each city. The chapter first explores the complex forms of crisis framing and political intervention, including the historic upsurge of civic engagement, coalition building, and social movement formation, from the grassroots to elite levels. Next, it examines how political mobilization by newly created public-private partnerships—the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation and the Louisiana Recovery Authority—attempted to co-opt and neutralize grassroots attempts to influence the elite policymaking process. It then analyzes the form, trajectory, and problems of redevelopment in the two cities, with special emphasis on the implementation of the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program, the Liberty Zone, the Gulf Opportunity Zone, and tax-exempt private activity bonds to finance and promote reinvestment. Chapter 4 shows that New York’s post-crisis redevelopment may be seen as a prototype and New Orleans’s as the first test case for the application of market-centered principles and spatial strategies to guide the institutional response to major urban disasters.
A.W.B. Simpson
- Published in print:
- 1987
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780198255734
- eISBN:
- 9780191681622
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198255734.003.0004
- Subject:
- Law, Legal History
This chapter examines the history of debt on informal contracts in England. During the medieval period, a plaintiff in debt could base his claim upon an informal contract when there is no record or ...
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This chapter examines the history of debt on informal contracts in England. During the medieval period, a plaintiff in debt could base his claim upon an informal contract when there is no record or recognizance or a private bond. Contracts were usually used for the sale of land or chattels, loans of money, agreements for services, and leases of land. This chapter discusses the provisions of the English common law concerning informal contracts and provides specific examples of relevant court cases.Less
This chapter examines the history of debt on informal contracts in England. During the medieval period, a plaintiff in debt could base his claim upon an informal contract when there is no record or recognizance or a private bond. Contracts were usually used for the sale of land or chattels, loans of money, agreements for services, and leases of land. This chapter discusses the provisions of the English common law concerning informal contracts and provides specific examples of relevant court cases.
