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Drawn by Images: Control, Subversion and Contamination in the Visual Discourse of Tokyo Metro (2014)
Journal Article
Padoan, T. (2014). Drawn by Images: Control, Subversion and Contamination in the Visual Discourse of Tokyo Metro. Lexia (Torino), 17-18, 579-599. https://doi.org/10.4399/978885487680428

This paper intends to investigate the active role of images in shaping contemporary urban life, by exploring the trail of strategies, actions, counteractions and transformations produced by a particular corpus of subway posters. Since September 1974,... Read More about Drawn by Images: Control, Subversion and Contamination in the Visual Discourse of Tokyo Metro.

How is climate information being factored into long-term decision-making in Africa? (2014)
Preprint / Working Paper
Jones, L., Roux, J.-P., Scott, C., & Tanner, T. How is climate information being factored into long-term decision-making in Africa?. London

Looking at the barriers to, and opportunities for, the uptake of longterm climate information in Africa. An output from a project funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) for... Read More about How is climate information being factored into long-term decision-making in Africa?.

Can conventional macroeconomic policies prevent persistent stagnation in the European Union? (2014)
Report
Cozzi, G., McKinley, T., & Michell, J. (2014). Can conventional macroeconomic policies prevent persistent stagnation in the European Union?

This Policy Brief is the first of a series of three that explore progressive policies that could address the current economic dilemma of the European Union. This first one assumes a continuation of conventional macroeconomic policies together with a... Read More about Can conventional macroeconomic policies prevent persistent stagnation in the European Union?.

Macroeconomic Impact of Capital Flight in Sub-Saharan Africa (2014)
Book Chapter
Weeks, J. (2014). Macroeconomic Impact of Capital Flight in Sub-Saharan Africa. In S. I. Ajayi, & L. Ndikumana (Eds.), Capital Flight from Africa (238-260). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780198718550.003.0009

This chapter assesses the impact of capital flight on growth in 31 sub-Saharan African countries. It first considers the “macro fundamentals” hypothesis that capital flight would be lower in a country whose government adhered to “sound” macroeconomic... Read More about Macroeconomic Impact of Capital Flight in Sub-Saharan Africa.

FLEGT VPAs: Laying a pathway to sustainability via legality lessons from Ghana and Indonesia (2014)
Journal Article
Lesniewska, F., & McDermott, C. L. (2014). FLEGT VPAs: Laying a pathway to sustainability via legality lessons from Ghana and Indonesia. Forest Policy and Economics, 48(November), 16-23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2014.01.005

The long-term objective of the 2003 EU FLEGT Action Plan was to ensure a legal trade of timber products within and between countries and, by doing so, clear a pathway towards global sustainability and good governance. Voluntary Partnership Agreements... Read More about FLEGT VPAs: Laying a pathway to sustainability via legality lessons from Ghana and Indonesia.

Testing the fire-sale FDI hypothesis for the European financial crisis (2014)
Journal Article
Weitzel, U., Kling, G., & Gerritsen, D. (2014). Testing the fire-sale FDI hypothesis for the European financial crisis. Journal of International Money and Finance, 49(B), 211-234. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jimonfin.2014.03.011

Using a panel of corporate transactions in 27 EU countries from 1999 to 2012, we investigate the impact of the financial crisis on the market for corporate assets. In particular, we test the ‘fire-sale FDI’ hypothesis by analyzing the number of cross... Read More about Testing the fire-sale FDI hypothesis for the European financial crisis.

The global financial crisis and the European single market: The end of integration? (2014)
Journal Article
Choudhry, T., Kling, G., & Jayasekera, R. (2014). The global financial crisis and the European single market: The end of integration?. Journal of International Money and Finance, 49, 191-196. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jimonfin.2014.08.002

Using various versions of the Feldstein-Horioka (FH) coefficient, we measure the time-varying degree of capital mobility and economic integration in the European Union. Prior research shows high correlation between domestic investment and savings imp... Read More about The global financial crisis and the European single market: The end of integration?.

Triggers of change: structural trajectories and production dynamics (2014)
Journal Article
Andreoni, A., & Scazzieri, R. (2014). Triggers of change: structural trajectories and production dynamics. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 38(6), 1391-1408. https://doi.org/10.1093/cje/bet034

The transformation of production structures has been at the centre of the historical dynamics of capitalist economies since the first Industrial Revolution. The article concentrates on production processes as principal loci of structural economic dyn... Read More about Triggers of change: structural trajectories and production dynamics.

Verb meaning and deictic paths in Taqbaylit Berber (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Belkadi, A. (2013, December). Verb meaning and deictic paths in Taqbaylit Berber. Presented at Conference on Language Documentation and Linguistic Theory, SOAS London

An Economic Analysis of National Food Sovereignty Policies in the Middle East: The Case of Lebanon and Jordan (2014)
Book Chapter
Harrigan, J. (2014). An Economic Analysis of National Food Sovereignty Policies in the Middle East: The Case of Lebanon and Jordan. In Z. Babar, & S. Mirgani (Eds.), Food Security in the Middle East. Hurst and Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780199361786.003.0003

This chapter analyses food security policies in Lebanon and Jordan in the wake of the 2007/08 global food crisis. It shows how the crisis prompted a move towards food sovereignty whereby MENA states become concerned with power and control over their... Read More about An Economic Analysis of National Food Sovereignty Policies in the Middle East: The Case of Lebanon and Jordan.

The Watchers by the Well (2014)
Other
Gray, N. (2014). The Watchers by the Well. [Institute of Musical Research/PRIMO website (currently being relocated)]

Music for Balinese gender wayang group plus violin and electronics, accompanying a retelling of an English folktale. The concert also includes some traditional gender wayang pieces (see attached concert programme for full details).

Endangered Languages: Beliefs and Ideologies in Language Documentation and Revitalization (2014)
Book
Austin, P., & Sallabank, J. (Eds.). (2014). Endangered Languages: Beliefs and Ideologies in Language Documentation and Revitalization. Oxford University Press: British Academy. https://doi.org/10.5871/bacad/9780197265765.001.0001

Over the few past centuries, and the last 65 years in particular, there has been a tremendous reduction in global linguistic diversity, as people abandon minority language varieties and switch to larger and what they perceive to be more economically,... Read More about Endangered Languages: Beliefs and Ideologies in Language Documentation and Revitalization.

A Fresh Look at Islam in a Multi-faith World: a philosophy for success through education (2014)
Book
Wilkinson, M. L. N. (2014). A Fresh Look at Islam in a Multi-faith World: a philosophy for success through education. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315745657

A Fresh Look at Islam in a Multi-Faith World provides a comprehensively theorised and practical approach to thinking systematically and deeply about Islam and Muslims in a multi-faith world. It makes the case for a contemporary educational philosophy... Read More about A Fresh Look at Islam in a Multi-faith World: a philosophy for success through education.

Review: Siudmak, John. The Hindu-Buddhist Sculpture of Ancient Kashmir and its Influences. Vol. 28, Handbook of Oriental Studies: Section 2, South Asia. Leiden, Boston: Brill, 2013. (2014)
Journal Article
Luczanits, C. (2014). Review: Siudmak, John. The Hindu-Buddhist Sculpture of Ancient Kashmir and its Influences. Vol. 28, Handbook of Oriental Studies: Section 2, South Asia. Leiden, Boston: Brill, 2013. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 77(3), 600-601. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0041977X14000731