développement d’une nouvelle typologie d’investisseurs et la montée en puissance des fonds d’investissement dits opportunistes, majoritairement internationaux. Ceux-ci interviennent en contre-cycle sur les plus gros marchés immobiliers déprimés ou sur des niches
Pension funds and urban investment : four models of financial intermediation
The A. assesses the current state of play in the pension fund investment management industry, noting the conservatism of many fund trustees with respect to alternative investment products. It is argued that the rate of adoption and the level
of funding of these products depend upon solutions to two basic interrelated problems (the high costs of imperfect information and the lack of adequate measures of product providers' veracity).
Industrial assistance in Portugal : the role of the EFTA fund
This article examines sectoral and spatial applications of funds in relation to the location of employment activities. A number of recommendations are outlined to orientate the assistance in a more equitable direction, and to help the physically
Struktura pudniho fondu v CSR. (Structure of soil fund in the Czech Socialist Republic)
A survey of soil fund structure in the CSR for the height soil zones of hydromorphic soils, chernozems, brown soils, illimeric podzol soils, brown forest soils and mountain podzol soils. (MS).
The geography of pension liabilities and fund governance in the United States
Allocation ; Economic strategy ; Finance ; Financial market ; Investment ; Management ; Pension funds ; United States of America
system is tested through an expert survey. The relationship between pension-fund governance and economic geography is demonstrated. The current governance models remains inadequate. A poor governance is shown to have tangible geographical impacts.
SAPARD fund as a development factor for rural areas in Bulgaria
after Poland and Romania. This investigation is based on selected parameters, presented as normalized mean values. The study demonstrates significant differences between the planning regions in the level of funds from SAPARD Program in Bulgaria
. On the basis of this investigation on SAPARD Program implementation in Bulgaria and of the investigation conducted by Rudnicki (2006) for Poland, a comparison is made on the way the SAPARD funds are used in the two countries. - (BJ).
Funding the national party. Changing geographies of local fund-raising for the British Conservative Party, 1984/85 to 1993/94
part in the party's financial affairs. The geography of local fund-raising reveals the largest declines to have been in areas where the party was strong. Dimensions of stability and change in this geography are revealed.
An analysis of labour market outcomes in the European Union objective One Funding Area in Great Britain
This paper examines the short-run impact of European Union Objective One funding on local labour markets in Great Britain. The evidence from a difference-in-difference analysis reveals that employment and job-related training gaps between
the Objective One and non-Objective One area narrowed during the funding period. However, there is substantial variation across the four funding areas: Objective One status had a positive effect on employment in South Yorkshire and on job-related training
Factors determining the spatial diversification of the SAPARD funds absorption level in Kujawsko-Pomorskie voivodship
The paper concerns the spatial differentiation and determinants of absorption of European Union funds in the frame of SAPARD program in the Kujawsko-Pomorskie province. The analysis on one side includes numerous evaluation elements of the absorption
of these funds (for example the amount of financial help, indices of the absorption counted per 1 person, per 1 ha agricultural land), while on the other side determinants (urbanisation, natural, historic, agrarian) that influence significantly the absorption
level of the SAPARD funds by the districts. The above mentioned elements of the analysis are presented taking into account the distribution for the separate SAPARD activity. - (BJ)
The geography of campaign funding, campaign spending and voting at the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections of 1984
The relationship between campaign fund raising, campaign expenditure and voter support levels for the two major parties, Labor and the Coalition, is explored by means of regression analysis. Results confirm the existence of significant relationships
The Structural Funds and additionality in Wales : devolution and multilevel governance
that, in the context of devolution, matters surrounding Structural Fund finances will become more fiercely contested, exposing significant tensions between processes of decentralisation and centralisation within the UK polity.