scholarly journals Dutch Trade with Senegambia, Guinea, and Cape Verde, c.1590–1674

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
FILIPA RIBEIRO DA SILVA
Keyword(s):  
Private Investment ◽  
Cape Verde ◽  
Dutch Republic ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Private Investors

Little attention has been given to the economic activities of European private investors in the Western African trade. To partly fill this void in the literature, this chapter examines the private investment of the entrepreneurs and businessmen of the Dutch Republic in the ‘Guinea of Cape Verde’ between c.1590 and 1674. It analyses the entrepreneurs financing the insurances of ships and cargos for the Guinea of Cape Verde. The chapter also studies the Republic's businessmen operating in the long-distance circuits between the ‘Guinea of Cape Verde’, Europe and the Americas. In addition, it determines the commercial agents of the Republic's merchants and looks at their agency in the Guinea of Cape Verde's trade. This study is based on the collection of Notarial contracts of Amsterdam's Municipal Archive, the Dutch West India Company's archives and on German and Dutch travelling accounts.

Maritime and River Traders, Landing Places, and Emporia Ports in the Merovingian Period in and Around the Low Countries

2020 ◽  
pp. 763-796
Author(s):  
Dries Tys
Keyword(s):  
North Sea ◽  
Institutional Economics ◽  
New Institutional Economics ◽  
Central Position ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Early Medieval ◽  
Low Countries ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
The North ◽  
The North Sea

The origin, rise, and dynamics of coastal trade and landing places in the North Sea area between the sixth and eighth centuries must be understood in relation to how coastal regions and seascapes acted as arenas of contact, dialogue, and transition. Although the free coastal societies of the early medieval period were involved in regional to interregional or long-distance trade networks, their economic agency must be understood from a bottom-up perspective. That is, their reproduction strategies must be studied in their own right, independent from any teleological construction about the development of trade, markets, or towns for that matter. This means that the early medieval coastal networks of exchange were much more complex and diverse than advocated by the simple emporium network model, which connected the major archaeological sites along the North Sea coast. Instead, coastal and riverine dwellers often possessed some form of free status and large degrees of autonomy, in part due to the specific environmental conditions of the landscapes in which they dwelled. The wide estuarine region of the Low Countries, between coastal Flanders in the south and Friesland in the north, a region with vast hinterlands and a central position in northwestern Europe, makes these developments particularly clear. This chapter thus pushes back against longstanding assumptions in scholarly research, which include overemphasis of the influence of large landowners over peasant economies, and on the prioritization of easily retrievable luxuries over less visible indicators of bulk trade (such as wood, wool, and more), gift exchange, and market trade. The approach used here demonstrates that well-known emporia or larger ports of trade were embedded in the economic activities and networks of their respective hinterlands. Early medieval coastal societies and their dynamics are thus better understood from the perspective of integrated governance and economy (“new institutional economics”) in a regional setting.

scholarly journals JUSTIFICATION OF RISK MANAGEMENT IN VIRTUAL SECURITIES TRANSACTIONS

2018 ◽  
pp. 20-22
Author(s):  
M. V. Sokolovsky ◽  
I. V. Tselikhina
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Financial Stability ◽  
Virtual Work ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Private Investment ◽  
Securities Market ◽  
Present Stage ◽  
Private Investors ◽  
Financial Losses

The article explores the specific risks that accompany online securities transactions. Private investors are focused on speculative operations, long-term investments are unpopular. This increases the risk and forms the need for risk management. The article attempts to analyze the risk management system of virtual work of Internet brokers on the stock exchange. The emphasis has been shifted specifically to private investment, since this block is one of the most promising for the development of the securities market at the present stage. The purpose of risk management in the system of Internet trading in securities is positioned in the article, primarily as a reduction of financial losses, and then ensuring the financial stability and reliability of the system for the client.

Analysis and Evaluation of Financial Resources of Social Housing Construction in City

2018 ◽  
Vol 931 ◽  
pp. 1118-1121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatyana V. Maleeva ◽  
Larisa G. Selyutina
Keyword(s):  
Social Housing ◽  
Rental Housing ◽  
Private Investment ◽  
Financial Resources ◽  
Housing Construction ◽  
Analysis And Evaluation ◽  
Budget Support ◽  
The Social ◽  
Private Investors ◽  
Regional Authorities

Cities in Russia including St. Petersburg lack of social housing. The state measures involving financial budget support to families have appeared ineffective to solve the problem. Currently, over 170 thousand families in St. Petersburg need to improve their housing conditions. The paper considers alternative financial resources of social housing construction. The paper analyzes the first experience of rental housing, constructed due to budget finances. The social housing construction with private investment resources is proven. The authors suggest the way how regional authorities can effectively stimulate private investors to construct social rental blocks of flats.

Ottoman Merchants in Constantinople During the First Half of the Fifteenth Century

1992 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
pp. 158-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nevra Necipoğlu
Keyword(s):  
Fifteenth Century ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Field Of Study ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Trade Relations

Despite growing interest among both Byzantinists and Ottoman scholars in the respective long-distance commercial ventures of Byzantine Greek and Ottoman Muslim merchants, studies focusing on the trade relations between these two groups have not yet been undertaken. This article, which examines some sources that document the presence and economic activities of Ottoman Turks in Constantinople during the first half of the fifteenth century, is intended to serve as a contribution to this neglected field of study. Moreover, by means of an examination of commercial relations, the article aims to shed further light on the daily, informal contacts between the Byzantines and the Ottomans which remains a relatively unexplored aspect of Byzantine-Ottoman relations.

Perspective Directions of Logistics Activities Development of Long-Distance Railway Carriers

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 10-16
Author(s):  
I. Procenko ◽  
D. Agafonov
Keyword(s):  
Government Support ◽  
Rail Transportation ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Financial Condition ◽  
Passenger Rail ◽  
Managerial Decisions ◽  
Coronavirus Infection ◽  
Antitrust Regulation

Long-distance passenger rail transportation is a socially significant sector of the transport industry. The mobility of the population in the Russian Federation depends on the effective activities of transport carriers in this segment. However, every year in the system of state antitrust regulation, we can see the growing inefficiency of managerial decisions made in relation to the formed rules of the regulatory environment. This article presents an analysis of how the existing crisis in the economy caused by the spread of coronavirus infection affected the results of long-distance railway carriers activities. Given the predicted reduction in government support and economic activity, the authors conclude that it is necessary to increase the role of logistics in the financial and economic activities of transport carriers as one of the drivers for optimizing the financial condition of enterprises in the sector.

scholarly journals EFFECT OF PUBLIC DEBTS ON PRIVATE-SECTOR INVESTMENT IN NIGERIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 96-111
Author(s):  
Osuoha Chionyeka ◽  
◽  
Theresa Udenwa ◽  
Nneka Nwala ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Error Correction ◽  
Public Debt ◽  
Private Investment ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Debt Service ◽  
Private Sector Investment ◽  
Domestic Debt ◽  
Private Investors ◽  
The Impact

This study empirically analyzed the effect of Public Debt and Private-Sector Investment in Nigeria (1986-2017). This study employed secondary data in the analysis. The study used the ordinary least square method (OLS) and Error Correction Model (ECM) tools of analysis in the investigation of the impact and relationship among the economic variables. The Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) and the Error Correction Models show that there is a strong relationship between Private Investment (PIVN)in Nigeria and Public Debt in Nigeria. Public Debt in Nigeria has a negative effect on the economy both in the short run and long run especially the Public Domestic Debt in Nigeria and Public External Debts in Nigeria. This is because the more government borrows from both the domestic and the external the more it crowds out investment especially the domestic debt crowds out private investment through lack of access to funds. The ECM result revealed that Public Debt Service in Nigeria has a positive effect on Private Investment (PIVN)in Nigeria, this is because when the government pays back loans or debts, it increases access to funds by the private investors thereby increasing the level of private investment in the country. Therefore, the study recommends that government should design a mechanism for effective and efficient Public Debt Service Management in Nigeria to increase access to funds by private investors and thereby increasing and enhancing Private Investment (PIVN) in Nigeria.

scholarly journals Urban Renewal, Rehabilitation, and Remodelling of Santiago, Chile

2013 ◽  
pp. 97-104
Author(s):  
Armando de Ramón ◽  
José Manuel Larráin
Keyword(s):  
Urban Renewal ◽  
Private Investment ◽  
Intensive Use ◽  
History Of ◽  
State Investment ◽  
Dominant Characteristic ◽  
Private Investors ◽  
The City ◽  
New Infrastructure

We study the history of the changes in Santiago, Chile, between 1780 and 1880 to verify the stages of urban renewal and the role of state and private investment in the processes. We find that before 1780 the dominant characteristic is conservation, i.e., repair or rebuilding of existing stock of buildings. Between 1780 and 1880 the stages were habilitation, rehabilitation, and remodelling of buildings and spaces for optimum use of urban land. Involved also were more intensive use and the creation of better and more expeditious communication to knit the various quarters of the city together and to provide communication with surrounding entities, such as the port and centres of supply. These stages and developments may follow each other but also may occur in superimposed rhythm. In the earlier years, state investment in new infrastructure is paramount; that investment, in turn, leads both to the development of new quarters and the entrance of private investors who profit from the unearned increment brought about by the state investment.

The Cyclical Phenomenon of Resource Nationalism in Latin America

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco J. Monaldi
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Dominant Role ◽  
Commodity Prices ◽  
Private Investment ◽  
Structural Factors ◽  
State Control ◽  
High Resource ◽  
Resource Nationalism ◽  
Private Investors

Latin America has seen recurrent episodes of resource nationalism, particularly in oil and gas, characterized by increased state control over the industry and investment expropriation. These episodes tend to occur in cycles induced by structural forces, in particular high resource prices and the end of successful investment cycles, increasing production and reserves. State-owned enterprises tend to play a dominant role in the region, which is magnified during the resource nationalism episodes. During such episodes, governments increase taxes and renege on contracts with private investors. Ideology and institutions can limit or exacerbate the intensity of these events in each country, but the cycle is largely driven by the structural factors. The reverse occurs with resource price busts and when a new investment cycle is needed, countries liberalize the oil sector and the state retreats. Between 2002 and 2012, the production boost produced by the liberalizations of the 1990s, combined with the oil price boom, led to a powerful wave of resource nationalism, including contract renegotiations and nationalizations, in Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. Even in Brazil, the country with the most successful and stable oil policy in the region, state-control increased. In contrast, after 2014, a new liberalization period has been prompted throughout the region by the decline in commodity prices, the financial weakness of state-owned companies, and the need for a new private investment cycle. Understanding the dynamics behind resource nationalism in the region is crucial for designing institutional frameworks that limit the cycles and induce long term resource policies that foster the development of the abundant resource endowments in the region.

scholarly journals COVID-19 lockdowns cause global air pollution declines

2020 ◽  
Vol 117 (32) ◽  
pp. 18984-18990 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zander S. Venter ◽  
Kristin Aunan ◽  
Sourangsu Chowdhury ◽  
Jos Lelieveld
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Particulate Matter ◽  
Fine Particulate Matter ◽  
Ground Level ◽  
Air Pollutant ◽  
Pollutant Emissions ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Mobility Data ◽  
Fine Particulate

The lockdown response to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused an unprecedented reduction in global economic and transport activity. We test the hypothesis that this has reduced tropospheric and ground-level air pollution concentrations, using satellite data and a network of >10,000 air quality stations. After accounting for the effects of meteorological variability, we find declines in the population-weighted concentration of ground-level nitrogen dioxide (NO2: 60% with 95% CI 48 to 72%), and fine particulate matter (PM2.5: 31%; 95% CI: 17 to 45%), with marginal increases in ozone (O3: 4%; 95% CI: −2 to 10%) in 34 countries during lockdown dates up until 15 May. Except for ozone, satellite measurements of the troposphere indicate much smaller reductions, highlighting the spatial variability of pollutant anomalies attributable to complex NOxchemistry and long-distance transport of fine particulate matter with a diameter less than 2.5 µm (PM2.5). By leveraging Google and Apple mobility data, we find empirical evidence for a link between global vehicle transportation declines and the reduction of ambient NO2exposure. While the state of global lockdown is not sustainable, these findings allude to the potential for mitigating public health risk by reducing “business as usual” air pollutant emissions from economic activities. Explore trends here:https://nina.earthengine.app/view/lockdown-pollution.

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