Materias:

“…The papers in this volume provide much-needed focus and in-depth coverage of the effect of income volatility on the participation in and design of food assistance programs such as the Food Stamp Program and the National School Lunch Program…”

“…As an application, the impact of crop yield shocks on price volatility is studied. Since the concurrent reduction in production in different countries is deemed as one of the factors of the price spike in 2007/08, the contribution of correlation of yield shocks to price volatility is measured. …”

“…We also find evidence that reduced business cycle volatility through higher fiscal convergence stimulates growth. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover; Advances in Non-volatile Memory and Storage Technology; Copyright; Contents; Contributor contact details; Woodhead Publishing Series in Electronic and Optical Materials; 1:Overview of nonvolatile memory technology: markets, technologies and trends; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The nonvolatile memory (NVM) market and applications; 1.3 Developments in charge storage memory technology; 1.4 Alternative memory storage concepts; 1.5 Beyond evolutionary architecture scaling; 1.6 Future trends; 1.7 References; Part I:Improvements in Flash technologies; 2:Developments in 3D-NAND Flash technology…”

“…In contrast, we find that reduced unemployment benefit duration, more competition-inducing product market regulation and looser employment protection legislation are associated with a weaker persistence of unemployment over time, which implies a lower volatility of unemployment in the long run. More specifically, the evidence suggests that even in the case of reforms that may have raised the shortterm sensitivity of unemployment to business cycles (such as with the easing of employment protection), the weaker persistence effect dominates the higher cyclical volatility, implying a net reduction in long-term volatility…”

“…The crowding-in effect may produce volatility in house prices, especially if tax regimes favour the occurrence of bubbles. …”

“…The report argues that aid volatility is an important source of volatility for the poorest countries. …”