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Economic geology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Economic geology is studied by and practised by geologists, however it is of prime interest to investment bankers, stock analysts and other professions such as engineers, environmental scientists and conservationists because of the far-reaching impact which extractive industries have upon society, the economy and the environment. Ore deposits are delineated by mineral exploration, which utilises geochemistry prospecting, drilling and resource estimation via geostatistics to quantify economic ore bodies. The study of sedimentology is of prime importance to the delineation of economic reserves of petroleum and coal energy resources. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Economic_geology   (364 words)

Sample Chapter for Swedberg, R.: Principles of Economic Sociology. Economic sociology has peaked twice since its birth: in 1890-1920, with the founders of sociology (who were all interested in and wrote on the economy), and today, from the early 1980s and onward. Economic phenomena consist of economic norms and institutions, which are often deliberately created for economic ends and are primarily significant to people because of their economic aspect. Economic interest [for example] is realized both in competition and in the planned organization of producers, in isolation from other groups and in fusion with them (26). www.pupress.princeton.edu /chapters/s7525.html   (10973 words)

FRBSF: Economic Letter - Interest Rates and Monetary Policy (6/13/97) One key aspect of interest rates that has become particularly important for the operation of monetary policy is the term structure relationship of short- and long-term rates. This theory states that longer-term interest rates are set according to market expectations of future shorter-term rates; specifically, rates will be set so that a representative investor is indifferent between holding a long-term bond or a sequence of short-term bonds covering the same length of time. In the U.S. and other countries, interest rates are a key feature of the conduct of monetary policy; therefore, central banks are concerned about both how to interpret information from the term structure of interest rates and how their actions affect the term structure. www.frbsf.org /econrsrch/wklyltr/el97-18.html   (1846 words)

Ethics Orientation for State Officials - Conflicts Of Interest Under The Political Reform Act - California Department ... Economic interests are particular kinds of financial stakes held by public officials, such as investments in real property or for-profit businesses, or individuals or organizations which have provided income or gifts to public officials. A public official's conflict of interest is disqualifying if the financial effect on his or her economic interest is distinguishable from the financial effect of the decision on the public generally. An economic interest which is directly involved in a governmental decision creates a bigger risk of a conflict of interest than does an economic interest which is indirectly involved in a decision. caag.state.ca.us /ethics/accessible/conflicts.htm   (4454 words)

[No title] A Statement of Economic Interests is a form mandated by the State Fair Political Practices Commission on which principal investigators disclose certain financial interests. When an investment or equity (ownership) interest is required to be disclosed, or when the principal investigator is a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee, or holds any position of management, the disclosure statement shall contain: a. For the purpose of this policy, an “equity (ownership) interest” shall be an investment of more than $1,000 in the sponsor by the principal investigator, his or her spouse, or dependant children. www.csus.edu /rsp/EconomicInstruct.doc   (986 words)

New England Economic Review: Interest Rate Derivatives and Asset-Liability Management by Commercial Banks The total amount of interest rate, currency, commodity, and equity contracts at U.S. commercial and savings banks soared from $6.8 trillion in 1990 to $11.9 trillion in 1993, an increase of 75 percent. A major concern facing policymakers and bank regulators today is the possibility that the rising use of derivatives has increased the riskiness of individual banks and of the banking system as a whole. It finds that among banks with assets of less than $5 billion, larger banks tend to use interest rate swaps more intensively, while no clear relationship was found between size of bank and other interest rate derivatives. www.bos.frb.org /economic/neer/neer1995/neer195b.htm   (241 words)

Long-term rates, short-term rates and future economic activity Business Economics - Find Articles A view widely held by political leaders, market analysts, economic policymakers, and business and academic economists is that the effects of interest rates on future economic activity are transmitted primarily through long-term interest rates and that an inverse relationship exists between these rates and future economic activity. The view that interest rates are inversely related to future economic activity is quite plausible, because it conforms to the basic textbook view of the operation of monetary policy. These short-term interest rates are exactly the type of interest rate that the standard money and banking textbook presents as influencing money demand, so that changes in money have an impact on these short-term interest rates. www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1094/is_n2_v32/ai_19545598   (421 words)

UNIFORM ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL COMPANIES AND ECONOMIC INTEREST GROUPS an action in the interest of the company which is an action for damages suffered by the company as a result a tort committed by company executives in the performance of their duties. An economic interest group shall be one which has the exclusive object of putting in place for a specific duration all the means necessary to facilitate or develop the economic activity of its members and to improve or increase income from the said activity. The economic interest group shall be administered by one or more natural persons or corporate bodies, provided that in the case of a corporate body, such corporate body shall designate a permanent representative who shall incur the same civil and criminal liabilities as if he were a director in his own name. www.jurisint.org /ohada/pres/pres.03.en.html   (3137 words)

Interest Rates: An Introduction - Federal Reserve Bank of New York Lower interest rates mean that consumers spend less on interest costs, leaving them with more of their income to spend on goods and services. Interest rates can affect the value of the dollar versus that of other countries’ currencies. All other things held constant, when real (inflation-adjusted) interest rates are higher in the United States than in other countries, foreigners want to invest their funds here in order to earn a high return. www.ny.frb.org /education/economy.html   (495 words)

FRBSF: Economic Letter - Mortgage Interest Rates, Valuation, and Prepayment Risk (10/09/98) Treasury bonds pay a stated interest rate semiannually, whereas mortgage payback is monthly and amortizing; in a conventional 30-year mortgage, equal-sized monthly payments of both principal and interest are paid over the 360 months of the loan. As seen in the figures, when mortgage interest rates moved toward new lows of about 7% in early 1996 and again in early 1998, a pickup in refinancing showed through as a noticeable jump in overall prepayments on the two reference pools with relatively high passthrough rates, the 1992 8.5s and 8.0s. Accordingly, holding interest rates constant, the model predicts substantial increases in mortgage terminations in the out-of-sample period; improved housing prices are projected to boost refinancing and home sales. www.frbsf.org /econrsrch/wklyltr/wklyltr98/el98-30.html   (1727 words)

[No title] Disclosure of Equity or Ownership Interest and Disclosure of Position in Candidate Licensee When the inventor holds an investment or equity (ownership) interest, or when the inventor is a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee, or holds any position of management, the disclosure statement must contain: a. For the purposes of this policy, an "equity (ownership) interest" is an investment in the candidate licensee by the inventor, his or her spouse, or dependent children. This information is to be used to reveal to public scrutiny certain financial interests of public officials and employees in order to disclose potential conflicts of interests and to aid in the prevention of actual conflicts of interests. www.lbl.gov /Tech-Transfer/researchers/forms/COI_form011017TT100.doc   (1140 words)

California Disclosure of Economic Interests | Office of University Research A Statement of Economic Interests is also called a Disclosure of Economic Interests statement in University policy and related implementing guidelines. Disclosure of Equity or Ownership Interest and Disclosure of Position in Sponsor When an investment or equity (ownership) interest is required to be disclosed, or when the principal investigator is a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee, or holds any position of management, the disclosure statement shall contain: a. Failure to file the required Statement of Economic Interests or failure to report a financial interest may subject a principal investigator to civil and criminal liability, including fines, as well as University discipline. www.csulb.edu /divisions/aa/research/our/information/policies/conflict/general/federal/cadisclosure   (899 words)

Austria - PRINCIPAL ECONOMIC INTEREST GROUPS The major participants in the Austrian economy are represented in national economic policy determination by a number of official and voluntary organizations. There is no federal body comparable to the Federal Economic Chamber, but the Conference of Presidents of the Chambers of Agriculture is the de facto representative of the nine provincial chambers in all matters undertaken at the national level. The chambers represent a worker's interest on the economic policy level, the works councils are concerned with a worker's everyday interest at the plant level, and the unions serve primarily as collective bargaining agents. countrystudies.us /austria/90.htm   (1614 words)

Online NewsHour: Economic, Social Issues Play Part in Voters' Decisions -- October 28, 2004 THOMAS FRANK: The aspect of this that interests me and that I write about in the book is a nation of people or even a region of people becoming more conservative as conservatism clearly suits their interests less and less and less. The important questions are these economic ones." And you know, I think if you're going to take the interests of people at all levels of society seriously, you have to respect their values as well as their economic interests, however you see their economic interests. That means a growing economy, and that's what Republican economics policies at their best, which they aren't always at, but at their best, try to achieve. www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/politics/july-dec04/economy_10-28.html   (1807 words)

Statements of Economic Interest All City-County elected and appointed officials and certain City-County employees are required to complete and submit a Statement of Economic Interest to the Indianapolis-Marion County Board of Ethics prior to May 1 of each year. The Statement of Economic Interest provides for the disclosure of any economic interests of an official or employee of City-County government that may have any influence on official business of any department or agency. Statements of Economic Interest are public records, and are disclosable upon request. www.indygov.org /eGov/City/CorpCounsel/Ethics/SEI/home.htm   (181 words)

Statement of Economic Interest A statement of Economic Interest (FORM 700) is a state form on which state and local government officials publicly disclose their personal assets and Agency employees, including some public officials who are designated in a conflict of interest code are required to disclose certain financial interests according to the disclosure categories assigned to that position in their agency's conflict of interest code. These officials make full economic disclosure in accordance with state law, rather than their agency's conflict of interest code. bos.co.la.ca.us /Categories/EcoInterest/StatementEcoInterest.htm   (117 words)

International Institute for Strategic Studies - Europe’s Economic Interest Towards Russia The nation state is no longer the main organising principle for economic activity, and, in line with this, the EU’s aim is not to become a nation state but rather to succeed as an actor in the global economy. Those countries and regions that are able to base their economic development on rapid adaptation to technological progress will dominate the globalisation process and be the main winners. However, in the technology-driven global economy, the complexity of the economic structure is more important than economic expansion in the traditional sense – that is, growth driven by natural resources and the exploitation of energy reserves. www.iiss.org /index.asp?pgid=3360&fs=n   (3468 words)

Voting against our economic self-interest This is accomplished by getting many Americans to vote against their own economic self-interest. This is not from altruism or a belief that Americans benefit inordinately from our position in the world, as these same folks enthusiastically rise to defend the economic self-interest of rich Americans whether it means dying in wars or polluting our planet. Almost forty percent of Americans have been found to believe either they are already in the top one percent of income earners in the country, or that they will be. www.opednews.com /schwensohn_092904_against_self-interest.htm   (679 words)

Interest Groups Quiz objective: Explain the nature of interest groups and their role in American democracy; describe the different type of interest groups, their activities and the factors that contribute to their success. A(n) _______________________ is an organization that is fighting to serve the interests of all of society. One theory concerning interest groups and their members states that their is a quid pro quo between the interest group organization (that provides representation and other goods) and its members (that provides resources), this theory is called the www.uwgb.edu /furlongs/testsite/govt_11q.htm   (333 words)

St. Louis Fed: Economic Research The Research Division's goal is to promote quality economic research and contribute to economic policy discussions while expanding the frontier of economic knowledge around the globe in the areas of money and banking, macroeconomics, and international and regional economics. The role of CRE8™ is to provide and facilitate rigorous economic analysis of policy issues affecting local, state, and regional economies - particularly those in the 8th Federal Reserve District. The author also challenges the economics profession to provide more guidance on a range of specific analytical issues with real-world implications, because economists have often failed to extend analyses derived from the private sector into useful formulations for public sector practitioners. research.stlouisfed.org   (1295 words)

The European Economic Interest Grouping Regulations 1989 Whereas a grouping's ability to adapt to economic conditions must be guaranteed by the considerable freedom for its members in their contractual relations and the internal organization of the grouping; European Economic Interest Groupings shall be formed upon the terms, in the manner and with the effects laid down in this Regulation. The purpose of a grouping shall be to facilitate or develop the economic activities of its members and to improve or increase the results of those activities; its purpose is not to make profits for itself. www.opsi.gov.uk /si/si1989/Uksi_19890638_en_5.htm   (4561 words)

SCADPlus: European Economic Interest Grouping (EEIG) A European Economic Interest Grouping must be formed in accordance with the rules described below. The purpose of the grouping is to facilitate or develop the economic activities of its members by a pooling of resources, activities or skills. Its activities must be related to the economic activities of its members, but cannot replace them. europa.eu /scadplus/leg/en/lvb/l26015.htm   (961 words)

WHY DOES ISLAM PROHIBIT INTEREST (RIBA) Islam is a complete code of life which offers its own social, political and economic systems to guide human behavior in all spheres of life. The term nasi’ah means to postpone or to wait and it refers to the time period that is allowed for the borrower to repay the loan in return for the addition of the premium. Islam, however, wishes to eliminate not merely the exploitation that is intrinsic in the institution of interest, but also that which is inherent in all forms of unjust exchange in business transactions. www.shodalap.com /Interest_Zamir_I.htm   (1779 words)

Statement of Economic Interest Executive directors or heads of state agencies, by whatever name they are designated, who are paid in part or in whole, directly or indirectly, from funds appropriated or authorized to be expended by the Legislature, and the presidents and trustees of all state-supported colleges, universities and junior colleges; and Appointees of offices required to file must submit a statement of economic interest form within 30 days of their appointment. No person by reason of successful candidacy or assuming additional offices shall be required to file more than one disclosure form in any calendar year, except such official shall notify the commission of such additional offices previously not reported. www.ethics.state.ms.us /ethics/ethics.nsf/webpage/A_stmt_econ_int?OpenDocument   (426 words)

CMI Publication: The pluralist paradox. The decline of economic interest groups in Zambia in the 1990s   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20) The dilemma facing new democracies attempting to implement political and economic reform simultaneously is that democratisation may undermine economic reform by encouraging political participation and empowering interest groups that are unlikely to benefit from reform. Contrary to the assumptions of pluralist theory, the paper argues that the influence of interest groups declined as a result of political and economic liberalisation. The evolution of electoral politics resulted in the proliferation of civic associations and the weakening of corporatist links between the state and economic interest groups that had been granted some real influence in the previous authoritarian regime. www.cmi.no /publications/publication.cfm?pubid=1018   (209 words)

NIOSH / NORA / Topics / Social and Economic Consequences Understanding the total human and economic impacts of occupational injuries and illnesses is crucial to setting priorities and shaping other components of the occupational safety and health research agenda. Social scientists have developed tools to describe and measure both the human and economic impacts of workplace injuries and illnesses and to evaluate the quality and effectiveness of health care. Research is needed to examine the impact of occupational injuries and illnesses on workers, their families, employers, communities, and the nation; describe and measure the effects of medical care on these costs; and target and evaluate the economic benefit of prevention efforts. www2.cdc.gov /nora/sec/sectopics.html   (277 words)

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