New Economic Activities Research Articles

Genealogie e storia familiare, una identità da trasmettere

Genealogies and family history, an identity to convey. The popular practice of genealogy has been developed steadily since the 1970s. The phenomenon can be observed in North America as well as in Western Europe. There is a strong trend that comes with the emergence of a new economic activity. The commitment of the practioners seems on the contrary to indicate deeper motivation. The question then arises of identifying the underlying forces. The analysis of research files entrusted to a professional genealogist makes it possible to suggest lines of thought. The nees to release the weight of memory and to build a family narrative conveying an identity transmissible to future generations is part of it.

Les grands aménagements sur le fleuve Niger : atout pour le Mali ou facteur de vulnérabilité pour ses populations rurales ?

Les infrastructures construites sur le fleuve Niger depuis le milieu du XXe siècle ont contribué à la création de nouvelles activités économiques pour le pays. Cependant, l’extension récente de l'Office du Niger soulève des questions sur la place de l’agriculture familiale dans le modèle de développement promu. En outre, les communautés en aval, comme dans le Delta intérieur du Niger, sont affectées par les changements environnementaux liés au développement des infrastructures. L'étude de ces deux zones emblématiques montre la nécessité d'examiner d'une manière plus approfondie la vulnérabilité des populations rurales au moment d’établir les options de politique de développement d’un grand bassin tel que celui du fleuve Niger.

Securities Profitability and Risk

In the modern societies the capital surplus is used as a support for generating new economic activities or for improving the already existing performances. This way of investment by investing the capitals into title deeds: shares or in debt securities, bonds represents a more sophisticated savings instrument available for all the social categories. For the correct management of the risk is necessary to better know the basic notions regarding the capital market.

THE U.S. EMBARGO ACT OF 1807: ITS IMPACT ON NEW ENGLAND MONEY, BANKING, AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITY

For half a century economists have debuted the impact of the Embargo Act of 1807 on the U.S. economy. Using New England bank statistics and the weekly prices of financial assets traded in the Boston market, hypotheses generated by a real business cycle model are tested. The study concludes that the embargo significantly fnfected the levels of real and nominal bunk loans, the real and nominal money stock, and current financial asset yields. Also, increased monetary und banking activity in Maine during the period supports the long-standing hypothesis that the embargo caused an increase in smuggling activity.