the demonstration of female figures on sasanian silver vessels was an interesting subject to sasanian silversmiths which caused much dispute among the scholars over whose character the female figure represents. are they representations of the goddess anahita or members of her cult? is there any connection between them and the cult of asiatic dionysus? the other question that arises is whether t...

one of the most important sits of sasanian period in iran from which the royal hunting plaques were recovered has been chal tarkhan of eshgh abad. there was a sasanian palace containing a considerable number of stucco representing variety of subject pointing to a deep understanding of sasanian stucco art. in spite of the researchers made by e.g. thompson and kroger on this plaques yet, there ha...

The West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) has a history of monetary stability and low inflation. Nevertheless, there is substantial variation in relative prices within some UEMOA countries, in particular in the price of food relative to other elements of the retail price index (IHPC). Using monthly time-series data for cities within the region, we analyze the impact of changes in mon...

This paper examines the international experiences with four basic types of monetary policy regimes: 1) exchange-rate targeting, 2) monetary targeting, 3) inflation targeting, and 4) monetary policy with an implicit but not an explicit nominal anchor. The basic theme that emerges from this analysis is that transparency and accountability are crucial to constraining discretionary monetary policy ...

While there is an impressive literature on gender and the past decade of economic crises faced by EU, still a gap in our understanding gendered nature historical development European Economic Policy. To what extent this policy area continuation or new phenomenon? This paper examines key document establishment Monetary Union—the Delors Report. It draws feminist political economy concepts strateg...