Global booms and busts: how is Brazil's middle class faring?

Brazil's Post War economic history has been marked by inflationary booms and busts, which kept large parts of the population poor, as income distribution remained highly skewed, and most governments failed to put enough efforts and resources into education and health. That seems to have changed recently, as an increasing number of studies have shown considerable advances in the incomes of the lower and the middle classes. This essay examines those findings and puts them into a historical perspective, discussing earlier attempts and hopes of Brazilian policy makers to advance the welfare of the population. It concludes that while the last fifteen years have been remarkable for the country to achieve macroeconomic stability and while the increasing efforts of supporting the poor seemed to have been moving income distribution slowly towards a more equal level, there is still a long way to go. The 2008 world financial crisis also hit Brazil hard, but the recovery has been smoother and faster than in any OECD country. The impact of the current crisis may provide a good test as to the robustness of the previous trends to further the wellbeing of the poor and the middle class

Situando o desenvolvimento rural no Brasil: o contexto e as questões em debate

Addressing rural development discussions in Brazil: context and issues of debate. The work analyzes the main theoretical trends and subjects that integrate the recent Brazilian debate about rural development. We agued that the agenda of the rural development in Brazil, on which actively participate scholars, organizations and institutions, have been formulated by the State and the public politics implemented since the beginning of the 1990. Among the factors that had influenced the emergency of the debate about rural development is distinguished the increasing social and political legitimating of family farming and the agrarian reform, the reorientation of the state policies, the increasing sharply political and ideological quarrels with the agribusiness wing and the matters about sustainability. It is also argued that the analytical and interpretative references that have being used by the scholars are still diffuse and varied, but has been capable to influence the policy makers.

Governance of Healthcare Data: International Standards and Recommendations

In the global phenomenon, the aging population becomes a critical issue. Data and information concerning elderly citizens are increasing and are not well organized. In addition, these unstructured data and information cause the problems for decision makers. Since we live in a digital world, Information Technology is considered to be a tool in order to solve problems. Data, information, and knowledge are crucial components to facilitate success in IT service system. Therefore, it is necessary to study how to organize or to govern data from various sources related elderly citizens. The research is conducted due to the fact that there is no internationally accepted holistic framework for governance of data. The research limits the scope to study on the healthcare domain; however, the results can be applied to the other areas. The research starts with an ongoing research of Dahlberg and Nokkala (2015) as a theory. It explains the classification of existing data sources and their characteristics with the focus on managerial perspectives. Then the studies of existing frameworks at international and national level organizations have been performed to show the current frameworks, which have been used and are useful in compiling data on elderly citizens. The international organizations in this research are selected based on their reputations and the reliability to obtain information. The selected countries at national level provide different point of views between two countries. Australia is a forerunner in IT governance while Thailand is the country which the author has familiar knowledge of the current situation. Considered the discussions of frameworks at international and national organizations level illustrate the main characteristics of each framework. At international organization level gives precedence to the interoperability of exchanging data and information between different parties. Whereas at national level shows the importance of the acknowledgement of using frameworks throughout the country in order to make the frameworks to be effective. After the studies of both international and national organization levels, the thesis shows the summarized tables to answer the fitness to the proposed framework by Dahlberg and Nokkala whether the framework help to consolidate data from various sources with different formats, hierarchies, structures, velocities, and other attributes of data storages. In addition, suggestions and recommendations will be proposed for the future research.

Metas de inflação, taxa de câmbio real e crise externa num modelo kaleckiano

Inflation target, real exchange rate and external crisis in a Kaleckian model. Which role should the real exchange rate play in an inflation target regime? In this paper this point is discussed from the point of view of the conditions required for avoiding an external crisis. With this objective, a dynamic Kaleckian model is presented focusing on the stability of the external debt to capital ratio. The main conclusion is that policy makers should monitor closely the evolution of the real exchange rate in order to make compatible the inflation target regime with external stability.

Democracia e eficiência: a difícil relação entre política e economia no debate contemporâneo

Democracy and efficiency: hard relations between politics and economy. Many economists see politics as an irrational activity. They also think state action usually generates market inefficiencies and democratic institutions, such as elections, often work as obstacles to sound economic measures. Showing that vision has been embedded into the main currents of economic thought since the last century, we also argue those ideas are exported to great part of contemporary political science, including the area of public policies. Examining the literature, we show that rational choice political scientists, as the economists, claim governability and effective decisions will be guaranteed mainly through concentrated arenas or through insulated arrangements able to protect policy makers from political interference. In other words, governability depends on the reduction of the political arenas. On the contrary, we reject this technocratic solution of splitting politics from economy. With the support of classical pluralist thinkers, we stand another conception, arguing politics is the privileged social space for building interests and values in an institutionalized way. The difficulties to surpass current international crises since 2008 reveal this is a crucial problem: reducing politics would prevent societies from improving institutional solutions which are the only ones able to give space to emerging conflicts and, then, reach eventual consensus around them.

Alice Amsden's impact on Latin America

On March 15 2012, we lost Professor Alice Amsden, a great intellectual power in development economics. Her work was systematically marked by creativity, originality, relevance and her fearless commitment to always speak truth to power both in academic as well as in policy-making arenas. This In Memoriam concentrates on just one part of her great intellectual legacy: her impact to better understanding Latin America's development challenges, obstacles and policy options. Our paper focuses on three broad areas of her main influence in the region: the role of transnational corporations, the importance of manufactured exports for development, and industrial policy. As we here argue, in all of them, her work is and continues to be a substantial contribution to knowledge that policy makers will be well advised to take into account if the region is to finally enter a path of structural transformation and sustained economic and social development.

Public-private partnership investments in dry ports – Russian logistics markets and risks

The investments have always been considered as an essential backbone and so-called ‘locomotive’ for the competitive economies. However, in various countries, the state has been put under tight budget constraints for the investments in capital intensive projects. In response to this situation, the cooperation between public and private sector has grown based on public-private mechanism. The promotion of favorable arrangement for collaboration between public and private sectors for the provision of policies, services, and infrastructure in Russia can help to address the problems of dry ports development that neither municipalities nor the private sector can solve alone. Especially, the stimulation of public-private collaboration is significant under the exposure to externalities that affect the magnitude of the risks during all phases of project realization. In these circumstances, the risk in the projects also is becoming increasingly a part of joint research and risk management practice, which is viewed as a key approach, aiming to take active actions on existing global and specific factors of uncertainties. Meanwhile, a relatively little progress has been made on the inclusion of the resilience aspects into the planning process of a dry ports construction that would instruct the capacity planner, on how to mitigate the occurrence of disruptions that may lead to million dollars of losses due to the deviation of the future cash flows from the expected financial flows on the project. The current experience shows that the existing methodological base is developed fragmentary within separate steps of supply chain risk management (SCRM) processes: risk identification, risk evaluation, risk mitigation, risk monitoring and control phases. The lack of the systematic approach hinders the solution of the problem of risk management processes of dry port implementation. Therefore, management of various risks during the investments phases of dry port projects still presents a considerable challenge from the practical and theoretical points of view. In this regard, the given research became a logical continuation of fundamental research, existing in the financial models and theories (e.g., capital asset pricing model and real option theory), as well as provided a complementation for the portfolio theory. The goal of the current study is in the design of methods and models for the facilitation of dry port implementation through the mechanism of public-private partnership on the national market that implies the necessity to mitigate, first and foremost, the shortage of the investments and consequences of risks. The problem of the research was formulated on the ground of the identified contradictions. They rose as a continuation of the trade-off between the opportunities that the investors can gain from the development of terminal business in Russia (i.e. dry port implementation) and risks. As a rule, the higher the investment risk, the greater should be their expected return. However, investors have a different tolerance for the risks. That is why it would be advisable to find an optimum investment. In the given study, the optimum relates to the search for the efficient portfolio, which can provide satisfaction to the investor, depending on its degree of risk aversion. There are many theories and methods in finance, concerning investment choices. Nevertheless, the appropriateness and effectiveness of particular methods should be considered with the allowance of the specifics of the investment projects. For example, the investments in dry ports imply not only the lump sum of financial inflows, but also the long-term payback periods. As a result, capital intensity and longevity of their construction determine the necessity from investors to ensure the return on investment (profitability), along with the rapid return on investment (liquidity), without precluding the fact that the stochastic nature of the project environment is hardly described by the formula-based approach. The current theoretical base for the economic appraisals of the dry port projects more often perceives net present value (NPV) as a technique superior to other decision-making criteria. For example, the portfolio theory, which considers different risk preference of an investor and structures of utility, defines net present value as a better criterion of project appraisal than discounted payback period (DPP). Meanwhile, in business practice, the DPP is more popular. Knowing that the NPV is based on the assumptions of certainty of project life, it cannot be an accurate appraisal approach alone to determine whether or not the project should be accepted for the approval in the environment that is not without of uncertainties. In order to reflect the period or the project’s useful life that is exposed to risks due to changes in political, operational, and financial factors, the second capital budgeting criterion – discounted payback period is profoundly important, particularly for the Russian environment. Those statements represent contradictions that exist in the theory and practice of the applied science. Therefore, it would be desirable to relax the assumptions of portfolio theory and regard DPP as not fewer relevant appraisal approach for the assessment of the investment and risk measure. At the same time, the rationality of the use of both project performance criteria depends on the methods and models, with the help of which these appraisal approaches are calculated in feasibility studies. The deterministic methods cannot ensure the required precision of the results, while the stochastic models guarantee the sufficient level of the accuracy and reliability of the obtained results, providing that the risks are properly identified, evaluated, and mitigated. Otherwise, the project performance indicators may not be confirmed during the phase of project realization. For instance, the economic and political instability can result in the undoing of hard-earned gains, leading to the need for the attraction of the additional finances for the project. The sources of the alternative investments, as well as supportive mitigation strategies, can be studied during the initial phases of project development. During this period, the effectiveness of the investments undertakings can also be improved by the inclusion of the various investors, e.g. Russian Railways’ enterprises and other private companies in the dry port projects. However, the evaluation of the effectiveness of the participation of different investors in the project lack the methods and models that would permit doing the particular feasibility study, foreseeing the quantitative characteristics of risks and their mitigation strategies, which can meet the tolerance of the investors to the risks. For this reason, the research proposes a combination of Monte Carlo method, discounted cash flow technique, the theory of real options, and portfolio theory via a system dynamics simulation approach. The use of this methodology allows for comprehensive risk management process of dry port development to cover all aspects of risk identification, risk evaluation, risk mitigation, risk monitoring, and control phases. A designed system dynamics model can be recommended for the decision-makers on the dry port projects that are financed via a public-private partnership. It permits investors to make a decision appraisal based on random variables of net present value and discounted payback period, depending on different risks factors, e.g. revenue risks, land acquisition risks, traffic volume risks, construction hazards, and political risks. In this case, the statistical mean is used for the explication of the expected value of the DPP and NPV; the standard deviation is proposed as a characteristic of risks, while the elasticity coefficient is applied for rating of risks. Additionally, the risk of failure of project investments and guaranteed recoupment of capital investment can be considered with the help of the model. On the whole, the application of these modern methods of simulation creates preconditions for the controlling of the process of dry port development, i.e. making managerial changes and identifying the most stable parameters that contribute to the optimal alternative scenarios of the project realization in the uncertain environment. System dynamics model allows analyzing the interactions in the most complex mechanism of risk management process of the dry ports development and making proposals for the improvement of the effectiveness of the investments via an estimation of different risk management strategies. For the comparison and ranking of these alternatives in their order of preference to the investor, the proposed indicators of the efficiency of the investments, concerning the NPV, DPP, and coefficient of variation, can be used. Thus, rational investors, who averse to taking increased risks unless they are compensated by the commensurate increase in the expected utility of a risky prospect of dry port development, can be guided by the deduced marginal utility of investments. It is computed on the ground of the results from the system dynamics model. In conclusion, the outlined theoretical and practical implications for the management of risks, which are the key characteristics of public-private partnerships, can help analysts and planning managers in budget decision-making, substantially alleviating the effect from various risks and avoiding unnecessary cost overruns in dry port projects.

A year after Crimea: continuity and change of Finnish-Russian relations reflected in the views of the government officials of Finland and Russia

This thesis discusses the dynamism of bilateral relations between Finland and Russia and their interconnection with wider EU-Russia relations in the sight of the recent conflict in Ukraine. In particular, incorporation of Crimea in the territory of Russia in March 2014 is believed to have triggered a series of disputes between the European Union and Russia and thus, have impacted the course of the bilateral Finnish-Russian relations. The study leans on a premise that there are some historical traditions and regularities in the Finnish foreign policy course towards Russia which make the bilateral Finnish-Russian relations special. These traditions are distinguished and described in the book “Russia Forever? Towards Pragmatism in Finnish/Russian relations” (2008) edited by H. Rytövuori-Apunen. Assuming that the featured traditions take place in modern relations between Finland and Russia, the aim of the thesis is to find out how these traditions reappear during the year shaped by the events in Ukraine. In order to do that, author follows the timeline of happenings around the Ukraine crisis starting with Crimea’s referendum on independence, and exams the way these events were commented on and evaluated by the key government officials and political institutions of Finland and Russia. The main focus is given to the Finnish official discourse on Russia during the study period. The data collection, consisting of mostly primary sources (ministerial press releases and comments, statements, speeches and blog posts of individual policy makers) is processed using the thematic analysis supported by the content analysis. The study reveals that the consequences of the Ukraine crisis have brought, among others, complications to the economic cooperation between Finland and Russia, and have stimulated the increased attention of the Finnish decision makers to the country’s security questions. As a result, the character and importance of some historical regularities of the Finnish foreign policies on Russia, like the Continental Dilemma, have taken new shape.

Corporate grassroots lobbying in the European Union

The European Union has gone through significant changes in the past 20 years. The importance of public opinion in politics has increased and the new technologies are empowering the wider public to express its opinions. The purpose of this study is to explore how corporations use the tactic of grassroots lobbying in the European Union environment. The research objectives were addressed through qualitative research methods. Six expert interviews were conducted to find new perspectives and to deepen the understanding of the research objectives. Following the data collection, the research material was transcribed and analysed. In the analysis, the data was organized based on concepts and themes found from the literature review. The empirical findings on grassroots lobbying in the EU were presented. It was found that when a company is selecting grassroots lobbying tactic, the familiarity of the tactic, organizational culture, financial resources and amount of stakeholders seem to have an impact to the selection. The issues that are successfully lobbied through the grassroots-lobbying tactic were seen to be those, which have high and direct impact on lives of people, arouse strong feelings and are not very complex. Furthermore, when deciding on the timing of a campaign, in the EU it was found that a company should take into account the long policy process and limited capabilities to mobilise people. Targeting the object of the campaign and selecting the channels used in a grassrootslobbying campaign were seen to be in function of identifying the key decision-makers on the issue. The decisions of who to mobilise and the mobilisation channels were considered to be dependant on who the campaign is trying to influence. Also, it was found that when the implementing a grassroots lobbying campaign in the EU environment, the special features such as multiple cultures and languages should be taken into account. This study has provided novel practical insights for corporate grassroots lobbying in the EU environment and furthermore successfully contributed to the academic research in the field.

Improvement of Energy Efficiency in a Gold Mining Industry: Case Study of a Russian Gold Mining Company

The issue of energy efficiency is attracting more and more attention of academia, business and policy makers worldwide due to increasing environmental concerns, depletion of non-renewable energy resources and unstable energy prices. The significant importance of energy efficiency within gold mining industry is justified by considerable energy intensity of this industry as well as by the high share of energy costs in the total operational costs. In the context of increasing industrial energy consumption energy efficiency improvement may provide significant energy savings and reduction of CO2 emission that is highly important in order to contribute to the global goal of sustainability. The purpose of this research is to identify the ways of energy efficiency improvement relevant for a gold mining company. The study implements single holistic case study research strategy focused on a Russian gold mining company. The research involves comprehensive analysis of company’s energy performance including analysis of energy efficiency and energy management practices. This study provides following theoretical and managerial contributions. Firstly, it proposes a methodology for comparative analysis of energy performance of Russian and foreign gold mining companies. Secondly, this study provides comprehensive analysis of main energy efficiency challenges relevant for a Russian gold mining company. Finally, in order to overcome identified challenges this research conceives a guidance for a gold mining company for implementation of energy management system based on the ISO standard.

The role of diaspora networks in opportunity exploitation by ethnic entrepreneurs in Finland

The thesis explores the role of diaspora network in opportunity exploitation by ethnic entrepreneurs in Finland. The purpose of this study is to how ethnic entrepreneurs in Finland can exploit diaspora networks and how significant support of these networks in comparison with governmental and other official institutional support. Increased mobility of the global population and number of immigrants all around the world contribute into interest of academics to this topic. At the same time, in comparison with other European countries for Finland this phenomenon is new. However, increasing number of immigrants add to academic interest to this topic. The theoretical background of this thesis consists of the collection of studies done on diaspora networks and ethnic entrepreneurs as internationally as in Finland. The concept of cooperation between diaspora and ethnic entrepreneurs describes how diaspora can support ethnic entrepreneur and emphasize importance of diaspora ties for business. At the end of the theoretical section theoretical a special grid was proposed as summary of the academic literature review. The empirical research for this study is based on the interviews with five ethnic entrepreneurs in Finland. Empirical data was analyzed and compared with the similar studies done internationally. During the interviews analyses were stressed aspects of the significance of governmental and other official institutional support. During the interviews analyses were stressed aspects of the significance of the governmental and other official institutional support. According to the main findings diaspora can play positive and in some cases crucial role in the business of ethnic entrepreneurs in Finland. Moreover, diaspora can be a facilitator of internationalization of ethnic entrepreneurs. At the same time, there are several factors which might increase or decrease role of diaspora. The ways of the utilization of diaspora network were combined in the empirical grid. The study enhance understanding of the challenges of ethnic entrepreneurs and provides certain recommendations for the policy makers, ethnic entrepreneurs and managers of official institutions involved in cooperation with ethnic entrepreneurs

Opportunity meets uncertainty. Towards sustainable business in the Arctic region

The Arctic region is experiencing a significant change in terms of climate change and a growing economic interest towards its natural resources and emerging business opportunities. The purpose of this study is to explore how can Finnish companies create sustainable business in the Arctic. This is done by examining the arctic business environment, identifying sectors with growth potential, addressing challenges related to operating in the Arctic and suggesting how to ensure sustainability and succeed in the globally competed arctic market. The theoretical framework is based on theories of sustainable development, corporate social responsibility and the role of strategy in creating sustainable business. Empirical data was collected by using qualitative research methods: first, background knowledge was formed based on written documents and, secondly, six expert interviews were conducted in early 2014. The interviewees represented the viewpoints of companies, political decision makers and NGO’s. The analysis of the data was conducted using thematic categorization. The empirical findings of the study suggest that in order to create sustainable business in the Arctic companies should adopt a long-term perspective, embrace a holistic approach to sustainability, understand interdependencies between the dimensions of sustainability and aim at high-level engagement in responsible behavior. To succeed in the arctic market core competencies, customer needs, multivendor cooperation and long-term presence need to be invested in on a company level. In addition, to promote and advance arctic development on a national level support is needed in terms of investments in infrastructure, funding research and design, creating a regulative framework and removing barriers of trade.

Etat dressé par M. De Rochemore, lieutenant de Roy de la cittadelle de l'isle d'Olleron

Ancien possesseur : Argenson, Antoine-René de Voyer (1722-1787 ; marquis de Paulmy d')

Recueil qui paraît avoir été formé par Nicolas Hennequin, seigneur de Perey, notaire et secrétaire du roi, pour lui servir de protocole. Beaucoup de pièces, non relevées ci-dessous, concernent la famille Hennequin et la famille Sallard, qui lui était alliée ; elles sont comprises entre les années 1541 et 1578. Les autres pièces sont les suivantes.

Contient : 1 « Anticipation », pour « Ollivyer Petit, phrestre à Sainct Aulbin Chasteauneuf », contre « Françoys Chevillon ». Paris, 23 octobre 1555. Acte de HENRI II ; 2 « Respit à ung an » pour Pierre Le Febvre. Paris, 18 novembre 1555. Acte de HENRI II ; 3 Lettre pour faire le « terrier » des seigneuries de « Marsangy, Chuelles, La Thommerye », etc., en faveur de « maistre Ollyvier Symonnet », lieutenant du bailli d'Orléans à Château-Renard, tuteur de Florimond de Sailly, son neveu. Paris, 14 avril 1556, après Pâques. Acte de HENRI II ; 4 « Provision d'une bourse theologale au collège de Navarre », pour Nicolas Hue, du diocèse de Soissons. Paris, 13 juillet 1557. En latin. Acte de HENRI II ; 5 Vers latins et français sur « monseigneur d'Anguean » ; 6 « Don de bourses theologales au collège de Navarre » à Jean Nodot, maître ès-arts. Paris, 3 mars 1558 n. st. En latin. Acte de HENRI II ; 7 Confirmation du privilège pour les notaires et secrétaires de la maison et couronne de France d'être exemptés du logement des gens de guerre. Fontainebleau, 9 avril 1558 n. st. Acte de HENRI II ; 8 Lettre de créance du roi HENRI II pour le cardinal de Châtillon et le sieur Du Mortier. Villers-Cotterets, 26 février 1559 n. st ; 9 Mariage d'Élisabeth, fille de Henri II, et mort de ce roi en 1559 ; 10 Lettre de FRANÇOIS II au prévôt de Paris pour ordonner de faire publier le commandement fait à tous ceux qui ont obtenu quelques privilèges des rois précédents, d'en venir prendre des lettres de confirmation. Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 15 août 1559 ; 11 Lettre de FRANÇOIS II au sujet des officiers comptables alternatifs, incomplète. Villers-Cotterets, septembre 1559 ; 12 Lettre du même au sujet du commerce des grains et de celui des vins. Chambord, 20 décembre 1559. Le commencement manque ; 13 Pièces relatives à la police des pauvres à Paris, comprenant ; a Vers ; b Lettre par laquelle « MONTAIGNE » adresse le traité qui suit « au cardinal de Tournon ». Saint-Germain-des-Prés, 22 juin ; c Traité sur la police des pauvres de Paris ; d « Les sept oeuvres de misericorde spirituelles... temporelles » ; e « Evangile selon S. Luc, chap. XVI » ; f « Exhortation au peuple pour ayder et secourir les paouvres. St Mathieu, XXVe chapitre ». Vers ; 14 ; Nomination par RAOUL SPIFAME, « garde general des pièces, bastons et munitions » de l'artillerie du roi, de « Denys Clerey, Sr de Vaubercey », en qualité de « commis à la garde de l'artillerye et munitions du magazin estably en la ville de Troyes, pour le gouvernement de Champaigne ». Paris, 22 février 1555 n. st ; Lettre du roi HENRI II à ce sujet. Fontainebleau, 14 mars 1555 n. st ; 15 Confirmation par le roi FRANÇOIS II du privilège de « ses officiers domesticques et commenceaulx », en vertu duquel ils sont exemptés du logis des gens de guerre. Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 23 septembre 1560 ; 16 Lettre du roi CHARLES IX pour un emprunt. Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 15 juillet 1561 ; 17 Lettre du roi CHARLES IX au prévôt de Paris, lui ordonnant de contraindre les curés des églises de la prévôté de Paris et leurs paroissiens, à fournir à leurs dépens lesdites églises des ornements et livres nécessaires. Paris, 24 décembre 1562 ; 18 Lettre du roi CHARLES IX pour un emprunt. Amboise, 30 mars 1563 n. st ; 19 Lettre de rémission en faveur de « Jehan Mailly, notaire ou conté de Bryenne ». Novembre 1563. Acte de CHARLES IX ; 20 Lettre de JEAN LORMIER, curé de Perey ; 21 « Litera de emolumento signationis cartarum regiarum equaliter inter omnes de collegio » notariorum « presentes, dividendo quod antea soli notario signanti competebat ». Paris, 24 mai 1389. Acte de CHARLES VI ; 22 Lettre du roi CHARLES IX aux élus de l'élection de Paris, pour la mise aux enchères des fermes des aides. Paris, 27 juin 1565 ; 23 Lettre du roi CHARLES IX, au sujet de l'armement des habitants de Paris. Paris, 15 octobre 1567 ; 24 Éloge du roi ; 25 Extrait des registres de la chambre des comptes, au sujet de la nomination de Hugues Charreton comme trésorier des cent gentilshommes de la maison du roi, sous la charge du duc de Rouannois, 1569 ; 26 Lettre de « JEH. LORMYER, phrestre vicaire » de Perey. 6 novembre ; 27 Lettre du roi CHARLES IX pour un emprunt. Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, 4 janvier 1570 n. st ; 28 Lettre du roi CHARLES IX en faveur des conseillers, notaires et secrétaires de la maison et couronne de France. Blois, mai 1572 ; 29 Autre copie de la même lettre ; 30 « Extraict des registres du conseil privé du roy ». Affaire entre Nicolas Aubelin, Sr de Favelle, secretaire des finances de Monsieur, frère du roi, et Jean de Saint-Germain, jouissant de l'office de notaire et secretaire du roi, maison et couronne de France. Le roi donne gain de cause au Sr de St-Germain. 20 mai 1575 ; 31 « Rolle des esleus establiz en l'election de Paris pour faire l'assiete et departement des tailles sur les paroisses de leur eslection... suivant la commission du roy ... commenceant en l'an mil VC. XLI, au moys d'octobre... » ; 32 « C'est le papier et registre du bail des fermes des aydes des villes (sic) et eslection de Paris pour l'année commenceant le premier janvier VC.XL (sic), finissant le dernier decembre ensuivant VC.XL (sic)... » ; 33 Lettres du roi PHILIPPE VI pour obliger les sénéchaux, baillis et receveurs à rendre compte aux termes ordonnés, etc. Paris, 31 juillet 1338 ; 34 Vers latins sur le roi ; 35 Autres vers latins ; 36 Maximes et préceptes divers, etc., sur la justice ; 37 Table des pièces qui suivent ; 38 « Ordonnances royaulx sur le faiet des finances ». Saumur, 25 septembre 1443. Acte de CHARLES VII ; 39 « Mandatum regis pro exonerationibus regis levandis per magistros Stephanum de Bonney et Stephanum Petit super receptoribus particularibus suarum receptarum generalium ». Saumur, 25 novembre 1443. Acte de CHARLES VII ; 40 Ordonnance sur le fait des finances. Nancy, 10 février 1445 n. st. Acte de CHARLES VII ; 41 Ordonnance pour l'éclaircissement des deux ordonnances précédentes. Bourges, 26 novembre 1447. Acte de CHARLES VII ; 42 Ordonnance relative à la chambre des comptes. Méhun-sur-Yèvre, 23 décembre 1454. Acte de CHARLES VII ; 43 « Rolle des messrs les presidens et maistres des comptes à Paris... en janvier mil VC quarente quatre », ancien style ; 44 Mandement pour que les « gaiges d'officiers, fiefz et aulmosnes » soient payés avant toute autre chose. « Au Bouchat, près Sainct Poursan », 30 janvier 1456 n. st. Acte de CHARLES VII ; 45 Décision de la chambre des comptes au sujet des officiers comptables. 16 février 1460 n. st ; 46 Autre mandement, au sujet de celui ci-dessus n° 44. Les Roches-Tranchelion, 21 avril 1460. Acte de CHARLES VII ; 47 « Assignations faictes aulx officiers comptables de la duché de Normandie, tant de dommainne, aydes, greniers que tailles, par vertu des lettres closes et mandemens de messeigneurs des comptes, pour venir compter du faict de leurs entremises » ; 48 Ordonnance portant réorganisation de l'administration des finances. Blois, 28 décembre 1523. Acte de FRANÇOIS Ier ; 49 « Sermens des officiers qui font le serment en la chambre » des comptes ; 50 « La maniere et les parolles que doibvent estre dictes en recepvant aulcung ou aulcune à faire les foy et honmaige au roy, nostre sire, au bureau de sa chambre des comptes... » ; 51 « Les noms et les ans que ont regné les roys de France », de Pharamond à Henri II ; 52 Vers français ; 53 « Ensuivent les nons des notaires et secretaires du roy, de la maison et couronne de France, tant boursiers que gaigiers, extraict au registre des immatriculations faict et à commencer le premier jour de janvier mil VC. cinquante neuf » anc. st

Règlements pour l'armement et les équipages des vaisseaux de Louis XIV.

Contient : « Table généralle des proportions de la masture des vaisseaux qui sont au port de Tolon » ; « Tarife de toutes sortes de marchandises poids de table et de marc nécessaires pour la construction... des vaisseaux du Roy » ; Règlements de Louis XIV portant sur les quantités d'agrès, apparaux, armes, munitions à embarquer suivant le rang du vaisseau, et sur la solde des équipages, 10 février 1674 et 22 novembre 1673