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![The Economics of Water Management in Developing Countries]()
The Economics of Water Management in Developing Countries
Edited by Phoebe Koundouri, Panos Pashardes, Timothy M. Swanson, Anastasios Xepapadeas
The increasing scarcity of water resources (in terms of quantity and quality) is one of the most pervasive natural resource allocation issues facing development planners throughout the world. This problem is especially prevalent in less ... -
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Environmental Thought
Edited by Edward A. Page, John Proops
During the past twenty years there has been an explosive growth in research into environmental issues from a social science perspective. Ecological economics, in particular, has emerged as a true transdiscipline which seeks to conceptual... -
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EU Expansion to the East
Edited by Hilary Ingham, Mike Ingham
This highly topical book discusses the potential enlargement of the EU to embrace the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the enormous challenges, opportunities and threats this poses for parties on both sides. -
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Modeling Rational Agents
Nicola Giocoli
The book explores the evolution, through the first half of the 20th century, of the key neoclassical concept of rationality. The analysis begins with the development of modern decision theory, covers the interwar debates over the role of...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Natural Resource Accounting and Economic Development
Edited by Charles Perrings, Jeffrey R. Vincent
In this important book some of the world’s leading scholars in environmental economics explore the theoretical and empirical problems to be solved if policymakers are to develop accounts to capture the sustainability of economic developm... -
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Innovation and the Growth of Cities
Zoltán J. Ács
This new and original book by Zoltan Acs explores the relationship between industrial innovation and economic growth at the regional level, and reaches conclusions as to why some regions grow but others decline. While the analysis draws ...eBook:Find out more$58.36
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Restructuring the Welfare State
Virpi Timonen
What happens to extensive and generous welfare states when they are faced with serious economic crisis and the effects of globalization? This thorough analysis of the processes of social policy restructuring in two Nordic welfare states ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Consequences of Creating a Market Economy
Kathryn Anderson, Richard Pomfret
This book uses household survey data from five Central Asian countries to analyse the important consequences of, and elements that constitute, the creation of a market economy. The countries studied – Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Taj...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Evolution of Scientific Knowledge
Edited by Hans S. Jensen, Lykke M. Ricard, Morten T. Vendelø
The Evolution of Scientific Knowledge aims to reach a unique understanding of science with the help of economic and sociological theories. They use institutional and evolutionary theories and the sociological theories draw from the type ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol
Edited by Michael Faure, Joyeeta Gupta, Andries Nentjes
The Kyoto Protocol was a milestone event in the process of getting global climate change on to the political agenda and taking the first tentative steps towards internationally co-ordinated action. This book brings together researchers f... -
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The Endogenous Formation of Economic Coalitions
Edited by Carlo Carraro
This important book, written by some of the leading scholars in the field, provides a comprehensive overview of recent advances in coalition theory and presents both the latest theoretical developments and novel applications in the field...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Public Policy in Knowledge-Based Economies
David Rooney, Greg Hearn, Thomas Mandeville, Richard Joseph
The purpose of this book is to illustrate how these social and cultural conditions are identified and analysed through new conceptual frameworks. Such frameworks are necessary to penetrate the surface features of knowledge-based economie...
