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Civil Service Systems in Asia
Edited by John P. Burns, Bidhya Bowornwathana
This extensive book critically examines and contrasts the civil service systems of eight diverse Asian countries; Bangladesh, China, India, Japan, Laos, the Philippines, South Korea and Thailand, using a common comparative framework. The... -
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The Economic Analysis of Substance Use and Abuse
Edited by Michael Grossman, Chee-Ruey Hsieh
This book extends the frontiers of research on the economics of substance use and abuse in a variety of extremely significant ways. It focuses on the determinants and consequences of the consumption of cigarettes, alcohol, betel quid, an... -
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Monetarism Under Thatcher
Gordon T. Pepper, CBE, Michael J. Oliver
This authoritative book analyses the recent problems associated with the UK’s monetary system and suggests a long-term solution to control bank lending in the future. It draws on extensive historical material, discussions with former sen...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![A Theory of the Environment and Economic Systems]()
A Theory of the Environment and Economic Systems
Reinout Heijungs
By providing a common framework for topics often treated in isolation this book enables experts from many fields, including scholars of environmental, resource and ecological economics, environmental science as well as researchers and pr... -
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The Economics of Private Law
Richard A. Posner, Francesco Parisi
The pioneering work of Judge Richard Posner has brought to light the broad relevance of economics to virtually all areas of law. During the last three decades, Judge Posner has provided seminal contributions to the development of an over... -
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Capitalism in Evolution
Edited by Geoffrey M. Hodgson, Makoto Itoh, Nobuharu Yokokawa
Contributors to this volume argue that to understand capitalism in evolution, this diversity of systems and approaches must be taken into account and their individual evolutions analysed. This book represents a major understanding of th...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Principles of Environmental and Resource Economics
Edited by Henk Folmer, H. L. Gabel
Comprehensive and authoritative, this new edition of Principles of Environmental and Resource Economics offers a non-technical state-of-the-art review which will be widely used as a teaching tool for upper undergraduate students and abov... -
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![Sustainable Development in Asia, America and Europe with Global Applications]()
Sustainable Development in Asia, America and Europe with Global Applications
Jian-Ming Zhou
Challenging Nobel economics laureate Theodore W. Schultz, Dr Zhou, in this comparative and path-breaking work, presents a new model for private land ownership or possession to overcome inefficient land-holding, increase farm competitiven... -
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![Evolution and Path Dependence in Economic Ideas]()
Evolution and Path Dependence in Economic Ideas
Edited by Pierre Garrouste, Stavros Ioannides
Since the 1980s there has been a renewed interest in attempts to introduce a sense of history into economic literature. In this book, the authors argue that it is not possible to explain a state of the world without first analysing the p...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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International Trade and Transport
Karl W. Steininger
Karl Steininger also expands spatial analysis to cover spatial preferences and spatial discounting and catalogues the result of spatial production structure and environmental quality in a global economy. Finally, an empirical account is ... -
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![The Political Economy of the East Asian Crisis and its Aftermath]()
The Political Economy of the East Asian Crisis and its Aftermath
Edited by Arvid J. Lukauskas, Francisco L. Rivera-Batiz
The East Asian crisis has sparked debate regarding the future of emerging markets and the globalization of world capital markets. This book, with contributions by leading economists and political scientists, provides an up-to-date assess... -
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Environment, Society and Natural Resource Management
Edited by Geoffrey Lawrence, Vaughan Higgins, Stewart Lockie
As greater significance is placed on the relationship between people and their environment it is increasingly acknowledged that few environmental problems can be solved without considering the social context in which they arise. But what...
