This major new book contains contributions by many of the leading historians of technology. The contributors argue that culture, institutions and learning either made the way for, or blocked technological and industrial transformation. ...
The Economics of Environment and Development is a carefully edited selection of Edward Barbier''s most influential papers on the role of environmental economics in economic development.
In this innovative book the author examines the link between environmental, trade, and industrial policies within an interregional setting. He models how regional governments, using tax rates on real capital and pollutant emissions, det...
In this highly original book, Patrick O''Neil analyses the catalysts of the collapse of socialism in Eastern Europe and offers explanations for these events. The exceptional case of Hungary is used to support theoretical concepts regard...
Kenneth Button, Kingsley E. Haynes, Roger E. Stough
Flying into the Future explores the organization of air transport in the European Union. It analyses the nature of the industries supplying air transport services, the institutional structure of air transport services, and impediments to...
This important book investigates the causes of the decline in public capital spending which has occurred in most OECD countries over the past 25 years, and estimates the macroeconomic consequences of this decline
A feature of the new consumer societies which has emerged in more recent years has been the growing economic and social importance of conspicuous consumption. Status-directed consumer demand, stimulated and promoted by the supply of pro...
A complex relationship exists between democratic politics and the management of the environment. Democracy and the Environment presents major new work on the challenges and dilemmas which environmental problems pose for the processes of...
This book presents a controversial account of the work of Adam Smith, challenging prevailing orthodox thought on Smith’s contribution to economics. It argues that Smith’s fame as an economic analyst and economic historian is undeserved.
Edited by Kenneth Button, Peter Nijkamp, Hugo Priemus
Transport networks are becoming increasingly important now that free trade, open access, increased competition and greater market orientation are fundamental to the current restructuring of Europe. Infrastructure networks are the corner ...
Great Economists since Keynes is a unique book. It presents a stylish, short, authoritative statement of each economist’s main contribution to the subject. It will be essential reading for anyone wishing to learn more about the great e...
Biotechnology and Competitive Advantage investigates the development of biotechnology in Europe and the United States. It examines why Europe has fallen behind in applying biotechnology, when its scientific capabilities are largely comp...
