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Shadow Prices for Project Appraisal
Elio H. Londero
Capitalizing on the extensive experience of the author in estimating shadow prices, Shadow Prices for Project Appraisal forges a bridge between theory and practice, explaining what shadow (or accounting) prices are, how they are used, an... -
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Growth, Industrial Organization and Economic Generalities
William J. Baumol
This compendium of essays brings together some of William Baumol’s most distinguished and acclaimed papers with some that are more rare, including a discussion of the growth and innovation mechanism that accounts for the unprecedented gr... -
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Regional Innovation Policy for Small-Medium Enterprises
Edited by Bjørn T. Asheim, Arne Isaksen, Claire Nauwelaers, Franz Tödtling
This book provides an extensive evaluation of the numerous policy instruments used by regional governments in Europe to promote innovation activity in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). The instruments are compared and benchmarked in o...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Economics of Hydroelectric Power
Brian K. Edwards
Brian Edwards provides an in-depth analysis of how dams are used in water management, flood control and irrigation, as well as the environmental impacts of their construction and operation. He examines the types of restrictions imposed o... -
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Return Migration in the Asia Pacific
Edited by Robyn Iredale, Fei Guo, Santi Rozario
Globalisation and social transformation theorists have paid significantly less attention to the movement of people than they have to the movement of capital. This book redresses the balance and provides timely insights into recent deve...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Privatising Old-Age Security
Katharina Müller
In the 1990s many Latin American countries decided upon full or partial pension privatisation, and a similar wave of reforms is currently taking place in Eastern Europe. Privatising Old-Age Security aims to examine what may account for t... -
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Firms’ Investment and Finance Decisions
Edited by Paul Butzen, Catherine Fuss
This book provides coherent theoretical and empirical analysis of firms’ investment and financing decisions. It assesses the role of uncertainty, financial imperfections, corporate governance and taxation. Evidence is obtained using seve...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Innovation, Competence Building and Social Cohesion in Europe
Edited by Pedro Conceição, Manuel V. Heitor, Bengt-Åke Lundvall
It is almost universally accepted that we are moving increasingly towards an information society, where knowledge and learning are the new currency of power. This book seeks to challenge this axiom by looking in more detail at the subtle... -
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The Innovation Policy of the European Union
Susana Borrás
Adopting a strong interdisciplinary approach, the author skilfully examines the politics and economics of the new innovation policy of the EU, addressing such diverse topics as research and knowledge production, the changing regime of in...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Economic Institutions of Higher Education
J. P. Raines, Charles G. Leathers
Working within the context of the evolutionary-institutional transformation of higher education, the authors trace the development of an economic model by which the behavioral tendencies of modern universities can be evaluated. That mode...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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State and Local Finances under Pressure
Edited by David L. Sjoquist
State and Local Finances under Pressure explores the future of state and local government fiscal systems given the numerous pressures they face from economic, legal, technological, demographic and political forces. It explores how these ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Contingent Employment in Europe and the United States
Edited by Ola Bergström, Donald Storrie
Contingent Employment in Europe and the United States examines the developments in labour markets in advanced economies in the 21st century, as regards contingent employment. This is defined as employment relationships that can be termin...eBook:Find out more$40.00