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Climate Change, Transport and Environmental Policy
Edited by Stef Proost, John B. Braden
This important new book presents a state-of-the-art assessment of how economic models can be used by different levels of government to combat environmental problems. It considers policies for climate change and transport that can be use... -
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Great economists since keynes
Mark Blaug
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... -
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Biotechnology and Competitive Advantage
Edited by Jacqueline Senker
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... -
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Democracy and the Environment
Edited by William M. Lafferty, James Meadowcroft
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... -
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The Myth of Adam Smith
Salim Rashid
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. -
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Transport Networks in Europe
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 ... -
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Challenges to the Welfare State
Edited by Henry Cavanna
Challenges to the Welfare State examines and assesses cultural, economic and political problems facing welfare states in Europe and North America and provides policy suggestions to alleviate these problems. An important group of authors... -
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Taxing Automobile Emissions for Pollution Control
Maureen Sevigny
This innovative book examines the role an automobile emissions tax could play in reducing emissions in the United States. The author concludes that an emissions tax has the potential to reduce emissions from households vehicles signific...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Dynamics of Inequality and Poverty
John Creedy
This important book is concerned with the evaluation of changes in income distribution and the analysis of tax and transfer systems. -
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Pensions and Population Ageing
John Creedy
The analysis of pensions presents many complex problems. A major aim of this book is to demonstrate how reasonably simple economic models can be designed and used to shed some light on the issues involved in population growth and pension... -
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Money and Finance in the Transition to a Market Economy
István Ábel, Pierre L. Siklos, István P. Székely
The process of transition from a centrally planned economy to one driven primarily by market forces has been a source of controversy and debate. Although the pace and approach has varied we are now beginning to understand some of the ess... -
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Institutions and Economic Change
Edited by Klaus Nielsen, Björn Johnson
The concept of institutions has become increasingly important in the analysis of both social cohesion and economic change. Institutions and Economic Change reflects the shift of perspective from the allocation of scarce resources to the...