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Learning and Innovation in Economic Development
Linsu Kim
In this carefully chosen selection of essays, Linsu Kim – one of Korea’s foremost social scientists, who is advising the Korean government on reform strategy in light of the recent crisis – identifies the evolutionary processes and patte...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Industrial Competitiveness in East-Central Europe
Edited by Martin Myant
Will the manufacturing industry in east-central Europe survive when the host countries join the European Union? This controversial book challenges the assumption, made by the European Commission, that industries in transitional economie... -
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The Economics of Irving Fisher
Edited by Hans-E. Loef, Hans G. Monissen
This book pays tribute to the late Irving Fisher by discussing a range of issues on which he worked throughout his life. It serves as an excellent introduction to the contributions of one of the great economists spanning the late ninete... -
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Environmental Networks
Kanwalroop K. Dhanda, Anna Nagurney, Padma Ramanujam
This original book presents a new basis for environmental policy making: environmental networks. This framework graphically simplifies the analysis of environmental problems and emphasizes the spatial nature of economic activity and pol... -
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The Emergence and Growth of Biotechnology
Rohini Acharya
This innovative book examines the development and evolution of biotechnology in industrialised and developing countries.eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Valuing Recreation and the Environment
Edited by Joseph A. Herriges, Catherine L. Kling
This impressive volume analyzes revealed preference approaches to modelling the demand for recreational resources. It presents one of the most thorough treatments of methods that rely on observed behavior to estimate the value of environ... -
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A guide to policies for energy conservation
Edited by Frank J. Convery
This important new book is a practical guide to the design of policies for effective energy conservation. Drawing on a wide range of European experiences, it analyses and evaluates the weaknesses of current conservation policies. The a... -
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Biodiversity, Conservation and Sustainable Development
Clem Tisdell
This important book highlights the conflicts between economic growth and the conservation of nature in the context of sustainable development. It places particular emphasis on biological diversity and examines possible policies for reso... -
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The Economics of the Family and Family Policy
Francisco Cabrillo
This comprehensive and authoritative book offers a global approach to the modern economics of the family, family law and family policy. Beginning with the division of labour in the family, this book deals with the economics of marriage...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Green Taxes
Edited by Runar Brännlund, Ing-Marie Gren
The prospect of simultaneously achieving a ‘greener’ environment, increased tax revenues and lower levels of unemployment has made ecological taxes an increasingly popular proposition. This volume examines the possibility of ecological ... -
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Monetary Policy and the Great Inflation in the United States
Thomas Mayer
This unique book deals with the most serious macroeconomic failure experienced in the US in the post-war period and the great inflation of the late 1960s and 1970s. It is the first detailed analysis, using Federal Reserve documents, of ... -
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The Mixed Blessing of Financial Inflows
Edited by János Gács, Robert Holzmann, Michael L. Wyzan
The successful macroeconomic stabilization in Central and Eastern European countries has encouraged inflows of foreign capital badly needed to promote economic development. Strikingly, these countries have found capital inflows in their...