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International Trade and the New Global Economy
Edited by Edward D. Mansfield
In recent decades, the international economy has witnessed profound changes. International Trade and the New Global Economy includes key papers on the leading research discussing the links between these changes and international trade. W... -
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Balancing the Regulation and Taxation of Banking
Sajid M. Chaudhry, Andrew W. Mullineux, Natasha Agarwal
This concise book gives a unique overview of bank taxation as an alternative or a compliment to prudential regulation or non-revenue taxation. Existing bank taxation is reviewed with a view to eliminating distortions in the tax system, w...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Carbon Pricing
Edited by Larry Kreiser, Mikael S. Andersen, Birgitte E. Olsen, Stefan Speck, Janet E. Milne, Hope Ashiabor
Carbon Pricing reflects upon and further develops the ongoing and worthwhile global debate into how to design carbon pricing, and how to utilize the financial proceeds in the best possible way for society. The world has recently witnesse...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Innovation, Technology and Economic Change
Edited by Jan Fagerberg, David C. Mowery
Several attempts have been made since the 1970s to collect key scholarly papers and document the progress of the field of innovation studies. The collection of papers included in this new title, most of which were published after the tur... -
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The Rise of the City
Edited by Karima Kourtit, Peter Nijkamp, Roger R. Stough
This book examines urban growth and the dynamics that are transforming the city and city regions in the 21st century focusing specifically on the spatial aspects of this process in the “Urban Century”. Forces that are driving city growth...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Economics of Cultural Diversity
Edited by Peter Nijkamp, Jacques Poot, Jessie Bakens
The populations of many countries in the world are becoming more culturally diverse. This spurs a growing need for an informed debate on the socio-economic implications of cultural diversity. This book offers a solid statistical and econ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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How Markets Work and Fail, and What to Make of Them
Bart Nooteboom
In this thought-provoking book, Bart Nooteboom offers a radical critique of the principal intellectual and moral assumptions underlying economic science, unravelling the notion of markets: how they work and fail, and how they may be redi...eBook:Find out more$39.16
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Combating Corruption
John Hatchard
Drawing on numerous recent examples of good and bad practice from around the continent, this insightful volume explores the legal issues involved in developing and enhancing good governance and accountability within African states, as we...eBook:Find out more$43.96
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Reframing Economics
Roger A. McCain
The objectives of this book are twofold. Firstly, it proposes that economics should be defined as a study of imperfect cooperation. Secondly, it elucidates the continuities that extend from classical political economy through the neoclas...eBook:Find out more$29.56
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Cities and Partnerships for Sustainable Urban Development
Edited by Peter Karl Kresl
Over the past two decades, sustainability has become a principal concern for city administrators. It is a more than just environmental entailing economic, demographic, governance, social, and amenity aspects. After a short introduction t...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Global Urban Competitiveness Report – 2013
Edited by Pengfei Ni, Peter Karl Kresl, Wei Liu
The Global Urban Competitiveness Report – 2013 is an empirical study and evaluation of the sustainable competitiveness of 500 cities around the world from regional, national and other perspectives. This one-of-a-kind resource draws on a ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Economic Role of the State
Edited by Peter J. Boettke, Peter T. Leeson
The Economic Role of the State presents a comprehensive collection of seminal works from David Hume through to Barry Weingast. Including an original introduction, the volume covers the main theories and justifications for and against sta...