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![On Creating Competition and Strategic Restructuring]()
On Creating Competition and Strategic Restructuring
Edited by Emiel F.M. Wubben, William Hulsink
This book examines the ongoing transformation of public utilities, also known as network-based industries, in Western Europe and the United States. Examples are telecommunications, energy, and water distribution. Most of these network-ba... -
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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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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]()
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 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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Controlling Public Expenditure
Edited by John Wanna, Lotte Jensen, Jouke de Vries
One of the most important functions of modern government is to marshal and deploy resources to achieve desired objectives and outcomes. This task is overseen by the Central Budget Agencies (such as Ministries of Finance and Treasuries) w... -
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Globalisation, Regionalism and Economic Activity
Edited by Philip Arestis, Michelle Baddeley, John S.L. McCombie
The processes of globalisation and increased economic regionalism have had profound, often destabilising, effects on modern economic and financial systems. In recognition of this fact, the editors of this fine book have collected togethe...
