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Principles and Standards for Benefit–Cost Analysis
Edited by Scott O. Farrow, Richard Zerbe, Jr.
Benefit–cost analysis informs which policies or programs most benefit society when implemented by governments and institutions around the world. This volume brings together leading researchers and practitioners to recommend strategies an...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Public Sector Shock
Edited by Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. The goal of this volume is to study this ‘public sector shock’. While budgetary reforms seek...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Patent Policy and Innovation
Hazel V.J. Moir
This empirical study uses a scientifically selected sample of patents to assess patent quality. The careful evaluation of the assumptions in alternative economic theories about the generation and diffusion of new knowledge demonstrates t...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Global Financial Crisis
Edited by Steven Kates
The Global Financial Crisis is a unique investigation into the causes of the most savage economic downturn experienced since the Great Depression. Employing wide and divergent perspectives – which are themselves critically examined – thi...eBook:Find out more$48.76
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Financial Instability and Economic Security after the Great Recession
Edited by Charles J. Whalen
This timely book rethinks economic theory and policy by addressing the problem of economic instability and the need to secure broadly shared prosperity. It stresses that advancing economics in the wake of the Great Recession requires an ...eBook:Find out more$43.16
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China’s Economic Development
Lu Ming, Zhao Chen, Yongqin Wang, Yan Zhang, Yuan Zhang, Changyuan Luo
The authors identify three major factors in the growth of the Chinese economy: economic decentralization and political centralization; the urban–rural divide; and relational society. These are explored in depth via analyses of factors in...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Economic Development as a Learning Process
Edited by Franco Malerba, Richard R. Nelson
Until recently, economists studying economic development have tended to consider it a universal process, or focussed their attention on common aspects. This book originates from the growing recognition of significant sectoral differences...eBook:Find out more$46.36
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Knowledge Commercialization and Valorization in Regional Economic Development
Edited by Tüzin Baycan
The commercialization of academic knowledge is increasingly seen as a potential economic development model, particularly for improving the capabilities and economic performance of regions. This insightful volume investigates the emerging...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Political Power of the Business Corporation
Stephen Wilks
The large business corporation has become a governing institution in national and global politics. This trail-blazing book offers a critical account of its political dominance and lack of democratic legitimacy. Thanks to successful weal...eBook:Find out more$43.16
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Globalisation, the Global Financial Crisis and the State
Edited by John Farrar, David G. Mayes
The recent global financial crisis has challenged conventional wisdom, and our conception of globalisation has been called into question. This challenging and timely book revisits the relationship between globalisation, the crisis and th...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Geography of the Internet
Emmanouil Tranos
This timely book presents a wide range of quantitative methods, including complex network analysis and econometric modelling, to illustrate how the Internet both follows, and at the same time challenges, more traditional geographies.eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Multinationals and Economic Geography
Simona Iammarino, Philip McCann
After more than fifty years of systematic research on multinational enterprises (MNEs) what is apparent is that there is, as yet, no unified or dominant theory of the MNE. The objective of this book is to bring into focus one particular ...eBook:Find out more$67.96