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Urban Economics and Urban Policy
Paul C. Cheshire, Max Nathan, Henry G. Overman
In this bold, exciting and readable volume, Paul Cheshire, Max Nathan and Henry Overman illustrate the insights that recent economic research brings to our understanding of cities, and the lessons for urban policy-making. The authors pre...eBook:Find out more$39.16
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Handbook of the International Political Economy of Governance
Edited by Anthony Payne, Nicola Phillips
Since the 1990s many of the assumptions that anchored the study of governance in international political economy have been shaken loose. Reflecting on the intriguing and important processes of change that have occurred, and are occurring...eBook:Find out more$67.96
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Handbook on Food
Edited by Raghbendra Jha, Raghav Gaiha, Anil B. Deolalikar
The global population is forecasted to reach 9.4 billion by 2050, with much of this increase concentrated in developing regions and cities. Ensuring adequate food and nourishment to this large population is a pressing economic, moral and...eBook:Find out more$63.16
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Environmental Pricing
Edited by Larry Kreiser, Mikael S. Andersen, Birgitte E. Olsen, Stefan Speck, Janet E. Milne, Hope Ashiabor
Environmental taxes can be efficient tools for successful environmental policy. Their use, however, has been limited in many countries. This thoughtful book explores the scope of environmental pricing and examines a variety of national e...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Evolution of Central Banking and Monetary Policy in the Asia-Pacific
Akhand Akhtar Hossain
This book of case studies is a contribution to monetary macroeconomics in which country-specific experience and issues in inflation and monetary policy are reviewed and analysed in an historical context. In doing so, the key ideas and vi...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Central Banking and Monetary Policy in Muslim-Majority Countries
Akhand Akhtar Hossain
This book reviews key aspects of central banking and monetary policy in selected Muslim-majority countries. While reviewing country-specific experiences and issues in inflation and monetary policy, and analysing them from an historical c...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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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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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]()
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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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
