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Environmental Accounting in Action
Glenn-Marie Lange, Rashid Hassan, Kirk Hamilton, Moortaza Jiwanji
Environmental Accounting in Action studies the experiences of Namibia, Botswana and South Africa, the core countries of a unique, regional environmental accounting programme in Southern Africa. Covering minerals, forestry, fisheries and ... -
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Incentives to Improve Education
Robert McMeekin
Incentives to Improve Education identifies three categories of incentives: rewards, (financial rewards for teachers), competition (educational choice, often in the form of payment for education by voucher) and threats (introduction of ex... -
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From Industrial Districts to Local Development
Giacomo Becattini, Marco Bellandi, Gabi Dei Ottati, Fabio Sforzi
From Industrial Districts to Local Development introduces a set of papers representing the main contribution of the ‘Florence school’ to the recent literature on industrial districts. The authors illustrate that the revitalisation of the... -
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Environmental Research and Development
John T. Scott
John Scott develops, describes, and uses new primary data about US industrial firms’ research and development (R&D) investments to create innovative products and processes that provide goods and services without the by-product of polluti...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Global Climate Change
Edited by James M. Griffin
This volume is written for policymakers and informed citizenry who want to understand at a general level the complexities of global climate change without becoming enmeshed in technical minutia. The introduction emphasizes the core fact ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Europe in the International Economy 1500 to 2000
Edited by Derek H. Aldcroft, Anthony Sutcliffe
This thorough and compelling book offers a long-run perspective on the European economy from 1500 to the present day, and compares Europe’s position of world dominance in the nineteenth century with its vacillating fortunes in the twenti... -
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The Economics of Structural Change
Edited by Harald Hagemann, Michael Landesmann, Roberto Scazzieri
The Economics of Structural Change shows the central role that compositional dynamics plays in the analysis of fluctuations, development, employment and economy-environment interactions. Volume I covers concepts and theories in the econo... -
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The Elgar Companion to Public Choice
Edited by William F. Shughart II, Laura Razzolini
This authoritative and encyclopaedic reference work provides a thorough account of the public choice approach to economics and politics. The Companion breaks new ground by joining together the most important issues in the field in a sing...eBook:Find out more$96.76
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Economic Principles for Education
Clive R. Belfield
Education has become an increasingly important activity within all economies; from pre-school years groups through to continuing education and retraining, the accumulation of skills spans a lifetime. Economic Principles for Education loo... -
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National Competitiveness and Economic Growth
Timo J. Hämäläinen
The current paradigm shift in the world economy is challenging the traditional competitiveness and growth theories with their few explanatory variables. This book offers a more holistic framework to synthesise the key findings of the var... -
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The Open Economy and the Environment
Ian Coxhead, Sisira Jayasuriya
The Open Economy and the Environment asks what globalization means for environmental quality and the use of natural resources in developing economies. The authors develop theoretical models that trace the effects of trade and trade liber...
