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Environmental Costs and Liberalization in European Air Transport
Youdi Schipper
With air transport becoming an increasingly vital part of the economy, the regulatory reform of this market has been a major development in European political economy. This book focuses on two market failures within the airline industry ... -
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Globalisation Under Threat
Edited by Zdenek Drabek
The events in Seattle and other cities around the world demonstrate that globalisation and trade liberalisation are currently under severe pressure. There are also reasons to believe that these pressures are being translated into measure...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Taxation and Economic Behaviour
John Creedy
Taxation and Economic Behaviour offers a number of broad introductory surveys in the areas of public economics and public finance. Divided clearly into two parts – measurement issues and taxation and economic behaviour – this innovative ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Islamic Banking
Mervyn K. Lewis, Latifa M. Algaoud
The prohibition of interest is the feature of Islamic banking which most distinctly sets it apart from conventional banking. To Western eyes, this seems a strange restriction, but Christian countries themselves maintained such a ban for ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Law and Economics of the Environment
Edited by Anthony Heyes
This outstanding book focuses on how economics can contribute to the design, implementation and appraisal of legal systems that create the ‘right’ incentives for environmental protection. The sixteen original and specially commissioned c...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Economics of Politics
Edited by Dennis C. Mueller
This two-volume anthology contains many of the classic articles from the public choice/rational politics field and includes a new introduction prepared by the editor. -
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Innovation and Employment
Charles Edquist, Leif Hommen, Maureen McKelvey
Which kinds of growth lead to increased employment and which do not? This is one of the questions that this important volume attempts to answer. The book explores the complex relationships between innovation, growth and employment that a...eBook:Find out more$55.96
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Education and Earnings in Europe
Edited by Colm Harmon, Ian Walker, Niels Westergaard-Nielsen
Education and Earnings in Europe is based on a two year pan-European research programme and presents an in-depth analysis of the returns to education in Europe.eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Economic Analysis of Substance Use and Abuse
Edited by Michael Grossman, Chee-Ruey Hsieh
This book extends the frontiers of research on the economics of substance use and abuse in a variety of extremely significant ways. It focuses on the determinants and consequences of the consumption of cigarettes, alcohol, betel quid, an... -
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Monetarism Under Thatcher
Gordon T. Pepper, CBE, Michael J. Oliver
This authoritative book analyses the recent problems associated with the UK’s monetary system and suggests a long-term solution to control bank lending in the future. It draws on extensive historical material, discussions with former sen...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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A Theory of the Environment and Economic Systems
Reinout Heijungs
By providing a common framework for topics often treated in isolation this book enables experts from many fields, including scholars of environmental, resource and ecological economics, environmental science as well as researchers and pr... -
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Capitalism in Evolution
Edited by Geoffrey M. Hodgson, Makoto Itoh, Nobuharu Yokokawa
Contributors to this volume argue that to understand capitalism in evolution, this diversity of systems and approaches must be taken into account and their individual evolutions analysed. This book represents a major understanding of th...eBook:Find out more$40.00