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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
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Principles of Environmental and Resource Economics
Edited by Henk Folmer, H. L. Gabel
Comprehensive and authoritative, this new edition of Principles of Environmental and Resource Economics offers a non-technical state-of-the-art review which will be widely used as a teaching tool for upper undergraduate students and abov... -
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Sustainable Development in Asia, America and Europe with Global Applications
Jian-Ming Zhou
Challenging Nobel economics laureate Theodore W. Schultz, Dr Zhou, in this comparative and path-breaking work, presents a new model for private land ownership or possession to overcome inefficient land-holding, increase farm competitiven... -
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Evolution and Path Dependence in Economic Ideas
Edited by Pierre Garrouste, Stavros Ioannides
Since the 1980s there has been a renewed interest in attempts to introduce a sense of history into economic literature. In this book, the authors argue that it is not possible to explain a state of the world without first analysing the p...eBook:Find out more$40.00