Economics and Finance

International Handbook of Labour Market Policy and Evaluation

Edited by Günther Schmid, Jacqueline O’Reilly, Klaus Schömann

This major Handbook is a detailed, up-to-date guide to different national labour markets and policies to combat unemployment and their outcomesThis major new handbook is a detailed, up-to-date guide to different national labour markets a...

Paperback (1997)

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Hardback (1996)

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Baumol’s Cost Disease

Edited by Ruth Towse

Baumol’s Cost Disease is the inevitable escalation of the real costs that occur in labour-intensive industries like the arts, health care and education. The labour costs in these industries tend to increase at the same rate as other ind...

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Financing federal systems

Edward M. Gramlich

Financing Federal Systems provides a comprehensive selection of Edward M. Gramlich’s essays, which have made a major contribution to public finance and macroeconomics over three decades.

Hardback (February 1998)

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Culture, Social Norms and Economics

Edited by Mark Casson

Economists have often been accused of failing to take full account of culture and social norms in their explanations of human behaviour. Cultural factors are playing an increasingly important role in economic theorizing and are achieving...

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The Economic Development of Germany since 1870

Edited by Wolfram Fischer

This major collection presents the most important articles and papers tracing the growth and development of Germany – the most powerful economy in Europe – since 1870.

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The Economic Development of the United Kingdom Since 1870

Edited by Charles Feinstein

The economic decline of the United Kingdom has dominated research into modern economic history which has charted its fall from pre-eminence since the late nineteenth century and the loss of its position as the world’s leading industrial ...

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trade and innovation

Katharine Wakelin

Differences in technology between countries and the effect of this on trade performance have important consequences for the growth and development of countries. This book analyses the role of innovation in influencing the trade performa...

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economic science and practice

Edited by Peter A.G. van Bergeijk, A. L. Bovenberg, Eric E.C. van Damme, Jarig van Sinderen

Economic Science and Practice seeks to bridge the gulf between economic theory and policy and overcome some of the problems created by the specialized nature of much economic research. A distinguished group of academic economists and ex...

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THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF BELGIUM SINCE 1870

Edited by Herman Van der Wee, Jan Blomme

This comprehensive volume comprises articles on the main aspects of Belgian social-economic history. Various topics are discussed within the volume to give a global picture of the Belgian economy since 1870: the Belgian economy in the l...

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The Fiscal Behavior of State and Local Governments

Harvey S. Rosen

The Fiscal Behavior of State and Local Governments presents, in one authoritative volume, Harvey Rosen''s considerable contribution to the field of sub-federal public finance in the United States. He investigates how state and locality ...

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Economy and ecosystems in change

Edited by Jeroen C.J.M. van den Bergh, Jan van der Straaten

Economy and Ecosystems in Change addresses ecological problems from the perspective of economics, and provides policy suggestions for resource management and environmental sustainability based on integrated, multidisciplinary information...

Hardback (1998)

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