Public Sector Economics

The Economic Impacts of Population Ageing in Japan

Landis MacKellar, Tatiana Ermolieva, David Horlacher, Leslie Mayhew

Whilst all of the major industrialized countries are currently experiencing population ageing, Japan is at the forefront of this demographic trend. This important new book explores the serious economic and social challenges that a rapidl...

Hardback (August 2004)

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Urban and Regional Transportation Modeling

Edited by Der-Horng Lee

Honoring David Boyce for his legendary contributions to the fields of transportation modeling and regional science, the chapters in this festschrift highlight and analyze state-of-the-art and state-of-the-practice methodologies and theor...

Hardback (June 2004)

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Shadow Prices for Project Appraisal

Elio H. Londero

Capitalizing on the extensive experience of the author in estimating shadow prices, Shadow Prices for Project Appraisal forges a bridge between theory and practice, explaining what shadow (or accounting) prices are, how they are used, an...

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Hardback (September 2003)

The Economic Institutions of Higher Education

J. P. Raines, Charles G. Leathers

Working within the context of the evolutionary-institutional transformation of higher education, the authors trace the development of an economic model by which the behavioral tendencies of modern universities can be evaluated. That mode...

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State and Local Finances under Pressure

Edited by David L. Sjoquist

State and Local Finances under Pressure explores the future of state and local government fiscal systems given the numerous pressures they face from economic, legal, technological, demographic and political forces. It explores how these ...

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Energy in a Competitive Market

Edited by Lester C. Hunt

This fine collection of original essays is in recognition of Colin Robinson, who has been at the forefront of thinking in energy economics for over 30 years. Energy in a Competitive Market brings together both prominent academics and pra...

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Utility Privatization and Regulation

Edited by Cecilia Ugaz, Catherine Waddams Price

The authors address the question of infrastructure reforms in a novel way by focusing on the impact which they can have on consumers through the prices paid by different groups and on their access to the networks. They analyse original m...

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Competition and Regulation in Utility Markets

Edited by Colin Robinson

This volume is the latest in an annual series, published in association with the Institute of Economic Affairs and the London Business School, which provides an up-to-date review of the state of utility regulation in Britain, with some r...

Hardback (June 2003)

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Incentive-Based Budgeting Systems in Public Universities

Edited by Douglas M. Priest, William E. Becker, Don Hossler, Edward P. St. John

Financial incentives play an important role in the behaviour of public institutions of higher education. Incentive-Based Budgeting Systems in Public Universities examines alternative uses of these financial incentives, and reviews the co...

Hardback (2002)

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Modernizing Infrastructure in Transformation Economies

Christian von Hirschhausen

The design of infrastructure policies is a controversial issue in the transition economies of Eastern Europe, where the dismal state of infrastructure was widely regarded to be one of the major obstacles to economic recovery and sustaine...

Hardback (2002)

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Hardback (September 2002)

Federal Intergovernmental Grants and the States

Shama Gamkhar

intergovernmental grants in the US since the 1970s. This period spans six presidential administrations and encompasses a diverse set of political and economic conditions. Containing original research this book contributes to critical ass...

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