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A History of American State and Local Economic Development
Ronald W. Coan
A History of American State and Local Economic Development relates the history of American local and state economic development from 1790 to 2000. This multi-variable, multi-disciplinary history employs a bottom-up policy-making systems ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Public or Private Goods?
Edited by Brigitte Unger, Daan van der Linde, Michael Getzner
The book explores the core public tasks that the state has traditionally provided but which increasingly are being privatized and subsumed by the private sector. The night-watchman state role of providing security is instead offered by p...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Future of Federalism
Edited by Richard Eccleston, Richard Krever
The crisis and its aftermath had a dramatic short-term effect on federal relations and, as the twelve case studies in this volume show, set in place a new set of socio-political factors that are shaping the longer-run process of institut...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Accessibility, Equity and Efficiency
Edited by Karst T. Geurs, Roberto Patuelli, Tomaz Ponce Dentinho
Accessibility models not only help to explain spatial and transport developments in developed and developing countries but also are powerful tools to explain the equity and efficiency impacts of urban and transport policies and projects....eBook:Find out more$40.00
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A Handbook of Alternative Theories of Public Economics
Edited by Francesco Forte, Ram Mudambi, Pietro Maria Navarra
This comprehensive and thought-provoking Handbook reviews public sector economics from pluralist perspectives that either complement or reach beyond mainstream views. The book takes a comprehensive interdisciplinary approach, drawing on ...eBook:Find out more$63.16
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The Global Financial Crisis and its Budget Impacts in OECD Nations
Edited by John Wanna, Evert A. Lindquist, Jouke de Vries
The global financial crisis of 2007–09 constituted the biggest shock to the economies of the OECD nations since the Second World War and caused most of their governments to move into intense crisis mode. They made significant adjustments...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Global Urban Competitiveness Report – 2013
Edited by Pengfei Ni, Peter Karl Kresl, Wei Liu
The Global Urban Competitiveness Report – 2013 is an empirical study and evaluation of the sustainable competitiveness of 500 cities around the world from regional, national and other perspectives. This one-of-a-kind resource draws on a ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Elgar Companion to Social Economics, Second Edition
Edited by John B. Davis, Wilfred Dolfsma
Social economics is a dynamic and growing field that emphasizes the key roles social values play in the economy and economic life. This second edition of the Elgar Companion to Social Economics revises all chapters from the first edition...eBook:Find out more$65.00
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International Handbook on Mega-Projects
Edited by Hugo Priemus, Bert van Wee
This comprehensive and accessible Handbook presents state-of-the-art research on the decision-making processes in the deliverance of mega-projects – large infrastructure projects for the transportation of people and/or goods.eBook:Find out more$67.96
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Handbook of Multilevel Finance
Edited by Ehtisham Ahmad, Giorgio Brosio
This Handbook explores and explains new developments in the “second generation” theory of public finance, in which benevolent rulers and governments have been replaced by personally motivated politicians and the associated institutions. ...eBook:Find out more$65.00
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Handbook on the Economics of Cultural Heritage
Edited by Ilde Rizzo, Anna Mignosa
Cultural heritage is a complex and elusive concept, constantly evolving through time, and combining cultural, aesthetic, symbolic, spiritual, historical and economic values. The Handbook on the Economics of Cultural Heritage outlines the...eBook:Find out more$67.96
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Benefit–Cost Analyses for Security Policies
Edited by Carol Mansfield, V. K. Smith
Benefit–Cost Analyses for Security Policies describes how to undertake the evaluation of security policies within the framework of benefit–cost analysis and offers a unique contribution to analysis of homeland security regulations in the...eBook:Find out more$40.00