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Agricultural Commodity Markets and Trade
Edited by Alexander Sarris, David Hallam
The book argues that the viability of many observed market and non-market interventions in various countries in agricultural products depends considerably on the underlying behaviour of the relevant commodity markets. Many of these polic...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Smart Growth and Climate Change
Edited by Matthias Ruth
This invaluable book brings together two strands of applied research that to date have only been carried out in isolation from each other – ‘smart growth’ research and research into adaptation to climate change and variability. Both enta...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Environmental Regulation and Food Safety
Edited by Veena Jha
Environmental, health and sanitary requirements in developed countries are sometimes perceived in developing countries as non-tariff barriers to trade. This book shows that such restrictions are perceived to be more stringent during the ... -
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The Economics of Pollution Havens
Edited by Don Fullerton
A pollution haven may arise if environmental stringency differs between countries, when capital is mobile, and when trade rules allow firms to relocate and still sell their products to the same customers. This cohesive volume analyzes ho... -
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Sustainable Development Indicators in Ecological Economics
Edited by Philip Lawn
Since the late 1980s and early 1990s, national governments have introduced a range of policy measures designed to steer their economies along a more sustainable path. Yet how are we to know how successful these have been? This significan...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Future of Automated Freight Transport
Edited by Rob Konings, Hugo Priemus, Peter Nijkamp
This book explores the many challenges faced by the development and implementation of automated freight transport systems. It offers a unique overview of current applications, developments and future perspectives. The subject of automati...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Institutional Economics and Fisheries Management
Elizabeth H. Petersen
Elizabeth H. Petersen argues that economists and other social scientists are increasingly focusing their attention towards institutions (defined as humanly-devised rules) as critical determinants of economic, social and political growth ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Green Accounting in Europe
Edited by Anil Markandya, Marialuisa Tamborra
Using spatially desegregated data on measures of pollution to derive economic damage estimates, the main purpose of the book is to gauge the environmental damage sustained as a result of economic activities and to offer an insight into h...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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On the Reappraisal of Microeconomics
Robert U. Ayres, Katalin Martinás
The conventional utility-based approach to microeconomics is now nearly a century old and although frequently criticised, it has yet to be replaced. On the Reappraisal of Microeconomics offers an alternative approach that overcomes most ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Amenities and Rural Development
Edited by Gary Paul Green, Steven C. Deller, David D. Marcouiller
Amenities and Rural Development explores the paradigmatic shift in how we view land resources and the potential for development in amenity-rich rural regions. Amenity-based growth can lead to several paths, based largely on proximity ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Welfare Economics of Public Policy
Richard E, Just, Darrell L. Hueth, Andrew Schmitz
This outstanding text, a follow-up to the authors’ award-winning 1982 text, provides a thorough treatment of economic welfare theory and develops a complete theoretical and empirical framework for applied project and policy evaluation. T...eBook:Find out more$76.76
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Cost–Benefit Analysis and Evolutionary Computing
John H.E. Taplin, Min Qiu, Vivian K. Salim, Renlong Han
This book systematically addresses the issue of interdependence between road projects in a network, when prioritising and scheduling road expansion and maintenance. The book presents substantial applications for both rural and urban pro...eBook:Find out more$40.00