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  • 1
    ISBN: 9781800374362
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (320 Seiten)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Engaging citizens in policy making
    Keywords: Internet in public administration ; Political participation ; Political participation Technological innovations ; Policy sciences Citizen participation ; Electronic books ; Europa ; Verwaltung ; E-Partizipation ; Bürgerbeteiligung
    Abstract: "Exploring academic and policy thinking on e-participation, this book opens up the organizational and institutional 'black box' and provides new insights into how public administrations in 15 European states have facilitated its implementation. Using multiple case studies, the book offers a systematic analysis of how e-participation initiatives are actually organized and administered within the government, as well as how the political context and collaborative partnerships both within the government and with non-governmental actors affect the adoption and institutionalization of e-participation platforms. Contributors provide new empirical evidence on some of the most pressing questions related to the organization and management of e-participation, aiming to provide better understanding of citizen participation platforms. Providing comparative knowledge on the institutional, administrative and organizational aspects of e-participation, this book will be an ideal read for public policy researchers and government practitioners interested in innovation and technology in public administration"--
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    Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
    ISBN: 9781789906530
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 363 Seiten)
    Series Statement: Elgar modern guides series
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    Keywords: Sportökonomik ; Sport ; Profisport ; Welt ; Europa ; Sports Economic aspects ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: "This timely Modern Guide offers critical insights into developments in both professional and recreational sports through the lens of the economic forces that determine them. It explores the benefits of the relationship between sports and economics, highlighting ways that economic research can help to understand sports better and the ways that sport provides opportunities to test economic theories. With both theoretical and empirical chapters, the book looks at the development of European sports economics over the last 20 years, the relationship between competitive balance and attendance, and the potential economic impact of sports events. Chapters further examine specific issues in sports from an economic perspective, including labour market restrictions on professional leagues, refereeing, team dynamics, the importance of good players versus good results and the sports analytics revolution due to big data. The use of state-of-the-art empirical methods makes this Modern Guide a crucial read for economists and sports science researchers looking to better understand both the relationship between the two fields and their own area of research. Sports policymakers will also appreciate the in-depth discussion on a range of different recreational and professional sports"--
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  • 3
    ISBN: 9781781003824
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (160 Seiten)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Keywords: Öffentliches Unternehmen ; Innovation ; China ; Government business enterprises ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Technological innovations ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Contents: Preface -- 1. State-owned enterprise, government, and the innovation ecosystem -- 2. Formation of the dual innovation systems in China -- 3. State Grid and user-driven innovation: the case of ultra-high voltage power transmission -- 4. TD-SCDMA, LTE-TDD, and China Mobile: catch-up and innovation in the Chinese telecommunications industry -- 5. China's high-speed train dream: CSR Group and the state-led innovation ecosystem -- 6. The CGN and engineering innovation in nuclear power -- 7. Revisiting SOEs' innovation in the large infrastructure sector -- Index.
    Abstract: "This original book is a unique and original in-depth study on how, in the past decade, Chinese State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) have achieved technological innovation in the large infrastructure sectors. It reveals a 'new world' of Chinese innovation, showing that SOEs are willing to innovate and are also more than capable of doing so. Based on findings from first-hand data and years of observations, this book shows how the innovation ecosystem perspective incentivises and facilitates Chinese SOEs' innovation and highlights the entrepreneurial role of the government. Using the examples of UHV Power Transmission, mobile telecommunication standards, high-speed trains, and nuclear electric power, the book exhibits the complex determinants of SOEs' success in radical technological innovations within the large infrastructure sector. Chapters also demonstrate the innovation process of SOEs, the unique innovation model of China, as well as its advantages and disadvantages. Catch-Up and Radical Innovation in Chinese State-Owned Enterprises will be a useful resource for academics in research disciplines such as development studies, innovation and entrepreneurship, and Chinese studies. It will also aid entrepreneurs, businesses and managers who intend to collaborate with Chinese SOEs, to better understand the trends of SOEs' engagement in radical innovation and the potential opportunities for broadening their international collaborations"--
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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    Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing
    ISBN: 9781788978972
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (232 Seiten)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Keywords: Neue Seidenstraße ; Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen ; Verkehrsinfrastruktur ; Globalisierung ; China ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Business logistics ; Electronic books ; Bibliographie enthalten
    Abstract: Contents: Preface: Beyond China, China, China -- PART I INTRODUCTION -- 1. Actions and Reactions -- PART II CHINA -- 2. From China's Logistics to China's Geologistics -- PART III THE SILK ROAD ECONOMIC BELT: LANDBRIDGES, ECONOMIC CORRIDORS AND DRY PORTS -- 3. Landbridging Eurasia -- 4. Secondary Economic Corridors, Dry Ports and Seaport Gateways -- PART IV THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY MARITIME SILK ROAD: BLUE ECONOMIC PASSAGES, AN ECONOMIC CIRCLE AND SEAPORTS -- 5. China-Indian Ocean-Africa-Mediterranean Passage -- 6. China-Oceania-South Pacific Passage: Adding Antarctica -- 7. China-Arctic Ocean Passage -- 8. China-Trans-Pacific Ocean Passage: Latin America and the Caribbean -- PART V CONCLUSION -- 9. Five Years On, Centennial Goals and an Imperial Connection? -- Bibliography -- Index.
    Abstract: "This insightful book examines the growing role of China on the global stage by gauging the varying reactions of international spectators to Beijing's hugely significant Belt and Road Initiative. Featuring detailed studies of key geologistical projects, Peter Rimmer charts the swift transformation of China's domestic logistics systems into a global geologistics policy. Analyses of major international logistical projects, from the Great Stone Industrial Park of Belarus, through the ports of Gwadar, Piraeus, Darwin and Sabetta to the Nicaragua Canal, illustrate the global impact of China's geologistical developments and how key logistics skills are exported through the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road. This book distils China's global logistics developments into three basic models - the transcontinental, the reverse and the classic - to reflect upon the effects of the first five years of the Belt and Road Initiative. Laced with detailed empirical studies and an array of illustrative maps, Rimmer assesses the domestic impact of the Initiative thus far and offers an astute appraisal of the imperial connotations of Beijing's global logistical project. This enlightening book provides crucial insights for academics and researchers in political science, transport studies and economics investigating China's recent policy initiatives, particularly those who examine the impact of geologistics. Policymakers and commentators will also benefit from the author's unique empirical insight into global logistics development"--
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 5
    ISBN: 9781785364761
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (288 p) , cm
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Series Statement: New directions in post-keynesian economics
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The financialization response to economic disequilibria
    DDC: 339.5
    Keywords: Finanzkapitalismus ; Ungleichgewichtsökonomie ; Europa ; Lateinamerika ; Equilibrium (Economics) ; Business cycles ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Introduction what are the issues now? controversies about disequilibria, economic growth, and economic policies / Noemi Levy and Etelberto Ortiz -- Part I -- Structural desequilibria in Europe: what to do -- 1. A structural and monetary perspective of the Euro crisis / Riccardo Bellofiore, Francesco Garibaldo and Mariana Mortagua -- 2. The big financial crisis and the European economic adjustment: a road towards the strengthening of the neoliberal agenda / Ma. Guadalupe Huerta -- 3. Debt deflation theory and the great recession / Domenica Tropeano and Alessandro Vercelli -- Part II -- The forces of desequilibria at work: their impact on growth -- 4. The periphery in the productive globalization: a new dependency? / Alan Cibils and Germán Pinazo -- 5. Latin America in the new international order: new forms of economic organizations and old forms of surplus appropriation / Noemi Levy -- 6. Inequality, technological change and worldwide economic recovery / Carlos A. Rozo -- 7. Global disequilibria and the inequitable distribution of income / Alma Chapoy -- 8. Transformations of entrepreneurial capitalism, crises and the need for a radical change in economic policy / Hassan Bougrine and Louis-Philippe Rochon -- Part III -- Disequilibria in the Mexican economy: the export growth model, economic stagnation and labor precarization -- 9. The limits of the export led growth model: the Mexican experience / Etelberto Ortiz -- 10. The Mexican economy in 2014: between crisis, free trade, social devastation and labour precarization / Alejandro Álvarez and Sandra Martínez -- 11. The accumulation mode of production in Mexico and the economic structure of the manufacturing industry / Luis Kato -- Part IV -- Disequilibria in Mexico: the financial and fiscal trap -- 12. Economic growth and financial development in mexico: from a virtuous circle of a bi-directional causality to a financial subordination / Teresa López and Eufemia Basilio -- 13. Private ssector finance in the era of deregulation and economic openness: Mexico 2000-2014 / Christian Domínguez and Juan Marroquín -- 14. Pro-cyclical fiscal policy and the fiscal support of the Mexican monetary policy / Luis Á. Ortiz.
    Abstract: Europe and Latin America's social and economic stagnation is a direct result of the unresolved phenomena of the financialization crisis that broke out in 2008 in developed countries. Editors Noemi Levy and Etelberto Ortiz analyze the limitations of economic growth and development under capitalist economic organizations where financial capital is dominant, as well as explore alternative economic policies. This book argues that institutional settings based on the international monetary market, the global production organization and the international commerce arrangements need to be redesigned to improve countries' economic growth, job opportunities and salaries. In order for economic disequilibria to be reduced among regions, countries and social classes, economic surplus appropriation must be regulated. Divided into four distinct thematic sections, the chapters discuss how income distribution must be re-evaluated in order to halt the economic crisis of developing countries in Europe and Latin America, and to boost a new cycle of economic growth and development. This critical discussion will be of value to economic scholars and researchers, policymakers wishing to learn more about the limitations of economic growth, as well as journalists specializing in economic issues
    Note: Contributors include: A. Álvarez, E. Basilio, R. Bellofiore, H. Bougrine, A. Chapoy, A. Cibils, C. Domínguez, F. Garibaldo, M. Guadalupe Huerta, L. Kato, N. Levy, T. López, J. Marroquín, S. Martínez, M. Mortagua, E. Ortiz, L.Á. Ortiz, G. Pinazo, L.-P. Rochon, C.A. Rozo, D. Tropeano. A. Vercelli , Includes bibliographical references and index
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    ISBN: 9781784717384
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (256 p)
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Academic spin-offs and technology transfer in Europe
    DDC: 338.4/73784
    Keywords: Ausgründung ; Technologietransfer ; Forschungskooperation ; Unternehmensgründung ; Erfolgsfaktor ; Europa ; USA ; Academic spin-outs ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Höheres Bildungswesen ; Technologiemanagement ; Spin-off-Unternehmensgründung
    Abstract: Introduction: what is the current state of knowledge transfer at research institutions in Europe, what are the main challenges and why does it matter? / Sven H. De Cleyn and Gunter Festel -- Part I shaping the ecosystem -- 1. I3P as university business incubator - a dual mission in technology transfer and start-up ecosystem development / Marco Cantamessa -- 2. Strategies for designing new venture units in complex contexts / Elco van Burg, Isabelle M.M.J. Reymen, A. Georges L. Romme and Victor A. Gilsing -- 3. TU Berlin - an entrepreneurial university in an entrepreneurial city / Matthias Mrozewski, Agnes Von Matuschka, Jan Kratzer and Gunter Festel -- Part II supporting and coaching spin-offs -- 4. Systematic spin-off processes in university-industry ecosystems / Helmut Schönenberger -- 5. Supporting new spin-off ventures - experiences from a university start-up program / Magnus Klofsten and Erik Lundmark -- 6. 'Intrapreneurship at the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft': how to stimulate greater entrepreneurship among researchers / Julia Bauer, Matthias Keckl, Thorsten Lambertus and Björn Schmalfuss -- Part III financing spin-offs and technology transfer -- 7. Incubation to address the 'innovation gap' / Ulrich Mahr and Florian Kirschenhofer -- 8. The seed challenge / Michael Brandkamp -- Part IV innovative tools for technology transfer -- 9. Founding angels as an emerging angel investment model to support early stage high-tech spin-offs / Gunter Festel -- 10. Flipping the knowledge transfer model using start-ups: how entrepreneurs can stimulate faster adoption of academic knowledge / Sven H. De Cleyn and Frank Gielen -- 11. Stimulating student entrepreneurship within a traditional university model: the AU-student incubator as a case / Mia L. Justesen, Rajiv V. Basaiawmoit, Flemming K. Fink and Kirstine V. Moltzen -- Part V international perspective on academic spin-offs and technology transfer -- 12. What Europe still has to learn from the US in academic innovation / Hervé Lebret -- Part V conclusion -- 13. Academic spin-offs and technology transfer in Europe - concluding insights and outlook / Sven H. De Cleyn and Gunter Festel.
    Abstract: While the US has traditionally been successful in commercialising new technologies, Europe is confronted with an increasing dependency upon fast developing technologies like biotechnology or ICT, despite having some of the best universities in the world. This book will explore the key attributes of commercialising academic knowledge, focusing on spin-offs. Bringing together the visions and best practices used by leading academics and professionals across Europe, Sven H. De Cleyn and Gunter Festel offer new and practical insights on technology transfer in an attempt to resolve the European Paradox. Innovative contributions provide new insights into the special approaches used by European institutes when it comes to fostering and supporting technology transfer activities and the creation of new academic spin-off ventures. This book illustrates the tools they have developed via compelling examples of successful corporate alliances with academic institutes and public research organisations. Practical and insightful, this book will appeal to researchers, policy-makers and educators interested in technology transfer and high-tech entrepreneurship. Investors will also gain from a greater understanding of the benefits of academic spin-offs and technology transfer offices will find a wealth of information to help improve operations for their creation
    Note: Contributors include: J. Bauer, M. Brandkamp, M. Cantamessa, S.H. De Cleyn, G. Festel, F.K. Fink, F. Gielen, V.A. Gilsing, M.L. Justesen, M. Keckl, M. Klofsten, F. Kirschenhofer, J. Kratzer, T. Lambertus, H. Lebret, E. Lundmar, U. Mahr, K.V. Moltzen, M. Mrozewski, I.M.M.J. Reymen, A.G.L. Romme, B. Schmalfuss, H. Schönenberger, R.V. Basaiawmoit, E. van Burg, A. von Matuschka , Includes bibliographical references and index
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    Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Pub
    ISBN: 9781786430601
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (672 p) , cm
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Europe's disappearing middle class?
    DDC: 305.6
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    Keywords: Mittelschicht ; Soziale Lage ; EU-Staaten ; Middle class ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Europa ; Mittelstand ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; Europa ; Mittelstand ; Verkleinerung
    Abstract: 1. Is the world of work behind middle class reshuffling? / Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead, Rosalie Vazquez-Alvarez and Nicolas Maitre -- 2. Is the world of work stimulating middle class growth in the Baltic states? / Jaan Masso, Inta Mierina and Kerly Espenberg -- 3. Social concertation and middle class stability in Belgium / Sarah Kuypers and Ive Marx -- 4. Transformation in the world of work and the middle class: the French experience / Pierre Courtioux and Christine Erhel -- 5. The erosion of the German middle class: the end of the 'levelled-out, middle class society'? / Gerhard Bosch and Thorsten Kalina -- 6. The Greek middle classes facing an uncertain future / Maria Karamessini and Stefanos Giakoumatos -- 7. Is Hungary still in search of its middle class? / István György Tóth -- 8. Middle incomes in boom and bust: the Irish experience / Bertrand Maître and Brian Nolan -- 9. The middle class in Italy: reshuffling, erosion, polarization / Annamaria Simonazzi and Teresa Barbieri -- 10. Stagnating incomes and the middle class in the Netherlands: running to stand still? / Wiemer Salverda -- 11. Still holding on? inequality, labour market and middle income groups in Portugal / Pilar González, António Figueiredo, Hugo Figueiredo and Luis Delfim Santos -- 12. Knocking on heaven's door: changes in the world of work and the middle class in Spain / Rafael Muñoz-De-Bustillo and José-Ignacio Antón -- 13. The rise and fall of the Swedish middle class? / Dominique Anxo -- 14. How have middle-income households fared in unequal Britain? a focus on work and employment trends / Damian Grimshaw and Anthony Rafferty.
    Abstract: While recent studies have highlighted the phenomenon and risks of increased inequalities between the top and the bottom of society, little research has so far been carried out on trends relating to the median income range that generally represents the middle class. This volume examines the following questions: what are the main transformations in the world of work over the last 20 years in terms of the labour market, social dialogue and conditions of work, wages and incomes that may have affected the middle class? How has the middle class been altered by the financial and economic crisis? What are the long-term trends for the middle class in Europe? This volume also investigates the potential risks and effects of the reshuffling, or even weakening, of the middle class. On the social side, it explores the ramifications of further retrenchment of the European Social Model, which to a great extent has traditionally been funded by the middle class. On the economic side, the book investigates whether this process - especially from the perspective of consumption and human capital - is endangering the long-term sustainability of the current economic model. While presenting evidence of a definite erosion of the middle class, this book assesses the specific situation in each individual EU member state on the basis of detailed statistics and case studies of professional categories that traditionally represent the middle class. This book issues a timely warning about the latest trends and prospects for the middle class in Europe. On this basis, it presents policy considerations and options that will be useful to policy-makers for ensuring the future of the middle class in Europe. Scholars and researchers of European studies and social policy, especially from a sustainability perspective, will find this volume to be an invaluable reference
    Note: Contributors include: J.I. Antón, D. Anxo, T. Barbieri, G. Bosch, P. Courtioux, C. Erhel, K. Espenberg, A. Figueiredo, H. Figueiredo, S. Giakoumatos, P. González, D. Grimshaw, T. Kalina, M. Karamessini, S. Kuypers, B. Maître, N. Maitre, I. Marx, J. Masso, I. Mierina, R. Muñoz-de-Bustillo Llorente, B. Nolan, A. Rafferty, W. Salverda, L.D. Santos, A. Simonazzi, I.G. Tóth, D. Vaughan-Whitehead, R. Vazquez-Alvarez , Includes bibliographical references and index
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    Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Pub
    ISBN: 9781783476831
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (576 p) , cm
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook of social capital and regional development
    DDC: 338.9
    Keywords: Sozialkapital ; Regionalentwicklung ; EU-Strukturfonds ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Unternehmensnetzwerk ; Entrepreneurship ; Internationaler Wettbewerb ; Regional planning ; Social capital (Sociology) ; Economic development ; Human capital ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Social capital (Sociology) ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Soziales Kapital ; Regionale Wirtschaftsentwicklung
    Abstract: 1. Social capital and regional development: an introduction / Hans Westlund and Johan P. Larsson -- 2. Social capital and networks in spatial economies / Börje Johansson -- Part I aspects of entrepreneurship -- 3. Local social entrepreneurship and social capital / Niels Bosma, Veronique Schutjens and Beate Volker -- 4. Does persistence in start-up activity reflect persistence in social capital? / Michael Fritsch and Michael Wyrwich -- 5. Women's entrepreneurship and social capital / Pia Arenius and Riikka Franzén -- 6. Dealmakers in place: social capital connections in regional entrepreneurial economies / Maryann P. Feldman and Ted Douglas Zoller -- 7. Social capital and the economics of cities / Martin Andersson, Johan P. Larsson and Joakim Wernberg -- 8. Indonesian entrepreneurs in the UK: a social capital perspective on challenges and opportunities of migrant entrepreneurs / Eddy Setiawan, Dessy Irawati and Roel Rutten -- 9. Social capital, entrepreneurship and living standards: differences between migrants and the native born / Matthew Roskruge, Jacques Poot and Laura King -- Part II measurement and regional performance -- 10. The social capital of European regions / Emanuele Ferragina -- 11. Social capital and regional economic performance: a study across U.S. metropolitan statistical areas / Michael F. Thompson and Timothy F. Slaper -- 12. Social capital and income convergence in European regions / Emili Tortosa-Ausina and Jesús Peiró-Palomino -- Part III aspects of regional development -- 13. Challenges and opportunities for local development initiatives to influence social capital for health promotion purposes: theoretical and empirical support / Malin Eriksson and Maria Emmelin -- 14. Social capital and rural development in southern European regions: the case of EU-funded leader projects / Asimina Christoforou and Elena Pisani -- 15. Research on social capital and regional development in China: what has been done so far and what should be done in future? / Ailun Xiong and Yongjian Pu -- Part IV governance, strategies and planning -- 16. Social capital and regional learning governance: a Japanese perspective / Kiyoshi Kobayashi and Tsuyoshi Hatori -- 17. Clusters as a take-off for glocal strategies: the role of social capital / Bengt Johannisson, Marcela Ramirez-Pasillas and Malin Lindberg -- 18. A habermas-inspired approach to social capital in regional planning / Roger E. Bolton -- 19. Researchers' role in regional development - collaboration and social capital in Swedish higher education institutions / Maria Ljunggren.
    Abstract: The role of social capital in regional development is a multifaceted topic which is studied all over the world using various methods and across numerous disciplines. It has long been evident that social capital is important for regional development, however, it is less clear how this works in practice. Do all types of social capital have the same effects and are different kinds of regions impacted in the same way? This book is the first to offer an overview of this rapidly expanding field of research and to thoroughly analyse the complex issue of social capital and regional development. The authoritative and original chapters, written by leading scholars from around the world, combine theory and new empirical research to analyse various types of regions from metropolitan to rural. A particular focus is on entrepreneurship and the social capital of enterprises, whilst the role of social capital for modern governance and planning is also highlighted. The different components of social capital and data availability are also treated in depth. This Handbook is an ideal resource for students and scholars studying social capital, social networks, and regional growth and development. It also offers great insight for policymaker and planners in the fields of urban, regional and rural development
    Note: Contributors include: M. Andersson, P. Arenius, R.E. Bolton, N. Bosma, A. Christoforou, M. Emmelin, M. Eriksson, M.P. Feldman, E. Ferragina, R. Franzén, M. Fritsch, T. Hatori, D. Iriwati, B. Johannisson, B. Johansson, L. King, K. Kobayashi, J.P. Larsson, M. Lindberg, M. Ljunggren, J. Peiró-Palomino, E. Pisani, J. Poot, Y. Pu, M. Ramírez Pasillas, M. Roskruge, R. Rutten, V. Schutjens, E. Setiawan, T.F. Slaper, M.F. Thompson, E. Tortosa-Ausina, B. Volker, J. Wernberg, H. Westlund, M. Wyrwich, A. Xiong, T.D. Zoller , Includes bibliographical references and index
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    Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Pub
    ISBN: 9781785365553
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (224 p) , cm
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Entrepreneurship, innovation and regional development
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    Keywords: Unternehmensgründung ; Innovation ; Regionalentwicklung ; Mittelstandspolitik ; Entrepreneurship ; Europa ; Entrepreneurship ; Electronic books ; Unternehmer ; Innovation ; Regionalentwicklung ; Unternehmer ; Innovation ; Regionalentwicklung
    Abstract: 1. Introduction / David Smallbone, Markku Virtanen and Arnis Sauka -- Part I innovation -- 2. Innovation processes in adverse institutional settings: connectedness and disconnectedness in three regions of Ukraine / Christos Kalantaridis. Svitlana Slava, Olga Savchenko and Oleksandra Gumenna -- 3. Smart specialisation as a development opportunity for the peripheral regions of eastern poland / Anna Rogut and Bogdan Piasecki -- Part II entrepreneurial activity and regional development -- 4. Entrepreneurship and industrial policy in Ireland / Colm O'Gorman and Declan Curran -- 5. Towards Europe: the small business charter and sme policy up-grading in the western Balkans / Stephen Roper and Anita Richter -- 6. Is Estonia becoming better home for "born globals"? / Tõnis Mets -- Part III entrepreneurship and SME policy -- 7. Entrepreneurial activity of the Russian population: factors of cross-regional diversity - methodology, indicators, preliminary findings / Alexander Chepurenko, Vladimir Elakhovskiy and Ekaterina Popovskaya -- 8. Entrepreneurial perceptions and entrepreneurial activity in core and peripheral regions in Estonia / Urve Venesaar and Merle Küttim -- 9. The capitalization of new firms: exploring the influence of entrepreneurial characteristics on start-up finance / Paul Robson, Tyler Chamberlin and Mark Freel -- 10. Conclusions / David Smallbone, Markku Virtanen and Arnis Sauka.
    Abstract: Entrepreneurship and innovation are arguably the main drivers of economic development today. This book explores the two in depth, at both the national and regional levels, using a variety of methodologies. The expert contributors discuss the subject from a policy perspective, with case studies from a host of countries including new member states of the EU as well as established EU member states. Split into three parts, the book focuses on: innovation, entrepreneurial activity and regional development, and entrepreneurship and SME policy. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of entrepreneurship and related subjects as well as to practitioners and policy-makers in the field
    Note: Contributors include: T. Chamberlin, A. Chepurenko, D. Curran, V. Elakhovskiy, M. Freel, O. Gumenna, C. Kalantaridis, M. Kuttim, T. Mets, C. O'Gorman, B. Piasecki, E. Popovskaya, A. Richter, P. Robson, A. Rogut, S. Roper, O. Savchenko, S. Slava, U. Venesaar , Includes bibliographical references and index
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    ISBN: 9781784716424
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 v) , cm
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Trade and inequality
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    Keywords: Außenhandel ; Soziale Ungleichheit ; Industrieökonomik ; Mikroökonomik ; Heterodoxe Ökonomik ; Free trade ; Income distribution ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Quelle ; Welthandel ; Soziale Ungleichheit
    Abstract: This volume brings together the most influential theoretical and empirical contributions to the topic of trade and inequality from recent years. Segregating it into four key areas, the collection forms a comprehensive study of the subject, targeted at academic readers familiar with the main trade models and empirical methods used in economics. The first two parts cover empirical evidence on trade and inequality in developed and developing countries, while the third and fourth sections confront transition dynamics following trade liberalization and new theoretical contributions inspired by the previously-discussed empirical evidence, respectively. Presented with an extensive original introduction by the editor, Trade and Inequality will be an invaluable tool in the study of this field to advanced undergraduate students, graduate students and faculty alike
    Abstract: Elhanan Helpman, Oleg Itskhoki, Stephen Redding (2010), 'Inequality and Unemployment in a Global Economy' -- Pol Antràs, Luis Garicano and Esteban Rossi-Hansberg (2006), 'Offshoring in a Knowledge Economy' -- Arnaud Costinot, Jonathan Vogel and Su Wang (2012), 'Global Supply Chains and Wage Inequality'
    Abstract: Recommended readings (Machine generated): Adrian Wood (1995), 'How Trade Hurt Unskilled Workers' -- Amit Khandelwal (2010), 'The Long and Short (of) Quality Ladders' -- David H. Autor, David Dorn and Gordon H. Hanson (2013), 'The China Syndrome: Local Labor Market Effects of Import Competition in the United States' -- Robert C. Feenstra and Gordon H. Hanson (1999), 'The Impact of Outsourcing and High-Technology Capital on Wages: Estimates for the United States, 1979-1990' -- David Hummels, Rasmus Jørgensen, Jakob Munch and Chong Xiang (2014), 'The Wage Effects of Offshoring: Evidence from Danish Matched Worker-Firm Data' -- Maarten Goos, Alan Manning and Anna Salomons (2014), 'Explaining Job Polarization: Routine-Biased Technological Change and Offshoring' -- Orazio Attanasio, Pinelopi K. Goldberg and Nina Pavcnik (2004), 'Trade Reforms and Wage Inequality in Colombia' -- Guido G. Porto (2006), 'Using Survey Data to Assess the Distributional Effects of Trade Policy' -- Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg and Nina Pavcnik (2005), 'Trade, Wages, and the Political Economy of Trade Protection: Evidence from the Colombian Trade Reforms' -- Petia Topalova (2010), 'Factor Immobility and Regional Impacts of Trade Liberalization: Evidence on Poverty from India' -- Brian K. Kovak (2013), 'Regional Effects of Trade Reform: What Is the Correct Measure of Liberalization?' -- Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg and Nina Pavcnik (2003), 'The Response of the Informal Sector to Trade Liberalization' -- Eric A. Verhoogen (2008), 'Trade, Quality Upgrading and Wage Inequality in the Mexican Manufacturing Sector' -- Irene Brambilla, Daniel Lederman and Guido Porto (2012), 'Exports, Export Destinations, and Skills' -- Brian McCaig (2011), 'Exporting Out of Poverty: Provincial Poverty in Vietnam and U.S. Market Access' -- Erhan Artuç, Shubham Chaudhuri and John McLaren (2010), 'Trade Shocks and Labor Adjustment: A Structural Empirical Approach' -- Rafael Dix-Carneiro (2014), 'Trade Liberalization and Labor Market Dynamics' -- Gueorgui Kambourov (2009), 'Labour Market Regulations and the Sectoral Reallocation of Workers: The Case of Trade Reforms' -- Arnaud Costinot and Jonathan Vogel (2010), 'Matching and Inequality in the World Economy'
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    ISBN: 9781783470907
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 204 p) , ill. (some col.), maps (some col.)
    Series Statement: New perspectives on the modern corporation
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The internationalisation of business R&D
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    Keywords: Multinationales Unternehmen ; Industrieforschung ; Forschungskosten ; Auslandsinvestition ; Internationale Geschäftsbeziehungen ; Wirkungsanalyse ; OECD-Staaten ; Research, Industrial Management ; Business Research ; Research, Industrial International cooperation ; Research, Industrial ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Forschung und Entwicklung ; Internationalisierung ; Europa ; USA ; Forschung und Entwicklung ; Internationalisierung ; Branche
    Abstract: It has become clear that over the past few decades enterprises not only produce and sell abroad but increasingly also develop goods and services outside their home countries; a development now known as the internationalisation of business R&D. This book presents a comprehensive picture of the current state of internationalisation of R&D in the business sector. The contributors explore key patterns of the internationalisation of R&D across various countries and sectors using case studies to underpin empirical evidence. They examine the drivers of the process, revealing the impacts of R&D internationalisation on both home and host countries using both qualitative and quantitative analysis. Topics discussed include: why firms locate R&D activities abroad, data availability, quality and comparability, the role of the EU and the US in the internationalisation of R&D, country-level factors such as size, workforce and FDI as determinants of R&D internationalisation, impacts of R&D internationalisation on home and host countries. This book will prove an insightful read for academics, researchers and students with an interest in economics - particularly the economics of innovation - business and management, and science and technology. It will also prove a valuable resource for R&D policymakers and public administrators
    Abstract: 1. Introduction / Bernhard Dachs, Robert Stehrer and Georg Zahradnik -- 2. Internationalisation of R&D : a brief survey of the literature / Bernhard Dachs -- 3. Issues in collecting data on the internationalisation of R&D / Georg Zahradnik and Waltraut Urban -- 4. R&D internationalisation across countries and over time / Georg Zahradnik -- 5. R&D internationalisation in Belgium, the Czech Republic and Switzerland / Franziska Kampik, Sandra Leitner and Georg Zahradnik -- 6. The sectoral perspective / Georg Zahradnik -- 7. The relationship between the European Union and United States of America / Bernhard Dachs -- 8. The structure of cross-country R&D expenditure : a social network analysis perspective / Thomas Scherngell -- 9. Host country determinants of R&D internationalisation / Sandra Leitner and Robert Stehrer -- 10. Drivers of R&D internationalisation in the automotive industry and in knowledge-intensive business services / Bernahrd Dachs and Doris Hanzl-Weiss -- 11. Impacts of R&D internationalisation on domestic R&D activities / Sandra Leitner and Robert Stehrer -- 12. R&D internationalisation from an Indo-German perspective / Rajnish Tiwari -- 13. R&D internationalisation and the Global Financial Crisis / Bernhard Dachs
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    ISBN: 9781464802270 , 9781464802287
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    Keywords: East African Community Economic policy ; East African Community Economic policy ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Investments ; Public-private sector cooperation ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Investments ; Public-private sector cooperation ; East African Community ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Investments ; Public-private sector cooperation
    Description / Table of Contents: Part A:The status of PPP frameworks and portfolios in the EAC.BackgroundPartner state PPP frameworksPartner state portfoliosCurrent status of capital marketsExisting capacities and activities of EAC.Part B:Lessons learned from regional project case studies.Summary of country case studiesKey questions and lessons in defining a role for RECs.Part C:Regional PPP policy framework issues.Key considerations for a regional PPP policyEAC regional PPP policy: key areas of priority and optionsEAC regional PPP resource center: issues and optionsPPP financing: issues and optionsConclusion--key elements of a strategic business planKey criteria for a strategic business planEstablishing measurable policy outcomesCreation of a task forceBudgetary requirements.Annex 1:PPP country framework templatesAnnex 2:PPP portfolios in EAC partner statesAnnex 3:Rift Valley Railway caseAnnex 4: Johannesburg to Maputo N4 Toll Road caseAnnex 5:West African Gas Pipeline caseAnnex 6:EADB--preliminary institutional assessment (as of October 2011).
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    ISBN: 9781784713065
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 v) , cm
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Measuring WTO's contributions to global economic welfare
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    Keywords: World Trade Organization ; Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights ; WTO-Recht ; WTO-Verhandlungen ; WTO-Mitgliedschaft ; Wohlfahrtsanalyse ; Messung ; Entwicklungsländer ; Welt ; International economic relations ; International trade ; Intellectual property (International law) Economic aspects ; Free trade ; Foreign trade regulation Economic aspects ; Electronic books
    Abstract: At a time when political leaders of the member nations are not acting to strengthen the multilateral trading system via the World Trade Organization, it is worthwhile to reflect on the WTO's contributions to global welfare since its inception more than 65 years ago. This volume assembles seminal empirical studies which estimate the past and prospective, national and global economic welfare impacts of GATT/WTO-induced multilateral trade liberalizations. It also touches on the effects of the Uruguay Round's TRIPS Agreement on intellectual property rights, and the benefits from WTO accessions and trade facilitation initiatives. In his authoritative introduction, Professor Anderson points to the numerous additional contributions of the WTO (and its predecessor, the GATT) which, though difficult to quantify, are nonetheless of great value and highlights those areas where further empirical research could shed more light on the net benefits of this important institution
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    Abstract: Brandt, Loren, Johannes Van Biesebroeck, Luhang Wang and Yifan Zhang (2012), 'WTO Accession and Performance of Chinese Manufacturing Firms', Discussion Paper 9166, Centre for Economic Policy Research, London, October -- Braga, C. A. Primo and Olivier Cattaneo (eds.) (2009), The WTO and Accession Countries (two volumes), Cheltenham, UK and Northampton MA: Edward Elgar Publishing -- Broda, Christian, Nuno Limão and David E. Weinstein (2008), 'Optimal Tariffs and Market Power: The Evidence', American Economic Review 98(5): 2032-65, December -- Brown, Drusilla K. and Robert M. Stern (eds.) (2007), The WTO and Labor and Employment, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton MA: Edward Elgar Publishing -- Bulmer-Thomas, Victor (1994), The Economic History of Latin America Since Independence, Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press -- Busch, Marc L. and Edward D. Mansfield (eds.) (2007), The WTO, Economic Interdependence, and Conflict, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton MA: Edward Elgar Publishing -- Bütler, Monika and Heinz Hauser (2000), 'The WTO Dispute Settlement System: A First Assessment from an Economic Perspective', Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization 16(2): 503-33, October -- Carmody, A. T. (1952), 'The Level of the Australian Tariff: A Study in Method', Yorkshire Bulletin of Economic and Social Research 4(1): 53-65 -- Chisik, Richard (2003), 'Gradualism in Free Trade Agreements: A Theoretical Justification', Journal of International Economics 59: 367-97 -- Clemens, Michael A. and Jeffrey G. Williamson (2010), 'Endogenous Tariffs and Growth: Asia versus Latin America, 1870-1940', mimeo, Harvard University, Cambridge MA, June -- Cooter, Robert D. (1997), 'The Rule of State Law versus the Rule-of-Law State: Economic Analysis of the Legal Foundations of Development', pp. 191-218 in Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics 1996, edited by Michael Bruno and Boris Pleskovic, Washington DC: World Bank -- Copeland, Brian R. and M. Scott Taylor (2003), Trade and the Environment: Theory and Evidence, Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press -- Corden, W. Max (1963), 'The Tariff', pp. 174-214 in The Economics of Australian Industry, edited by Alex Hunter, Melbourne: Melbourne University Press -- Corden, W. Max (1971), The Theory of Protection, Oxford: Clarendon Press -- Corden, W. Max (1974), Trade Policy and Economic Welfare, (revised edition 1997), Oxford: Clarendon Press -- Corden, W. Max (1975), 'The Costs and Consequences of Protection: A Survey of Empirical Work', pp. 51-91 in International Trade and Finance: Frontiers for Research, edited by Peter Kenen, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press -- Crawford, John G. (1934), 'Tariff Level Indices', Economic Record 10: 213-21, December -- Croser, Johanna L. and Kym Anderson (2011), 'Changing Contributions of Different Agricultural Policy Instruments to Global Reductions in Trade and Welfare', World Trade Review 10(3): 297-323, July -- Croser, Johanna L., Peter J. Lloyd and Kym Anderson (2010), 'How Do Agricultural Policy Restrictions to Global Trade and Welfare Differ across Commodities?' American Journal of Agricultural Economics 92(3): 698-712, April
    Abstract: Deardorff, Allan V. and Robert M. Stern (1979), An Economic Analysis of the Effects of the Tokyo Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations on the United States and Other Major Industrial Countries, MTN Studies 5, Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office -- Deardorff, Allan V. and Robert M. Stern (1986), The Michigan Model of World Production and Trade: Theory and Applications, Cambridge MA: MIT Press -- Dee, Philippa, Kevin Hanslow and Duc Tiem Pham (2003), 'Measuring the Cost of Barriers to Trade in Services', pp. 11-46 in Services Trade in the Asia-Pacific Region, edited by Takatoshi Ito and Anne O. Krueger, Chicago IL: University of Chicago Press for the NBER -- de Melo, Jaime and David Tarr (1990), 'Welfare Costs of US Quotas on Textiles, Steel and Autos', Review of Economics and Statistics 72: 489-97 -- Djankov, Simeon, Caroline Freund and Cong Si Pham (2010), 'Trading on Time', Review of Economic and Statistics 92(1): 166-73, February -- Dutt, Pushan, Ilian Mihov and Timothy Van Zandt (2013), 'The Effect of WTO on the Extensive and the Intensive Margins of Trade', Journal of international Economics 91(2): 204-19, November -- Ethier, Wilfred J. and Ayre L. Hillman (eds.) (2008), The WTO and the Political Economy of Trade Policy, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton MA: Edward Elgar Publishing -- Feenstra, Robert E. (1995), 'Estimating the Effects of Trade Policy', Ch. 30 in Handbook of International Economics, Volume III, edited by Gene Grossman and Ken Rogoff, Amsterdam: North-Holland -- Findlay, Christopher and Tony Warren (eds.) (2000), Impediments to Trade in Services: Measurement and Policy Implications, London and Sydney: Routledge -- Finger, J. Michael (1996), 'Legalized Backsliding: Safeguard Provision in GATT', Ch. 11 in The Uruguay Round and the Developing Countries, edited by Will Martin and L. Alan Winters, Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press -- Finger, J. Michael (2002), 'Safeguards: Making Sense of GATT/WTO Provisions Allowing for Import Restrictions', Ch. 22, pp. 195-205 in Development, Trade and the WTO: A Handbook, edited by Bernard Hoekman, Aaditya Mattoo and Philip English, Washington DC: World Bank -- Finger, J. Michael (2012), 'Flexibilities, Rules, and Trade Remedies in the GATT/WTO System', Ch. 19, pp. 418-40 in The Oxford Handbook on the World Trade Organization, edited by Amrita Narlikar, Martin Daunton and Robert M. Stern, New York: Oxford University Press -- Francois, Joseph F. (2001), 'Maximizing the Benefits of the Trade Policy Review Mechanism for Developing Countries', Ch. 12 in Developing Countries and the WTO: A Pro-active Agenda, edited by Bernard Hoekman and Will Martin, Oxford: Blackwell -- Francois, Joseph F. and Bernard Hoekman (2010), 'Services Trade and Policy', Journal of Economic Literature 48(3): 642-92, September -- Francois, Joseph F. and Will Martin (2004), 'Commercial Policy, Bindings and Market Access', European Economic Review 48(3): 665-79, June -- Francois, Joseph F. and Ian Wooton (2001), 'Trade and Competition in Shipping Services and the GATS', Review of International Economics 9(2): 249-61, May -- Furusawa, Taiji and Edwin L.-C. Lai (1999), 'Adjustment Costs and Gradual Trade Liberalization', Journal of International Economics 49: 333-61 -- GATT (1972), Basic Documentation of the Tariff Study, Geneva: GATT Secretariat -- Grubel, Herbert G. and Harry G. Johnson (eds.) (1971), Effective Tariff Protection, Geneva: GATT Secretariat
    Abstract: Guimbard, Houssein, Sébastien Jean, Mondher Mimouni and Xavier Pichot (2012), 'MAcMap-HS6 2007, an Exhaustive and Consistent Measure of Applied Protection in 2007', Ch. 10B in Global Trade, Assistance, and Production: The GTAP 8 Data Base, edited by Badri Narayanan, Angel Aguiar and Robert McDougall, West Lafayette IN: Center for Global Trade Analysis, Purdue University -- Hamilton, Bob and John Whalley (1984), 'Efficiency and Distributional Implications of Global Restrictions on Labor Mobility', Journal of Development Economics 14: 61-75 -- Harrison, Glenn W., Thomas F. Rutherford and David G. Tarr (1996), 'Quantifying the Uruguay Round', Ch. 8 in The Uruguay Round and the Developing Countries, edited by Will Martin and L. Alan Winters, Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press -- Henson, Spencer and John S. Wilson (eds.) (2005), The WTO and Technical Barriers to Trade, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton MA: Edward Elgar Publishing -- Herz, Bernhard and Marco Wagner (2011), 'The "Real" Impact of GATT/WTO: A Generalized Approach', The World Economy 34(6): 1014-41, June -- Hoekman, Bernard (1996), 'Assessing the General Agreement on Trade in Services', Ch. 4 in The Uruguay Round and the Developing Countries, edited by Will Martin and L. Alan Winters, Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press -- Hoekman, Bernard (ed.) (2012), The WTO and Trade in Services (two volumes), Cheltenham, UK and Northampton MA: Edward Elgar Publishing -- Hoekman, Bernard, Will Martin and Carlos Braga (eds.) (2009), Trade Preference Erosion: Measurement and Policy Response, London: Palgrave MacMillan and Washington DC: World Bank -- Hoekman, Bernard, and Çağlar Özden (eds.) (2006), Trade Preferences and Differential Treatment of Developing Countries, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton MA: Edward Elgar Publishing -- Horn, Henrik and Petros C. Mavroidis (2001), 'Economic and Legal Aspects of the Most-Favored Nation Clause', European Journal of Political Economy 17: 233-79 -- Horn, Henrik and Petros C. Mavroidis (2011), WTO Dispute Settlement Dataset and Users' Guide, updated November at www.worldbank.org/trade/wtodisputes -- Hummels, David L., Volodymyr Lugovskyy and Alexandre Skiba (2009), 'The Trade Reducing Effects of Market Power in International Shipping', Journal of Development Economics 89(1): 84-97 -- Hummels, David L. and Georg Schaur (2013), 'Time as a Trade Barrier', American Economic Review 103(7): 2935-59, December -- Ikenson, D. (2008), 'While Doha Sleeps: Securing Economic Growth through Trade Facilitation', Trade Policy Analysis No. 37, Washington DC: Cato Institute -- Irwin, Douglas A. (1995a), 'The GATT in Historical Perspective', American Economic Review 85(2): 323-28, May -- Irwin, Douglas A. (1995b), 'The GATT's Contribution to Economic Recovery in Post-War Western Europe', Ch. 5, pp. 127-50 in Europe's Post-War Recovery, edited by Barry Eichengreen, Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press -- Irwin, Douglas A. (2010), 'Trade Restrictiveness and Deadweight Losses from U.S. Tariffs, 1859-1961', American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 2(3): 111-33, August -- James, Sallie and Kym Anderson (1998), 'On the Need for More Economic Assessment of Quarantine/SPS Policies', Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 42(4): 525-44, December -- Keesing, Donald B. (1998), Improving Trade Policy Reviews in the World Trade Organization, Washington DC: Institute for International Economics
    Abstract: Kym Anderson and Signe Nelgen (2011), 'What's the Appropriate Agricultural Protection Counterfactual for Trade Analysis?', in Will Martin and Aaditya Mattoo (eds), Unfinished Business? The WTO's Doha Agenda, Chapter 13, London: Centre for Economic Policy Research and the World Bank, 325-54 -- L. Alan Winters, Terrie L. Walmsley, Zhen Kun Wang and Roman Grynberg (2003), 'Liberalising Temporary Movement of Natural Persons: An Agenda for the Development Round', World Economy, 26 (8), August, 1137-61 -- Dominique van der Mensbrugghe (2009), 'The Doha Development Agenda and Preference Erosion: Modeling the Impacts', in Bernard Hoekman, Will Martin and Carlos A. Primo Braga (eds), Trade Preference Erosion: Measurement and Policy Response, Chapter 9, London: Palgrave-Macmillan and Washington, DC: World Bank, 357-99 -- Andrew K. Rose (2004), 'Do We Really Know That the WTO Increases Trade?', American Economic Review, 94 (1), March, 98-114 -- Arvind Subramanian and Shang-Jin Wei (2007), 'The WTO Promotes Trade, Strongly but Unevenly', Journal of International Economics, 72 (1), May, 151-75 -- Michael Tomz, Judith L. Goldstein and Douglas Rivers (2007), 'Do We Really Know That the WTO Increases Trade? Comment', American Economic Review, 97 (5), December, 2005-2018 -- Andrew K. Rose (2007), 'Do We Really Know That the WTO Increases Trade? Reply', American Economic Review, 97 (5), December, 2019-25 -- Jason H. Grant and Kathryn A. Boys (2012), 'Agricultural Trade and the GATT/WTO: Does Membership Make a Difference?', American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 94 (1), January, 1-24 -- Pao-Li Chang and Myoung-Jae Lee (2011), 'The WTO Trade Effect', Journal of International Economics, 85 (1), September, 53-71 -- Zdenek Drabek and Marc Bacchetta (2004), 'Tracing the Effects of WTO Accession on Policy-Making in Sovereign States: Preliminary Lessons from the Recent Experience of Transition Countries', World Economy, 27 (7), July, 1083-125 -- Elena Ianchovichina and Will Martin (2004), 'Impacts of China's Accession to the World Trade Organization', World Bank Economic Review, 18 (1), 3-27 -- Thomas F. Rutherford and David G. Tarr (2008), 'Poverty Effects of Russia's WTO Accession: Modeling "Real" Households with Endogenous Productivity Effects', Journal of International Economics, 75 (1), May, 131-50 -- Man-Keung Tang and Shang-Jin Wei (2009), 'The Value of Making Commitments Externally: Evidence from WTO Accessions', Journal of International Economics, 78 (2), July, 216-29 -- Kyle Bagwell and Robert W. Staiger (2011), 'What Do Trade Negotiators Negotiate About? Empirical Evidence from the World Trade Organization', American Economic Review, 101 (4), June, 1238-73 -- Bernard Hoekman and Alessandro Nicita (2011), 'Trade Policy, Trade Costs, and Developing Country Trade', World Development, 39 (12), December, 2069-79 -- J. Michael Finger (2008), 'Trade Facilitation: The Role of a WTO Agreement', ECIPE Working Paper, No. 01/2008, Brussels: European Centre for International Political Economy, 1-42
    Abstract: Laborde, David, Will Martin and Dominique van der Mensbrugghe (2011), 'Measuring the Benefits of Global Trade Reform with Optimal Aggregators of Distortions', Policy Research Working Paper 5665, World Bank, Washington DC, May -- Laird, Sam (1997), 'Quantifying Commercial Policies', Ch. 2, pp. 27-75 in Applied Methods for Trade Policy Analysis: A Handbook, edited by Joseph F. Francois and Kenneth A. Reinert, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press -- Laird, Sam (1999), 'The WTO's Trade Policy Review Mechanism - From Through the Looking Glass', The World Economy 22(6): 741-64, August -- League of Nations (1927), Tariff Level Indices, Geneva: League of Nations -- Lerner, Abba (1936), 'The Symmetry between Import and Export Taxes', Economica 3(11): 306-13, August -- Li, David and Changqi Wu (2004), 'GATT/WTO Accession and Productivity', Ch. 4, pp. 109-48 in Growth and Productivity in East Asia, edited by Takatoshi Ito and Andrew Rose, Chicago: University of Chicago Press for the NBER -- Liepmann, Heinrich (1938), Tariff Levels and the Economic Unity of Europe, London: Allen and Unwin -- Little, Ian M.D., Tibor Scitovsky and Maurice Scott (1970), Industry and Trade in Some Developing Countries: A Comparative Study, London: Oxford University Press -- Liu, Xuepeng (2009), 'GATT/WTO Promotes Trade Strongly: Sample Selection and Model Specification', Review of International Economics 17(3): 428-46 -- Lloyd, Peter J. (1974), 'A More General Theory of Price Distortions in an Open Economy', Journal of International Economics 4(4): 365-86, November -- Lloyd, Peter J. (2008), '100 Years of Tariff Protection in Australia', Australian Economic History Review 48(2): 99-145, July -- Lloyd, Peter J., Johanna L. Croser and Kym Anderson (2010), 'Global Distortions to Agricultural Markets: New Indicators of Trade and Welfare Impacts, 1960 to 2007', Review of Development Economics 14(2): 141-60, May -- Loveday, A. (1929), 'The Measurement of Tariff Levels', Journal of the Royal Statistical Society 92(4): 487-529 -- Maddison, Angus (2008), Historical Statistics of the World Economy: 1-2008 AD, available at http://www.ggdc.net/maddison/ -- Maizels, Alfred (1963), Industrial Growth and World Trade, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press -- Markusen, James R. (1983), 'Factor Movements and Commodity Trade as Complements', Journal of International Economics 13: 341-56 -- Martin, Will and Aaditya Mattoo (eds.) (2011), Unfinished Business? The WTO's Doha Agenda, London: Centre for Economic Policy Research for the World Bank -- Martin, Will and L. Alan Winters (eds.) (1996), The Uruguay Round and the Developing Countries, Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press -- Maskus, Keith E. (2002), 'Benefitting from Intellectual Property Protection', Ch. 36, pp. 369-81 in Development, Trade and the WTO: A Handbook, edited by Bernard Hoekman, Aaditya Mattoo and Philip English, Washington DC: World Bank
    Abstract: Maskus, Keith E. (ed.) (2004), The WTO, Intellectual Property Rights and the Knowledge Economy, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton MA: Edward Elgar Publishing -- Maskus, Keith E. (2012), Private Rights and Public Problems: The Global Economics of Intellectual Property in the 21st Century, Washington DC: Peterson Institute for International Economics -- Maskus, Keith E. and John S. Wilson (eds.) (2001), Quantifying the Impact of Technical Barriers to Trade: Can It Be Done? Ann Arbor MI: University of Michigan Press -- Maur, Jena-Christophe and John S. Wilson (eds.) (2010), Trade Costs and Facilitation: Open Trade and Economic Development, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton MA: Edward Elgar Publishing -- Mavroidis, Petros and Alan Sykes (eds.) (2005), The WTO and International Trade Law/Dispute Settlement, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton MA: Edward Elgar Publishing -- McCalman, Phillip (2005a), 'Who Enjoys "TRIPs" Abroad? An Empirical Analysis of Intellectual Property Rights in the Uruguay Round', Canadian Journal of Economics 38(2): 574-603, May -- McCalman, Phillip (2005b), 'International Diffusion and Intellectual Property Rights: An Empirical Analysis', Journal of International Economics 67(2): 353-72, December -- Meade, James (1955), Trade and Welfare, London: Oxford University Press -- Melitz, Marc J. (2003), 'The Impact of Trade on Intra-Industry Reallocations and Aggregate Industry Productivity', Econometrica 71(6): 1695-725 -- Michaely, Michael (1977), Theory of Commercial Policy, Oxford: Philip Allan -- Milton, Giles (1999), Nathaniel's Nutmeg, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton) -- Mundell, Robert A. (1957), 'International Trade and Factor Mobility', American Economic Review 47: 321-35 -- OECD (2013), Producer and Consumer Support Estimates, OECD Database 1986-2012, at www.oecd.org/agriculture/pse -- Orden, David, David Blandford and Tim Josling (eds.) (2011), WTO Disciplines on Agricultural Support: Seeking a Fair Basis for Trade, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press -- Pietras, Jaroslaw (1998), 'The Role of the WTO for Economies in Transition', Ch. 13, pp. 353-64 in The WTO as an International Organization, edited by Anne O. Krueger, Chicago: University of Chicago Press -- Porto, Guido and Bernard Hoekman (eds.) (2010), Trade Adjustment Costs in Developing Countries: Impacts, Determinants and Policy Responses, London: CEPR and Washington DC: World Bank -- Primo Braga, Carlos A. and Olivier Cattaneo (2010), The WTO and Accession Economies (2 volumes), Cheltenham, UK and Northampton MA: Edward Elgar Publishing -- Qian, Yi (2007), 'Do National Patent Laws Stimulate Domestic Innovation in a Global Patenting Environment? A Cross Country Analysis of Pharmaceutical Patent Protection, 1978-2002', Review of Economics and Statistics 89(3): 436-53, August -- Rose, Andrew K. (2004), 'Do WTO Members Have More Liberal Trade Policy?' Journal of International Economics 63(2): 209-35, July
    Abstract: Recommended readings (Machine generated): Anderson, James E. (2009), 'Consistent Trade Policy Aggregation', International Economic Review 50(3): 903-27 -- Anderson, James E. and J. Peter Neary (1994), 'Measuring the Restrictiveness of Trade Policy', World Bank Economic Review 8(2): 151-70, May -- Anderson, James E. and J. Peter Neary (2005), Measuring the Restrictiveness of International Trade Policy, Cambridge MA: MIT Press -- Anderson, James E. and Eric van Wincoop (2003), 'Gravity without Gravitas: A Solution to the Border Puzzle', American Economic Review 93(1): 268-94, March -- Anderson, James and Eric van Wincoop (2004), 'Trade Costs', Journal of Economic Literature 42(3): 691-751, September -- Anderson, Kym (1992), 'The Standard Welfare Economics of Policies Affecting Trade and the Environment', Ch. 2, pp. 25-48 in The Greening of World Trade Issues, edited by Kym Anderson and Richard Blackhurst, London: Harvester-Wheatsheaf and Ann Arbor MI: University of Michigan Press -- Anderson, Kym (2002), 'Peculiarities of Retaliation in WTO Dispute Settlement', World Trade Review 1(2): 123-34, July -- Anderson, Kym (2003), 'Measuring Effects of Trade Policy Distortions: How Far Have We Come?' The World Economy 26(4): 413-40, April -- Anderson, Kym (2013), 'Trade Barriers and Subsidies: Multilateral and Regional Reform Opportunities', Ch. 12 (pp. 673-98) in Global Problems, Smart Solutions, edited by B. Lomborg, Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press -- Anderson, Kym and Yujiro Hayami (1986), The Political Economy of Agricultural Protection: East Asia in International Perspective, Boston, London and Sydney: Allen and Unwin -- Anderson, Kym and Bernard Hoekman (eds.) (2005), The WTO's Core Rules and Disciplines (two volumes), Cheltenham, UK and Northampton MA: Edward Elgar Publishing -- Anderson, Kym and Tim Josling (eds.) (2005), The WTO and Agriculture (two volumes), Cheltenham, UK and Northampton MA: Edward Elgar Publishing -- Anderson, Kym, Marianne Kurzweil, Will Martin, Damiano Sandri and Ernesto Valenzuela (2008), 'Measuring Distortions to Agricultural Incentives, Revisited', World Trade Review 7(4): 675-704 -- Anderson, Kym, Will Martin and Dominique van der Mensbrugghe (2013), 'Estimating Effects of Price-Distorting Policies Using Alternative Distortions Databases', Ch. 13 (pp. 877-931) in the Handbook of Computable General Equilibrium Modeling, Vol. 1B, edited by Peter Dixon and Dale Jorgenson, Amsterdam: Elsevier -- Anderson, Kym and Signe Nelgen (2013), Updated National and Global Estimates of Distortions to Agricultural Incentives, 1955 to 2011, Database at www.worldbank.org/agdistortions -- Anderson, Kym, Gordon Rausser and Johan F.M. Swinnen (2013), 'Political Economy of Public Policies: Insights from Distortions to Agricultural and Food Markets', Journal of Economic Literature 51(2): 423-77, June -- Anderson, Kym and Ernesto Valenzuela (2008), Global Estimates of Distortions to Agricultural Incentives, 1955 to 2007, Database at www.worldbank.org/agdistortions -- Anderson, Kym and L. Alan Winters (2009), 'The Challenge of Reducing International Trade and Migration Barriers', Ch. 8, pp. 451-503 in Global Crises, Global Solutions (2nd edition), edited by Bjorn Lomborg, Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press -- Arvis, Jean-François, Monica A. Mustra, Lauri Ojala, Ben Shepherd and Daniel Saslavsky (2012), Connecting to Compete: Trade Logistics in the Global Economy, Washington DC: World Bank. www.worldbank.org/lpi
    Abstract: Rose, Andrew K. (2010), 'The Effect of Membership in the GATT/WTO on Trade: Where Do We Stand?' Ch. 7, pp. 195-216 in Is the World Trade Organization Attractive Enough for Emerging Economies, edited by Zdenek Drabek, London: Palgrave Macmillan -- Rutherford, Thomas F. and David G. Tarr (2002), 'Trade Liberalization, Product Variety and Growth in a Small Open Economy: A Quantitative Assessment', Journal of International Economics 56(2): 247-72 -- Saggi, Kamal (2009), 'The MFN Clause, Welfare, and Multilateral Cooperation between Countries of Unequal Size', Journal of Development Economics 88(1): 132-43, January -- Sampson, Gary and John Whalley (eds.) (2005), The WTO, Trade and the Environment, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton MA: Edward Elgar Publishing -- Shepotylo, Oleksandr and David G. Tarr (2012), 'Impact of WTO Accession and the Customs Union on the Bound and Applied Tariff Rates of the Russian Federation', Policy Research Working Paper 6161, World Bank, Washington DC, August -- Snape, Richard H. (1969), 'Sugar: Costs of Protection and Taxation', Economica 36(141): 29-41, February -- Staiger, Robert and Guido Tabellini (1999), 'Do GATT Rules Help Governments Make Domestic Commitments?' Economics and Politics 11(2): 109-44 -- Swinnen, Johan F.M. (2010), 'Agricultural Protection Growth in Europe, 1870 to 1969', Ch. 6 in The Political Economy of Agricultural Price Distortions, edited by K. Anderson, Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press -- Swinnen, Johan F.M., Alessandro Olper and Thijs Vandemoortele (2012), 'Impact of the WTO on Agricultural and Food Policies', The World Economy 35(9): 1089-101, September -- Tyers, Rod and Kym Anderson (1986), Distortions in World Food Markets, Background Paper No. 22 for the World Development Report 1996, World Bank, Washington DC, January -- Tyers, Rod and Kym Anderson (1992), Disarray in World Food Markets: A Quantitative Assessment, Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press -- Valenzuela, Ernesto and Kym Anderson (2008), 'Alternative Agricultural Price Distortions for CGE Analysis of Developing Countries, 2004 and 1980-84', Research Memorandum No. 13, West Lafayette IN: Center for Global Trade Analysis, Purdue University, December. Freely downloadable at https://www.gtap.agecon.purdue.edu/resources/res_display.asp?RecordID=2925 -- Valenzuela, Ernesto, Dominique van der Mensbrugghe and Kym Anderson (2009), 'General Equilibrium Effects of Price Distortions on Global Markets, Farm Incomes and Welfare', Ch. 13 in Distortions to Agricultural Incentives: A Global Perspective, 1955-2007, edited by Kym Anderson, London: Palgrave Macmillan and Washington DC: World Bank -- Venables, Anthony J. (2004), 'Small, Remote and Poor', World Trade Review 3(3): 453-7, November -- Vernon, James et al. (1965), Report on a Committee of Economic Enquiry (two volumes), Canberra: Commonwealth Government Printing Office -- Whalley, John (1985), Trade Liberalization among Major World Trading Areas, Cambridge MA: MIT Press -- Wilson, John S., Catherine L. Mann and Tsunehiro Otsuki (2003), 'Trade Facilitation and Economic Development: A New Approach to Quantifying the Impact', World Bank Economic Review 17(3): 367-89 -- Winters, L. Alan (ed.) (2007), The WTO and Income Inequality/Poverty (two volumes), Cheltenham, UK and Northampton MA: Edward Elgar Publishing -- Winters, L. Alan and Wendy E. Takacs (1991), 'Labour Adjustment Costs and British Footwear Protection', Oxford Economic Papers 43: 479-501
    Abstract: World Bank (2012), Doing Business 2013, Washington DC: World Bank, October. http://doingbusiness.org -- Woytinsky, W.S. and E.S. Woytinsky (1955), World Commerce and Governments: Trends and Outlook, New York: Twentieth Century Fund -- WTO (2008a), 'Revised Draft Modalities for Agriculture', TN/AG/W/4/Rev.4, World Trade Organization, Geneva, 6 December -- WTO (2008b), 'Draft Modalities for Non-Agricultural Market Access', TN/MA/W/103/Rev.3, World Trade Organization, Geneva, 6 December -- Bela Balassa (1971), 'Effective Protection: A Summary Appraisal', in Herbert G. Grubel and Harry G. Johnson (eds), Effective Tariff Protection: Proceedings of a Conference Sponsored by the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, Switzerland, 17 to 20 December, Chapter 13, Geneva: GATT Secretariat and Graduate Institute of International Studies, 247-63 -- Kym Anderson (2010), 'Krueger, Schiff, and Valdés Revisited: Agricultural Price and Trade Policy Reform in Developing Countries since 1960', Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 32 (2), Summer, 195-231 -- Hiau Looi Kee, Alessandro Nicita and Marcelo Olarreaga (2009), 'Estimating Trade Restrictiveness Indices', Economic Journal, 119 (534), January, 172-99 -- Tony Warren and Christopher Findlay (2000), 'Measuring Impediments to Trade in Services', in Pierre Sauvé and Robert Stern (eds), GATS 2000: New Directions in Services Trade Liberalization, Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 57-84 -- John B. Shoven and John Whalley (1992), 'Global Trade Models', in Applying General Equilibrium, Chapter 8, Cambridge, UK and New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 197-229, references -- K. Anderson and R. Tyers (1993), 'More on Welfare Gains to Developing Countries from Liberalizing World Food Trade', Journal of Agricultural Economics, 44 (2), 189-204 -- Joseph F. Francois, Bradley McDonald and Håkan Nordström (1996), 'The Uruguay Round: A Numerically Based Qualitative Assessment', in Will Martin and L. Alan Winters (eds), The Uruguay Round and the Developing Countries, Chapter 9, Cambridge, UK and New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 253-91 -- Phillip McCalman (2001), 'Reaping What You Sow: An Empirical Analysis of International Patent Harmonization', Journal of International Economics, 55 (1), October, 161-86 -- Shubham Chaudhuri, Pinelopi K. Goldberg and Panle Jia (2006), 'Estimating the Effects of Global Patent Protection in Pharmaceuticals: A Case Study of Quinolones in India', American Economic Review, 96 (5), December, 1477-514 -- Dominique van der Mensbrugghe (2006), 'Estimating the Benefits of Trade Reform: Why Numbers Change', in Richard Newfarmer (ed.), Trade, Doha, and Development: A Window into the Issues, Chapter 4, Washington, DC: World Bank, 59-75 -- Joseph F. Francois and Will Martin (2010), 'Ex Ante Assessment of the Welfare Impacts of Trade Reforms with Numerical Models', in Hamid Beladi and E. Kwan Choi (eds), Frontiers of Economics and Globalization Series, Volume 7: New Developments in Computable General Equilibrium Analysis for Trade Policy, Chapter 13, London: Emerald Group Publishing, 379-434 -- Edward J. Balistreri, Russell H. Hillberry and Thomas F. Rutherford (2011), 'Structural Estimation and Solution of International Trade Models with Heterogeneous Firms', Journal of International Economics, 83 (2), March, 95-108 -- Joseph Francois, Hans van Meijl and Frank van Tongeren (2005), 'Trade Liberalization in the Doha Development Round', Economic Policy, 20 (42), April, 349, 351-91 -- Kym Anderson, Will Martin and Dominique van der Mensbrugghe (2006), 'Doha Merchandise Trade Reform: What Is at Stake for Developing Countries?', World Bank Economic Review, 20 (2), 169-95 -- David Laborde, Will Martin and Dominique van der Mensbrugghe (2011), 'Potential Real Income Effects of Doha Reforms', in Will Martin and Aaditya Mattoo (eds), Unfinished Business? The WTO's Doha Agenda, Chapter 10, London: Centre for Economic Policy Research and the World Bank, 255-75
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    ISBN: 9781782544302
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    Series Statement: Studies in fiscal federalism and state-local finance
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The challenge of local government sizes
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    Keywords: Kommunalverwaltung ; Staatsquote ; Kommunale Dienstleistung ; Interkommunale Kooperation ; Korruption ; Finanzbeziehungen ; Europa ; Welt ; Local government ; Electronic books ; Local government ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Gemeindeverwaltung ; Verwaltungsreform
    Abstract: In the efficient delivery of local public services, size matters. Many countries around the world have vertical government structures that are perceived as inefficient because of their high levels of jurisdictional fragmentation. This timely volume examines the different strategies used to address local government fragmentation and their observed results and consequences. Expert contributors in economics and political science offer a comprehensive breakdown of the issue of local jurisdiction fragmentation and provide recommendations for successful policy reform. Topics discussed include economies of scale, the costs and benefits of voluntary and forced amalgamation programs, the correlation between government size and corruption, privatization, and inter-municipal cooperation. A combination of theory and empirical evidence provides depth and makes this book an invaluable addition to the literature. Economists, public administrators and political scientists will find much of interest in this innovative volume, as will professors, students and international institutions with an interest in local government structure and reform
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    ISBN: 9780821388655
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    Keywords: City planning ; Disasters Economic aspects ; Emergency management ; Infrastructure (Economics) Planning ; Regional planning ; Urban policy ; City planning ; Disasters Economic aspects ; Emergency management ; Infrastructure (Economics) Planning ; Regional planning ; Urban policy ; City planning ; Disasters ; Emergency management ; Economic aspects ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Regional planning ; Planning ; Urban policy
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    Series Statement: NECTAR series on transportation and communications networks research
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    Keywords: Transportation ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Transportation and state ; Electronic books
    Abstract: 'This very interesting book with peer-reviewed chapters written by leading researchers in the field discusses recent research in the areas of market structure, sustainability and decision-making. It includes several contemporary topics, such as changes in port competition, adaptation of transport to climate change, changing market structures, the importance of changing consumers' preferences, errors in forecasting, and trends in international goods transport.' - Bert van Wee, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands. Transport is debated by many, and liberalization processes, transport policy, transport and climate change and increased competition between transport modes are the subject of heated discussion. Smart Transport Networks illustrates that whether concerning road, water, rail or air, knowledge on the structure of transport markets is crucial in order to tackle transport issues. The book therefore explores key factors concerning the structure of transport markets, their environmental impact, and questions why decision makers often fail to tackle transport-related problems. Three of the key factors that underpin the relationship between transport and society are analysed in detail from a variety of perspectives, each with an empirical focus: market structure and the allocation mechanisms at work; sustainability, encompassing the characteristics of the physical environment, the availability of natural resources and the effects of transport activities; and decision making, detailing transport policy and attempts to change transport systems. Practical guidelines on how to effectively deal with complex transport issues are also presented. This book will prove an important resource read for academics, researchers, and students with an interest in economics - particularly transport and public sector economics, geography and regional and urban studies. Policy makers and planners in the fields of transport, environment and regional planning will also find this book to be an invaluable reference tool
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    Pages: 1 online resource , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Public sector shock
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    Keywords: Europäische Union ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor ; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations ; Civil service ; Civil service / Salaries, etc ; Employees / Salaries, etc ; Civil service Salaries, etc ; Civil service ; Ausgaben ; Öffentliche Ausgaben ; Öffentlicher Sektor ; Kürzung ; Europa ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Europa ; Öffentlicher Sektor ; Ausgaben ; Kürzung ; Europäische Union ; Öffentliche Ausgaben ; Kürzung
    Description / Table of Contents: This is a fascinating, rich and comprehensive analytical account of the causes and consequences of austerity measures affecting the public sector in terms of pay and employment. The editors have assembled a broad array of contributions that really reflect the diversity within Europe, both in terms of how deep the financial crisis hit, and the drivers of public sector reforms. An absorbing and thought-provoking read. Jacqueline O'Reilly, University of Brighton, UK After a first series of policy responses to the 200809 crisis aimed at sustaining domestic demand through expansionary anti-crisis packages, most European governments starting with Greece, Ireland, Bulgaria and Romania, and followed by many others have since put in place a series of restrictive budgetary policies aimed at reducing their budget deficits. With these new policies, a significant number of jobs and wages have been cut in the public sector.
    Description / Table of Contents: A number of expenditure items related to education and training have also been cut. These reforms have given rise to waves of protest throughout Europe. The goal of this volume is to study this public sector shock. While budgetary reforms seek to ensure a more balanced and sound economic policy, they may generate new work inequalities among public sector employees, most particularly among women, who account for a considerable proportion of public sector employment. Cuts in education and training may also have an impact on the quality of human capital in both the public and private sectors, despite the fact that the recent crisis has shown the value of education as employees with better skills and training are more likely to maintain their jobs and incomes.
    Description / Table of Contents: The authors explore a number of questions, including: what types of reform have been implemented in the public sector and what are their implications in both the short and long term? On the economic side, what will be the impact on wages, and on job quantity and quality? On the social side, what will the effects be on inequality and social cohesion? And what will be the outcome for, and potential role of, social partners and social dialogue? On the basis of a comparative and comprehensive assessment, illustrated by case studies in education, health and public administration, policy issues are discussed with the aim of finding the right mix of public sector reforms
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    Keywords: Infrastructure (Economics) ; Sustainable development Finance ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Sustainable development Finance ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Sustainable development
    Description / Table of Contents: Rationale for green infrastructure finance frameworkEconomic rationale of green investments -- Conceptual methodology for assessing and allocating risks -- Assessment of green investment climate in eap countries -- Conclusion and next steps -- Annex 1: Green investment climate matrix -- Annex 2: Bibliography.
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    ISBN: 9780821378632 , 9780821385524
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    Edition: 2015 World Bank eLibrary
    DDC: 352.2/9
    Keywords: Infrastructure (Economics) Finance ; Public works Finance ; Public-private sector cooperation ; Infrastructure (Economics) Finance ; Public works Finance ; Public-private sector cooperation ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Public works ; Public-private sector cooperation ; Finance ; Finance
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    ISBN: 9780821386439 , 9780821386446
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    DDC: 382/.9091724
    Keywords: Economic development ; Free trade ; Tariff preferences ; Economic development ; Free trade ; Tariff preferences ; Economic development ; Free trade ; Tariff preferences ; Developing countries ; Developing countries ; Developing countries Commercial policy ; Developing countries Foreign economic relations ; Developing countries Commercial policy ; Developing countries Foreign economic relations
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    ISBN: 9780821387030 , 9780821387047
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    Edition: 2015 World Bank eLibrary
    DDC: 338.94
    Keywords: Infrastructure (Economics) ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Public-private sector cooperation ; Public-private sector cooperation ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Public-private sector cooperation ; Public-private sector cooperation ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Public-private sector cooperation ; Public-private sector cooperation
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    Edition: 2015 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: Directions in development : Trade
    DDC: 382/.90972
    Keywords: Free trade ; Central America Commercial policy ; Central America Foreign economic relations
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    ISBN: 9781781000984
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 245 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The economic crisis and European integration
    DDC: 337.1/4
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    Keywords: 1994-2010 ; Finanzkrise ; Wirtschaftskrise ; Global Governance ; Europäische Integration ; Globalisierung ; EU-Staaten ; Convergence (Economics) ; Financial crises ; Financial crises ; Electronic books ; Europe, Eastern Economic conditions 1989- ; Europe Economic integration ; Europe, Central Economic conditions 1989- ; Convergence (Economics) ; Europe ; Financial crises ; Europe, Central ; Financial crises ; Europe, Eastern ; Europe ; Economic integration ; Europe, Central ; Economic conditions ; 1989- ; Europe, Eastern ; Economic conditions ; 1989- ; Konferenzschrift 2010 ; Konferenzschrift ; Europa ; Wirtschaftliche Integration
    Abstract: This unique and fascinating book illustrates that the 'credit crunch' and the ensuing financial and economic crisis of 2007-2009 did not only strike hard at the economy in the Western world, but also at its policymakers, at economics as a scientific discipline and, more specifically, at the process of European integration itself
    Abstract: What kind of governance for the Eurozone? / Paul De Grauwe -- EMU, political union and economic performance : lessons from the stability and growth pact and the Lisbon strategy / Demosthenes Ioannou and Martin Heipertz -- Sustainability of government debt in the EMU / Arjan M. Lejour, Jasper Lukkezen and Paul Veenendaal -- Economic crises and regional convergence in the EU : an exploration of facts, theories and policy implications / Nicola D. Coniglio and Francesco Prota -- Do the European Union's bilateral investment treaties matter? The way forward after Lisbon / Selen Sarisoy Guerin -- The effects of the US economic and financial crises on Euro area convergence / Fabio C. Bagliano and Claudio Morana -- A Euro peg system as an alternative for the Chinese exchange rate regime? / Kang-Soek Lee -- Inflexibilities and trade imbalances : evidence from Europe / Helge Berger and Volker Nitsch. -- Global imbalance, excess liqidity and financial risk in China / Zongxin Qian -- How has the financial crisis affected the Eurozone accession outlook in Central and Eastern Europe? / John Lewis -- Portfolio and short-term capital inflows to the new and potential EU countries : patterns and determinants / Mara Pirovano, Jacques Vanneste and André Van Poeck -- Time-varying diversification benefits : the impact of capital market integration on European portfolio holdings / Alexandra Horobet and Sorin Dumitrescu
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    ISBN: 9781785362347
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (p) , cm)
    Series Statement: Critical perspectives on the global trading system and the WTO 18
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Trade costs and facilitation
    Keywords: International economic relations ; Free trade ; Electronic books
    Abstract: C. Fred Bergsten (1997), 'Open Regionalism', World Economy, 20 (5), 545-65 -- Gerard McLinden (2006), 'Needs, Priorities and Costs Associated with Technical Assistance and Capacity Building for Implementation of a WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement: A Comparative Study Based on Six Developing Countries', World Bank Working Paper, November, 1-5, 9-35 -- J. Michael Finger (2008), 'Trade Facilitation: The Role of a WTO Agreement', ECIPE Working Paper No. 01/2008, 1-42 -- Jean-Christophe Maur (2008), 'Regionalism and Trade Facilitation: A Primer', Journal of World Trade, 42 (6), 979-1012 -- Minette Libom Li Likeng, Thomas Cantens and Samson Bilangna (2009), '"Gazing into the Mirror": Operational Internal Control in Cameroon Customs', Regional Integration and Transport - RIT Series, World Bank Discussion Paper No. 8, January, i, v, 1-3, 5-27, 29-32
    Abstract: Recommended readings (Machine generated): Robert A. Mundell (1957), 'International Trade and Factor Mobility', American Economic Review, 47 (3), June, 321-35 -- Paul Krugman (1980), 'Scale Economies, Product Differentiation, and the Pattern of Trade', American Economic Review, 70 (5), December, 950-59 -- Paul Krugman (1991), 'Increasing Returns and Economic Geography', Journal of Political Economy, 99 (3), June, 483-99 -- Alan V. Deardorff (2001), 'International Provision of Trade Services, Trade, and Fragmentation', Review of International Economics, 9 (2), 233-48 -- Spiros Bougheas, Panicos O. Demetriades and Edgar L.W. Morgenroth (1999), 'Infrastructure, Transport Costs and Trade', Journal of International Economics, 47 (1), February, 169-89 -- J.M. Finger and A.J. Yeats (1976), 'Effective Protection by Transportation Costs and Tariffs: A Comparison of Magnitudes', Quarterly Journal of Economics, 90 (1), February, 169-76 -- James E. Anderson and Eric van Wincoop (2004), 'Trade Costs', Journal of Economic Literature, XLII (3), September, 691-751 -- Nuno Limão and Anthony J. Venables (2001), 'Infrastructure, Geographical Disadvantage, Transport Costs, and Trade', World Bank Economic Review, 15 (3), 451-79 -- John McCallum (1995), 'National Borders Matter: Canada-U.S. Regional Trade Patterns', American Economic Review, 85 (3), June, 615-23 -- Charles Engel and John H. Rogers (1996), 'How Wide Is the Border?', American Economic Review, 86 (5), December, 1112-25 -- Anne-Célia Disdier and Keith Head (2008), 'The Puzzling Persistence of the Distance Effect on Bilateral Trade', Review of Economics and Statistics, 90 (1), February, 37-48 -- John S. Wilson, Catherine L. Mann and Tsunehiro Otsuki (2003), 'Trade Facilitation and Economic Development: A New Approach to Quantifying the Impact', World Bank Economic Review, 17 (3), 367-89 -- David Dollar, Mary Hallward-Driemeier and Taye Mengistae (2006), 'Investment Climate and International Integration', World Development, 34 (9), 1498-516 -- Gae͏̈l Raballand (2003), 'Determinants of the Negative Impact of Being Landlocked on Trade: An Empirical Investigation Through the Central Asian Case', Comparative Economic Studies, 45, 520-36 -- Alberto Portugal-Perez and John S. Wilson (2008), 'Trade Costs in Africa: Barriers and Opportunities for Reform', Policy Research Working Paper No. 4619, 1-31 -- Ben Shepherd and John S. Wilson (2009), 'Trade Facilitation in ASEAN Member Countries: Measuring Progress and Assessing Priorities', Journal of Asian Economics, 20, 367-83 -- Thomas W. Hertel, Terrie Walmsley and Ken Itakura (2001), 'Dynamic Effects of the "New Age" Free Trade Agreement between Japan and Singapore', Journal of Economic Integration, 16 (4), December, 446-84 -- Joseph Francois, Hans van Meijl and Frank van Tongeren (2005), 'Trade Liberalization in the Doha Development Round', Economic Policy, 20 (42), April, 351-91 -- Thomas W. Hertel and Roman Keeney (2006), 'What Is At Stake: The Relative Importance of Import Barriers, Export Subsidies, and Domestic Support', in Kym Anderson (ed) and Will Martin (ed) (eds), Agricultural Trade Reform and the Doha Development Agenda, Chapter 2, Washington, DC: The World Bank and New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 37-62
    Abstract: Simeon Djankov, Caroline Freund and Cong S. Pham (2010), 'Trading on Time', Review of Economics and Statistics, 92 (1), February, 166-73 -- Carolyn L. Evans and James Harrigan (2005), 'Distance, Time, and Specialization: Lean Retailing in General Equilibrium', American Economic Review, 95 (1), March, 292-313 -- Maria Persson (2008), 'Trade Facilitation and the EU-ACP Economic Partnership Agreements', Journal of Economic Integration, 23 (3), September, 518-46 -- Caroline L. Freund and Diana Weinhold (2004), 'The Effect of the Internet on International Trade', Journal of International Economics, 62 (1), January, 171-89 -- Carsten Fink, Aaditya Mattoo and Ileana Cristina Neagu (2005), 'Assessing the Impact of Communication Costs on International Trade', Journal of International Economics, 67 (2), December, 428-45 -- Ximena Clark, David Dollar and Alejandro Micco (2004), 'Port Efficiency, Maritime Transport Costs, and Bilateral Trade', Journal of Development Economics, 75(2), December, 417-50 -- Carsten Fink, Aaditya Mattoo and Ileana Cristina Neagu (2002), 'Trade in International Maritime Services: How Much Does Policy Matter?', World Bank Economic Review, 16 (1), 81-108 -- Alejandro Micco and Tomás Serebrisky (2006), 'Competition Regimes and Air Transport Costs: The Effects of Open Skies Agreements', Journal of International Economics, 70 (1), September, 25-51 -- David Hummels, Volodymyr Lugovskyy and Alexandre Skiba (2009), 'The Trade Reducing Effects of Market Power in International Shipping', Journal of Development Economics, 89 (1), May, 84-97 -- James E. Rauch (1999), 'Networks Versus Markets in International Trade', Journal of International Economics, 48, 7-35 -- Marc Auboin and Moritz Meier-Ewert (2003), Improving the Availability of Trade Finance during Financial Crises, Geneva, Switzerland: World Trade Organization, i, 1-18 -- Hildegunn Kyvik Nordås, Enrico Pinali and Massimo Geloso Grosso (2006), 'Logistics and Time as a Trade Barrier', OECD Trade Policy Working Papers, No. 35, OECD Publishing, 1-3, 6-58 -- Dean Yang (2008), 'Integrity for Hire: An Analysis of a Widespread Customs Reform', Journal of Law and Economics, 51, February, 25-57 -- Jose Anson, Olivier Cadot and Marcelo Olarreaga (2006), 'Tariff Evasion and Customs Corruption: Does Pre-Shipment Inspection Help?', Contributions to Economic Analysis and Policy, 5 (1), i, 1-24 -- James E. Anderson and Douglas Marcouiller (2002), 'Insecurity and the Pattern of Trade: An Empirical Investigation', Review of Economics and Statistics, 84 (2), May, 342-52 -- Gae͏̈l Raballand and Enrique Aldaz-Carroll (2007), 'How Do Differing Standards Increase Trade Costs? The Case of Pallets', World Economy, 30 (4), 685-702 -- Witold Czubala, Ben Shepherd and John S. Wilson (2009), 'Help or Hindrance? The Impact of Harmonised Standards on African Exports', Journal of African Economies, 18 (5), 711-44 -- Maggie Xiaoyang Chen and Aaditya Mattoo (2008), 'Regionalism in Standards: Good or Bad for Trade?', Canadian Journal of Economics, 41 (3), August, 838-63 -- Patrick A. Messerlin and Jamel Zarrouk (2000), 'Trade Facilitation: Technical Regulations and Customs Procedures', World Economy, 23 (4), 577-93
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    Cheltenham, U.K : Edward Elgar
    ISBN: 9780857930538
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 191 p)
    Series Statement: PRIME series on research and innovation policy in Europe
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Science and innovation policy for the new knowledge economy
    DDC: 338.926
    Keywords: 2000-2011 ; Technologiepolitik ; Wissensgesellschaft ; Technologietransfer ; Bildungswesen ; Risikokapital ; Internationale Zusammenarbeit ; EU-Staaten ; Technological innovations Economic aspects ; Technology and state ; Technology transfer Law and legislation ; Electronic books ; Science and state ; Technological innovations ; Government policy ; Europa ; Informationsgesellschaft ; Wissenschaftspolitik ; Technologietransfer
    Abstract: This timely book brings together cutting-edge research on the important subject of science and innovation policies. The contributors--distinguished social science scholars--tackle the key challenges of designing and implementing public policies in the context of the new knowledge economy
    Abstract: pt. 1. Making a science of science and innovation policy -- pt. 2. Knowledge and technology transfer policies -- pt. 3. Industrial innovation policies
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    ISBN: 9780821387818 , 9780821388204
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xii, 61 p) , ill , 26 cm
    Edition: 2011 World Bank eLibrary
    DDC: 658.15224
    Keywords: Infrastructure (Economics) ; Public works Finance ; Public-private sector cooperation ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Public works Finance ; Public-private sector cooperation ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Public works ; Public-private sector cooperation
    Description / Table of Contents: Background: Current status of PPP markets in selected countries. This reportSources of financing: Sources of local financing for PPP projects. Local commercial banks. Pension funds. Insurance funds. Local capital market -- Sources of international financing for PPP projects: International commercial banks. Private infrastructure funds. Donor infrastructure funds. Sovereign wealth funds and other public entities -- The legislative and institutional framework -- A well-structured PPP pipeline -- Risk allocation and fiscal management of PPPs -- Medium-term options for PPP financing: Tackling high upfront capital costs. Longer-term local debt financing. Risk mitigation guarantee products. PPP market failures deriving from country size and cross-border infrastructure financing constraints -- Recommendations: Developing long-term financing for infrastructure. Strengthening other aspects of a strong enabling environment.
    Note: "This report was produced at the request of the Government of Ghana (GOG) under the leadership of the Project Finance and Analysis (PFA) Unit of the Public Investment Department (PID) of the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning (MOFEP) and with support from the World Bank and Public Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF)"--Acknowledgements , Includes bibliographical references (p. 59-61)
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    Washington, D.C : World Bank
    ISBN: 0821384104 , 9780821384107 , 9780821384114
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xv, 177 p) , ill , 23 cm
    Edition: 2010 World Bank eLibrary
    DDC: 382/.45000917724
    Keywords: General Agreement on Trade in Services ; General Agreement on Trade in Services ; Foreign trade regulation ; Free trade ; Service industries Law and legislation ; Service industries ; Foreign trade regulation ; Free trade ; Service industries Law and legislation ; Service industries ; General Agreement on Trade in Services ; Foreign trade regulation ; (1994) ; Free trade ; Service industries ; Service industries ; Developing countries ; Developing countries Commerce ; Developing countries Commerce
    Description / Table of Contents: The strategic development role of trade in services / Sebastián SáezNegotiating trade in services : a practical guide for developing countries / Mario Marconini and Pierre Sauvé -- The negotiation and management of regulations in the trade in services / Sebastián Sáez and Marcel Vaillant -- Liberalization in the trade in services : a negotiation exercise / Sebastián Sáez and Anna Lanoszka.
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    Cheltenham, U.K : Edward Elgar Pub
    ISBN: 9781849805544
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 252 p) , ports
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Rosser, John Barkley, 1948 - European economics at a crossroads
    DDC: 330.094
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    Keywords: Wirtschaftswissenschaft ; Europa ; Electronic books ; Europe Economic conditions ; Economists ; Europe ; Interviews ; Economics ; Europe ; Study and teaching (Higher) ; Interview ; Europa ; Volkswirtschaftslehre ; Wirtschaftswissenschaftler
    Abstract: As Europe moves toward an integrated academic system, European economics is changing. This book discusses that change, along with the changes that are happening simultaneously within the economic profession. The authors argue that modern economics can no longer usefully be described as "neoclassical", but is much better described as complexity economics. The complexity approach embraces rather than assumes away the complexities of social interaction
    Abstract: pt. 1. The future of European economics -- pt. 2. Conversations -- pt. 3. Reflections
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 216-245) and index
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    ISBN: 9781849805353
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 232 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Lenihan, Helena SMEs in a globalised world
    DDC: 658.022
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    Keywords: KMU ; Periphere Region ; EU-Staaten ; Small business ; Small business Management ; Klein- und Mittelbetrieb ; Europa ; Wachstumsstrategie ; Electronic books ; Europäische Union ; Peripherie ; Klein- und Mittelbetrieb ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung
    Abstract: This insightful book shows how small and medium enterprises (SMEs) from some of the traditionally less dynamic peripheral economies of the "old" EU--namely Ireland, Italy, Portugal and Spain--have responded to the twin challenges of globalisation and industrial restructuring. Through a series of unique case studies the contributing authors discuss how these economies, and in particular the SME sector, can be transformed
    Abstract: pt. 1. Key drivers of a globally competitive SME sector in the EU -- pt. 2. MNEs, SMEs and industrial development
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    ISBN: 0821381881 , 082138189X , 9780821381885 , 9780821381892
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xvi, 175 p) , ill., map , 23 cm
    Edition: 2010 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: Directions in development
    DDC: 338.9109172/4
    Keywords: Economic assistance ; Economic development projects ; Infrastructure (Economics) Finance ; Municipal finance ; Municipal services Finance ; Economic assistance ; Economic development projects ; Infrastructure (Economics) Finance ; Municipal finance ; Municipal services Finance ; Economic assistance ; Economic development projects ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Municipal finance ; Municipal services
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-164) and index
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    ISBN: 0821380176 , 0821380192 , 9780821380178 , 9780821380192
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xlix, 311 p) , ill , 26 cm
    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: A World Bank country study
    DDC: 337.1/729
    Keywords: Free trade ; Free trade ; Free trade ; Caribbean Area ; Caribbean Area ; Caribbean Area Economic integration ; Caribbean Area Economic policy ; Caribbean Area Economic integration ; Caribbean Area Economic policy
    Abstract: The main objective of this report is to help policymakers in the Caribbean design an agenda of policy actions to accelerate trade integration and growth, and to reduce poverty. Each part of the report focuses on a key question and provides an in-depth analysis of the issues raised, laying the foundations for policy recommendations described in the last chapter of the report. Part I asks whether the Caribbean's economic and trade system are sound enough to sustain the new era of its global trade relations. Part II addresses the opportunities and challenges that the new trade environment offers to the Caribbean. Part III assesses the impact of the recently-negotiated Economic Partnership Agreement on growth and poverty reduction using two types of macroeconomic models. The report concludes with policy priorities for accelerating Caribbean integration into the world economy and for reaping the benefits of global competition.--Publisher's description
    Description / Table of Contents: pt. 1. Overview of economic and trade system context. Macroeconomic and structural constraints on trade reform in the CaribbeanCaribbean regional and global trading relations -- Trade patterns and flows, and competitiveness issues -- pt. 2. Challenges and new opportunities. New areas of opportunities and challenges -- Capitalizing on a changing international environment -- pt. 3. Quantifying the impact of trade reform on growth, job creation, and poverty. Quantifying the gains from global trade integration : a dynamic macroeconomic analysis -- From diagnosis to policy recommendations.
    Note: "Document of the World Bank and the Organization of American States, co-produced with the Governments of CARIFORUM Countries , Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-311)
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    Washington, DC : World Bank | [Tunisia] : Infrastructure Consortium for Africa | [Washington, D.C.] : Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility
    ISBN: 0821377302 , 0821377310 , 9780821377307 , 9780821377314
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 111 pages) , color illustrations , 23 cm
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 658.15/224
    Keywords: Infrastructure (Economics) ; Investments, Foreign ; Public works Finance ; Public-private sector cooperation
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 103-104) and index
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    ISBN: 9781781953273
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource ([288?] p)
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Infrastructure's role in lowering Asia's trade costs
    DDC: 338.95
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    Keywords: 1950-2005 ; Internationale Wirtschaft ; Transportkosten ; Infrastrukturpolitik ; Infrastrukturinvestition ; Asien ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Electronic books ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Asia ; Asia ; Commerce ; Asien ; Infrastrukturleistung ; Außenhandel ; Kostensenkung
    Abstract: This book analyses and draws policy implications from infrastructure's central role in lowering Asia's trade costs
    Abstract: 1. Infrastructure's role in lowering Asia's trade costs / Douglas H. Brooks -- 2. Trends in Asian trade : implications for transport infrastructure and trade costs / David Hummels -- 3. Trade infrastructure and trade costs : a study of selected Asian ports / Jon Haveman, Adina Ardelean and Christopher Thornberg -- 4. Empirical estimates of transportation costs : options for enhancing Asia's trade / Prabir De -- 5. Port competitiveness : a case study of Semarang and Surabaya, Indonesia / Arianto A. Patunru, Nanda Nurridzki and Rivayani -- 6. Infrastructure and trade costs in Malaysia : the importance of FDI and exports / Tham Siew Yean, Evelyn Devadason and Loke Wai Heng -- 7. Infrastructure development in a fast-growing economy : the People's Republic of China / Liqiang Ma and Jinkang Zhang -- 8. Trade transportation costs in South Asia : an empirical investigation / Prabir De
    Note: "A joint publication of the Asian Development Bank Institute and Edward Elgar publishing"--Cover , Includes bibliographical references and index -- Includes bibliographical references and index , Title from cover
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    Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar
    ISBN: 9781785362941
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 713 p) , cm
    Series Statement: Elgar reference collection
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Globalization and free trade
    DDC: 382.71
    Keywords: Globalisierung ; Internationale Wirtschaft ; Freihandel ; Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen ; Welt ; Globalization Economic aspects ; Free trade ; Free trade ; Globalization ; Economic aspects ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Protectionism is back on the agenda as the financial crisis deepens. With calls for measures that purport to protect low income workers growing louder in the West, it is essential that the economic arguments in favour of free trade and globalization are re-emphasised. Philip Booth and Richard Wellings have brought together key papers originally published by the Institute of Economic Affairs, which, for the past 50 years, has been vigorously defending the case for free trade, and for globalization more generally. These important papers, which are not widely available, trace the development of the debate on the benefits of free trade during the last 50 years. The editors have written an authoritative introduction which offers a comprehensive overview of the arguments for and against globalization
    Abstract: Gerald P. O'Driscoll, Jr. and Sara F. Cooper (2005), 'International Trade and Global Stability', Economic Affairs, 25 (2), June, 37-43 -- E.J. Mishan (2005), 'Can Globalisation Depress Living Standards in the West?', Economic Affairs, 25 (3), September, 66-9 -- John Meadowcroft (2006), 'Free Trade, "Pauper Labour" and Prosperity: A Reply to Professor Mishan', Economic Affairs, 26 (1), March, 65-7 -- E.J. Mishan (2006), 'A Rejoinder to John Meadowcroft', Economic Affairs, 26 (1), March, 68-9 -- Krisztina Kis-Katos and Günther G. Schulze (2005), 'Regulation of Child Labour', Economic Affairs, 25 (3), September, 24-30 -- Jasson Urbach (2007), 'Development Goes Wireless', Economic Affairs, 27 (2), June, 20-28 -- Philip Booth and Linda Whetstone (2007), 'Half a Cheer for Fair Trade', Economic Affairs, 27 (2), June, 29-36 -- Razeen Sally (2008), Trade Policy, New Century: The WTO, FTAs and Asia Rising, Hobart Paper 163, London: Institute of Economic Affairs in association with Profile Books, 23-226
    Abstract: Recommended readings (Machine generated): Eamonn Butler (2007), 'The Wealth of Nations', in Adam Smith: A Primer, Chapter 3, Occasional Paper 141, London: Institute of Economic Affairs in association with Profile Books, 37-72 -- Harry G. Johnson (1969), 'On Demolishing Barriers to Trade', in D.H. Barran (ed), Harry G. Johnson (ed) and The Earl of Cromer, P.C., M.B.E (eds), Rebuilding the Liberal Order, Occasional Paper 27, London: Institute of Economic Affairs, 11-19 -- David Greenaway and Christopher Milner (1979), 'Identifying The Protective Motive: A. "Electoral" Influences, and B. Intervention and Market Failure' in Protectionism Again...? Causes and Consequences of a Retreat from Freer Trade to Economic Nationalism, Chapter 2, Hobart Paper 84, London: Institute of Economics Affairs, 16-27 -- Deepak Lal ([1983] 1997), 'Introduction', 'The External Environment I: Trade' and 'The External Environment II: Commodities and Foreign Capital', in The Poverty of 'Development Economics', Introduction, Chapter 2 and Chapter 3, Hobart Paperback No. 16, London: Institute of Economic Affairs, 1-3, 17-48 and 49-69 -- David Greenaway (1988), 'The Politics of Protection', Economic Affairs, 8 (2), December/January, 16-17 -- Charles Mensah (1991), 'Economic Freedom for Africa', Economic Affairs, 11 (5), September, 27-8 -- Jagdish Bhagwati (1995), 'Free Trade, "Fairness" and the New Protectionism', in Free Trade, 'Fairness' and the New Protectionism: Reflections on an Agenda for the World Trade Organisation, Occasional Paper 96, London: Institute of Economic Affairs for the Wincott Foundation, 9-42 -- Sir Alan Walters (1996), 'Does the World Need a World Bank?', Economic Affairs, 16 (4), Autumn, 14-17 -- Fred L. Smith, Jr. (1996), 'Trade and the Environment: Where Are We Going?', Economic Affairs, 16 (5), Winter, 33-38 -- Paul Collier (1998), Living Down the Past: How Europe Can Help Africa Grow, Studies in Trade and Development, No. 2, London: Institute of Economic Affairs, 9-39 -- David Henderson (1998), 'Part 2: The Uneasy Trend to Economic Liberalism', in The Changing Fortunes of Economic Liberalism: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, Occasional Paper 105, London: Institute of Economic Affairs, 34-67 -- Marcus Noland (1999), The New Protectionists: The Privatisation of US Trade Policy, Studies in Trade and Development No. 3, London: Institute of Economic Affairs, 9-33 -- Lord Harris of High Cross (2002), 'Adam Smith: Revolutionary for the Third Millennium?', Economic Affairs, 22 (3), September, 37-42 -- Charles W. Calomiris (2002), A Globalist Manifesto for Public Policy: The Tenth Annual IEA Hayek Memorial Lecture, Occasional Paper 124, London: Institute of Economic Affairs in association with Profile Books, 15-70 -- Forrest Capie (2002), Capital Controls: A 'Cure' Worse than the Problem?, London: Institute of Economic Affairs in association with the Wincott Foundation and Profile Books, 15-109 -- Deepak Lal (2003), 'In Defence of Empires', Economic Affairs, 23 (4), December, 14-19 -- Daniel T. Griswold (2003), 'Migration, Globalisation and the Spirit of Peter Bauer', Economic Affairs, 23 (4), December, 20-26 -- Andrew Ryder (2003), 'Anti-Globalisation: Bad Wine in New Bottles?', Economic Affairs, 23 (3), September, 37-41 -- David Henderson (2004), 'Globalisation, "Civil Society" and "Global Governance"' and 'Global Salvationism and Consensus Pressures', in The Role of Business in the Modern World: Progress, Pressures and Prospects for the Market Economy', Chapter 3 and Chapter 4, Hobart Paper 150, London; Institute of Economic Affairs in association with Profile Books, 63-81 and 82-105
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    Cheltenham [England] : Edward Elgar
    ISBN: 9781781007808
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxxv, 863 p)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als A handbook of industrial districts
    DDC: 338.6042
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    Keywords: Produktionsstandort ; Betrieblicher Standort ; Industrieregion ; Standorttheorie ; Wirtschaftsgeschichte ; Europa ; Industrial districts Handbooks, manuals, etc ; Industrial districts Case studies ; Electronic books ; Industrial districts ; Industrial districts ; Case studies ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Agglomeration
    Abstract: In this comprehensive original reference work, the editors have brought together an unrivalled group of distinguished scholars and practitioners to comment on the historical and contemporary role of industrial districts (IDs)
    Abstract: pt. 1. Origin and theories of industrial districts -- pt. 2. The nature of industrial districts -- pt. 3. Empirical investigations on industrial districts -- pt. 4. Globalisation and industrial districts
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 212 p) , ill
    Series Statement: Studies in evolutionary political economy
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The governance of network industries
    DDC: 363.6
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    Keywords: 1975-2005 ; Versorgungswirtschaft ; Infrastrukturpolitik ; Deregulierung ; Welt ; Public utilities Management ; Privatization ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Deregulation ; Infrastruktur ; Kommunaler Versorgungsbetrieb ; Deregulierung ; Privatisierung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Infrastruktur ; Versorgungsbetrieb ; Deregulierung ; Privatisierung ; Infrastruktur ; Versorgungswirtschaft ; Deregulierung
    Abstract: Infrastructures are subject to substantial readjustments of governance structures, often labeled as liberalization, privatization or re-regulation. This affects all traditional infrastructure sectors including communications, energy, transport and water. This study highlights and illustrates some of the major challenges for readjusting the governance of network industries from an economic, institutional, political and technological perspective. The three parts of the book address the institutional design of infrastructures, the role of technology in different sectors and actor behaviour
    Abstract: pt. I. Institutions -- pt. II. Technology -- pt. III. Policies
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    Cheltenham, U.K : Edward Elgar
    ISBN: 9781848446052
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxx, 352 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Electricity reform in Europe
    DDC: 333.7'9'094
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    Keywords: 1998-2005 ; Europäische Integration ; Elektrizitätswirtschaft ; Energiemarkt ; EU-Politik ; Politische Reform ; EU-Staaten ; Energy policy ; Electric utilities ; Electric industries Prices ; Law and legislation ; Electronic books ; European Union countries Economic policy ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Europa ; Elektrizitätsmarkt ; Reform
    Abstract: The realisation of a European internal market for energy is still a work in progress. Written by leading European scholars and discussed with major energy stakeholders, this book presents a thorough analysis of the motives and methods needed to achieve a single European energy market
    Abstract: pt. I. Proposals for achieving the European Union electricity market by 2009 -- pt. II. Assessment of core issues in the making of the European Union electricity market -- pt. III. In-depth studies of three challenges for the European Union electricity market (measuring market power, convergence of wholesale prices and energy policy)
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    Cheltenham : Edward Elgar
    ISBN: 9781848447233 , 1444328581 , 184844723X , 1282238841 , 9781847207647 , 9781444328585 , 1847207642 , 9781282238848
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 358 p) , ill
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Corporate social responsibility in Europe
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    Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility ; Nachhaltige Entwicklung ; Governance-Ansatz ; Industrie ; Bank ; Europa ; Industrial management ; Social responsibility of business ; Europa ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Unternehmen ; Soziale Verantwortung ; Nachhaltigkeit ; Unternehmen ; Soziale Verantwortung ; Nachhaltigkeit
    Abstract: The acid test of corporate social responsibility (CSR) is simply this: does it lead to positive impacts on society and the environment or is it just rhetoric? And if it does lead to positive impacts, how can these be enhanced? This timely book tackles this cutting-edge challenge by presenting empirical findings from a range of surveys and in-depth case studies. These build on a new methodological and theoretical framework for assessing and explaining the sustainability impact of CSR
    Abstract: pt. 1. Analytical framework -- pt. 2. Mapping CSR : survey data on selected issues in four sectors -- pt. 3. Assessing and explaining the sustainability impact of CSR : case study findings -- pt. 4. CSR and public policy
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 312-333) and index
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    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary Also available in print
    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 4854
    Parallel Title: Estache, Antonio (Un)bundling infrastructure procurement
    Keywords: Government purchasing ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Sanitation ; Water-supply ; Government purchasing ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Sanitation ; Water-supply
    Abstract: "Competition in public procurement auctions in the water supply and sanitation sector is largely limited. This is partly because of high technical complexity and partly because of auction design flaws. The division of lot contracts is an important policy choice for auctioneers to achieve efficiency. In general, there is a tradeoff between competition in auctions and size of contracts. Larger works could benefit from economies of scale and scope, but large contracts might undermine competition. Using data on public procurement auctions for water and sewage projects in developing countries, this paper shows that bidder entry is crucially endogenous, especially because it is determined by the auctioneer's bundling and unbundling strategy. If water treatment plant and distribution network works are bundled in a single lot package, competition would be significantly reduced, and this adverse entry effect would in turn raise the public procurement costs of infrastructure. There is no evidence of positive scope economies in the bidder cost structure. It is important to account for the underlying cost structure for designing efficient auction mechanisms. "--World Bank web site
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , Title from PDF file as viewed on 5/8/2009 , Also available in print.
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    [Washington, D.C] : World Bank
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary Also available in print
    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 4880
    Parallel Title: Available in another form Trends in household coverage of modern infrastructure services in Africa
    Keywords: Household surveys ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Household surveys ; Infrastructure (Economics)
    Abstract: "Household surveys have long been used to estimate poverty and inequality trends, as well as trends in education and health indicators, but they have not been used to the same extent to assess trends in the access to or coverage of modern infrastructure services. In this paper, we use Demographic and Health Surveys from a larger sample of sub-Saharan African countries in order to collect comparable information across countries on coverage of piped water, flush toilets, electricity, and landline telephones over time. The results suggest that coverage rates for electricity, flush toilets have improved slightly over the last decade. Coverage of piped water has declined, at the same time as coverage of landline (as well as cellular) telephone has increased rapidly. The decline has been primarily in the urban areas while the infrastructure coverage has either increased or remained stable in rural Africa. For all four services, among the poorest households coverage remains virtually inexistent. If business as usual continues, it would take a very long time to reach universal or widely shared coverage even in countries where coverage has improved. These results point to the need to increase efforts by governments and international community to progressively increase access to modern infrastructure services in Africa. "--World Bank web site
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , Title from PDF file as viewed on 5/7/2009 , Also available in print.
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    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary Also available in print
    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 4912
    Parallel Title: Yepes, Tito Making sense of Africa's infrastructure endowment
    Keywords: Infrastructure (Economics) ; Infrastructure (Economics)
    Abstract: "The paper's objective is to explain factors underlying Africa's weak infrastructure endowment and to identify suitable infrastructure goals for the region based on benchmarking against international peers. The authors use a dataset covering the stocks of key infrastructure-including information and communication technology (ICT), power, roads, and water-across 155 developing countries over the period 1960 to 2005. The paper also examines subregional differences within Africa. They make use of regression techniques to control for a comprehensive set of economic, demographic, geographic, and historic conditioning factors, as well as adjusting for potential endogeneities. Results show that Africa lags behind all other regions of the developing world in its infrastructure endowment, except in ICT. By far the largest gaps arise in the power sector, with generating capacity and household access to electricity at half the levels observed in South Asia. While it is often assumed that Africa's infrastructure deficit is largely a reflection of its relatively low income levels, the authors find that African countries have much more limited infrastructure than income peers in other parts of the developing world. Countries that face the most challenging environment, with low population density, weak governance, and history of conflict, have the poorest infrastructure endowments. At the outset of the data series, Africa was doing significantly better than other developing regions for road density, generation capacity, and fixed-line telephones, but Africa's relative position has deteriorated over time. The most dramatic loss of ground has come in electrical generating capacity, which has stagnated since 1980. "--World Bank web site
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , Title from PDF file as viewed on 5/7/2009 , Also available in print.
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    Washington, DC : Agence Française de Développement
    ISBN: 0821380419 , 0821380834 , 9780821380413 , 9780821380833
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xxii, 355 p) , ill., maps , 26 cm
    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary
    Series Statement: Africa development forum
    DDC: 363.6096
    Keywords: Infrastructure (Economics) ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Infrastructure (Economics)
    Description / Table of Contents: Africa's infrastructure : a time for transformationThe Africa Infrastructure Country Diagnostic -- Meeting Africa's infrastructure needs -- Closing Africa's funding gap -- Dealing with poverty and inequality -- Building sound institutions -- Facilitating urbanization -- Deepening regional integration -- Information and communication technologies : a boost for growth -- Power : catching up -- Transport : more than the sum of its parts -- Roads : broadening the agenda -- Railways : looking for traffic -- Ports and shipping : landlords needed -- Airports and air transport : the sky's the limit -- Water resources : a common interest -- Irrigation : tapping potential -- Water supply : hitting the target? -- Sanitation : moving up the ladder.
    Note: "Presents the findings of the Africa Infrastructure Country Diagnostic (AICD)"--P. [4] of cover , Includes bibliographical references and index
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    [Washington, D.C] : World Bank
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary Also available in print
    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 4914
    Parallel Title: Calderón, César Infrastructure and growth in Africa
    Keywords: Infrastructure (Economics) ; Infrastructure (Economics)
    Abstract: "The goal of the paper is to provide a comprehensive assessment of the impact of infrastructure development on growth in African countries. Based on econometric estimates for a sample of 136 countries from 1960-2005, the authors evaluate the impact on per capita growth of faster accumulation of infrastructure stocks and of enhancement in the quality of infrastructure services for 39 African countries in three key infrastructure sectors: telecommunications, electricity, and roads. Using an econometric technique suitable for dynamic panel data models and likely endogenous regressors, the authors find that infrastructure stocks and service quality boost economic growth. The growth payoff of reaching the infrastructure development of the African leader (Mauritius) is 1.1 percent of GDP per year in North Africa and 2.3 percent in Sub-Saharan Africa, with most of the contribution coming from more, rather than better, infrastructure. Across Africa, infrastructure contributed 99 basis points to per capita economic growth, versus 68 points for other structural policies. Most of the contribution came from increases in stocks (89 basis points), versus quality improvements (10 basis points). The findings show that growth is positively affected by the volume of infrastructure stocks and the quality of infrastructure services; simulations show that our empirical findings are significant statistically and economically. Identifying areas of opportunity to generate productivity growth, the authors find that African countries are likely to gain more from larger stocks of infrastructure than from enhancements in the quality of existing infrastructure. The payoffs are largest for telephone density, electricity-generating capacity, road-network length, and road quality. "--World Bank web site
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , Title from PDF file as viewed on 5/7/2009 , Also available in print.
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    Cheltenham, U.K : Edward Elgar
    ISBN: 9781781952658
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 447 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook of research on Asian entrepreneurship
    DDC: 338.04095
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    Keywords: Globalisierung ; KMU ; Entrepreneurship ; Asien ; Entrepreneurship ; Europa ; Klein- und Mittelbetrieb ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Asien ; Klein- und Mittelbetrieb ; Unternehmensgründung
    Abstract: Asia is highly regarded as one of the fastest growing regions in the world, and this unique Handbook focuses on the internationalization process and entrepreneurial dynamics of small business within the continent. Using a clear and consistent style, the Handbook examines more than 40 countries in Asia and allows researchers to compare the environment for entrepreneurship, the internationalization of entrepreneurs and the state of small business in different Asian countries. The chapters are authored by well-known scholars who provide insight into how government policies have affected the internationalization of small firms in Asia
    Abstract: 1. Introduction / Vanessa Ratten and Léo-Paul Dana -- 2. Afghanistan / Ruth Clarke and Ramdas Chandra -- 3. Armenia / Vahé Heboyan -- 4. Azerbaijan / Elena Sannikova and John F. Cassidy -- 5. Bahrain / Sadiq Sohail -- 6. Bangladesh / Muhammad Mahboob Ali -- 7. Brunei / Stephen W. Litvin -- 8. Cambodia / Richard W. Wright and Malcolm Innes-Brown -- 9. China / David Smallbone and Xiao Jianzhong -- 10. China, part 2 / Joseph Sy-Changco -- 11. India / Shameen Prashantham -- 12. Indonesia / Latif Adam -- 13. Iran / Babak Fooladi and Martine Spence -- 14. Israel / Liora Katzenstein, Eli Gimmon, Eyal Benjamin and Itay Friedberg -- 15. Japan / Jane W. Lu and Paul W. Beamish -- 16. Jordan / Vanessa Ratten -- 17. Kazakhstan / Sandra Pennewiss -- 18. Kyrgyzstan / Serkan Yalcin -- 19. Laos / Léo-Paul Dana and Susanne Barthmann -- 20. Lebanon / Wafica A. Ghoul -- 21. Malaysia / Nnamdi Madichie and Christopher Seow -- 22. Maldives / Isabell M. Welpe and Teresa E. Dana -- 23. Mongolia / Malcolm Innes-Brown -- 24. Myanmar / Léo-Paul Dana and Frank Lasch. -- 25. Oman / Yochanan Shachmurove -- 26. Pakistan / M. Khurrum S. Bhutta and Adnan Omar -- 27. Palestine / Nidal Rashid Sabri -- 28. Philippines / Maria Carmen Galang and Sonia Tiong-Aquino -- 29. Qatar / Yochanan Shachmurove -- 30. Russia / Ruta Aidis, Julia Korosteleva and Tomasz Mickiewicz -- 31. Saudi Arabia / Tim Rogmans -- 32. Singapore / Wee-Liang Tan and So-Jin Yoo -- 33. South Korea / Ed Hopkins and Siri Terjesen -- 34. Sri Lanka / Sudatta Ranasinghe and Jay Weerawardena -- 35. Syria / Wafica A. Ghoul -- 36. Taiwan / Hung-bin Ding and Hsi-mei Chung -- 37. Tajikistan / Léo-Paul Dana -- 38. Thailand / Scott A. Hipsher -- 39. Timor-Leste / Mats Lundahl and Fredrik Sjöholm -- 40. Turkey / Serkan Yalcin -- 41. Turkmenistan / Gerard McElwee -- 42. United Arab Emirates / Mervyn J. Morris -- 43. Uzbekistan / Gulnoza S. Saidazimova -- 44. Vietnam / Mai Thi Thanh Thai and Narendra M. Agrawal -- 45. Doing business in Asia / Ilan Alon, Wenxian Zhang and Bob Moore -- 46. Drivers of international entrepreneurship in Asia / Vanessa Ratten, Léo-Paul Dana and Isabell M. Welpe
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    Cheltenham, U.K : Edward Elgar
    ISBN: 9781848449176
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 317 p) , ill., map
    Series Statement: New directions in modern economics
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Global finance and social Europe
    DDC: 332.094
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    Keywords: 1971-2007 ; Internationaler Finanzmarkt ; Finanzierung ; Geldmarkt ; Kapitalmobilität ; Sozialstaat ; Europäische Integration ; EU-Staaten ; Financial institutions ; Globalization Economic aspects ; Finance ; Europa ; Europäische Union 〈 EU〉 ; EU ; Wirtschaft ; Ökonomie ; Internationaler Kapitalmarkt ; Finanzmarkt ; Geld ; Electronic books ; Europe Economic integration ; Europe Economic conditions ; Europäische Union ; Wirtschaftliche Integration ; Kreditmarkt
    Abstract: With global finance reshaping the world economy, this insightful new book provides a full account of the EU's financial integration strategy, together with a critical assessment arguing the case for social control over global finance. Written by acknowledged experts in European finance, this book discusses key issues from finance to general social developments, encompassing social security systems, employment relations, household saving and borrowing, and the question of economic stability. Thus far, America has been pre-eminent both in global financial markets and international banking - so how should the European Union meet this challenge? Global Finance and Social Europe constructively argues that an active response is required and highlights the importance of an integrated European financial system
    Abstract: Money and finance today / Trevor Evans -- International finance / Trevor Evans -- Europe's financial systems under pressure / Marica Frangakis -- EU financial market integration policy / Marica Frangakis -- Lisbon, finance and the European social model / John Grahl -- The official case for financial integration / Thorsten Block and John Grahl -- International finance and instability in the EU / Jan Toporowski -- The transformation of corporate Europe / Photis Lysandrou -- Financial markets and social security / John Grahl -- Finance and the household / John Grahl -- The impact of financial change on European employment relations / John Grahl -- Inclusion : universal access, consumer and workers' protection / Jorg Huffschmid -- Protection of the elderly against the risks of capital markets : the advantages of public PAYGO pension systems / Jorg Huffschmid -- Financial stability / Dominique Plihon -- Financing social protection and social equity in Europe / Dominique Plihon
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    ISBN: 9781848446106
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 374 p) , ill
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Learning to compete in European universities
    DDC: 379.4
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    Keywords: Bildungswesen ; Hochschule ; Hochschulpolitik ; Universitäre Forschung ; Wissenstransfer ; Forschungskooperation ; Kooperation ; Wettbewerb ; USA ; EU-Staaten ; Educational change ; Universities and colleges Administration ; Education, Higher Economic aspects ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Europa ; Universität ; Wettbewerb ; Europa ; Bildungssystem ; Wandel ; Europa ; Hochschulbildung ; Wirtschaftliche Betrachtungsweise ; Europa ; Bildungswesen ; Wandel
    Abstract: This book addresses the critical issue of how and why European universities are changing and learning to compete. Anglo-Saxon universities particularly in the US, the UK and Australia have long been subject to, and responded to, market-based competition in higher education. The authors argue that Continental and Nordic universities and higher education institutes are now facing similar pressures that are leading to a structural transformation of the university sector
    Abstract: pt. 1. Emergent strategy -- pt. 2. Differentiation and specialization -- pt. 3. Rethinking university-industry relations -- pt. 4. Reflections
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    Cheltenham, U.K : Edward Elgar
    ISBN: 9781848447356
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 236 p) , ill
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Hutchens, Anna Changing big business
    DDC: 382.71
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    Keywords: Fairer Handel ; Nord-Süd-Beziehungen ; Freihandel ; Globalisierung ; Kritik ; Anti-globalization movement ; Free trade ; Globalization Economic aspects ; Fairer Handel ; Organisation ; Marktmacht ; Globalisierung ; Electronic books ; Fairer Handel ; Organisation ; Marktmacht ; Globalisierung
    Abstract: Drawing on candid accounts from practitioners, producers and industry representatives, this informative and proactive volume investigates the challenges facing today's fair trade movement and provides unique insights into the workings of social and economic power in world markets
    Abstract: 1. 'Game-playing': rethinking power and empowerment -- 2. 'Power over' as global power in world markets -- 3. The history of fair trade -- 4. Networking networks for scale -- 5. Fairtrade as resistance -- 6. Fair trade as game-playing -- 7. Governance as 'creative destruction'
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 210-228) and index
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    Cheltenham, U.K : Edward Elgar
    ISBN: 9781848449114
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 190 p)
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Colander, David C., 1947 - The making of a European economist
    DDC: 330.094
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    Keywords: Wirtschaftsstudium ; Wirtschaftswissenschaft ; EU-Staaten ; Economics Study and teaching (Graduate) ; Economists ; Electronic books ; Europa ; Wirtschaftswissenschaften
    Abstract: David Colander's highly original and thought provoking book considers ongoing changes in graduate European economics education. Following up on his earlier classic studies of US graduate economic education, he studies the 'economist production function' in which universities take student 'raw material' and transform it into economists, In doing so he provides insight into economists and economics
    Abstract: pt. I. Introduction -- pt. II. Qualitative results of the survey -- pt. III. Student interviews -- pt. IV. Conclusion
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-177) and index
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    ISBN: 9781849802369
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 372 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Entrepreneurship and growth in local, regional and national economies
    DDC: 338.04
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    Keywords: Entrepreneurship ; Unternehmensgründung ; Risikokapital ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Regionalentwicklung ; Wissen ; EU-Staaten ; Entrepreneurship ; Economic development ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Europa ; Entrepreneurship ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Entrepreneurship ; Wirtschaftswachstum
    Abstract: This state-of-the-art book provides a window on contemporary European entrepreneurship and small business research. The papers selected demonstrate the applied nature of entrepreneurship research as well as the various contributions that entrepreneurship can make to local, regional and national development
    Abstract: pt. I. Introduction -- pt. II. Regional perspectives on entrepreneurship -- pt. III. New venture creation and growth -- pt. IV. Business exits -- pt. V. Knowledge-based entrepreneurship -- pt. VI. Entrepreneurship and social inclusion
    Note: "In association with the ECSB , Includes bibliographical references and index
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    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary Also available in print
    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 4878
    Parallel Title: Irving, Jacqueline Local sources of financing for infrastructure in Africa
    Keywords: Financial institutions ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Financial institutions ; Infrastructure (Economics)
    Abstract: "With the exception of South Africa, local financial markets in sub-Saharan Africa remain underdeveloped and small, with a particular dearth of financing with maturity terms commensurate with the medium- to long-term horizons of infrastructure projects. But as financial market reforms gather momentum, there is growing awareness of the need to tap local and regional sources. Drawing on a comprehensive new database constructed for the purpose of this research, the paper assesses the actual and potential role of local financial systems for 24 African countries in financing infrastructure. The paper concludes that further development and more appropriate regulation of local institutional investors would help them realize their potential as financing sources, for which they are better suited than local banks because their liabilities would better match the longer terms of infrastructure projects. There are clear signs of positive change: private pension providers are emerging in Africa, there is a shift from defined benefit toward defined contribution plans, and African institutional investors have begun taking a more diversified portfolio approach in asset allocation. Although capital markets remain underdeveloped, new issuers in infrastructure sectors-particularly of corporate bonds-are coming to market in several countries, in some cases constituting the debut issue. More than half of the corporate bonds listed at end-2006 on these countries' markets were by companies in infrastructure sectors. More cross-border listings and investment within the region-in both corporate bonds and equity issues-including by local institutional investors, could help overcome local capital markets' impediments and may hold significant promise for financing cross-country infrastructure projects. "--World Bank web site
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    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: 2009 World Bank eLibrary Also available in print
    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 4930
    Parallel Title: Iacovone, Leonardo The better you are the stronger it makes you
    Keywords: Free trade ; Industrial productivity ; Free trade ; Industrial productivity
    Abstract: "This paper studies how liberalization affects productivity growth using micro-level plant data. While previous studies have already shown the existence of a positive relationship between competition and economic performance, the novelty of this paper is that it analyzes not only the average impact of liberalization, but also goes "beyond the average" and shows how the liberalization can affect dissimilar plants in a different way. The author first develops a model which predicts that, while the impact of liberalization on productivity growth is positive "on average", more advanced firms tend to benefit more. In fact, liberalization generates two competing effects: on one side it spurs more innovative efforts because of the increased entry threat by foreign competitors, on the other side, enhanced competition curtails expected profits and reduces the funds available to finance innovative activities. The pro-competitive effect is weaker for less advanced firms as for them it is harder to catch-up with the "technology frontier". These predictions are then tested focusing on Mexican plants during the NAFTA liberalization. The results show that a 1 percent reduction in tariffs spurred productivity growth between 4 and 8 percent on average. However, for backward firms this effect is much weaker if not close to zero, otherwise for more advanced ones this effect is stronger with productivity growing between 11 and 13 percent. Consistent with the theoretical model the results are stronger in those sectors where the scope for innovative activities is more pronounced. These results are particularly important for policy makers because they suggest that while increasing competition may be good in spurring average productivity, it is also true that this effect does not hold for all type of firms, in particular more backward firms may need some complementary support policy to upgrade their capacities and keep up with the more competitive environment. "--World Bank web site
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , Title from PDF file as viewed on 5/26/2009 , Also available in print.
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    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    ISBN: 0821372238 , 0821372246 , 9780821372234 , 9780821372241
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (vii, 78 p) , ill., map , 23 cm
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: Environment and development
    DDC: 339.4/9091724
    Keywords: Environmental health ; Households Economic aspects ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Natural resources ; Poverty Environmental aspects ; Environmental health ; Households Economic aspects ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Natural resources ; Poverty Environmental aspects ; Environmental health ; Households ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Natural resources ; Poverty
    Description / Table of Contents: Understanding poverty-environment linkages at the household level -- Poverty and environmental change at the macro scale -- Environmental management and pathways to household welfare -- Scope of the report -- Some key conclusions -- Local natural resources, poverty, and degradation: examining empirical regularities -- The importance of environmental income to the poor -- Commons as a source of insurance -- The effect of growth on local resource use -- Welfare impacts of degradation -- The role of poverty in environmental change -- Conclusions -- Health outcomes and environmental pathogens -- Theoretical linkages between health outcomes and environmental conditions -- Empirical evidence of linkages between health outcomes and environmental conditions -- How robust are the empirical findings? -- Conclusions and tentative policy implications -- Household welfare and policy reforms -- Selected policy reforms: evidence from case studies -- Challenges and data limitations -- Conclusions -- Directions for change -- Use of local natural resources -- Design principles for improving environmental health -- Better data for monitoring change -- Policy reforms for managing the environment and reducing poverty -- Moving forward.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 67-74) and index
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    ISBN: 9780821374092 , 9780821374108
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xxviii, 351 p) , ill , 23 cm
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: Latin American development forum series
    DDC: 363.6098
    Keywords: Infrastructure (Economics) ; Privatization ; Public utilities Finance ; Public utilities Finance ; Public-private sector cooperation ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Privatization ; Public utilities Finance ; Public utilities Finance ; Public-private sector cooperation ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Privatization ; Public utilities ; Public utilities ; Public-private sector cooperation
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Setting the stage -- Learning from the existing literature -- Filling the gaps with new datasets and methodologies -- The impact on electricity distribution -- The impact on fixed line telecommunications -- The impact on water and sewerage -- An assessment of the electricity distribution performance of private and public utilities -- Determinants of impact: regulatory and contract variables -- Conclusions and moving forward.
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 4680
    Parallel Title: Finger, J. M Safeguards and antidumping in Latin American trade liberalization
    Keywords: Dumping (International trade) ; Free trade ; Dumping (International trade) ; Free trade
    Abstract: "The binding of tariff rates and adoption of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade/World Trade Organization-sanctioned safeguards and antidumping mechanisms provided the basis to remove a multitude of instruments of protection in the Latin American countries discussed in this paper. At the same time, they helped in maintaining centralized control over the management of pressures for protection in agencies with economy-wide accountabilities. The World Trade Organization's procedural requirements (for example, to follow published criteria, or participation by interested parties) helped leaders to change the culture of decision-making from one based on relationships to one based on objective criteria. However, when Latin American governments attempted to introduce economic sense - such as base price comparisons on an economically sensible measure of long-run international price rather than the more generous constructed cost concept that is the core of WTO rules - protection-seekers used the rules against them. They pointed out that World Trade Organization rules do not require the use of such criteria, nor do procedures in leading users (industrial countries) include such criteria. In sum, the administrative content of the rules supported liberalization; the economic content did not. "--World Bank web site
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , Title from PDF file as viewed on 5/20/2009 , Also available in print.
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  • 55
    ISBN: 9781848443952
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 365 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Entrepreneurship, sustainable growth and performance
    DDC: 338/.04094
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    Keywords: Entrepreneurship ; Unternehmenserfolg ; Universitäre Forschung ; Europa ; Entrepreneurship Research ; Sustainable development ; Entrepreneurship ; Electronic books ; Konferenzschrift ; Konferenzschrift 2007 ; Europa ; Klein- und Mittelbetrieb ; Entrepreneurship ; Familienbetrieb ; Unternehmensgründung ; Prozessmanagement ; Europa ; Unternehmer ; Unternehmensentwicklung
    Abstract: This book provides an invaluable, state-of-the-art overview of current European research in the field of entrepreneurship. It focuses on four themes, each of which illustrates a key dimension in the overall theme: entrepreneurs and their role in entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship in family businesses, performance of new ventures and entrepreneurial processes
    Abstract: pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Entrepreneurs and their role -- pt. 3. Entrepreneurship in family firms -- pt. 4. Performance of new ventures -- pt. 5. Processes and entrepreneurship
    Note: "In association with the ECSB , Includes bibliographical references and index , Papers presented at the 20th annual Research in Entrepreneurship and Small Business Conference held in Brussels in Nov. 2006
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    ISBN: 9781781007648
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 315 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Liberalizing European energy markets
    DDC: 333.79094
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    Keywords: Energiepolitik ; Energiemarkt ; Deregulierung ; Simulation ; EU-Staaten ; Russland ; Energy policy Economic aspects ; Energy industries Government policy ; Energy industries ; Electronic books ; Europa ; Energiewirtschaft ; Deregulierung
    Abstract: This book presents an economic analysis of the main effects of liberalizing the electricity and natural gas markets across Western Europe. It is based on a state-of-the art detailed numerical simulation model that takes account of the interlinkages between different energy markets. Short-run and long-run effects are identified and the robustness of results is tested. Separate chapters discuss climate policy, renewable energy and the role of Russia. A key finding is that liberalization lowers energy prices and increases consumption, particularly in the electricity markets where prices fall by 25 per cent on average in the short run. Effects are somewhat stronger in the long run, as investment options are utilized. The welfare benefits of liberalization are considerable in the long run. However, liberalization increases emissions of CO2. The welfare costs of fulfilling Western Europe's Kyoto obligations depend highly on the policies implemented, but are at least as large as the benefits of liberalization
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. The LIBEMOD 2000 model -- 3. Short-run effects of liberalization -- 4. Long-run effects of liberalization -- 5. Robustness analyses and alternative future scenarios -- 6. Policies for clean and renewable energy production -- 7. Energy liberalization in Russia
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 292-301) and index
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    ISBN: 9781781007716
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 288 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Borrás, Susana Cluster policies in Europe
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    Keywords: Regionales Cluster ; Governance-Ansatz ; Europa ; Industrial clusters Government policy ; Electronic books ; Europa ; Cluster ; Regierung ; Wirtschaftspolitik
    Abstract: This book provides a systematic, comprehensive, and independent comparative study of cluster policies in Europe. It focuses upon one very important relationship that has so far been neglected in the literature, namely, the extent to which the complex dynamics of multi-level governance (MLG) are responding to the problems and challenges faced by clusters, in particular the extent to which MLG learns and supports cluster learning
    Abstract: 1. Cluster policies in Europe : governance and learning -- 2. Methodology -- 3. Cluster policy in Germany -- 4. Cluster policy in the United Kingdom -- 5. Cluster policy in Italy -- 6. Cluster policy in Slovenia -- 7. Cluster policy in the Czech Republic -- 8. Cluster policy in Romania -- 9. Comparative findings and conclusions
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-282) and index
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 4712
    Parallel Title: Calderán, César Infrastructure and economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa
    Keywords: Income distribution ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Income distribution ; Infrastructure (Economics)
    Abstract: "An adequate supply of infrastructure services has long been viewed by both academics and policy makers as a key ingredient for economic development. Sub-Saharan Africa ranks consistently at the bottom of all developing regions in terms of infrastructure performance, and an increasing number of observers point to deficient infrastructure as a major obstacle for growth and poverty reduction across the region. This paper offers an empirical assessment of the impact of infrastructure development on growth and inequality, with a focus on Sub-Saharan Africa. The paper uses a comparative cross-regional perspective to place Africa's experience in the international context. Drawing from an updated data set of infrastructure quantity and quality indicators covering more than 100 countries and spanning the years 1960-2005, the paper estimates empirical growth and inequality equations including a standard set of control variables augmented by infrastructure quantity and quality measures, and controlling for the potential endogeneity of the latter. The estimates illustrate the potential contribution of infrastructure development to growth and equity across Africa. "--World Bank web site
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , Title from PDF file as viewed on 5/18/2009 , Also available in print.
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  • 59
    ISBN: 9781848441453
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 397 p) , ill., maps
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Road congestion pricing in Europe
    DDC: 388.3/142
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    Keywords: 1999-2006 ; Straßenverkehr ; Maut ; Umweltbelastung ; Luftverschmutzung ; Großbritannien ; USA ; EU-Staaten ; London ; Paris ; Stockholm ; Congestion pricing Congresses ; Congestion pricing Congresses ; Traffic congestion Congresses ; Traffic congestion Congresses ; Electronic books ; Europa ; Straßenbenutzungsgebühr ; Stadtverkehr ; USA
    Abstract: In February 2003, the London Congestion Charging Scheme was introduced and in 2006 a similar policy was introduced in Stockholm. In both cases automobile traffic entering the cordon declined by about 20 percent. This book evaluates these and other similar programs exploring their implications for the United States. This study's value lies in the fact that it examines road pricing in the real world and not simply from a theoretical viewpoint. As a comparative study it will appeal to both policymakers and academics in transportation economics and planning, urban economics, planning and economic geography
    Abstract: pt. 1. UK applications -- pt. 2. London -- pt. 3. International examples -- pt. 3. The United States
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Papers presented at a workshop held at Moeller Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge University, on May 6-7, 2006
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    ISBN: 9781781007723
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 354 p) , ill. (some col.)
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Innovating European labour markets
    DDC: 331.11094
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    Keywords: 1995-2005 ; Arbeitsmarktpolitik ; Wirtschaftsreform ; Arbeitszeit ; Arbeitslosigkeit ; Flexicurity ; EU-Staaten ; Labor market ; Manpower policy ; Electronic books ; Konferenzschrift 2006 ; Europa ; Arbeitsmarkt
    Abstract: This book examines innovative theoretical perspectives and novel labour market policy responses to Europe's changing work demands, employment careers and life courses. It presents creative ideas and recommendations for flexicurity policies at various levels and in different social and economic contexts. The driving factors determining the performance of dissimilar pathways in Europe are identified in regard to their impact on the flexibility/security nexus. Key issues in the current European policy debate are addressed, including how innovative policies are designed in the areas of working time, education, work-life balance, employment relations, retirement and migration, how they are put into practice and what determines their level of success
    Abstract: pt. 1. Transitional labour markets in Europe -- pt. 2. Flexicurity and working time arragements -- pt. 3. Life course transitions and careers
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    ISBN: 9781848444010
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 248 p)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Thirlwall, Anthony P., 1941 - 2023 Trade liberalisation and the poverty of nations
    DDC: 382.71
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    Keywords: Handelsliberalisierung ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Exportinduziertes Wachstum ; Entwicklungsländer ; Free trade ; Electronic books ; Developing countries Economic conditions ; Developing countries Commerce ; Developing countries Commerce ; Entwicklungsländer ; Außenhandel ; Liberalisierung ; Entwicklungsländer ; Wirtschaftswachstum
    Abstract: This book argues that orthodox theory is based on many unreal assumptions, and that there are sound economic arguments for selective protection of industrial activities in the early stages of economic development. The historical evidence of the now-developed countries also illustrates this fact
    Abstract: 1. The theory and measurement of trade liberalisation -- 2. Trade liberalisation, trade performance and economic growth -- 3. Trade liberalisation and international inequality -- 4. Trade liberalisation, poverty and domestic inequality -- 5. Trade strategy and economic development
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-238) and index
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    ISBN: 9781848442733
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 240 p) , ill., maps
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Infrastructure and trade in Asia
    DDC: 363.095
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    Keywords: 2005 ; Internationale Wirtschaft ; Regionalentwicklung ; Regionale Wirtschaftsintegration ; Infrastrukturinvestition ; Armutsbekämpfung ; Wirtschaftsintegration ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Asien ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Asien ; Infrastruktur ; Handel ; Electronic books ; Asia Commerce ; Asia Economic policy ; Asia Economic conditions 1945- ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Asien ; Infrastruktur ; Handel
    Abstract: Analysis of infrastructure's role in facilitating international trade and consequently regional economic integration is still rudimentary. This original book fills that knowledge gap by exploring relevant concepts, measurement issues, aspects of the implementation of trade-related infrastructure facilities and their impacts on poverty, trade, investment and macroeconomic balances
    Abstract: Infrastructure and trade in Asia : an overview / Douglas H. Brooks and Jayant Menon -- A framework for considering infrastructure for regional co-operation / John Weiss -- Trade facilitation : what, why, how, where and when? / Philippa Dee, Christopher Findlay and Richard Pomfret -- Regional co-operation, governance, soft infrastructure and trading costs / Haider A. Khan -- Empirical estimates of trade costs for Asia / Prabir De -- Roads and poverty : a general equilibrium analysis for Lao PDR / Jayant Menon and Peter Warr -- Road infrastructure and regional economic integration : evidence from the Mekong / Christopher Edmonds and Manabu Fujimura -- Meeting the MDG water target in Asia : the role of regional co-operation / P.B. Anand -- Infrastructure financing : impacts on macroeconomic balances / Douglas H. Brooks and Fan Zhai
    Note: "A joint publication of the Asian Development Bank Institute and Edward Elgar Publishing , Includes bibliographical references and index
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    ISBN: 9781848441309
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 775 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook of research on European business and entrepreneurship
    DDC: 338.8884
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    Keywords: 1990-2005 ; Globalisierung ; Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen ; Multinationales Unternehmen ; KMU ; Unternehmenserfolg ; Europa ; Entrepreneurship ; International business enterprises ; Europa ; Klein- und Mittelbetrieb ; Internationalisierung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Electronic books ; Europe Commerce ; Europe Commerce ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Europa ; Klein- und Mittelbetrieb ; Internationalisierung
    Abstract: This unique Handbook illustrates how entrepreneurs across Europe tackle internationalization. This timely and important book identifies patterns and builds a theory of international entrepreneurship in Europe
    Abstract: pt. 1. Introductory chapters -- pt. 2. Country studies -- pt. 3. Constituents of the United Kingdom -- pt. 4. Conclusion
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Title from cover
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    ISBN: 9781848445017
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 308 p) , ill
    Series Statement: European research in entrepreneurship
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    Parallel Title: Available in another form
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The dynamics between entrepreneurship, environment and education
    DDC: 338.04
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    Keywords: Entrepreneurship ; Wirtschaftsforschung ; Bildung ; Berufsbildung ; Gesellschaft ; Europa ; Economic development Environmental aspects ; Entrepreneurship Study and teaching ; Entrepreneurship ; Entrepreneurship ; Ausbildung ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Einfluss ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This book introduces the expanding European dialogue between entrepreneurship, environment and education. It considers the shape, dimensions and horizon of this multidisciplinary landscape in entrepreneurship research. The striking differences and contradictions in entrepreneurial activities, readiness and innovativeness within European countries and the proactive attitude and activities of European competitors impose a demand for a better understanding of the complex dynamics
    Abstract: pt. 1. The dynamics between entrepreneurship and environment -- pt. 2. The dynamics between entrepreneurship and education -- pt. 3. The dynamics between entrepreneurship and small businesses
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  • 65
    ISBN: 9781848440173
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 342 p) , ill., maps
    Series Statement: Transport economics, management and policy
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Decision-making on mega-projects
    DDC: 658.4/03
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    Keywords: Infrastrukturinvestition ; Entscheidung ; Projektmanagement ; Projektfinanzierung ; Projektcontrolling ; Europa ; USA ; Project management Decision making ; Economic development projects ; Decision making ; Großprojekt ; Projektmanagement ; Entscheidungsfindung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Großprojekt ; Projektmanagement ; Entscheidungsfindung
    Abstract: This book enlarges the understanding of decision-making on mega-projects and suggest recommendations for a more effective, efficient and democratic approach. Authors from different scientific disciplines address various aspects of the decision-making process, such as management characteristics and cost-benefit analysis, planning and innovation and competition and institutions. The subject matter is highly diverse, but certain questions remain at the forefront. For example, how do we deal with protracted preparation processes, how do we tackle risks and uncertainties, and how can we best divide the risks and responsibilities among the private and public players throughout the different phases of the project?
    Abstract: pt. 2. Management characteristics and cost-benefit analysis -- pt. 2. Planning and decision-making-- pt. 3. Innovation, competition and institutions
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    ISBN: 9781848445093
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 326 p)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Currency and competitiveness in Europe
    DDC: 337.142
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    Keywords: 1970-2007 ; Wechselkurspolitik ; Wechselkurs ; Wechselkurssystem ; Internationaler Wettbewerb ; Währungsunion ; Wirtschaftsintegration ; Wirtschaftliche Konvergenz ; EU-Staaten ; Welt ; Foreign exchange rates ; Competition ; Europa ; Europäische Union 〈 EU〉 ; EU ; Währung ; Europäische Währungsunion, Wechselkurs ; EWU ; Währungsunion ; Wettbewerb ; Electronic books ; Konferenzschrift 2007 ; Europa ; Währung ; Wechselkurs ; Wettbewerb
    Abstract: This book combines currency matters with competitiveness considerations, with a view to raising the understanding of exchange rate dynamics and to analysing the role of exchange rates in reinforcing economic competitiveness
    Abstract: pt. 1. How currency and competitiveness contribute to growth and stability -- pt. 2. Understanding exchange rates -- pt. 3. Understanding economic competitiveness -- pt. 4. Policy challenges on the road to and within monetary union
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    Language: English
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 4797
    Parallel Title: Hoekman, Bernard M Trade policy, trade costs, and developing country trade
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    Keywords: Free trade ; Free trade ; Developing countries Commercial policy ; Developing countries Commercial policy
    Abstract: "This paper briefly reviews new indices of trade restrictiveness and trade facilitation that have been developed at the World Bank. The paper also compares the trade impact of different types of trade restrictions applied at the border with the effects of domestic policies that affect trade costs. Based on a gravity regression framework, the analysis suggests that tariffs and non-tariff measures continue to be a significant source of trade restrictiveness for low-income countries despite preferential access programs. This is because the value of trade preferences is quite limited: a new measure of the relative preference margin developed in the paper reveals that this is very low for most country-pairs. Most countries with very good (duty-free) access to a market generally have competitors that have the same degree of access. The empirical analysis suggests that measures to improve logistics performance and facilitate trade are likely to have the greatest positive effects in expanding developing country trade, increasing the trade impacts of lowering remaining border barriers by a factor of two or more. "--World Bank web site
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , Title from PDF file as viewed on 5/8/2009 , Also available in print.
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    ISBN: 9781847205575
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 228 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Academic entrepreneurship in Europe
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Academic entrepreneurship in Europe
    DDC: 338.4/73784
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    Keywords: Unternehmensgründung ; Akademiker ; Europa ; Universitäre Forschung ; Technologietransfer ; Education, Higher Economic aspects ; Universities and colleges Research ; Universities and colleges Finance ; Academic-industrial collaboration ; Business and education ; Europa ; Hochschule ; Spin-Off-Unternehmensgründung ; Electronic books ; Academic spin-outs ; Europe ; Universities and colleges ; Graduate work ; Economic aspects ; Europe ; Academic-industrial collaboration ; Europe ; Europa ; Hochschule ; Spin-off-Unternehmensgründung ; Europa ; Hochschule ; Spin-off-Unternehmensgründung ; Forschung und Entwicklung
    Abstract: Introduction -- Public policies to foster academic spin-offs -- Types of spin-offs -- Processes at the institutional level : incubation models -- Processes at the firm level : phases and models of development -- Entrepreneurial teams in spin-offs -- Financial constraints and access to finance -- Conclusions and policy implications.
    Abstract: This book advances our understanding of university spin-off creation and development in environments outside the high-tech clusters of the US. While there has been substantial university spin-off activity internationally in recent years, a number of major aspects are little understood. The authors argue that the nature of universities is changing as reduced public funding reflects a public debate on their role in society. An important aspect of this international phenomenon is an increased emphasis on the commercialization of university research and on academic entrepreneurship. These new ventures therefore involve the spinning-off of technology and knowledge generated by universities
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 200-213) and index
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    ISBN: 0821371398 , 0821371401 , 9780821371398 , 9780821371404
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xxviii, 149 p) , ill , 23 cm
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
    DDC: 332.67/264098
    Keywords: Housing Finance ; Infrastructure (Economics) Finance ; Pension trusts Investments ; Small business Finance ; Housing Finance ; Infrastructure (Economics) Finance ; Pension trusts Investments ; Small business Finance ; Housing ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Pension trusts ; Small business
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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    ISBN: 9781782542087
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 315 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: New horizons in international business
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Corporate strategies in the age of regional integration
    DDC: 658.4/012
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    Keywords: 1980-2005 ; Wirtschaftsintegration ; Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen ; Auslandsinvestition ; Multinationales Unternehmen ; Europa ; Ostasien ; International business enterprises Congresses ; International business enterprises Congresses ; Multinationales Unternehmen ; Auslandsinvestition ; Wirtschaftliche Integration ; Regionale Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; East Asia Congresses Economic integration ; Europe Congresses Economic integration ; East Asia Congresses Commerce ; Europe Congresses Commerce ; Konferenzschrift ; Europa ; Multinationales Unternehmen ; Strategisches Management ; Wirtschaftliche Integration ; Ostasien
    Abstract: This book presents various empirical analyses of cross border strategies adopted by global firms with a particular emphasis on the European and East Asian experiences. It also provides studies of the trends and prospects of regional economic integration, focusing mainly on East Asia. The book addresses the topic of economic integration from both a corporate perspective and a policy perspective. The contributors illustrate the powerful integrative effects of cross border strategies of global firms and their impact on the increasing economic interdependence between countries, as shown for example by production sharing within multinational corporate networks. For their part, governments and policy makers are endeavouring to influence the path of globalisation by means of international cooperation, among which the shaping of regional economic areas is an outstanding one. While Europe still stands unrivalled in terms of its regional integration achievements, East Asian countries are also trying to forge their own path by building preferential trade and investment links on a regional basis. Such attempts are still in their infancy, but they raise some healthy debates to which this edited book makes a valuable contribution. Corporate Strategies in the Age of Regional Integration will appeal to scholars and researchers of economics, business and regional studies
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- 1. Introduction / Jong-Kil Kim and Pierre-Bruno Ruffin -- Part I: Cross border strategies of global firms -- 2. Sectoral concentration of foreign direct investment in oecd countries / Ysabel Nauwelaerts and Ilke Van Beveren -- 3. European integration and inter-firm alliances: Some evidence from portuguese data / João Dias and Vítor Magriço -- 4. Fragmentation in Europe and east asia: Evidences from international trade and foreign direct investment data / Mitsuyo Ando and Fukunari Kimura -- 5. The determinants of local procurements by Japanese foreign affiliates: An estimation of factor demand function / Kozo Kiyota, Toshiyuki Matsuura, Shujiro Urata and Yuhong Wei -- 6. Outsourcing and skill upgrading in Japanese manufacturing: Destination effects evidenced from the international input-output tables / Iwao Tanaka and Eiichi Nakazawa -- 7. European retailing multinationals: Investment in asia and return effects / Marie-Laure Baron -- 8. Effect of globalization on logistics networks in east asia / Jong-Kil Kim and Jung-Wouk Woo -- Part II: Regional economic integration in east asia and Europe: Trends and prospects -- 9. Free trade agreements in east asian countries: What has been done and needs to be done / Jung Taik Hyun and Jin Young Hong -- 10. A two-hub trading bloc in east asia? / Lurong Chen -- 11. Exchange rate instability and trade integration: The case of asia / Kang-Soek Lee and Philippe Saucier -- 12. Economic power shift in east asia and its political-economic implications / Dong-Chon Suh -- 13. Mutual trade potential of central and eastern European countries: Evidence from hausman-taylor estimations / Fabienne Boudier-Bensebaa and Olivier Lamotte -- 14. The impact of trade integration on fdi flows: Evidence from the EU and asean+3 / Seyed Komail Tayebi and Amir Hortamani -- Index.
    Note: Papers presented at a conference held at the University of Le Havre (France) on Sept. 28-29, 2005 , Includes bibliographical references and index
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    ISBN: 9781847205506
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 350 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The economic costs and consequences of terrorism
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    Keywords: 2000-2005 ; Terrorismus ; Kosten ; Sachversicherung ; Luftverkehr ; Hafenanlagen ; Ernährungsindustrie ; Tourismus ; Elektrizitätswirtschaft ; Wasserversorgung ; USA ; Terrorism Economic aspects ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Electric utilities ; Transportation Effect of terrorism on ; Terrorism Prevention ; USA ; Terrorismus ; Innere Sicherheit ; Wirtschaftliche Lage ; Electronic books ; USA ; Terrorismus ; Innere Sicherheit ; Wirtschaftliche Lage ; Infrastruktur
    Abstract: Terrorism : considering new policies / Bruno S. Frey and Simon Luechinger -- An empirical analysis of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) / Howard Kunreuther and Erwann Michel-Kerjan -- Airport security : time for a new model / Robert W. Poole, Jr. -- Cost-effective strategies to address urban terrorism : a risk management approach. / Richard G. Little -- Optimal inspection strategies for Coast Guard operations / Niyazi Onur Bakir -- Balancing freedom and security after 9/11 : risk management at National Park Service / Larry Parkinson -- The national economic impacts of a food terrorism event : initial estimates of indirect costs / Thomas F. Stinson -- The economic cost of disasters : permanent or ephemeral? / Matthew P. Drennan -- Analyzing catastrophic terrorist events with applications to the food industry / Hamid Mohtadi and Antu Panini Murshid -- Simulating the state-by-state effects of terrorist attacks on three major US ports : applying NIEMO (National Interstate Economic Model) / Jiyoung Park ... [et al.] -- Tourism and terrorism : the national and interregional economic impacts of attacks on major US theme parks / Harry W. Richardson... [et al.] -- Worst case electricity scenarios : the benefits and costs of prevention / Lester B. Lave, Jay Apt and Granger Morgan -- Risk and economic costs of a terrorist attack on the electric system / Rae Zimmerman ... [et al.] -- Regional economic impacts of a terrorist attack on the water system of Los Angeles : a computable general disequilibrium analysis / Adam Rose, Gbadebo Oladosu and Shu-Yi Liao -- Two-sided electricity markets : self-healing systems / Richard E. Schuler.
    Abstract: This landmark book covers a range of issues concerning the consequences of terrorist attacks. Beginning with a discussion of new policies and strategies, it then delves into specific areas of concern, modeling a range of possible scenarios and ways to mitigate or pre-empt damages
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    ISBN: 9781781007587
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxv, 340 p) , ill
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    Series Statement: Evaluating sustainable development
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Sustainable development in Europe
    DDC: 338.94/07
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    Keywords: Nachhaltige Entwicklung ; Umweltbewertung ; Umweltpolitik ; Bewertung ; Europa ; Sustainable development ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Europa ; Nachhaltigkeit ; Europa ; Umweltpolitik ; Nachhaltigkeit ; Europa ; Umweltpolitik ; Nachhaltigkeit
    Abstract: pt. 1. Sustainable development : making the concept operational for evaluation -- pt. 2. Methods of evaluating SD -- pt. 3. National evaluation culture.
    Abstract: Evaluating sustainable development is becoming increasingly important in policy making, evaluation practice and the scientific world in general. However, at present, there is neither a generally accepted set of measures and evaluation methods, nor specific standards to be met. Sustainable Development in Europe addresses these issues and presents an important and concise analysis of state-of-the-art sustainable development evaluation policies, programmes and projects currently at work in Europe
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    ISBN: 9781847205353
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 210 p)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Das, Dilip K., 1945 - The evolving global trade architecture
    DDC: 382/.92
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    Keywords: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Organization) ; World Trade Organization ; Uruguay Round ; Weltwirtschaftsordnung ; Internationale Wirtschaftspolitik ; Wirtschaftskonferenz ; Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen ; Internationale Wirtschaftsorganisation ; Welt ; Free trade ; International trade ; Foreign trade regulation ; Globalization Economic aspects ; International economic relations ; Electronic books ; WTO-Recht ; World Trade Organization ; Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations ; Freihandel ; Welthandel ; Globalisierung
    Abstract: Development, developing economies and the multilateral trade regime -- Necessity for a development round -- Special treatment and policy space for the developing economies in the multilateral trade regime -- The Fifth Ministerial Conference : the wheels come off at Cancún -- Enter the developing economies : transforming the landscape of the multilateral trade regime -- The Sixth Ministerial Conference : the lean Hong Kong harvest -- The Doha Round : a disenchanting evolutionary process.
    Abstract: This comprehensive and accessible book examines the evolution of the multilateral trade regime in the ever-changing global economic environment, particularly during the WTO era and the ongoing Doha Round. Professor Das explores how the creation of the multilateral trade regime, or the GATT/WTO system, has been fraught with difficulties. He describes the ways, by means of various rounds of negotiations, the multilateral trade regime has constantly adjusted itself to the new realities of the global economy
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 198-207) and index
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    ISBN: 9781847208682
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 227 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Transport project evaluation
    DDC: 388.068/4
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    Keywords: Verkehrsinfrastruktur ; Verkehrspolitik ; Wirkungsanalyse ; Kosten-Wirksamkeits-Analyse ; Transportation and state ; Transportation Cost effectiveness ; Europa ; Effizienz ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Europa ; Transportkosten ; Effizienz ; Europa ; Transportkosten ; Effizienz
    Abstract: pt. 1. Perspectives on transport project evaluation and methodologies -- pt. 2. Empirical studies and applications of economic transport project evaluation in a complex European environment.
    Abstract: This book revisits traditional evaluation methods, such as cost-benefit analysis, to try and find a balance between the ever-increasing demand for transport, the search for sustainable mobility and green transport solutions, and the limited financial resources that governments are able to invest in transport infrastructure projects
    Note: "In association with the Belgian-Dutch Association for Institutional and Political Economy"--cover , Includes bibliographical references and index
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    ISBN: 9781847204325
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 297 p) , ill
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    Series Statement: New horizons in regional science series
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Incentives, regulations, and plans
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    Keywords: Raumordnung ; Regionalplanung ; Stadtentwicklung ; Landnutzung ; Wohnungsbau ; Europa ; USA ; Land use Congresses Government policy ; Land use Congresses Planning ; Electronic books ; Regionalplanung ; Stadt ; Stadtplanung ; Verstädterung ; Wachstum ; Nachhaltigkeit
    Abstract: pt. 1. Urban containment -- pt. 2. Mixed use -- pt. 3. Affordable housing -- pt. 4. Transit-oriented development -- pt. 5. Healthy urban design -- pt. 6. Smart growth implementation.
    Abstract: This unique book allows readers to compare analyses of how North American states and European nation-states use incentives, regulations or plans to approach a core set of universal land use issues such as: containing sprawl, mixed use development, transit oriented development, affordable housing, healthy urban designs, and marketing smarter growth
    Note: Papers originally presented at an international symposium held at the University of Maryland, Annapolis, Maryland from September 29 through October 1, 2004 , Includes bibliographical references and index
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    ISBN: 9781847208798
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 274 p)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Foreign direct investment in Europe
    DDC: 332.67/3094
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    Keywords: 1980-2005 ; Auslandsinvestition ; Spillover-Effekt ; Produktivität ; Lohnniveau ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Europa ; Investments, Foreign ; International business enterprises ; Direktinvestition ; Auslandsinvetition ; Europa ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Europa ; Direktinvestition
    Abstract: pt. 1. Home and host country effects of FDI -- pt. 2. Where is FDI going? : global trends and patterns -- pt. 3. How to attract sustainable investment : theory and practice.
    Abstract: This book provides authoritative academic and professional insights into the effects of FDI on home and host countries. It highlights global trends and patterns, and explores related policy challenges all with a special focus on the countries in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe. The book cuts through the existing data fog by offering a wide range of up-to-date academic findings and institutional expertise. Those findings are rounded off with lessons to be learned from historical developments (Ireland's success story), an evaluation of current trends (role of China) and an investment promotion agency policy for attracting sustainable investment (CzechInvest)
    Note: Published in association with Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Austria , Includes bibliographical references and index
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    ISBN: 0821366823 , 0821366831 , 9780821366820
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xi, 42 p) , ill., map , 26 cm
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: World Bank working paper no. 84
    DDC: 333.91/409664
    Keywords: Bumbuna Hydroelectric Project ; Bumbuna Hydroelectric Project ; Communication in rural development ; Hydroelectric power plants ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Water-power ; Communication in rural development ; Hydroelectric power plants ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Water-power
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 41-42)
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    ISBN: 0821366866 , 9780821366868
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xxi, 141 p) , ill , 21 cm
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
    DDC: 338.9009172/4
    Keywords: World Bank ; World Bank ; Economic development projects ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Economic development projects ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; World Bank ; Economic development projects ; Infrastructure (Economics)
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 131) and index
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 3874
    Parallel Title: Olarreaga, M Sugar prices, labor income, and poverty in Brazil
    Keywords: Free trade ; Households Economic aspects ; Sugar trade ; Free trade ; Households Economic aspects ; Sugar trade
    Abstract: "This paper assesses the impact that a potential liberalization of sugar regimes in OECD countries could have on household labor income and poverty in Brazil. The authors first estimate the extent of price transmission from world markets to 11 Brazilian states to capture the fact that some local markets may be relatively more isolated from changes in world prices. They then simultaneously estimate the impact that changes in domestic sugar prices have on regional wages and employment depending on worker characteristics. Finally, they measure the impact on household income of a 10 percent increase in world sugar prices. Results suggest that workers in the sugar sector and in sugar-producing regions have better employment opportunities and experience larger wage increases. More interestingly, households at the top of the income distribution experience larger income gains due to higher wages, whereas households at the bottom of the distribution experience larger income gains due to movements out of unemployment. "--World Bank web site
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , Title from PDF file as viewed on 4/5/2006 , Also available in print.
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 3943
    Parallel Title: Foster, Vivien Is cost recovery a feasible objective for water and electricity?
    Keywords: Infrastructure (Economics) ; Public utilities ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Public utilities
    Abstract: "Given the relatively small segment of the population that faces genuine affordability problems in Latin America, there appears to be a promising case for using targeted subsidies to reconcile the cost recovery objective with social protection concerns. Social tariff schemes of various kinds are already widespread in Latin America, but they suffer from a number of design flaws. Increasing block tariff (IBT) structures are the most prevalent form of social tariffs in the region. These are likely to be more successful in the electricity sector than in the water sector because the correlation between consumption and income is much stronger in the case of electricity than water. Moreover, IBT structures in electricity tend to be much better designed than in the case of water, with lower fixed charges, lower subsistence blocks, and steeper gradients. A number of more sophisticated social tariff schemes are also being applied that combine consumption criteria with some form of socioeconomic screening. These are generally found to perform better than IBTs, although they also present significant room for improvement. "--World Bank web site
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 3981
    Parallel Title: Gourdon, Julien Openness, inequality, and poverty
    Keywords: Equality ; Free trade ; Income distribution ; Equality ; Free trade ; Income distribution
    Abstract: "Using tariffs as a measure of openness, the authors find consistent evidence that the conditional effects of trade liberalization on inequality are correlated with relative factor endowments. Trade liberalization is associated with increases in inequality in countries well-endowed in highly skilled workers and capital or with workers that have very low education levels and in countries relatively well-endowed in mining and fuels. Trade liberalization is associated with decreases in inequality in countries that are well-endowed with primary-educated labor. Similar results are also apparent when decile data are used instead of the usual Gini coefficient. The results are strongly supportive of the factor-proportions theory of trade and suggest that trade liberalization in poor countries where the share of the labor force with very low education levels (likely employed in nontradable activities) is high raises inequality. In the sample, countries with low education levels also have relatively scarce endowments of capital. Quantitatively capital scarcity is the dominating effect so that trade liberalization is accompanied by reduced income inequality in low-income countries. Within-country inequality is also positively correlated with measures of macroeconomic instability. Simulation results suggest that relatively small changes in inequality as measured by aggregate measures of inequality like the Gini coefficient are magnified when estimates are carried out using decile data. "--World Bank web site
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , Title from PDF file as viewed on 8/21/2006 , Also available in print.
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    ISBN: 9781847203038
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 556 p) , ill., map
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Financial development, integration and stability
    DDC: 337.1/4
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    Keywords: 1995-2004 ; Europäische Integration ; Finanzmarkt ; Corporate Governance ; Euro ; Investition ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Kreditmarkt ; Internationale Bank ; Eigentümerstruktur ; Preisstabilität ; Kapitalmobilität ; Systemtransformation ; EU-Mitgliedschaft ; EU-Staaten ; Ostmitteleuropa ; Monetary policy ; Electronic books ; European Union countries Economic integration ; Konferenzschrift 2005 ; Europa ; Wirtschaftliche Integration ; Kreditmarkt ; Kreditwesen ; Geldpolitik
    Abstract: This book highlights the achievements and challenges of the ongoing process of financial integration in Europe. This unique collection will be of great interest to economists and experts in the fields of financial markets and European integration from central, commercial and investment banks, governments, international organizations, universities and research institutes
    Abstract: Financial integration and financial deepening in the EU : mind the gap / Klaus Liebscher -- Benefits and risks of financial integration / Cesare Calari -- Financial globalization, corporate governance and Eastern Europe / René M. Stulz -- Does the financial sector need Europe? / Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell -- The Central and Eastern European financial sector : current state and prospects / Irmfried Schwimann and Kristin Vandenbergen -- CEEC financial sector issues and macroeconomic policy / Cristian Popa -- The financial system of the EU-25 / Franklin Allen, Laura Bartiloro and Oskar Kowalewski -- Meeting the need for a regulatory framework for EU financial markets / Alexandre Lamfalussy -- Finance and growth : the legacy of Schumpeter to be rediscovered? / Peter Mooslechner -- The impact of the euro on investment : sectoral evidence / Tomas Dvorak -- Importance of financial sectors for growth in accession countries / Gerhard Fink, Peter Haiss and Goran Vuksic -- Financial sector development in South-Eastern Europe : quality matters / Arnaud Mehl, Cristina Vespro and Adalbert Winkler -- Happy, sad and open endings : a comparison of credit growth in CEECs with past experiences and ongoing developments in Austria, Finland and Spain / Doris Ritzberger-Grunwald --
    Abstract: Is lending in Central and Eastern Europe developing too fast? / Frédéric Boissay, Oscar Calvo-Gonzalez and Tomasz Kosluk -- Too much of a good thing? Credit booms in transition economies : the cases of Bulgaria, Romania, and Ukraine / Christoph Duenwald, Nikolay Gueorguiev and Andrea Schaechter -- The 'New Europe' household lending market / Fabrizio Coricelli, Fabio Mucci and Debora Revoltella -- Foreign banks in Eastern Europe : mode of entry and effects on bank interest rates / Sophie Claeys and Christa Hainz -- Ownership structures and investment in transition economies / Dennis C. Mueller and Evgeni Peev -- Ownership competition in the European transition arena : towards a viable restructuring? / Diana Pop and Julien Le Maux -- Deposit interest rates, asset risk and bank failure in Croatia / Evan Kraft and Tomislav Galac -- Investigating the early signals of banking sector vulnerabilities in Central and East European emerging markets / Kadri Munnasoo and David G. Mayes -- Financial integration through the interbank market : stability and welfare implications / Falko Fecht and Hans Peter Gruner -- Contagion risk in financial networks / Ana Babus -- Does corporate mobility enhance corporate governance? / Zsuzsanna Fluck and Colin Mayer -- Equity market integration of new EU member states / Lorenzo Cappiello ... [et al.] -- The integration of Czech, Hungarian and Polish bond markets with the Euro area bond market : a deja-vu of the Club-Med convergence plays? / Thomas Reininger and Zoltan Walko -- International capital mobility and current account targeting in Central and Eastern European countries / Matthias Kohler -- Financial institutions as a driving force of integration / Josef Christl -- Unicredit's strategy in Central and Eastern Europe / Alessandro Profumo -- Banking consolidation / Reinhard Ortner -- Building a Central European Exchange Alliance / Stefan Zopotocky
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    ISBN: 9781847203175
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 447 p)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als International perspectives on household wealth
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    Keywords: 1983-2002 ; Vermögen ; Privater Haushalt ; Vermögensverteilung ; Lebensstandard ; Welt ; Wealth ; Social classes ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Konferenzschrift ; Europa ; Nordamerika ; Vermögensverteilung ; Ungleichheit ; Einkommensverteilung ; Internationaler Vergleich
    Abstract: The contributors to this comprehensive book compile and analyse the latest data available on household wealth using, as case studies, the United States, Canada, Germany, Italy, Sweden, and Finland during the 1990s and into the twenty-first century. The authors show that in the US, trends are highlighted in terms of wealth holdings, among the low-income population, along with changes in wealth polarization, racial differences in wealth holdings, and the dynamics of portfolio choices. The consensus between the authors is that wealth inequality has generally risen among these OECD countries since the early 1980s, although Germany stands out as an exception. In the case of the US, it is also noted that wealth holdings have generally failed to improve among low-income families and that the racial wealth gap widened during the late 1980s
    Abstract: Pt. 1. Wealth changes in North America -- pt. 2. Wealth inequality in European countries -- pt. 3. Other types of wealth inequality
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    ISBN: 9781845428969
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 247 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Labour market adjustments in Europe ; [collection of papers and discussions presented at the workshop What helps or hinders labour market adjustments in Europe? Held at the European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on 28 and 29 June 2004."]
    DDC: 331.12/042/094
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    Keywords: Arbeitsmarkt ; Arbeitslosigkeit ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; Arbeitsmarktflexibilität ; Wirtschaftsmodell ; OECD-Staaten ; Europa ; Labor supply Congresses ; Labor market Congresses ; Electronic books ; Konferenzschrift ; Europa ; Arbeitsmarkt ; Soziales System ; Arbeitsangebot ; OECD ; Mitgliedsstaaten ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; Arbeitsmarkt ; Europa ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; Arbeitsmarkt
    Abstract: The group of contributors in this book come from academia and international organizations in Europe and the USA. They focus on trade unions, which affect real-wage flexibility and the provision of training to workers. They also concentrate on employment protection legislation, which discourages firms from firing old workers and also from hiring new ones. The structure of housing market imperfections that can greatly affect regional mobility is also discussed
    Abstract: 1. New monopsony, institutions and training / Alison L. Booth, Marco Francesconi and Gylfi Zoega -- 2. Cyclicality of real wages in the euro area and OECD countries / Julián Messina, Chiara Strozzi and Jarkko Turunen -- 3. Pension systems, social transfer programmes and the retirement decision in OECD countries / Romain Duval -- 4. The effects of employment protection and product market regulations on the Italian labour market / Adriana D. Kugler and Giovanni Pica -- 5. On the determinants of job flows in Europe : sectoral factors and institutions / Ramón Gómez-Salvador, Julián Messina and Giovanna Vallanti -- 6. The effect of home-ownership on labour mobility in the Netherlands / Michiel van Leuvensteijn and Pierre Koning -- 7. The impact of credit constraints on household formation / Nuno C. Martins and Ernesto Villanueva
    Note: "This volume contains a collection of papers and discussions presented at the workshop "What helps or hinders labour market adjustments in Europe?" held at the European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on 28 and 29 June 2004"--T.p. verso , Includes bibliographical references and index
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 3989
    Parallel Title: Fedderke, Johannes W Infrastructure and growth in South Africa
    Keywords: Infrastructure (Economics) ; Public investments ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; Public investments ; South Africa Economic conditions ; South Africa Economic conditions
    Abstract: "Empirical explorations of the growth and productivity impacts of infrastructure have been characterized by ambiguous (countervailing signs) results with little robustness. A number of explanations of the contradictory findings have been proposed. These range from the crowd-out of private by public sector investment, non-linearities generating the possibility of infrastructure overprovision, simultaneity between infrastructure provision and growth, and the possibility of multiple (hence indirect) channels of influence between infrastructure and productivity improvements. The authors explore these possibilities using panel data for South Africa over the 1970-2000 period, and a range of 19 infrastructure measures. Using a number of alternative measures of productivity, the prevalence of ambiguous (countervailing signs) results, with little systematic pattern is also shown to hold for their data set in estimations that include the infrastructure measures in simple growth frameworks. The authors demonstrate that controlling for potential endogeneity of infrastructure in estimation robustly eliminates virtually all evidence of ambiguous impacts of infrastructure, due for example to possible overinvestment in infrastructure. Controlling for the possibility of endogeneity in the infrastructure measures renders the impact of infrastructure capital not only positive, but of economically meaningful magnitudes. These findings are invariant between the direct impact of infrastructure on labor productivity, and the indirect impact of infrastructure on total factor productivity. "--World Bank web site
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 3850
    Parallel Title: Bussolo, Maurizio Do regional trade pacts benefit the poor?
    Keywords: Free trade ; Income distribution ; Poverty ; Free trade ; Income distribution ; Poverty
    Abstract: "The main objective of this paper is to provide an ex-ante assessment of the poverty and income distribution impacts of the Central American Free Trade Area agreement on Nicaragua. The authors use a general equilibrium macro model to simulate trade reform scenarios and estimate their price effects, while a micro-module maps these price changes into real income changes at the individual household level. A useful insight from this analysis is that even if the final total impact on poverty is not too large, its dispersion across households-due to their heterogeneity of factor endowments, inputs use, commodity production, and consumption preferences-is significant and should be taken into account when designing compensatory policies. Additionally, growth and redistribution decomposition show that, at least in the short to medium run, redistribution can be as important as growth. The main policy message that emerges from the paper is that Nicaragua should consider enlarging its own liberalization to countries other than the United States to boost trade-induced poverty reductions. "--World Bank web site
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 3891
    Parallel Title: Casacuberta, Carlos Protection, openness, and factor adjustment
    Keywords: Free trade ; Structural adjustment (Economic policy) ; Tariff ; Free trade ; Structural adjustment (Economic policy) ; Tariff
    Abstract: "The authors use a panel of manufacturing firms to analyze the adjustment process in capital blue collar and white collar employment in Uruguay during a period of trade liberalization when average tariff protection fell from 43 to 14 percent. They calculate the desired factor levels arising from a counterfactual profit maximization in the absence of adjustment costs, generating a measure of factor shortages or surpluses. The average estimated output gap for 1982-95 is 2 percent. The authors' policy analysis shows that trade openness affected the adjustment functions of all three factors of production. Highly protected sectors adjust less when creating jobs (reducing labor shortages) than sectors with low protection. This may be due to fears of policy reversal in highly protected sectors. Also, highly protected sectors adjust more easily (than low protection sectors) when destroying jobs (reducing labor surpluses), especially in the case of blue collar labor. This suggests that trade protection may in fact destroy rather than create jobs within industries, as firms in highly protected sectors are more reluctant to hire and more ready to fire than firms in sectors with low protection. The results for capital are qualitatively similar but quantitatively smaller, suggesting that trade protection plays less of a role in explaining adjustment costs for capital. Interestingly, export-oriented sectors have lower adjustment costs for blue collar labor but not for white collar employment or capital, suggesting that export-led growth may be particularly successful in reducing blue collar unemployment. "--World Bank web site
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 3905
    Parallel Title: Galiano, Sebastian Trends in tariff reforms and trends in wage inequality
    Keywords: Free trade ; Income distribution ; Wages ; Free trade ; Income distribution ; Wages
    Abstract: "The authors provide new evidence on the impacts of trade reforms on wages and wage inequality in developing countries. While most of the current literature on the topic achieves identification by comparing outcomes before and after one episode of trade liberalization across industries, they propose a stronger identifying strategy. The authors explore the recent historical record of policy changes adopted by Argentina: from significant protection in the early 1970s, to the first episode of liberalization during the late 1970s, back to a slowdown of reforms during the 1980s, to the second episode of liberalization in the 1990s. These swings in trade policy comprise broken trends in trade reforms that they can compare with observed trends in wages and wage inequality. After setting up unusual historical data sets of trends in tariffs, trends in wages, and trends in wage inequality, the evidence supports two well-known hypotheses: trade liberalization, other things being equal, (1) has reduced wages, and (2) has increased wage inequality. "--World Bank web site
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  • 89
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    [Washington, D.C] : World Bank
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 3980
    Parallel Title: Klytchnikova, Irina Trade reforms, farm productivity, and poverty in Bangladesh
    Keywords: Agricultural productivity ; Free trade ; Poverty ; Agricultural productivity ; Free trade ; Poverty ; Bangladesh Rural conditions ; Bangladesh Rural conditions
    Abstract: "This paper analyzes the distributional impacts of trade reforms in rural areas of Bangladesh. The liberalization of trade in irrigation equipment and fertilizer markets during the early 1990s has led to structural changes in the agricultural sector and a significant increase in rice productivity. A resulting increase in output has been associated with a decline in producer and consumer rice prices of approximately 25 percent. Using a combination of ex-post and ex-ante approaches, the authors investigate the implications of the changes in rice productivity and prices for the welfare of households. They find that the net effects of increased rice productivity and lower rice prices have benefited the poor. Regardless of the particular category analyzed, the poorest households emerged as being particularly positively affected by reforms in the 1990s. This mainly reflects the fact that they are predominantly net rice buyers in both urban and rural markets. In contrast, large net sellers of rice, among the better-off households in the rural areas, were the main losers. Since net buyers in rural areas tend to be poorer than net sellers, trade liberalization has benefited the poor. Although the authors are not able to test empirically what has happened to the welfare level of agricultural wage earners, secondary evidence suggests that they have gained from trade liberalization. "--World Bank web site
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  • 90
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 3830
    Parallel Title: Bogetic, Željko International benchmarking of South Africa's infrastructure performance
    Keywords: Infrastructure (Economics) ; Infrastructure (Economics)
    Abstract: "The paper provides a first systematic, comprehensive benchmarking of South Africa's infrastructure performance in four major sectors--electricity, water and sanitation, information and communication technology, and transportation--against the relevant group of comparator countries using a new World Bank international data base with objective and perception-based indicators of infrastructure performance from over 200 countries. Specifically, the paper seeks to answer a number of relevant questions: How does South Africa compare on major indicators of infrastructure sector performance against the relevant country groups? What do outcome indicators tell us about the relative strengths and weaknesses of South Africa's infrastructure compared with various income and geographical comparator groups of countries? Where are the largest deviations-positive and negative-from the benchmarks and other comparators? And how does one interpret some of these comparisons to be useful for policy purposes? "--World Bank web site
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  • 91
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    [Washington, D.C] : World Bank
    Language: English
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 3879
    Parallel Title: Jha, Shreyasi Trade liberalization and the environment in Vietnam
    Keywords: Free trade ; Pollution Economic aspects ; Free trade ; Pollution Economic aspects ; Vietnam Commercial policy ; Vietnam Commercial policy
    Abstract: "Vietnam's integration with the international economy has increased significantly over the past decade, aided by substantial liberalization of trade, and appears set to increase further as trade-expanding measures take full effect. This dramatic shift in Vietnam's trading patterns has important implications for the environment and use of natural resources. This paper offers a systematic analysis of the trading and investment patterns to give a broader understanding of the environmental implications of greater openness of the economy during the past decade. The results suggest increasing manufacturing and export activity in water and toxic pollution-intensive sectors compared with the less pollution-intensive sectors. The story is, on the surface, consistent with the changing composition of Vietnamese production and exports away from traditional sectors and toward pollution-intensive manufacturing (especially leather and textiles). The paper also highlights the need to consider strengthening environmental policies while further trade liberalization is being contemplated through Vietnam's joining of the World Trade Organization. "--World Bank web site
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  • 92
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 3848
    Parallel Title: Anderson, Kym Doha merchandise trade reform
    Keywords: Free trade ; Tariff preferences ; Free trade ; Tariff preferences
    Abstract: "This paper provides new estimates of the global gains from multilateral trade reform and their distribution among developing countries in the presence of trade preferences. Particular attention is given to agriculture, as farmers constitute the poorest households in developing countries but are the most assisted in rich countries. The latest GTAP database (Version 6.05) and the LINKAGE model of the global economy are used to examine the impact first of current merchandise trade barriers and agricultural subsidies, and then of possible reform outcomes from the WTO's Doha Development Agenda. The results suggest moving to free global merchandise trade would boost real incomes in Sub-Saharan Africa proportionately more than in other developing countries or high-income countries, despite a terms of trade loss in parts of that region. Net farm incomes would rise substantially in that and other developing country regions, thereby alleviating rural poverty. A Doha partial liberalization could move the world some way toward those desirable outcomes, but more so the more developing countries themselves cut applied tariffs, particularly on agricultural imports. "--World Bank web site
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  • 93
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    Online Resource
    [Washington, D.C] : World Bank
    Language: English
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 3901
    Parallel Title: Anderson, Kym Do global trade distortions still harm developing country farmers ?
    Keywords: Farm income ; Free trade ; Globalization ; Rural poor ; Farm income ; Free trade ; Globalization ; Rural poor
    Abstract: "The authors estimate the impact of global merchandise trade distortions and services regulations on agricultural value added in various countries. Using the latest versions of the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) database and the GTAP-AGR model of the global economy, their results suggest real net farm incomes would rise in developing countries with a move to free trade, thereby alleviating rural poverty. This occurs despite a terms of trade deterioration for developing countries that are net food importers or that enjoy preferential access to agricultural markets of high-income countries. The authors also show, for several large developing countries, the contribution of their own versus other countries' trade policies. "--World Bank web site
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  • 94
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    [Washington, D.C] : World Bank
    Language: English
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 3925
    Parallel Title: Karacaovali, Baybars Productivity matters for trade policy
    Keywords: Free trade ; Industrial productivity ; Tariff ; Free trade ; Industrial productivity ; Tariff
    Abstract: "There is a growing literature that investigates the effect of trade liberalization on productivity. Nearly all such studies assume that trade policy is determined independently of productivity, hence it is exogenous. The author shows that this assumption is not valid in general, both theoretically and empirically, and that researchers may be underestimating the positive effect of liberalization on productivity when they do not account for the endogeneity bias. On the theory side, he demonstrates that under a standard political economy model of trade protection, productivity directly influences tariffs. Moreover, this productivity-tariff relationship partly determines the extent of liberalization across sectors even in the presence of a large exogenous unilateral liberalization shock that affects all sectors. The link between productivity and tariffs is maintained after the author includes in his political economy model a learning-by-doing motive of protection, which also serves as the source of liberalization. On the empirical side, he examines total factor productivity (TFP) estimates obtained at the firm level for Colombia between 1983 and 1998, and finds that more productive sectors receive more protection within this period. In estimating the effect of productivity on tariffs, he controls for the endogeneity of the two main right-hand-side variables-the inverse import penetration to import demand elasticity ratio and productivity-by using materials prices, the capital to output ratio, a measure of scale economies, and the TFP of the upstream industries as robust instruments. The author also accounts for the large trade liberalization between 1990 and 1992, and finds that the sectors with a higher productivity gain are liberalized less. Finally, he illustrates a system of equations estimation and shows that the positive impact of liberalization on productivity grows stronger when corrected for the endogeneity bias. "--World Bank web site
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  • 95
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 3985
    Parallel Title: Almeida, Rita Openness and technological innovations in developing countries
    Keywords: Free trade ; Technological innovations Economic aspects ; Technology transfer ; Free trade ; Technological innovations Economic aspects ; Technology transfer
    Abstract: "The authors analyze the role of international technological diffusion for firm-level technological innovations in several developing countries. Their findings show that, after controlling for firm, industry, and country characteristics, exporting and importing activities are important channels for the diffusion of technology. They also find evidence that the majority of foreign-owned firms are significantly less likely to engage in technological innovations than minority foreign-owned firms or domestic-owned firms. The authors interpret this finding as evidence that the technology transferred from multinational parents to majority-owned subsidiaries is more mature than that transferred to minority-owned subsidiaries. This finding supports the idea that equity joint ventures maximize technology transfers to local firms. "--World Bank web site
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  • 96
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    Cheltenham, U.K : Edward Elgar
    ISBN: 9781847201607
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 290 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Digital broadcasting
    DDC: 384.55
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    Keywords: 1996-2015 ; Fernsehen ; Rundfunkrecht ; Digitaler Rundfunk ; Breitbandkommunikation ; Innovation ; Amerika ; Europa ; Japan ; Television broadcasting Cross-cultural studies ; Digital television Cross-cultural studies ; Television broadcasting policy Cross-cultural studies ; Electronic books ; Digitales Fernsehen
    Abstract: Digital television is transforming both broadcasting and, as a result of convergence, the larger world of communications. The impending analogue switch-off will have a major impact on households all over the developed world. Digital Broadcasting considers the effects of digital television on the availability, price and nature of broadcast services in the Americas, Europe and Japan. It shows how this depends upon what platforms--cable, satellite, fixed or wireless broadband--countries have available for use and also upon government policies and regulatory interventions
    Abstract: pt. 1. The development of digital broadcasting -- pt. 2. Content rights and digital broadcasting -- pt. 3. Digital broadcasting and platform competition
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  • 97
    ISBN: 9781847202857
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 267 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Managing complexity and change in SMEs
    DDC: 658.02/2
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    Keywords: 1990-2004 ; Unternehmensgründung ; Entrepreneurship ; Management ; KMU ; Wissenstransfer ; Innovationsmanagement ; Industrieländer ; IKT-Sektor ; Small business Management ; Small business Management ; Klein- und Mittelbetrieb ; Unternehmensbewertung ; Globalisierung ; Innovationsmanagement ; Europa ; Kongress ; Electronic books ; Konferenzschrift 2004 ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Klein- und Mittelbetrieb ; Innovationsmanagement ; Globalisierung ; Europa ; Klein- und Mittelbetrieb ; Management ; Unternehmensentwicklung ; Klein- und Mittelbetrieb
    Abstract: The process of founding new enterprises and making them grow and prosper is a far more convoluted undertaking than it was just a few decades ago. This book explores the complexity faced by today's entrepreneurs. Institutional boundaries, evolutionary perspectives and the intricacies of management are the central themes in this study of entrepreneurs and SMEs in a world marked by major transitions
    Abstract: 1. One decade later : following up the "Gröna Kvisten" prize-winning growth firms / Leona Achtenhagen ... [et al.] -- 2. New business early performance : differences between firms started by novice, serial and portfolio entrepreneurs / Gry Agnete Alsos, Lars Kolvereid and Espen John Isaksen -- 3. Small firms' relationships and knowledge acquisition : an empirical investigation / Mariachiara Colucci and Manuela Presutti -- 4. The evolution of firms created by the Swedish Science and Technology Labor Force, 1990-2000 / Frédéric Delmar, Karin Hellerstedt and Karl Wennberg -- 5. Innovation and the characteristics of cooperating and non-cooperating small firms / Mark Freel -- 6. Complex explanations of order creation, emergence and sustainability as situated entrepreneurship / Ted Fuller and Lorraine Warren -- 7. Extreme entrepreneurs : challenging the institutional framework / Bengt Johannisson and Caroline Wigren -- 8. Debriefing and motivating knowledge workers in small IT firms : challenges to leadership / Mette Mønsted -- 9. Business angels investing at early stages : are they different? / Nils Månsson and Hans Landström -- 10. Internationalization of new ventures : mediating role of entrepreneur and top management team experience / Johanna Pulkkinen
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  • 98
    ISBN: 9781847200273
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 213 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Wedlin, Linda, 1975 - Ranking business schools
    DDC: 650.071/14
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    Keywords: Master of business administration degree Evaluation ; Business schools Evaluation ; Europa ; Führungskräfte ; Unternehmerausbildung ; Managementschulen ; Ausbildung ; Ranking ; Electronic books ; Bibliografie ; Internationaler Vergleich ; Managementschule ; Ranking ; Betriebswirtschaftliches Studium ; Hochschule ; Internationaler Vergleich ; Ranking ; Managementschule
    Abstract: International comparisons and rankings of universities and business schools have proliferated in recent years. Ranking Business Schools provides a welcome analysis of this development and its implications for the field of management education, theorizing the role of classifications such as rankings in forming and structuring organizational fields
    Abstract: 1. European management education and the proliferation of business school rankings -- 2. The role of classifications in organizational fields -- 3. A European business school field in the making -- 4. The forming and re-forming of a business school template -- 5. The creation and re-creation of positions -- 6. Business school rankings and the autonomy of the field -- 7. Forming a field and making a market in international management education -- 8. Arenas for forming identities, fields and boundaries
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  • 99
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 3907
    Parallel Title: Reshef, Ariell Trade and harmonization
    Keywords: Infrastructure (Economics) ; International trade ; Infrastructure (Economics) ; International trade
    Abstract: "Good institutional quality (function) and similar institutional design (form) can promote international trade by reducing transactions costs. The authors evaluate the relative importance of function versus form in a gravity model, using an indicator of different legal systems as a proxy for differences in form, together with indicators of overall institutional quality. They find that good institutions promote trade much more than similar legal systems and have much more explanatory power. This effect is economically large-up to 10 times the effect of different legal systems. Moreover, better infrastructure matters as much as good institutions. "--World Bank web site
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  • 100
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
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    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 3951
    Parallel Title: Eschenbach, Felix Services policies in transition economies
    Keywords: European Union ; World Trade Organization ; European Union ; World Trade Organization ; Free trade ; Service industries ; Free trade ; Service industries
    Abstract: "The authors analyze the extent to which the EU-15 and 16 transition economies used the WTO General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) to commit to service sector policy reforms. They compare GATS commitments with the evolution of actual policy stances over time. While there is substantial variance across transition economies on both actual policies and GATS commitments, the authors find an inverse relationship between the depth of GATS commitments and the "quality" of actual services policies as assessed by the private sector. In part this can be explained by the fact that the prospect of EU accession makes GATS less relevant as a commitment device for a subset of transition economies. But for many of the non-EU accession candidates, the WTO seems to be a weak commitment device. One explanation is that the small size of the markets concerned generates weak external enforcement incentives. The authors' findings suggest greater collective investment by WTO members in monitoring and the need for transparency to increase the benefits of WTO membership to small countries. "--World Bank web site
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