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  • Edward Elgar Publishing  (126)
  • Blackburn, Robert A.
  • Hodgson, Geoffrey M.
  • Nickel, Johanna (1916-1984)
  • Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing  (119)
  • Cheltenham [England] : Edward Elgar Pub  (7)
  • Aufsatzsammlung  (126)
  • Economics  (126)
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  • 1
    ISBN: 9781035305605
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 531 pages) , illustrations
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Goodhart, Charles A. E., 1936 - Financial stability in practice
    DDC: 339.5
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    Keywords: Finanzmarkt ; Preisstabilität ; Finanzmarktregulierung ; Geldpolitik ; Kapitalbedarf ; Konjunktur ; Bankenaufsicht ; Welt ; Bank management ; Monetary policy ; Financial risk management ; Financial security ; Economic stabilization ; Monetary policy ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Geldpolitik ; Kapitalmarkt ; Regulierung ; Wirtschaftliche Stabilität
    Abstract: The maintenance of financial stability is a key objective of monetary policy, but the record of regulators in achieving this has been lamentable in recent years. This failure has been matched by an equivalent inability to establish an appropriate theoretical basis for financial regulation. In this book, the authors demonstrate how to enhance the theory, modelling and practice of such regulation. The main determinant of financial instability is the default of financial institutions. The authors highlight the importance of the appropriate incorporation of default into macro-financial models and its interaction with liquidity. Besides covering the historical development and current stance of financial regulation, the book includes a number of policy-oriented chapters revealing how the authors' modelling approach can improve the process. This authoritative book will serve as a basis for future work on financial stability management for both academics and policy-makers and provide guidance on how to undertake crisis prevention and resolution
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. Introduction / Charles A.E. Goodhart and Dimitrios P. Tsomocos -- Part I: The development of financial regulation -- 2. 'Financial supervision from an historical perspective: Was the development of such supervision designed, or largely accidental?' / Charles A.E. Goodhart, in David Mayes and Geoffrey E. Wood (eds), The Structure of Financial Regulation, London, Routledge, 2007, pp.43-64 -- 3. 'The rationale for regulation' -- / charles goodhart, philipp hartmann, david llewellyn, liliana rojas-suárez and steven weisbrod, financial regulation: Why, how and where now?, London: Routledge, 1998, pp.1-15 -- 4. 'Some new directions for financial stability?' / C.A.E. Goodhart, in D. Mayes, R. Pringle and M. Taylor (eds), Towards a New Framework for Financial Stability, London: Central Banking, 2009, pp.5-24 -- 5. 'The role of macro-prudential supervision' / paper presented by C.A.E. Goodhart at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Conference on 'Up from the Ashes: The Financial System after the Crisis', May 11/12, 2010, Atlanta, Georgia -- 6. 'How should we regulate the financial sector?', / Charles Goodhart, in Adair Turner, Andrew Haldane, Paul Woolley, Sushil Wadhwani, Charles Goodhart, Andrew Smithers, Andrew Large, John Kay, Martin Wolf, Peter Boone, Simon Johnson and Richard Layard (eds), The Future of Finance: The LSE Report, London: School of Economics & Political Science, 2010, pp.153-76 -- Part II: Modelling -- 7. 'A model to analyse financial fragility', / Charles A.E. Goodhart and Lea Zicchino, Financial Stability Review, June 2005, 106-15 -- 8. 'Equilibrium analysis, banking, contagion and financial fragility' / Dimitrios P. Tsomocos, Working Paper 175, Bank of England, 2003, 1,3,5,7-59 -- 9. 'The optimal monetary instrument for prudential purposes', / with P. Sunirand, Journal of Financial Stability, 7, 2011, 70-77 -- 10. 'On dividend restrictions and the collapse of the interbank market' / with M.U. Peiris and A.P. Vardoulakis, Annals of Finance, 6 (4), 2010, 455-73 -- Part III: Measurement -- 11. 'Towards a measure of financial fragility' / with Oriol Aspachs and Lea Zicchino, Annals of Finance, 3 (1), 2007, 37-74 -- 12. 'Searching for a metric for financial stability' / with O. Aspachs, M. Segoviano and L. Zicchino, Financial Markets Group Special Paper 167, London School of Economics, 2006 -- 13. 'Banking stability measures' / Miguel A. Segoviano and Charles Goodhart, IMF Working Paper, WP/09/4, January 2009, 1-54 -- 14. 'Default, credit growth and asset prices' / C.A.E. Goodhart, Boris Hofmann and M. Segoviano, in Charles Goodhart and Boris Hofmann (eds), House Prices and the Macroeconomy, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007, pp.145-72 -- Part IV: Capital requirements and procyclicality -- 15. 'Procyclicality and the new basel accord - banks' choice of loan rating system' / Eva Catarineu-Rabell, Patricia Jackson and Dimitrios P. Tsomocos, Economic Theory, 26 (3), 2005, 537-57 -- 16. 'Basel and procyclicality: A comparison of the standardised and irb approaches to an improved credit risk method' / C.A.E. Goodhart and M. Segoviano, Financial Markets Group Discussion Paper 524, London School of Economics, 2004 -- 17. 'procyclicality and volatility in the financial system: The implementation of basel ii and ias 39' / Ashley Taylor and Charles Goodhart, in Stefan Gerlach and Paul Gruenwald (eds), Procyclicality of Financial Systems in Asia, Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006, pp.9-37 -- 18. 'Is a less pro-cyclical financial system an achievable goal?', / Charles Goodhart, National Institute Economic Review, 211 (1), 2010, R17-R26 -- Part V: The structural organisation of supervision -- 19. 'The organizational structure of banking supervision' / C.A.E. Goodhart, Economic Notes, 31 (1), 2002, 1-41, 43, 45-6 -- 20. 'The skill profile of central bankers and supervisors' / Charles Goodhart, Dirk Schoenmaker and Paolo Dasgupta, European Finance Review, 6, 2002, 397-427 -- 21. 'The changing role of central banks' / C.A.E. Goodhart, BIS Working Paper 326, 2010, 1-16 -- Part VI: Conclusion -- 22. Conclusion / Charles A.E. Goodhart and Dimitrios P. Tsomocos.
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  • 2
    ISBN: 9781035305612
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 349 pages) , illustrations
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Goodhart, Charles A. E., 1936 - The challenge of financial stability
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    Keywords: Finanzkrise ; Geldpolitik ; Theorie ; Monetary policy ; Finance, Public ; Monetary policy ; Finance, Public ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Internationaler Kreditmarkt ; Kapitalmarkt ; Regulierung ; Stabilität
    Abstract: The achievement of financial stability is one of the most pressing issues today. This timely and innovative book provides an analytical framework to assess financial (in)stability as an equilibrium phenomenon compatible with the orderly functioning of a modern market economy. The authors expertly show how good regulatory policy can be implemented and that its effects on the real as well as the nominal side of the economy can be properly analysed. The core of their approach is to take realistic account of the interaction between endogenous default, agent heterogeneity and money and liquidity, and suggest how a quantifiable metric of financial fragility could be developed. This insightful book will serve as a basis for future work on financial stability management for both academics and policy-makers and provide guidance on how to undertake crisis prevention and resolution
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. Introduction / Charles A.E. Goodhart and Dimitrios P. Tsomocos -- Part I: Overview -- 2. 'Analysis of financial stability', / Charles A.E. Goodhart and Dimitrios P. Tsomocos in Pierre L. Siklos, Martin T. Bohl and Mark E. Bohar (eds), Challenges in Central Banking: The Current Institutional Environment and Forces Affecting Monetary Policy, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2010, pp.121-45 -- 3. 'Evaluation of macroeconomic models for financial stability analysis', / Gunnar Bårdsen, Kjersti-Gro Lindquist and Dimitrios P. Tsomocos, Journal of World Economic Review, 3 (1), January-June 2008, 7-32 -- Part II: Theory -- 4. 'Equilibrium analysis, banking and financial instability', / Dimitrios P. Tsomocos, Journal of Mathematical Economics, 39, 2003, 619-55 -- 5. 'A model to analyse financial fragility', / with Pojanart Sunirand, Economic Theory, 27, 2006, 107-42 -- 6. 'On modelling endogenous default', / Dimitrios P. Tsomocos and Lea Zicchino, OFRC-fe, 2005, 1-19 -- 7. 'Banks, relative performance, and sequential contagion', / with Sudipto Bhattacharya and Pojanart Sunirand, Economic Theory, 32, 2007, 381-98 -- Part III: Applications -- 8. 'A model to analysis financial fragility: Applications', / with Pojanart Sunirand, Journal of Financial Stability, 1, 2004, 1-30 -- 9. 'A risk assessment model for banks', / with Pojanart Sunirand, Annals of Finance, 2, 2006, 1-21 -- 10. 'A time series analysis of financial fragility in the UK banking system', / with Pojanart Sunirand, Annals of Finance, 2, 2006, 1-21 -- 11. 'An equilibrium approach to financial stability analysis: The colombian case', / Agustín Saade, Daniel Osorio and Dairo Estrada, Annals of Finance, 3, 2007, 75-105 -- 12. 'A model of financial fragility', / Kevin James, CCBS, 2006, 1-8 -- Part IV: Liquidity and collateral -- 13. 'Modeling a housing and mortgage crisis', / with Alexandros P. Vardoulakis, Financial Stability, Monetary Policy, and Central Banking, 2010, 215-53 -- 14. State prices, liquidity, and default', / with Raphaël A. Espinoza, Economic Theory, 39, 2009, 177-94 -- Part V: Conclusion -- 15. Conclusion / Charles A.E. Goodhart and Dimitrios P. Tsomocos.
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  • 3
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    ISBN: 9780857930613
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 328 p) , ill
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Ethnic diversity in European labor markets
    DDC: 331.6094
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    Keywords: 1982-2009 ; Arbeitsmarkt ; Arbeitsmigranten ; Ethnische Gruppe ; Migrationspolitik ; Soziale Integration ; EU-Staaten ; Cultural pluralism ; Labor market ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Europäische Union ; Migrationspolitik ; Arbeitsmarkt
    Abstract: This highly accessible book illustrates how policy makers can address and nurture the effects of growing ethnic diversity in European labor markets
    Abstract: 1. Ethnic minorities in the European Union : an overview / Martin Kahanec, Anzelika Zaiceva and Klaus F. Zimmermann -- 2. An expert stakeholder's view on European integration challenges / Amelie F. Constant, Martin Kahanec and Klaus F. Zimmermann -- 3. The practice of minority integration in the European Union : what works / Martin Kahanec -- 4. Social and labor market integration of ethnic minorities in Denmark / Peder J. Pedersen -- 5. Social and labor market integration of ethnic minorities in France : has the French integration model broken down? / Denis Fougère -- 6. Social and labor market integration of ethnic minorities in Germany / Hans Dietrich von Loeffelholz -- 7. Ethnic or social integration? : the Roma in Hungary / Zoltán Kántor -- 8. Labor market integration of ethnic minorities in Latvia / Mihails Hazans -- 9. Ethnic minorities in the Netherlands / Joop Hartog -- 10. Minority inclusion in Romania / Vasile Gheţău -- 11. Social and labor market integration of ethnic minorities in Slovakia / Michal Vašečka -- 12. Social and labor market integration of ethnic minorities in Spain / Sara de la Rica -- 13. The social and labor market outcomes of ethnic minorities in the UK / Timothy J. Hatton -- 14. A policy agenda for diversity and minority integration / Martin Kahanec and Klaus F. Zimmermann
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  • 4
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    ISBN: 9781035305759
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 595 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Aldrich, Howard E., 1943 - An evolutionary approach to entrepreneurship
    DDC: 338/.04
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    Keywords: Entrepreneurship ; Evolutionäre Organisationstheorie ; Soziales Netzwerk ; Geschlecht ; Soziale Ungleichheit ; Entrepreneurship ; Entrepreneurship ; Evolutorische Wirtschaft ; Unternehmerverhalten ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Soziales Netzwerk ; Geschlecht ; Soziale Ungleichheit ; Entrepreneurship
    Abstract: This much-needed book draws together Howard Aldrich's key contribution to entrepreneurship research over recent decades. In an original introduction, the author first lays out the evolutionary approach, examining the assumptions and principles of 'selection logic' that drive evolutionary explanations. The book then expands on evolutionary theory as applied to entrepreneurship, emphasizing the role of historical and comparative analysis before focusing on the importance of social networks, particularly as they affect the genesis of entrepreneurial teams. Professor Aldrich takes a strategic approach to the creation of new organizational populations and communities, using examples from the commercialization of the Internet and the collapse of the Internet bubble. The book then presents his contributions to gender and family, offering a 'family embeddedness' perspective before focusing on the implications of entrepreneurship for stratification and inequality in modern societies, combining an evolutionary with a life course perspective. Finally, he concludes the book with another original essay, reflecting on future directions for entrepreneurship research. This mix of groundbreaking papers that introduced new concepts into the entrepreneurship literature will prove invaluable to scholars - graduate students and faculty members - interested in research on entrepreneurship. Professors of entrepreneurship and strategy as well as academics teaching organizational sociology courses will also find plenty of invaluable information in this important resource
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction -- Part I: Introduction -- 1. 'Who wants to be an evolutionary theorist?, journal of management inquiry, 10 (2), 2001, 115-27 -- Part II: Theory -- 2. 'Ethnicity and entrepreneurship', annual review of sociology, 16, 1990, 111-35 / (with R. Waldinger) -- 3. 'The accidental entrepreneur: Campbellian antinomies and organizational foundings', in joel a.c. Baum and bill mckelvey (eds), variations in organization science: Essays in honor of donald t. Campbell, 1999, 19-33 / (with A.L. Kenworthy) -- 4. 'Lost in space, out of time: Why and how we should study organizations comparatively', in brayden king, teppo felin and david whetten (eds), studying differences between organizations: Comparative approaches to organizational research, research in the sociology of organizations, 26, 2009, 21-44 -- 5. 'Beam me up, scott(ie)! Institutional theorists' struggles with the emergent nature of entrepreneurship', in wesley d. Sine and robert j. David (eds), institutions and entrepreneurship, research in the sociology of work, 21, 2010, 329-64 -- Part III: Social networks -- 6. 'Entrepreneurship through social networks', in donald sexton and raymond smilor (eds), the art and science of entrepreneurship, 1986, 3-23 / (with C. Zimmer) -- 7. 'Personal and extended networks are central to the entrepreneurial process', journal of business venturing, 6 (5), 1991, 305-13 / (with P. Dubini) -- 8. 'Strong ties, weak ties, and strangers: Do women owners differ from men in their use of networking to obtain assistance?', in sue birley and ian macmillan (eds), entrepreneurship in a global context, 1997, 1-25 / (with A.B. Elam and P.R. Reese) -- 9. 'The structure of founding teams: Homophily, strong ties, and isolation among u.s. Entrepreneurs', American sociological review, 68 (2), 2003, 195-222 / (with M. Ruef and N.M. Carter) -- 10. 'Mixing or matching? The influence of voluntary associations on the occupational diversity and density of small business owners' networks', work & occupations, 33 (1), 2006, 42-72 / (with A.E. Davis and L.A. Renzulli) -- 11. 'Small worlds, infinite possibilities? How social networks affect entrepreneurial team formation and search', strategic entrepreneurship journal, 1 (1), 2007, 147-65 / (with P.H. Kim) -- Part IV: Strategy -- 12. 'Even dwarfs started small: Liabilities of age and size and their strategic implications' in barry staw and l.l. Cummings (eds), research in organizational behavior, 8, 1986, 165-98 / (with E.R. Auster) -- 13. 'Resources, environmental change, and survival: Asymmetric paths of young independent and subsidiary organizations', strategic management journal, 32 (5), 2011, 486-509 / (with S.W. Bradley, D.A. Shepherd and J. Wiklund) -- 14. 'Fools rush in? The institutional context of industry creation', academy of management review, 19 (4), 1994, 645-70 / (with C.M. Fiol) -- 15. 'The second ecology: Creation and evolution of organizational communities', in barry staw and l.l. Cummings (eds), research in organizational behavior, 20, 1998, 267-301 / (with C.S. Hunt) -- 16. 'Acquiring competence at a distance: Application service providers as a hybrid organizational form', the journal of international entrepreneurship, 1 (1), 2003, 103-19 / (with A. Fortune) -- Part V: Gender and family -- 17. 'Invisible entrepreneurs: The neglect of women business owners by mass media and scholarly journals in the usa', entrepreneurship & regional development, 9 (3), 1997, 221-38 / (with T. Baker and N. Liou) -- 18. 'Family matters: Gender, networks, and entrepreneurial outcomes', social forces, 79 (2), 2000, 523-46 / (with L.A. Renzulli and J. Moody) -- 19. 'The pervasive effects of family on entrepreneurship: Toward a family embeddedness perspective', journal of business venturing, 18 (5), 2003, 573-96 / (with J.E. Cliff) -- Part VI: Stratification and inequality -- 20. 'Passing on privilege: Resources provided by self-employed parents to their self-employed children', in kevin leicht (ed), research in social stratification and mobility, 16, 1998, 291-318 / (with L.A. Renzulli and N. Langton) -- 21. 'A life course perspective on occupational inheritance: Self-employed parents and their children', in martin ruef and michael lounsbury (eds), the sociology of entrepreneurship, research in the sociology of organizations, 25, 2007, 33-82 / (with P.H. Kim) -- 22. 'Access (not) denied: The impact of financial, human, and cultural capital on entrepreneurial entry in the United States', small business economics, 27, 2006, 5-22 / (with P.H. Kim and L.A. Keister) -- 23. 'Entrepreneurship and inequality', in lisa a. Keister (ed), entrepreneurship: Research in the sociology of work, 15, 2005, 3-31 / (with S. Lippmann and A. Davis) -- Part VII: Conclusion -- 24. Conclusions and further reflections.
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  • 5
    ISBN: 9780857935212
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 221 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Challenges for European innovation policy
    DDC: 338.943
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    Keywords: 2000-2009 ; Technologiepolitik ; Schumpeterismus ; EU-Staaten ; EU-Mitgliedschaft ; Technological innovations ; Economic development ; Electronic books ; Schumpeter, Joseph Alois, 1883-1950 ; Technology and state ; Europe, Central ; Technology and state ; Europe, Eastern ; Europe, Central ; Economic policy ; 1989- ; Europe, Eastern ; Economic policy ; 1989- ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Osteuropa ; Europäische Union ; Innovationsförderung
    Abstract: This book uniquely applies the Schumpeterian innovation policy perspective to the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. A broadly defined framework of the science, technology, innovation and growth system underpins the empirical and conceptual analysis of the critical issues including demand, FDI, finance and education
    Abstract: 1. Innovation policy in multi-tier Europe : introduction / Anna Kaderabkova and Slavo Radosevic -- 2. Challenges of converging innovation policies in a multi-tier Europe : a neo-Schumpeterian perspective / Slavo Radosevic -- 3. Fostering growth in CEE countries : a country-tailored approach to growth policy / Philippe Aghion, Heike Harmgart and Natalia Weisshaar -- 4. Sectoral innovation modes and level of economic development : implications for innovation policy in the new member states / Andreas Reinstaller and Fabian Unterlass -- 5. EU innovation policy : one size doesn't fit all! / Alasdair Reid -- 6. Attracting and embedding R&D in multinational firms : policy options for EU new member states / Rajneesh Narula -- 7. Innovation in EU CEE : the role of demand-based policy / Jakob Edler -- 8. Innovation policy options for "catching up" by the EU CEE member states / Philippe Aghion ... [et al.]
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    ISBN: 9781035305650
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 271 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: New directions in modern economics series
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Monetary policy and financial stability
    DDC: 332.46
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    Keywords: 1995-2004 ; Geldpolitik ; Preisstabilität ; Globalisierung ; Keynesianismus ; Welt ; Monetary policy ; Keynesian economics ; Economic policy ; Banks and banking, Central ; Kaleckian Model of Growth and Distribution ; Monetary policy ; Keynesian economics ; Konferenzschrift ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Geldpolitik ; Neokeynesianismus
    Abstract: This book provides an enlightening glimpse into the deep theoretical traditions of post-Keynesian theory whilst also illuminating the richness and uniqueness of post-Keynesian economic policy. The editors have gathered together leading scholars and researchers to push the boundaries of post-Keynesian thinking. They address a number of important issues dealing with wage determination, income distribution and central bank governance. Many of these chapters share a common theme including a criticism of the usefulness of monetary policy in fighting or targeting inflation and the questions this raises for central bank governance. The book also focuses on open economy issues such as capital flows, globalization, FDI and the Washington Consensus. Monetary Policy and Financial Stability is required reading for students, scholars and researchers of economics, and for policymakers seeking rational alternatives to the current neo-classical orthodoxy
    Description / Table of Contents: Wage bargaining and monetary policy in a Kaleckian monetary distribution and growth model : making sense of the NAIRU / Eckhard Hein -- Price and wage determination and the inflation barrier : moving beyond the Phillips curve / Philip Arestis and Malcolm Sawyer -- Central bank governance, the euthanasia of the rentier and interest rate policy : a note on post-Keynesian monetary policy after Taylor / Louis-Philippe Rochon -- The macroeconomic governance of the European Monetary Union : a Keynesian perspective / Angel Asensio -- Inflation targeting and monetary policy governance : the case of the European Central Bank / Sergio Rossi -- Enforcing the IMF in the global economy : an institutional analysis / Jean-Pierre Allegret and Philippe Dulbecco -- Too much consensus could be harmful : assessing the degree of implementation of stabilization and structural policies and their impact on growth / Eric Berr, François Combarnous and Eric Rougier -- The political economy of global economic disgovernance / Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira -- Tobin, globalization and capital flows / Robert W. Dimand -- The impact of FDI on capital formation : the case of Mexico / Claudia Maya -- Financial liberalization, economic growth and rents / Domenica Tropeano -- The Argentine Jefes program : from a post-financial crisis emergency safety net to a long-run policy promoting development / Corinne Pastoret.
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    ISBN: 9781035305599
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxxi, 354 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The economics of digital markets
    DDC: 338.761004
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    Keywords: 1995-2010 ; Informationstechnik ; IKT-Sektor ; Telekommunikation ; Internet ; Welt ; Information technology Economic aspects ; Computer software industry ; Information technology Economic aspects ; Computer software industry Economic aspects ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Informationstechnische Industrie ; Telekommunikationswirtschaft ; Wirtschaftliche Betrachtungsweise ; Electronic Commerce
    Abstract: This innovative book provides state-of-the-art analyses of the current condition of the economics of digital markets. The most recent developments in web technology are evolving, creating an increasingly deregulated environment. Much of the impetus for liberalisation is in response to multimedia convergence and the globalisation of markets, leading to uncertainties in the sector. Gary Madden and Russel Cooper examine the microeconomics of platform structure and firm competition within and between digital markets, modern theoretical treatments of regulatory intervention in digital markets and the consideration of forward-looking experimental analysis of demand for yet-to-be provided services. Bringing together a highly focused group of eminent scholars, this book will appeal to academics, postgraduate students, and both international treaty and national government agencies as well as market analysts
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. Policy towards standardisation in wireless telecommunications / Luís M.B. Cabral and David Salant -- 2. Assembling platforms: Strategy and competition / Eric Brousseau and Thierry Pénard -- 3. Fines, damages and the technological protection of information goods / Claude Crampes, Abraham Hollander and Charbel Macdissi -- 4. Vertical relationships and horizontal mergers in the internet / Edmond Baranes and Thomas Cortade -- 5. Strategic commitments and the principle of reciprocity in interconnection pricing / Nicholas Economides, Giuseppe Lopomo and Glenn Woroch -- 6. International sourcing in European telecommunications: Capability development and resource interactions / Carsten Zimmermann, Philipp Zimmermann and Dieter Lange -- 7. Network economic externalities in the media and telecommunications industries / Armando Calabrese, Massimo Gastaldi and Nathan Levialdi Ghiron -- 8. Forecasting ict business markets: A simultaneous equation modelling approach / Moshen Hamoudia and Miriam Scaglione -- 9. A demand system approach to network technology expenditure forecasting with short time-series / Russel Cooper and Gary Madden -- 10. Estimating wireless-only household penetration: A local perspective / Paul Rappoport, James Alleman and Lester Taylor -- 11. Korean mobile number policy and provider switching behaviour / Moon-Koo Kim, Jong-Hyun Park and Kyoung-Yong Jee -- 12. The economic impact of alternative interconnection arrangements among network operators / Livio Cricelli, Michele Grimaldi and Nathan Levialdi Ghiron -- 13. Access-usage complementarity, the waterbed effect and mobile termination charges regulation / Aniruddha Banerjee -- 14. Network neutrality and its potential impact on digital content platforms / Rob Frieden -- 15. Technological advance and the changing structure of transnational standards organisations / D. Linda Garcia and Madhura K. Kale -- 16. Municipal broadband internet initiatives: Lessons from us history / Carol Ting -- 17. Network neutrality: Theory and practice / Gerald R. Faulhaber -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781035305704
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (v, 177 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Organizing in the face of risk and threat
    DDC: 658.4056
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    Keywords: Organisation ; Risikomanagement ; Krisenmanagement ; Organizational behavior ; Industrial organization ; Risk management ; Crisis management ; Arbeitsorganisation ; Krisenmanagement ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Arbeitsorganisation ; Krisenmanagement
    Abstract: Barbara Czarniawska is a distinguished scholar and author in the field of organization. Drawing on her extensive knowledge she has gathered together other leading experts to apply organization theory to yet another relevant field of practice - risk management. There are no prescriptions for organizing in the face of risk and threat, but the accumulating experience shows that a well-rehearsed improvisation brings much better results than planning and construction of formal organizations. This timely book contains cases of risk and threat where the former strategy succeeds and the latter fails. The wealth of cases presented includes the Marburg virus outbreak in Angola, bird flu, health insurance after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, and the Tjörn bridge catastrophe in Sweden. Graduate and postgraduate students in business and management schools, as well as academics teaching courses in risk management across disciplines should not be without this book. Risk management specialists will also find this book invaluable
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. Introduction: Action nets / Barbara Czarniawska -- 2. Risk and organizing - the growth of a research field / Ulla Eriksson-Zetterquist -- 3. Marburg virus, or a story of preparedness / Andreas Diedrich -- 4. Bird flu - threat or opportunity? / Kajsa Lindberg -- 5. Welfare services - an area for risk management? / Lars Norén -- 6. Adventure tourism: Making risk safe / Eva Gustavsson -- 7. A net of actions in the tracks of storm gudrun / David Renemark -- 8. The tjörn bridge catastrophe - on building a new bridge out of an old one / Lars Walter -- 9. Small time breaks / Tobias Engberg -- 10. The aesthetic threat / Peter Zackariasson -- 11. Conclusions: Plans or well-practiced improvisations? / Barbara Czarniawska -- References -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781035305636
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 310 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Microfoundations of economic success
    DDC: 338.94798
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    Keywords: 1990-2007 ; Systemtransformation ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Wirtschaftsreform ; Estland ; Estonia Economic conditions 1991- ; Estonia Economic policy 1991- ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Estland ; Wirtschaftspolitik
    Abstract: This book explores the nature of the flexibility of Estonia's rapid growth, that enables it to swiftly seize opportunities and weather crises without undue cost. The distinguished cast of contributors draws upon detailed data on individual firms and households to explore the basis for Estonia's record as the most successful of all the EU accession countries over the last decade. They conclude that much of this accomplishment can be attributed to the greater flexibility of the Estonian economy, both in price setting in employment and wages, and in consumption. The book also reveals that Estonia is able to adjust to shocks more rapidly and with less real impact than other countries. Coupled with a favourable macroeconomic policy and a good institutional structure and legal framework, this indicates that Estonia will be an excellent example to other countries despite the recent downturn. This unique book will be of great interest to researchers and students of the economics of transition, and will prove invaluable to policy-makers and their advisors in both transition countries and the rest of the EU, as well as graduate students studying microeconomics and monetary policy
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Foreword -- 1. The path of transition in Estonia / David G. Mayes and Martti Randveer -- 2. Comparison of pricing behaviour of firms in the euro area and Estonia / Aurelijus Dabusinskas and Martti Randveer -- 3. The principles of wage formation in Estonian companies / Tairi Rõõm and Lenno Uusküla -- 4. Productivity in Estonian enterprises: The role of innovation and competition / Priit Vahter -- 5. Liquidity and productivity shocks: A look at sectoral firm creation / Lenno Uusküla -- 6. A microeconometric analysis of household saving in Estonia: Income, wealth and financial exposure / Dmitry Kulikov, Annika Paabut and Karsten Staehr -- 7. Estimates of employment and welfare effects of personal labour income taxation in a flat-tax country / Karsten Staehr -- 8. Outlook / David G. Mayes and Martti Randveer -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781035305247
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 400 pages) , illustrations
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    Keywords: Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen ; Kaufkraftparität ; Messung ; Vergleich ; Finanzmathematik ; Purchasing power parity ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Realeinkommen ; Kaufkraftvergleich ; Internationaler Vergleich ; Messung ; Kaufkraftparität
    Abstract: This up-to-date book demonstrates how the purchasing power parities (PPPs) of currencies are being increasingly used in place of exchange rates for a variety of purposes. These include: comparisons of real income, measurements of global inequality and poverty, calculation of the human development index and assessment of nations economic performance. Despite the increasing popularity of PPPs, many users have very little appreciation of the data and methods used in their derivation. This timely monograph brings together a number of significant contributions from leading researchers in the field, offering a comprehensive review of the latest methods used in the construction and application of PPPs. The authors provide a broad overview of the current state-of-the-art both in terms of techniques as well as current practice with various international organisations. Given the increasing application of PPPs in this truly globalised world, this book will be a stimulating read for researchers and academics involved in international comparisons and development economics, general economists and economist statisticians
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Foreword -- Part I: Introduction -- 1. Introduction -- / d.s. Prasada rao -- 2. The compilation of purchasing power parities: The eurostat-oecd purchasing power parity programme -- / david roberts -- Part II: System methods for ppp computation -- 3. Aggregation methods in international comparisons: An evaluation / Bert Balk -- 4. Generalised eltetö-köves-szulc and country-product-dummy methods for international comparisons / D.S. Prasada Rao -- 5. True international income comparisons correcting for substitution bias / Steve Dowrick -- 6. Additivity, matrix consistency and a new method for international comparisons of real income and purchasing power parities / Itsuo Sakuma, D.S. Prasada Rao and Yoshimasa Kurabayashi -- 7. Implicit data structures and properties of selected additive indices / James Cuthbert -- Part III: Methods for spatial linking and analysis of price structures -- 8. Similarity Indexes and criteria for spatial linking / Erwin Diewert -- 9. Comparing per capita income levels across countries using spanning trees: Robustness, prior restrictions, hybrids and hierarchies / Robert Hill -- 10. Chaining methods for international real product and purchasing power comparisons: Issues and alternatives / Bettina Aten and Alan Heston -- 11. Aggregation methods based on structural international prices -- / sergey sergeev -- Part IV: Applications -- 12. Purchasing power parities and their policy relevance / Michael Ward -- 13. Purchasing power parity adjustments for productivity level comparisons / Bart van Ark and Marcel Timmer -- 14. Ppps and the price competitiveness of international tourism destinations / Larry Dwyer, Peter Forsyth and D.S. Prasada Rao -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781035305414
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (400 pages)
    Series Statement: New horizons in regional science series
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Technological change and mature industrial regions
    DDC: 338.9
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    Keywords: 1950-2005 ; Technischer Fortschritt ; Regionalentwicklung ; Alte Industrieregion ; Regionalpolitik ; Welt ; Technological innovations Economic aspects ; Technological innovations Political aspects ; Technological innovations ; Industrial policy ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Regionalwirtschaft ; Regionalentwicklung ; Industriepolitik ; Technische Innovation
    Abstract: Technological Change and Mature Industrial Regions explicitly adopts an inter-disciplinary approach to analysing the structural transformation of mature regions. The major focus of the book is from an economics perspective, but it also employs sociological analyses, business history approaches and technological analyses. It critically considers the identification and development of regional capabilities and regional policy initiatives for mature industrial areas in the context of globalisation and technological change. Specific cases from a range of different countries help to distinguish which aspects of mature regions' technology, knowledge or structure are region-specific, and which are more generally applicable to mature industrial regions throughout the world. The book will prove to be invaluable for academic researchers as well as government and policy communities
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Part I: Mature regions: Technology, society and industrial structure -- 1. The problems of mature regions: An Introduction and overview / Mahtab Akhavan Farshchi, Odile E.M. Janne and Philip McCann -- 2. Regional capabilities and industrial regeneration / Nick von Tunzelmann -- 3. Multinational firms and technological innovation: The 'global versus local' challenge / Simona Iammarino, Odile E.M. Janne and Philip McCann -- 4. Interdependence among the Brazilian states: An input-output approach / Fernando Salgueiro Perobelli, Eduardo Amaral Haddad and Edson Paulo Domingues -- 5. The changing structure of trade and interdependence in a mature economy: The us midwest / Geoffrey J.D. Hewings and John B. Parr -- 6. Mature industries and declining regions: An analysis of the Spanish case / Josep-Maria Arauzo-Carod and Elisabet Viladecans-Marsal -- Part II: Mature region-industry case studies -- 7. Birmingham's marshallian knowledge: A constraining geo-historical context for domestic saloon manufacturers? / Peter Clark -- 8. Life after longbridge? Crisis and restructuring in the west midlands auto cluster / David Bailey and Seiji Kobayashi -- 9. Massachusetts medical devices: Leveraging the region's capabilities / Michael H. Best -- 10. Economic restructuring, regional 'visioning' and the role of universities: The outcomes of an automobile plant closure in southern adelaide, australia / Andrew Beer and Holli Thomas -- 11. Maturity or decline of Italian industrial districts / Ivana Paniccia -- 12. Knowledge spillovers and industrial transformation: The west midlands and saxony automotive clusters / Odile E.M. Janne and Mahtab Akhavan Farshchi -- Part III: Regional policy and mature industrial regions -- 13. A cost-benefit approach to the assessment of regional policy / J. Kim Swales -- 14. Regional policies in Italy, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom: A shift in paradigm? / Ilaria Mariotti -- 15. Innovation policy after the 'celtic tiger' / Declan Jordan and Eoin O'Leary -- 16. Grants and the location of foreign direct investment: Evidence from the UK regions / Colin Wren and Jonathan Jones -- 17. Cluster policy implementation and evaluation in Slovenia: Lessons from a transition economy / Anja Cotič Svetina, Marko Jaklič and Hugo Zagorsek -- 18. Lagging regions and policy options: The case of greece in the European context / Yannis Psycharis and George Petrakos -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781781008768
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxv, 428 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: PRIME series on research and innovation policy
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The handbook of technology foresight
    DDC: 338.064
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    Keywords: Technischer Fortschritt ; Innovation ; Technologiepolitik ; Prognose ; Prognoseverfahren ; Welt ; Technological innovations Government policy ; Technological innovations Forecasting ; Technological innovations Government policy ; Technological innovations Forecasting ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Technikbewertung ; Technische Innovation ; Prognose ; Internationaler Vergleich ; Technischer Fortschritt ; Politik
    Abstract: Foresight has emerged as a key instrument for the development and implementation of research and innovation policy. The main focus of activity has been at the national level. Governments have sought to set priorities, to build networks between science and industry and, in some cases, to change their research system and administrative culture. Foresight has been used as a set of technical tools, or as a way to encourage more structured debate with wider participation leading to the shared understanding of long-term issues. In this comprehensive and critical Handbook, cross-cutting analytical chapters explore the emergence and positioning of foresight, common approaches and methods, organisational issues, and the scope for policy transfer and evaluation. Leading experts and practitioners contribute chapters analysing experiences in France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the USA, Japan, China, Latin America, small European nations, Nordic countries and selected developing countries. The book concludes with consideration of the future of foresight itself. This fascinating Handbook will appeal equally to those wishing to apply foresight to their policy or strategy-making activities, and to those studying the theory and practice of foresight. The Handbook will be vital reading for policymakers considering, commissioning, or using foresight, companies eager to use public foresight, as well as academics and researchers in foresight, futures and STI policy and management communities
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- Part I: The nature of foresight -- 1. The many faces of foresight / Ian Miles, Jennifer Cassingena Harper, Luke Georghiou, Michael Keenan and Rafael Popper -- 2. From futures to foresight / Ian Miles -- 3. Foresight methodology / Rafael Popper -- Part II: Foresight experience around the world -- 4. Foresight in the United Kingdom / Michael Keenan and Ian Miles -- 5. Foresight in France / Rémi Barré -- 6. Foresight in Germany / Kerstin Cuhls -- 7. Foresight in the usa / Alan L. Porter and W. Bradford Ashton -- 8. Foresight in Japan / Terutaka Kuwahara, Kerstin Cuhls and Luke Georghiou -- 9. Foresight in nordic countries / Annele Eerola and Birte Holst Jørgensen -- 10. Foresight in smaller countries / Patrick Crehan and Jennifer Cassingena Harper -- 11. Foresight in industrialising asia / Ron Johnston and Chatri Sripaipan -- 12. Foresight in Latin America / Rafael Popper and Javier Medina -- 13. Foresight in cee countries / Attila Havas and Michael Keenan -- Part III: Policy and management issues in foresight -- 14. Policy transfer and learning / Luke Georghiou and Jennifer Cassingena Harper -- 15. Scoping and planning foresight / Michael Keenan and Ian Miles -- 16. Evaluation and impact of foresight / Luke Georghiou and Michael Keenan -- 17. New frontiers: Emerging foresight / Ian Miles, Jennifer Cassingena Harper, Luke Georghiou, Michael Keenan and Rafael Popper -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781782541066
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 245 pages)
    Series Statement: Studies in evolutionary political economy series
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Advances in evolutionary institutional economics
    DDC: 330.1
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    Keywords: Evolutionsökonomik ; Institutionenökonomik ; Verhaltensökonomik ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Präferenztheorie ; Wissen ; Entscheidung unter Unsicherheit ; Strategisches Management ; Innovation ; Vertragstheorie ; Evolutionary economics ; Institutional economics ; Evolutionary economics ; Institutional economics ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Evolutorische Wirtschaft ; Institutionenökonomie
    Abstract: Some famous pioneers together with the most promising new practitioners in the field show within this book how they define their subject. This is an authoritative survey of important branches of evolutionary economics, containing innovative new perspectives on market dynamics and evolutionary institutional mechanisms. The authors also tackle enduring problems in the field such as profound uncertainty and the significance of knowledge in economics. This coherent and focused book will appeal to a wide variety of scholars involved in evolutionary and institutional economics, and evolutionary theory. It will also appeal to researchers and students at advanced undergraduate and postgraduate levels
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction : evolutionary economics in the making / Hardy Hanappi and Wolfram Elsner -- Heuristic twists and ontological creeds : a road map for evolutionary economics / Ulrich Witt -- Generalized Darwinism from the bottom up : an evolutionary view of socio-economic behavior and organization / J.W. Stoelhorst -- Comparative industrial evolution and the quest for an evolutionary theory of market dynamics / Guido Buenstorf -- European contributions to evolutionary institutional economics : the cases "open-systems approach" (OSA) and "cumulative circular causation" (CCC) / Sebastian Berger and Wolfram Elsner -- Institutions as determinants of preference change : a one way relation? / Martin Binder and Uta-Maria Niederle -- Complex individuals : the individual in non-Euclidian space / John B. Davis -- The importance of ignorance : non-knowledge and the limits of Bayesianism / Oliver Kessler -- Strong uncertainty and how to cope with it to improve action and capacity / Paul Davidson -- Strategy, innovation and entrepreneurship : an evolutionary learning perspective / Carl Henning Reschke and Sascha Kraus -- The problem of knowledge in economics : prices, contracts and organizations / Stavros Ioannides.
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    ISBN: 9781035305506
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 225 pages)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Christian theology and market economics
    DDC: 261.85
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    Keywords: Christentum ; Wirtschaftswissenschaft ; Marktwirtschaft ; Wirtschaftstheorie ; Ökonomische Ideengeschichte ; Unternehmensethik ; Economics Religious aspects ; Christianity ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Theologie ; Wirtschaftswissenschaften ; Wirtschaftstheorie ; Wirtschaft ; Marktwirtschaft
    Abstract: There was a time when theologians and economists knew much more about each other's work than they do today. This book is dedicated to reconnecting two disciplines that study different dimensions of the human condition. The well respected contributors - economists, theologians, some both - explore the interaction of Christian theology and market economics, from the earliest times to the modern day. There is much to surprise, puzzle and edify serious students of theology and economics as well as the merely curious. This unique work has a historical time-span reaching from Aristotle to the modern day, thus appealing to those interested in the history of ideas and economic thought as well as the links between theological and economic thought. Economists studying the intellectual roots of their discipline, as well as Christians researching the links between Christian beliefs and the worldly philosophy governing everyday commercial lives will also welcome it
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction / Ian R. Harper and Samuel Gregg -- Part I: Christianity and the history of economic thought -- 1. Aristotle's science of economics / Ricardo F. Crespo -- 2. Christianity's pre-enlightenment contribution to economic thought / Stephen J. Grabill -- 3. Commercial order and the Scottish enlightenment: The christian context / Samuel Gregg -- 4. Christianity's post-enlightenment contribution to economic thought / Paul Oslington -- Part II: Christianity and economic theory -- 5. Christian theology and economics: Convergence and clashes / Geoffrey Brennan and Anthony M.C. Waterman -- 5. Economics as identity / Gordon Menzies -- Part III: Christianity and modern business -- 7. Business as a moral enterprise / Michael J. Miller -- 8. Modern business and its moral and ethical dilemmas in a globalized world / Philip Booth -- 9. Treating 'affluenza': The moral challenge of affluence / Ian R. Harper and Eric L. Jones -- 10. The role of business in the fight against poverty / Peter S. Heslam -- Bibliography -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781035305124
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 490 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Local public finance in Central and Eastern Europe
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    Keywords: 1991-2006 ; Öffentliche Finanzen ; Finanzbeziehungen ; Gemeindefinanzen ; Dezentralisierung ; Systemtransformation ; Ostmitteleuropa ; Local finance ; Local finance ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Ostmitteleuropa ; Gemeindefinanzwirtschaft ; Osteuropa ; Gemeinde ; Finanzpolitik
    Abstract: This book explores the system of financing local governments in selected countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Using evidence from the last two decades, the authors, experts on their particular countries, describe the development of the current local government finance system in each nation, and the major challenges and policy options they face. The contributions in this book provide comprehensive coverage of a transitional Europe that encompasses both modern local public finance theory and specific applications in the target countries. The book is a recommended read not only for students of local government and local public finance, but also practitioners and all those who have to deal with the accountability and financial issues at local government level in Central and Eastern Europe
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- 1. Local government finance in central and eastern Europe: Whither way? / Zeljko Šević -- 2. Albania: Decentralisation and local government finance - key successes and future challenges / Juliana H. Pigey, Artan Hoxha and Sabina Ymeri -- 3. Local government finance in belarus / Yuri Krivorotko -- 4. Local government finance in bosnia and herzegovina / Jean Tesche -- 5. Strengthening local government finance: The case of Bulgaria -- / svetlana alexandrova -- 6. Local government finance in croatia / Anto Bajo and Ivana Jakir-Bajo -- 7. Fiscal decentralisation in the Czech Republic: Problems and prospects / Phillip J. Bryson and Gary C. Cornia -- 8. Local government finance in Estonia / Kenneth A. Kriz -- 9. Decentralisation under fiscal pressure: Local government finances in Hungary / Gábor Péteri -- 10. Local government finance in Latvia / Mudite Priede and Solvita Klapare -- 11. Local government finance in lithuania / Gerda Zigiene, Jadvyga Ciburiene and Mark W. Chandler -- 12. Financing local self-government in the republic of macedonia / Borce Davitkovski and Ana Pavlovska-Daneva -- 13. Local government finance in moldova / Clare T. Romanik, Eugeniu Hristev and Maria Salabuga -- 14. Local government finance in montenegro / Djordjije Blazic -- 15. Local government finance in Poland / Piotr Bury and Pawel Swianiewicz -- 16. Local government finance in Romania / Claudiu Doltu -- 17. Local government finance in serbia / Thomas Meekel -- 18. Local government finance in Slovakia / Juraj Nemec -- 19. Financing local communities in Slovenia / Davor Savin -- 20. Funding local government in ukraine / Sergii Slukhai -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781035305568
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 234 pages)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Cesarano, Filippo Money and monetary systems
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    Keywords: Geldgeschichte ; Geldpolitik ; Geschichte ; Money History ; Monetary policy History ; Monetary unions History ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Geld ; Geschichte ; Geldpolitik
    Abstract: Monetary theory not only provides the tools to analyse monetary arrangements, it also shapes them in an essential way. The selected papers gathered together in this book deal with a variety of topics concerning both aspects of this twofold relationship. A number of controversial issues regarding the demand for money are empirically investigated and the functioning of a cashless economy is clarified by critically assessing the new monetary economics. Filippo Cesarano shows the important role played by monetary theory in shaping the evolution of monetary arrangements. This principle is illustrated by focusing on several issues relating to both current and future developments of monetary institutions: the optimum quantity of money, the international monetary system and monetary unions. Equilibrium models are viewed as a benchmark against which the actual conditions of the economy must be set. Money and Monetary Systems will be of great interest and value to economists specialising in monetary theory and international monetary economics, postgraduate students in economics and economic historians
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Foreword / David Laidler -- Introduction -- 1. On money and monetary systems -- Part I: The demand for money -- 2. Money and quasi-money -- 3. Financial innovation and demand for money: Some empirical evidence -- 4. Demand for money and expected inflation -- Part II: The new monetary economics -- 5. The new monetary economics and the theory of money -- 6. Legal restrictions theory and the rate-of-return dominance of money -- 7. The new monetary economics and keynes' theory of money -- Part III: Monetary systems -- 8. Monetary systems and monetary theory -- 9. Providing for the optimum quantity of money -- 10. Competitive money supply: The international monetary system in perspective -- 11. The bretton woods agreements: A monetary theory perspective -- Part IV: Monetary unions -- 12. On the viability of monetary unions -- 13. Monetary union: A theoretical perspective -- 14. Currency areas and equilibrium -- 15. The equilibrium approach to optimum currency areas -- 16. Optimum currency areas: A policy view -- Part V: Economics as a social science -- 17. Economic history and economic theory -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781782542575
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 378 pages)
    Series Statement: Advances in ecological economics series
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Sustainable welfare in the Asia-Pacific
    DDC: 338.95
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    Keywords: 1967-2006 ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Nationaleinkommen ; Wohlfahrtsanalyse ; Lebensstandard ; Nachhaltige Entwicklung ; Maßzahl ; Asiatisch-pazifischer Raum ; Economic development ; Economic development ; Sustainable development ; Sustainable development ; Public welfare ; Public welfare ; Economic development Asia ; Economic development Pacific Area ; Public welfare Asia ; Public welfare Pacific Area ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Asiatisch-Pazifischer Raum ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Nachhaltigkeit
    Abstract: Frequent references are made to the 'Asian economic miracle' as a means of describing the wave of GDP growth experienced across the Asia-Pacific region over the past twenty years. Implicit in this description is the assumption that the Asia-Pacific region has progressed at the same rate that GDP has risen over the same period. But is this truly the case? Employing a Genuine Progress Indicator as an alternative measure of sustainable welfare, the contributors to this book aim to answer this question by presenting case studies of seven Asia-Pacific nations. The results reveal that all is not as positive as conventional indicators might suggest. The book shows that the three wealthy nations - Australia, New Zealand, and Japan - have long reached a level of GDP beyond which further growth is detrimental to their sustainable welfare while the four poorer nations - China, India, Thailand, and Vietnam - are fast approaching a similar situation, but at much lower per capita levels of sustainable welfare. In view of these results, it is argued that genuine progress in the Asia-Pacific region requires the wealthy nations to focus on qualitative improvement (development) rather than GDP growth. As for the poorer nations, it is argued that population stabilisation demands urgent attention while the GDP growth required over the next two to three decades must be as clean, efficient, and equitable as possible. Sustainable Welfare in the Asia-Pacific will appeal to a wide audience of academics and researchers in the areas of ecological, environmental and natural resource economics, development, green national accounting, and environmental management. It will also find a readership in policymakers, environmental managers and NGOs, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface / Herman Daly -- Part I: Introduction to the Asia-Pacific region and the genuine progress indicator -- 1. An Introduction to the Asia-Pacific region / Philip Lawn and Matthew Clarke -- 2. Why is gross domestic product an inadequate indicator of sustainable welfare? / Philip Lawn and Matthew Clarke -- 3. What is the genuine progress indicator and how is it typically calculated? / Philip Lawn and Matthew Clarke -- 4. In defence of the genuine progress indicator / Philip Lawn and Matthew Clarke -- Part II: Measuring the genuine progress of Asia-Pacific nations -- 5. Genuine progress in australia: Time to rethink the growth objective / Philip Lawn -- 6. Calculating the new zealand genuine progress indicator / Vicky Forgie, Garry McDonald, Yanjiao Zhang, Murray Patterson and Derrylea Hardy -- 7. Genuine progress in Japan and the need for an open economy GPI / Matsuyo Makino -- 8. Genuine progress in India: Some further growth needed in the immediate future but population stabilisation needed immediately / Philip Lawn -- 9. From GDP to the GPI: Quantifying thirty-five years of development in China / Zonggou Wen, Yan Yang and Philip Lawn -- 10. Genuine progress in Thailand: A systems-analysis approach / Matthew Clarke and Judith Shaw -- 11. Genuine progress in Vietnam: The impact of the doi moi reforms / Vu Xuan Nguyet Hong, Matthew Clarke and Philip Lawn -- Part III: Genuine progress across the Asia-Pacific region -- 12. Genuine progress across the Asia-Pacific region: Comparisons, trends, and policy implications / Philip Lawn and Matthew Clarke -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781035306114
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xx, 442 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: Studies of small and medium sized enterprises in East Asia 4
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Small and medium sized enterprises in East Asia
    DDC: 338.6/42095
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    Keywords: 1975-2004 ; Unternehmenserfolg ; Regionalentwicklung ; Branchenentwicklung ; KMU ; Ostasien ; Small business ; East Asia Economic conditions ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Konferenzschrift ; Ostasien ; Australien ; Klein- und Mittelbetrieb ; Wirtschaftliche Lage ; Ostasien ; Südostasien ; Australien ; Klein- und Mittelbetrieb ; Wirtschaftliche Lage
    Abstract: This fourth volume in the Studies of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in East Asia series focuses on regional and sectoral dimensions in a number of regional economies and economic sectors. The contributors place special emphasis on the importance of SME networking and clustering initiatives and activities. They argue that these initiatives support and nurture the global competitiveness of local SMEs in various economic sectors across the East Asian region. The book goes on to illustrate the increasing recognition that important local, regional and sectoral dimensions of SMEs, activities require their own specific micro policy measures. This is significant as the vitality of many local regional economies depends upon the activities of these local SMEs. The importance and inherent potential of SMEs as small but significant players in national economies and industries is increasingly recognised by policymakers and scholars around the world. Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in East Asia will therefore strongly appeal to both academics and practitioners involved with business and management, Asian studies, industrial organization and entrepreneurship
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Part I. General issues -- 1. Introduction and overview - small and medium sized enterprises: Sectoral and regional dimensions / Charles Harvie and Boon-Chye Lee -- 2. The SME Policy Framework in ASEAN and APEC: Benchmarks, Comparison and Analysis / Chris Hall -- PART II. INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES AND LINKAGES -- 3. SME Export Competitiveness in Developing Countriesthrough Foreign Investment and Business Linkages / Philippe Régnier -- 4. The Internationalization of SMEs in European Transformation Economies: Lessons for East Asia? / David J. Pollard -- 5. Trust, Dependency and Reciprocity: Interconnections of Key Dimensions of Guanxi / Susan Freeman and Chandler Lim PART III: REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES -- 6. Export Performance in Small and Medium Enterprises: Sectoral and Regional Dimensions in NSW Australia / Ann Hodgkinson and Paul McPhee -- 7. Exploring the Consequences of Delayed Adoption of Electronic Commerce by Regional SMEs in Australia / Lin Crase, Peter Lamb and Evan Patullock -- 8. Reforming China's Cooperative Economy: Issues and Experiences / Jenny Clegg -- 9. SME Development Strategy in Vietnam / Charles Harvie -- 10. Innovation in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: A Study of Businesses in New South Wales Australia / Jane Olsen, Boon-Chye Lee and Ann Hodgkinson -- 11. SME Development in Malaysia: Domestic and Global Challenges / Ali Salman Saleh and Nelson Oly Ndubisi -- PART IV. INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVES -- 12. Support Mechanisms for SME Development in Indonesia: A Firm Level Survey in the Metalworking and Machinery Industry / Mitsuhiro Hayashi -- 13. Trade Reforms and the Survival of the Textiles, Clothing and Footwear Industries in Australia / Kankesu Jayanthakumaran -- 14. SME Market Entry: Barriers, Positioning and Performance in the Asia-Pacific Oil and Gas Industry / Brian Kenny and Paul Tobin -- 15. Strategic Competitiveness, Human Resource Strategy and Organizational Performance Linkage Amongst SMEs in the Malaysian Manufacturing Sector / Za'faran Hassan -- 16. The Role of Government in Fostering Sectoral SME Development: An Analysis of the Tourism Industry in Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore / Michael T. Schaper, Jack Carlsen and Ruth Taylor -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781782541912
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 277 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Knowledge policy
    DDC: 303.48/33
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    Keywords: Information policy Economic aspects ; Information policy Social aspects ; Information policy Forecasting ; Knowledge, Sociology of ; Information society ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Knowledge Policy illustrates how the production of knowledge has become central to economic life, and that competitiveness in the 21st century market place is characterized by the ability to translate scientific and technological knowledge into innovation. Does this therefore render cultural and social knowledge unimportant? The contributors attempt to answer this and other important questions using a broader epistemological base for the term 'knowledge'. Policy implications are then developed from this perspective. By examining long-term challenges, this unique book explains what we actually mean by the term 'knowledge' and raises fundamental critiques of existing conceptions of knowledge. It argues that fresh policy thinking is needed not only in more obviously knowledge-intensive sectors, but also across all areas of knowledge production. By way of illustration, the effects of the different dynamics of the knowledge era on defence, health, employment, environment, indigenous and international relations, multiculturalism and urban policy are explored. The book then addresses the enduring question of whether it is possible to produce too much knowledge at the expense of wisdom. Providing a thorough treatment on the meaning, production and application of knowledge, this book will provide a fascinating read for academics, researchers, students, practitioners and policymakers with an interest in public policy and knowledge-based economies
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction / Greg Hearn, David Rooney -- Knowledge services / Ian Miles -- Education and the knowledge economy / Michael A. Peters -- Women and cognitive authority in the knowledge economy / Juli Eflin -- Cultural and creative industries / Terry Flew -- From creative industries to creative economy / Stuart Cunningham -- Information society policy / Lee Komito -- The role of media in the knowledge economy / David Rooney, Bernard McKenna, Rhonda Breit -- Science and technology policy futures / Neal Ryan, Michael Charles -- Justifying science : the need for macroeconomic knowledge policy / Steve Fuller -- The new biology : implications for knowledge policy / Sigrid A. Lehnert -- Copyright 2010 : the need for better negotiability/usability principles / Brian Fitzgerald -- Industry policy as innovation policy / Kate Morrison, Jason Potts -- Employment and innovation in the information economy / John Quiggin -- Environment, water, and energy in the 21st century : the role of deliberative governance for the knowledge society / Richard Hindmarsh -- Citizenship, migration, and multiculturalism after 9/11 : towards new policies for naturalization / Dora Kostakopoulou -- A new paradigm for ethical and sustainable indigenous knowledge policy / Hitendra Pillay -- International relations and geopolitics / Rosita Dellios -- Knowledge policy and the future of war, defence, and peace / Emma N. Kennedy da Silva, Rod B. Lyon -- Conclusion : towards integrated knowledge policy / Greg Hearn, David Rooney.
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    ISBN: 9781781959954
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 330 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Business networks and strategic alliances in China
    DDC: 338.8/70951
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    Keywords: 1990-2005 ; Unternehmensnetzwerk ; Strategische Allianz ; Joint Venture ; Unternehmenskooperation ; Corporate Governance ; Vertrauen ; Risiko ; Wissenstransfer ; Sozialkapital ; Multinationales Unternehmen ; Lernende Organisation ; Humankapital ; Unternehmensethik ; China ; Business networks ; Strategic alliances (Business) ; Diffusion of innovations Economic aspects ; Aufsatzsammlung ; China ; Strategische Allianz ; Multinationales Unternehmen ; China ; Unternehmen ; Netzwerk ; Geschäftsverbindung
    Abstract: Business Networks and Strategic Alliances in China addresses how knowledge transfer and innovation are interwoven within complex networks and how social capital contributes to the acquisition of crucial resources and business success in multi-type enterprises in China. The book explains how China's remarkable global economic impact in recent years has developed from foreign investment and that the dominant vehicle for economic development has been the International Joint Venture (IJV) between Chinese manufacturers and overseas enterprises. Strict guidelines on FDI mean that foreign firms have been obliged to form relationships with Chinese organizations. The authors illustrate that as a direct result, the quality and nature of the relations, networks, and alliances forged is crucial for the success of Chinese businesses. A sophisticated empirical, theoretical, comparative and historical guide to understanding the nature of business networks in China is provided by this work. As such, it makes a distinct contribution to the furtherance of evidence-based management theory and practice and will strongly appeal to those with an interest in management, international business and Asian studies
    Description / Table of Contents: Business networks and strategic alliances in China / Stewart Clegg, Karen Wang, & Mike Berrell -- The nature of power, control, trust and risk in international joint ventures / Mike Berrell -- The role of culture in international business relations / Jan Selmer -- Social capital and knowledge transfer between subsidiaries of foreign MNCs and local organizations / Wilhelm Barner-Rasmussen & Ingmar Björkman -- The adoption of agency business activity, product innovation and performance in Chinese technology ventures / Haiyang Li & Kwaku Atuahene-Gima -- Tacit knowledge and inter-firm learning in China / Richard Li-Hua & Jian Peng -- Inter-firm relations in business groups / Lisa A. Keister -- Creating social capital as a competitive (dis)advantage / Heidi Dahles -- The contextual balance of social capital within hierarchical relations in China / Karen Wang -- Human capital, social capital and firm performance in Chinese SMEs / Stephen T.T. Teo & Karen Wang -- Business networks in China / Emanuela Todeva -- Guanxi and ethical business issues in China / Jos Gamble -- Performance in international joint ventures in China / John Child.
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    ISBN: 9781035305490
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxiii, 329 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The labour market and economic development of Taiwan
    DDC: 331.1095124/9
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    Keywords: 1967-2004 ; Arbeitsmarkt ; Arbeitsmarktpolitik ; Einkommensverteilung ; Privatwirtschaft ; Strukturelle Arbeitslosigkeit ; Regionaler Arbeitsmarkt ; Arbeitsmigranten ; Betriebliches Bildungsmanagement ; Arbeitslosenversicherung ; Öffentlicher Dienst ; Taiwan ; Labor market ; Taiwan Economic policy ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Taiwan ; Arbeitsmarktpolitik ; Wirtschaftslenkung ; Arbeitsmarkt ; Struktur
    Abstract: The debate on whether high standards of labour market legislation affect economic growth and the rate of employment is topical and important. The contributors to this book address three main issues: * how Taiwan's labour market was able to work so well prior to 1996, maintaining full employment for the last 40 years, regardless of the rapid change of industrial structure in the 1980s * what factors can be attributed to the rapid deterioration of Taiwan's labour market performance since 1996 * the measures adopted by the Taiwan government in tackling the recent high unemployment rate, how effective these policies are and what lessons scholars and public policy makers in other countries can learn from Taiwan's experience. An integrated labour market model (a revision of the Harris-Todaro dualistic labour market model) is presented which can be used to analyze labour market operation in other developing countries. The effectiveness of various policies adopted by the Taiwanese government in tackling high unemployment rates are examined and the findings shed light on public policies in other developing and newly industrialized countries. The Labour Market and Economic Development of Taiwan will appeal to scholars of Asian studies, public policy, economic development and labour economists
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Foreword -- Preface -- Part I: Employment development in a flexible labour -- Market -- 1. Labour market flexibility and employment: An overview / Joseph S. Lee -- 2. Taiwan's changing employment and earnings structure / Gary S. Fields -- 3. Education and Taiwan's changing employment and earnings structure / Gary S. Fields and Amanda Newton Kraus -- 4. Taiwan's private sector labour market prior to 1996 / Gary S. Fields -- Part II: Employment development in a regulated and -- Globalized labour market -- 5. Cyclical employment changes in Taiwanese industry / Christina Y. Liu, Wei-Chiao Huang and Chia-Wei Wang -- 6. Industrial change and structural unemployment in Taiwan / Chung-Chi Wu -- 7. The deterioration of employment: Regional unemployment dynamics / Feng-Fuh Jiang and Paul K.C. Liu -- 8. The role of foreign workers in Taiwan's economic development / Joseph S. Lee -- 9. Involuntary job turnover in Taiwan, 1996-2000 / Ji-Ping Lin -- Part III: Labour market policies in the new knowledge -- Economy -- 10. Employee training programmes and sustainable employability / Joseph S. Lee and Ping-Lung Hsin -- 11. Employment insurance and unemployment in Taiwan / Yang Shih -- 12. Evaluating Taiwan's public service employment programme / Chao-Yin Lin and Mei Hsu -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781847203014
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 344 p) , ill
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Available in another form
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Recent financial crises
    DDC: 338.542
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    Keywords: 1993-2004 ; Finanzkrise ; Währungskrise ; Internationaler Finanzmarkt ; Ostasien ; Financial crises 20th century ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Währungskrise
    Abstract: Comprising original and never-before-published papers by distinguished economists, this book offers insights about lessons that were or should have been learned from recent outbreaks of such crises in East Asia and elsewhere. Recent Financial Crises also presents a set of econometric studies of issues such as labor market behavior, investment and productivity, and exchange rate adjustments
    Abstract: pt. 1. Analysis of currency crises -- pt. 2. cures and reform -- pt. 3. Analytical issues pertaining to the recent crisis
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    ISBN: 9781781007488
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 182 p) , ill. (some col.)
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Economics and the future
    DDC: 658.15/52
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    Keywords: Entscheidungstheorie ; Intertemporale Entscheidung ; Einnahmen ; Kosten ; Diskontierung ; Nachhaltige Entwicklung ; Wirtschaftsmodell ; Entscheidung unter Risiko ; Cost effectiveness ; Decision making ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Entscheidungstheorie ; Zeitpräferenz ; Abzinsung ; Wirtschaftstheorie
    Abstract: Economics and the Future tackles the discounting issue from a number of angles, ranging from relatively short-term private financial decisions, to very long-term public issues spanning generations. The authors present differing perspectives and original ideas in a style that remains accessible while addressing some of the more difficult questions about discounting in theory and practice. It reveals that the economic issues regarding time are embedded in a broader social, ethical and philosophical context
    Abstract: 1. Time and discounting in economic decision making / David J. Pannell and Steven G.M. Schilizzi -- 2. Investigating net benefits from alternative uses of resources / Bill Malcolm -- 3. Avoiding simplistic assumptions in discounting cash flows for private decisions / David J. Pannell -- 4. Compounding and discounting under risk : net present values and real option values / Greg Hertzler -- 5. Risk, discounting and the public sector / John Quiggin -- 6. Reconsidering reconsidered : why sustainable discounting need not be inconsistent over time / John C.V. Pezzey -- 7. Discounting the distant future using short time horizons : investments with irreversible benefits / Steven G.M. Schilizzi -- 8. Discounting future prospects, and the quest for sustainability / Alan Randall -- 9. How should we discount the future? : an environmental perspective / Michael D. Young and Darla Hatton MacDonald -- 10. Discounting the future / Cédric Philibert -- 11. Discounting the distant future : why so many voices and so little consensus? / Steven G.M. Schilizzi -- 12. Time will tell : pending questions on discounting / Steven G.M. Schilizzi and David J. Pannell
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    ISBN: 9781781958520
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 393 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The East Asian high-tech drive
    DDC: 338/.064095
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    Keywords: Entwicklung ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Hochtechnologie ; Industrialisierung ; Ostasien ; Technological innovations Economic aspects ; Technological innovations Government policy ; High technology Economic aspects ; High technology industries ; Industries Technological innovations ; East Asia Economic policy ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Ostasien ; Technologie ; Innovation ; Spitzentechnologie
    Abstract: East Asia has been an area of high economic growth for several decades. The East Asian High-Tech Drive argues that to maintain the growth momentum, the more advanced East Asian economies need to pay particular attention to policies designed to upgrade their industrial capabilities. The authors argue that effectively functioning institutions, predictable commercial policies, investments in human capital and infrastructure, openness and macroeconomic stability are essential for growth and technological development. Regarding the two lower income economies in the sample, Indonesia is found to have the smallest improvement in the skill intensity of its exports, while the Philippines has registered the slowest economic growth. For both countries, industrial upgrading issues are not as imperative as achieving or regaining rapid, labour-intensive growth as both recently experienced major political instabilities. Yun-Peng Chu and Hal Hill have gathered together a strong and cohesive collection of papers written by country experts on the issue of high-tech industrialization in East Asia. They present case studies of Singapore, Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, the PRC and Indonesia. The book uses a new measure of the skill intensity of exports that, it is argued, deepens our understanding of industrialization trajectories in this important and dynamic region. There are also detailed examinations and assessments of government policies in each economy. The editors have prepared an overview chapter that summarizes and integrates the main results of cross-country comparisons in a coherent manner. Academics, scholars and researchers of economic development, industrial and technology studies and Asian studies will all find much to engage them within this book
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- 1. An overview of the issues / Hal Hill and Yun-Peng Chu -- 2. Three paths for high-technology catch-up: Singapore, Korea and Taiwan / Jang-Sup Shin and Yun-Peng Chu -- 3. High-tech industrialisation and local capability formation in south Korea / Jang-Sup Shin -- 4. The political economy of Taiwan's high-tech industrialisation: The 'developmental state' and its mutinous mutation / Yun-Peng Chu -- 5. Moving towards high-tech industrialisation: The case of Malaysia / Tham Siew-Yean and Haji Mat Zin Ragayah -- 6. High-tech industry development in the Philippines: At a dangerous crossroad? / Gwendolyn R. Tecson -- 7. Thailand as a high-tech industrial economy: An impossible dream? / Medhi Krongkaew, with Teeraya Krongkaew -- 8. Indonesian industrial policies: Before and after the crisis / Kelly Bird and Hal Hill / / Index.
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    ISBN: 9781781956366
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xx, 250 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Growth and cohesion in the European Union
    DDC: 337.1/42
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    Keywords: European Union ; European Union ; 1955-2005 ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; Geldpolitik ; Finanzpolitik ; Arbeitsmarktpolitik ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; EU-Staaten ; Europäischer Stabilitätsmechanismus ; Monetary policy ; Monetary policy European Union countries ; Macroeconomics ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Konferenzschrift ; Europäische Union Stabilitätspakt ; Fiskalpolitik ; Geldpolitik ; Europäische Union ; Arbeitsmarktpolitik ; Stabilität ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; Finanzpolitik ; Wirtschaftswachstum
    Abstract: This book is a critical review of current fiscal and monetary policy in Europe and presents results of both empirical research and a discussion of the theoretical framework behind the policy of the European Central Bank and the Stability and Growth Pact. Macroeconomic policy is often hotly debated within the EU. However, the majority of policy discussions have started from a shared view of how the economy works. This shared neo-classical view is also known as the 'Brussels-Frankfurt consensus'. According to that consensus, European labour markets are too rigid in comparison to the US labour market. Hence, the prevalent view is that the European unemployment problem can be solved by increasing incentives; improving the returns on schooling and redefining the role and the necessity of labour market institutions. In this volume the authors argue that it is not at all clear which institutions cause labour market rigidities and to what extent. They note that the problem of unemployment requires a much broader set of solutions, including active labour market policies, policies concerning schooling and the development of skills. Growth and Cohesion in the European Union also highlights that these microeconomic policies will not in themselves provide the solution to what is essentially a macroeconomic problem. First and foremost the role of aggregate demand in the determination of unemployment has to be placed at the forefront of the debate. The extensive discussion of a broad variety of topics in the field of macroeconomic policy will ensure this book finds a welcome readership amongst researchers and academics of European studies and macroeconomics. Policy advisors will also find much to engage them as the book provides a critical view on the Brussels-Frankfurt consensus, currently so dominant amongst European policymakers
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction -- Part I: Monetary policy, fiscal policy and the stability and growth pact -- 1. The brussels-frankfurt consensus: An answer to the wrong question / William Mitchell and Joan Muysken -- 2. Whither stability pact? An assessment of reform proposals / Paola Monperrus-Veroni and Francesco Saraceno -- 3. Alternatives for the policy framework of the euro / Philip Arestis and Malcolm Sawyer -- 4. What drives ecb monetary policy? / Clemens J.M. Kool -- 5. Interest rates, debt, counter-cyclical policy and monetary sovereignty / Jan Kregel -- Part II: Labour markets and labour market policies -- 6. Institutions and the labour market: Examining the benefits / Tom van Veen -- 7. Institutions and unemployment in oecd countries: A panel data analysis / Lucio Baccaro and Diego Rei -- 8. The institutional determinants of labour market performance: Comparing the anglo-saxon model and a European-style alternative / Henri de Groot, Richard Nahuis and Paul Tang -- 9. Enhancing productivity: Social protection as investment policy / Chris de Neubourg and Julie Castonguay -- 10. Labour market adjustments and macroeconomic performance / Anna Batyra and Henri Sneessens -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781781956779
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 260 pages) , illustrations, maps
    Series Statement: New horizons in environmental economics
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Choice modelling and the transfer of environmental values
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Choice modelling and the transfer of environmental values
    DDC: 333.33/2
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    Keywords: Umweltpolitik ; Umweltmanagement ; Umweltschutz ; Wasserversorgung ; Finanzmathematik ; Australien ; Finnland ; Neuseeland ; Großbritannien ; USA ; Environmental economics ; Environmental policy Costs ; Environmental policy Evaluation ; Environmental economics Mathematical models ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Umweltpolitik
    Abstract: Benefit transfer is the practice of estimating economic values at a target site by utilising the results of existing studies for different sites. It is commonly used to estimate values for changes in environmental conditions where time and cost factors constrain the direct application of non-market valuation techniques at the target site. The focus of this unique collection of case studies is the validity and accuracy of benefit transfer using choice modelling, rather than the traditional focus of transferring results from contingent valuation and travel cost models. The book includes a simple guide to using choice modelling results in a benefit transfer process, an overview of the theoretical issues involved, and a number of case studies from Australia, Finland, New Zealand, the UK and the US. The conclusion is that the benefit transfer process is not straightforward, but that use of the choice modelling technique allows for more 'automatic' adjustment of values by the factors that frame the case study of interest. This book will strongly appeal to a wide ranging readership, including academics, students and researchers involved in non-market valuation and benefit transfer research, policymakers requiring the use of benefit transfer in valuation studies, and consultants and researchers performing benefit transfer studies
    Description / Table of Contents: Choice modelling and the transfer of environmental values / Jeff Bennett -- A simple guide to choice modelling and benefit transfer / John Rolfe -- Theoretical issues in using choice modelling data for benefit transfer / John Rolfe -- Stated preference benefit transfer approaches for estimating passive use value of wild salmon / John Loomis -- Valuing New South Wales rivers for use in benefit transfer / Mark Morrison and Jeff Bennett -- Testing for benefit transfer over water quality benefits / Nick Hanley ... [et al.] -- Testing benefit transfer with water resources in central Queensland, Australia / John Rolfe, Adam Loch and Jeff Bennett -- Transferring mitigation values for small streams / Geoffrey N. Kerr and Basil M.H. Sharp -- Transferring the environmental values of wetlands / Stuart M. Whitten and Jeff Bennett -- Generalising environmental values / Martin van Bueren and Jeff Bennett -- Valuing aboriginal cultural heritage across different population groups / John Rolfe and Jill Windle -- The significance of policy instruments in benfit transfer / Paula Horne and Jeff Bennett.
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    ISBN: 9781781958315
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 211 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Lambertini, Luca The economics of vertically differentiated markets
    DDC: 338
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    Keywords: Marktstruktur ; Industriestruktur ; Produktdifferenzierung ; Produktqualität ; Monopol ; Duopol ; Wirtschaftsmodell ; Industrial organization ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Marktstruktur ; Vertikale Produktdifferenzierung ; Gleichgewichtsmodell ; Spieltheorie ; Industrieökonomie
    Abstract: This original new book offers a comprehensive and engaging perspective on the theory of vertical differentiation. It enables the reader to grasp the key concepts and effects that product quality has both on firms' behaviour and market structure, and the ways in which this relationship has evolved. With contributions from prominent figures in the field, the book investigates a number of important topics, such as the choice of the optimal product range, profit sharing, the existence of equilibrium in duopoly games, positional effects attached to status goods, international trade, collusion, advertising and the dynamics of capital accumulation for quality improvement and product innovation. Using both static and dynamic approaches, these aspects are assessed in relation to the manifold issues of regulation, competition policy and trade policy. Product differentiation and its influence on consumer behaviour and the performance of firms is a core topic in the existing literature in the fields of industrial organization, international trade and economic growth. This book will be an essential read for researchers, students and professional scholars working in these areas, especially those with an interest in antitrust regulation
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- Part I: -- Statics -- 1. Does monopoly undersupply product quality? / Luca Lambertini -- 2. Multiproduct monopoly with positional externalities / Luca Lambertini and Raimondello Orsini -- 3. Labour-managed multiproduct monopoly / Chiara Celada and Luca Lambertini -- 4. Endogenous timing in a vertically differentiated duopoly / Luca Lambertini -- 5. Existence of equilibrium in a vertically differentiated duopoly / Giulio Ecchia and Luca Lambertini -- 6. Mqs regulation and predatory behaviour / Luca Lambertini and Carlo Scarpa -- 7. Intraindustry trade and the choice of technology / Luca Lambertini and Gianpaolo Rossini -- Part II: -- Dynamics -- 8. Rjvs for product innovation and cartel stability / Cristina Iori and Luca Lambertini -- 9. Product innovation with sequential entry / Giorgia Bertuzzi and Luca Lambertini -- 10. A differential game with quality improvement / Luca Lambertini -- 11. A differential game of advertising under vertical differentiation / Luca Colombo and Luca Lambertini -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781781958674
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxvi, 267 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Monetary and exchange rate systems
    DDC: 332.4/5
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    Keywords: 1982-2005 ; Zentralbank ; Geldpolitik ; Preisstabilität ; Wechselkurssystem ; Internationaler Finanzmarkt ; Finanzmarktregulierung ; Wirtschaftslage ; Welt ; Finanzkrise ; Financial crises ; Foreign exchange rates ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Währungskrise ; Wechselkurs
    Abstract: Combining critical perspectives with a positive contribution to economic policy, both national and international, this book considers the causes and consequences of recent financial crises presenting cutting-edge material. The editors bring together a number of well-known scholars to offer their views and elaborate on alternative solutions with respect to the Washington Consensus on how to restructure the monetary and financial system in order to avoid financial crises in the future. The book deals with a number of issues, such as the Asian financial crises of the 1990s, exchange rate arrangements, financial liberalization and capital controls. The contributors take a critical approach, providing the elements for a new analysis of monetary and exchange rate issues in the modern world. Monetary and Exchange Rate Systems will be extremely useful for researchers and policymakers interested in monetary macroeconomics and in the international financial system
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction / Louis-Philippe Rochon and Sergio Rossi -- Part I: Financial liberalization and financial crises -- 1. International financial instability in a world of currencies hierarchy / Andrea Terzi -- 2. Dollarization and the hegemonic status of the us dollar / Jean-François Ponsot -- 3. Reform and structural change in Latin America: Financial systems and instability / Eugenia Correa and Gregorio Vidal -- 4. East Asian monetary and financial cooperation: The long road ahead / Kok-Fay Chin -- 5. Does financial liberalization affect the distribution of income between wages and profits? / Domenica Tropeano -- 6. Crisis avoidance: The post-washington consensus agenda / Louis-Philippe Rochon -- Part II: From financial instability to macroeconomic performance / 7. Reforming the International Payment System: An Assessment / Claude Gnos -- 8. Is there a role for capital controls? / Philip Arestis, Jesús Ferreiro and Carmen Gómez -- 9. Liberalization or regulating international capital flows? / Paul Davidson -- 10. Cross-border transactions and exchange rate stability / Sergio Rossi -- 11. To fix or to float: Theoretical and pragmatic considerations / L. Randall Wray -- 12. Exchange rate arrangements and EU enlargement / Jesper Jespersen -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781035304820
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxv, 727 pages)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The Elgar companion to Alfred Marshall
    DDC: 330.15/7092
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    Keywords: Marshall, Alfred ; Marshall, Alfred ; Marshall Alfred ; 1842-1924 ; Wirtschaftswissenschaft ; Ökonomische Ideengeschichte ; Neoklassische Theorie ; Partielles Gleichgewicht ; Werttheorie ; Verteilungstheorie ; Industrieökonomik ; Geldtheorie ; Sozialpolitik ; Evolutionary economics ; Neoclassical school of economics ; Neoclassical school of economics ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Marshall, Alfred 1842-1924 ; Wirtschaftswissenschaften ; Rezeption
    Abstract: In light of the recent and ongoing surge of interest in Alfred Marshall's work, this new and original reference volume fills a gap in the literature through a detailed examination of his thought and of his contributions to economics and social science. The Companion places Alfred Marshall's ideas in their historical context, highlighting the many streams of social research originating from them. The contributors form a remarkable cast of leading experts, covering a spectrum of Marshallian themes and issues, including: * his life and work * background and influences * scope and methodology of economics * economic analysis - including distribution theory, industrial economics and money * social and political issues * relations with his contemporaries * the Marshallian tradition * relevance to contemporary economics. This comprehensive and multidisciplinary Companion illustrates the relevance of Marshall to present-day economic reality and as such will prove an invaluable reference tool for general economists and a wide ranging audience: historians of economic thought; economic, political and cultural historians; industrial, regional and development economists; economists interested in institutional, cognitive and evolutionary economics
    Description / Table of Contents: Life and work -- Background and influences -- Scope and method -- Economic analysis -- Social and political issues -- Marshall and his contemporaries -- Marshall's legacy -- Marshall and present-day economics.
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    ISBN: 9781035305254
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 461 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Rugman, Alan M., 1945 - 2014 Analysis of multinational strategic management
    DDC: 658/.049
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    Keywords: Multinationales Unternehmen ; Strategisches Management ; Betriebliche Standortwahl ; Umweltrecht ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; Welt ; International business enterprises Management ; Strategic planning ; International business enterprises Management ; Strategic planning ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Multinationales Unternehmen ; Strategisches Management
    Abstract: Characterized by new analytical insights and methods in the field of international business, this collection of articles by Alan Rugman and Alain Verbeke celebrates their long and productive work together on issues facing top managers of multinational enterprises. Fueled by their belief in the need for better theory in multinational strategic management, the authors have explored a number of different facets in this increasingly important realm. They have organized the work into five sections: the foundations of a new theory of multinational strategic management, a radically new examination of multinational strategic management, national competitiveness, the relatively under-researched but increasingly important issue of environmental strategies of multinational enterprises, and the interactions between multinational strategic management and public policy. This outstanding collection, inspired by the occasion of Alan Rugman's 60th birthday, will be of great interest to scholars and practitioners of international business and management, as well as to economists and lawyers
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction -- Part I: The theory of multinational strategic management -- Part II: New analysis of multinational strategic management -- Part III: Location and multinational strategic management -- Part IV: Environmental regulations and multinational strategic management -- Part V: Public policy and multinational strategic management -- Index.
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 343 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Capital flight and capital controls in developing countries
    DDC: 332/.0424/091724
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    Keywords: Kapitalflucht ; Kapitalverkehrskontrolle ; Entwicklungsländer ; Schwellenländer ; Südafrika ; Türkei ; Thailand ; Brasilien ; Mittlerer Osten ; China ; Capital movements ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Entwicklungsländer ; Kapitalflucht ; Kapitalverkehrskontrolle
    Abstract: Capital flight - the unrecorded export of capital from developing countries - often represents a significant cost for developing countries. It also poses a puzzle for standard economic theory, which would predict that poorer countries be importers of capital due to its scarcity. This situation is often reversed, however, with capital fleeing poorer countries for wealthier, capital-abundant locales. Using a common methodology for a set of case studies on the size, causes and consequences of capital flight in developing countries, the contributors address the extent of capital flight, its effects, and what can be done to reverse it. Case studies of Brazil, China, Chile, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey and the Middle East provide rich descriptions of the capital flight phenomena in a variety of contexts. The volume includes a detailed description of capital flight estimation methods, a chapter surveying the impact of financial liberalization, and several chapters on controls designed to solve the capital flight problem. The first book devoted to the careful calculation of capital flight and its historical and policy context, this volume will be of great interest to students and scholars in the areas of international finance and economic development
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- Part I: Setting the stage -- 1. Introduction -- / gerald epstein -- 2. Capital account liberalization, growth and the labor share of income: Reviewing and extending the cross-country evidence -- / kang-kook lee and arjun jayadev -- 3. Capital flight: Meanings and measures -- / edsel l. Beja, jr. -- Part II: Capital flight: case studies -- 4. Capital flight from South Africa, 1980-2000 -- / seeraj mohammed and kade finnoff -- 5. The determinants of capital flight in Turkey, 1971-2000 -- / anil duman, hakki c. Erkin and fatma gül unal -- 6. Capital flight from Thailand, 1980-2000 -- / edsel l. Beja, jr., pokpong junvith and jared ragusett -- 7. A class analysis of capital flight from Chile, 1971-2001 / Burak Bener and Mathieu Dufour -- 8. Capital flight from Brazil, 1981-2000 -- / deger eryar -- 9. A development comparative approach to capital flight: The case of the middle east and north Africa, 1970-2002 -- / abdullah almounsor -- 10. Capital flight from China, 1982-2001 -- / andong zhu, chunxiang li and gerald epstein -- Part III: Policy issues -- 11. Regulating capital flight -- / eric helleiner -- 12. Capital management techniques in developing countries -- / gerald epstein, ilene grabel and sundaram kwame jomo -- 13. Africa's debt: Who owes whom? -- / james k. Boyce and léonce ndikumana -- Index.
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 200 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Human capital over the life cycle
    DDC: 331.12/5/094
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    Keywords: Humankapital ; Bildungsinvestition ; Schule ; Berufsbildung ; Europa ; Soziale Ungleichheit ; Human capital ; Labor demand ; Occupational training ; Human capital ; Electronic books ; Bibliografie ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Humankapital ; Arbeitsmarkt ; Erziehung ; Ausbildung ; Ungleichheit ; Arbeitsmarkt ; Europa ; Humankapital ; Berufsausbildung ; Arbeitsmarkt
    Abstract: Human Capital Over the Life Cycle synthesises comparative research on the processes of human capital formation in the areas of education and training in Europe, in relation to the labour market. The book proposes that one of the most important challenges faced by Europe today is to understand the link between education and training on the one hand and economic and social inequality on the other. The authors focus the analysis on three main aspects of the links between education and social inequality: educational inequality, differences in access to labour markets and differences in lifelong earnings and training
    Abstract: pt. 1. Schooling systems -- pt. 2. Transitions from school to work -- pt. 3. Human capital and the work career
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    ISBN: 9781843769781
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 323 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Information technology policy and the digital divide
    DDC: 338.9/26/091724
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    Keywords: Informationstechnik ; Internet ; Electronic Commerce ; Technologiepolitik ; Politik ; Welt ; Schwellenländer ; IKT-Sektor ; Digitale Spaltung ; Information technology Government policy ; Information technology Government policy ; Electronic books ; Bibliografie ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Entwicklungsländer ; Informationstechnik ; Technologiepolitik ; Entwicklungsländer ; Informationstechnik
    Abstract: The proliferation of new information technologies throughout the world has raised some important questions for policymakers as to how developing countries can benefit from their diffusion. This important volume compares the advantages and disadvantages of the IT revolution through detailed studies of a variety of developed and developing nations and regions: Argentina, Estonia, the EU, India, Japan, Korea, Mexico, South Africa, Thailand and the USA
    Abstract: pt. 1. Country/area studies -- pt. 2. Challenging issues
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    ISBN: 9781035305216
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxxvi, 377 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Financial intermediation in the new Europe
    DDC: 332.1/78
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    Keywords: Finanzintermediation ; Bank ; Internationale Bank ; Bankenregulierung ; EU-Mitgliedschaft ; EU-Staaten ; Banks and banking ; Intermediation (Finance) ; Monetary policy ; Europe Economic integration ; Bibliografie ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Europäische Union ; Erweiterung ; Osteuropa ; Kapitalmarkt
    Abstract: What role will the current evolution of banking systems play in the newly adopted EU countries during the historic challenges following enlargement? This book, a blend of economics and political economy, offers a systematic analysis of the current trends in financial intermediation in the countries of the newly enlarged Europe, with particular focus on those policies taken by foreign banks on the one hand, and by regulatory and supervisory authorities on the other. The authors argue that their research has led to one conclusion; in order to enter the EU, the accession countries needed to increase the efficiency of their economic systems rapidly through liberalization and privatization. The book assesses whether the presence of foreign banks will contribute to long term economic growth and financial stability, and how the architecture of banking regulations and supervision should be designed. As a multidisciplinary work, though principally economics, the book will appeal to scholars and academics of politics and law. It also has particular relevance for regulators and supervisory institutions, as well as professionals including bankers, financial operators and also legal compliance officers
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Foreword -- Introduction -- Part I: Intermediation, firms and financial markets -- 1. Banking industry in central and eastern Europe: The unexpected leader in the transition and integration with the EU -- 2. Deepening financial intermediation in the new Europe: The role of banks -- 3. Financial structures and private sector development in the new Europe -- 4. Financial risk in accession countries -- Part II: Foreign banks -- 5. Who needs foreign banks? -- 6. New Europe banking: The role of international players -- 7. Financial intermediation in accession countries: The role of foreign banks -- 8. Foreign banks and financial stability in the new Europe -- 9. Eastern passages for Italy's banks and industrial districts: Are the two related or independent? -- Part III: Regulation, supervision and monetary policy -- 10. Financial regulation in the new Europe -- 11. Single authority in financial markets supervision: Lessons for EU enlargement -- 12. Deposit insurance in the new Europe -- 13. Interest rate pass-through in EU acceding countries: The case of the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781781958216
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (448 pages)
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Corporate governance in Russia
    DDC: 338.6/0947
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    Keywords: Corporate Governance ; Russland ; Corporate governance ; Fallstudiensammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Bibliografie ; Russland ; Corporate Governance ; Russland ; Corporate Governance
    Abstract: Given the past decade of abuse of shareholder rights, corporate governance is essential for Russia's future. In this comprehensive volume, an international group of contributors - academics, corporate executives, government officials, policymakers, specialists from nongovernmental organizations, and legal experts - examine the crucial role of corporate governance as well as the external institutions and forces that affect it. Offering coverage from numerous perspectives, the contributors explore external and institutional influences on corporate governance, its workings within corporations, and the relationships between boards of directors, managers, shareholders, and the government. Case studies of three major companies illustrate the challenges and opportunities involved in creating sound practices. The concluding section provides a summary of the current situation and discusses implications for the future of Russia's corporate governance. A valuable source of information, Corporate Governance in Russia is a must-read for business people, government officials, academic researchers, students, and all those interested in Russia and what the future holds
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Part I. The political, economic, and cultural context of corporate governance -- 1. The emergence of corporate governance in Russia / Sheila M. Puffer and Daniel J. McCarthy -- 2. Corporate Governance in Russia: A Framework for Analysis / Daniel J. McCarthy and Sheila M. Puffer -- 3. View From the Duma: An Interview with Sergey Generalov / Sergey Generalov and Stanislav V. Shekshnia -- 4. Troika Dialog's Ruben Vardanian on Corporate Governance and Attracting Investment / Sheila M. Puffer, Stanislav V. Shekshnia and Daniel J. McCarthy -- 5. Changes and Challenges in Regulating Corporate Governance / Igor V. Kostikov and Igor V. Belikov -- 6. Corporate Governance in a Cultural Context / Anatoly V. Zhuplev and Vladimir Shein -- Part II. Implementing corporate governance in Russian corporations -- 7. Corporate governance and business education / Abel G. Aganbegyan -- 8. A Strategic Approach to Improving Corporate Governance / Ruth C. May -- 9. The Role of Nongovernmental Organizations in Developing Corporate Governance Practices / James Gillies, Rein Peterson and Alina Pekarsky -- 10. Private Enterprise Owners and Corporate Governance / Andrey Mikhaylenko -- 11. Roles, Responsibilities, and Independence of Boards of Directors / Stanislav V. Shekshnia -- 12. Challenges of Implementing Transparency and International Accounting Standards / Alexey Zheltov -- 13. The Impact of Information Technologies on Corporate Governance / Nikolai Ermochkine -- 14. Privatization: Buy-outs, Corporate Governance Abuses, and Challenges / Mike Wright, Trevor Buck and Igor Filatotchev -- Part III. Company cases -- 15. VimpelCom: From Start-up to the New York Stock Exchange / Stanislav V. Shekshnia and Augie K. Fabela II -- 16. Ilim Pulp Battles a Hostile Takeover / Daniel J. McCarthy and Sheila M. Puffer -- 17. Yukos and Mikhail Khodorkovsky: An Unfolding Drama / Bruce W. Bean -- Part IV. The future of corporate governance in Russia -- 18. Russia's Corporate Governance Scorecard in the Enron Era / Daniel J. McCarthy and Sheila M. Puffer -- 19. Corporate Governance: Is There a Village Behind the Facade? / Richard N. Dean -- 20. Corporate Governance in Russia: Towards a European, US, or Russian Model? / Daniel J. McCarthy and Sheila M. Puffer -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781782543237
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xx, 278 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Competition and corporate governance in Korea
    DDC: 338.095195
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    Keywords: Konglomerat ; Corporate Governance ; Wettbewerbspolitik ; Regulierung ; Südkorea ; Corporations Finance ; Corporate governance ; Corporations Government policy ; Competition ; Bibliografie ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Südkorea ; Konzern ; Wirtschaftsreform ; Mischkonzern ; Corporate Governance ; Geschichte 1997-2004 ; Südkorea ; Konzern ; Wirtschaftsreform ; Wettbewerbsfähigkeit ; Corporate Governance
    Abstract: The business environment of the chaebol (large corporations in Korea) has changed drastically since the outbreak of the 1997 Asian financial crisis. This book discusses the attempts of the Korean government to remedy structural weaknesses in the corporate sector by launching an aggressive chaebol reform package, supported by the IMF and other international agencies. Its main objective was to restore competitiveness in the corporate sector and to upgrade business conditions to that of international practices and standards. Competition and Corporate Governance in Korea critically reviews government policy towards the chaebol and provides a comprehensive investigation of the relationship between corporate governance and economic performance as well as the interaction of economic institutions with the chaebols' incentive structure and management behaviour. Policy implications based on objective and rigorous empirical analyses of data on the chaebol are also discussed. Notwithstanding the fact that the chaebol have already undergone considerable governance, capital, and business portfolio restructuring, this volume suggests a road map for further restructuring, and the creation of a new incentive structure to help strengthen chaebol competitiveness. This richly informative book will appeal to academics and researchers of industrial organization, economics and corporate reform as well as those involved in Asian studies
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction -- Part I: Government and chaebols: Institutional perspectives -- 1. The chaebol, corporate policy and korea's development paradigm -- 2. An alternative perspective on government policy towards the chaebol in korea: Industrial policy, financial regulations and political democracy -- Part II: Corporate governance and chaebol reform -- 3. Corporate governance and chaebol reform in korea -- 4. The monitoring role of financial institutions in the korean corporate sector -- 5. Restructuring and corporate governance of the korean chaebol -- Part III: Chaebol restructuring policy and its evaluation -- 6. Chaebol restructuring revisited: A coasian perspective -- 7. Government-led restructuring of firms' excess capacity and its limits: Korean 'big deal' case -- Part IV: Chaebol business structure and survival strategies -- 8. The evolution and restructuring of diversified business groups in emerging markets: The lessons from chaebols in korea -- 9. Portfolio restructuring based on strategic relatedness between businesses: A suggestion for the chaebol -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781035304981
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxx, 141 pages)
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Vickrey, William S., 1914 - 1996 Full employment and price stability
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    Keywords: Vollbeschäftigung ; Preisstabilität ; Makroökonomik ; Employment (Economic theory) ; Full employment policies ; Price regulation ; Macroeconomics ; Bibliografie ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Makroökonomie ; Vollbeschäftigung ; Preisstabilität
    Abstract: Collecting Nobel Laureate William S. Vickrey's articles on macroeconomic theory and policy written towards the end of his career, this volume demonstrates his enduring commitment to full employment and price stability, and his rejection of conventional macroeconomic theorizing. William Vickrey never lost hope that sensible macroeconomic policy could be understood and implemented, a faith inspired by his humanistic vision of a better world for all and his belief that common sense would ultimately prevail. Advocating sensible economic policies, this collection will offer much of value to heterodox and orthodox economists, graduate economics students and also policymakers
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface by David Colander -- Introduction -- 1. Budget-smudget: Why balance what, how and when? -- 2. The need for a direct anti-inflation program -- 3. Design of a market anti-inflation program -- 4. Meaningfully defining deficits and debt -- 5. Chock-full employment without increased inflation: A proposal for marketable markup warrants -- 6. An updated agenda for progressive taxation -- 7. Today's task for economists -- 8. My innovative failures in economics -- 9. The other side of the coin -- 10. Necessary and optimum government debt -- 11. Why not chock-full employment? -- 12. A trans-Keynesian manifesto -- 13. Fifteen fatal fallacies of financial fundamentalism: A disquisition on demand side economics -- 14. We need a bigger 'deficit' -- epilogue by James K. Galbraith -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781781959602
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 352 pages) , illustrations, maps
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Entrepreneurship and regional economic development
    DDC: 338/.04
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    Keywords: Entrepreneurship ; Regionalentwicklung ; Regionalökonomik ; Standortwahl ; Entrepreneurship ; Regional planning ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Unternehmer ; Regionalentwicklung ; Raumwirtschaftstheorie ; Standortplanung
    Abstract: In a shrinking and increasingly globalised world, it is vital for any entrepreneur to carefully select the location at which production or other economic activities will occur. This book provides a theoretical and empirical analysis of entrepreneurial behaviour in a spatial context, and links it to important new fields in economics such as endogenous growth theory, the new economic geography and evolutionary theory. Although most of the literature to date has failed to study the geographic element of entrepreneurship, this book redresses the balance by examining the spatial variation in entrepreneurial activity and the implications of this for regional policy. The authors provide an in-depth analysis of the role of the entrepreneur in fostering economic development, document the most important recent theoretical and empirical developments, and explain the reasons why some regions grow whereas others stagnate. They also present a number of empirical analyses including case studies from the manufacturing and ICT sectors, as well as an examination of the role of university-based knowledge transfer and entrepreneurial behaviour. Throughout the book, the role of knowledge, knowledge transmission and knowledge spillovers are considered as they relate to entrepreneurial activity and location decisions. This book presents many important new findings on the relationship between entrepreneurship, agglomeration and economic growth. It will make a substantial addition to the literature and will be essential reading for regional economists, geographers, business and management analysts, and development practitioners and policymakers
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- 1. Introduction -- Part I: Entrepreneurship and economic development -- 2. Firm behaviour and organisation from an evolutionary perspective -- 3. The roles of entrepreneurship in economic growth: Toward a theory of total factor productivity -- 4. Technocapitalism and the new ecology of entrepreneurship -- Part II: Spatial variation in drivers of economic development -- 5. Spatial variation in social capital among uk small and medium-sized enterprises -- 6. The institutionalization and endogenization of venture capital: A regional analysis of northern virginia in the 1990s -- 7. Human capital and regional socio-economic performance: Differential patterns across australia's cities and towns -- Part III: Empirical case studies -- 8. A knowledge-based view on innovation in regional networks: The case of the kic project -- 9. The role of collective learning in ict adoption and use -- 10. Industrial clusters and regional development: A transactions-costs perspective on the semiconductor industry -- 11. Academic knowledge and fostering entrepreneurship: An evolutionary perspective -- Part IV: Theoretical approaches -- 12. Location of engineering and designer services in the information economy -- 13. Firm dynamics and self-organised criticality -- 14. Knowledge, capital formation and innovation behaviour in a spatial context -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781781958698
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (320 pages)
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Central banking in the modern world
    DDC: 332.11
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    Abstract: Monetarism is dead! Central bankers are all Wicksellians now! They target low inflation rates, with no regard to monetary aggregates whatsoever, by acting upon short-term real rates of interest. This is the New Consensus in monetary economics, or simply the New Keynesian Synthesis. Yet, this synthesis still hinges on variants of the long-run vertical Phillips curve originally proposed by Milton Friedman, the father of old-line monetarism. Contributors to the volume question this New Consensus. While they agree that the money supply should be conceived as endogenous, they carefully examine the procedures pursued by central banks, the monetary policy transmission mechanisms suggested by central bankers themselves, and the assumptions imbedded in the New Consensus. They propose alternative analyses that clearly demonstrate the limits of modern central banking and point to the possible instability of monetary economies. Heterodox and orthodox monetary macroeconomists alike will find this illuminating book of great interest
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction -- Part I: The new consensus -- 1. The new consensus on monetary policy seen from a post-Keynesian perspective -- 2. Central banking, stability and macroeconomic outcomes: A comparison of new consensus and post-Keynesian monetary macroeconomics -- 3. Interest rate operating procedures and income distribution -- 4. Monetary policy when money is endogenous: Going beyond the 'new consensus' -- Part II: Transmission mechanisms -- 5. Monetary dialogue and dogma at the bank of Canada: Inside -- 6. Interest rate policy at the bank of Canada: Setting the agenda -- 7. Modern central banks only have real effects -- 8. Central banking in the monetary circuit -- 9. Long-term interest rates, liquidity preference, and the limits of central banking -- 10. The role of monetary policy in post-Keynesian stock-flow consistent macroeconomic growth models -- Part III: Historical perspectives -- 11. The effectiveness of monetary policy in open economy macroeconomics: Dornbusch versus tobin -- 12. Minsky and tobin on the instability of a monetary economy -- 13. Considerations on allan h. Meltzer's history of the federal reserve -- 14. Central banking in early industrialization -- Index.
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 419 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Oates, Wallace E., 1937 - 2015 Environmental policy and fiscal federalism
    DDC: 333.7/0973
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    Keywords: Umweltpolitik ; Finanzbeziehungen ; Gemeindefinanzen ; USA ; Environmental policy Economic aspects ; Intergovernmental fiscal relations ; Environmental policy Economic aspects ; Intergovernmental fiscal relations ; Local finance ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Bibliografie ; Föderalismus ; Fiskalpolitik ; Umweltpolitik ; Umweltpolitik ; Steuerpolitik
    Abstract: Wallace Oates is one of the most important scholars in both environmental economics and public finance and this new volume of his essays brings together his recent research in both these areas, covering theory, research and policy. The first half of the book includes papers on the political economy of environmental policy, the analysis of environmental regulation and environmental federalism. The second half deals with fiscal and regulatory competition, state and local government finance and fiscal federalism. This new collection will be essential reading for scholars and students in both environmental economics and public finance
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Part I: The political economy of environmental policy -- Part II: The analysis of environmental regulation -- Part III: Environmental federalism -- Part IV: Fiscal and regulatory competition -- Part V: State and local government finance -- Part VI: Fiscal federalism -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781781958667
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (224 pages)
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Modelling in ecological economics
    DDC: 333.7/01/1
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    Keywords: Umweltökonomik ; Wissenschaftliche Methode ; Mathematik ; Theorie ; Ökonometrisches Modell ; Environmental economics Methodology ; Environmental economics Econometric models ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Umweltökonomie ; Ökonometrisches Modell
    Abstract: This book focuses on modelling in ecological economics and offers a comprehensive overview of current and emerging methods of applying mathematical, computational and conceptual methods to environmental issues. Following a detailed introduction, the authors investigate various modelling techniques including: * evolutionary modelling * input-output modelling * neo-Austrian modelling * entropy in ecological economics * thermodynamic models * multi-criteria evaluation * agent-based modelling * the environmental Kuznets curve. In each of the specially commissioned chapters, the expert authors have tried to limit the level of complexity to create a unique and accessible resource. As such, this book should have a wide appeal amongst scholars, researchers and students with an interest in modelling techniques and their use in ecological and environmental economics
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- 1. An Introduction to modelling in ecological economics -- 2. Evolutionary models -- 3. Input-output models -- 4. Neo-austrian models -- 5. Entropy in ecological economics -- 6. Thermodynamic models -- 7. Multi-criteria evaluation -- 8. Agent-based models -- 9. The environmental kuznets curve -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781035305049
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 296 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Developing an annuity market in Europe
    DDC: 368.3/7/0094
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    Keywords: Altersvorsorge ; Pensionskasse ; Lebensversicherung ; Finanzmarkt ; Soziale Sicherheit ; Europa ; Annuities ; Pensions ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Konferenzschrift ; Europa ; Rentenfinanzierung ; Rentenmarkt ; Private Altersversorgung
    Abstract: On the premise that pension provision in Europe will dramatically change over the next few decades, this book concentrates on the funded component of pension wealth, and specifically on annuities - financial products that, on the basis of actuarial equivalence, allow the conversion of wealth into a lifelong stream of income. Developing an Annuity Market in Europe provides an analysis of how longevity and return risks are dealt with, besides considering key features from both household and insurance company perspectives. It takes account of the fact that annuity markets are expected to attract much interest in future years given the prospective cuts in public pension expenditure. In order to fill the gap between shrinking pensions and desired retirement consumption, the authors argue, annuities must be well regulated and supplied with financially attractive products. These conditions hardly exist today: thin markets and scant interest prevail, information is incomplete and imperfect, products show significant disparities. The contributors to this book explore the causes of present malfunctioning and examine the changes that may give annuities a new and vital function, which, along with greater competition and greater regulation may significantly alter the present scene of pension finance. Finally, the book offers an overview of regulatory issues including transparency, prudential provisions, appropriate levels of guarantees, and administrative costs. This important and timely book will be invaluable to anyone interested in annuities, from practitioners through to students, researchers and academics concerned in financial or public economics
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Annuities for an aging world -- 3. Issues in the regulation of annuities markets -- 4. Annuity risk: Volatility and inflation exposure in payments from immediate life annuities -- 5. Pension annuitization and social security claiming -- 6. Longevity risk in living benefits -- 7. Guaranteed annuity conversion options and their valuation -- 8. The behavior of UK annuity prices from 1972 to 2002 -- 9. Private annuities and public pensions in Germany -- 10. Mandated annuities in Switzerland -- 11. The market for annuities in Italy: Reality or chimera? -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781035304752
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 362 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Cooperation, networks and institutions in regional innovation systems
    DDC: 338.8/7
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    Keywords: Innovation ; Regionalökonomik ; Regionales Cluster ; Unternehmensnetzwerk ; Industrieforschung ; Regionalpolitik ; Wissenstransfer ; Theorie ; Welt ; Technological innovations Economic aspects ; Regional planning ; Regional economics ; Technology and state ; Research, Industrial ; Industrial promotion ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Unternehmenskooperation ; Innovationsförderung ; Netzwerk ; Regionalwirtschaft ; Kongress ; Technische Innovation ; Regionale Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Innovation ; Kooperation
    Abstract: This book addresses the role of cooperation, networks and institutions in the context of regional innovation systems. It emphasises the importance of these factors in the emergence of local innovation systems, using detailed examples of clusters which have reached different stages of maturity. The authors address the topic from an empirical, theoretical and political perspective, and highlight the local mechanisms which are involved in the development of innovation systems. They offer a comprehensive overview of different approaches in the field and present numerous case studies which stress the influence of networks and local institutions. Significantly, they also introduce several new approaches to regional innovation systems, including contributions which explicitly discuss the design and potential of policy measures to promote regional development. The policy recommendations are based on sound theorising which, in turn, is based on extensive empirical research. This book is a valuable addition to a complex and growing literature which offers new perspectives and insights on cooperation, networks and institutions, and their role in the development of local systems of innovation. The combination of empirical, theoretical and policy-oriented approaches will ensure this book is essential reading for academics and policymakers in the fields of regional economics, innovation research and economic geography
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. Introduction: Towards a political perspective and unifying concept -- Part I. Theoretical approaches -- 2. Local culture and regional innovation networks: Some propositions -- 3. Entrepreneurial activities in a regional context -- 4. The role of trust and power in the institutional regulation of territorial business systems -- 5. Cognitive coordination, institutions and clusters: An exploratory discussion -- 6. Problems and solutions in knowledge transfer -- 7. learning pathologies in losing areas: towards a definition of the cognitive obstacles to local development -- 8. On the unit of analysis in the study of networks -- Part ii. Case studies -- 9. Is Nanjing's concentration of it companies an innovative cluster? -- 10. TV content production in media regions: the necessities and difficulties of public policy support for a project-based industry -- 11. How many networks in a local cluster? Textile machine production and innovation in Brescia -- 12. 'Lock-in' of regional clusters: the case of offshore engineering -- Part III. Policy implications -- 13. Entrepreneurship stimulation in regional innovation systems - public promotion of university-based start-ups in Germany -- 14. Cooperation and knowledge-pooling in clusters: Designing territorial competitiveness policies -- 15. policy measures to support the emergence of localised industrial clusters -- Index.
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    Keywords: Evolutionsökonomik ; Theorie ; Evolutionary economics ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Evolutorische Wirtschaft
    Abstract: Change manifests itself in all facets of the economy. This important collection of previously published essays illustrates how the evolutionary approach can reveal not only where change comes from, and how it happens, but also where it will lead. The Evolving Economy covers a broad spectrum of issues ranging from the biological foundations of economic behavior to the co-evolution of firms, markets, and institutions. Ulrich Witt's individualistic approach synthesizes elements familiar from the writings of Veblen and Schumpeter on economic evolution. A conceptual debate on what the notion of evolution means in the economic context is as much emphasized as is the discussion of concrete hypotheses explaining why and how evolutionary economic change comes about. Offering an outline of a paradigm focusing on endogenous economic change, this book will be of great interest to economists and economic historians. Sociologists, philosophers and anthropologists will also find this work invaluable as it presents an encompassing assessment of the role of Darwinian thought for understanding human behavior and societal evolution
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- Part I: Introduction -- 1. Evolutionary economics and the extension of evolution to the economy -- -- Part II: Evolutionary concepts and methodology -- 2. Emergence and dissemination of innovation: Some principles of evolutionary economics -- 3. Evolutionary concepts in economics -- 4. Coordination of individual economic activities as an evolving process of self-organization -- 5. Firms' market behavior under imperfect information and economic natural selection -- 6. "lock-in" vs. "critical masses" - industrial change under network externalities -- -- Part III: The darwinian perspective and the continuity hypothesis -- 7. Bioeconomics as economics from a darwinian perspective -- 8. Economics, sociobiology, and behavioral psychology on pReferences -- 9. Economic behavior and biological evolution: Some remarks on the sociobiology debate -- 10. Self-organization and economics - what is new? -- -- Part IV: Evolution in the context of new institutional economics and public choice -- 11. The evolution of economic institutions as a propagation process -- 12. The endogenous public choice theorist -- 13. Multiple equilibria, critical masses, and institutional change. The coup d'état problem -- 14. Evolution and stability of cooperation without enforceable contracts -- 15. Between appeasement and belligerent moralism: The evolution of moral conduct in international politics -- 16. Innovations, externalities and the problem of economic progress -- -- Part V: The evolutionary approach and the austrian school of economics -- 17. Subjectivism in economics - a suggested reorientation -- 18. Endogenous change - causes and contingencies -- 19. Turning austrian economics into an evolutionary theory -- 20. Do entrepreneurs need firms? A contribution to a missing Chapter in austrian economics -- -- Index.
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    Keywords: Wettbewerbspolitik ; Internationaler Wettbewerb ; Asiatisch-pazifischer Raum ; Ostasien ; Südostasien ; Australien ; Competition Case studies Government policy ; Competition Government policy ; Globalization Case studies Economic aspects ; Globalization Economic aspects ; Competition, International ; East Asia Case studies Commercial policy ; Australia Commercial policy ; East Asia Case studies Foreign economic relations ; Australia Foreign economic relations ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Ostasien ; Handelspolitik ; Wettbewerbspolitik ; Asiatisch-Pazifischer Raum ; World Trade Organization ; Internationale Wettbewerbsfähigkeit ; Internationaler Wettbewerb ; Asiatisch-Pazifischer Raum ; Australien ; Internationaler Wettbewerb ; Internationale Wettbewerbsfähigkeit
    Abstract: In this book, Tran Van Hoa reveals how competition policy and competitiveness are essential for contemporary economic, financial and trade management as well as national and international governance. Containing new in-depth studies of these issues and their development, the book focuses on major Asian economies encountering increasing globalisation and the prevailing influence of the WTO. In major Asian economies, competition policy, while being important for trade, development and growth, is nascent. Competition Policy and Global Competitiveness in Major Asian Economies surveys the fundamentals of competition policy and investigates how, in practice, it has been developed in major economies in the Asian region. It also contains previous lessons and experiences in the formulation and implementation of competition policy and the pitfalls that may be avoided in similar future developments. Suggesting solutions in economic development and policy reform for Asian economies in the face of increasing globalisation and WTO membership requirements, this important book will be of enormous interest to economic policymakers and advisers, academics, government officials, business executives and tertiary students
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. Competition policy and global competitiveness in major Asian economies: An overview -- 2. Competition policy and global competitiveness: Theory and practice -- 3. Competition policy in apec, asean and the WTO -- 4. Competition law in apec economies and in Vietnam -- 5. Competition policy and smes in Asian transition economies: The experience of China -- 6. Korea's competition policy and its applications to other Asian economies -- 7. Thailand's global competitiveness: Some indicators -- 8. Anti-trust law and competition policy in Vietnam: Macroeconomic perspective -- 9. Competition and smes in Vietnam -- 10. Australian competition law: Experience and lessons for drafting competition law -- 11. Competition policy, global competitiveness and trade and business development in Asian economies: The future and prospects -- Index.
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 269 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: New horizons in institutional and evolutionary economics
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    Keywords: Wirtschaftspolitik ; Evolutionsökonomik ; Theorie ; Evolutionary economics ; Economic policy ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Evolutorische Wirtschaft ; Evolutorische Wirtschaft ; Wirtschaftspolitik
    Abstract: This important book analyses evolutionary approaches to economic policy. Its main purpose is to explore the policy implications of evolutionary economics, in particular of approaches inspired on the one hand by Schumpeter and revived by Nelson and Winter which deal with industrial evolution under constant institutions and, on the other hand, of approaches inspired by Hayek and North, which analyse the ways in which institutions themselves evolve. Hitherto evolutionary economists have paid little attention to policy issues, and the relatively few policy implications that they have produced are divergent. Whereas the Neo-Schumpeterian approach has often been used to support political interventions, the Hayekian viewpoint holds that economic policy detracts from economic performance. More systematic evolutionary analysis of economic policy is required if these one-sided findings are to be transcended. Furthermore, such analysis can be expected to develop a coherent theory of economic policy which will plug the gaps and rectify the errors (such as approval of socialist planning and Japanese industrial policies) of both neoclassical and alternative approaches to policy. Evolutionary economists and policy analysts will find this book of great interest, as will economists and students of economics who are interested in enlarging their views with excursions outside the standard curriculum
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- 1. Introduction: Evolutionary thinking on economic policy -- 2. Why economic policies need comprehensive evolutionary analysis -- 3. Evolutionary markets and the design of institutional policy -- 4. Knowledge and economic policy: A plea for political experimentalism -- 5. Democracy as an evolutionary method -- 6. Ideologies, beliefs, and economic advice - a cognitive-evolutionary view on economic policy making -- 7. Equilibrium and evolutionary foundations of competition and technology policy: New perspectives on the division of labour and the innovation process -- 8. Institutional evolution, regulatory competition and path dependence -- 9. The German neuer markt as an adaptive institution -- 10. Understanding and the mobilisation of error: Eliminating controls in evolutionary learning -- Index.
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxiii, 322 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: New dimensions in networks
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    Keywords: Netzwerk ; Unternehmensnetzwerk ; Wirtschaftsmodell ; Theorie ; Finance Mathematical models ; Economics, Mathematical ; Equilibrium (Economics) ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Mathematisches Modell ; Netzwerk ; Wirtschaft ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Wirtschaft ; Netzwerk ; Mathematisches Modell
    Abstract: Networks provide the foundation for the functioning of our societies and economies. Their study has had a long tradition in such fields as engineering, operations research, management science and computer science. More recently, the disciplines of finance and economics have come to be rich and fascinating sources of network-based problems and applications. This focused and refereed volume of contributions from leading international scholars provides a wealth of innovations in the study of financial and economic networks. The volume presents entirely new results: the conceptualization of the stock market as a graph, the evolution of financial systems as networks, the incorporation of electronic transactions in international finance (from a network perspective), new formalisms for the study of supply chains (as fluid models and in an network economic framework) and new applications of agent-based computational economics trade networks with intermediaries and worker-employer networks. Finally, trade networks in web-based caching are introduced. Financial applications covered include: portfolio optimization with transaction costs, integrated pension and corporate planning, evolutionary financial networks, international finance and electronic transactions as well as hedging instruments for transportation networks. Innovative approaches to economic networks are developed in the context of supply chain and distribution networks, a variety of trade (including web-based caching) networks and even worker-employer networks. A major addition to this exciting and important subject, Innovations in Financial and Economic Networks will be an invaluable resource for economists and the networks community, as well as researchers and students in computational economics and finance, operations research, management science, applied mathematics and computer science
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- 1. Financial and economic networks: An overview -- Part I: Financial networks -- 2. On structural properties of the market graph -- 3. Multistage stochastic mean-variance portfolio analysis with transaction costs -- 4. A stochastic network approach for integrating pension and corporate financial planning -- 5. Variational inequalities for evolutionary financial equilibrium -- 6. The growing importance of networks in finance and its effects on competition -- 7. International financial networks with electronic transactions -- 8. Using financial options to hedge transportation capacity in a deregulated rail industry -- Part II: Economic networks -- 9. A supply chain network economy: Modeling and qualitative analysis -- 10. Applications of fluid modeling in distribution systems -- 11. An agent-based evolutionary trade network simulation -- 12. Evolution of worker-employer networks and behaviors under alternative non-employment benefits: An agent-based computational study -- 13. Capacity provision networks: A technology framework and economic analysis of web cache trading hubs -- Index.
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Modern theories of money
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    Keywords: Geldtheorie ; Postkeynesianismus ; Bargeld ; Ökonomische Ideengeschichte ; Theorie ; Money ; Capitalism ; Keynesian economics ; Money ; Capitalism ; Keynesian economics ; Geldtheorie ; Neokeynesianismus ; Keynesianismus ; Geld ; Kapitalismus ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Geldtheorie ; Neokeynesianismus ; Geldkreislauf ; Keynessche Theorie ; Kapitalismus
    Abstract: This book unites diverse heterodox traditions in the study of endogenous money - which until now have been confined to their own academic quarters - and explores their similarities and differences from both sides of the Atlantic. Bringing together perspectives from post-Keynesians, Circuitists and the Dijon School, the book continues the tradition of Keynes's and Kalecki's analysis of a monetary production economy, emphasising the similarities between the various approaches, and expanding the analytical breadth of the theory of endogenous money. The authors open new avenues for monetary research in order to fuel a renewed interest in the nature and role of money in capitalist economies, which is, the authors argue, one of the most controversial, and therefore fascinating, areas of economics. Providing new theoretical and empirical grounds for the construction of a general, policy oriented theory of money, this thought-provoking collection will appeal to academics, researchers and students interested in monetary economics. It will also be welcomed by monetary policymakers and central bank officials
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction -- Part I: The post Keynesian monetary approach -- Part II: The theory of the monetary circuit -- Part III: The theory of money emissions -- Part IV: Further contributions to monetary analysis -- Index.
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    Keywords: Ökologie ; Interdisziplinäre Forschung ; Environmental sciences Philosophy ; Umweltschutz ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Umweltökonomie ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Umweltwissenschaften ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: During the past twenty years there has been an explosive growth in research into environmental issues from a social science perspective. Ecological economics, in particular, has emerged as a true transdiscipline which seeks to conceptualise environmental concerns, thus allowing for the formulation of appropriate policy measures. This volume takes stock of this emerging body of work and offers an authoritative insight into current environmental thought. The book is divided into three broad sections: Disciplinary Approaches, Concepts and Issues. Under the heading of disciplinary approaches, the authors review the state of environmental thinking in the diverse fields of philosophy, politics, sociology, economics and law. The concepts addressed include the precautionary principle, sustainable development, environmental security and ecological modernisation. Finally, in the last section, they assess a range of crucial environmental issues such as consumption, biodiversity, global climate change and population. Each of the specially commissioned chapters is written by a recognised expert in the field, while the book as a whole offers a unique interdisciplinary perspective. Ecological economists, environmental researchers and environmental policy analysts will all find this an accessible and highly rewarding introduction to contemporary environmental thinking
    Description / Table of Contents: An introduction to environmental thought / Edward A. Page and John Proops -- Philosophy / Andrew Brennan -- Politics / Karena Shaw and Matthew Paterson -- Sociology / Ted Benton -- Economics / Mick Common -- Law / David Wilkinson -- The precautionary principle / Meira Hanson -- Sustainable development / Paul Ekins -- Environmental security / Edward A. Page -- Ecological modernisation / John Barry -- Consumption / Lucia A. Reisch -- Biodiversity / Bernd Klauer -- Global climate change / Matthew Paterson -- Population / Frank Jöst.
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 195 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von The economics of knowledge sharing
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    Keywords: Neue Institutionenökonomik ; Innovation ; Technischer Fortschritt ; Wissensmanagement ; Institutional economics ; Knowledge management ; Institutional economics ; Knowledge management ; Konferenzschrift ; Wissensmanagement ; Institutionenökonomie ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Institutionenökonomie ; Wissensmanagement
    Abstract: The Economics of Knowledge Sharing claims that useful economic knowledge is the most important foundation for the development of a sufficiently strong process of innovation. Within the framework of new institutional economics, the book looks at the institutional conditions required for the interactive sharing and dissemination of knowledge in the development of economies. It outlines in four distinct parts the complex societal process of human interaction by which knowledge is effectively generated and used. The book first considers knowledge sharing institutions, differentiating between types of interaction and types of actors. Secondly, it examines the economic role of knowledge and cognition, asking how and why human actors gather knowledge. It goes on to revisit historical questions of knowledge and embeds them within the contemporary debate, before finally reflecting on the significant relationship between technology and knowledge sharing in the digital age. Opening up a new area of research encompassing the institutional framework of the innovation process, this pathbreaking volume will be of enormous interest to a wide-ranging audience including economists in the fields of theory, innovation research, new institutional economics, evolutionary economics, history of economic thought, and education policy. As knowledge sharing interactions are akin to other kinds of competition aside from economic, this book will also be warmly welcomed by social and political scientists specialising in a variety of related topics
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. Introduction -- Part I: Knowledge sharing institutions -- 2. The institutional economics of knowledge sharing: Basic issues -- 3. New institutional economics and knowledge sharing -- Part II: Knowledge and cognition -- 4. Motivation, learning, knowledge sharing and division of labour -- 5. Processes of knowledge sharing: From cognitive psychology to economics -- 6. The cognitive basis of institutions: An evolutionary aspect -- Part III: The knowledge issue in economics -- 7. Human capital, knowledge and knowledge sharing: A view from the history of economic thoughts -- 8. Knowledge, knowledge sharing and convention in keynes' thinking -- Part IV: The regulations for digital technology -- 9. The internet: Universal information infrastructure for the emerging knowledge society -- 10. Digitalization and regulation: The German case -- Index.
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    Keywords: Evolutionsökonomik ; Menschen ; Ökonomische Ideengeschichte ; Evolutionary economics ; Psychology ; Evolutionary economics ; Psychology ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Evolutorische Wirtschaft ; Evolutorische Wirtschaft
    Abstract: For much of the twentieth century, mainstream economists have treated human agents in their models as if they were rational beings of unbounded computational capacity - the notorious 'Homo Economicus' of much economic theory. However, the patent inadequacies of this understanding of human nature have become increasingly apparent, and economists have begun looking for more realistic models, incorporating the insights of evolutionary theory. The authors address the question of human nature in economics, examining not only some of the recent writing on this subject in evolutionary psychology and related disciplines, but also the ideas of important thinkers in the Western intellectual tradition. Beginning with the ancient Greeks and progressing to the modern day, the contributors explore the works of such thinkers as Augustine, Adam Smith, Thomas Malthus, Alfred Marshall and Kenneth Boulding. Many of these works are placed in a Darwinian, evolutionary perspective, with the imperative that the study of human nature must be consistent with our understanding of human evolution, and should consider how human beings are moulded by cultural and institutional influences. Naturally, Darwin's own view of human nature is also explored, undermining the mistaken notion that Darwinism promotes human nature as greedy, uncooperative and self-seeking. This enlightening, original and highly readable work will be of great interest to professional economists and students, researchers and teachers of evolutionary economics
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface by geoffrey m. Hodgson -- Introduction -- 1. Evolution and the nature of man in greek thought -- 2. Augustine on economic man -- 3. Adam smith's theory of human nature -- 4. Malthus on indolence -- 5. Charles darwin on human nature -- 6. Alfred marshall on homo oeconomicus: Evolution versus utilitarianism? -- 7. Kropotkin and reclus: Geographers, evolution, and 'mutual aid' -- 8. Sounding the trumpet: T.a. Jackson on darwin, marx and human existence -- 9. Kenneth boulding: Man of images -- 10. Fritz machlup: 'how one thing led to another' -- 11. Toward an evolutionary theory of homo oeconomicus: The concept of universal nomadism -- Index.
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 456 pages) , illustrations
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    Keywords: Internationale Wirtschaft ; Auslandsinvestition ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; Geldpolitik ; Japan ; Monetary policy Congresses ; Japan ; Japan Wettbewerbspolitik ; Geldpolitik/Kreditpolitik ; Wirtschaftsunternehmen ; Unternehmenspolitik ; Politische Reformen ; Management (funktional) ; Unternehmensorganisation ; Außenhandel ; Direktinvestition ; Unternehmensfinanzierung ; Beschäftigung ; Wirtschaftslage ; Japan Congresses Commercial policy ; Japan Congresses Foreign economic relations ; Japan Economic policy 1989- ; Konferenzschrift ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Japan ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Wirtschaft ; Währungspolitik ; Wirtschaftsbeziehungen ; Handelspolitik
    Abstract: The contributors to this book, from the US and Japan, explore the main issues involved in the international trade, foreign direct investment, and macro/financial relations of the United States and Japan and provide guidance to policymakers for measures to help overcome Japan's economic stagnation since the early 1990s. The book is divided into three parts. Part I contains an empirical analysis of trade diversion under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), a theoretical analysis of time in determining the structure and effects of trade with an application to Japan, and an empirical analysis of Japan's changing import behavior. Part II is focused on foreign direct investment (FDI), trade, and the behavior and structure of Japanese firms. Part III deals with macro/financial issues of current interest and importance in Japan. The analytical focus of the chapters is intended to enhance the understanding of the issues addressed and to provide some guidance to policymakers in the design of measures that will improve economic efficiency and welfare and help to overcome the economic stagnation that Japan has experienced in the past decade or more. Economists, political scientists and policymakers will find the analysis provided in this volume invaluable in understanding the Japanese economy and economic relations between Japan and the United States
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- 1. Introduction and overview -- Part I: Trade and related issues -- 2. Trade diversion under nafta -- 3. Time and trade: The role of time in determining the structure and effects of international trade, with an application to Japan -- 4. An analysis of Japan's changing import behavior -- Part II: Foreign direct investment, trade, and the behavior and structure of Japanese firms -- 5. Sources of variation in the productivity of Japanese manufacturers -- 6. Foreign direct investment in Japan: Empirical analysis based on the establishment and enterprise census -- 7. Exports and foreign direct investment accelerate corporate reforms: Evidence from Japanese micro data -- Part III: Macro/financial issues -- 8. Prospective Japanese economic recovery: Perspectives from European economic recovery in the 1930s -- 9. Japan's lost decade and weaknesses in its corporate governance structure -- 10. Zero-interest-rate policy, the forward-rate curve, and policy-duration effect -- 11. Demographic changes and their implications for Japanese household savings -- 12. Restoring full employment in Japan: Domestic and international policy considerations -- Index.
    Note: "This volume contains the papers and comments that were prepared in connection with a conference, 'Analytical issues in the trade, foreign direct investment, and macro/financial relations of the United States and Japan,' which was held at Keio University in Tokyo on May 18-19, 2001"--Pref , Includes bibliographical references and index
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    Series Statement: New thinking in political economy
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Prychitko, David L., 1962 - Markets, planning and democracy
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    Keywords: Systemvergleich ; Marktwirtschaft ; Planwirtschaft ; Kapitalismus ; Sozialismus ; Sozialistische Marktwirtschaft ; Selbstverwalteter Betrieb ; Wirtschaftsdemokratie ; Comparative economics ; Democracy ; Capitalism ; Post-Communism ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Sozialistische Marktwirtschaft ; Planwirtschaft ; Planwirtschaft ; Marktwirtschaft ; Wirtschaftsdemokratie ; Demokratie ; Kapitalismus ; Marktwirtschaft ; Sozialismus ; Wirtschaftssystem
    Abstract: pt. 1. The possibility of economic democracy : self-managed socialism versus the self-managed firm -- pt. 2. Capitalism and the quest for utopia.
    Abstract: The essays contained herein span over a decade and reflect David Prychitko's thinking about the role of the market system, and its relation to planning and democratic processes. The collection consists of previously published and unpublished articles written not only for economists but also for an interdisciplinary audience
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von The economics of health care in Asia-Pacific countries
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    Keywords: Gesundheitswesen ; Gesundheitsreform ; Gesundheitsfinanzierung ; Asiatisch-pazifischer Raum ; China ; Indonesien ; Japan ; Südkorea ; USA ; Taiwan ; Medical care ; Medical care ; Medical economics ; Medical economics ; Gesundheitswesen ; Wirtschaftlichkeit ; Gesundheitspolitik ; Politische Reform ; Internationaler Vergleich ; Gesundheitsverwaltung ; Altersversorgung ; Finanzierung ; Taiwan ; Südkorea ; Indonesien ; China ; USA ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Konferenzschrift 1999 ; Asiatisch-Pazifischer Raum ; Gesundheitsvorsorge ; Pazifischer Raum ; Gesundheitsökonomie
    Abstract: In order to control ever-increasing health care expenditure, Western and Asian countries are seeking to develop more efficient health care models. Studies on health care that focus specifically on Asian countries are rare, rendering this a unique and welcome addition to the literature. This book presents quantitative research on various aspects of health care reform and health policy in Asia-Pacific countries such as China, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and the US - nations diverse in their economic development, social demographic structure and health care expenditures. The book's main topic for discussion is the role of both government and health insurers in funding health care. The implementation of community-based, supplemental and national health insurance is explored, as are grants and the financing of hospitals and care for the elderly. The effectiveness of education as an input to health investment and the rehabilitation of patients are also examined. Aiming to close the gap between the existing economics research and the rapid pace of the development of Asian health care markets, this unique and timely book is a must read for policymakers, researchers, academics and students with a special interest in health economics, policies and services
    Description / Table of Contents: Full Contents: 1. Editors' Introduction -- Part I: Health care reform -- 2. Health care reforms in Taiwan and the us: What we can learn from each other -- 3. Physician contracting with health plans: A survey of the literature -- 4. Health insurance reform in Korea: Consolidation of funds -- Part II: Production of health -- 5. Is rehabilitation following an acute hospital stay productive? Evidence from elderly patients in the United States -- 6. Do investments in child education and nutrition improve adult health? Evidence from indonesia -- Part III: Health care utilization -- 7. China's urban health insurance reform experiment in zhenjiang: Cost and utilization analyses -- 8. Catastrophic illness policy and equity in delivering health care: Empirical evidence from Taiwan -- 9. Demand for supplemental health insurance and health care utilization in Taiwan -- Part IV: Hospital behavior -- 10. Cost shifting or sample selection: The case study of surgically treated workers' compensation back pain patients -- 11. Hospital services under a national health insurance system: Transition from a free-for-service to a capitation system -- Part V: Health care financing -- 12. Financing health care for the elderly: Will an aging population end 'health for all' in south Korea? -- 13. Monitoring and enforcement in federal alcohol and drug abuse block grants -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781035304639
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxiii, 654 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: New horizons in environmental economics
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Environmental policy making in economies with prior tax distortions
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    Keywords: Umweltpolitik ; Umweltabgabe ; Optimale Besteuerung ; Ökosteuer ; Umweltökonomik ; Theorie ; Environmental impact charges ; Environmental policy Economic aspects ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Umweltabgabe ; Umweltpolitik
    Abstract: In evaluating environmental policy, researchers have tended to focus on the industry or market that is targeted by regulation and to disregard policy impacts in other parts of the economy. Recent research indicates, however, that in economies where governments rely on distortionary taxes, environmental regulation can profoundly affect costs and efficiency in areas other than the targeted industry or market. These findings signal the importance of evaluating environmental policy using a general equilibrium framework - an approach that can capture interactions across industries, sectors or markets. General equilibrium analysis can fundamentally alter the evaluation of environmental tax policies, and can overturn conventional wisdom concerning the relative cost-effectiveness of environmental taxes, emissions quotas, or mandated technologies. This volume gathers together important papers on the general equilibrium impacts of environmental regulation in the presence of distortionary taxes. Topics include optimal environmental taxation,'green tax reform' and the 'double dividend', and the choice among alternative policy instruments. The volume will be of interest to environmental economists, public finance economists and researchers interested in the economics of regulation
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction -- Part I: Surveys of environmental policy making in the presence of distortionary taxes -- Part II: Optimal environmental taxation in the presence of distortionary taxes -- Part III: Environmental tax reforms and the 'double dividend' -- Part IV: Environmental instrument choice in a second-best setting -- Part V: Efficiency-distribution trade-offs in environmental policy -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781035303908
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 250 pages) , illustrations
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    DDC: 330.95/043
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    Keywords: Wirtschaftswachstum ; Produktivität ; Asien ; Asia Economic conditions 20th century ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Asien ; Wirtschaft
    Abstract: The rapidly increasing importance of China, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan both in Asia and in the world economy, represents a trend that is set to continue into the 21st century. This book provides an authoritative assessment of the 20th century performance of these countries, and in particular the factors contributing to the acceleration of Asian growth in the latter part of the century. The contributors look at Asia within a global perspective and detailed comparisons are drawn with Australia and the USA. Contributions from leading experts offer a comprehensive review of the procedures necessary to establish valid international comparisons for countries with very different economic histories and levels of development. These include methods of growth performance measurement and techniques of growth accounting. The Asian Economies in the Twentieth Century will be an indispensable new tool for policy analysts, international agencies and academic researchers
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. Introduction: Measuring Asian performances -- 2. The international comparison of real product and productivity -- 3. International comparison of farm sector performance: Methodological options and empirics findings for Asia-Pacific economies, 1900-94 -- 4. A comparison of real output and productivity levels in australian and United States manufacturing, 1970-95 -- 5. Industrial output and labour productivity in China 1949-94: A reassessment -- 6. Twentieth century economic performance of India -- 7. Indonesia's growth performance in the twentieth century -- 8. The long-term performance of the Japanese economy -- 9. Realising growth potential: South Korea and Taiwan, 1960 to 1998 -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781035304622
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 203 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: New horizons in environmental economics
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von The economics of household garbage and recycling behavior
    DDC: 363.72/88
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    Keywords: Abfall ; Kreislaufwirtschaft ; Theorie ; Welt ; Refuse and refuse disposal Economic aspects ; Recycling (Waste, etc.) Economic aspects ; Recycling (Waste, etc.) Economic aspects ; Refuse and refuse disposal Economic aspects ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Wirtschaft ; Haushaltsabfall ; Wirtschaft ; Recycling ; Haushaltsabfall ; Recycling
    Abstract: The market for residential solid waste management and disposal has experienced dramatic changes over the past 20 years. This collection of outstanding published research examines these changes and thoroughly analyzes the strategies popularized by municipal governments over the past two decades. Kerbside recycling, unheard of in the 1970s, is currently available to 46% of Americans. Thousands of towns across the nation have also implemented user fees requiring households to pay a fee for every bag of garbage they generate. These policy shifts have attracted the attention of environmental economists interested in knowing the best strategy for managing solid waste. The editors, both long-time scholars of these trends, offer theoretical solutions for the optimal pricing of garbage and recycling collection. They provide original data collection and suggest appropriate econometric techniques that correct for statistical biases. A policy focus provides information relevant to municipal governments as well as researchers. This excellent volume will be useful for policymakers, students and scholars in environmental economics
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Foreword by tom tietenberg -- 1. The economics of residential solid waste management -- 2. Garbage, recycling, and illicit burning or dumping -- 3. How a fee per-unit garbage affects aggregate recycling in a model with heterogeneous households -- 4. Household responses to pricing garbage by the bag -- 5. Policies for green design -- 6. Garbage and recycling with endogenous local policy -- 7. Explaining household demand for the collection of solid waste and recycling -- 8. Explaining the growth in municipal recycling programs: The role of market and nonmarket factors -- 9. Environmental levies and distortionary taxation: Comment -- 10. The case for a two-Part Instrument: Presumptive tax and environmental subsidy -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781782541745
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xx, 280 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Finger, Joseph M., 1939 - Institutions and trade policy
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    Keywords: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Organization) ; World Trade Organization ; World Trade Organization ; Zollpolitik ; Neue Weltwirtschaftsordnung ; Protektionismus ; Außenwirtschaftspolitik ; Internationale Handelspolitik ; Handelsliberalisierung ; Welt ; Entwicklungsländer ; Commercial policy ; Tariff ; Protectionism ; Commercial policy ; Tariff ; Protectionism ; United States Commercial policy ; Developing countries Commercial policy ; United States Foreign economic relations ; Developing countries Foreign economic relations ; United States Commercial policy ; USA ; World Trade Organization ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Protektionismus ; Weltwirtschaftsordnung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; USA ; World Trade Organization ; Protektionismus ; Weltwirtschaftsordnung
    Abstract: This book reprints 18 essays selected from almost 30 years of work by the author as a high level official at the UN Conference on Trade and Development, the US Treasury Department and the World Bank. These essays report some of the core analytical thinking behind positions taken by these agencies on major issues in international trade policy: e.g., the shift of view on 'trade and development' from the presumption that developing countries should receive 'special and differential treatment' to today's view that they should aggressively exploit opportunities that international trade offers. Other essays report analytical work at the US Treasury Department on proposals in the 1970s for a 'New International Economic Order' - findings that supported the more conservative line that the US government eventually took, even though the Kissinger State Department urged a more accommodating line. Some essays are highly critical, e.g., of antidumping and its use by developing countries as well as by the United States, and of the GATT/WTO system itself as a template for economic policy. Scholars and students interested in how the GATT/WTO works as a policy making system will find this collection revealing as will readers interested in a way to evaluate the impact of antidumping (and other 'trade remedies') on the national economic system and on how to construct policy mechanisms that more effectively bring the interests of all US citizens into the making of US trade policy. In addition, many of these essays are useful for courses in international economics, international relations and policy science
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction -- Part I: Tariffs and other instruments of import policy -- Part II: The new international economic order -- Part III: Administered protection -- Part IV: How the gatt works -- Part V: Developing countries in the gatt/wto -- Part VI: Conclusion -- Index.
    Note: Selection of 18 essays written by J.M. Finger , Includes bibliographical references and index
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    ISBN: 9781782543602
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (a xviii, 293 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Essays in economic theory, growth and labour markets
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    Keywords: Wachstumstheorie ; Allgemeines Gleichgewicht ; Lohn ; Spieltheorie ; Theorie ; Economics ; Labor market ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Wirtschaftstheorie ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Arbeitsmarkt ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Makroökonomie ; Wachstumstheorie ; Arbeitsmarkttheorie
    Abstract: The distinguished contributors in this volume provide a variety of essays, which are written in honor of Emmanuel Drandakis. These essays fall into four uniform areas of economics: economic growth, general equilibrium, labor economics and game theory and applications. The editors focus on a select set of issues that stand high on the agenda of academic research. They provide fresh insights and approaches to the analysis of these issues, and thus open up wider avenues for our understanding of the dilemmas posed for theory and policy. Readers are offered new empirical evidence on such thorny social problems as, for example, unemployment, the intergenerational transmission of human capital and the response of wages to price and endowment changes. These contributions, in conjunction with the realisation that the papers are written by some of the most distinguished economists in the respective areas, make the volume an attractive addition for all who are interested in the contemporary research and teaching of economics
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- Part I: Economic growth -- 1. Some early conferences on growth theory -- 2. Discounting and the growth of net national product -- Part II: General equilibrium -- 3. Equilibrium selections -- 4. Extensive form implementation of weak fine core allocations through penalties -- 5. Nonlinear neighbourhood interactions and intergenerational transmission of human capital -- 6. Beliefs and the neutrality of money -- 7. Towards a general theory of real capital -- Part III: Labor economics -- 8. Endowment changes, price response, and the behavior of wages -- 9. The pace of work and pay -- 10. The incidence of increased unemployment in the group of seven, 1970-94 -- 11. Labor incentives and manumission in ancient greek slavery -- Part IV: Game theory and applications -- 12. Agency games -- 13. The role of beliefs, knowledge, and rationality in non-cooperative games -- 14. The economics of research joint ventures -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781035304271
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxxii, 266 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Hochman, Harold M., 1936 - Economic behavior and distributional choice
    DDC: 174
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    Keywords: Umverteilung ; Verteilungsgerechtigkeit ; Einkommensverteilung ; Stadtökonomik ; Theorie ; Welt ; Economics Moral and ethical aspects ; Distributive justice ; Economics Moral and ethical aspects ; Distributive justice ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Einkommensverteilung ; Entscheidung ; Wirtschaftliches Verhalten ; Wirtschaftliches Verhalten ; Verteilungsgerechtigkeit
    Abstract: Economic Behavior and Distributional Choice brings together, for the first time, Harold M. Hochman's key papers on income redistribution and policy in one accessible volume. The introduction describes the genesis and development of a new direction in thinking, and the papers that follow cover the evolutions of an idea: the alliance between distribution policy and distributional preference as developed through public choice theory. This fine collection illustrates Harold M. Hochman's major contributions to the discussion of the relationship between distributional preference, income transfer policy and economic justice, including the concept of Pareto Optimal Distribution. These contributions have significantly advanced our understanding of the ways in which economic analysis can inform income distribution policy. This pathbreaking selection of writings, including a set of innovative papers on fiscal design, urban policy and addictive behavior, will be of great interest to academics, students and researchers concerned with macroeconomics and economic behavior
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: Pareto optimal redistribution -- A. The central argument -- B. Conceptual articles -- C. Empirical articles -- D. Economic justice -- Part II: Public policy -- A. Tax policy -- B. Urban economics and urban policy -- C. Addictive behavior -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781781956960
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 272 pages)
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Earl, Peter E., 1955 - Information, opportunism and economic coordination
    DDC: 330/.01/154
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    Keywords: Ökonomische Ideengeschichte ; Industrieökonomik ; Informationsökonomik ; Postkeynesianismus ; Theorie ; Industrial organization (Economic theory) ; Information theory in economics ; Industrieökonomie ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Informationsökonomie ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Business economics
    Abstract: This book is an integrated collection of a dozen of Peter Earl's lively and thought-provoking essays, carefully edited and updated. Theoretical topics include the prediction of corporate behaviour, the economic foundations of marketing and shopping mall design, pricing strategy and its relationship with the existence of second-hand markets, and the microfoundations of macroeconomics. Case studies include cooperation in the car industry, managerialist reforms in New Zealand and the university sector, structural change in the advertising industry and the place of G.B. Richardson and G.L.S. Shackle in the literature of economics. Information, Opportunism and Economic Coordination will be of particular interest to historians of economic thought, business economists, behavioural economists and Post Keynesians
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction -- 1. Scientific research programmes and the prediction of corporate behaviour -- 2. The evolution of cooperative strategies: Three automotive industry case studies -- 3. George richardson's career and the literature of economics -- 4. Shackle, entrepreneurship and the theory of the firm -- 5. Managerialism and the economics of the firm -- 6. The economic rationale of universities: A reconsideration -- 7. Principal-agent problems and structural change in the advertising industry -- 8. Marketing as information economics -- 9. Latent demand and the browsing shopper -- 10. Normal cost versus marginalist models of pricing: A behavioural perspective -- 11. Liquidity preference, marketability and pricing -- 12. Information, coordination and macroeconomics -- Bibliography -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-261) and indexes
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    ISBN: 9781035304813
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 238 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Convergence issues in the European Union
    DDC: 337.1/42
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    Keywords: Wirtschaftliche Konvergenz ; EU-Staaten ; Convergence (Economics) ; Finance ; Labor market Regional disparities ; European Union countries Economic integration ; European Union countries Economic conditions ; Regional disparities ; European Union countries Economic policy ; European Union countries Social policy ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Europäische Union ; Konvergenzkriterium
    Abstract: This book addresses a number of vital economic convergence issues in the European Union. These are both general and specific issues relating to financial and monetary matters as well as social and labour market concerns. The book opens with a discussion of problems of a general nature. Questions posed include: What is the convergence record in the EU so far? Is there a sign of Baumol and Quah's 'convergence clubs' and 'twin peaks'? Have the 'structural funds' of the European Commission made any difference? The authors then analyse questions of a fiscal and monetary nature: Can we expect the monetary policy of the ECB to have similar effects in the EMU member-states, or is it in itself a source of asymmetric shocks? Has EU membership made any difference, with respect to the initial differences in tax revenue structures? Finally the book focuses on questions regarding social and labour markets: Is global economic convergence compatible with sustainable differences in national social protection levels? Does European globalisation force labour markets to 'de-institutionalise' and do European labour markets converge to a 'Third Way' model? Academics and researchers of European studies and economic policy will find this up-to-date book of great interest, as will policymakers and business leaders both affected by and from within the EU
    Description / Table of Contents: Full Contents: 1. Introduction and outline -- Part I: Convergence between nations and regions in the eu: General issues -- 2. Regional adjustment and convergence in euro-land -- 3. A quarter of a century of real GDP and growth rate convergence and divergence in the EU -- 4. Convergence or 'twin peaks'? The Spanish case -- 5. The impact of European structural funds on economic convergence in european countries and regions -- 6. Optimum currency area theory and monetary integration as a gradual process -- Part II: Convergence in the eu: Fiscal and monetary issues -- 7. The impact of EU membership on tax revenue structures -- 8. The propagation of monetary policy in Europe -- Part III: Convergence in the eu: Social and labour market issues -- 9. Some theory on the sustainability of different levels of social protection in a monetary union -- 10. European labour markets under convergence pressure -- 11. Distorted labour markets and revealed comparative advantage: A note on the single market and the EU periphery -- 12. Social and employment policies in the eu: Convergence on a 'third way' model? -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781781959565
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xx, 335 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: New horizons in money and finance
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Banking reforms in South-East Europe
    DDC: 332.1/09496
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    Keywords: Bankenreform ; Bankenregulierung ; Geldpolitik ; Südosteuropa ; Albanien ; Bosnien-Herzegowina ; Bulgarien ; Kroatien ; Nordmazedonien ; Rumänien ; Serbien-Montenegro ; Banks and banking Congresses ; Banks and banking Europe, Southern ; Banking law Europe, Southern ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Südosteuropa ; Kreditwesen ; Finanzwirtschaft
    Abstract: Banking Reforms in South-East Europe gives a critical and detailed overview of banking system restructuring in the transitional countries of South-Eastern Europe - Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Romania and Yugoslavia - and offers suggestions for future reforms. The book opens with a comparison of the experiences of Central European advanced transitional economies with those of the Balkan countries. Proposals are put forward for ways in which positive aspects of the Central European experience can be applied to banking reform in the Balkans. The authors examine the importance of regional collaboration for the overall economic and social transition in the region, and consider whether it can facilitate the next stage of banking reform. They also analyse the results of currency board arrangements as a possible alternative to classical central banking, using the experiences of Bulgaria, Bosnia and the Yugoslav Republic of Montenegro. The book concludes with an analysis of the experience of individual economies and consists of a number of country-specific banking studies, covering all the transitional economies of South-East Europe. The book will be of great interest to both scholars of transition economies and policymakers in finance and financial institutions
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- 1. Assessing the banking reforms in south-east Europe -- Part I: General and theoretical issues -- 2. Economic reform in south-east European countries in transition -- 3. The role of the stability pact in financial sector reform in south-east Europe -- 4. Governance structures -- 5. Central bank reform in south-east Europe: Recent developments and prospects -- 6. Currency boards and currency arrangements in transition economies -- 7. Comparative models of banking reform -- 8. Banking reform in south-east European countries in the light of the central european experience -- Part II: Country studies -- 9. Banking reform in albania -- 10. Banking reform in bosnia and herzegovina -- 11. The banking system in Bulgaria -- 12. Reforming the banking system in croatia and its broader macroeconomic environment -- 13. Banking reform in macedonia -- 14. Banking reform in Romania -- 15. Reforming the banking system in yugoslavia -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781781952870
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 333 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: New horizons in international business
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Globalizing Europe
    DDC: 337.1/4
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    Keywords: Globalisierung ; Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen ; EU-Staaten ; Globalization ; Globalization ; European Union countries Economic integration ; European Union countries Economic policy ; European Union countries Economic integration ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Europäische Union ; Wirtschaftsbeziehungen ; Europäische Integration ; Internationale Wirtschaftspolitik ; Globalisierung ; Europäische Union ; Europäische Integration ; Globalisierung ; Europa ; Globalisierung
    Abstract: Globalizing Europe examines the involvement of the European Union in the deepening integration that results as trade and transnational production link markets and economic systems across the world. This process is posing a unique challenge to European decision-makers to implement measures that will maximize the benefits and reduce the costs of globalization. As Europe expands and becomes more integrated it is being obliged to assume greater control over the development of its external economic relations. To effect this, the authors propose that member states play a more active and constructive role in the global political economy. They advocate the planning and implementation of major initiatives that could ensure greater stability in the world economy. Because of the magnitude of the economic bonds developing between the EU and the USA, special attention is paid to the trends and issues associated with the evolution of Atlantic relations. One of the greatest challenges the authors highlight, and a theme implicit throughout the book, is that the EU's external problems may receive inadequate attention due to the complexities of its decision processes. EU-level decision-making may become more introspective, rather than global, in outlook. Combining firm, industry, regional and country levels of analysis with the diverse and provocative views of the authors, this book will be essential reading for scholars of international economics, international political economy, and international business and finance
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- Introduction -- 1. The European Union in the global economy at the millennium -- 2. Globalizing Europe: The overall picture -- 3. Specialization matters, and so does technological accumulation: The case of Europe -- 4. Mergers and acquisitions in globalizing Europe -- 5. Corporate restructuring, corporate strategy and European integration -- 6. European welfare states: Regionalization, globalization and policy change -- 7. The EU in world finance -- 8. The changing nature and determinants of EU trade policies -- 9. Macroeconomic management in the European Union -- 10. European macroeconomic policy interdependencies -- 11. European Union planning for international economic cooperation -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781035304158
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 329 pages)
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    Keywords: Außenwirtschaftstheorie ; Außenwirtschaftspolitik ; Marktstruktur ; Theorie ; Ökonometrisches Modell ; International trade Econometric models ; Commercial policy Econometric models ; Economics Econometric models ; International trade Econometric models ; Commercial policy Econometric models ; Economics Econometric models ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Festschrift ; Außenwirtschaftstheorie
    Abstract: This volume addresses important issues in economic theory and international trade with contributions from internationally renowned researchers - including some of Murray C. Kemp's many colleagues and former students. Economic Theory and International Trade begins with an examination of classical trade theory and welfare economics. It goes on to discuss international trade policy, including international trading agreements, taxation, tariffs and quotas. Attention then turns to the role of market structure in joint ventures, innovation, tariff policy and political economy. The final section is devoted to economic dynamics and international economics, with an emphasis on learning mechanisms, sustainable growth and immigration. This book will be indispensable to academics and graduate students in the area of international trade. Economic theorists and international trade specialists such as research units and researchers in government will also find this book of great interest
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction -- Publications of murray c. Kemp from 1992 -- Part I: Classical trade theory -- 1. A new approach to the theory of international trade under increasing returns: The two-commodities case -- 2. On the shape of production possibility loci under variable returns to scale: The n commodity m factor case -- 3. A second correspondence principle -- 4. The welfare economics of encouraging more births -- Part II: International trade policy -- 5. The economic significance of the gatt/wto rules -- 6. Are special economic zones desirable? -- 7. Redistributive taxation in closed and open economies -- 8. Unilateral reforms of trade and environmental policy -- 9. Quotas, voluntary export restraints and welfare -- Part III: Market structure -- 10. International joint ventures, moral hazards and technology spillovers -- 11. The innovation and market structure in general equilibrium -- 12. Imperfect substitutes and strategic trade policies under cournot duopoly -- 13. Comparative static analysis for cournot oligopoly -- 14. Endogenous timing and welfare in the game of trade policies under international oligopoly -- 15. Politics and the nature of competition in oligopolistic markets -- Part IV: Economic dynamics -- 16. Learning in a generalised dornbusch model of exchange rate dynamics -- 17. International immigration, non-traded goods and economic welfare in an overlapping generations model -- 18. The environment, externalities and sustainable growth in an overlapping generations model -- 19. Why trade matters to development: A learning model -- 20. The effects of growth of its trading partners on Malaysia -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781843761440
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 209 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: New horizons in environmental economics
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Global warming and the American economy
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    Keywords: Klimawandel ; Branchenentwicklung ; Räumliche Verteilung ; USA ; Climatic changes ; Electronic books ; United States Economic conditions 1981-2001 ; Regional disparities ; Aufsatzsammlung ; USA ; Klimaänderung ; Treibhauseffekt ; Umweltpolitik
    Abstract: The impact of climate change on seven regions of the United States is studied in this new and accessible collection. The study examines how the different regions of the United States may be affected by climate change. In particular, the study explores whether warming would be beneficial to the northern (colder) regions but harmful to the economies of the southern (warmer) regions.
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Agriculture : agronomic-economic analysis -- 3. Agriculture : a Ricardian analysis -- 4. Timber : ecological-economic analysis -- 5. Water resources : economic analysis -- 6. Coastal structures : dynamic economic modeling -- 7. Energy : cross-sectional analysis -- 8. Adaption -- 9. Synthesis
    Note: "In association with the Electric Power Research Institute" , Includes bibliographical references and index
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    ISBN: 9781782541981
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 203 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: New horizons in environmental economics
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Implementing European environmental policy
    DDC: 363.7/056/094
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    Keywords: Umweltpolitik ; EU-Staaten ; EU-Umweltpolitik ; Environmental policy ; Environmental protection ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Umweltpolitik ; Europa ; Europäische Union ; Umweltpolitik ; Umweltschutz
    Abstract: This significant book investigates the political economy of environmental policy in Europe with a careful analysis of how EU directives are realised in the member states. The authors explore this issue through a comparative evaluation of the implementation of three pieces of EU environmental legislation in France, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK. Areas covered by the legislation include air emission standards for waste incinerators, the electricity supply industry, and the certification of environmental management systems. The results vary across cases even though overcompliance is observed in certain cases. The regularity arising from the different case studies is related to the determinants of the environmental outcomes that are observed. When environmental directives are implemented they are likely to interact with parallel policy processes and these interactions can exert a strong positive or negative influence on the success of the policy in question. The central policy problem is the fact that these interactions are very difficult to anticipate at the policy formulation stage. It leads the authors to propose that effective environmental policy should therefore be adaptable in order to cope with these unanticipated effects. This book covers a very important and topical issue by studying the genuine impact of environmental directives and increasing the readers' understanding of the way in which environmental federalism works in Europe. It will be welcomed by scholars of environmental law and political science, environmental economists, and environmental policymakers, advisors and consultants
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. Introduction: A policy perspective on the implementation of the community environmental legislation -- 2. The implementation of environmental policy in the European Union context -- 3. What can we learn from economics and political science analysis on the efficiency and effectiveness of policy implementation? -- 4. The large combustion plant directive (88/609/eec): An effective instrument for so2 pollution abatement? -- 5. Implementing command and control directives: The case of directive 89/429/eec -- 6. The implementation of emas in Europe: A case of competition between standards for environmental management systems -- 7. The need for adaptive implementation -- Index.
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  • 68
    ISBN: 9781035304516
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxvi, 338 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Klundert, Theo van de Growth theory in historical perspective
    DDC: 338.9
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    Keywords: Klundert, Th van de ; Wachstumstheorie ; Theorie ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Welt ; Economists ; Economic development ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Wachstumstheorie
    Abstract: Growth Theory in Historical Perspective is a collection of thirteen carefully selected essays by Theo van de Klundert which demonstrate the development of growth theory over the past forty years. The sequence of chapters reveals the shifts in focus which have occurred since the first formal growth models of the 1940s and 1950s. He illustrates how the Keynesian paradigm was replaced by neo-classical models, which in turn have been superseded by theories of endogenous technical progress, the focus of growth theory in the 1990s. The author explains how the theory of economic growth is strongly shaped by ideas developed in the past. To this extent the book provides a comprehensive overview of the fundamentals of growth theory and develops important modern themes such as firm-specific research and development and the relationship between growth and international trade. Moreover, several of the chapters explore themes which, in the author's view, have been unfairly neglected in recent writings on the theory of growth. These include the role of demand factors, vintage models and issues of distribution, which he believes can still contribute to the current thinking on growth theory. By balancing insights from old and new theories of economic growth, this comprehensive book should prove fascinating reading for students, researchers and scholars of growth theory
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction -- Part I: Essentials of growth theory -- 1. Constructing growth theory -- 2. Reconstructing growth theory -- Part II: Empirics -- 3. Biased efficiency growth and capital-labour substitution in the us, 1899-1960 -- 4. On the historical continuity of the process of economic growth -- Part III: Growth, distribution and unemployment -- 5. Economic growth and induced technical progress -- 6. Demand and supply as factors determining economic growth -- 7. Endogenous growth and income distribution -- Part IV: R&d and firm-specific knowledge -- 8. Imperfect competition, concentration and growth -- 9. Growth, competition and welfare -- 10. Loss of technological leadership of rentier economies -- Part V: International trade and growth -- 11. Ldcs versus dcs: Trade and growth -- 12. North-south knowledge spillovers and competition: Convergence versus divergence -- 13. Economic development and trade in the world economy -- Index.
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  • 69
    ISBN: 9781782543732
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxv, 308 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Korea's economic prospects
    DDC: 330.95195
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    Keywords: Wirtschaftslage ; Volkswirtschaft ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; Industriepolitik ; Arbeitsmarkt ; Internationale Wirtschaft ; Südkorea ; Finanzkrise ; Financial crises ; Korea (South) Economic conditions 1960-1988 ; Korea (South) Economic conditions 1988-2002 ; Korea (South) Economic policy 1960-1988 ; Korea (South) Economic policy 1988-2002 ; Korea (South) Foreign economic relations ; Korea (South) Economic conditions ; 1960- ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Südkorea ; Wirtschaft ; Geschichte 1960-2000 ; Korea ; Wirtschaftspolitik
    Abstract: This book examines the major issues arising from the Korean financial crisis of 1997. It considers the strong prospects for rapid economic recovery and the emerging changes in Korea's international economic relations and business environment. The authors investigate the causes of the financial crisis and provide an evaluation of remedial measures and reforms currently being introduced in both private and public sectors of the Korean economy. The book identifies a paradigm shift in Korean economic policy and discusses Korea's new role in both the regional and global economy. It also examines the major developments reshaping Korea's international business environment through fundamental policy shifts in trade, foreign direct investment, labor relations, management practices and the emerging trends in e-commerce. Korea's Economic Prospects will be of interest not only to academics and policy advisors but also to individuals and corporations attempting to capitalize on emerging business opportunities in Korea
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: Korea's new role in the regional and global economy -- Part II: Macroeconomic policy and prospects -- Part III: Financial crisis and structural reforms -- Part IV: Industrial policy and productivity in Korea -- Part V: Labor market and labor relations -- Part VI: Changes in the international business environment -- Index.
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  • 70
    ISBN: 9781782543138
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 270 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von The dynamics of industrial collaboration
    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von The dynamics of industrial collaboration
    DDC: 338.8/7
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    Keywords: Unternehmenskooperation ; Strategische Allianz ; Unternehmensnetzwerk ; Industrieforschung ; Theorie ; Strategic alliances (Business) ; Business networks ; Strategic alliances (Business) ; Business networks ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Strategische Allianz ; Corporate Network ; Strategische Allianz ; Corporate Network
    Abstract: The Dynamics of Industrial Collaboration revisits and reformulates issues previously raised by inter-firm collaboration. The latest research in collaboration, processes and evaluation of cooperation, and industrial and research networks, is presented by way of both empirical and theoretical studies. The authors use several theoretical perspectives to explain inter-firm and inter-institutional collaboration: the theory of transaction costs and contracts, evolutionary theory, and the resource-based view. The book illustrates that none of these approaches are dominant. The issue of collaboration is raised in various contexts such as the new economics, biotechnology, and the motor industry. It will be of special interest to industrial economists and scholars of evolutionary economics
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: Forms of collaboration: Theories and trends -- Part II: Process and evolution of cooperation -- Part III: Industrial and research networks -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781781956601
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 269 pages)
    Series Statement: New horizons in environmental economics
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von The choice modelling approach to environmental valuation
    DDC: 333.7
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    Keywords: Umweltökonomik ; Bewertung ; Conjoint-Analyse ; Präferenztheorie ; Modellierung ; Theorie ; Welt ; Environmental economics ; Environmental policy Costs ; Environmental policy Evaluation ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Umweltökonomie ; Umweltpolitik
    Abstract: Choice Modelling is a technique that has recently emerged as a means of estimating the demand for environmental goods and the benefits and costs associated with them. The aims of the book are fourfold: * to introduce the technique in the environmental context * to demonstrate its use in a range of case studies * to provide insights into some methodological issues * to explore the prospects for the technique. The authors contributing to the book show that choice modelling offers considerable potential for the evaluation of environmental goods and services. Its flexibility to cope with a wide range of applications is well demonstrated. The technique also presents numerous challenges to practitioners. A number of these are addressed in the book. Informed and innovative, this book will prove indispensable to all scholars, researchers and practitioners in the areas of environmental studies and environmental economics
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction -- Part I: The technique -- Part II: Case studies -- Part III: Exploring some methodological issues -- Part IV: Conclusion -- References -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-259) and index
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  • 72
    ISBN: 9781782542308
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 340 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von The globalization of industry and innovation in Eastern Europe
    DDC: 338.947
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    Keywords: Industrie ; Innovation ; Wirtschaftliche Anpassung ; Internationaler Wettbewerb ; Osteuropa ; Industrial policy ; Structural adjustment (Economic policy) ; Europe, Eastern Economic policy 1989- ; Bibliografie ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Osteuropa ; Industrie ; Innovation ; Internationaler Wettbewerb ; Anpassung
    Abstract: In this important book, industrial and enterprise reform over the last decade in Eastern Europe is critically reviewed in light of increasing Eastern integration into the global economy. The authors argue for the further globalization of Eastern European enterprise networks as a condition for recovery and growth in the region. Empirical evidence is provided from five industrial sectors (car industry, telecommunication, shipbuilding, computers, software), including case studies and international comparisons
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. Introduction -- Part I: Conceptual framework -- 2. An evolutionary view of post-socialist restructuring -- 3. Enterprise reform and competition analysis in the post-socialist context -- Part II: Empirical analysis and case studies -- 4. The reemergence of the automotive industry in eastern Europe -- 5. Local, regional and global production networks -- 6. Eastern European shipbuilding's cruise towards world markets -- 7. Food processing in western and eastern Europe -- 8. Restructuring -- Of the telecommunications sector in the west and the east and the role of science and technology -- 9. Software -- 10. The eastern European computer industry -- 11. Restructuring the computer and software industries in Poland -- Part III: Summary and outlook -- 12. Main findings and perspectives for innovation policies in eastern Europe and the west -- Index.
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    Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
    ISBN: 9781782541851
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 703 pages) , illustrations
    Uniform Title: Essays Selections
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Dosi, Giovanni, 1953 - Innovation, organization and economic dynamics
    DDC: 338/.064
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    Keywords: Innovation ; Technischer Fortschritt ; Industrieökonomik ; Evolutionsökonomik ; Theorie ; Technological innovations Economic aspects ; Economics ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Evolutorische Wirtschaft ; Technische Innovation ; Innovation
    Abstract: Giovanni Dosi is recognized as one of the world's leading scholars in industrial economics and corporate change. This volume contains a selection of his most important work and provides an excellent overview of the contribution he has made to the economics of innovation and technical change. Key topics include: * technological paradigms and innovation diffusion * economic behaviour and learning * organizational structures and behaviour in a changing environment * corporate finance and innovation * industrial dynamics * evolutionary theories in economics * institutions, technical change and economic growth. The book will be welcomed by scholars and students of innovation, industrial organization, business and institutional and evolutionary economics
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Innovation, organization and economic dynamics: An autobiographical Introduction -- Part I: Opportunities of innovation, search procedures and diffusion -- Part II: Economic behaviours, organizations and innovation in changing environments -- Part III: Evolutionary interpretations of economic change -- Part IV: Learning and market selection: Evolutionary models of economic change -- Part V: Institutions and economic dynamics.
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  • 74
    ISBN: 9781035303182
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 353 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: New Horizons in institutional and evolutionary economics
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von O'Hara, Phillip Anthony, 1954 - Marx, Veblen, and contemporary institutional political economy
    DDC: 330.12/2
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    Keywords: Veblen, Thorstein ; Marx, Karl ; Marx, Karl ; Veblen, Thorstein ; Veblen, Thorstein *1857-1929* ; Marx, Karl *1818-1883* ; Institutionenökonomik ; Evolutionsökonomik ; Marxismus ; Kapitalismus ; Theorie ; Wirtschaftslage ; Wirtschaftskrise ; USA ; Welt ; Institutional economics ; Evolutionary economics ; Marxian economics ; Capitalism ; Evolutionary economics ; Marxian economics ; Capitalism ; Institutional economics ; United States Economic conditions 1945- ; United States Economic conditions ; 1945- ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Marx, Karl 1818-1883 ; Veblen, Thorstein 1857-1929 ; USA ; Wirtschaftstheorie ; Marxismus ; Geschichte 1945-2000
    Abstract: This book uses an institutional-evolutionary approach to analyse economic problems associated with developments in capitalism during the second half of the twentieth century. It argues that economics should centre on institutions - the durable fabric of the economy over time. Drawing on the foundations of Marxist and institutional political economy, the book traces the lineages of institutional themes, as well as considering feminist, post-Keynesian, holistic economics and Schumpeterian perspectives. The nature of institutions in the growth and instability of capitalism is then explored with reference to social structures of accumulation. Particular reference is given to the world economy, the family, the Keynesian welfare state and neo-liberalism, Fordism, the flexible mode of accumulation, and financial regulation and deregulation. The author concludes, using institutional-evolutionary themes of political economy, that the evolution of modern capitalism is likely to be unstable as we move into the next century
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Foreword: William M. Dugger and James Ronald Stanfield -- 1. Introduction -- Part A: The foundations: Marx and Veblen -- 2. Marx's capital and the institutional reproduction of capitalism -- 3. Veblen's 'critique' of marx's philosophical preconceptions of political economy -- 4. Veblen's analysis of social wealth, industry-business, and crises of capitalism -- Part B: Contemporary institutional-evolutionary political economy -- 5. Neo-marxian and neoinstitutional political economy: Holism, evolution, and contradiction -- 6. Capital, the wealth of nations, and inequality in the contemporary world -- 7. A new measure of macroeconomic performance and institutional change -- Part C: Social structures of accumulation and socioeconomic crises of modern capitalism: 1940-2000s -- 8. Long waves of economic growth and development, and the metamorphosis of institutions -- 9. Fordism, accumulation, and institutional contradictions -- 10. The world economy and us hegemony -- 11. Household labor, the family, and macroeconomic instability in the United States -- 12. The Keynesian welfare state: Emergence, contradictions, and evolution -- 13. Financial instability, uncertainty, and endogenous credit in the United States -- 14. A new social structure of accumulation or the emerging global crises of capitalism? -- 15. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-342) and indexes
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  • 75
    ISBN: 9781781952733
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 520 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Mohamed Ariff, 1940 - Liberalization, growth and the Asian financial crisis
    DDC: 332/.042/095
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    Keywords: Finanzmarkt ; Finanzmarktregulierung ; Asien ; Finanzkrise ; Structural adjustment (Economic policy) Case studies ; Liberalism Case studies ; Financial crises Case studies ; Asia Case studies Economic policy ; Asia Case studies Economic conditions 1945- ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Asien ; Krise ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; Finanzlage ; Asien ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Asien ; Währungskrise ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Wirtschaftsreform ; Liberalisierung
    Abstract: This timely book examines the effects of financial liberalization in the more advanced economies of Southeast Asia. The book also analyses the degree to which emerging and transitional economies in East and South Asia can benefit from this example. The weakness of the banking sector is examined in order to explain the reasons behind the currency crisis and to prescribe policies to avoid a similar episode in the future. Further, the book documents the individual steps taken to liberalize the economies over a period of about 20-30 years in each country. The analyses reveal that liberalization led to high growth in economies undertaking such reforms while unwillingness to take such reforms appear to have led to poor growth and hence low social development. This finding contradicts the common belief that liberalization led to the financial crisis and then to growth collapse. An efficient and liberalized financial sector is an essential precondition for promoting and accelerating economic growth and welfare. Arguments supporting this policy are based on the experience of Southeast Asian economies, particularly the pioneers such as Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Thailand. This has led some less developed countries in East and South Asia to initiate the process of financial sector reforms and to realize the potential benefits of such reforms. The authors analyse the reform process and the lessons to be drawn from the experiences of these economies in their quest for sustained development in East and South Asia
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- Part I: Liberalization and the Asian financial crisis -- Part II: The early reformers -- Part III: Communists return to market forces -- Part IV: The hesitant reformers -- Part V: The lessons from liberalization -- Bibliography -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 474-495) and index
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  • 76
    ISBN: 9781782543152
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xx, 320 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: New Horizons in institutional and evolutionary economics
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Institutions and the role of the state
    DDC: 338.9
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    Keywords: Staatliche Einflussnahme ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; Institutionenökonomik ; Evolutionsökonomik ; Politische Reform ; Theorie ; Welt ; Economic policy ; State, The ; Institutional economics ; Evolutionary economics ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; Institutionenökonomie ; Evolutorische Wirtschaft
    Abstract: The rise of the institutionalist and evolutionary approaches in economics has posed a serious intellectual challenge to the dominant neo-classical paradigm. This book draws together leading scholars in the fields of institutional and evolutionary economics who apply cutting-edge research to one of the most controversial issues of our day, namely, the role of the state. The authors offer a sound methodological guide to the research in this fast-evolving area of economics. They provide a firm theoretical foundation for the role of the state and review the history of policy making. They also use country studies to reinforce their approach, including the role of the state in the Asian Crisis, the current debate on state reform in Japan, public administration in Central and Eastern Europe and the practice of state reform in Brazil. This book will inspire readers to reassess their views on the role of the state and state reform
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction -- Part I: Theoretical perspectives on the role of the state, institutions and conventions -- 1. An institutional perspective on the role of the state: Towards an institutionalist political economy -- 2. Evolutionary economics and the economic role of the state -- 3. Disorderly coordination: The limited capacities of states and markets -- 4. Conventions and institutions: Rethinking problems of state reform, governance and policy -- 5. From micro to macro: The concept of emergence and the role of institutions -- Part II: Policy perspectives -- 6. National diversity and global capitalism -- 7. Gestalt shift: From 'miracle' -- To 'cronyism' in the Asian crisis -- 8. State reform in the 1990s: Logic and control mechanisms -- 9. Blockage versus continuance in Brazilian industrialization -- 10. Central banking, democratic governance and political authority: The case of Brazil in a comparative perspective -- 11. Public administration in central and eastern Europe: Considerations from the 'state science' approach -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781035303922
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 261 pages)
    Series Statement: Current issues in ecological economics
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Greening the accounts
    DDC: 339.3
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    Keywords: Umweltökonomische Gesamtrechnung ; Input-Output-Analyse ; Theorie ; Welt ; National income Case studies Accounting ; Sustainable development Case studies ; Environmental economics Case studies ; Environmental economics ; National income Accounting ; Case studies ; Sustainable development Case studies ; Environmental economics Case studies ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Umweltökonomische Gesamtrechnung ; Volkswirtschaftliche Gesamtrechnung ; Umweltökonomie ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Nachhaltigkeit ; Umweltökonomie ; Umweltökonomische Gesamtrechnung
    Abstract: This path-breaking book shows how green accounting can be compatible with ecological economics and how it can contribute to the implementation of sustainability. It explores the history and methodology of green accounting and describes the state-of-the-art construction of green accounts in individual countries. The authors first provide an overview of the history of national accounting and its place in the debate concerning sustainability. In particular they address the social role that accounts play, the relationship of national accounts to economic traditions, and the relationship between green national accounts and ecological economics. They go on to describe issues related to the history of green accounts and the methodologies adopted, and discuss the Dutch experience with the NAMEA system, the use of input-output analysis in national accounting and the conceptual issues raised by green accounting. Finally, the authors show how green accounts are being constructed and used in various countries, by both national governments and corporate businesses. The book features new case studies of green national accounting in Europe, Africa and Canada, the UK experience in establishing green accounts and the process of greening business accounts. Greening the Accounts will be required reading for scholars of ecological economics, environmental studies and business and national accounting
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- 1. Introduction -- Part I: The history of national accounts -- 2. The social and political roles of national accounting -- 3. Roots of green accounting in the classical and neoclassical schools -- 4. Sustainability, ecological economics and green accounting -- Part II: Green accounting as a policy instrument -- 5. Indicators and accounts of sustainable development: The namea approach -- 6. Formal models and practical measurement for greening the accounts -- 7. The magic triangle of input-output tables -- 8. Alternative green accounting methodologies -- Part III: Uses of green accounting -- 9. Case studies: Uses of green accounting -- 10. Constructing green accounts -- 11. Corporate environmental accounting: Accounting for environmentally sustainable profits -- 12. Setting the agenda for green accounting in the 21st century -- Index.
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  • 78
    ISBN: 9781035304059
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 268 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von The economics of the Euro area
    DDC: 332.4/94
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    Keywords: Economic and Monetary Union ; Economic and Monetary Union ; Eurozone ; Geldpolitik ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; EU-Staaten ; Monetary unions ; Monetary policy ; Monetary unions Europe ; Monetary policy Europe ; Europe Economic integration ; Europe Economic integration ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Makroökonomie ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; Europäische Union ; Währungsunion ; Wirtschaftspolitik
    Abstract: This book examines the monetary integration of the group of countries which constitute the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), signalling the emergence of a truly European economy. The authors devote their considerable expertise to the analysis of macroeconomic policies within EMU and the economic analysis underlying the conduct of these policies. The authors first analyse the development of the euro area from a historical perspective. They then examine the criteria for the first eleven countries to qualify for EMU and speculate whether the same countries would have joined if the qualification date had been a year later. The authors go on to examine purely macroeconomic aspects of the euro area including: * the degree of real convergence in the euro area * the short-run and long-run determinants of the euro area's current account * the euro area's financial markets and implications for the international role of the euro * the organizational structure and internal procedures of the European System of Central Banks * the Eurosystem's single monetary policy strategy * fiscal policy and the Stability and Growth Pact * exchange rate policy issues. This book will become required reading for scholars and policymakers in the area's of European studies, macroeconomic policy and financial economics
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- Part I: The road to emu -- Part II: Analysis of the euro area -- Part III: Policy and institutions -- References -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781782542056
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 256 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: Vienna Institute for Comparative Economic Studies series
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Integration through foreign direct investment
    DDC: 332.67/3/0943
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    Keywords: Auslandsinvestition ; Wirtschaftliche Konvergenz ; Slowakei ; Tschechien ; Ungarn ; Slowenien ; Investments, Foreign ; Investments, Foreign Europe, Eastern ; Europe, Eastern Foreign economic relations ; European Union countries Foreign economic relations ; Europe, Eastern Foreign economic relations ; European Union countries ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Europäische Union ; Osteuropa ; Direktinvestition ; Wirtschaftliche Integration
    Abstract: This book explores whether foreign direct investment (FDI) can contribute to the competitiveness of industries in Central Europe and to narrowing the gap between these transition economies and countries within the European Union. The Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia and Slovenia have attracted substantial FDI since the beginning of their transition to a market economy. Using exhaustive empirical data, the authors demonstrate that foreign investment enterprises in Central Europe have higher allocative efficiency, promote macro- and microeconomic restructuring and foster the restructuring of the manufacturing sector in accordance with the host countries' comparative advantages. The case of Austria is used to demonstrate the possible benefits of FDI. On the other hand, high foreign penetration leads to the concentration of production and exports and makes the economy more vulnerable to external shocks. In addition, there may be unwelcome pressures on economic policy in order to maintain the country's position as a frequented investment target. However, the analysis in this book suggests that, on the whole, economies in transition can become more competitive more rapidly and more profoundly with the help of foreign direct investment. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of international economics, European studies, economies of transition and international business
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. Introduction: Integration through fdi making central European industries competitive -- 2. Central Europe catching-up through fdi? -- 3. Fdi, technology transfer and growth in economic theory -- 4. The role of fdi in restructuring and modernization: An overview of literature -- 5. Austria - catching-up through inward fdi? -- 6. Foreign penetration in central European manufacturing -- 7. Restructuring and efficiency upgrading with fdi -- 8. Production specialization in central European manufacturing -- 9. Fies and productivity convergence in central Europe -- 10. The impact of fdi on the foreign trade of cecs -- 11. Fdi in the balance-of-payments framework -- Index.
    Note: In association with The Vienna Institute for Comparative Economic Studies , Includes bibliographical references and index
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    ISBN: 9781035304196
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 153 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von China's trade and investment after the Asia crisis
    DDC: 382/.0951
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    Keywords: World Trade Organization ; Internationale Wirtschaft ; China ; Investments, Foreign ; Außenhandel ; Außenhandelspolitik ; Währungspolitik ; Börse ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Globalisierung ; Direktinvestition ; Öffentliche Investition ; Regionalpolitik ; Entwicklung ; Tendenz ; China Commerce ; China Economic policy 1976-2000 ; China ; Aufsatzsammlung ; China ; Außenhandel ; Direktinvestition
    Abstract: China is both the world's most populous country and an important transition economy. It is also a major market for trade and investment. As such, this study of the trends, patterns, issues and problems of trade and investment in recent years is both vital and fascinating. Areas of discussion and analysis in this book include China's trade in a globalized economy, foreign investment after the Asia crisis, the WTO and regional economic development, along with discussion about the relationships with Hong Kong and Australia. Written by nationally and internationally respected experts on the Chinese economy, the book brings together a collection of timely and significant studies on China's trade and investment. The book will be essential reading for scholars of modern China, its economic development and the direction in which it will evolve in the 21st century. Important practical policy implications are reached for use by government, business and academics
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. China's trade and investment after the Asia crisis: An overview -- 2. China's trade in a globalized economy: Trends, patterns and future policy -- 3. Foreign investment in China after the Asia crisis -- 4. China, the world trade organization and regional economic cooperation -- 5. China's stock market: Emergence, development and perspective -- 6. Hong kong: Fundamentals of international trade and monetary policy -- 7. Australia-china trade after the Asia crisis -- 8. China's recent macroeconomic developments and policy with implications for trade -- 9. China's trade and investment in the new millennium -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781782541707
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 143 pages) , illustrations
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    Keywords: Feminist economics ; Free enterprise ; Women Economic conditions ; Women Employment ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Market, State and Feminism offers an inter-disciplinary critique of the 'free market backlash' - the belief that free market economics can improve the position, status and well-being of women. The authors argue that, far from being restrictive and intrusive, state action can enhance the individual's ability to make responsible choices. This book questions the philosophical basis of free market feminism, challenging its masculine assumptions about rationality and individualism. The authors critically examine the theoretical validity of dichotomising the market versus the state and draw attention to the richness of the interdependence between markets and state institutions. Empirical and case study material is drawn from the UK, the European Union and the United States and illuminates the issues of equal employment opportunities and pay, girls' education performance, business attitudes to women, lobbying by women's groups and equal opportunities legislation
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction -- 1. A feminist economic perspective -- 2. Gender, economic life and politics -- 3. The different worlds of work -- 4. The free market, family and gender -- 5. Valuing diversity? Women in the us workforce today -- 6. Women's employment and the European Union -- 7. A critique of free market feminism -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781035303625
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 348 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Beyond the representative agent
    DDC: 339
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    Keywords: Wirtschaftstheorie ; Makroökonomik ; Theorie ; Macroeconomics ; Social interaction ; Economics Sociological aspects ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Wirtschaftssoziologie ; Makroökonomie
    Abstract: This challenging book extends standard economic theory to take into account the presence of heterogeneity among economic agents. It argues for an approach to economic analysis which regards the economy as an interactive system with heterogeneous agents and not simply a system which treats aggregates as some 'representative' individual. The authors consider that no sector of the economy can be treated as behaving like a single individual and each sector should be modelled as a complex interactive system. They apply this approach to many macro- and micro- analyses including monetary policy and firms, technological innovation and the insider-outsider model. In conclusion the authors find that this approach proves much more fruitful in explaining empirical phenomena than much of the existing theory. The result of this approach to economic theory which encompasses many realistic features, provides a vision of the economy which is not at odds with common sense, but which does not abandon rigorous analysis. This important book will be welcomed by those interested in both macro and micro economic theory
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction -- 1. Interaction and market -- 2. Tutorial on social interaction economics -- 3. Multilevel interactions with a Keynesian flavour in a stochastic macroeconomic model -- 4. Economic theory and 'conformism' -- 5. Firms' size and monetary policy -- 6. Agents' heterogeneity and coordination failure -- 7. Compartmental analysis of economic systems with heterogeneous agents -- 8. Macroeconomic fluctuations and heterogeneous agents -- 9. Fluctuations and growth due to technological innovation and diffusion -- 10. Hysteresis and economics -- 11. An insider-outsider model with non-trivially heterogeneous labour force -- 12. Agents' heterogeneity, financial fragility, and learning -- Index.
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  • 83
    ISBN: 9781782543589
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 194 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von The governance of privatization funds
    DDC: 338.943
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    Keywords: Privatisierung ; Investmentfonds ; Corporate Governance ; Tschechien ; Polen ; Slowenien ; Privatization ; Privatization ; Privatization ; Corporate governance ; Corporate governance ; Corporate governance ; Privatization Czech Republic ; Corporate governance Czech Republic ; Privatization Poland ; Corporate governance Poland ; Privatization Slovenia ; Corporate governance Slovenia ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Tschechien ; Privatisierung ; Polen ; Privatisierung ; Slowenien ; Privatisierung ; Osteuropa ; Privatisierung ; Privatisierung ; Corporate Governance
    Abstract: Privatization investment funds are the key feature of mass privatization programmes in transitional economies. This book offers a thorough survey of mass privatization programmes in the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovenia, supported with extensive empirical analysis. The study of 'top-down' privatization funds in Poland and 'bottom-up' funds in the Czech Republic and Slovenia offers different solutions to the problem of how to improve the governance of privatization funds. The authors argue that the institutional structure of closed-end investment companies and open-end mutual funds has not provided the right incentives to maximize the value for the shareholders. In addition too many regulations are in place in underdeveloped markets to protect new shareholders unaccustomed to exercising their ownership rights. Instead, the authors argue that they need to promote adjustment in fund portfolios and ownership structures in order to spur the development of capital markets and effective mechanisms of corporate governance
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction -- 1. The governance of privatization funds in the Czech Republic -- 2. The governance of privatization funds in Poland -- 3. The governance of privatization funds in Slovenia -- Part I: The role of privatization funds in privatization and post-privatization -- Part II: Transformation of privatization funds -- Part III: Management companies and issues of governance of privatization funds -- Part IV: The governance of privatization funds with special reference to the role of supervisory boards -- 4. The impact of privatization funds on corporate governance in mass privatization schemes: The Czech Republic, Poland and Slovenia -- 5. The governance of privatization funds: Open issues and policy recommendations -- References -- Bibliography -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-187) and index
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  • 84
    ISBN: 9781781959985
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 244 pages) , illustrations
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    DDC: 330.15/6
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    Keywords: Neoklassische Synthese ; Marktversagen ; Finanzmarkt ; Unvollkommener Markt ; Kreditrationierung ; Theorie ; Keynesian economics ; Neoclassical school of economics ; Macroeconomics ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Neokeynesianismus
    Abstract: This innovative book shows how new Keynesian economics has reacted to the challenges of new classical economics. It argues that new Keynesian economists have responded positively to the challenge and strengthened the analytical power of their models. The first part of the book offers a critical reconstruction of the two crucial strains developed in new Keynesian economics. Firstly, the analysis of nominal and real rigidities based on imperfect competition in markets and secondly the analysis of capital market imperfections based on information asymetries. The authors argue that the constraints and market failures of new Keynesian models need to be specified. In the second part they focus on the financial constraint of credit rationing, the market failure of unemployment equilibria and the links between financial constraints and the workings of the labour market in economic cycles. The analysis of this does not provide a solution to all the analytical problems of the new Keynesian framework, but assesses the strengths and weaknesses of new Keynesian economics. The authors suggest that new Keynesian economics has opened a promising path of research which could make a pathbreaking contribution to macroeconomic theory
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- 1. The new Keynesian economics: A survey -- 2. An investigation into the new Keynesian macroeconomics of imperfect capital markets -- 3. New Keynesian economics and sequence analysis -- 4. Credit rationing with loans of variable size -- 5. Market imperfections, unemployment equilibria and nominal rigidities -- 6. Nominal shocks, net worth and economic activity: A new Keynesian view of the monetary transmission mechanism -- Index.
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  • 85
    ISBN: 9781035303762
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 247 pages)
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    DDC: 330.15/6
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    Keywords: Keynes, John Maynard ; Keynesianismus ; Ökonomische Ideengeschichte ; Theorie ; Welt ; Keynesian economics ; Economics Congresses History 20th century ; Keynesian economics ; Konferenzschrift ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Keynes, John Maynard 1883-1946 ; Keynessche Theorie
    Abstract: The Impact of Keynes on Economics in the 20th Century reconsiders the nature and significance of Keynes's theories and economic policies. It provides important contrasting interpretations of Keynesian thought, and illustrates the diversity of Keynesianism in different European countries throughout the century. The book provides a blend of theoretical and historical discussions to evaluate the contents and implications of Keynesianism. It includes reappraisals of modern interpretations of Keynes's thought, the extent to which Keynesian ideas were anticipated in different European countries and the reactions to the Keynesian revolution. In addition the authors consider the impact of Keynesian thought on institutions which embraced, rejected or developed alternatives to this school of thought. The book is divided into three main parts. The first addresses Keynesian theory. The second part presents an overall picture of Keynesian-type policies and theories throughout Europe; many of these were not necessarily stimulated by Keynes but were the outcome of national traditions and on-going debates. The third part is devoted to how Keynesian policy has been used by government and non-governmental organizations in an attempt to deal with unemployment and deflation during the twentieth century. The Impact of Keynes on Economics in the 20th Century will be welcomed by historians of economic thought, economic historians and those interested in Keynesian and post-Keynesian developments in Europe during this century
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: Theory -- 1. J.m. Keynes's 'revolution - the major event of twentieth-century economics? -- 2. Mr keynes and the moderns -- 3. The conditions for the reinstatement of Keynesian policy -- Part II: Keynesianism in European countries (before and after the general theory) -- 4. Keynes and the French guardians of say's law -- 5. Keynes before and after the general theory -- 6. Keynes's economic ideas in Spain before the general theory -- 7. The analysis of wages and unemployment revisited -- 8. Keynesianism in Italy -- 9. Keynesian elements in a long-term analysis -- Part III: Institutional discussions of Keynesian policies -- 10. The rationalization of industry as a controversial remedy for unemployment -- 11. Pre-Keynesian themes at brookings -- 12. The ILO and the league of nations -- 13. The beveridge retort -- Index.
    Note: Contains a selection of the papers that were presented to the first annual conference of ESHET, held in Marseilles, 1997 , Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 86
    ISBN: 9781781959817
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 417 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Bioeconomics and sustainability
    DDC: 333.7
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    Keywords: Bioökonomik ; Evolutionsökonomik ; Thermodynamischer Ansatz ; Entropie ; Ressourcenökonomik ; Theorie ; Environmental economics ; Sustainable development ; Economics ; Human ecology ; Entropy ; Festschrift ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Bibliografie ; Georgescu-Roegen, Nicholas 1906-1994 ; Wirtschaftstheorie ; Umweltökonomie ; Nachhaltigkeit ; Georgescu-Roegen, Nicholas 1906-1994 ; Nachhaltigkeit ; Georgescu-Roegen, Nicholas 1906-1994 ; Umweltökonomie ; Biologische Umweltlehre ; Nachhaltigkeit
    Abstract: Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen was described by Paul Samuelson as 'an economist's economist'. This book honors him by discussing his theories on a wide range of issues but particularly on environmental and energy economics. It is a dynamic tribute which extends his work to address the problems the human race will face in the 21st century. The book shows how Georgescu-Roegen constructed nothing less than an almost complete theoretical alternative to neoclassical economics. Although best-known for his later work as an environmentalist and his work on energy and material transformation, Georgescu-Roegen also made seminal contributions to the economic theory of utility and production and is considered to be one of the founders of modern mathematical economics. In this book an internationally acclaimed group of contributors including Joan Martinez-Alier, William H. Miernyk, Herman Daly and Cutler Cleveland present discussions on environmental and energy economics as well as mathematical economics, economic development and peasant economies, and bioeconomics. This book serves as an excellent all-inclusive introduction to the work of one of the great economists of the 20th century. This celebration of the contributions made by Georgescu-Roegen will be of interest to environmental and natural resource economists, as well as social and economic theorists. With a dedication by Wassily Leontief and a foreword by Paul Samuelson
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Foreword by Paul Samuelson -- 1. Introduction -- 2. How long can neoclassical economists ignore the contributions of Georgescu-Roegen? -- 3. From political economy to political ecology -- 4. Georgescu-Roegen's evolutionary economics -- 5. Economic growth theory and the georgescu-roegen paradigm -- 6. Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen's approach to economic value -- 7. Georgescu-Roegen on consumer theory -- 8. Biophysical economics -- 9. From agrarianism to entropy -- 10. Embodied energy analysis, Sraffa's analysis, Georgescu-Roegen's flow-fund model and viability of solar technology -- 11. Production and time -- 12. A theory of resilient flow-fund linkages -- 13. The passage from entropy to thermodynamic indeterminacy -- 14. Biophysical roots of 'enjoyment of life' according to Georgescu-Roegen's bioeconomic paradigm -- 15. The role of entropy and energy in natural resource economics -- 16. Five conditions for sustainable living systems -- Bibliography -- Index.
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  • 87
    ISBN: 9781035303786
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 157 pages) , illustration
    Series Statement: New horizons in environmental economics
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Green taxes
    DDC: 336.2
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    Keywords: Ökosteuer ; Steuerreform ; Steuerwirkung ; Nordeuropa ; Environmental impact charges Congresses ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Konferenzschrift 1995 ; Umweltsteuer ; Skandinavien
    Abstract: The prospect of simultaneously achieving a 'greener' environment, increased tax revenues and lower levels of unemployment has made ecological taxes an increasingly popular proposition. This volume examines the possibility of ecological tax reform in the Nordic countries of Denmark, Norway and Sweden. The potential for ecological tax reform is investigated on a theoretical and an empirical level. The social costs associated with environmental taxes are analysed and the impacts of a Swedish carbon tax are calculated by means of a static numerical model. Taxes on carbon, nitrogen and fertilisers are also examined. The authors find that the level of unemployment cannot be decreased by revenue neutral environmental taxes without any social costs and conclude that there are no easy ways to achieve full employment, a budget surplus and environmental sustainability. They conclude that further understanding of the functioning of the labour market, household decisions and the link between change in pollutant emissions and environmental damage is needed in order to make more concrete suggestions concerning ecological tax reforms. Green Taxes will be of immense use to academics and practitioners in the field of environmental economics
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction -- 1. Governmental commissions on green taxes in Denmark -- 2. The governmental commission on green taxes in norway -- 3. The Swedish green tax commission -- 4. Double dividend: Just desserts or pie in the sky? -- 5. Green tax reform: Theoretical issues, empirical results, and future challenges -- 6. General equilibrium effects of increasing carbon taxes in Sweden -- 7. Green taxes in Sweden: A partial equilibrium analysis of the carbon tax and the tax on nitrogen and fertilizers -- 8. Taxes and labour supply in Sweden - a meta analysis -- Index.
    Note: Based on a Nordic workshop held in Stockholm, 1995 , Includes bibliographical references and index
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    ISBN: 9781035303700
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 422 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: Studies in fiscal federalism and state-local finance
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    DDC: 336.48
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    Keywords: Finanzbeziehungen ; Gemeindefinanzen ; Nordeuropa ; Intergovernmental fiscal relations ; Intergovernmental fiscal relations Scandinavia ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Skandinavien ; Finanzausgleich ; Finanzwirtschaft ; Föderalismus
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Style, reform and performance -- 2. Demand -- 3. Political institutions -- 4. Cost and control -- 5. Theory.
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    ISBN: 9781781956731
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 290 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Trust and economic learning
    DDC: 330
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    Keywords: Unternehmenskooperation ; Wirtschaftsethik ; Reputation ; Lernprozess ; Lernende Organisation ; Theorie ; Economics Moral and ethical aspects ; Trust ; Business ethics ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Wirtschaftsethik ; Trust ; Vertrauen ; Unternehmensethik ; Organisatorisches Lernen
    Abstract: The 1990s have witnessed a vast growth of research on the topics of trust and learning. This can be explained by the profound technological and organizational changes that have made both inter-and intra-firm trust indispensable for sustaining the forms of learning that underlie successful competitive performance. Trust and Economic Learning brings together innovative research by an internationally recognized group of scholars from Europe and the United States. The distinction between trust and a variety of related concepts, including reputation, implicit contracts and confidence is examined. The links between learning and trust are then explored using a number of original empirical contributions and theoretical approaches including an adaptation of game theory, Marengo's computational model of organizational learning and the 'step by step' rule developed by Lazaric and Lorenz. In addition, Bayesian learning models are compared with evolutionary approaches based on tools of artificial intelligence to evaluate the preconditions for establishing trust. This unique volume will be a highly useful companion to traditional graduate-level texts in industrial organization. It constitutes a valuable source of knowledge for practitioners and policymakers alike. It will also be of interest to scholars interested in evolutionary and institutional economics, technology and innovation and international business
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction -- Part I: Notions of trust in economic cooperation -- 1. The information requirements of trust in supplier relations -- 2. Self-interest, trust and institutions -- 3. Trust in inter-firm relations -- 4. Trust and collective action in financial markets -- Part II: Collective learning dynamics -- 5. The formation of beliefs on financial markets -- 6. The ambivalent role of imitation in decentralised collective learning -- 7. Cooperation and trust in spatially clustered firms -- 8. The economics of knowledge openness -- 9. Technological evolution, self-organisation and knowledge -- Part III: Trust and organisational learning -- 10. Trust and organisational learning during inter-firm cooperation -- 11. Knowledge distribution and coordination in organisations -- 12. Trust and organisational learning -- 13. Organisational trust, learning and implicit commitments.
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  • 90
    ISBN: 9781035303663
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 180 pages)
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Biotechnology and competitive advantage
    DDC: 338.4/76606/094
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    Keywords: Biotechnology industries ; Biotechnology industries ; Competition, International ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Europäische Union ; USA ; Biotechnologische Industrie ; Internationaler Vergleich
    Abstract: Biotechnology and Competitive Advantage investigates the development of biotechnology in Europe and the United States. It examines why Europe has fallen behind in applying biotechnology, when its scientific capabilities are largely comparable to those in the US. In addition it sheds new light on the wider context of the theory of growth of new technologies. This innovative book brings together a wide range of material concerning socio-economic aspects of the development of biotechnology in Europe and the US. Issues discussed include: * European policy for biotechnology, in individual countries and at the European Union level * risk regulation and the ways in which industry, regulators and non-government organizations manage risk regulation and the perception of risk * the formation and roles of biotechnology firms in Europe and the US and their relative capabilities * gene therapy development in Europe and the US * the impact on Europe of overseas biotechnology research by European multinationals. This book argues in favour of developing an integrated research and development system which will strengthen the research and development capabilities of all the actors involved. This book will be of great interest to science policymakers; businesses and academics studying the development of biotechnology and students of economics and business studies throughout Europe and the US
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. Introduction / (R. van Vilet) -- 2. Biotechnology: The external environment / (J. Senker) -- 3. Industrial structure and the dynamics of knowledge generation in biotechnology / (P.P. Saviotti) -- 4. Risk perception, regulation and the management of agro-biotechnologies / (J. Chataway and G. Assouline) -- 5. The creation of European dedicated biotechnology firms / (P.P. Saviotti, P.-B. Joly, J. Estades, S. Ramani and M.-A. de Looze) -- 6. The evolution of European biotechnology and its future competitiveness / (R. Acharya, A. Arundel and L. Orsenigo) -- 7. Biotechnology and Europe's chemical/pharmaceutical multinationals / (J. Senker, P.-B. Joly and M. Reinhard) -- 8. The 'commercialization gap' in gene therapy: Lessons for European competitiveness / (P. Martin and S. Thomas) -- 9. Conclusions - biotechnology and European competitiveness / (R. Acharya) -- Bibliography.
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  • 91
    ISBN: 9781035303717
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 211 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Environmental valuation, economic policy and sustainability
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    Keywords: Umweltökonomik ; Umweltpolitik ; Nachhaltige Entwicklung ; Theorie ; Welt ; Environmental economics ; Valuation ; Sustainable development ; Economic policy ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Umweltökonomie ; Bewertung ; Umweltökonomie ; Umweltpolitik ; Umweltökonomie ; Umweltverträglichkeit
    Abstract: This book brings together some of the most important recent developments in the various aspects of environmental economics as well as providing an introduction to its theory and practice. Environmental valuation techniques, including exciting new approaches such as production function techniques, are outlined and applied to developed and developing countries, and to countries in transition from centrally planned to market based systems. The effectiveness of regulatory and market based policy instruments, including environmental taxation and tradeable permits, is analysed and applied to environmental problems such as the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from transport and the conservation of biological diversity
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. An Introduction to environmental economics: Theory and application / (M. Acutt and P. Mason) -- Part I: Economic valuation of the environment -- 2. Economic valuation in transition economies -- 3. Real and hypothetical willingness to pay for environmental preservation -- 4. An alternative approach to valuing non-market goods -- 5. Valuing the environment as an input -- Part II: Economic policy towards the environment -- 6. Environmental taxation -- 7. Economic incentives for the control of pollution -- 8. Environmental policy, firm location and green consumption -- 9. Environmental regulation -- Part III: Environmental sustainability -- 10. The economics of environmental sustainability -- 11. Ecological resilience and economic sustainability -- 12. Stripping resources and investing abroad.
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    ISBN: 9781035306060
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (vii, 348 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Creedy, John, 1949 - The history of economic analysis
    DDC: 330/.09
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    Keywords: Wirtschaftstheorie ; Ökonomische Ideengeschichte ; Wohlfahrtsökonomik ; Theorie ; Economics History ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Volkswirtschaftslehre ; Geschichte
    Abstract: This book brings together John Creedy's most important essays on the history of economic analysis. The book contributes to our understanding of the development of economics by looking at the subject and some of its major players including Pareto, Edgeworth, Marshall and Wicksell, from an historical perspective. It reveals how learning about a subject and its past is critical to understanding current debates
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- 1. Pareto and the distribution of income -- 2. Edgeworth's contribution to the theory of exchange -- 3. Some recent interpretations of mathematical psychics -- 4. The early use of lagrange multipliers in economics -- 5. Francis ysidro edgeworth -- 6. F.y. Edgeworth's mathematical training -- 7. F.y. Edgeworth: Utilitarianism and arbitration -- 8. Public finance -- 9. On the king-davenant law of demand -- 10. Wicksell on edgeworth's tax paradox -- 11. Whewell's 'translation' of j.s. Mill -- 12. Marshall and edgeworth -- 13. Marshall, monopoly and rectangular hyperbolas -- 14. Commentary on English speaking pioneers in value and distribution theory -- 15. Marshall and international trade -- 16. Mangoldt and inter-related goods -- 17. Consumers' surplus and international trade: Marshall's example -- 18. The role of stocks in supply and demand analysis -- 19. Jevons's complex cases in the theory of exchange -- 20. Cournot on trade between regions and the transition from partial to general equilibrium modelling -- 21. Launhardt's model of exchange -- 22. Exchange equilibria: Bargaining, utilitarian and competitive solutions -- 23. The rise and fall of walras's demand and supply curves -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781035303618
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxviii, 540 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Barbier, Edward, 1957 - The economics of environment and development
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    Keywords: Nachhaltige Entwicklung ; Umweltökonomik ; Bodenschutz ; Naturschutz ; Landwirtschaft ; Wald ; Theorie ; Entwicklungsländer ; Sustainable development ; Economic development Environmental aspects ; Sustainable development ; Developing countries ; Economic development ; Environmental aspects ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Entwicklungsländer ; Nachhaltigkeit ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Umweltökonomie
    Abstract: The Economics of Environment and Development is a carefully edited selection of Edward Barbier's most influential papers on the role of environmental economics in economic development. This book begins with a brief overview and summary of the papers, placing each in its original context and in relation to the development of Barbier's ideas. The first section deals with the concept of sustainable development, in particular its practical implications for economic policy in developing countries, as well as the long run conditions under which an economy might trade-off environment and growth to achieve its development aims. The second section is concerned mainly with land degradation and tropical deforestation. Using case studies from Africa, Central America and Southeast Asia, the underlying causes of these problems are examined and innovative policies are prescribed to reverse environmental degradation in these areas. The third part of the book is dedicated to the economics of wetlands, wildlands and biodiversity conservation, and discusses the optimal use and management of a region's remaining wild or natural habitat areas. The final section of the book deals with trade and the environment and focuses on the linkages between sustainable resource management and the trade in ivory, timber and forest products, and the role of trade interventions as a means of encouraging a developing country to conserve more of a biological resource. This authoritative volume will be of great interest to academics, policymakers and students of environmental, ecological and development economics
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Part I: Sustainable development -- Part II: Agriculture and forests -- Part III: Wetlands, wildlands and biodiversity -- Part IV: Trade and environment -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781035303724
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 284 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: International studies in environmental policy making
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von International competitiveness and environmental policies
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    Keywords: Environmental policy Economic aspects ; Competition, International ; Konferenzschrift ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Wirtschaft ; Internationaler Wettbewerb ; Umweltpolitik
    Abstract: Government policies to reduce environmental pollution and global warming are often criticized as damaging to the economy, particularly by reducing international competitiveness. This book addresses the issue by examining many of the policies concerned, and their effects on competitiveness. It demonstrates that well-designed, market-oriented environmental policies may be expected to improve both domestic and international competitiveness. The authors dismiss the fear that environmental policies will damage competitiveness by approaching the issue from four different perspectives: the economic analysis of competitiveness; a geo-economic approach to trade and foreign investment between Europe, NAFTA and Southeast Asia; studies of the effects of environmental policies on competitiveness; and the formal modelling of carbon taxation, international competitiveness and carbon leakage. The book also includes results from a global econometric model on the potential for carbon leakage, a detailed case study of German national policies, an examination of life cycle analysis and competitiveness, and an empirical study of green product development. This book will be of great interest to academics working in the field of environmental economics and researchers involved in environmental policy
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction / (T. Barker and J. Köhler) -- Part I: Reviews of the literature -- Part II: Macroeconomic simulations -- Part III: Economic analyses of countries and firms -- Index.
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  • 95
    ISBN: 9781035303496
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 252 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: New horizons in environmental economics
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Climate change, transport and environmental policy
    DDC: 363.738/7456
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    Keywords: 14.06.1995 ; Klimaschutz ; Umweltpolitik ; Nachhaltige Mobilität ; Föderalismus ; Wirkungsanalyse ; EU-Staaten ; USA ; Environmental policy Congresses ; Environmental policy Congresses ; Climatic changes Congresses Government policy ; Climatic changes Congresses Government policy ; Transportation and state Congresses ; Transportation and state Congresses ; Konferenzschrift ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Klimaänderung ; Verkehr ; Umweltpolitik ; Transport
    Abstract: This important new book presents a state-of-the-art assessment of how economic models can be used by different levels of government to combat environmental problems. It considers policies for climate change and transport that can be used at federal and confederal levels of government. The authors examine the unique aspects of environmental policy making in a multi-layered government using empirical case studies covering Europe and the US. They consider the causes of pollution at three levels - federal government, local government and industries and firms. Concentrating on greenhouse gas abatement and the transport sector, they use quantitative techniques to compare alternative policy solutions. This quantitative approach overcomes problems of some inconclusive theoretical prescriptions, which often depend on combinations of particular parameter values. In addition, this method makes it possible to investigate the costs and benefits of a particular solution, and the distribution effects between different groups. This approach also provides insights into the economic consequences of the application of local versus national or federal policies. Climate Change, Transport and Environmental Policy provides the necessary analysis required for environmental policy making in that it uses a quantitative approach to balance the costs and benefits of alternative policy options. Climate Change, Transport and Environmental Policy is an important addition to the literature and will be welcomed by environmental policymakers at the local, regional, national and international level as well as scholars and postgraduate students in environmental economics and public policy
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. Introductory -- 2. Alternative co2 abatement strategies for the European Union -- 3. National economic impacts of an EU environmental policy: An applied general equilibrium analysis -- 4. Environmental fiscal reforms in a federal Europe -- 5. Coordinated versus non-coordinated European energy/carbon tax solutions analysed with gem-e3 linking the eu-12 countries -- 6. Who's in the driver's seat? Mobile source policy in the us federal system -- 7. Deriving and selecting policy instruments to meet air quality standards in the European Union -- 8. Central versus local regulation of gasoline related automobile emissions: The contrasting cases of lead, co and precursors -- 9. Regional and federal interests in transport and environmental policy making: The case of Belgium -- contributors: J. Braden, c. böhringer, b. De borger, p. Capros, c. carraro, k. conrad, z. degraeve, c. denis, m. Ferris, m. Galeotti, p. georgakopoulous, j.v. Hall, w. harrington, g.j. Koopman, v. Mcconnell, s. Ochelen, s. Proost, d. Van regemorter, t.f. Rutherford, t. Schmidt, d. swysen, l. Teunen, m. Walls, s. Zografakis.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 96
    ISBN: 9781035303250
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 289 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Economics and its discontents
    DDC: 330
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    Keywords: 1900-2000 ; Ökonomische Ideengeschichte ; Theorie ; Economics ; Economists ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Wirtschaftswissenschaftler
    Abstract: Dissenters have a common dissatisfaction with economics as it is currently practised, and they recognise that twentieth century economics has failed to explain real world economic phenomena. This major book focuses on the work and lives of seventeen of the most influential dissenting economists who have shaped twentieth century economics and who continue to make economics more relevant. In Economics and its Discontents each chapter explains what it means to be a dissenting economist and examines how and why the work of the featured economist constitutes dissent. It demonstrates that dissent in the profession extends beyond ideology and that dissenters can come from radical, liberal or conservative backgrounds. Dissent is considered in many respects, including how economics is taught, the methodology of economic analysis, the lack of attention economists pay to the real world behaviour of individuals, the narrow and limited assumptions made by economists, the inappropriate attempt of economics to dominate all social sciences, and the policy conclusions reached by standard economic analysis. The dissenters featured in this book suggest that there is a better way to do economics, and a better way to be an economist, and each has helped keep economics honest by constantly questioning traditional thinking. This book salutes and celebrates these dissenters who exemplify the very best of the discipline. If economics is again to be a respected field and a highly regarded profession, we must look to these dissenters to point the way forward. This book will be welcomed by professional economists, researchers and postgraduate students, especially those interested in the history of economic thought, and economic methodology and philosophy
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction: Dissent in twentieth century economics / (R.P.F. Holt and S. Pressman) -- 1. The seditious dissent of barbara r. Bergmann / (E.A. Paulin) -- 2. James m. Buchanan and the rebirth of political economy / (P.J. Boettke) -- 3. John r. Commons and the compatibility of neoclassical and institutionalist economics / (J.E. Biddle and W.J. Samuels) -- 4. The tenacious dissent of milton friedman / (D. Colander) -- 5. Friedrich a. Hayek: Super-dissenter / (L.S. Moss) -- 6. John a. Hobson: Dissenting labour economist / (J.E. King) -- 7. The policy dissent of nicholas kaldor / (S. Pressman) -- 8. The positive dissent of michal kalecki / (M. Sawyer) -- 9. Dissent and continuity: John maynard keynes / (V. Chick) -- 10. Frank knight's dissent from progressive social science / (R.B.Emmett) -- 11. Oskar lange's dissent from market capitalism and state socialism / (C. Rider) -- 12. Imagining the possibilities: The dissent of adolph lowe / (M. Forstater) -- 13. Gardiner means and the dissent of administered prices / (F. Lee) -- 14. The theoretical, methodological and pedagogical dissent of joan robinson / (Z. Emami) -- 15. Thomas schelling's dissent from the narrow scope of economics / (D. Latzko) -- 16. Piero sraffa and mainstream theory / (H.D. Kurz and N. Salvadori) -- 17. Thorstein bunde veblen: The quintessential dissenter / (C.M.A. Clark) -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 97
    ISBN: 9781035303380
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 331 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von The economy as a process of valuation
    DDC: 330
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    Keywords: Institutionenökonomik ; Kosten ; Externer Effekt ; Werttheorie ; Theorie ; Value ; Economics Philosophy ; Economics History ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Wirtschaftsphilosophie ; Coase-Theorem ; Wirtschaftstheorie
    Abstract: The Economy as Process of Valuation sheds new light on the potential benefits of concept and theory formation along dynamic and evolutionary lines for understanding economic processes. The emphasis is on aspects of the economy as a process of valuation rather than as a mechanistic result of transcendental forces yielding unique determinate results. The book begins by examining instrumentalism and the process of valuation, arguing that to choose involves the process of valuation. It then focuses on Coases's work on institutions and considers the implications for a variety of subjects including the theory of the firm and the theory and policy of externalities - all aspects of the economy as a process of valuation. This is followed by analyses of the concepts of coercion and cost in economics, with special reference to one agent's interest being another agent's cost. Each elicits key aspects of analysis, valuation and the complexities and conflictual nature of valuation processes and structures. Finally, Kenneth Boulding's work on 'The Image' is examined, arguing that definitions of reality and values derive, in part from language
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction (w.j. Samuels) -- 1. Instrumental valuation (w.j. Samuels) -- 2. Ronald coase and coasean economics: Some questions, conjectures and implications (w.j. Samuels, s.g. Medema) -- 3. The concept of 'coercion' in economics (w.j. Samuels) -- 4. The concept of cost in economics (w.j. Samuels, a.a. schmid) -- 5. Kenneth boulding's the image and contemporary discourse analysis / (W.J. Samuels) -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 98
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    Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
    ISBN: 9781035303441
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 298 pages) , illustrations
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von The economic foundations of property rights
    DDC: 330.1/7
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    Keywords: Eigentumsrechtstheorie ; Institutionenökonomik ; Rechtsökonomik ; Ökonomische Theorie der Demokratie ; Theorie ; Welt ; Right of property Economic aspects ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Property-Rights-Ansatz
    Abstract: Property rights formalize the relationship between individuals and goods. They form the cornerstone of the pricing, supply and efficient allocation of scarce resources between individuals. The Economic Foundations of Property Rights is an outstanding collection of some of the most important work from the founders of the field, including James M. Buchanan, Douglass C. North, Richard Posner, Armen Alchian, Lord Peter Bauer and Karl Brunner. It addresses the development of property rights, the effects of property rights on the allocation of resources and the link between alternative property rights and the production of wealth. Specifically, the authors consider the issues of democracy, law, transaction costs, the economics of exchange and the valuation of assets. The discussion considers property rights in the context of developing countries and transition economies as well as developed market systems. This comprehensive new source book will be welcomed by economists, particularly those interested in law and economics, as well as political scientists and those interested in public choice theory
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- Part I: Property rights: Definition and economic significance -- Part II: How and why do property rights develop? -- Part III: The economic theory of property rights -- Part IV: Property rights and economic performance -- Name Index.
    Note: Articles previously published in journals and books between 1961-1996 , Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 99
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    Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
    ISBN: 9781035306022
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 284 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Economic development and agricultural productivity
    DDC: 338.1
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    Keywords: 06.06.1995 ; Landwirtschaft ; Produktivität ; Landwirtschaftliche Entwicklung ; Entwicklung ; Entwicklungsländer ; Agriculture Congresses Economic aspects ; Agricultural productivity Congresses ; Sustainable development Congresses ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Konferenzschrift 1995 ; Landwirtschaft ; Nachhaltigkeit ; Agrarproduktion
    Abstract: This important book challenges conventional development theory by addressing not only technological but also socio-economic factors influencing low agricultural productivity in the developing world. Agricultural productivity has long been regarded as a fundamental factor in influencing economic development, yet relatively little research has examined the causes of stagnated and low agricultural productivity in developing countries. This book goes beyond the traditional discussion of low productivity being primarily determined by technological factors, and addresses the more complex determinants. Special attention is given to the influences of ecology and environmental degradation, the distribution of political power and socio-economic factors, as well as possibilities for biotechnology. The authors have been drawn from an international arena and transcend traditional academic disciplines combining historical, statistical and formal analysis for a better understanding of critical development issues. Economic Development and Agricultural Productivity will be of special interest to development and agricultural economists and policymakers
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction -- Part I: Historical perspectives on productivity in agriculture -- Part II: The role of the price mechanism in relation to the agricultural sector -- Part III: Stagnation and growth in agricultural productivity: The influence of class relations and the role of the state -- Part IV: Ecological sustainability of agricultural productivity growth -- Index.
    Note: Papers from an international conference held at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, 6th-8th June 1995 which was organized by the Centre for Environment and Development at the NTNU , Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-274) and index
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  • 100
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    Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
    ISBN: 9781035303403
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 396 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: Studies in fiscal federalism and state-local finance
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Financing decentralized expenditures
    DDC: 336.1/85
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    Keywords: Finanzausgleich ; Dezentralisierung ; Öffentliche Einnahmen ; Öffentliche Ausgaben ; Kanada ; Australien ; Nordeuropa ; Indien ; Italien ; Finanzausgleich ; Dezentralisierung ; Öffentliche Einnahmen ; Öffentliche Ausgaben ; Spanien ; Indien ; Korea ; China ; Deutschland ; Grants-in-aid ; Transfer payments ; Intergovernmental fiscal relations ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Transferzahlung ; Fiskalpolitik ; Dezentralisation ; Finanzausgleich ; Internationaler Vergleich
    Abstract: Financing Decentralized Expenditures presents new original research papers on the structure of intergovernmental fiscal relations in virtually all types of countries and the design and implementation of transfer mechanisms between different levels of government. In developing, transition, and industrial countries alike, the process of decentralization of government expenditures has proceeded apace to provide better accountability and quality of services to consumers. At the same time, tax administration constraints dictate the central collection and assignment of the major sources of revenues - particularly income taxes and VAT. This generates an imbalance in favour of the central government. The manner in which this imbalance in redistributed affects the degree and nature of decentralization generating considerable debate in countries as diverse as Italy and Denmark, those in North America, as well as countries in transition, such as China and Russia. The book includes a balance of overview pieces that explore the general issues supplemented by a large number of studies of intergovernmental transfer systems in specific countries. It offers a unique source of reference by providing a wealth of information of grant systems around the world
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Foreword / (W.Oates) Acknowledgements -- 1. Intergovernmental transfers - an international perspective / (E. Ahmad) -- 2. Assessing provincial revenue-raising capacity for transfers / (D.H. Clark) -- 3. Expenditure needs: Institutions and data / (C.R. Rye, B. Searle) -- 4. The fiscal transfer system in Canada / (D.H. Clark) -- 5. Intergovernmental transfers in Switzerland and Germany / (P.B. Spahn) -- 6. The fiscal transfer system in australia / (C.R. Rye, B. Searle) 7. Denmark and Other Scandinavian Countries: Equalization and Grants / (J.R. Lotz) -- 8. Financing regional and local governments - Italy and Spain / (G. Brosio) -- 9. Intergovernmental transfers in India / (M.G. Rao) -- 10. Local autonomy and fiscal resources in Korea / (S.K. Kim) -- 11. Fiscal transfers in indonesia / (Z. Qureshi) -- 12. The new revenue-sharing arrangement in China: An illustrative example / ( D. Mihaljek) -- 13. Constraints in reforming the transfer system in China / (L. Jiwei) -- 14. Types of transfers - a general formulation / (E. Ahmad, R. Thomas).
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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