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  • Bronner, Simon J.
  • Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing  (25)
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  • 1
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    Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
    ISBN: 9781035305476
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxvii, 336 pages) , illustrations
    Edition: Rev. ed
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Jastram, Roy W., 1915 - The golden constant
    DDC: 332.4/2220941
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    Keywords: 1560-2007 ; Gold ; Preis ; Kaufkraftparität ; Großbritannien ; USA ; Gold History ; Prices History ; Prices History ; Großbritannien ; Goldwährung ; Geschichte 1560-1976 ; USA ; Goldpreis
    Abstract: The Golden Constant is a unique examination of how gold's purchasing power has remained consistent over the centuries. First published in 1977, this new edition has additional material to bring it up to date. The book is the only in-depth examination of how the purchasing power of gold has performed over the centuries in both England and the USA. It contains a thorough explanation of how the gold market evolved and how this is related to economic and political developments, from 1560 in England, and from 1800 in the USA, up to 2007. The book also contains detailed historical statistics on gold, wholesale and consumer prices and the real price of gold. This important book will be an essential resource for institutional and individual investors in the gold industry. Academics, economic historians and economists interested in monetary and financial history will find this book to be a fascinating read
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: About the new edition -- Preface previously written / by Roy W. Jastram -- Foreword to the new edition / by Pierre Lassonde -- Introduction -- Part I: The English experience -- 1. The price of gold -- 2. Historical fluctuations in the price of gold -- 3. Commodity prices and the construction of Indexnumbers -- 4. The purchasing power of gold -- 5. The purchasing power of gold in inflation and deflation -- Part II: The American experience -- 6. The evolution of the gold standard and historical fluctuations in gold prices -- 7. The purchasing power of gold -- 8. Reflections on the golden constant -- Part III: After the gold price was freed, 1971-2007 -- 9. The gold market and the purchasing power of gold, 1971-2007 -- 10. Further explorations into the gold price and its purchasing power -- Appendices -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 2
    ISBN: 9781782543695
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 166 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: New horizons in entrepreneurship
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Kourilsky, Marilyn L. The entrepreneur in youth
    DDC: 338/.0408350973
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    Keywords: Jugendliche ; Bevölkerung ; Entrepreneurship ; Meinung ; Unternehmensgründung ; Sozialwirtschaft ; USA ; Social entrepreneurship ; Entrepreneurship ; New business enterprises ; Youth Employment ; Business education ; Entrepreneurship ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Bildung ; Jugend
    Abstract: The Entrepreneur in Youth offers one of the most comprehensive assessments to date of African American, Latino, and white high school students' aspirations, knowledge, opinions and educational views related to entrepreneurship and philanthropy. A key strength is its longitudinal approach to analysis and interpretations, made possible by extensive surveys of over 11,000 respondents from high school youth and other groups, including adults and business owners. The key findings exhibit an extraordinarily high level of interest in entrepreneurship among youth as well as a strong desire to give back to their communities. However, they lack the knowledge and experience to achieve their aspirations. The book's major recommendations and guidelines include challenges to education and other policymakers to expand and enhance opportunities to access entrepreneurship education and early entrepreneurship mentoring shadowing experiences - especially for those who demand it the most: African Americans and Latinos. Meeting these challenges not only will contribute to economic growth and social reform initiatives but also will increase economic and social mobility and access to opportunity for a still largely untapped pool of future entrepreneurs. This book will appeal to academics in entrepreneurship, economics, business and education, as well as policymakers, educators and business leaders
    Description / Table of Contents: Finding the entrepreneur in youth -- Interest in entrepreneurship -- Giving back to the community -- Entrepreneurial knowledge -- Markets and government -- Entrepreneurship education -- A longitudinal perspective and the major findings -- Implications and extrapolations.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-161) and index , Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 3
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    Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
    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.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 4
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    Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
    ISBN: 9781781958339
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 236 pages)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Hanson, David, 1939 - CE marking, product standards and world trade
    DDC: 363.19/02/184
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    Keywords: Warenkennzeichnung ; EU-Politik ; Nichttarifäre Handelshemmnisse ; Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen ; EU-Staaten ; USA ; Produktsicherheit ; Standardization ; Technology International cooperation ; Europäische Union ; Gütezeichen ; Internationale Wettbewerbsfähigkeit ; Welthandel ; CE-Zeichen ; Produktgestaltung ; Standardisierung ; Warenkennzeichnung ; Nichttarifäres Handelshemmnis ; Außenhandel ; USA
    Abstract: CE Marking, the European system of mandatory product safety standards, has created major obstacles for US exporters to the European Union (EU). CE Marking, Product Standards and World Trade is one of the first books to analyze the nature and dynamics of this major non-tariff trade barrier. David Hanson looks at the patterns of EU decision-making through a functional comparative analysis with the US, and in the context of the institutional alliances and rivalries that shape outcomes. An increasingly important but little understood issue, CE Marking is also an example of a growing problem in international commerce - the impact of inconsistent domestic product requirements on international trade. The author examines the way in which the EU has implemented the CE Marking system, its impact on US exporters, the dynamic of US-EU trade and negotiations, and the political and administrative arrangements that support them. This comprehensive study will be of great interest to students and scholars of industrial economics and international business. Business people and policymakers will also find much of interest in this timely volume
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Background to ce marking -- 3. A new approach to product regulation -- 4. From directives to standards -- 5. From notified bodies to surveillance authorities -- 6. The American system -- 7. Dueling standards -- 8. Building bridges -- 9. New directions -- 10. What can we learn from ce marking? -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 5
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    Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
    ISBN: 9781781008782
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 385 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Draho, Jason The IPO decision
    DDC: 658.15/224
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    Keywords: Börsengang ; USA ; Welt ; Going public (Securities) ; Bibliografie ; Going Public ; Börsenzulassung ; Going Public
    Abstract: The IPO Decision is an exciting new book that clarifies how the initial public offering (IPO) process actually works. It separates fact from fiction and imposes a logical structure on the most up-to-date IPO-related research. All major topics pertaining to the going-public process are included: IPO timing, the financial, strategic, and corporate governance benefits and costs of public ownership, corporate restructuring, valuation, the role of the investment bank in the primary and secondary markets, the optimality of IPO mechanisms (book-building vs. auctions), analyst coverage, and the long-run performance of IPOs. IPOs garnered unprecedented positive attention in the 1990s for their spectacular returns and central role in entrepreneurial activity. Subsequent revelations of unscrupulous IPO allocation and promotion practices cast a less favorable shadow. The latest significant event in the IPO market is Google's unconventional use of an auction for its offering. Public discussion and debate about these developments has often taken place in an information vacuum, leading to misunderstandings and false conclusions. Unparalleled in its scope, The IPO Decision presents the findings from theoretical and empirical research in a rigorous yet accessible manner. In doing so, it develops the intellectual foundation necessary for a constructive dialogue about reforming the IPO process. Scholars, students and industry professionals interested in the economics of IPOs will find this volume a comprehensive and engaging addition to their library
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Ipo timing and information -- 3. Financing options and costs -- 4. Strategic behavior -- 5. Control, monitoring and governance -- 6. The external market: An international comparison -- 7. Corporate restructuring -- 8. Valuation -- 9. Preparing for the ipo -- 10. Ipo mechanisms: Allocations and pricing -- 11. The ipo aftermarket -- 12. Post-ifo financing -- 13. Long-run performance -- 14. Final thoughts -- References -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 344-375) and index
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  • 6
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    Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
    ISBN: 9781035305100
    Language: English
    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.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 7
    ISBN: 9781781008621
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (vi, 251 pages)
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Raines, J. Patrick, 1951 - The economic institutions of higher education
    DDC: 338.4/3378
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    Keywords: Hochschule ; Bildungsökonomik ; Theorie ; USA ; Education, Higher Economic aspects ; Universities and colleges Administration ; Universities and colleges Sociological aspects ; Education, Higher Economic aspects ; Universities and colleges Economic aspects ; Universites and colleges Finance ; Bildungsökonomie ; Hochschule ; Hochschulbildung ; Institutionenökonomie
    Abstract: Working within the context of the evolutionary-institutional transformation of higher education, the authors trace the development of an economic model by which the behavioral tendencies of modern universities can be evaluated. That model is expanded to provide insights to the following questions: Why do universities compete and how do they develop and implement their competitive strategies? How do universities make critical institutional decisions about operational missions, academic policies, and internal resource allocation? Do universities efficiently and effectively pursue the special social functions assigned to them? Patrick Raines and Charles Leathers present an integrated, coherent theory to explain the behavior of universities and provide a realistic economic model that predicts how universities allocate their scarce educational resources. This alternative view is contrasted with the mainstream explanations of university behavior based on the maximization of student welfare or faculty influences. The authors extend the existing literature on the operation of universities by presenting a history of the evolution of the modern entrepreneurial universities as well as an explanation of academic capitalism. This absorbing volume will appeal to anyone interested in the history of economic thought or the history of education. Scholars of Veblen, Smith, and Malthus will be fascinated by their individual and comparative theories of the purpose and failures of higher education
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Historical development of universities -- 3. Adam smith on failures of English universities -- 4. John stuart mill on universities -- 5. Veblen on failures of American universities -- 6. Veblen's economic 'model' of university behavior -- 7. Riesman on veblen and modern universities -- 8. The buchanan-devletoglou economic model of universities -- 9. Recent economic models of higher education -- 10. Meeting the challenge: Explaining the emergence of 'entrepreneurial universities' and 'academic capitalism' -- Bibliography -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-237) and index
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  • 8
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    Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
    ISBN: 9781782542728
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 273 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: Academia studies in Asian economies
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von The economics of health care in Asia-Pacific countries
    DDC: 362.1/095
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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.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 9
    ISBN: 9781781957141
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 230 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: Academia studies in Asian economies
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Monetary policy and Taiwan's economy
    DDC: 339.5/0951249
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    Keywords: Geldpolitik ; Bankenregulierung ; Geldpolitisches Ziel ; Inflation ; Inflationssteuerung ; Taiwan ; USA ; Welt ; Monetary policy Congresses ; Banking law Congresses ; Monetary policy Taiwan ; Congresses ; Banking law Taiwan ; Congresses ; Taiwan Congresses Economic policy ; Taiwan Economic policy ; Congresses
    Abstract: Monetary Policy and Taiwan's Economy questions whether the Asian crisis could have been avoided through the application of recommendations highlighted by the contributors. The conclusion reached is that in an abstract world, perhaps; but in the world in which we live; no. It is argued that the proposals made could certainly contribute to improved policy, albeit effecting marginal improvements rather than ground breaking changes. The contributors demonstrate that proficient monetary policy and banking regulation can be achieved through sound economic analysis that takes into account: * monetary aggregates in monetary policy * the role of exchange rate policies in the Asian crisis * the relationship between the exchange rate, capital flows and central bank intervention * similarities between the restructuring of banking systems in Asia and in Eastern Europe following the fall of communism. This book will appeal to academics and researchers of macroeconomics - especially those with a particular interest in monetary theory and policy. Economic analysts, commercial banks, financial institutions and specialists in financial crisis will also find the book to be a fascinating read
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Part I: Introduction -- 1. Editors' Introduction -- Part II: Monetary policy -- 2. Inflation and money stock targets: Is there really a difference? -- 3. Historical u.s. Money growth, inflation and inflation credibility -- 4. Money growth and inflation in the United States -- 5. Inflation targeting and inflation forecasting: Two sides of the same coin? -- 6. Monetary policy and the Asian crisis: The role of dollar exchange rate targets -- 7. Capital flows and exchanges rates in Taiwan -- 8. The choice of intermediate targets - money or interest rate: The case of Taiwan -- Part III: Banking regulation -- 9. The microeconomic dimension of monetary policy -- 10. Enterprise restructuring and banking reform: Lessons from eastern Europe since 1990 -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 10
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    Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
    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
    DDC: 382/.3
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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: 9781035304349
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 338 pages) , illustrations, maps
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Norton, R. D. Creating the new economy
    DDC: 338/.04/0973
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    Keywords: Entrepreneurship ; Unternehmensgründung ; Technischer Fortschritt ; IKT-Sektor ; Risikokapital ; Informationstechnik ; USA ; New Economy ; Entrepreneurship ; Technological innovations Economic aspects ; United States Economic conditions 1981-2001 ; USA ; Unternehmensgründung ; Neuer Markt ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung
    Abstract: What makes the US different from other advanced economies is the opportunity for newcomers acting as entrepreneurs to start new companies, a few of which will then change the world. This book develops three points. First, the New Economy is real: part micro, part macro, and all digital. Second, its emergence around networked PCs propelled the US resurgence in the world economy during the 1990s. Third, rather than subsiding, the current US lead in information technology (IT) could well increase over the next decade. The reason lies in the clustered linking of venture capital and entrepreneurs in a system that can be stylized as 'the invention of the method of innovation'. The central theme of the book is the vital role played by newcomers, acting as entrepreneurs, to overthrow the old order and blast through the deep tendencies toward stagnation that afflict advanced, affluent economies. Related strands are (1) an update and reappraisal of Joseph Schumpeter's vision of capitalist development, (2) a regional focus on the rebirth of US computing, and (3) a detailed inquiry into the geography of innovation in strategic clusters of venture capital firms and IT knowledge workers. The author provides a sharply etched portrayal of the geography of the new economy. He lists specific case studies of the failure of established managerial corporations to capitalize on inventions, a failure remedied by newcomers. The book recounts traditional and new theories of the entrepreneur and of creative destruction. Primers on venture capital, IPOs, and internet business models are included, as are comparisons of theory and data on the emergence of new 'strategic cities'. Lastly, it offers a brief, readable, detailed, and company-specific history of the PC revolution and the coming of the internet. Economists, geographers, and regional scientists, students and readers interested in the digital economy, the internet, the history of economic thought, and the New Economy and investors will all find this book revealing and enlightening
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface: Geographies of creation -- Part I. Three conceptions of the new economy -- Part II. Requiem -- Part III. The revolution -- Part IV. Networks -- Part V. What went right? -- Bibliography -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-332) and indexes
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    ISBN: 9781843761440
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 209 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: New horizons in environmental economics
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Global warming and the American economy
    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Global warming and the American economy
    DDC: 330.973/092
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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: 9781035304493
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 447 pages)
    Series Statement: Academia studies in Asian economies
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Economic analysis of substance use and abuse
    DDC: 338.4/336229
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    Keywords: Drogenkonsum ; Rauchen ; Alkoholkonsum ; Sucht ; USA ; Welt ; Substance abuse Economic aspects ; Substance abuse Cross-cultural studies Economic aspects ; Drug abuse Economic aspects ; Alcoholism Economic aspects ; Drug abuse Cross-cultural studies Economic aspects ; Alcoholism Cross-cultural studies Economic aspects ; Substance abuse Economic aspects ; Substance abuse Economic aspects ; United States ; Substance abuse Economic aspects ; Cross-cultural studies ; Drug abuse Economic aspects ; United States ; Alcoholism Economic aspects ; United States ; Drug abuse Economic aspects ; Cross-cultural studies ; Alcoholism Economic aspects ; Cross-cultural studies ; Substance abuse Economic aspects ; Developing countries ; Konferenzschrift ; Sucht ; Soziale Kosten ; Wirtschaftliche Betrachtungsweise
    Abstract: Currently developed countries pay much more attention to harmfully addictive substances than developing countries. However, the experience of developed countries is very relevant to the developing world since substance abuse is likely to impose a continually increasing burden of disease in this region in the near future. This book extends the frontiers of research on the economics of substance use and abuse in a variety of extremely significant ways. It focuses on the determinants and consequences of the consumption of cigarettes, alcohol, betel quid, and illicit drugs in the United States, Great Britain and Taiwan. The authors use a variety of empirical techniques to examine the roles of price, advertising, risk perception, time preference and forward-looking behaviour in consumption decisions and the effects of these decisions on labour market outcomes, unintended pregnancies and criminal violence. Economic Analysis of Substance Use and Abuse will be required reading for scholars of economic development and health economics
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Part I: Rational addiction -- Part II: Risk perception and time preference -- Part III: Costs of substance use -- Part IV: Criminal violence and substance use -- Part V: Demand analysis -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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    ISBN: 9781035304615
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 220 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Gualerzi, Davide, 1952 - Consumption and growth
    DDC: 339.4/7/0973
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    Keywords: Privater Konsum ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Gesamtwirtschaftliche Nachfrage ; Strukturwandel ; Theorie ; USA ; Consumption (Economics) ; Consumption (Economics) United States ; United States Economic conditions 1981-2001 ; United States Economic conditions ; 1981- ; USA ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Wirtschaftsstruktur ; Verbrauch ; Geschichte 1980-2000
    Abstract: The theme of this extensive book is the relationship between consumption and growth in the context of the long run theory of effective demand. Taking Schumpeter's views on economic development as a starting point, the author proposes an original framework for the analysis of consumption patterns as an element of growth in advanced market economies. The book examines the role of demand with respect to the theory of structural change and the theory of consumption at both the micro and macro level. The theoretical framework is employed to analyze the consumption-growth relationship and its implications for the process of structural evolution. The actual dynamics of consumption are examined in terms of the cycle of expansion in the US economy during the 1980s. The author concludes that there is a distinct shift towards a pattern of 'consumption deepening' that explains the consumption fuelled recovery of the 1980s and mirrors a process of 'intensive growth' of the market. This interpretation sheds light on the underlying process sustaining US expansion during the 1990s and the questions facing advanced market economies which have begun to experience the emergence of an 'internet scenario' in terms of development. In focusing on the relationship between consumption changes and the growth process, this book distinguishes itself from much of the literature on the subject which deals with these two aspects individually. Davide Gualerzi breaks genuinely new ground with his empirical and theoretical research. This book will appeal to economists interested in growth and economic development, scholars in related social sciences, and the wide base of economists and academics sympathetic to new approaches to the problem of economic growth
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction -- 1. Economic development, technical change and demand -- 2. Pasinetti's structural dynamics and demand theory -- 3. Consumption theory -- 4. Consumption and growth -- 5. Towards a theory of the consumption-growth relationship -- 6. Empirical analysis and the recovery of the us economy in the 1980s -- 7. Macroeconomic trends and the evolution of the industrial structure -- 8. Consumption expenditure composition -- 9. Market development and output composition -- 10. The structural dynamics of the 1980s: Recovery and the transformation of the consumption sphere -- 11. Composition deepening and intensive growth: A new hypothesis -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-212) and index
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    Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
    ISBN: 9781035304295
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 227 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Prachowny, Martin F. J., 1936 - The Kennedy-Johnson tax cut
    DDC: 336.2/00973/09046
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    Keywords: USA ; 1960-1968 ; Einkommensteuer ; Steuerpolitik ; Politikberatung ; Wirkungsanalyse ; USA ; Taxation ; Income tax ; USA ; Einkommensteuer ; Geschichte
    Abstract: The 1964 Kennedy-Johnson tax cut is often cited as the single most successful application of Keynesian stabilization policy. The author challenges this orthodox historical view by exposing the haphazard planning, simplistic economic theorizing, irreconcilable numerical projections, and partisan political influences on the Council of Economic Advisers. The focus of the book is on the decisions, advice and actions of the three Chairmen of the Council during the 1960s: Walter Heller, Gardner Ackley and Arthur Okun. They were the authors of the ambitious and optimistic new economics that attempted to manipulate aggregate demand in the US economy to reach potential output. By 1965 this goal was achieved, but when Vietnam War spending and Great Society programs were added to the tax cut, the subsequent policy paralysis in the face of a surging economy clearly indicated a lack of symmetry in fiscal policy implementation. Much of the evidence for this revisionist view comes from the participants own statements in the form of White House memoranda and confidential reports as well as from counter-factual exercises that allow alternative policies or swifter responses. This book will be of great interest to macroeconomists as well as to scholars and students interested in economic history and in the formulation and implementation of economic policy
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction -- 1. What went wrong? -- 2. Estimating the output gap -- 3. The cea model of taxes and aggregate demand -- 4. The macroeconomic effects of the tax cut -- 5. The inflationary aftermath -- 6. Fiscal drag and the burden of the debt -- 7. Taxes and voter welfare -- 8. Lessons to be learned -- Bibliography -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-219) and index
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    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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    ISBN: 9781035303465
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 174 pages)
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Raines, J. Patrick, 1951 - Economists and the stock market
    DDC: 332.63/228/0973
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    Keywords: Aktienmarkt ; Spekulation ; Börsenkurs ; Theorie ; USA ; Speculation ; Stocks Prices ; Investments ; Stock exchanges ; Speculation United States ; Stocks Prices ; United States ; Investments United States ; Stock exchanges United States ; USA ; Aktienmarkt ; Börsenspekulation ; Wertpapierhandelssystem
    Abstract: The role of the stock market in the recent global financial crisis has led many to question the way in which the modern international financial system operates. This highly topical book offers important insights into the stock market, contrasting the speculative explanation of stock market fluctuations with the conventional efficient markets hypothesis. After summarising economists' views on stock market behavior from the classical period to the present day, the authors focus on two particular explanations of stock price fluctuations. They examine in detail the mainstream neo-classical theory with its emphasis on the efficient markets hypothesis. They then compare this with the theories of Veblen, Galbraith and Keynes who consider markets as being inherently prone to speculation and crisis, in contrast to the neo-classical approach which largely ignores the instability of stock markets and particularly the crashes that have recently occurred. The authors go on to develop a speculative model to account for stock market fluctuations which provides a useful and realistic explanation of how stock price expectations are formed. This book will be welcomed by bankers, financial and monetary economists, historians of economic thought and all those interested in the causes of the recent market crashes
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface the new bull: Will the market still fluctuate? -- 1. Introduction: Economists on (and in) the stock market -- 2. The stock market: Structure, performance and character -- 3. Neo-classical economists on rational markets and speculation -- 4. Stock markets in veblen's theory of business enterprise -- 5. Keynes on speculative stock markets -- 6. Galbraith's model of speculative stock markets -- 7. Recent developments in speculative markets theory: Fads, fashions and 'rational' bubbles -- 8. Current prospects for speculative markets theory -- Bibliography -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-167) and index
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    ISBN: 9781781952818
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 138 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: New horizons in the economics of innovation
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Mazzucato, Mariana, 1968 - Firm size, innovation, and market structure
    DDC: 338.6
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    Keywords: Industrieökonomik ; Betriebsgröße ; Innovation ; Marktstruktur ; Unternehmenskonzentration ; Evolutionsökonomik ; Simulation ; Theorie ; Kfz-Industrie ; USA ; Industrial organization (Economic theory) ; Industries Size ; Computer simulation ; Industrial concentration Computer simulation ; Technological innovations Economic aspects ; Computer simulation ; Evolutionary economics ; Industrial organization (Economic theory) ; Industries Size ; Computer simulation ; Industrial concentration Computer simulation ; Technological innovations Economic aspects ; Computer simulation ; Evolutionary economics ; Unternehmenskonzentration ; Unternehmensgröße ; Marktstruktur ; Innovationsmanagement ; Computersimulation ; Unternehmensgröße ; Unternehmenskonzentration ; Marktstruktur ; Simulation
    Abstract: Firm Size, Innovation and Market Structure uses evolutionary dynamic theory, non-linear mathematics and computer simulation techniques to explore the relationship between firm size, innovation and market structure. The book begins by reviewing the connection between these variables from a theoretical and an empirical point of view, and goes on to illustrate how analytical tools may be used in order to explore Schumpeterian propositions regarding firm size, innovation and the specific role of idiosyncratic events. In the concluding chapter, Mariana Mazzucato focuses on the US automobile industry from 1900-1997, and uses empirical evidence in order to determine whether or not there is a relationship between market share instability and stock price volatility, and to what degree the relationship is connected to industry specific factors. This innovative new book will prove invaluable to researchers, lecturers and scholars of industrial organisation, technology and market structure
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction -- 1. Firm-size dynamics: New ideas and dynamic methods -- 2. A computational model of economies of scale and market share instability: A deterministic analysis -- 3. The effect of idiosyncratic events on the feedback between firm size and innovation: A stochastic analysis -- 4. Market share instability and stock price volatility during the industry life-cycle: The us automobile industry -- concluding statement -- Bibliography -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-134) and index
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    ISBN: 9781035303823
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 151 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Mayer, Thomas, 1927 - Monetary policy and the great inflation in the United States
    DDC: 332.4/973
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    Keywords: Federal Reserve System ; Federal Reserve System ; Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) ; 1965-1979 ; Inflation ; Geldpolitik ; Zentralbank ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; USA ; Monetary policy History ; Inflation (Finance) History ; Monetary policy United States ; History ; 20th century ; United States Economic policy 1961-1971 ; United States Economic policy 1971-1981 ; USA ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; Inflation ; Geschichte 1965-1979 ; Federal Reserve System Board of Governors ; Geldpolitik ; Geschichte 1965-1979
    Abstract: This unique book deals with the most serious macroeconomic failure experienced in the US in the post-war period and the great inflation of the late 1960s and 1970s. It is the first detailed analysis, using Federal Reserve documents, of the thinking behind the inflationary monetary policy during this period. The book examines documentary evidence, including minutes, memos and reports and interviews with people who were closely involved in making policy decisions, to explain the monetary policy that led to this inflation. Thomas Mayer considers forecasting errors and wage and price controls in his attempt to explain why the inflation occurred and places some of the blame on ineffective operating procedures, institutional inefficiencies, and political pressures on the Federal Reserve. The author concludes that much of the responsibility for the mistaken policies lies with academic economists who underestimated the dangers of inflation and encouraged the Federal Reserve to focus on an unattainable employment goal. Monetary Policy and the Great Inflation in the United States will be welcomed by economists, political scientists and economic historians interested in monetary policy
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Forecasts of macroeconomic variables -- 3. Controlling the monetary aggregates -- 4. Cognitive errors -- 5. Political pressures -- 6. Controls and the committee on interest and dividends -- 7. Economists' thinking and the fomc -- 8. Conclusion -- Appendix a: The federal open market committee -- Appendix b: Supply shocks in the 1973-5 period -- Appendix c: Background of fomc participants cited -- References -- Glossary -- Index.
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  • 20
    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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    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.
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    ISBN: 9781035303519
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 230 pages)
    Series Statement: New directions in modern economics
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Coggins, Bruce Does financial deregulation work?
    DDC: 332.1
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    Keywords: Finanzmarktregulierung ; Wirkungsanalyse ; Welt ; USA ; Financial services industry Deregulation ; Deregulierung
    Abstract: Does Financial Deregulation Work? studies the process of financial deregulation in the United States. It exposes the basic flaws in the deregulationist approach and advances a new framework for effective financial regulation. Bruce Coggins provides a detailed and comprehensive critique of the reasoning behind deregulation, including marginal analysis and Friedman's monetarism. He challenges this thinking and proposes an alternative set of assumptions drawn from the historical and institutional approach to industrial organization and post Keynesian monetary theory. The author concludes that stability in financial systems is dependent upon a regulatory regime which focuses on limiting competition and encouraging productive over speculative investment. This book will prove invaluable to financial economists and analysts interested in the controversy over bank deregulation. It will also be of interest to those using post Keynesian, institutionalist and industrial organization approaches to economic analysis as well as to students and professors of law and regulation and those interested in problems of financial instability
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. An Introduction to the deregulation controversy -- 2. The deregulationist program -- 3. The deregulationist assumptions -- 4. Six alternative assumptions for firms -- 5. Six alternative assumptions for financial markets -- 6. Performance of the deregulationist program under the alternative assumptions -- 7. Two case studies -- 8. A new approach to regulation suggested by the alternative assumptions -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781035303045
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 488 pages) , illustrations, maps
    Series Statement: New horizons in environmental economics
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Environmental policy with political and economic integration
    DDC: 363.7/0094
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    Keywords: Europäische Union ; Umweltpolitik ; Föderalismus ; EU-Staaten ; USA ; Environmental policy ; Environmental policy ; Mitgliedsstaaten ; Umweltpolitik ; Internationale Kooperation ; Umweltschutz ; Wirtschaft ; Problem ; Recht ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; Außenhandel ; Internationales Umweltrecht ; Internationaler Umweltschutz ; European Union countries Economic policy ; United States Economic policy 1993-2001 ; USA ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Europäische Union ; USA ; Wirtschaftliche Integration ; Europäische Union ; USA ; Integration ; USA ; Europäische Union ; Umweltpolitik ; Integration ; Wirtschaftliche Integration ; Wirtschaftspolitik
    Abstract: Which level of government is most appropriate for environmental policy making in a confederal or federal system? How does the level of government at which policy is made and implemented affect the choice of policy instruments? This important new volume addresses these problems by comparing environmental policies and practices in the European Union and the United States. In Environmental Policy with Political and Economic Integration, a distinguished group of authors discusses how environmental policy in a federal or confederal system may differ both in theory and practice from that found in a unitary government system. After examining the framework for environmental policy in the EU and US, the authors present papers on their federal institutions, the economic forces affecting environmental governance, the choice of policy instruments, linkages between trade and environmental policy and environmental regulations within international trade negotiations. The final part brings together a series of case studies which sheds new light on the research questions formulated earlier in the book. Issues discussed include the regulation of agricultural pollution, global warming, ozone pollution and environmental security. In addition to its detailed discussion of environmental policy in the EU and the US, Environmental Policy with Political and Economic Integration will be essential reading for both scholars and policymakers concerned with designing and implementing regulations to protect the environment
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction / (J.B. Braden, H. Folmer, T.S. Ulen) -- Part I: the economic and philosophical foundations of environmental policy / (C.W. Howe, E.T. Freyfogle) -- Part II: the law and economics of authority in a federal system / (J.E. Pfander, P. Shapiro) -- Part III: the political economy of instrument choice / (K. Segerson, R. Pethig) -- Part IV: international trade and environmental policy / (C. Ford Runge, A. Ulph) -- Part V: Case studies of comparative environmental policies -- Section a: Agricultural pollution / (W. Brussard, M.R. Grossman, J.S. Shortle) -- Section b: Global warming / (L. Bergman, C.D. Kolstad) -- Section c: Tropospheric ozone pollution / (J.B. Braden, S. Proost) -- Section d: Environmental dimensions of national and international security / (K.H. Butts, S. Dalby) -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781035303137
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 242 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: Studies in international political economy
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Reinicke, Wolfgang H. Banking, politics and global finance
    DDC: 332.1/0973
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    Keywords: Banks and banking Deregulation ; Investment banking Deregulation ; Banking law ; International finance ; International economic integration ; USA ; Kreditwesen ; Regulierung ; Bankenaufsicht
    Abstract: Banking, Politics and Global Finance presents an innovative, micro-political examination of the US banking system's response to the ongoing globalization of financial markets. This approach contrasts sharply with earlier studies which have emphasized the macro-structural aspects of politics through concentrating on elements of stability and consistency in the policy responses by advanced industrial countries to external economic pressures. By micro-political analysis of policy making, this book reveals a multitude of changes in the interests, coalitions and power constellations among private and public sector actors and institutions in the US financial system, in the absence of any macrostructural adjustment. These changes have opened alternative channels for policy making leading to substantial adjustments in the regulatory framework governing US financial markets. Using detailed discussion of the unsuccessful attempts to repeal the law that separates commercial from investment banking - the Glass-Steagall Act - and the successful raising of the capital standards of US commercial banks, Dr Reinicke's book also explains why the same policy network can respond very differently to an external economic challenge - a phenomenon usually neglected in the literature on comparative political economy
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. The politics of domestic response to external economic pressure -- 3. The u.s. Banking system: Structure and regulation -- 4. The global integration of financial markets -- 5. Glass-steagall and the politics of gridlock -- 6. Glass-steagall and the politics of change -- 7. The domestic politics of capital adequacy regulation -- 8. Capital adequacy and the politics of change -- 9. Conclusions: Defending the national interest: U.s. comparative responses to external economic shocks.
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    Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
    ISBN: 9781035303151
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 184 pages) , illustration
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Vivarelli, Marco, 1963 - The economics of technology and employment
    DDC: 331.13/7042
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    Keywords: Arbeitsmarkttheorie ; Theorie der Arbeitslosigkeit ; Technischer Fortschritt ; Theorie ; Schätzung ; Italien ; USA ; Labor supply Effect of technological innovations on ; Technological unemployment ; Employees Effect of technological innovations on ; Employment (Economic theory) ; Unemployment ; Technische Innovation ; Arbeitsangebot ; Arbeitslosigkeit
    Abstract: The impact of technical change on employment is investigated in this important new book which offers a critical appraisal of how far current economic analysis and theory can deal with this key policy issue. The Economics of Technology and Employment addresses the impact of technical change on employment from both theoretical and empirical perspectives. After an analytical discussion of theoretical propositions and models put forward by classical and contemporary economists, Dr Vivarelli develops a model to examine the extent to which worker displacement due to technical progress can be offset by compensatory market forces. This model is tested using Italian and US aggregate time-series data. The theoretical discussion and empirical results are combined to demonstrate that the employment impact of labour saving technologies can only be partially counter-balanced by market forces and so economic policy measures could be necessary. This important and innovative volume will be welcomed by economists and policymakers as a major contribution to our theoretical understanding of employment, industrial innovation and technical change
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. The economics of technical change and employment -- 3. Technology and employment in the history of economic thought: Towards a comprehensive taxonomy -- 4. The recent debate: The neoclassical approach -- 5. The recent debate: Alternative approaches -- 6. The empirical studies: A critical survey -- 7. A testable model -- 8. The econometric tests based on Italian data -- 9. The econometric tests based on us data -- 10. Conclusions and policy implications -- References -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 172-182) and index
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