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Wagner, Richard E. - 2022

materialistic general theory of rational action into an idealistic theory of social organization and individual action. Adding new … insightful analytical methods such as complexity theory, graph theory and computational modelling to the original insights of the … and the important social questions. Rethinking Economics as Social Theory moves away from the traditional review of …

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Rethinking public choice

Wagner, Richard E. - 2022

"Innovative in its approach, Rethinking Public Choice reviews the concept of public choice since the 1950s post war period and the application of economics to political practices and institutions, as well as its evolution in recent years attracting contributions from political science and...

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Cost-benefit analysis and evolutionary computing : optimal scheduling of interactive road projects

Taplin, John H. E. (ed.); Qiu, Min (ed.); … - 2005

This book systematically addresses the issue of interdependence between road projects in a network, when prioritising and scheduling road expansion and maintenance. The book presents substantial applications for both rural and urban projects and to the optimization of maintenance. The authors...

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Financing transportation networks

Levinson, David M. - 2002

explores the fundamental theoretical basis of highway finance, in particular the use of tolls, and supports that theory with …

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Advancing public goods

Touffut, Jean-Philippe (contributor) - Cournot Centre for Economic Studies <Paris, France)> / … - 2006

The studies cover topics in the conceptualization, classification and stratification of public goods. Also examined are public institutional design, global economic institutions and partnership typologies. Individual papers address the financing, regulatory, organizational and legal aspects...

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Reforming transport pricing in the European Union : a modelling approach

De Borger, Bruno L. (contributor); Proost, Stef (contributor) - 2001

This timely book deals with the problem of pricing passenger and freight transportation within Europe. The contributors argue that current legislation affecting pricing and regulation is increasingly less successful in dealing with market failures and externalities such as congestion, air...

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