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Ménard, Claude, 1944- (contributor); … - 2016

Ronald H. Coase, one of the most innovative and provocative economists of the twentieth century, has had a lasting … Companion, 31 leading economists, social scientists and legal scholars, including two Nobel Laureates, offer the first global …

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Educating economists : the Teagle discussion on re-evaluating the undergraduate economics major

Colander, David C. (contributor); … - 2009

. Providing Incentives for Change: Evaluating Teaching / Ann L. Owen -- Reflections on Introductory Course Structures / Paul W … Incentives (and Culture) in Rebalancing the Economics Major / Bradley W. Bateman -- What Do Economics Majors Think of the …

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Incentives to improve education : a new perspective

McMeekin, Robert W. - 2003

Incentives to Improve Education identifies three categories of incentives: rewards, (financial rewards for teachers …

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The future of futures : the time of money in financing and society

Esposito, Elena - 2011

This book reconstructs the dynamics of economics, beginning explicitly with the role and the relevance of time: money uses the future in order to generate present wealth. Financial markets sell and buy risk, thereby binding the future. Elena Esposito explains that complex risk management...

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Competition and regulation in electricity markets : an Edward Elgar research review

Eyre, Sebastian (contributor); … - 2016

Recommended readings (Machine generated): F.P. Ramsey (1927), 'A Contribution to the Theory of Taxation', Economic Journal, 37 (145), March, 47-61 -- Harold Hotelling (1938), 'The General Welfare in Relation to Problems of Taxation and of Railway and Utility Rates', Econometrica, 6 (3), July,...

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Transformational change in higher education : positioning colleges and universities for future success

d'Ambrosio, Madeleine (contributor); … - 2007

Balancing the challenges of today with the promise of tomorrow : a presidential perspective / F. King Alexander -- Strengthening the academic presidency : recommendations for presidents and governing boards / Robert M. O'Neil -- Aligning institutional vision with policymakers' and the public's...

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Economics, competition and academia : an intellectual history of sophism versus virtue

Stabile, Donald - 2007

1. Introduction : markets, competition, and higher education -- 2. Sophism, academia, and Greek economics -- 3. Adam … Smith and sophism : reaction to the endowment model -- 4. Virtue and early academia in the US -- 5. Academia and the rise of … : sophism or virtue -- 8. Academia in transition : the road to sophism. …

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Productivity in Asia : economic growth and competitiveness

Jorgenson, Dale Weldeau (contributor); … - 2007

1. Introduction -- 2. Investigating productivity slowdown in the 1990s by using the KLEM database in Japan -- 3. The sources of growth of US industries -- 4. Total factor productivity growth in Chinese industries, 1981-2000 -- 5. Growth accounting and productivity analysis by 33 industrial...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420031

Reforming the postal sector in the face of electronic competition

Crew, Michael A. (ed.); Kleindorfer, Paul R. (ed.) - 2013

Privatization of postal operators : old arguments and new realities / Michael A. Crew and Paul R. Kleindorfer -- The UK Postal Services Act 2011 / Richard Eccles -- A gravity model of international postal exchanges / Jose Anson and Matthias Helble -- Price comparisons in the parcel industry : a...

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Creating competitiveness : entrepreneurship and innovation policies for growth

Audretsch, David B. (ed.); Walshok, Mary Lindenstein (ed.) - 2013

Although competitiveness is typically associated with firms, they are not the only organizational body whose performance is dependent upon competitiveness. This poignant and insightful book focuses on how the varied economic performance of cities and regions, both within nations as well as...

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