European monetary history prior to 1950 presents many attempts at international monetary coordination, but none were as bold and as far reaching as the European Monetary Union envisioned in the Delors Report of 1989 and enacted through the 1991 Treaty on the European Union in Maastricht. This...

The International Handbook on Teaching and Learning Economics provides a comprehensive resource for instructors and researchers in economics, both new and experienced. This wide-ranging collection is designed to enhance student learning by helping economic educators learn more about course...

A blade element method is used to establish the design and performance of horizontal axis wind turbines with streamlined centre bodies. It is applied to a rotor having centre bodies of various sizes and, for a typical centre body shape, it is shown that there is virtually no decrease in power...

The application of Microsoft Excel Solver routines to analyze data from a thermal-probe placed in a number of samples is described. The successful application of the Solver routine to the thermal-probe temperature time data requires the selection of an appropriate time-interval. The various...

How and why do the mating opportunities of males and females differ in natural population of animals? Previously we showed that females have higher mating opportunities than males in the Kentish plover Charadrius alexandrinus. Both parents incubate the eggs, and males provide more brood care...

The larger sex is often more vulnerable, in terms of development and survival, to poor conditions during early life. Differential vulnerability has implications for parental investment strategies such as sex ratio theory. When males are larger, it is not possible to separate the effects of...

1. Dutch Industrial Performance in a European Context -- 2. Economic Development in the Netherlands -- 3. Factors in Industrial Retardation -- 4. Case Study I: The Old Staple Industries -- 5. Case Study II: The Engineering Industry -- 6. Case Study III: Cotton Textiles under the Nederlandsche...

List of Contents -- 1. The Foundations of Dutch Prosperity -- 2. A Description of Post War Economic Developments and Economic Policy in the Netherlands -- 3. Counter-Inflation Policy in the Netherlands -- 4. The Influence of Natural Gas on the Dutch Economy -- 5. Sectoral and Regional Imbalances...