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...

During the past decade the issue of a general welfare double dividend (an improvement in environmental quality combined with a positive welfare effect) triggered by a tax shift from labour to energy resources has been extensively debated. In this book, Kurt Kratena studies the employment effects...

New economic geography : some preliminaries / Bernard Fingleton -- Models of 'new economic geography' : factor mobility vs. vertical linkages / Gianmarco I.P. Ottaviano -- Testing the 'new economic geography' : a comparative analysis based on EU regional data / Bernard Fingleton -- From theory...

With this Handbook, Miroslav Jovanovi has provided readers with both an excellent stand-alone original reference book as well as an integral part of a comprehensive three-volume set. This introduction into a rich and expanding academic and practical world of international economic integration...

The Palestinian territories face significant and growing shortfalls in the water supply available for domestic use. With population of approximately 4.8 million growing at an average annual rate of 2.8 percent, the domestic supply gap is projected to dramatically increase unless supply and...

Contents: Introduction: Peace entrepreneurship, life narratives, and the Israeli-palestinian conflict / Amalya Oliver-Lumerman, Yosepha Tabib-Calif, Tammar B. Zilber, Tammy Rubel-Lifschitz, and Haneen Sameer Magadlah -- 1. Jewish-arabic collaboration through education / Amin Khalaf -- 2. No one...