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capability and to test these hypotheses. Arguing that existing research on the role of knowledge is underdeveloped, the book aims …
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The use of dynamic models to address the problem of environmental degradation is central to environmental policy because decisions taken now affect not only the current generation but have a profound impact on the future. In this innovative book, Frank Hettich uses dynamic modelling to study the...
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In this paper, we abandon the stylized median voter and study (i) how distributional tensions can act in many different ways depending on social affinity and on the prospect of upward or downwardmobility of the different income classes, (ii) income distribution dynamics, intergenerational...
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Human Capital, Trade and Public Policy in Rapidly Growing Economies argues that only two centuries ago, no society had ever enjoyed sustained growth in living standards. The contributors to this book aim to discover why the world today exhibits a predilection for perpetual self-improvement. In...
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preferences: history and theory -- Politics and income distribution -- Income distribution and the interaction between cycles and …
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economic theory to explain past growth, this unique book explores the fundamental relationship between thermodynamics (physical …
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ministries. The seminal articles discussed in this essential research review include early classics which explain why education … Wage Inequality: An Alternative Theory and Some Evidence', American Economic Review, 89 (5), December, 1259-78 -- Saul Lach …), 281-302. -- Mincer, J. (1974), Schooling, Experience and Earnings, New York: National Bureau of Education Research …
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-98 -- David C. Mowery (1983), 'Industrial Research and Firm Size, Survival, and Growth in American Manufacturing, 1921-46: An …-24 -- Richard R. Nelson (1959), 'The Simple Economics of Basic Scientific Research', Journal of Political Economy, 67 (3), June, 297 …), September, 569-96 -- Suzanne Scotchmer (1991), 'Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: Cumulative Research and the Patent Law …
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Despite increasing research efforts, there is still much confusion regarding the nature and contribution of the most …
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