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The economics of tourism and sustainable development
Lanza, Alessandro (contributor); Markandya, Anil (contributor) - 2005
1. An investigation on the growth performance of small tourism countries -- 2. Forecasting international tourism demand and uncertainty for Barbados, Cyprus and Fiji -- 3. Land, environmental externalities and tourism development -- 4. Tourism, increasing returns and welfare -- 5. How to develop...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420059
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Explorations in environmental and natural resource economics : essays in honor of Gardner M. Brown, Jr
Layton, David, F. (contributor);  … - 2006
. Theory and practice of valuation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850806
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Fast growing firms in a slow growth economy : institutional conditions for innovation
Visintin, Francesca (contributor);  … - 2016
Preface and acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction: innovation beyond national systems fragility: institutional bricolage for SMEs growth / D. Lauto G. Pittino and F. Visintin -- Part I the context -- 2. Entrepreneurship and technological clusters. the influence of contextual factors on the birth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419812
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Changing climate, changing economy
Touffut, Jean-Philippe (contributor) - 2009
How did climate change become an economic issue? Why is economic discourse so influential on the public policy of climate change? How can it best contribute to the scientific and public debates? Nine eminent scholars explain in this book both how economics has changed environmental understanding...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851724
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Environment, technology and economic growth : the challenge to sustainable development
Tylecote, Andrew (ed.); Straaten, Jan van der (ed.) - 1997
At the end of the 20th century economists and policymakers face an unprecedented dual challenge: to avert ecological disaster and to end mass unemployment by accelerating and redirecting world economic growth. This major volume brings together contributions from environmental and technological...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473910
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Capitalism, inclusive growth, and social protection : inherent contradiction or achievable vision?
Krämer, Hagen; Proaño Acosta, Christian; Setterfield, Mark - 2023
vision of how capitalism works, chapters address the need for an alternative theory of economic policy-making by combining …, this book explores how the very fabric of our society is under threat. It argues that although capitalism is imperfect, it … improvement. Highlighting the concept of 'social capitalism' and ensuring that it is consistent with our underlying theoretical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014466854
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Inequality, growth and 'hot' money
Bortz, Pablo G. - 2016
Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Growth and distribution: the last 300 years -- 3. Growth and distribution: the Kaleckian perspective -- 4. An integration of the real and the monetary economy -- 5. Financial flows, distribution and capital controls -- 6. Epilogue: challenges and possibilities.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419858
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Economic growth and distribution : on the nature and causes of the wealth of nations
Salvadori, Neri (ed.) - 2006
issues connected with growth theory considered from different theoretical perspectives. Its uniqueness is derived from the … classical tradition, modern theory, and heterodox models; problems of policy; dynamics and business cycles; and the role of … scholars of the theory of economic growth, the theory of distribution, macroeconomics, classical and Keynesian economics, as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473998
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Institutional competition
Bergh, Andreas (contributor); Höijer, Rolf (contributor) - 2008
Why is competition between institutions usually viewed in a negative light, when competition is considered positive in most other economic contexts? The contributors to this volume introduce new perspectives on this issue, analytically and empirically exploring reasons for this perception
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851312
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Technology, natural resources and economic growth : improving the environment for a greener future
Managi, Shunsuke - 2011
Through a combination of global data analysis and focused country level analysis, this timely book provides answers to the most pertinent country and industry specific questions defining the current relationship between technology, natural resources and economic growth
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851999