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Economic modelling of climate change and energy policies

Miguel, Carlos de (ed.); Labandeira Villot, Xavier (ed.); … - Atlantic Workshop on Energy and Environmental Economics - 2006

Climate change and energy consumption are at the forefront of current environmental debate. Whilst energy is essential to the functioning and survival of our societies, the environmental impact that energy consumption is having, particularly on climate change, is a growing concern and the design...

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Exploring the entrepreneurial society : institutions, behaviors and outcomes

Bonnet, Jean (contributor); Dejardin, Marcus (contributor); … - 2017

Contents: Part I: Entrepreneurship and formal and informal institutions -- 1. Understanding the drivers of an 'entrepreneurial' economy: Lessons from Japan and the Netherlands / Hiroyuki Okamuro, André van Stel and Ingrid Verheul -- 2. Hofstede's cultural dimensions and modes of entry into...

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Advances in evolutionary institutional economics : evolutionary mechanisms, non-knowledge and strategy

Hanappi, Gerhard (ed.); Elsner, Wolfram (ed.) - 2008

Some famous pioneers together with the most promising new practitioners in the field show within this book how they define their subject. This is an authoritative survey of important branches of evolutionary economics, containing innovative new perspectives on market dynamics and evolutionary...

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Institutions and economic performance

Davis, Kevin E. (contributor) - 2010

... the book is a good example of the writing and reasoning style, sometimes vivid and intriguing, often used by NIE authors. Similarly, the book is a good sample of NIE's multidisciplinary approach to economics. . . The range of papers presented gives the reader a good picture of the variety of...

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Recent advances in neo-Schumpeterian economics : essays in honour of Horst Hanusch

Pyka, Andreas (contributor); Hanusch, Horst (contributor) - 2009

This judicious selection of recent essays demonstrates the applicability of the fundamental principles of neo-Schumpeterian economics, namely, innovation and uncertainty. The authors demonstrate how neo-Schumpeterian economics is developing into a comprehensive economic theory encompassing...

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Institutional and social dynamics of growth and distribution

Salvadori, Neri (contributor) - 2010

Institutional and Social Dynamics of Growth and Distribution presents a set of original contributions to the much-debated issues of long-run economic growth in relation to institutional and social progress

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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

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Institutions, globalisation and empowerment

Sideras, Jörn (contributor); Roy, Kartik C. (contributor) - 2006

This book argues that the capacity of a country to develop, and the levels of economic and social development achieved, depend more on the institutional parameters within which the development policies are implemented than on the policies themselves. It contends that forces of globalisation...

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Economic growth and environmental policy : a theoretical approach

Hettich, Frank - 2000

tax reform. He incorporates pollution and abatement technologies into different endogenous growth models that take into … environmental policy can reverse tendencies towards increasing pollution? * will tighter environmental policy inevitably reduce …, welfare and pollution? * does sustainable environmental development necessarily preclude economic growth? This book will …

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Economic reform in China and India : development experience in a comparative perspective

Chai, Joseph C. H. - 2006

Recent acceleration of the Indian economic growth rate from 6 to 8 per cent has sparked worldwide speculation that India is about to catch up with China and become another Asian miracle economy. Economic Reform in China and India examines this prospect, reviewing the development strategies...

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