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The early history of financial economics, 1478-1776 : from commercial arithmetic to life annuities and joint stocks
Poitras, Geoffrey - 2000
invaluable to scholars of financial economics and the history of economic thought …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473873
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Heat, power and light : revolutions in energy services
Fouquet, Roger - 2008
What happens when a radically-new fuel or technology transforms the energy system? How does the energy system evolve at different stages of economic development? What are the implications for people's lives and their environment? Building on an award-winning article, in this exciting book Roger...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474009
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The economics and ideology of free trade : a historical review
Gomes, Leonard - 2003
The Economics and Ideology of Free Trade makes an important contribution to the debate on globalization by providing much needed intellectual and historical perspective on the issue of Free Trade versus Protection
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851318
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Global business : past, present and future
Casson, Mark - 2023
"This fascinating book examines international business and multinational enterprise as part of a bigger picture, considering the importance of two main components: space and time. Summarising the past five years, Mark Casson reviews the changing role of multinational enterprises within the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014372515
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Culture and economic growth
Spolaore, Enrico - 2014
Intellectual Origins of Modern Economic Growth', Journal of Economic History, 65 (2), June, 285-351 -- Enrico Spolaore and Romain … and Ludger Woessmann (2009), 'Was Weber Wrong? A Human Capital Theory of Protestant Economic History', Quarterly Journal …: Education, Restrictions, or Minorities?', Journal of Economic History, 65 (4), December, 922-48 -- Ronald Inglehart and Wayne E …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852180
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30 years of transition in Europe : looking back and looking beyond in CESEE countries
Holzmann, Robert (ed.); Ritzberger-Grünwald, Doris (ed.);  … - 2020
Contents: Preface -- PART I A historic transformation: heterogeneity in CESEE in a changing global context -- 1 Looking back on 30 years of transition - and looking 30 years ahead / Robert Holzmann -- 2 1989: the year of the great ambivalence / Anton Pelinka -- 3 The price of unity: the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012416716
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The challenges of capitalism for virtue ethics and the common good : interdisciplinary perspectives
Akrivou, Kleio (contributor); Sison, Alejo G. (contributor) - 2016
Introduction / Kleio Akrivou -- Part I the common good in history: virtue epistemology as knowledge foundation for the …'s influence in western history / Agustín González Enciso -- 2. The 'medieval', the common good and accounting / Alisdair Dobie … inspiration from European history and continental philosophical traditions on virtue. Editors Kleio Akrivou and Alejo José G …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419817
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Markets versus hierarchies : a political economy of Russia from the 10th century to 2008
Brancato, Ekaterina - 2009
This unique book uses a transaction cost perspective to illustrate how hierarchies influenced the structure of markets and behaviour of individual businesses and cartels in pre-revolutionary, Soviet and present-day Russia
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850770
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A comparative history of central bank behavior : consistency in monetary policy in the US and UK
Wood, John H. - 2022
and US over the course of the last two centuries. Professors and students of finance will find A Comparative History of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013537820
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Money and monetary systems : selected essays of Filippo Cesarano
Cesarano, Filippo - 2008
Monetary theory not only provides the tools to analyse monetary arrangements, it also shapes them in an essential way. The selected papers gathered together in this book deal with a variety of topics concerning both aspects of this twofold relationship. A number of controversial issues regarding...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474045