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Utility privatization and regulation : a fair deal for consumers?
Ugaz, Cecilia (contributor);  … - 2003
The authors address the question of infrastructure reforms in a novel way by focusing on the impact which they can have on consumers through the prices paid by different groups and on their access to the networks. They analyse original material from four Latin American countries - Argentina,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851393
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The environmentalism of the poor : a study of ecological conflicts and valuation
Martinez-Alier, Joan - 2002
1. Currents of environmentalism -- 2. Ecological economics : "taking nature into account" -- 3. Indices of (un) sustainability, and neo-Malthusianism -- 4. Political ecology : the study of ecological distribution conflicts -- 5. Mangroves versus shrimps -- 6. The environmentalism of the poor :...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420085
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Research handbook on measuring poverty and deprivation
Silber, Jacques (ed.) - 2023
"Currently, works on poverty constitute only a small part of contemporary economic research; however, the field of … poverty and deprivation is undoubtedly one rising in popularity and relevance. Encompassing chapters that address both … unidimensional and multidimensional poverty, this timely Research Handbook explores all aspects of poverty and deprivation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014246314
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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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The Elgar companion to classical economics
Kurz, Heinz-Dieter (contributor);  … - 1998
This authoritative and comprehensive reference work provides a thorough account of the classical approach to economics. It contains almost two hundred informative short entries in an easily accessible dictionary format on all the significant areas of this school of thought. The companion breaks...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851633
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Market, state, and feminism : the economics of feminist policy
Dawson, Graham; Hatt, Sue; Watson-Brown, Linda; Baxter, … - 2000
Market, State and Feminism offers an inter-disciplinary critique of the 'free market backlash' - the belief that free market economics can improve the position, status and well-being of women. The authors argue that, far from being restrictive and intrusive, state action can enhance the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473922
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Current issues in open economy macroeconomics : paradoxes, policies, and problems
Ford, J. L. - 1990
issues in the macroeconomic theory of different forms of open economies under differing degrees of dependency …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473925
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The Elgar companion to radical political economy
Arestis, Philip (ed.); Sawyer, Malcolm C. (ed.) - 1994
This major reference book has been designed to provide a comprehensive coverage of radical political economy. International in scope, The Elgar Companion to Radical Political Economy includes contributions from a very wide range of specialists who discuss topics, ideas and theories in the field....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473931
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Thomas Joplin and classical macroeconomics : a reappraisal of classical monetary thought
O'Brien, Denis Patrick - 1993
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473942
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The economics of regulating road transport
Verhoef, Erik T. - 1996
The regulation of road transport externalities - environmental pollution, noise annoyance, accidents and congestion - is one of the most important issues in contemporary transport policies. The Economics of Regulating Road Transport explores welfare economic evaluations - in terms of efficiency...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473953