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Economics uncut : a complete guide to life, death and misadventure

Bowmaker, Simon W. (contributor) - 2005

This highly innovative and intriguing book applies principles of microeconomics to unusual settings to inspire students, teachers and scholars alike in the 'dismal science'. Leading experts show how economics reaches into the strangest of places and throws light onto the occasionally dark side...

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The economics of gambling and national lotteries

Vaughan Williams, Leighton - 2012

In recent years there has been a substantial global increase in interest in the study of gambling. To some extent this … strategy as well as the ideal structure of gambling taxes and devising optimal responses to environmental changes, such as the … growth of online gambling. This volume, by bringing together the work of leading scholars, will cover the spectrum of such …

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Marx and non-equilibrium economics

Freeman, Alan (ed.); Carchedi, Guglielmo (ed.) - 1996

This major volume develops a rigorous equilibrium-free political economy based on labour values. Rooted in a non-dualistic approach restoring money to its central role in a commodity economy, Marx and Non-Equilibrium Economics is the fruit of extensive international collaboration reflecting a...

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Modelling the costs of environmental policy : a dynamic applied general equilibrium assessment

Dellink, Rob B. - 2005

This important new book enhances our understanding of the dynamic interactions between economic activity, economic growth, pollution abatement and environmental policy. It addresses one main policy problem: how can the direct and indirect costs of environmental policy for multiple pollutants be...

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Dynamic networks and evolutionary variational inequalities

Daniele, Patrizia - 2006

Exposed to powerful new economic forces, and undergoing dramatic ownership reforms and technological changes, China's industries are modernizing at a breakneck pace. In many industries, the outcomes have been chaotic and poorly aligned with societal objectives. This book analyses the...

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General equilibrium, capital and macroeconomics : a key to recent controversies in equilibrium theory

Petri, Fabio - 2004

This book argues that the shift in general equilibrium theory, from its early long-period to the modern very-short-period versions, has had very important consequences which are insufficiently appreciated by large parts of the economics profession. This shift has produced new difficulties, and...

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