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Asia-Pacific issues in international business

Gray, S. J. (ed.); McGaughey, Sara L. (ed.); … - 2001

This timely book represents the latest research on a selection of key issues in international business in the Asia-Pacific region. In particular the contributors examine the internationalisation process, export expansion and performance, foreign direct investment and the management of...

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Choice modelling and the transfer of environmental values

Rolfe, John (ed.); Bennett, Jeff (ed.) - 2006

Benefit transfer is the practice of estimating economic values at a target site by utilising the results of existing studies for different sites. It is commonly used to estimate values for changes in environmental conditions where time and cost factors constrain the direct application of...

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A biographical dictionary of Australian and New Zealand economists

King, John Edward (ed.) - 2007

This book documents the history of economic discourse in Australia and New Zealand from the early days of European settlement. Many of the early economists were immigrants (William Hearn, Charles Pearson, Catherine Spence, David Syme). A few (such as W.C. Wentworth, born on the First Fleet) were...

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The distributional effects of indirect taxes : models and applications from New Zealand

Creedy, John; Sleeman, Cath - 2006

This book develops a number of analytical models and presents empirical analyses of the equity and efficiency effects of existing indirect taxes from New Zealand. Potential tax reforms including environmental taxes are also examined and the methods presented can easily be adapted to deal with...

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Utility regulation in competitive markets : problems and progress

Robinson, Colin (contributor) - 2007

Introduction / Colin Robinson -- 1. Beyond regulation / Stephen Littlechild -- Comment / Colin Robinson -- 2. Ronald coase and the spectrum question / Thomas W. Hazlett -- Comment / Leonard Waverman -- 3. European energy liberalisation : progress and problems / Jorge Vasconcelos -- Comment /...

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Regulatory impact assessment : towards better regulation?

Kirkpatrick, Colin H. (ed.); Parker, David (ed.) - 2007

1. Regulatory impact assessment : an overview -- 2. Current trends in the process and methods of regulatory impact assessment : mainstreaming RIA into policy processes -- 3. Indicators of regulatory quality -- 4. Measuring RIA quality and performance -- 5. Better regulation and impact assessment...

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The governance of network industries : institutions, technology and policy in reregulated infrastructures

Groenewegen, John (contributor); … - 2009

Infrastructures are subject to substantial readjustments of governance structures, often labeled as liberalization, privatization or re-regulation. This affects all traditional infrastructure sectors including communications, energy, transport and water. This study highlights and illustrates...

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Handbook of worldwide postal reform

Campbell, James I. (contributor); … - 2008

The postal and delivery sector has been the subject of considerable interest in recent years. This Handbook brings together a number of contributions directed at understanding developments in the field of postal reform. The authors review the experience and plans of individual countries to...

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Deregulation and its discontents : rewriting the rules in Asia

Ramesh, M. (contributor); Howlett, Michael (contributor) - 2006

Deregulation and its Discontents examines the different ways in which the issues related to deregulation and …: regulation, deregulation and reregulation. However, little is known about deregulation and even less about reregulation …pt. 1. Introduction : governance and globalization -- pt. 2. Deregulation and its discontents : cases in East Asian …

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Regulating utilities : new issues, new solutions

Robinson, Colin (contributor) - 2001

Every year the Institute of Economic Affairs and the London Business School publish a volume of essays about Britain's system of utility regulation, with additional discussion of regulation in other countries. The book is a must for those interested in regulation, because it is an up-to-date...

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