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Economic analysis for EU accession negotiations : agri-food issues in the EU's eastward expansion
Gaisford, James D.; Kerr, William Alexander; Perdikis, … - 2003
The expanding membership of the EU means significant changes for accession countries' international trade relations, affecting imports, exports, tax revenues, government expenditures and domestic regulatory regimes. There are also significant ramifications for the EU budget. This book is a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474143
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Transport project evaluation : extending the social cost-benefit approach
Haezendonck, Elvira (contributor) - 2007
This book revisits traditional evaluation methods, such as cost-benefit analysis, to try and find a balance between the ever-increasing demand for transport, the search for sustainable mobility and green transport solutions, and the limited financial resources that governments are able to invest...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420032
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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
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Handbook on transport pricing and financing
Tirachini, Alejandro (ed.); Hörcher, Daniel (ed.);  … - 2023
"Taking a comprehensive approach to two central, closely intertwined themes in the field of transport economics, this illuminating Handbook recognises the critical socioeconomic importance of transport pricing and financing. The expert contributors provide insights into how pricing goes beyond...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014287408
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The economics of evaluation in public programs
Link, Albert N. - 2011
This research collection illustrates the wide range of methodologies and methods available for the evaluation of public programs. All these methods address the benefits of the programs and most compare the benefits to costs, but the types of benefits and their measures vary greatly across the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852147
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Transport and ethics : ethics and the evaluation of transport policies and projects
Wee, Bert van - 2011
This insightful book discusses the use of Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) for transport policy options from an ethical perspective. Each detailed chapter deals with issues such as: the use and ethical aspects of CBA in transport, social exclusion, the environment and long term sustainability,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851004
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Greening the budget : budgetary policies for environmental improvement
Clinch, J. Peter (contributor) - 2002
Greening the Budget regards the fundamental cause of environmental degradation as government and market failure and proposes the use of budgets as an instrument of environmental policy to rectify this problem. The book focuses on the elements of the public budget which currently affect the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850982
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The WTO, subsidies and countervailing measures
Bacchetta, Marc - 2011
Is a Subsidy?', in The American Law Institute Reporters' Studies on WTO Case Law: Legal and Economic Analysis, Chapter 21 … the Theory of Optimum Subsidy', Journal of Political Economy, 71 (1), February, 44-50 -- Harry G. Johnson (1965), 'Optimal …, Cambridge, MA and London, UK: MIT Press, 163-80, references -- Dermot Leahy and J. Peter Neary (2009), 'Multilateral Subsidy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852300
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Science evaluation and status creation : exploring the European research council's authority
Edlund, Peter - 2020
Contents: Part I -- 1. The Makings of an Authority in Science -- 2. Theorizing Status Intermediaries -- Part II -- 3. Tensions and Struggles in Europe-Level Science -- 4. Creating Acceptance for European Research Council Evaluations -- 5. The Consequences of European Research Council Allocations...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012416728
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Europe's disappearing middle class? : evidence from the world of work
Vaughan-Whitehead, Daniel (contributor) - 2016
1. Is the world of work behind middle class reshuffling? / Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead, Rosalie Vazquez-Alvarez and Nicolas Maitre -- 2. Is the world of work stimulating middle class growth in the Baltic states? / Jaan Masso, Inta Mierina and Kerly Espenberg -- 3. Social concertation and middle...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419897