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1. Introduction : the world economy in historical perspective -- 2. Economic growth and development : a very long-run view -- 3. Growth theories : old and new -- 4. Managing aggregate economic instability : from Keynes to Lucas -- 5. International economic integration in the Second Global Age.
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Michael Crew and David Parker have compiled a comprehensive, up-to-date and detailed analytical work on leading research issues in the economics of regulation. With contributions from international specialists in economic regulation, the Handbook provides a comprehensive discussion of major...
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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...
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Through in-depth case studies of local communities in four distinct coastal areas in Southern Thailand, the authors are able to assess objectively the underlying economic causes, and consequences, of mangrove deforestation due to the expansion of shrimp farms
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practical examples of forestry's role in climate change mitigation in both developed and tropical developing countries. Chapters … analysis. He also discusses the potential for forestry in climate change policy in the United States and other countries where … and lays bare the complexity of forestry markets. A review of the workings of carbon markets, based both on the Kyoto …
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linkages between sustainable resource management and the trade in ivory, timber and forest products, and the role of trade …
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issues under the broad themes of water and air quality, biological diversity and forest functions. The economic approaches …pt. 1. Air quality, water supply and water quality -- pt. 2. Valuing biological diversity -- pt. 3. Valuing forest …
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provided by a case study on the use of forestry resources. The book also includes an account of Soviet academic work in the …
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pt. 1. Biophysical aspects of forestry and carbon management -- pt. 2. The economic valuation of forests : boreal and … tropical case studies -- pt. 3. Forest policy : case studies from North, Central and South America …
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Gardner M. Brown, Jr. has been a leading innovator in the development of environmental and natural resource economics. This book comprises essays written in his honor by some of the most distinguished economists working in this field
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