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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474004
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474008
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Credit, interest rates and the open economy : essays on horizontalism
Rochon, Louis-Philippe (ed.); Vernengo, Matías (ed.) - 2000
The horizontalist perspective is an extension of the post-Keynesian approach, that has hitherto focused on a theory of … general theory of the creation of money that is consistent with the post-Keynesian view on macroeconomic policy. Credit …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473823
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Essays on capital and interest : an Austrian perspective
Kirzner, Israel M. - 1996
capital and interest theory. In the three classic essays featured in this book, Professor Kirzner argues that an Austrian … approach based on the pure time preference theory offers an attractive alternative to both the orthodox neoclassical and the …. This consistent subjectivism makes it possible to present the pure time (Fetter-Mises) preference theory of interest in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473975
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Innovation and the growth of cities
Ács, Zoltán J. - 2002
the growth of cities by the use of endogenous growth theory …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419981
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Tax compliance and tax morale : a theoretical and empirical analysis
Torgler, Benno - 2007
The question of why citizens pay their taxes has attracted increased attention in the tax compliance literature of late. In this book, Benno Torgler considers the evidence that suggests that enforcement efforts cannot fully explain the high degree of tax compliance within society. To attempt to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420106
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Knowledge, technological catch-up and economic growth
Rogers, Mark - 2003
Knowledge, Technological Catch-up and Economic Growth investigates the relationship between knowledge diffusion and economic growth. Using a broad definition of knowledge - encompassing technology, production skills, know-how and firm capabilities - the central argument of the book is that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473801
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The economics of technology and employment : theory and empirical evidence
Vivarelli, Marco - 1995
appraisal of how far current economic analysis and theory can deal with this key policy issue. The Economics of Technology and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473912
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The new economics of outdoor recreation
Hanley, Nick (contributor); Wright, Robert E. (contributor);  … - 2003
This innovative book presents a series of up-to-date analyses of the economics of outdoor recreation. The distinguished group of authors covers real-world recreation management issues and applies economic understanding to these problems. An extensive introduction by the editors details the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851998
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Beyond inflation targeting : assessing the impacts and policy alternatives
Yeldan, Alp Erinç (contributor);  … - 2009
This book, written by an international team of economists, develops concrete, country specific alternatives to inflation targeting, the dominant policy framework of central bank policy that focuses on keeping inflation in the low single digits to the virtual exclusion of other key goals such as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851035