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International trade and transport : spatial structure and environmental quality in a global economy
Steininger, Karl W. - 2001
The spatial dimension of international trade theory has been neglected during most of its history. Trade barriers such … tariffs, spatial considerations have gained in stature. On the way to fostering a spatial trade theory this book supplies a … comprehensive analysis of all the different impacts of the inclusion of space and transport costs, covering orthodox trade theory …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473881
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Handbook of fiscal federalism
Ahmad, Ehtisham (ed.); Brosio, Giorgio (ed.) - 2006
This major Handbook addresses fiscal relations between different levels of government under the general rubric of "fiscal federalism", providing a review of the latest literature as well as an invaluable guide for practitioners and policy makers seeking informed policy options. The contributors...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851106
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Fiscal policy and environmental welfare : modelling interjurisdictional competition
Bayındır-Upmann, Thorsten - 1998 - Revised version of the author's thesis
In this innovative book the author examines the link between environmental, trade and industrial policies within an interregional setting. He models how regional governments, using tax rates on real capital and pollutant emissions, determine policies to favour their residents in terms of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473840
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Environmental policy making in economies with prior tax distortions
Goulder, Lawrence Herbert (ed.) - 2002
In evaluating environmental policy, researchers have tended to focus on the industry or market that is targeted by regulation and to disregard policy impacts in other parts of the economy. Recent research indicates, however, that in economies where governments rely on distortionary taxes,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474111
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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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New directions in economic geography
Fingleton, Bernard (contributor) - 2007
on EU regional data / Bernard Fingleton -- From theory to estimation and back : the empirical relevance of new economic … connection between theory and empirics / Anna Soci -- Agglomeration and internet exchange points : an exploration of the internet … part of the inevitable creative destruction of NEG theory, it does promote the continuing role of theoretical and empirical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420047
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Infrastructure's role in lowering Asia's trade costs : building for trade
Brooks, Douglas H. (contributor); Hummels, David (contributor) - 2009
1. Infrastructure's role in lowering Asia's trade costs / Douglas H. Brooks -- 2. Trends in Asian trade : implications for transport infrastructure and trade costs / David Hummels -- 3. Trade infrastructure and trade costs : a study of selected Asian ports / Jon Haveman, Adina Ardelean and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851480
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Trade costs and facilitation : open trade and economic development
2011
C. Fred Bergsten (1997), 'Open Regionalism', World Economy, 20 (5), 545-65 -- Gerard McLinden (2006), 'Needs, Priorities and Costs Associated with Technical Assistance and Capacity Building for Implementation of a WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement: A Comparative Study Based on Six Developing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852332
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Institutional competition
Bergh, Andreas (contributor); Höijer, Rolf (contributor) - 2008
Why is competition between institutions usually viewed in a negative light, when competition is considered positive in most other economic contexts? The contributors to this volume introduce new perspectives on this issue, analytically and empirically exploring reasons for this perception
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851312
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Economic behaviour and taxation
Alm, James (contributor);  … - 2016
-Taking: Theory and Evidence for the U.S.', Journal of Public Economics, 91 (7-8), August, 1479-505 -- Åsa Hansson (2012), 'Tax Policy … Looney and Kory Kroft (2009), 'Salience and Taxation: Theory and Evidence', American Economic Review, 99 (4), September, 1145 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419868