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Electricity and energy policy in Britain, France and the United States since 1945
Chick, Martin - 2007
Introduction -- Shifting from coal to oil : what price security? -- The European coal and steel community -- Moving the margin to the centre : pricing electricity -- Electricity investment : rewarding the past, discounting the future -- Deregulation, privatisation and liberalisation -- Conclusion.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420063
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The economic costs and consequences of terrorism
Richardson, Harry Ward (contributor);  … - 2007
Terrorism : considering new policies / Bruno S. Frey and Simon Luechinger -- An empirical analysis of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) / Howard Kunreuther and Erwann Michel-Kerjan -- Airport security : time for a new model / Robert W. Poole, Jr. -- Cost-effective strategies to address...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420039
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Competitive electricity markets and sustainability
Lévêque, François (contributor) - 2006
This book responds to the opening up of electricity markets to competition, which has completely changed the nature of power generation. The building of new generation and transmission capacity and the setting of the energy mix between nuclear, gas and renewable resources are mainly left to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851235
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Fiscal fragmentation in decentralized countries : subsidiarity, solidarity and asymmetry
Bird, Richard M. (contributor); Ebel, Robert D. (contributor) - 2007
Most countries, developed and developing, are fiscally decentralized with regional and local governments of varying importance. In many of these countries, some of these sub-national governments differ substantially from others in terms of wealth, ethnic, religious, or linguistic composition....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420060
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Fiscal federalism and political decentralization : lessons from Spain, Germany, and Canada
Durán, José María (contributor);  … - 2008
This book analyzes political decentralization and fiscal federalism in Canada and Germany, both traditional federal countries, and in Spain, a unitarian country engaged in the last two decades in a process of decentralization. Three key issues required for a well designed financing system are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850968
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Reforming intergovernmental fiscal relations and the rebuilding of Indonesia : the 'big bang' program and its economic consequences
Alm, James (contributor);  … - 2004
Indonesia is currently facing some severe challenges, both in political affairs and in economic management. One of these challenges is the recently enacted decentralization program, now well underway, which promises to have some wide-ranging consequences. This edited volume presents original...
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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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Does decentralization enhance service delivery and poverty reduction?
Ahmad, Ehtisham (contributor); Brosio, Giorgio (contributor) - 2009
Does decentralization enhance service delivery and poverty reduction? Drawing on cutting edge research, expert contributors address this fundamental question facing policy-makers in developing as well as advanced countries. This timely book builds upon insights on the recent developments in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851217
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Political competition, innovation and growth in the history of Asian civilizations
Jones, Eric (contributor); Bernholz, Peter (contributor);  … - 2004
Do political decentralisation and inter state competition favour innovation and growth? There has long been a lively debate surrounding this question, going back to David Hume and Immanuel Kant. This book is a new attempt to test its veracity. The existing literature tends to assume that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851995
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Effective federalism and local finance
Ahmad, Ehtisham - 2011
?, Chapter 2, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 23-72 -- Gabriella Montinola, Yingyi Qian and … Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 306-38 -- Wallace E. Oates (1999), 'Local Property Taxation: An Assessment …, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 76-99 -- Richard A. Musgrave (1961), 'Approaches to a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852299