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The economics of technology and employment : theory and empirical evidence
Vivarelli, Marco - 1995
The impact of technical change on employment is investigated in this important new book which offers a critical appraisal of how far current economic analysis and theory can deal with this key policy issue. The Economics of Technology and Employment addresses the impact of technical change on...
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Modelling the composition of government expenditure
Creedy, John - 2011
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Tax and transfer tensions : designing direct tax structures
Creedy, John - 2011
This comprehensive and lucid book is concerned with the analysis of tax design and the problems involved in choosing a tax and transfer structure. John Creedy discusses central problems which are illustrated using relatively simple models. He argues that economists can make a valuable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851964
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Participation income : an alternative to basic income for poverty reduction in the digital age
Hiilamo, Heikki - 2022
reducing poverty and developing an eco-social welfare model. Tackling one of the most heated current debates in social policy …, this book will be a key resource for scholars and students in this field, particularly those with a focus on welfare and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013479667
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Tax and transfer policy using behavioural microsimulation modelling : design and evaluation
Creedy, John; Mok, Penny - 2022
include elasticities of labour supply and measures of the welfare effects of tax changes, in terms of excess burdens. Chapters … public finance, welfare and labour economics. The careful attention paid to metrics used in policy evaluations will also make …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013331161
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Fiscal policy and social welfare : an analysis of alternative tax and transfer systems
Creedy, John - 1996
In Fiscal Policy and Social Welfare John Creedy examines alternative tax and transfer systems and their redistributive … welfare and income distribution. After reviewing various inequality and tax progressivity measures, as well as social welfare … consistent treatment of alternative tax and transfer systems and their effects on social welfare, income distribution and tax …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473921
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Terrorism and the international business environment : the security-business nexus
Suder, Gabriele G. S. (contributor) - 2004
This book was born from the editor's conviction that a wide set of contributors should provide the economic and corporate sectors with guidelines, developed from rigorous research and case studies, to analyse those adjustments made necessary through international terrorism, as known since...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850897
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Environmental valuation in developed countries : case studies
Pearce, David (contributor) - 2006
This is the second of two volumes of case studies that illustrate how environmental economists place values on environmental assets and on the flows of goods and services generated by those assets. This important book assembles studies that discuss broad areas of application of economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851017
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Integrated assessment and management of public resources
Perali, Federico (contributor);  … - 2006
This multidisciplinary work explores ways of making environmental policy decisions in managing public goods and natural parks with the goal of maximizing economic benefits to society. The contributors to the volume seek the best strategies for improving the environmental sustainability and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851570
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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