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Progress in the competitive agenda in the postal and delivery sector

Crew, Michael A. (contributor); … - 2009

1. Service quality, price caps and the uso under entry / Michael A. Crew and Paul R. Kleindorfer -- 2. Estimating the … impact of price regulation on service quality in post / Gregory Swinand ... [et al.] -- 3. Price and quality of service … liberalized environment / François Boldron ... [et al.] -- 6. Postal costing beyond ABC : estimating the economic cost of mails …

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The German state banks : global players in the international financial markets

Sinn, Hans-Werner - 1999

The German state banks - or Landesbanks - are not only some of the largest banks in Germany but are also a dominant force in the international banking sector. These state-owned banks enjoy special privileges and government support which have made them major players in the global arena of banking...

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The economic costs and consequences of terrorism

Richardson, Harry Ward (contributor); … - 2007

W. Poole, Jr. -- Cost-effective strategies to address urban terrorism : a risk management approach. / Richard G. Little … : initial estimates of indirect costs / Thomas F. Stinson -- The economic cost of disasters : permanent or ephemeral? / Matthew …

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Economics and the future : time and discounting in private and public decision making

Pannell, David J. (contributor); … - 2006

1. Time and discounting in economic decision making / David J. Pannell and Steven G.M. Schilizzi -- 2. Investigating …

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The economy as a process of valuation

Samuels, Warren J.; Medema, Steven G.; Schmid, Alfred Allan - 1997

analyses of the concepts of coercion and cost in economics, with special reference to one agent's interest being another agent …'s cost. Each elicits key aspects of analysis, valuation and the complexities and conflictual nature of valuation processes …

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Public choice and the challenges of democracy

Casas Pardo, José (contributor); … - 2007

This timely and important volume addresses the serious challenges faced by democracy in contemporary society. With contributions from some of the world's most prestigious scholars of public choice and political science, this comprehensive collection presents a complete overview of the threats...

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The economics of sin : rational choice or no choice at all?

Cameron, Samuel - 2002

1. Introduction -- 2. Tools of the trade : rational choice -- 3. Religion -- 4. Greed, lust, sloth and waste -- 5. Envy and jealousy -- 6. Lies and deceit -- 7. Matters of life and death -- 8. Addiction -- 9. Adultery -- 10. Prostitution -- 11. Conclusion.

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Institutional economics and the formation of preferences : the advent of pop music

Dolfsma, Wilfred - 2004

The formation of preferences is an elusive subject that many social scientists, and especially economists, have tended to avoid. In this original new book, Wilfred Dolfsma combines institutional economics with insights from the other social sciences to analyse the way in which preferences are...

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The Elgar companion to social economics

Davis, John Bryan (ed.); Dolfsma, Wilfred (ed.) - 2015 - 2nd ed

equality to the standard emphasis on efficiency. Leading contributors in the field elucidate a wide range of recent …

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Entrepreneurship as social change

Steyaert, Chris (contributor); Hjorth, Daniel (contributor) - 2006

This book-- the third in the Movements in Entrepreneurship series-- examines entrepreneurship as a societal phenomenon. It provides an in-depth study of the social aspects of entrepreneurship, illustrating how entrepreneurship affects society. The need to move beyond economy to disclose...

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