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McCain, Roger A. - 2009

Game theory is useful in understanding collective human activity as the outcome of interactive decisions. In recent years it has become a more prominent aspect of research and applications in public policy disciplines such as economics, philosophy, management and political science, and in work...

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Regulatory impact assessment : towards better regulation?

Kirkpatrick, Colin H. (ed.); Parker, David (ed.) - 2007

1. Regulatory impact assessment : an overview -- 2. Current trends in the process and methods of regulatory impact assessment : mainstreaming RIA into policy processes -- 3. Indicators of regulatory quality -- 4. Measuring RIA quality and performance -- 5. Better regulation and impact assessment...

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Information technology policy and the digital divide : lessons for developing countries

Giovannetti, Emanuele (contributor); … - 2004

The proliferation of new information technologies throughout the world has raised some important questions for policymakers as to how developing countries can benefit from their diffusion. This important volume compares the advantages and disadvantages of the IT revolution through detailed...

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Political events and economic ideas

Schefold, Bertram (contributor); Barens, Ingo (contributor); … - European Society for the History of Economic Thought … - 2004

The influence of political developments on the evolution of economic thought is the main theme behind this book. As the authors reveal throughout the book, history has shown many times that political events can trigger the formulation of new economic conceptions that in turn influence the future...

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Dealing with terrorism : stick or carrot?

Frey, Bruno S. - 2004

Emphasising a positive approach to dealing with terrorism (the carrot), this book provides a critique of deterrence policy (the stick) which can be ineffective and even counterproductive, and proposes three alternative and effective anti-terrorist policies: Decentralisation reduces vulnerability...

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Authoritarian capitalism in the age of globalization

Bloom, Peter - 2023 - 2nd ed.

"Authoritarian capitalism is rapidly evolving, intensifying and spreading across the globe. This updated second edition book demonstrates that the recent resurgence of fascism and repressive democracies are connected to and symptomatic of the fundamental authoritarianism of capitalism. Analysing...

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Entrepreneurship and talent management from a global perspective : global returnees

Wang, Huiyao (contributor); Liu, Yipeng (contributor) - 2016

Talent has become the most important resource for organizations across a wide range of sectors throughout the world including business, non-profit, and government. These organizations are now engaged in an increasingly fierce competition to acquire the best talent as they seek to gain the upper...

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Happiness, economics and politics : towards a multi-disciplinary approach

Dutt, Amitava Krishna (contributor); … - 2009

This timely and important book presents a unique study of happiness from both economic and political perspectives. It … offers an overview of contemporary research on the emergent field of happiness studies and contains contributions by some of …pt. I. Happiness -- pt. II. Happiness and economics -- pt. III. Happiness and politics -- pt. IV. What is to be done? …

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The economics of sport, health and happiness : the promotion of well-being through sporting activities

Humphreys, Brad R. (contributor); … - 2011

significant component for improving the happiness, health and well-being of citizens, communities and society as a whole. In so … impact / Michael C. Davis and Christian M. End -- 8. Sports participation and happiness : evidence from US micro data …

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Handbook on the economics of happiness

Bruni, Luigino (contributor); Porta, Pier Luigi (contributor) - 2007

This book is a welcome consolidation and extension of the recent expanding debates on happiness and economics …. Happiness and economics, as a new field for research, is now of pivotal interest particularly to welfare economists and … psychologists. This Handbook provides an unprecedented forum for discussion of the economic issues relating to happiness. It reviews …

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