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Emissions taxes, tradeable emission permits and voluntary compliance policies are becoming the instruments of choice in controlling environmental problems at the national and international level. Careful design of these policies in second-best environments is a very important factor for their...
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This book investigates the relationship between corporate governance, market structure and innovation. The editors observe that a number of radical mutations are occurring in industries that have played a crucial role in sustaining and fostering the pace of technological progress
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instability and stock price volatility, and to what degree the relationship is connected to industry specific factors. This …
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-depth examination of how the purchasing power of gold has performed over the centuries in both England and the USA. It contains a … in England, and from 1800 in the USA, up to 2007. The book also contains detailed historical statistics on gold …, wholesale and consumer prices and the real price of gold. This important book will be an essential resource for institutional …
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Contents: Introduction -- PART I THE SUSTAINABLE CITY -- 1 Towards sustainable urban competitiveness? The role of organizing capacity and distributed leadership / Leo van den Berg and Luis Carvalho -- 2 The modern city and third places: new sources of sustainable entrepreneurs and...
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This original book presents a new basis for environmental policymaking: environmental networks. This framework graphically simplifies the analysis of environmental problems and emphasizes the spatial nature of economic activity and pollution dispersion. The book first discusses the foundations...
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The significant challenges associated with managing waste continue to attract international scholarly attention. This international Handbook scrutinizes both developed and developing economies. It comprises original contributions from many of the most prominent scholars researching this topic....
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Professor Sigman has selected the most authoritative previously published papers for this pathbreaking collection. This timely book examines private decision-making and government policy for the management of hazardous waste, the clean-up of contaminated land and the redevelopment of brownfield...
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Drawing on candid accounts from practitioners, producers and industry representatives, this informative and proactive volume investigates the challenges facing today's fair trade movement and provides unique insights into the workings of social and economic power in world markets
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, Chapter 23, Princeton, New Jersey, USA: Princeton University Press, 609-26 -- Joseph A. Schumpeter ([1943] 2003), 'The Process … and NY, USA: Routledge, 81-106 -- F.M. Scherer, Dietmar Harhoff and Jörg Kukies (2000), 'Uncertainty and the Size …
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