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Challenging time series : limits to knowledge, inertia, and caprice
Stanley, T. D. - 2000
economic puzzles, from stock market bubbles to the failure of conventional economic theory, to explain low levels of inflation …This unorthodox book derives and tests a simple theory of economic time series using several well-known empirical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473885
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Financial liberalization and intervention : a new analysis of credit rationing
Basu, Santonu - 2002
1. General introduction -- 2. A critical review of the literature on credit rationing -- 3. The theory of credit …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420113
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Political competition, innovation and growth in the history of Asian civilizations
Jones, Eric (contributor); Bernholz, Peter (contributor);  … - 2004
European history. By contrast, China, India and the Islamic Middle East are regarded as inherently imperial and overcentralised …. India -- 7. Islamic statecraft and the Middle East's delayed modernization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851995
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Innovation and the growth of cities
Ács, Zoltán J. - 2002
the growth of cities by the use of endogenous growth theory …
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Tax compliance and tax morale : a theoretical and empirical analysis
Torgler, Benno - 2007
The question of why citizens pay their taxes has attracted increased attention in the tax compliance literature of late. In this book, Benno Torgler considers the evidence that suggests that enforcement efforts cannot fully explain the high degree of tax compliance within society. To attempt to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420106
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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
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Knowledge, technological catch-up and economic growth
Rogers, Mark - 2003
Knowledge, Technological Catch-up and Economic Growth investigates the relationship between knowledge diffusion and economic growth. Using a broad definition of knowledge - encompassing technology, production skills, know-how and firm capabilities - the central argument of the book is that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473801
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The economics of technology and employment : theory and empirical evidence
Vivarelli, Marco - 1995
appraisal of how far current economic analysis and theory can deal with this key policy issue. The Economics of Technology and …
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The causes, costs and compensations of inflation : an investigation of three problems in monetary theory
Coleman, William Oliver - 2007
A statement of problem -- The theory of the demand for money -- A theory of the supply of money -- The quantity theory … of money -- Inflation without a quantity of money : the Wicksellian approach. -- Technological risk and the social … function of real debt -- Monetary risk and the social function of money debt -- The quantity theory in a risky world …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420049
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Reinventing functional finance : transformational growth and full employment
Nell, Edward J. (contributor); Forstater, Mathew (contributor) - 2003
operate at the level of full employment without provoking unmanageable inflation. They also contend that budget deficits do …pt. I. Introduction -- pt. II. Functional finance : the background -- pt. III. Assessing the inflation barrier -- pt …
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