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The dynamics of inequality and poverty : comparing income distributions
Creedy, John - 1998
effects of inflation. The next seven chapters are concerned with dynamic aspects of income distribution. These examine the …
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Economic growth and the environment : on the measurement of income and welfare
Brekke, Kjell Arne - 1997
This book considers the possibility of adjusting traditional economic measures of income and welfare to account for natural resource extraction and environmental degradation. It presents and reviews the limitations of an operational method for measuring income from resource extraction in both...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015412739
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Knowledge, inequality, and growth in the new economy
Nahuis, Richard - 2003
of wage inequality between high-skilled and low-skilled workers, and the relatively low productivity growth experienced … technological revolution, describe why this does not necessarily result in high productivity growth and outline the best methods to … measure productivity in the new economy. This exhaustive exploration of productivity growth and wage inequality between high …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474134
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Complexity, endogenous money and macroeconomic theory : essays in honour of Basil J. Moore
Moore, Basil J. (contributor); Setterfield, Mark (contributor) - 2006
macroeconomics of endogenous money -- pt. 4. The macroeconomics of exogenous interest rates -- pt. 5. Unemployment, inflation and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850869
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Inflation and unemployment : the evolution of the Phillips curve
Lipsey, Richard - 2011
), 'The Determinants of Wage Inflation: United Kingdom, 1946-56' and 'Discussion on Paper', Journal of the Royal Statistical … Comparative Predictive Performance of Wage Inflation Models of the British Economy', Economic Journal, 81 (321), March, 113 …-19 -- S.G.B. Henry, M.C. Sawyer and P. Smith (1976), 'Models of Inflation in the United Kingdom: An Evaluation', National …
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Sustainable welfare in the Asia-Pacific : studies using the genuine progress indicator
Lawn, Philip A. (ed.); Clarke, Matthew (ed.) - 2008
Frequent references are made to the 'Asian economic miracle' as a means of describing the wave of GDP growth experienced across the Asia-Pacific region over the past twenty years. Implicit in this description is the assumption that the Asia-Pacific region has progressed at the same rate that GDP...
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Green national accounting and sustainability
Löfgren, Karl-Gustaf - 2011
Concerns about natural resource scarcity, together with the increased awareness of environmental problems, has led to widespread interest in green accounting, which attempts to extend the standard national accounts to include the yields from natural and environmental resources. For this volume,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852308
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Economic growth, inequality and migration
Levy-Livermore, Amnon (ed.); Faria, João Ricardo (ed.) - 2002
During the growth process inequality may rise or decline, and the change in the level of inequality may, in turn, affect growth. An increase in inequality in one place and better prospects of growth and earnings elsewhere can trigger migration. As a result of these close affecting links between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015412540
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Wages and profits in the capitalist economy : the impact of monopolistic power on macroeconomic performance in the USA and UK
Henley, Andrew - 1990
Wages and Profits in the Capitalist Economy provides an incisive study of the impact of monopolistic power on macroeconomic performance in the USA and the UK since 1945, within a post-Kaleckian framework. It provides new evidence to suggest that the implications of monopolistic power, in both...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015412590
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Environmental taxes and economic welfare : reducing carbon dioxide emissions
Cornwell, Antonia; Creedy, John - 1997
This important book examines the economic policies required to reduce carbon dioxide emissions - a major source of pollution throughout the world. It explores the likely impact of environmental taxes on income distribution and economic welfare. The authors consider a tax on domestic fuel and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015412713