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The contributors to this comprehensive book compile and analyse the latest data available on household wealth using, as …-first century. The authors show that in the US, trends are highlighted in terms of wealth holdings, among the low-income population …, along with changes in wealth polarization, racial differences in wealth holdings, and the dynamics of portfolio choices. The …
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demand -- Part II: endogenous dynamics and instability -- 5. Aggregate demand, growth and instability -- 6. Wealth, public … debt and instability -- 7. Recursive workhorses -- Part III: the macro inference of inequality -- 8. Rent, wealth and … bubbles -- 9. A model with heterogeneous supply -- 10. Wealth and capital gains in financial markets -- Part IV: inequality …
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issues connected with growth theory considered from different theoretical perspectives. Its uniqueness is derived from the … classical tradition, modern theory, and heterodox models; problems of policy; dynamics and business cycles; and the role of … scholars of the theory of economic growth, the theory of distribution, macroeconomics, classical and Keynesian economics, as …
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This comprehensive Handbook explores case studies of land and property taxation in 25 countries (five in each of five regions--OECD, central and eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America), and focuses on the potential contributions of the property tax to the revenues of urban and rural...
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Honoring Keith Griffin's more than 40 years of fundamental contributions to the discipline of economics, the papers in this volume reflect his deep commitment to advancing the well-being of the world's poor majority and his unflinching willingness to question conventional wisdom as to how this...
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analysis of the distribution of wealth. Topics discussed include the measurement of the distribution of wealth and analyses the … time trends in wealth concentration and the importance of the role of inheritance. Theoretical approaches, including both …Davies, James B. and Anthony F. Shorrocks (2000), 'The Distribution of Wealth', in A.B. Atkinson and F. Bourguignon …
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demonstrates the considerable influence that his work on economic theory has had on his contemporaries, and the profession as a … / Mark Roberts -- Endogenous growth theory : a partial critique / Philip Arestis and Malcolm Sawyer -- The nature of economic … growth and the neoclassical approach. : more questions than answers? / John McCombie -- On the core of macroeconomic theory …
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The definition and measurement of productivity in services raises important conceptual, methodological and strategic problems. This book aims to provide a critical review of the main debates on productivity in the domain of services. The first part examines the theoretical consequences of...
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explores the fundamental theoretical basis of highway finance, in particular the use of tolls, and supports that theory with …
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Paul Vlaar contends that strategic alliances and other forms of cooperation, such as buyer-supplier relationships, joint ventures and offshoring initiatives, increasingly stand at the basis of competitive advantage. Although contracts and trust play a crucial role in such relationships, prior...
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