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Green national accounting and sustainability
Löfgren, Karl-Gustaf - 2011
Income Accounts, Washington DC: World Resources Institute. -- Shubik, M. (1972), 'Modeling at a Grand Scale', Science, 174 … Methods No 7. -- Studentski, P. (1958), The Income of Nations, New York: New York University Press. -- WCED (World Commission … Income and Product', Journal of Economic Literature, December, 26, 1611-1684. -- Forrester, J.W. (1971), World Dynamics …
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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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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 new economics of outdoor recreation
Hanley, Nick (contributor); Wright, Robert E. (contributor);  … - 2003
group of authors covers real-world recreation management issues and applies economic understanding to these problems. An …
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Terrorism and the international business environment : the security-business nexus
Suder, Gabriele G. S. (contributor) - 2004
operation studies -- pt. 4. Implications of crisis in a synergetic world …
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Explaining civil war : a rational choice approach
Murshed, Syed Mansoob - 2010
This book explores the pre-conditions for conflict in terms of growth failure and critically appraises the greed and grievance theories common to conflict literature. It is argued that various institutional mechanisms of restraint that can be labeled the 'social contract' are crucial for violent...
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The handbook on the political economy of war
Coyne, Christopher J. (contributor);  … - 2011
By defining political economy and war in the broadest sense, this unique Handbook brings together a wide range of interdisciplinary scholars from economics, political science, sociology, and policy studies to address a multitude of important topics. These include an analysis of why wars begin,...
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474049
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Trade, jobs and wages
Hoon, Hian Teck - 2000
The world's increasing integration through trade and the persistence of high unemployment in Europe, and other areas of … the world, highlight the need to understand the implications of free trade for unemployment. Trade, Jobs and Wages …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851537
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Innovation and the growth of cities
Ács, Zoltán J. - 2002
Machine generated contents note: 1 Technology and entrepreneurship 1 -- 2 Knowledge, innovation and firm size 24 -- 3 Local geographic spillovers 44 -- 4 Sectoral characteristics 63 -- 5 Innovation of entrepreneurial firms 74 -- 6 Capital structure, innovation and firm size 98 -- 7 Employment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419981