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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...
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economic theory to explain past growth, this unique book explores the fundamental relationship between thermodynamics (physical …
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the growth of cities by the use of endogenous growth theory …
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The use of dynamic models to address the problem of environmental degradation is central to environmental policy because decisions taken now affect not only the current generation but have a profound impact on the future. In this innovative book, Frank Hettich uses dynamic modelling to study the...
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In Fiscal Policy and Social Welfare John Creedy examines alternative tax and transfer systems and their redistributive effects. Drawing on original research, this volume concentrates on modelling tax structures and their implications for social welfare and income distribution. After reviewing...
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This book argues that the shift in general equilibrium theory, from its early long-period to the modern very …. This shift has produced new difficulties, and has undermined central tenets of neoclassical macroeconomic theory (such as …, not only in many aspects of the history of economic theory, but also in fundamental issues in the theories of value …
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game theory and applications. The editors focus on a select set of issues that stand high on the agenda of academic … understanding of the dilemmas posed for theory and policy. Readers are offered new empirical evidence on such thorny social problems …
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debate. This book will be of interest and relevance to academics in the fields of environmental economics, labour theory and …
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