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Economic growth : new directions in theory and policy

Arestis, Philip (contributor); … - 2007

-Cambridge controversies in capital theory for econometric practice /G.C. Harcourt --Foreign direct investment and productivity spillovers : a … distribution of manufacturing productivity in the EU regions /Bernand Fingleton and Enrique López-Bazo --The role of wage … economies /Nigel F.B. Allington and John S.L. McCombie --Knowledge externalities and growth in peripheral regions /Fabiana …

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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 …

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The myth of Japanese efficiency : the world car industry in a globalizing age

Coffey, Dan - 2006

productivity and the re-organization of work in the global car industry …Introducing the myth of Japanese efficiency -- Wide selection : a myth encountered -- Production malapropisms : the BMW … totalizing myth : Japanese efficiency as a cultural fiction …

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Public choice and the challenges of democracy

Casas Pardo, José (contributor); … - 2007

This timely and important volume addresses the serious challenges faced by democracy in contemporary society. With contributions from some of the world's most prestigious scholars of public choice and political science, this comprehensive collection presents a complete overview of the threats...

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The economics of sin : rational choice or no choice at all?

Cameron, Samuel - 2002

1. Introduction -- 2. Tools of the trade : rational choice -- 3. Religion -- 4. Greed, lust, sloth and waste -- 5. Envy and jealousy -- 6. Lies and deceit -- 7. Matters of life and death -- 8. Addiction -- 9. Adultery -- 10. Prostitution -- 11. Conclusion.

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Institutional economics and the formation of preferences : the advent of pop music

Dolfsma, Wilfred - 2004

The formation of preferences is an elusive subject that many social scientists, and especially economists, have tended to avoid. In this original new book, Wilfred Dolfsma combines institutional economics with insights from the other social sciences to analyse the way in which preferences are...

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The Elgar companion to social economics

Davis, John Bryan (ed.); Dolfsma, Wilfred (ed.) - 2015 - 2nd ed

equality to the standard emphasis on efficiency. Leading contributors in the field elucidate a wide range of recent …

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Entrepreneurship as social change

Steyaert, Chris (contributor); Hjorth, Daniel (contributor) - 2006

This book-- the third in the Movements in Entrepreneurship series-- examines entrepreneurship as a societal phenomenon. It provides an in-depth study of the social aspects of entrepreneurship, illustrating how entrepreneurship affects society. The need to move beyond economy to disclose...

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Culture and the labour market

Austen, Siobhan - 2003

Culture and the Labour Market attempts to define the meaning of culture and the nature of its possible consequences on economic processes and outcomes. In particular, the book examines alternative theoretical and empirical approaches to the economic analysis of cultural effects in the labour...

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Handbook of economics and ethics

Staveren, Irene van (contributor); Peil, Jan (contributor) - 2009

. Discrimination / Deborah M. Figart -- 14. Economic anthropology / Jeffrey H. Cohen -- 15. Efficiency / Irene van Staveren -- 16 …

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