What effect did the Great Recession have on national innovation? Did countries with high GDPs and GDPs per capita sustain efficient innovation? How did the recession affect the time lag between innovation development and implementation? This book presents the most comprehensive data set in...

This study systematically investigates the development process, major characteristics and weak links of China's poverty alleviation experience, and conducts a comparative analysis of poverty alleviation cases. It also accurately presents the internal logic and core elements of China's poverty...

This book investigates the existence of stochastic and deterministic convergence of real output per worker and the sources of output (physical capital per worker, human capital per worker, total factor productivity -TFP- and average annual hours worked) in 21 OECD countries over the period...

This book demonstrates that, when reforming the water sector, policymakers should arrange social policies that mitigate the negative impact of reforms. It presents a detailed analysis of the current issues, and uses country studies to show how social policies are vital in ensuring affordable...

This book illustrates why both academic research and policy thinking need to factor-in gender hierarchies and structures if they are to address some of the key challenges of contemporary societies: the widespread informality and insecurity of paid work and the crisis of care

1 Introduction -- 2 Institutional Difference in European Metropolitan Commercial Real Estate Markets -- 3 Financial Markets in London Metropolitan Commercial Real Estate -- 4 Building Activities in Barcelona and Madrid Metropolitan Areas -- 5 Land Policy and Vacancies in the Metropolitan...

The tax burden on investment or companies is an important factor for the attractiveness of a country or a region. In particular, business location and investment decisions are influenced by the relative tax burdens encountered in different regions. This study presents estimates of the effective...

Taxes on the highly skilled are an important cost factor for companies competing internationally for talent. This book provides an international comparison of the effective level of taxes and social security charges imposed on highly qualified employees. Based on a newly developed inter-temporal...

Einführung -- Arbeitsverpflichtungen im internationalen Vergleich -- Empirische Evaluationen von Arbeitsverpflichtungen -- Modelltheoretische Grundlagen -- Theoretische Analyse -- Politische Implikationen -- Schlußbetrachtung.

Theorie der Preisbildung auf Herstellerebene -- Zusammensetzung des Patientenpreises: Weitere Preisbildungsebenen -- Preisbildung von Arzneimitteln im internationalen Vergleich: Ordnungspolitischer Rahmen -- Internationale Preisdifferenzierung in der Praxis -- Diskussion internationaler...