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Part I -- PART II: Disordered gambling and related behaviors -- Casinos and drunk driving fatalities -- Gambling, crime … analysis -- Is gambling an “unproductive” activity? -- Casinos and crime: A review of the literature -- Casinos and commercial … latest cutting-edge research, with a mix of theory and empirical evidence, Casinonomics informs the reader on the most …
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Die gesellschaftlichen Ansprüche an Unternehmen sind in den vergangenen Jahren enorm gestiegen. Ein Fehlverhalten von Unternehmen wird dementsprechend zunehmend kritisch betrachtet und konsequent geahndet. Frederik Meyer entwickelt zur Erklärung dieses Phänomens ein theoretisches Modell mit...
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This work examines the political economy of exchange-rate policies in the eastward expansion of the eurozone. Analysis shows that prospective members of the EMU are likely to pass on some costs of convergence to the current EMU members. The mechanism is an altered exchange-rate policy that...
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Classic Papers in Natural Resource Economics brings together a choice selection of some of the most enduring academic writing published in this field in a single volume. The fourteen papers included in this book are grouped into five sections: the intertemporal problem; externalities and market...
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of the topic; cross-disciplinary focus, orientation and scope; theory-based but practical and accessible to the wider …
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This book uses an economic framework to examine the consequences of U.S. farm and food policies for obesity, its social costs, and the implications for government policy. Drawing on evidence from economics, public health, nutrition, and medicine, the authors evaluate past and potential future...
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Why aren’t we investing more in disaster resilience, despite the rising costs of disaster events? This book argues that decision-makers in governments, businesses, households, and development agencies tend to focus on avoiding losses from disasters, and perceive the return on investment as...
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This book presents a comprehensive evaluation of the likely economic impact upon the UK economy arising from Brexit. It seeks to assess both the methods adopted, and conclusions reached, by the existing economic studies, and supplements this by providing additional evidence to assist the reader...
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This title offers an in-depth analysis of the psychological causes and consequences of, and proposed interventions for over-eating. The author examines the history of obesity and its distribution by social class and geography, the environmental effects of overconsumption and economic remedies...
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