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This title discusses the phenomenon of smoking as a behavioural disease and the associated costs. The author details … packets, Joshua carefully analyses potential economic remedies to the problem of smoking, notably the Pigovian tax. Finally … Economics, and his research interests are in the economic, educational, and psycho-social transformation of developing economies …
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This title discusses the phenomenon of alcohol abuse as a behavioural disease and the associated costs. The author … and Private Costs of Alcohol Abuse -- Chapter 8. Economic Remedies to Reduce Alcohol Abuse -- Chapter 9. The Politics of …
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as exploring the physical and psychological effects on the individual, Joshua examines the social and economic … -- Chapter 5. The Prevention and Treatment of the Abuse of Illicit Drugs -- Chapter 6. Economic Policies to Reduce the Abuse of …
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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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! Der Inhalt Symptome und Beginn des LS-Syndroms Erholung, Gesundheit und Krankheit Coping-Strategien Der Job und die …
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Diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) are used in hospitals for the reimbursement of inpatient services. The assignment of a patient to a DRG can be distinguished into billing- and operations-driven DRG classification. The topic of this monograph is operations-driven DRG classification, in which DRGs...
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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 … advertising controls. The findings are mostly negative-it is generally not economic to use farm and food policies as obesity …
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2. Unlocking economic potential: the ‘development dividend’ of resilience -- Chapter 3. Co-benefits of disaster risk … disaster risk management in an uncertain climate -- Chapter 7. Financial crises and economic resilience: lessons for disaster …
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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 … approaches. It additionally outlines the options available to policy makers for the formation of an economic strategy capable of …
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