Merkmale und wirtschaftliche Bedeutung -- Gesellschaftliche Bedingungen eines adäquaten Katastrophenmanagement -- Versuch einer mikroökonomischen Betrachtung von Katastrophen -- Betriebswirtschaftliches Katastrophenmanagement -- Brandkatastrophe in der Lüneburger Heide 1975 -- Flutkatastrophe...

National economic planning aims at defining strategic economic objectives and priorities for a country and designing longer term policies and institutional frameworks to achieve them. Complemented in some cases by industrial policies, economic planning is a dynamic attempt to change the...

This book investigates whether legal reforms intended to create a market-friendly regulatory business environment have a positive impact on economic and financial outcomes. After conducting a critical review of the legal origins literature, the authors first analyze the evolution of legal rules...

“Steven Hail has coalesced disparate yet interdependent conceptualizations of real world phenomena in a brilliant and crucial way to produce a blueprint for sustainable prosperity. The book is essential reading for anyone searching for an alternative to the mainstream orthodoxy that has played...

This book examines the macroeconomic and regulatory impact of domestic and international shocks on the South African economy resulting from the 2009 financial crisis. It also assesses the impact of the US economy’s eventual recovery from the crisis and the prospect of higher US interest rates...

This book provides a historical overview of Chinese economic reform over the past 30 years. From the genesis of the reform to the gradual improvement of the market system, and then to the re-start of the critical stage of the reform, this book includes not only research on the reform process,...

Introduction -- Determinants of Institutional Quality: a Case Study of IMF Programme Countries -- Institutional Quality, Macroeconomic Stabilization and Economic Growth: a Case Study of IMF Programme Countries -- IMF Programmes and Institutional Quality Determinants: Economic Scenarios in...

This book offers a comprehensive guide to modern day taxation issues. It presents a thorough overview of many of the crucial aspects of applied taxation and current tax systems, and presents evidence that supports taxation as an important policy issue requiring immediate address globally....