Intro -- Contents -- Keynote Address, Foster Library, November 8, 1996 / John W. Sweetland -- I. Introduction and Overview -- 1. Introduction / Alan V. Deardorff and Robert M. Stern -- 2. An Overview of the Modeling of the Choices and Consequences of U.S. Trade Policies / Alan V. Deardorff and...

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Part I - Background -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Why compare Germany and the United States? -- 1.2 Why study income mobility around job loss and retirement? -- 1.3 Overview of the study -- 2. Welfare state change and income mobility: a framework -- 2.1 Income...

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The History of Oil and International Affairs -- 2 The Illiberal Political Economy of Oil -- 3 Oil, American Diplomacy, and Weak Institutions -- 4 Oil and International Security -- 5 Oil and US Grand Strategy -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.

This work explains and analyzes critical questions raised by the use-value assessment(UVA) policy for farmland preservation. It covers the origins, key features, impacts, andflaws of UVA programs across the United States and recommends policy reforms tomake the programs fair and more effective....

Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- ONE: The Size of States -- TWO: The Rise of the East -- THREE: The Decline and Resurgence of the West -- FOUR: The Unification of the United States and the Integration of the West -- FIVE: The Trauma of Power Transition -- SIX: Market Clusters Augment Size --...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Why Manufacturing Matters -- 2 The Ascent, 1865-1940 -- 3 Dominance, 1941-1973 -- 4 The Retreat, 1974- -- 5 The Past and the Future -- 6 Chances of Success -- Coda -- References -- Name Index -- Subject Index.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Anti-Water Privatization Movements in the Age of Globalization -- 1 From Commons to Commodity: Water Governance, Neoliberalism, and the Privatization of Municipal Water Systems -- 2 Globalization and Local Social Movements:...

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Zero to Eighty in Forty -- 1- Beyond Wishful Thinking: Facts, Deductions,and Grounded Assertions About Climate and Energy -- 2- An Energy Innovation System That Works -- 3- Electric Utilities and the Three Waves of Energy...

Modeling the Distribution and Intergenerational Transmission of Wealth; Contents; Introduction; 1. Long-Term Trends in American Wealth Inequality; 2. The Wealth of Testators and Its Distribution: Butler County, Ohio, 1803-65; 3. The Perpetuation of Wealth: A Simulation Model; 4. The Importance of...