This landmark book presents a careful selection of the most important literature in the philosophy and methodology of economics – an area that has grown explosively in the last twenty years. This important and timely three volume reference collection contains the best of the recent work...

This highly topical book focuses on a particularly interesting area of post–1989 social policy. Existing public pension systems in Central–Eastern Europe underwent fundamental change as Latin–American style pension reforms were adopted. Such radical change in retirement provision defied...

This groundbreaking series brings together a critical selection of key papers by the Nobel Memorial Laureates in Economics that have helped shape the development and present state of economics. The editors have organised this comprehensive series by theme and each volume focuses on those...

This widely acclaimed book presents for the first time a detailed comparative survey of government research expenditure in 6 leading scientific nations over the period 1975–87. It provides disaggregated international statistics showing how the major industrial countries allocate their research...

The authors present an overview of the intellectual influences and historical events which inspired Hayek and examine the development of the idea of spontaneous order. They also describe the reasons why Hayek rejected constructivism for a more evolutionary approach in economics, political theory...

This edition of a hitherto unknown work demonstrates the importance of utilitarianism to liberal thinking on taxation. As such, this unique book will appeal to specialists in the history of economic thought and to historians, especially those with an interest in the history of public finance, an...

Healthcare is one of modern society’s most crucial arenas – costly, important and controversial. This comprehensive two-volume collection brings together more than fifty scholarly articles on both healthcare systems in general and health reform in particular. The editors have carefully...

This innovative two-volume set reprints 24 of the most influential articles on corporate finance published during the period 1996–2003. Five topics are covered: capital structure, securities issuance, payout policy, corporate governance and diversification and internal capital markets.

This timely volume offers a comprehensive assessment of the dynamics of firms’ behaviour and organization, providing an essential outline of the ways in which our understanding of firms and markets is evolving.