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![The East Asian High-Tech Drive]()
The East Asian High-Tech Drive
Edited by Yun-Peng Chu, Hal Hill
East Asia has been an area of high economic growth for several decades. The East Asian High-Tech Drive argues that to maintain the growth momentum, the more advanced East Asian economies need to pay particular attention to policies desig...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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![The Economics of Experiences, the Arts and Entertainment]()
The Economics of Experiences, the Arts and Entertainment
Åke E. Andersson, David E. Andersson
The Economics of Experiences, the Arts and Entertainment serves as a welcome and unique introduction to various economic aspects of the production and consumption of art and entertainment products. The book begins with analyses and discu...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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![Agricultural Commodity Markets and Trade]()
Agricultural Commodity Markets and Trade
Edited by Alexander Sarris, David Hallam
The book argues that the viability of many observed market and non-market interventions in various countries in agricultural products depends considerably on the underlying behaviour of the relevant commodity markets. Many of these polic...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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![Environmental Regulation and Food Safety]()
Environmental Regulation and Food Safety
Edited by Veena Jha
Environmental, health and sanitary requirements in developed countries are sometimes perceived in developing countries as non-tariff barriers to trade. This book shows that such restrictions are perceived to be more stringent during the ... -
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![The Creation and Destruction of Social Capital]()
The Creation and Destruction of Social Capital
Gunnar L.H Svendsen, Gert T. Svendsen
This book will contribute substantially to academic and popular debates on social capital and will be an invaluable source of reference for all social scientists. It will particularly appeal to students and scholars of public policy, eco...eBook:Find out more£29.60
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![The Past and Future of America’s Economy]()
The Past and Future of America’s Economy
Robert D. Atkinson
Robert Atkinson examines this process of change over the past 150 years and explores the responses of people and institutions. The book then analyzes today’s New Economy, including the new information technology system, and effects on ma...eBook:Find out more£40.80
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![Aid, Power, and Privatization]()
Aid, Power, and Privatization
Benedicte Bull
This book provides a comparative study of the telecommunication reform process in three Central American countries – Costa Rica, Guatemala and Honduras – focusing on the roles of the local private sector and international financial insti...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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![Working Mothers in Europe]()
Working Mothers in Europe
Edited by Ute Gerhard, Trudie Knijn, Anja Weckwert
Working Mothers in Europe combines comparative perspectives on social policies with analyses of mothers’ practices as evidenced in macro data and as explored in country based case studies. Social policy research has emphasised the impact...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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![Regions, Land Consumption and Sustainable Growth]()
Regions, Land Consumption and Sustainable Growth
Edited by Oedzge Atzema, Piet Rietveld, Daniel Shefer
This book provides an in-depth investigation of the role of the private and public sectors in land markets and regional economics, and explores the reasons behind government intervention in the interests of sustainable growth.eBook:Find out more£25.00
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![The Software Industry in Emerging Markets]()
The Software Industry in Emerging Markets
Edited by Simon Commander
This book aims to promote an understanding of the origins and dynamics of the software industry in a number of key emerging markets – Brazil, China, India and Israel, and to establish what experiences, if any, are potentially replicable ...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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![Sustainable Energy in Developing Countries]()
Sustainable Energy in Developing Countries
Peter Meier, Mohan Munasinghe
The main energy-related areas discussed include electric power, new and renewable energy sources, transport and oil-based fuels, and greenhouse gas emissions. The methodological tools of energy and environmental economics provide a ratio... -
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The Economics of Immigration
Barry R. Chiswick
Immigration has become a significant public policy issue, as well as an important area of study for academic researchers. Barry R. Chiswick has been a pioneer in research on the economics of immigration and has published numerous seminal...
