Public Sector Economics

Research Handbook on University Rankings

Edited by Ellen Hazelkorn, Georgiana Mihut

‘An enlightening Handbook on everything you always wanted to know about rankings but could not find an answer to: highly reflexive contributions on rankings themselves; challenging analysis of their impact on globalizing higher education...

Hardback (December 2021)

List price ~~£215.00~~

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Not yet published

Handbook on Entropy, Complexity and Spatial Dynamics

Edited by Aura Reggiani, Laurie A. Schintler, Danny Czamanski, Roberto Patuelli

‘This book poses a critical question: Is entropy the universal principle to understand and model spatial economic systems, to get grip on the complexity of our modern, highly connected economy? We need proper theory to claim so. Building...

Hardback (December 2021)

List price ~~£230.00~~

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Handbook on Electricity Markets

Edited by Jean-Michel Glachant, Paul L. Joskow, Michael G. Pollitt

‘The electricity sector – the backbone of the modern economy – is under tremendous pressure right now. Because of climate change, it is being asked to both grow at a much faster pace than it has historically and, at the same time, fundam...

Hardback (November 2021)

List price ~~£240.00~~

Member price £216.00

Strategic Community Partnerships, Philanthropy, and Nongovernmental Organization

David J. Maurrasse

‘As this volume trenchantly documents, our world faces the ravages of a perfect storm, shedding a glaring light on the disparate impact in our local communities of long-standing systemic racism, continually widening wealth gaps, and a ra...

Hardback (October 2021)

List price ~~£75.00~~

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Rethinking Public Private Partnerships

Mervyn K. Lewis

‘Rethinking Public Private Partnerships by Mervyn Lewis is an invaluable addition to the literature on the procurement of public infrastructure assets and services. It evaluates the conflicting claims in both the academic and professiona...

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eBook:

£25.00

A Research Agenda for Federalism Studies

Edited by John Kincaid

‘In 16 crisp, highly-readable chapters by recognized federalism scholars, this collection meets two important objectives. It synthesizes state-of-the-art research on a broad range of aspects related to federal studies, and identifies are...

Hardback (2019)

List price ~~£85.00~~

Member price £76.50

Paperback (2021)

List price ~~£28.00~~

Member price £22.40

eBook:

£22.40

Fiscal Accountability and Population Aging

Edited by Robert L. Clark, YoungWook Lee, Andrew Mason

‘Population aging tends to increase government expenditures and reduce tax revenues, thus jeopardizing fiscal sustainability. Therefore, aging urgently strengthens the case for strengthening fiscal accountability, which is indispensable ...

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eBook:

£25.00

Introduction to Cost–Benefit Analysis

Ginés de Rus

Acclaim for the first edition: ‘Ginés de Rus has produced an excellent book which will be very useful to advanced undergraduate and graduate students in public economics as well as to professional economists working with project evaluat...

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eBook:

£25.00

Megaproject Leaders

Edited by Nathalie Drouin, Shankar Sankaran, Alfons van Marrewijk, Ralf Müller

‘The management of megaprojects is one of the most fascinating themes in project management. We witness an increasing amount of research and publications dedicated to megaprojects – but the research documents a criminal negligence of the...

List price ~~£105.00~~

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eBook:

£25.00

Advanced Introduction to Public Finance

Vito Tanzi

‘This wonderful book takes the reader through the intricacies of public finance with a simple and yet comprehensive approach. It explains institutional and historical aspects of government intervention in the economy, and it clarifies f...

Paperback (2020)

List price ~~£16.45~~

Member price £13.16

Hardback (2020)

List price ~~£85.00~~

Member price £76.50

eBook:

£13.16

New Directions in the Economics of Higher Education

Edited by Ludger Woessmann, Eric Bettinger

The 63 seminal papers presented in this two-volume collection provide an overview of the vibrant and growing field of the economics of higher education. Covering the full breadth of the topic, the sections of the collection cover the ret...

Hardback (2020)

List price ~~£755.00~~

Member price £679.50