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Divergences in Productivity Between Europe and the United States
Edited by Gilbert Cette, Michael Fouquin, Hans-Werner Sinn
In the 1990s, labour productivity growth accelerated in the United States, yet slowed down in other industrialised countries, reversing a three decade long tendency of convergence. The book explores this phenomenon. It first identifies t...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Management and Measurement of Infrastructure
Edited by Charlie Karlsson, William P. Anderson, Borje Johansson, Kiyoshi Kobayashi
The changing face of infrastructure facilities management worldwide is characterised by high demand for investments in renewal and maintenance, governmental budget constraints and innovations in information systems. The authors highlight... -
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Political Institutions and Development
Edited by Natalia Dinello, Vladimir Popov
Political Institutions and Development challenges the cliché that ‘good institutions’ are essential for sustainable socio-economic development by focusing on the need to adapt potential solutions to local conditions.eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The New Service Economy
Luis Rubalcaba
This valuable new book contributes greatly to a better understanding of the service economy. By exploring the key dimensions, available empirical evidence and associated policy implications, the author comprehensively investigates the ne... -
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The Politics and Economics of Regional Transfers
Fabio Padovano
Which programmes of income redistribution across jurisdictions are likely to be chosen in democratic countries and why? How does the degree of government centralization affect these choices? How does redistribution of income across regio...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Agglomeration, Technology and Business Groups
Giulio Cainelli, Donato Iacobucci
Agglomeration, Technology and Business Groups critically reviews the reasons for the creation of business groups and examines their main characteristics. It also explores the way in which structural variables influence their internal org...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Occupational Welfare
Bent Greve
Occupational welfare is becoming increasingly important in Europe. This book presents valuable new data on occupational welfare and its development, and questions not only the traditional clustering of welfare states, but also the analys...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Designing Financial Supervision Institutions
Edited by Donato Masciandaro, Marc Quintyn
This book offers the first systematic discussion of a new and promising field: the economics of independence, accountability and governance of financial supervision institutions. -
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Money, Prices and the Real Economy
Edited by Geoffrey Wood
This book sets out, in straightforward, accessible terms, crucial aspects of monetary economics. It opens with an exposition of the fundamental question of what money is and what it does. The distinguished list of contributors then exami...eBook:Find out more$32.76
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Taxing Reforms
Richard Eccleston
Using an institutional approach, the analysis in this book is animated by contemporary theoretical debates. These concern the dynamics of institutional and policy change and the roles of economic forces, policy ideas and political actors...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Teaching Pluralism in Economics
Edited by John Groenewegen
This volume is concerned with the different schools within the discipline of economics (theoretical pluralism) and the relationship of economics to other disciplines, such as sociology, political science and philosophy (interdisciplinari...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Supermarkets and Agri-food Supply Chains
Edited by David Burch, Geoffrey Lawrence
This book analyses the gradual shift in the distribution of power in agri-food supply chains, away from the manufacturers of branded food products to the global supermarket chains such as Wal-Mart and Tesco. This transformation has had a...
