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Rethinking Public Private Partnerships
Mervyn K. Lewis
Private public partnerships (PPPs) have been a controversial approach to procuring public infrastructure services. Against a background of recent trenchant criticism of PPPs, Mervyn K. Lewis, a leading scholar in the area, re-examines th... -
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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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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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Tax Policy and Uncertainty
Christopher Ball, John Creedy, Grant Scobie
‘Anyone seeking to understand tax policy modeling under uncertainty will certainly want to consult this book.’ – James R. Hines Jr., University of Michigan, USeBook:Find out more$40.00
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Public–Private Partnerships for Infrastructure Development
Edited by Raymond E. Levitt, W. R. Scott, Michael J. Garvin
‘This is the book on infrastructure development that researchers and practitioners have been waiting for. It brings together some of the world’s leading scholars – several based in the Global Project Center at Stanford University – to pr...eBook:Find out more$44.00
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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...eBook:Find out more$19.96
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Rethinking Wealth and Taxes
Geoffrey Poitras
‘An excellent book offering comprehensive discussions on the roots and policy issues of wealth inequality! The book ably demonstrates that, due to limitations in available wealth measures and the failure to account for globalization, wea...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Financialising City Statecraft and Infrastructure
Andy Pike, Peter O’Brien, Tom Strickland, Graham Thrower, John Tomaney
‘All in all, this is an insightful volume that makes substantial progress in scientific research into one of the most critical urban problems of present-day societies, and will be of interest to those engaged in the discussion and analys...eBook:Find out more$38.36
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Tax Tyranny
Pascal Salin
‘Tax Tyranny by Professor Pascal Salin is a must read for everyone in the “leave us alone” coalition. Activists, think tank leaders, and policymakers will find it to be informative on the dangers high taxes pose to the economy and to liv...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Public Private Partnerships
Sara Valaguzza, Eduardo Parisi
‘This book provides a timely review of the paths towards sustainable and mutually-beneficial PPPs. Consistent with UNCITRAL's recent work on this topic, the authors have demystified PPPs and located them appropriately in a good governanc...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Intergovernmental Transfers in Federations
Edited by Serdar Yilmaz, Farah Zahir
‘Scholars and practitioners alike will find this comprehensive volume invaluable. The analytical framework and the accompanying country case studies provide constructive insights and lessons on how to successfully design and implement in...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Local Accountability and National Coordination in Fiscal Federalism
Charles R. Hankla, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, Raúl A. Ponce Rodríguez
‘In early work on federalism, economists and political scientists had rather distinct concerns and approaches. Second-generation theory then offered a more realistic political economy account of incentives in federal systems. This book g...eBook:Find out more$40.00