Public Sector Economics

  1. Add to Wish List Taxation and Development: The Weakest Link?

    Taxation and Development: The Weakest Link?

    Edited by Richard M. Bird, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez
    Taxation and Development highlights the importance of better understanding the ways in which taxes and expenditure are linked. Focusing on developing countries, the book argues for a broader approach to the topic, with a secondary focus ...
    Hardback (November 2014)

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  2. Add to Wish List Strategic Public Private Partnerships

    Strategic Public Private Partnerships

    David J. Maurrasse
    This timely book addresses contemporary and future dynamics of collaboration, combining public, private, and nongovernmental resources at a time when global concerns – ranging from economic insecurity to environmental threats to chronic ...
    Paperback (2014)

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    Hardback (May 2013)

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  3. Add to Wish List Urban Competitiveness and Innovation

    Urban Competitiveness and Innovation

    Edited by Pengfei Ni, Zheng Qiongjie
    Against the backdrop of today’s climate of economic globalization and the rapid development of information, this timely book explores the complex concept of competitiveness between cities. The expert contributors illustrate that innova...
    Hardback (March 2014)

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  4. Add to Wish List The Role of the Postal and Delivery Sector in a Digital Age

    The Role of the Postal and Delivery Sector in a Digital Age

    Edited by Michael A. Crew, Timothy J. J. Brennan
    This volume, the result of the 21st Conference on Postal and Delivery Economics (Ireland, 2013), describes the continuing problem of the decline of the postal sector in the face of electronic competition and offers strategies for the sur...
    Hardback (March 2014)

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  5. Add to Wish List Smart Transport Networks

    Smart Transport Networks

    Edited by Thomas Vanoutrive, Ann Verhetsel
    Transport is debated by many, and liberalization processes, transport policy, transport and climate change and increased competition between transport modes are the subject of heated discussion. Smart Transport Networks illustrates that ...
    Hardback (2013)

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  6. Add to Wish List Work Sharing during the Great Recession

    Work Sharing during the Great Recession

    Edited by Jon C. Messenger, Naj Ghosheh
    This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. ‘Work sharing’ is a labour market instrument devised to distribute a reduced volume of work ...
    Hardback (2013)

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  7. Add to Wish List The Challenge of Local Government Size

    The Challenge of Local Government Size

    Edited by Santiago Lago-Peñas, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez
    Expert contributors in economics and political science offer a comprehensive breakdown of the issue of local jurisdiction fragmentation and provide recommendations for successful policy reform. Topics discussed include economies of scale...
    Hardback (2013)

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  8. Add to Wish List Local Government Finance

    Local Government Finance

    UNIDO
    This book, compiled from the 2nd Global Report of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) on Decentralization and Local Democracy, analyzes the architecture of fiscal decentralization in one hundred and ten countries as well as in maj...
    Paperback (June 2013)

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    Hardback (December 2011)

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  9. Add to Wish List Principles and Standards for Benefit–Cost Analysis

    Principles and Standards for Benefit–Cost Analysis

    Edited by Scott O. Farrow, Richard Zerbe, Jr.
    Benefit–cost analysis informs which policies or programs most benefit society when implemented by governments and institutions around the world. This volume brings together leading researchers and practitioners to recommend strategies an...
    Hardback (May 2013)

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  10. Add to Wish List Public Sector Shock

    Public Sector Shock

    Edited by Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead
    This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. The goal of this volume is to study this ‘public sector shock’. While budgetary reforms seek...
    Hardback (May 2013)

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  11. Add to Wish List Growing the Productivity of Government Services

    Growing the Productivity of Government Services

    Patrick Dunleavy, Leandro Carrera
    This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. Productivity is essentially the ratio of an organization’s outputs divided by its inputs. Fo...
    Paperback (March 2013)

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    Hardback (March 2013)

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  12. Add to Wish List Reforming the Postal Sector in the Face of Electronic Competition

    Reforming the Postal Sector in the Face of Electronic Competition

    Edited by Michael A. Crew, Paul R. Kleindorfer
    In our increasingly technology-focused world, demand for traditional postal services is steadily shrinking. This timely volume examines the many challenges that the worldwide postal sector is facing as a result of growing electronic comp...
    Hardback (March 2013)

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