Public Sector Economics

Population Ageing, Pensions and Growth

John Creedy, Ross Guest

This highly topical book explores key issues in evaluating the long-run implications of population ageing for pensions, taxation, intergenerational equity and social welfare.

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Social Policy in an Ageing Society

David Reisman

Around half the world’s population live in countries where the fertility rate is far below the replacement rate and where life expectancy is increasing dramatically. Using Singapore as a case study, Social Policy in an Ageing Society exp...

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Taxing the Working Poor

Achim Kemmerling

In most industrialized countries the tax burden of poor people has increased dramatically over the last few decades. This book analyses both the political origins of this increase and its consequences for the labour market.

Hardback (June 2009)

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Progress in the Competitive Agenda in the Postal and Delivery Sector

Edited by Michael A. Crew, Paul R. Kleindorfer

Regulation continues to be an important issue in the postal and delivery sector of the global economy. This latest volume of the series covers progress made in the competitive agenda in the industry. It is global in scope and addresses t...

Hardback (May 2009)

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Electricity Reform in Europe

Edited by Jean-Michel Glachant, François Lévêque

The realisation of a European internal market for energy is still a work in progress. Written by leading European scholars and discussed with major energy stakeholders, this book presents a thorough analysis of the motives and methods ne...

Hardback (April 2009)

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The Public Sector in Japan

Takero Doi, Toshihiro Ihori

This book presents a comprehensive, theory-based analysis of Japan’s public sector. Particular emphasis is directed at developing tools that can be applied to theoretically and empirically clarify essential economic concerns in Japan’s p...

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The Economics of Hate

Samuel Cameron

This important and highly original book explores the application of economics to the subject of hate via such diverse topics as war, terrorism, road rage, witchcraft mania, marriage and divorce, and bullying and harassment.

Hardback (April 2009)

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The Transition from Communism to the European Union

David Turnock

The Transition from Communism to the European Union provides an overview of economic change in Romania, and studies in detail the transformation in industry, energy and agriculture, drawing on fieldwork in all parts of the country. The m...

Hardback (March 2009)

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Regulatory Capitalism

John Braithwaite

Contemporary societies have more vibrant markets than past ones. Yet they are more heavily populated by private and public regulators. This book explores the features of such a regulatory capitalism, its tendencies to be cyclically crisi...

Paperback (2009)

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Hardback (May 2008)

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The Theory and Practice of Local Government Reform

Edited by Brian E. Dollery, Lorenzo Robotti

The Theory and Practice of Local Government Reform explores the entire spectrum of local government reform and focuses specifically on the question of structural reform in local government. It presents new theoretical models in an area l...

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Generational Shockwaves and the Implications for Higher Education

Edited by Donald E. Heller, Madeleine B. d’ Ambrosio

This volume, part of the TIAA-CREF Institute Series on Higher Education, is based on a national conference convened by the Institute in November 2007. The generational issues that were the focus of the conference raise both risks and opp...

Hardback (January 2009)

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