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Public Utilities, Second Edition
David E. McNabb
A thoroughly updated introduction to the current issues and challenges facing managers and administrators in the investor and publicly owned utility industry, this engaging volume addresses management concerns in five sectors of the util...eBook:Find out more$52.80
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Fighting Terrorism at Source
Jean-Paul Azam, Véronique Thelen
This book offers a unique and insightful econometric evaluation of the policies used to fight transnational terrorism between 1990 and 2014 using a sample of 124 countries. It proves that foreign aid plays a crucial role by inducing reci...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Reform of Network Industries
Edited by Massimo Florio
Network industries such as electricity, gas, rail, local public transport, telecommunications and postal services are recognised by the EU as crucial for fostering European social and territorial cohesion. Providing an overview of key po...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Central and Local Government Relations in Asia
Edited by Naoyuki Yoshino, Peter J. Morgan
Sustainable and inclusive growth in emerging Asian economies requires high levels of public investment in areas such as infrastructure, education, health, and social services. The increasing complexity and regional diversity of these inv...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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A History of American State and Local Economic Development
Ronald W. Coan
A History of American State and Local Economic Development relates the history of American local and state economic development from 1790 to 2000. This multi-variable, multi-disciplinary history employs a bottom-up policy-making systems ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Public or Private Goods?
Edited by Brigitte Unger, Daan van der Linde, Michael Getzner
The book explores the core public tasks that the state has traditionally provided but which increasingly are being privatized and subsumed by the private sector. The night-watchman state role of providing security is instead offered by p...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Future of Federalism
Edited by Richard Eccleston, Richard Krever
The crisis and its aftermath had a dramatic short-term effect on federal relations and, as the twelve case studies in this volume show, set in place a new set of socio-political factors that are shaping the longer-run process of institut...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Accessibility, Equity and Efficiency
Edited by Karst T. Geurs, Roberto Patuelli, Tomaz Ponce Dentinho
Accessibility models not only help to explain spatial and transport developments in developed and developing countries but also are powerful tools to explain the equity and efficiency impacts of urban and transport policies and projects....eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Global Financial Crisis and its Budget Impacts in OECD Nations
Edited by John Wanna, Evert A. Lindquist, Jouke de Vries
The global financial crisis of 2007–09 constituted the biggest shock to the economies of the OECD nations since the Second World War and caused most of their governments to move into intense crisis mode. They made significant adjustments...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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A Handbook of Alternative Theories of Public Economics
Edited by Francesco Forte, Ram Mudambi, Pietro Maria Navarra
This comprehensive and thought-provoking Handbook reviews public sector economics from pluralist perspectives that either complement or reach beyond mainstream views. The book takes a comprehensive interdisciplinary approach, drawing on ...eBook:Find out more$57.56
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The Global Urban Competitiveness Report – 2013
Edited by Pengfei Ni, Peter Karl Kresl, Wei Liu
The Global Urban Competitiveness Report – 2013 is an empirical study and evaluation of the sustainable competitiveness of 500 cities around the world from regional, national and other perspectives. This one-of-a-kind resource draws on a ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Elgar Companion to Social Economics, Second Edition
Edited by John B. Davis, Wilfred Dolfsma
Social economics is a dynamic and growing field that emphasizes the key roles social values play in the economy and economic life. This second edition of the Elgar Companion to Social Economics revises all chapters from the first edition...eBook:Find out more$65.00