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This book takes a close look at macroeconomic imbalances within the Eurozone and explores the profound consequences the introduction of the European Monetary Union (EMU) has had on Euro area countries. Particular attention is given to balance of payments deficits and...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-11-21
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This publication examines how drug originator manufacturers manage to shield their products from competition. It characterizes the pharmaceutical industry in detail and analyzes actions that violate antitrust laws in the USA and/or the European Union. The publication...
Editeur :
Springer Gabler
Parution :
2016-11-14
Collection :
BestMasters
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This is the first scholarly analysis that examines the development and achievements of the American community development movement. Community development is now a multi-billion industry in the US. Hundreds of Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs), located...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-10-29
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The Annual Report objectively reflects the year’s developments in terms of politics, the economy, society, culture, the environment, innovation and reform, and describes the problems, challenges and countermeasures in both traditional and new special economic zones. It...
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Springer
Parution :
2016-10-24
Collection :
Current Chinese Economic Report Series
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In 2008, the collapse of the US financial system plunged the economy into the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression.In its aftermath, the financial crisis pushed to the forefront fundamental moral and institutional questions about how we govern the modern...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2016-10-11
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This book is a concise treatise of the alternative paradigms used in BRICS countries to tackle urban housing shortages. There are a number of alternative methods for meeting these shortages which BRICS countries have adopted. These alternatives may agree in terms of...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-09-07
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Since the financial crisis of 2008 and the following Great Recession, there has been surprisingly little change in the systems of ideas, institutions and policies which preceded the crash and helped bring it about. 'Mainstream' economics carries on much as it did...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-08-30
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The purpose of this ground-breaking book is to inspire the principle of innovation as a permeating program for Europe’s societies. After demonstrating early success from the realization of a single market and single currency, the European cooperation process is falling...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-07-28
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This book offers an interdisciplinary and comparative study of the complex interplay between private versus public forms of organization and governance in urban residential developments. Bringing together top experts from numerous disciplines, including law, economics,...
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Springer
Parution :
2016-07-01
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This book explores
the power of greater openness, accountability, and transparency in digital
information and government data for the nations of Southeast Asia. The author demonstrates
that, although the term “open data” seems to be self-explanatory, it involves
an...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-06-27
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This book provides new insights into the economic impacts, strategic objectives and legal structures of an emerging branch of government incentives conditioned on meeting intellectual property-related requirements. Despite becoming more common in recent years, such...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-06-21
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This book presents a coherent framework for assessing economic policy making in developing countries, with special reference to those in Africa. The chapters focus on policy making issues in three critical areas that are of major importance in the African context:...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-06-18
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This book aims to clarify the present situation of the relations between small island countries and territories on the one hand and the great powers, mainland areas, and mega-islands on the other, and explores how small island countries and territories preserve and...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-06-14
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It is a curious situation that technologies we now take for granted have, when first introduced, so often stoked public controversy and concern for public welfare. At the root of this tension is the perception that the benefits of new technologies will accrue only to...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2016-06-06
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This book explores the mechanisms by which top incomes are achieved through work in today’s advanced economies and asks to what extent current extreme inequalities are compatible with widely held values of social justice. Reflecting on the heterogeneity of the working...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-05-28
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This book considers a range of contemporary approaches to public policy studies. These approaches are based on a number of theoretical perspectives on decision-making, as well as alternative perspectives on policy instruments and implementation. The range of...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-05-25
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This book intends to provide analytical and policy tools for investigating the question of the development of rural and peri-urban areas. The aim is to shed some light on this topic and in particular to contribute to a better understanding of the link between issues of...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-05-14
Collection :
SpringerBriefs in Regional Science
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Alongside other types of mass atrocities, genocide has received extensive scholarly, policy, and practitioner attention. Missing, however, is the contribution of economists to better understand and prevent such crimes. This edited collection by 41 accomplished scholars...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2016-05-09
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Exposes two fundamental theoretical errors responsible for the bankruptcy of modern economic policy. Toxic economic theory originates from its misconceived division into separate micro- and macro- compartments. It is responsible for fraudulent accounting standards, a...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-04-30
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This volume is a collection of selected studies on poverty and well-being in East Africa. Using a multidimensional approach, the authors hope to provide a broad view of poverty and a thorough account of the variables that contribute to it. As opposed to traditional...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-04-30
Collection :
Economic Studies in Inequality, Social Exclusion and Well-Being
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