| |
Alexander Werner analysiert die Determinanten von regionalen Wachstumsunterschieden in Deutschland, für die verschiedene theoretische Modelle Erklärungsansätze liefern. Der Autor untersucht das regionale Wachstum mehrerer Wirtschaftsindikatoren – BIP und verfügbares...
Editeur :
Springer Gabler
Parution :
2015-10-15
PDF
|
Die Autoren beschreiben in diesem Essential anhand von Beispielen Schwierigkeiten, die beim Sparen auftreten. Auf Basis der Systemtheorie des Soziologen N. Luhmann, die zu Grundzügen einer Soziologie des Sparens umgeformt wird, entstehen neue Einblicke, weil in Systemen...
Editeur :
Springer Gabler
Parution :
2015-09-26
Collection :
essentials
PDF, ePub
|
Indonesia over the past two decades has embarked on a process of decentralization as part of a broader process of democratization, which followed earlier periods of centralized governance and authoritarian rule across the archipelago. The purpose of this book is to...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2015-09-11
Collection :
Development and Governance
PDF, ePub
|
In the decades after World War II, inflation undermined the aspiration for full employment in Australia. This book tells the story of how the Australian state was shaped by the confrontation with monetary instability: a pre-history of neoliberalism.
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-09-01
PDF
|
This book analyses Germany’s role in the euro crisis. Based on the perception of Berlin as the emerging capital of the European Union, the author investigates three interrelated issues: Did the German policy approach of imposing austerity programs on countries in the...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2015-08-28
PDF, ePub
|
State guarantees commonly function as financial panacea, allowing states to consolidate banking systems and create intergovernmental funds. Rules surrounding state guarantees were relaxed during the 2007-2008 financial crisis, allowing states to use them for financing...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-08-25
Collection :
Roma Tre Business and Finance Collection
PDF
|
Why do some countries construct strong systems of social protection, while others leave workers exposed to market forces? In the past three decades, scholars have developed an extensive literature theorizing how hegemonic social democratic parties working in tandem with...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2015-08-13
PDF, ePub
|
This book provides an innovative approach to sustainable development, one based on insights gleaned from the Industrial Revolution to the present, and which highlights the importance of aligning economic interests with sustainable development considerations. It...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2015-08-11
PDF, ePub
|
For much of its history, human population growth increased at a glacial pace. The demographic rate only soared about 200 years ago, climaxing between the years 1950 and 2000. In that 50-year span, the population grew more than it had in the previous 5,000 years. Though...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2015-06-15
PDF, ePub
|
This book discusses the philosophy and educational reforms initiated by Wilhelm von Humboldt as well as their legacy in the modern university system. It begins with a discussion of the history of the university from antiquity and the Middle Ages through the era of...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2015-06-12
Collection :
SpringerBriefs in Economics
PDF, ePub
|
Mareike Schad examines how redistributive policy measures influence intergenerational income mobility, taking into account various facets of the parent-child connection. In the first part, the author investigates the impact of education and education policy on income...
Editeur :
Springer Gabler
Parution :
2015-06-10
PDF
|
This book explores and analyzes governance and policy issues in South, Southeast, and East Asia. It maps governance challenges and analyzes current trends from the perspectives of democracy, public policy, and public institutions. Regional public administration and...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2015-06-06
Collection :
Public Administration, Governance and Globalization
PDF, ePub
|
Christoph Heible evaluiert die gesundheitswirtschaftlichen Effekte des medizinisch-technologischen Fortschritts und des demografischen Wandels auf Basis modellgestützter und szenarienbasierter Analysen. Der Autor belegt u.a., dass von medizinisch-technischem Fortschritt...
Editeur :
Springer Gabler
Parution :
2015-05-22
PDF
|
Comparative Economic Systems: Culture, Wealth and Power in the 21st Century explains how culture, in various guises, modifies the standard rules of economic engagement, creating systems that differ markedly from those predicted by the theory of general market...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2015-04-30
PDF, ePub
|
Why is it that government debt in the developed world has risen to world war proportions in a time of peace? This can largely be attributed to governments maintaining welfare expenditures beyond what tax revenues allow. But will these governments refrain from doing what...
Editeur :
Palgrave Pivot
Parution :
2015-04-24
PDF
|
As we struggle with the legacy of the crisis and with the prospect of accelerating environmental degradation, it is time to ask not what we can do for capitalism but what capitalism can do for us, as citizens of a democratic society. In Civic Capitalism, Colin Hay and...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2015-04-17
PDF, ePub
|
The global food crises of 2008 and 2010 and the increased price volatility revolve around biofuels policies and their interaction with each other, farm policies and between countries. While a certain degree of research has been conducted on biofuel efficacy and...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2015-04-09
PDF
|
This book looks at the major policy challenges facing developing Asia and how the region sustains rapid economic growth to reduce multidimensional poverty through socially inclusive and environmentally sustainable measures. Asia is facing many challenges arising from...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2015-03-31
Collection :
Economic Studies in Inequality, Social Exclusion and Well-Being
PDF, ePub
|
This book explores the unique relationships between professional baseball teams and the unique ways professional baseball leagues are organized in North America with a primary focus on how proximity can and does impact consumer demand. Perhaps more than any other matter...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2015-03-28
Collection :
Sports Economics, Management and Policy
ePub
|
The Oxford Handbook of the Politics of International Trade surveys the literature on the politics of international trade and highlights the most exciting recent scholarly developments. It examines the impact of domestic societal actors, domestic institutions, and...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2015-03-27
PDF, ePub
|