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  • Benefit-Cost Analysis of Air Pollution, Energy, and Climate Regulations

    by Kerry Krutilla, John D. Graham ...
    Series series Elements in Public Economics
    This element offers a review and synthesis of the research on economic methods for evaluating regulations that improve air quality, save energy, and reduce climate risks. The intended audience is regulators and other constituencies interested in the nexus between scholarship and practice; analysts in government agencies and research organizations; and academic scholars and their graduate students. ... Read more

    $20.49 USD

  • The Urban Household Energy Transition

    Social and Environmental Impacts in the Developing World

    by Douglas F. Barnes, Kerry Krutilla, William F. Hyde ...
    As cities in developing countries grow and become more prosperous, energy use shifts from fuelwood to fuels like charcoal, kerosene, and coal, and, ultimately, to fuels such as liquid petroleum gas, and electricity. Energy use is not usually considered as a social issue. Yet, as this book demonstrates, the movement away from traditional fuels has a strong socio-economic dimension, as poor people ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

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  • The New Economics

    A Manifesto

    by Steve Keen ...
    In 1517, Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the wall of Wittenberg church. He argued that the Church’s internally consistent but absurd doctrines had pickled into a dogmatic structure of untruth. It was time for a Reformation.Half a millennium later, Steve Keen argues that economics needs its own Reformation. In Debunking Economics, he eviscerated an intellectual church – neoclassical economics ... Read more

    $14.00 USD

  • Human Capital

    A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education

    by Gary S. Becker ...
    Human Capital is Becker's classic study of how investment in an individual's education and training is similar to business investments in equipment. Recipient of the 1992 Nobel Prize in Economic Science, Gary S. Becker is a pioneer of applying economic analysis to human behavior in such areas as discrimination, marriage, family relations, and education. Becker's research on human capital was ... Read more

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  • Multiple Account Benefit-Cost Analysis

    A Practical Guide for the Systematic Evaluation of Project and Policy Alternatives

    by Marvin Shaffer ...
    Most commonly used in economic and public policy decisions, benefit-cost analysis traditionally attempts to calculate a bottom line by assigning monetary values to all factors associated with a proposed project or action. By contrast, multiple account benefit-cost analysis recognizes that all values are complex and that not all consequences can be expressed in monetary terms or incorporated into ... Read more

    $33.29 USD

  • The Economic Analysis of Public Policy

    by William K. Bellinger ...
    A critical analysis of public policy decisions requires a far greater depth of knowledge than can be received from news reports and political speeches. Issues such as how best to reduce traffic congestion, reduce acid rain, improve airline safety or develop a parcel of land are better understood by organizing, measuring and weighing the effects of alternative policies. The Economic Analysis of ... Read more

    $120.99 USD

  • Demographics Unravelled

    How Demographics Affect and Influence Every Aspect of Economics, Finance and Policy

    by Amlan Roy ...
    Discover what demographics can tell us about the economy, markets, and the futureIn Demographics Unravelled, renowned Macro-Demographics expert Amlan Roy delivers an insightful and timely exploration of the impact that "people characteristics" have on national economies. Considering factors like gender, race, migrant status, family background, and education, the author delves deeply into a subject ... Read more

    $35.00 USD

  • Intangible Capital and Growth

    Essays on Labor Productivity, Monetary Economics, and Political Economy, Vol. 1

    by Felix Roth ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    For several decades now, advanced economies across the globe have been undergoing a process of rapid transformation towards becoming knowledge economies. It is now widely recognized that intangible capital has been a crucial element in the growth performance of these economies and their firms. The term serves as a useful device for capturing those dimensions of capital that are not tangible in ... Read more

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  • Principles in Health Economics and Policy

    by Jan Abel Olsen ...
    Principles in Health Economics and Policy, second edition, is a concise introduction to health economics and its application to health policy. It introduces the subject of economics, explains the fundamental failures in the market for healthcare, and discusses the concepts of equity and fairness when applied to health and healthcare. This new edition presents a globally-relevant, policy-oriented ... Read more

    $55.79 USD

  • Handbook of the Economics of Finance

    Corporate Finance

    Edited by Milton Harris, George M. Constantinides, Rene M. Stulz ...
    Series Book 2 - Handbook of the Economics of Finance
    In the 11 articles in this first of two parts, top scholars summarize and analyze recent scholarship in corporate finance. Covering subjects from corporate taxes to behavioral corporate finance and econometric issues, their articles reveal how specializations resonate with each other and indicate likely directions for future research. By including both established and emerging topics, Volume 2 ... Read more

    $134.99 USD

  • The Doom Loop in the Financial Sector

    And Other Black Holes of Risk

    by William Leiss ...
    Series series Critical Issues in Risk Management
    In the past two years, the world has experienced how unsound economic practices can disrupt global economic and social order. Today’s volatile global financial situation highlights the importance of managing risk and the consequences of poor decision making.The Doom Loop in the Financial Sector reveals an underlying paradox of risk management: the better we become at assessing risks, the more we ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • Moving Beyond Modern Portfolio Theory

    Investing That Matters

    by Jon Lukomnik, James P. Hawley ...
    Moving Beyond Modern Portfolio Theory: Investing That Matters tells the story of how Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT) revolutionized the investing world and the real economy, but is now showing its age. MPT has no mechanism to understand its impacts on the environmental, social and financial systems, nor any tools for investors to mitigate the havoc that systemic risks can wreck on their portfolios. ... Read more

    $57.99 USD