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The price of everything

a parable of possibility and prosperity

Stanford University student and Cuban American tennis prodigy Ramon Fernandez is outraged when a nearby mega-store hikes its prices the night of an earthquake. He crosses paths with provost and economics professor Ruth Lieber when he plans a campus protest against the price- gouging retailer ...

Development macroeconomics

Since it was first published in 1995, "Development Macroeconomics" has remained the definitive textbook on the macroeconomics of developing countries. Now, in this fully revised and updated third edition, Pierre- Richard Agenor and Peter Montiel cover the latest advances in this rapidly changing field, making ...

The household

informal order around the hearth

Some people dwell alone, many in family-based households, and an adventuresome few in communes. "The Household" is the first book to systematically lay bare the internal dynamics of these and other home arrangements. Legal underpinnings, social considerations, and economic constraints all influence how household participants ...

Reforms at risk

what happens after Major policy changes are enacted

"Reforms at Risk" is the first book to closely examine what happens to sweeping and seemingly successful policy reforms after they are passed. Most books focus on the politics of reform adoption, yet as Eric Patashnik shows here, the political struggle does not end when ...

Demographic forecasting

"Demographic Forecasting" introduces new statistical tools that can greatly improve forecasts of population death rates. Mortality forecasting is used in a wide variety of academic fields, and for policymaking in global health, social security and retirement planning, and other areas. Federico Girosi and Gary King ...

The myth of the rational voter

why democracies choose bad policies

The greatest obstacle to sound economic policy is not entrenched special interests or rampant lobbying, but the popular misconceptions, irrational beliefs, and personal biases held by ordinary voters. This is economist Bryan Caplan's sobering assessment in this provocative and eye-opening book. Caplan argues that ...

All politics is global

explaining international regulatory regimes

Has globalization diluted the power of national governments to regulate their own economies? Are international governmental and nongovernmental organizations weakening the hold of nation-states on global regulatory agendas? Many observers think so. But in "All Politics Is Global", Daniel Drezner argues that this view is ...

Creativity unlimited

thinking inside the box for business innovation

Flying in the face of current thinking, this book suggests that we do not need to 'think outside the box' in our quest for creativity, rather we should rethink the way we look 'inside the box'. This idea will resonate only too well with those ...

Museum Marketing and Strategy

designing missions, building audiences, generating revenue and resources

This newly revised and updated edition of the classic resource on museum marketing and strategy provides a proven framework for examining marketing and strategic goals in relation to a museum's mission, resources, opportunities, and challenges. "Museum Marketing and Strategy" examines the full range of ...

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

the politics and practice of refugee protection into the twenty-first century

This is a concise and comprehensive introduction to both the world of refugees and the UN organization that protects and assists them. Written by experts in the field, this is one of the very few books that trace the relationship between state interests, global politics ...

Financial Econometrics

This book provides an essential toolkit for all students wishing to know more about the modelling and analysis of financial data. Applications of econometric techniques are becoming increasingly common in the world of finance and this second edition of an established text covers the following ...

Transnational Governance

institutional dynamics of regulation

Globalization involves a profound re-ordering of our world with the proliferation everywhere of rules and transnational modes of governance. This book examines how this governance is formed, changes and stabilizes. Building on a rich and varied set of empirical cases, it explores transnational rules and ...

Advances in credit risk modelling and corporate bankruptcy prediction

Eds. Stewart Jones, David A. Hensher. The field of credit risk and corporate bankruptcy prediction has gained considerable momentum following the collapse of many large corporations around the world, and more recently through the sub-prime scandal in the United States. This book provides a thorough ...

The past and future of Central Bank cooperation

This book explores the past and future of central bank cooperation. In today's global economy, the cooperation between central banks is a key element in maintaining or restoring monetary and financial stability, thereby ensuring a smooth functioning of the international financial system. In this ...

Agreeing and implementing the Doha Round of the WTO

Ed. Harald Hohmann. The Doha Round is the first major trade negotiation round under the WTO since the failure of the Seattle Ministerial in 1999. The Doha discussions and results will have a large impact on the future of international trade law. Leading scholars and ...

Democrazie tra consolidamento e crisi

partiti, gruppi e cittadini nel Sud Europa

La democrazia sembra oggi protagonista di un trionfo incontrastato, che addirittura ha fatto parlare di "fine della storia". Ma la democratizzazione, che certamente ha investito regioni del mondo fino ad oggi rimaste escluse dalle precedenti "ondate", non segue un andamento scontato, bensì può condurre a ...

Analyse économique du droit

L'analyse économique du droit a-t-elle quelque chose à dire aux juristes civilistes? La réponse proposée ici est résolument affirmative. Le livre montre que l'analyse économique du droit conforte le savoir traditionnel du juriste civiliste et permet de l'approfondir. Dans sa première partie ...

Inflation and unemployment in a Monetary Union

This book studies the coexistence of inflation and unemployment in a monetary union. The focus is on how to reduce the associated loss. The primary target of the European central bank is low inflation in Europe. The primary target of the German government is low ...

Trends in business and economic ethics

A growing body of academic and business specialists are paying attention to ethical issues in business and economics, drawing on a wide range of different disciplinary and theoretical perspectives. This volume presents important new insights from scholars in economics, philosophy, business ethics and management studies ...

Constitutional conscience

the moral dimension of judicial decision

While many recent observers have accused American judges - especially Supreme Court justices - of being too driven by politics and ideology, others have argued that judges are justified in using their positions to advance personal views. Advocating a different approach - one that eschews ideology but still ...