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Welfare economics and social choice theory

Table of Contents: 1 Preferences and utility 2 Barter exchange 3 Welfare properties of market exchange 4 Welfare properties of "jungle" exchange 5 Economies with production 6 Uncertainty in exchange 7 Externalities 8 Public goods 9 Compensation criteria 10 Fairness and the rawls criterion 11 ...

The challenges of tax reform in a global economy

Table of Contents: Ch. 1 Thinking about tax reform in the emerging global economy by James Alm and Jorge Martinez-Vazquez and Mark Rider Ch. 2 Taxation and income distribution : myth and realities by Arnold C. Harberger Ch. 3 Trade-offs between targeting and simplicity : lessons from ...

Linear functional analysis

Providing an introduction to the ideas and methods of linear functional analysis, this book shows how familiar and useful concepts from finite- dimensional linear algebra can be extended or generalized to infinite- dimensional spaces. In the initial chapters, the theory of infinite- dimensional normed spaces ...

Cousins and strangers

America, Britain, and Europe in a new century

In Cousins and Strangers, Chris Patten scrutinizes what has happened in the years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, making sense of the fundamental shifts in international power that now shape our world, and making the case for reestablishing a strong and effective Western ...

Microeconomía

El texto de Microeconomía (3ª edición), como en ediciones anteriores, tiene la ventaja de ofrecer distintos niveles perfectamente ensamblados. Los autores intentan transmitir su experiencia docente adquirida, a lo largo de muchos años, explicando esta materia en las aulas universitarias. Ofrecen una visión global de ...

La responsabilidad penal de las empresas en los EE.UU

La estructura de la presente monografía sirve de introducción a la regulación de la responsabilidad penal empresarial o corporativa en los EE.UU. Comienza con una cuestión que allí ha despertado considerable interés: la perspectiva que ofrece la ética empresarial con respecto a la posibilidad ...

Història d'un desig insatisfet

l'ensenyament del valencià fins a 1939

Aquest llibre estudia la situació de la nostra llengua al sistema educatiu en el període que va des del Decret de Nova Planta (1707) fins a l'arribada del general Franco al poder. Temps difícils per al valencià i en els quals cal destacar l ...

Blink

the power of thinking without thinking

An art expert sees a ten-million-dollar sculpture and instantly spots it's a fake. A marriage analyst knows within minutes whether a couple will stay together. A fire-fighter suddenly senses he has to get out of a blazing building. A speed dater clicks with the ...

Jurisdicción y arbitraje en Derecho romano

En el plano jurisdiccional, la comunidad política romana, es muy pronto consciente de la necesidad de asumir el monopolio de la administración de la justicia, en aras del mantenimiento del orden público y de la tutela de la paz social Durante los ocho primeros siglos ...

Stock valuation

an essential guide to Wall Street's most popular valuation models

A critical, practical look at the five stock valuation models most widely used by Wall Street. Based on insights from the author's unique access to top investors, including legendary mutual fund manager Bill Miller of Legg Mason, this book describes problems and limitations behind ...

La patria potestad y la libertad de conciencia del menor

el interés del menor a la libre formación de su conciencia

La actual consideración del menor como sujeto pleno de derechos fundamentales ha supuesto predicar su autonomía en la esfera personal y, en concreto, en el ejercicio de esta clase de derechos. Para ello, en aras del libre desarrollo de su personalidad, se tiene por suficiente ...

Buenos días, pereza

estrategias para sobrevivir en el trabajo

La desmotivación en el trabajo es propia de todos los trabajadores delmundo. ¡Trabajadores del mundo, desmotivaos! Ya nadie confía en la empresa para la que trabaja. O al menos así lo cree Corinne Maier que se ha convertido en una revolucionaria, tal vez sin pretenderlo ...

Agency and autonomy in Kant's moral theory

Andrews Reath presents a selection of his best essays on various features of Kant's moral psychology and moral theory, with particular emphasis on his conception of rational agency and his conception of autonomy. The opening essays explore different elements of Kant's views about ...

A practical approach to commercial conveyancing and property

The "A Practical Approach" series is the perfect partner for practice work. Each title focuses on one field of the law and provides a comprehensive overview of the subject, together with clear, practical advice and tips on issues likely to arise in practice. The books ...

Legal risk in the financial markets

This timely new book explains what legal risk means in the context of the financial markets and why concerns about legal risk have grown in recent years. It also considers how legal risk is intended to be addressed as part of operational risk under the ...

The creation of States in international Law

As much as was ever the case in 1979 when the first edition of "The Creation of States in International Law" published, in the 21st century problems of territorial status and statehood are likely to continue to be a focal point of international disputes. As ...

EC public procurement

case Law and regulation

Public procurement represents a specialist yet important area of practice in the European and international business and commercial legal environment. This book offers an inclusive, coherent and practical analysis of the relevant law and jurisprudence, with the principal focus on the case law of the ...

Modernizing nature

forestry and imperial eco-development 1800-1950

"Modernizing Nature" contributes to the debate regarding the origins, institutionalization, and politics of the sciences and systems of knowledge underlying colonial frameworks of environmental management. It departs from the widely prevalent scholarly perspective that colonial science can be understood predominantly as a handmaiden of imperialism ...

The black death 1346-1353

the complete history

Unique, sensational and shocking, this revelatory book provides, for the first time, a complete Europe-wide history of the Black Death. The author's painstakingly comprehensive research throws fresh light on the nature of the disease, its origin, its spread, on an almost day-to-day basis, across ...

Economic origins of dictatorship and democracy

This book develops a framework for analyzing the creation and consolidation of democracy. Different social groups prefer different political institutions because of the way they allocate political power and resources. Thus democracy is preferred by the majority of citizens, but opposed by elites. Dictatorship nevertheless ...