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The Greek economic crisis has imperilled the stability of the eurozone, generating much global anxiety. Policymakers, analysts, and the media have daily debated the course of the Greek economy, prescribing ways to move forward. This collection of essays...

The subject of this book is discussing the income inequality of Chinese residents, its change and the factors that impact it. In this book all kinds of quantitative methods, including decomposing Gini Coefficients method, Fei-Ranis method, two-sectors...

The book investigates the EU preferential trade policy and, in particular, the impact it had on trade flows from developing countries. It shows that the capability of the "trade as aid" model to deliver its expected benefits to these countries crucially...

The book "The Greek Economy and the Crisis. Challenges and Responses" targets all those who think about the present and future of this (culturally) long-lived small geographic region (Greece), to form a personal view of its social and economic problems...

Central to the book are questions concerning the existence and the characteristics of justice motives, and concerning the influence that justice motives and justice judgements have on the emergence, but also the solution of social conflicts. Five main...

Is there too much inequality? We are witnessing for the first time in many decades a vigorous public debate in the United States and many European countries as to whether income inequality is approaching unjustifiable levels. The financial crisis has...

After numerous scienti?c papers and books on most aspects of climate change and the design of pro-environmental policies (including some that suit some industrial lobby or another), is there relevance for another book and what is the purported role of...

Since the general acceptance of the field of corporate social responsibility worldwide, corporate entities and those who act for them either as executives or "ordinary" employees are expected to be socially responsible. Being socially responsible has a...

This book presents an overview of the economics and politics implemented in the European Union and especially the Eurozone during the crisis of 2008-2012. Although it focuses on these four years, the analysis starts from the establishment of the European...

The book discusses the demographic changes in Muslim countries. It thereby focuses on topics such as the demographic dividend and the demographic transition, labour market challenges, health care, universal education and gender issues. These challenges...

There is every indication that the international system is undergoing a period of significant transformation. The substantially higher growth rates of the emerging-market economies in comparison with those of the developed economies are changing the...

After a description of the new forms of globalization currently shaping our world, and of their possible spatial effects, the book highlights which European regions have in the past succeeded in taking advantage of globalization trends and identifies the...

The global economy is still experiencing the effects of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s. Over the last three years economies worldwide have slowed and international trade has declined. Most importantly, the crisis has...

Theory and Empirical Findings in Previous Investigations.- Empirical Analysis.- Discussion.- Summary.- Erratum.

This book combines historical and policy-oriented perspectives on the relevance of the Keynesian approach for economic theory, policy, and crisis analysis. The first part focuses on historical, theoretical, and methodological issues, and puts them in...

"Where are your factories that produce culture? Where are your painters, your composers, your architects, your writers, your filmmakers?" The book opens with Leonardo da Vinci and Qin Shi Huang asking embarrassed contemporary policy makers these...

Tommy Bengtsson Population ageing, the shift in age distribution towards older ages, is of immense global concern. It is taking place to a varying degree all over the world, more in Europe and some Asian countries, less on the African continent. The...

2010 marks a turning point for international politics. The impact of the global crisis is reflected in the readiness of both national governments and international organisations to rebuild relations between state and market...

The Fifth Enlargement that took place in 2004 and 2007 was a milestone in the history of the European Union. Not only because of the large number of acceding countries but also because of their recent political and economic experience. Ten of them had...

Modern macroeconomics suffers from an unclear link between short-term Keynesian analysis and long-term growth modelling. This book presents a new link between monetary analysis and growth modelling in open economies. Structural...

Does human mortality after age 110 continue to rise, level off, or start to decline? This book describes a concerted, international research effort undertaken with the goal of establishing a database that allows the best possible description of the...

As a contribution to the search for suitable and sustainable solutions to finance rising medical care expenditures, the book proposes a typology of healthcare financing and insurance schemes, based on the dimensions of basic vs. supplementary services...

This book studies the strategic interactions between monetary and fiscal policies in the world economy. The world economy consists of two regions, say Europe and America. The policy makers are the central banks and the governments. The policy targets are...

How long do we live? Demographic models and reflections on tempo effects: An introduction.- How long do we live? Demographic models and reflections on tempo effects: An introduction.- Theoretical basis for the mortality tempo effect.- Estimating mean...

Subsidiarity for Better Economic Reform?.- Assessing Subsidiarity.- Who Shall Decide What? Citizens' Attitudes Towards Political Decision Making in the EU.- Subsidiarity and Economic Policy.- Higher Education Reform and the Renewed Lisbon Strategy: Role...

and Main Policy Lessons.- Concepts and Theory.- Empirical Analysis of the Competitive Trade Position.- Trends in Foreign Direct Investment.- Internationalisation of R&D in ICT.- From Case Studies: International Division of Labour Within ICT Companies.-...

Hamilton.- Hamilton's Indicators of the Force of Selection.- Further Challenges.- Optimization Models.- Optimization Models Based on Size.- An Optimization Model Based on Vitality.- Directions for Research.

Optimal policy design in interdependent economies.- Quantitative Economic Policy - Theory and Applications: Introduction and Overview.- Theory of Quantitative Economic Policy.- Towards a New Theory of Economic Policy: Continuity and Innovation.- If the...

Recommended by Nobel Laureate Robert C. Merton, this book offers the world a first-hand opportunity to learn why the Dutch pension system is so often praised and how it operates. The book also discusses aspects of the system that are less favorable, such...

The European Union 50 Years On: Some Comments on Its Early History.- Global Shift - The European Union, the United States, and the Emergence of China.- Growth and Competitiveness in Euro Area Economies.- Financial Market Integration and Monetary Policy.-...

The Department of Public Economics of the Rome University "La Sapienza", in keeping with its primary task of promoting research, not only inside the Department, but also through an exchange of ideas with scholars from Italian...

This book examines the nature and significance of the impact of population growth on the weIl-being of developing countries-in particular, the effects on economic growth, education, health, food supply, housing, poverty, and...

Selected by Princeton University as Noteworthy Book in Industrial Relations and Labor Economics for 2010.Are immigrants from the new EU member states a threat to the Western welfare state? Do they take jobs away from the natives? And will the source...

This book represents a culmination of my Ph.D. research conducted at the Ruhr Graduate School in Economics and at the University of Duisburg-Essen from Oc- ber 2005 to April 2008. Many people have generously contributed their...

Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2011 in the subject Business economics - Economic Policy, , course: Energy, power rate, law, public policy, language: English, abstract: After 10 years of implementation of the Electric Power Industry Reform...

Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2010 im Fachbereich BWL - Wirtschaftspolitik, Note: 1,0, Fachhochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg in Rheinbach, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Bevor die aufgeworfenen Fragen beantwortet werden können, sind die einzelnen Energieträger erst...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2008 im Fachbereich BWL - Wirtschaftspolitik, Note: 5 Creditpoint von 5 möglichen, Nyugat-magyarországi Egyetem; Westungarische Universität (Fakultät der Wirtschaftswissenschaften), Veranstaltung: Wirtschaftspolitik, Sprache:...

Estudio Científico del año 2008 en eltema Economía de las empresas - Política económica, Nota: "-", , Idioma: Español, Resumen: El petróleo, durante el siglo XX, ha sido en gran parte, el motor principal de la expansión del sistema capitalista, en forma...

Diplomarbeit aus dem Jahr 2007 im Fachbereich BWL - Wirtschaftspolitik, Note: 2,0, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen (Wirtschaftspolitik), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Im Mittelpunkt steht die Untersuchung, ob und wie NAFTA den mexikanischen Strom an...

Diplomarbeit aus dem Jahr 2006 im Fachbereich BWL - Wirtschaftspolitik, Note: 1,3, Universität Leipzig (Institut für Wirtschaftspolitik), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Der Titel dieser Arbeit mag im ersten Moment vielleicht etwas verwundern, haftet doch...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2008 im Fachbereich BWL - Wirtschaftspolitik, Note: 1,0, Universität zu Köln (Wirtschaftspolitisches Seminar), Veranstaltung: Seminar für Arbeitsmarkt und Sozialordnung, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Wohl keine andere Studie hat...

Diplomarbeit aus dem Jahr 2005 im Fachbereich BWL - Wirtschaftspolitik, Note: 1,3, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: I EinführungIn meiner vorliegenden Diplomarbeit habe ich die Aufgabe, das Phänomen ‚Industrie- und...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2007 im Fachbereich BWL - Wirtschaftspolitik, Note: 1,7, Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt (Lehrstuhl für Volkswirtschaftslehre,insbesondere Finanzwissenschaft), Veranstaltung: System der sozialen Sicherung in...

This book studies the strategic policy interactions in a monetary union. The leading protagonists are the European Central Bank and national governments. The target of the ECB is low inflation in Europe. The targets of a...

"Nicht nur für den akademischen Unterricht, sondern zugleich auch für die politische Praxis": Günter Schmölders, Professor der Wirtschaftlichen Staatswissenschaften an der Universität zu Köln, schrieb 1970 "Finanzpolitik". Auch heute noch, mehr als drei...

European Monetary Union: Start of the Euro and the Need for Complementary Measures in Euroland: Introduction.- The Single Market, Growth Perspectives and Welfare Effects of the Euro.- Price Competition, Real Interest Rates and Investment under EMU.-...

This book examines the history of German immigration policy. It analyzes the country's future demand for immigration. Coverage develops an economic model for the effective selection and integration of labor migrants that could...