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Hardback. This collection of papers is intended as a background to the field of discussion in public finance. One of the main strands of thought in the collection asks under what conditions can Pareto optimality be achieved in an economic system in which some goods supplied are indivisible? Editor(s): Musgrave, Richard A.; Peacock, Professor Alan T. Series: International Economic Association. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 495.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 267
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333613559
- ISBN
- 9780333613559
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 249.58
€ 249.58
Hardback. Considers the principal sources of agreement and disagreement among policy-makers and analysts concerning the current economic problems of sub-Saharan Africa. The contributors address the key policy issues in agriculture, trade, social issues, privatization and political economy. Editor(s): Cornia, Giovanni Andrea; Helleiner, Gerald K. Num Pages: 441 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; GTF; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 29. Weight in Grams: 712.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 441
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333613610
- ISBN
- 9780333613610
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.66
€ 68.66
Hardback. The papers in this volume cover three areas of international business: developments in theory; the foreign-market servicing strategies of multinational firms; and Asia-Pacific issues. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FPC; 1FPJ; 1QSP; KCL; KFFM; KJK; KJVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 500.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333613702
- ISBN
- 9780333613702
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.34
€ 194.34
Paperback. This text provides a unified treatment of the fields of financial and monetary economics. Coverage includes: contract design; agency theory; financial intermediation; currency competition; gold and bimetallic standards; the economics of inflation; and systems of central banking and flat currency. Num Pages: 584 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCBM; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 42. Weight in Grams: 890.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 584
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333613733
- ISBN
- 9780333613733
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.82
€ 69.82
Hardback. Covering the enterprise reform in China, this book focuses on the Contract Management Responsibility System (CMRS). The CMRS is an institutional arrangement set up to deal with the relation between the government and the state-owned enterprise which has been at the centre of the enterprise reform. Series: Studies on the Chinese Economy. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KCF; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 455.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333613856
- ISBN
- 9780333613856
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.05
€ 194.05
Hardback. This text challenges the view that the liberal democracy is the inevitable outcome of economic modernization. Focusing on the stable and prosperous societies of Pacific Asia, it argues that existing political arrangements are legitimized by the values of hierarchy, familism and harmony. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; 1QSP; JPHV; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 415.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333613993
- ISBN
- 9780333613993
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.46
€ 127.46
Hardback. Examines foreign capital's role in stimulating industrialization. Using both conventional and unconventional approaches, the book shows how foreign capital has played a positive role in Malaysia's industrialization. Series: Studies in the Economies of East and South-East Asia. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMM; GTF; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 505.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 279
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333615058
- ISBN
- 9780333615058
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.37
€ 194.37
Hardcover. This text provides an understanding of the reasons why the US banking reforms enacted in the 1930s were so successful. It also presents a set of policy proposals which offer the institutional provisions for both the financing of the capital development of the economy, and a safe payments system. Series: Jerome Levy Economics Institute. Num Pages: 459 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCBM; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 38. Weight in Grams: 732.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333615065
- ISBN
- 9780333615065
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.88
€ 195.88
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan Dublin, Ireland
- Number of pages
- 249
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333616253
- ISBN
- 9780333616253
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.10
€ 66.10
Hardback. Examining the dynamics of competence-building processes at the firm level, this book looks at a sample of Japanese and European companies engaged in the field of optoelectronics. It also introduces a technique to assess competences within firms. Num Pages: 337 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FPJ; KJMV5; KJT; KNDH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 337
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333616734
- ISBN
- 9780333616734
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.89
€ 194.89
Hardback. This text examines the secret world of tax havens and offshore finance centres (OFCs), a vast offshore business valued at over one trillion US dollars. Case study material from Jersey illustrates the growth of a successful OFC and its impact upon a small island. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KFFD1; KFFM; LNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 521.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333616970
- ISBN
- 9780333616970
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.49
€ 194.49
Hardcover. Combines critical historical analysis and case studies of the theory and practice of post-1945 international development. The book includes a study of South African housing struggles and Zimbabwean development strategies, and it advocates deepening radical and popular participatory democracy. Editor(s): Moore, David B.; Schmitz, Gerald J. Series: Macmillan International Political Economy S. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JPHV; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave MD
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333617533
- ISBN
- 9780333617533
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.29
€ 67.29
hardcover. This text examines whether authoritarian or democratic governments are best for economic development. Using ten case studies pitting Latin American countries against Southeast Asian ones, the text concludes that political credibility is the key to economic development. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1KLC; 1KLS; JPF; JPHV; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1995th Edition
- SKU
- V9780333617694
- ISBN
- 9780333617694
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.66
€ 127.66
paperback. Can the construction industry cope with the challenges of the future? This book presents an analysis of the state of large construction companies. Based on interviews with executives of 20 major firms, it focuses on changes since the boom conditions of the late 1980s. Num Pages: 185 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KNJC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 185
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1995th Edition
- SKU
- V9780333617717
- ISBN
- 9780333617717
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.30
€ 71.30
Hardback. This collection of essays by colleagues and former students pays homage to Axel Leijonhuvfvud. It discusses issues that have featured at the centre of his research for over 30 years: history of thought, philosophy of science and transition dynamics, as well as monetary macroeconomics. Editor(s): Vaz, Daniel; Velupillai, Kumaraswamy; Kumaraswamy Vellupillai (Professor of Economics, Queen's University of Belfast, Northern Ireland). Num Pages: 422 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCX; KCA; KCBM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 29. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 422
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333617724
- ISBN
- 9780333617724
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.57
€ 195.57
Hardback. This study illuminates the characteristics of the Japanese economy and analyzes how and why they have been changing. It covers such areas as the Japanese firm, consumption and saving patterns, the labour market, financial markets, macroeconomic policies and international economic relations. Editor(s): Okabe, Mitsuaki. Series: Studies in the Modern Japanese Economy. Num Pages: 486 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; KCB; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 40. Weight in Grams: 770.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 486
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333617731
- ISBN
- 9780333617731
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.83
€ 129.83
Paperback. Introduces the basic concepts of human development and presents policy guidelines for implementing a human development strategy in developing countries. Human development is seen both as an end in itself and as a means to increase the capabilities of people. Num Pages: 161 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFG; GTF; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 217.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 161
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333618189
- ISBN
- 9780333618189
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.74
€ 37.74
Hardback. This text offers a study of management decision-making in six Beijing state enterprises during the period 1985 to 1989, when the government adopted decentralization as the key to reforming state industries. It examines the relations between managers, Party and planning authorities. Series: Studies on the Chinese Economy. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPN; JPH; KCC; KJMD; KJV; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333619483
- ISBN
- 9780333619483
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.64
€ 127.64
Hardback. This is a systematic study of monetary policy and financial institutions in China during its decentralization- and market-oriented economic reform. The book identifies the mechanisms of the monetary expansion as the general feature of monetary policy. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; KCBM; KF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333620328
- ISBN
- 9780333620328
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.34
€ 194.34
Hardback. This study focuses on the evolution of the Japanese economy and gives an account of the country's attempts to generate the social capacity for technological innovation and absorption. It features case studies written by acknowledged experts, and concludes with a summary of useful lessons. Editor(s): Minami, Ryoshin; Kim, Kwan S.; Maki, Fumio; Seo, Joung-Hae. Series: Studies in the Modern Japanese Economy. Num Pages: 364 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; KCB; KCP; KN; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 32. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333620878
- ISBN
- 9780333620878
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.13
€ 195.13
hardcover. Presents the most significant theoretical articles by Bertram Schefold to illuminate the development and the present state of modern classical theory. This text assembles 20 papers discussing such topics as: joint production and fixed capital; and choice of technique and technical progress. Series: Studies in Political Economy. Num Pages: 592 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA; KCBM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 37. Weight in Grams: 866.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1997th Edition
- SKU
- V9780333621295
- ISBN
- 9780333621295
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 240.14
€ 240.14
Hardback. This text demonstrates that Japan has for a long time been a world of exchange by agreement rather than by coercion, and that the standard principles of economics explain the dominant patterns of the Japanese economic phenomena. Num Pages: 322 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; KCB; KJV; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 561.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333621301
- ISBN
- 9780333621301
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.77
€ 194.77
paperback. This text is an attempt to analyze systematically the contrast in the results of post-Stalinist reform in China and Russia. It argues that there emerged a "transition orthodoxy" about how to reform the communist systems of political economy. Num Pages: 360 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1FPC; JPFC; KCB; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1995th Edition
- SKU
- V9780333622650
- ISBN
- 9780333622650
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.58
€ 72.58
Hardback. This collection of essays is concerned with three major and debated topics in international economics, namely interdependence between countries, real and financial integration, and the conflicting relations between industrialized (North) and developing (South) countries. Editor(s): Baldassarri, Mario; Matteo, Massimo di; Mundell, Robert. Series: Central Issues in Contemporary Economic Theory and Policy. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 267
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333622971
- ISBN
- 9780333622971
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.29
€ 194.29