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Hardback. Evaluates and compares the regulation of telecommunications markets in Germany and the United States. This volume contains papers that emphasise that the goal of public policy in this area should be to make the broadest and most functional competition possible by means of an appropriate regulatory framework. Editor(s): Sidak, J.Gregory; Engel, Christoph; Knieps, Gunter. Num Pages: 83 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; KJU; KNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 7. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 83
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792379157
- ISBN
- 9780792379157
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.68
€ 129.68
The Telecommunications Act of 1996. The Costs of Managed Competition.
Lehman, Dale E.; Weisman, Dennis L.
Hardback. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 envisioned a competitive free-for-all in the US telecommunications industry with removal of barriers to entry in local telecommunications markets and the lifting of the artificial restrictions that kept the Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs) out of the interLATA long-distance market. Series: Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy. Num Pages: 128 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCC; LNQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 9. Weight in Grams: 387.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792379577
- ISBN
- 9780792379577
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.50
€ 130.50
Hardback. Debates the notion that research on regulatory reform and labor markets should develop within the framework of the competitive model. This book achieves this by presenting diverging views on wage and employment determination in distinctly different deregulated industries. Editor(s): Peoples, James G. Series: Recent Economic Thought. Num Pages: 403 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCA; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 752.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 403
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792380658
- ISBN
- 9780792380658
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 202.02
€ 202.02
Hardback. The Presidents of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay signed the Treaty of Asuncion creating a common market - Mercosur. This book examines the experience of Mercosur in the Latin American integration progress. It analysis the history of the moves towards integration in South America. Editor(s): Coffey, Peter. Series: International Handbooks on Economic Integration. Num Pages: 350 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLS; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792381525
- ISBN
- 9780792381525
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 256.64
€ 256.64
Hardback. Provides an empirical and interdisciplinary study of water markets in Chile. This book combines law, political economy, and geography to analyze the disadvantages, problems, and contexts of water markets. It is suitable for those who are interested in property rights and market-friendly environmental policies. Series: Natural Resource Management and Policy. Num Pages: 182 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; RBK; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 182
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792382270
- ISBN
- 9780792382270
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.15
€ 131.15
Hardback. Provides a US-wide analysis of local university-high technology connections at the lowest possible level of spatial aggregation. This book focuses on the regional aspects of the interaction between high technology innovations, university and private R&D at the proper spatial scale, at the level of counties and metropolitan areas. Series: Economics of Science, Technology and Innovation. Num Pages: 153 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 950.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 153
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792382485
- ISBN
- 9780792382485
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.06
€ 131.06
Hardback. Focuses on non-wage benefits paid to workers in the United States, covering both government-mandated and voluntarily provided benefits. This book argues that benefits affect workplace productivity, and concentrates on the economic thinking behind how to design non-wage benefits in order to achieve competitive advantage. Num Pages: 346 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSB; KJMV2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 346
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792382669
- ISBN
- 9780792382669
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 201.04
€ 201.04
Causes, Correlates and Consequences of Death Among Older Adults
Behrman, Jere R.; Sickles, Robin C. (Rice Uni...
Hardback. Why are there differences in life expectancies among various demographic groups? Why have these changes in life expectancies occurred? This text considers an approach to investigating determinants of and correlates of mortality in the United States - integrating modeling, micro data, and modern econometric techniques. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 1050.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 201
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792382867
- ISBN
- 9780792382867
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.73
€ 131.73
Hardback. A collection of papers drawn from the conference held at the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies in June 1997. It seeks to explore many of the key issues surrounding the debate over the impact of globalization and technological change on labor markets in Europe and the United States. Editor(s): Black, Stanley W. Num Pages: 327 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; KCF; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 327
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792383185
- ISBN
- 9780792383185
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.77
€ 200.77
Hardback. Aims to sensitize readers to the unfairness and inappropriate uses of testing instruments, which under optimal circumstances have the potential to benefit different students. This title includes papers that explores models and practices that are being piloted both in America and abroad as educators grapple with the effects the assessment. Editor(s): Nettles, Arie L.; Nettles, Michael T. Series: Evaluation in Education and Human Services. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNKD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792384014
- ISBN
- 9780792384014
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.25
€ 133.25
Hardback. Offers a study of counterproductive cooperation. This book takes to task the critical importance of conducting systematic theory-guided empirical research to examine the validity of arguments that international monetary cooperation could be highly counterproductive. Num Pages: 110 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1FPJ; 1KBB; KCBM; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 9. Weight in Grams: 810.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 110
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792384595
- ISBN
- 9780792384595
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.31
€ 69.31
Hardback. Do the antitrust laws have a place in the digital economy or are they obsolete? That is the question raised by the government's legal action against Microsoft, and this volume is designed to answer it. Editor(s): Eisenach, Jeffrey A.; Lenard, Thomas M. Num Pages: 297 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KJU; LNCH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 297
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792384649
- ISBN
- 9780792384649
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.21
€ 200.21
Hardback. NAFTA has been described by one expert as being a partial customs union. It is, in any case, a special kind of free trade area because it consists of two highly developed economies and one large third world economy. This book examines the specific interests of the member countries, Canada, Mexico, and the United States in the creation of NAFTA. Series: International Handbooks on Economic Integration. Num Pages: 187 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; 1KLCM; KCLT1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 187
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792384823
- ISBN
- 9780792384823
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.47
€ 132.47
Hardback. Illustrates the impact of upstream technological change in capital goods (aircraft and aircraft engines) on demand, productivity, and cost reduction in the US airline industry for the years 1970-1992. This book aim to separate supply-side technology push from demand pull in determining investment in aircraft in the US airline industry. Series: Transportation, Research, Economics and Policy. Num Pages: 191 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; KC; KNGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 1050.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 191
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792385059
- ISBN
- 9780792385059
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 197.98
€ 197.98
Hardback. Describes the dimensions of diversity which characterize the contemporary American family and discusses the implications for public policy and associated intervention programs linked to this diversity. This book focuses on child poverty and argues that this topic may be usefully studied within the context of developmental systems theory. Series: International Series in Outreach Scholarship. Num Pages: 168 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSB; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 1000.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792386124
- ISBN
- 9780792386124
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.32
€ 131.32
Multilateralism and Regionalism in the Post-Uruguay Round Era
Memedovic, Olga; Kuyvenhoven, Arie; Molle, Wi...
Hardback. The Post-Uruguay Round era has seen a proliferation of regional preferential trade agreements (PTAs), as well as progressive multilateral trade liberalization initiatives. This work explains the reasons for the concurrent appearance of regionalism and multilateralism in the Post-Uruguay Round era. It also discusses the future of the PTAs. Num Pages: 331 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSU; KCLT1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 675.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 331
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792386216
- ISBN
- 9780792386216
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.98
€ 200.98
Hardback. Addresses topics related to the role of post-secondary education in microeconomic development within the US. This book includes the articles that summarize the research literature and synthesize what economists and other social scientists have learned about the contribution of higher education to individual and regional growth within society. Editor(s): Becker, William E.; Lewis, Darrell R. Num Pages: 349 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCB; KCC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 349
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792391647
- ISBN
- 9780792391647
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 201.13
€ 201.13
Hardback. Proceedings of the Fifteenth Annual Economic Policy Conference of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Editor(s): Gilbert, R. Alton. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1200.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792391852
- ISBN
- 9780792391852
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.69
€ 132.69
Hardback. While much has been gained from the traditional legal scholars' doctrinal mode of analysis of the takings issue, this volume is presented in the belief that contributions from scholars from the various schools of thought that comprise Law and Economics complements the traditional doctrinal approach to law. Editor(s): Mercuro, Nicholas. Series: Recent Economic Thought. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 523.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792392330
- ISBN
- 9780792392330
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.24
€ 128.24
Hardback. Addresses topics related to the role of post-secondary education in national economic development within the United States. This book features chapters that summarize the research literature and synthesize what economists and other social scientists have learned about the contribution of higher education to economic growth. Editor(s): Becker, William E.; Lewis, Darrell R. Num Pages: 184 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792392354
- ISBN
- 9780792392354
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.39
€ 131.39
hardcover. Proceedings of the 1991 Conference on the Southwest Economy sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Editor(s): O'Driscoll, Gerald P., Jr. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1KLS; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1150.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 1993rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792392910
- ISBN
- 9780792392910
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.41
€ 132.41
Hardback. Focuses on the relationship between political processes and macroeconomic consequences, especially in the area of monetary policy. Num Pages: 372 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCBM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792393009
- ISBN
- 9780792393009
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 201.73
€ 201.73
hardcover. While mainstream economic thought assumes tastes and technology as given, it has had little to say about how society has promoted and adjusted to technological change. The book presents a utopian design for society, whose purpose is to promote discovery, invention and innovation, which have become principal aspects of national state competition. Num Pages: 344 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 1993rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792393030
- ISBN
- 9780792393030
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 201.08
€ 201.08
Hardback. An independent scholarly analysis of the economics of the grain futures contracts of the Chicago Board of Trade (CBT). The text pays special attention to the recent performance and future prospects of a crucial aspect of grain futures contracts: the delivery process. Num Pages: 184 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KFFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792393276
- ISBN
- 9780792393276
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.61
€ 131.61