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Fiscal Decentralization and the Challenge of Hard Budget Constraints
An?alise comparativa sobre pol?itica fiscal e or?cament?aria nos seguintes pa?ises: Brasil, Estados Unidos, Canad?a, Noruega, Alemanha, Argentina, ?India, China, ?Africa do Sul, Ucr?ania, Hungria.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262282482
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Flagging Standards: Globalization and Environmental, Safety, and Labor Regula…
Examines the relationship between globalization and environmental, safety, and labor standards in the context of the shipping industry and explores the extent to which international competition affects regulatory standards.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262271615
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- 1 online resource (xi, 308 pages) :illustrations
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Frank Lloyd Wright versus America: The 1930s
Recounts Wright's life and career during the thirties, discusses the founding of the Taliesin Fellowship, and assesses his influence on other architects.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262367981
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- 1 online resource (xi, 436 pages) :illustrations.
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From Animals to Animats 7: Proceedings of the Seventh International Conferenc…
The Simulation of Adaptive Behavior Conference brings together researchers from ethology, psychology, ecology, artificial intelligence, artificial life, robotics, computer science, engineering, and related fields to further understanding of the behaviors and underlying mechanisms that allow adaptation and survival in uncertain environments. The work presented focuses on robotic and computationa…
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- 9780262316071
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- 1 online resource (xi, 420 pages) :illustrations
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Responsible brains :neuroscience, law, and human culpability
An examination of the relationship between the brain and culpability that offers a comprehensive neuroscientific theory of human responsibility. When we praise, blame, punish, or reward people for their actions, we are holding them responsible for what they have done. Common sense tells us that what makes human beings responsible has to do with their minds and, in particular, the relationship b…
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- 9780262349277
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Investors and exploiters in ecology and economics :principles and applications
Experts from the natural and social sciences examine the coexistence of productive and exploitative behavior strategies observable in many species at many levels.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262339803
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Fragile rise :grand strategy and the fate of Imperial Germany, 1871-1914
Germany's rise to power before World War I from a Chinese persective, and the geopolitical lessons for today. A series of solemn anniversary events have marked the centenary of World War I. Could history repeat itself in today's geopolitics? Now, as then, a land power with a growing economy and a maritime power with global commitments are the two leading states in the international system. Most…
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- 9780262340632
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From Images to Surfaces: A Computational Study of the Human Early Visual System
Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology).Includes indexes.The projection of light rays onto the retina of the eye forms a two-dimensional image, but through combining the stereoscopic aspect of vision with other optical clues by means of some remarkably effective image-processing procedures, the viewer is able to perceive three-dimensional representations of …
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- 9780262256278
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- 1 online resource (274 pages) :illustrations.
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The anxious mind :an investigation into the varieties and virtues of anxiety
An empirically informed, philosophical account of the nature of anxiety and its value for agency, virtue, and decision making.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262345491
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- 1 online resource (viii, 250 pages) :illustrations
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Philosophical provocations :55 short essays
Pithy, direct, and bold: essays that propose new ways to think about old problems, spanning a range of philosophical topics.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262340090
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