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Earth system analysis for sustainability
"Report of the 91st Dahlem Workshop on Earth System Analysis for Sustainabliity, Berlin, May 25-30, 2003"--Page [ii].Earth System Analysis for Sustainability uses an integrated systems approach to provide a panoramic view of planetary dynamics since the inception of life some four billion years ago and to identify principles for responsible management of the global environment in the future. Pe…
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- 9780262310635
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- 1 online resource (xiv, 454 pages) :illustrations, maps.
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The econometrics of corporate governance studies
A vast theoretical and empirical literature in corporate finance considers the interrelationships of corporate governance, takeovers, management turnover, corporate performance, corporate capital structure, and corporate ownership structure. Most of the studies look at two variables at a time. In this book, Sanjai Bhagat and Richard Jefferis argue that from an econometric viewpoint, the proper …
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- 9780262268424
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- 1 online resource (x, 114 pages)
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The Empire of Value: A New Foundation for Economics
Translation of the author's L'empire de la valeur."With the advent of the 2007-2008 financial crisis, the economics profession itself entered into a crisis of legitimacy from which it has yet to emerge. Despite the obviousness of their failures, however, economists continue to rely on the same methods and to proceed from the same underlying assumptions. Andr?e Orl?ean challenges the neoclassica…
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- 9780262323901
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- 1 online resource (x, 350 pages) :illustrations
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The economic dynamics of environmental law
This text shows in detail how the concept of economic dynamics can reshape thinking about environmental law and policy. It argues that environmental policymaking in the US has been poorly served by the view of the relationship between environmental regulation and economy, technology and business.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262272001
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- 1 online resource (viii, 268 pages)
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Video Games Around the World
Thirty-nine essays explore the vast diversity of video game history and culture across all the world's continents.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262328487
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- 1 online resource (xiv, 697 pages) :illustrations
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Finite State Machines in Hardware: Theory and Design (with VHDL and SystemVer…
Modern, complex digital systems invariably include hardware-implemented finite state machines. The correct design of such parts is crucial for attaining proper system performance. This book offers detailed, comprehensive coverage of the theory and design for any category of hardware-implemented finite state machines. It describes crucial design problems that lead to incorrect or far from optima…
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- 9780262319096
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- 1 online resource (x, 337 pages) :illustrations
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Agreement and Its Failures
This monograph shows that the typically obligatory nature of predicate-argument agreement in phi-features (phi-agreement) cannot be captured through 'derivational time-bombs' - elements of the initial representation that cannot be part of a well-formed, end-of-the-derivation structure, and which are eliminated by the application of phi-agreement itself. This includes, but is not limited to, the…
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- 9780262323192
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- 1 online resource (xvi, 291 pages) :illustrations.
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Lonely Ideas: Can Russia Compete?
When have you gone into an electronics store, picked up a desirable gadget, and found that it was labeled "Made in Russia"? Probably never. Russia, despite its epic intellectual achievements in music, literature, art, and pure science, is a negligible presence in world technology. Despite its current leaders' ambitions to create a knowledge economy, Russia is economically dependent on gas and o…
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- 9781461942979
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- 1 online resource (xi, 204 pages)
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Economic theory and cognitive science: Microexplanation
"A Bradford Book."In this study, Don Ross explores the relationship of economics to other branches of behavioral science, asking, in the course of his analysis, under what interpretation economics is a sound empirical science. The book explores the relationships between economic theory and the theoretical foundations of related disciplines that are relevant to the day-to-day work of economics -…
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- 9780262316217
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- 1 online resource (x, 444 pages)
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Failed Promises: Evaluating the Federal Government's Response to Environmenta…
A systematic evaluation of the implementation of the federal government's environmental justice policies.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262327138
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- 1 online resource (xviii, 269 pages).
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