This book addresses the ability of market-based instruments to improve the sustainable provision of environmental services. The author combines field research and insights from the multi-stakeholder dialogue at the FAO to analyze the gap between the predictions provided by theory and the corresponding outcomes in practice. In particular, the author challenges the theory behind Payments for Envi…
"A global history of modern infrastructures covering two centuries of historical dynamics from all over the world"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"An in-depth look at the infrastructural landscape of Africa's 3rd wave urbanization, drawing on case studies from Africa and the US"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"One economist's reflections on the professional culture of economic theory"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
How to understand the mistakes we make about those on the other side of the political spectrum -- and how they drive the affective polarization that is tearing us apart. It's well known that the political divide in the US -- particularly between Democrats and Republicans -- has grown to alarming levels in recent decades. Affective polarization -- emotional polarization, or the hostility between…
"A practical guide for research economists to navigate the non-research aspects of their work, including university service, mentorship, and grant writing"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"A collection of essays addressing Karl Brunner's contributions to monetarism, and the significance of monetarism to modern macroeconomics"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"A fascinating look at the gendering of smart homes, how they came to be so, and how modern households can and should be domains of equality"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"A monograph that accounts for financial frictions in some of the most-used macroeconomic models. An attempt to bring practical reality into macroeconomic theory"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.