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Product Variety and the Gains from International Trade
Feenstra considers the consumer benefits from having access to new import varieties of differentiated products, and examines a recent method to estimate the elasticity of substitution (the extent of differentiation across products) and to use that information to construct the gains from import variety.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262289375
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- 1 online resource (133 pages) :illustrations
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Managers of Global Change: The Influence of International Environmental Burea…
This title is an examination of the role and relevance of international bureaucracies in global environmental governance. After a discussion of theoretical context, reaserch design, and empiral methodology, the book presents nine in-depth case studies of bureaucracies.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262258593
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- 1 online resource (xiv, 367 pages)
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Institutions and Environmental Change: Principal Findings, Applications, and …
"Institutional Dimensions of Global Environmental Change, a core research project of the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP)."This overview of recent research on how institutions matter in tackling environmental problems reports the findings and policy implications of a decade-long international research project.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262286589
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- 1 online resource (xxii, 373 pages) :illustrations
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Communications Under the Seas: The Evolving Cable Network and Its Implications
This title looks at the technology of undersea communications from stranded-wire telegraph cables in the 1850s to fibre-optic cables at the end of the 20th century, and its social political, economic impact.
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The Healthcare Fix: Universal Insurance for All Americans
A simple, straightforward, and foolproof proposal for universal health insurance from a noted economist.The shocking statistic is that forty-seven million Americans have no health insurance. When uninsured Americans go to the emergency room for treatment, however, they do receive care, and a bill. Many hospitals now require uninsured patients to put their treatment on a credit card which can sa…
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- 9780262277549
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The indirect side of direct investment: Multinational company finance and tax…
Drawing on a unique data set (MiDi) on German multinationals provided by the Deutsche Bundesbank in Frankfurt, Mintz and Weichenrieder confirm the prevalence of indirect financing structures for both outbound and inbound German investment. They find evidence of "treaty shopping!' to avoid withholding taxes (using a third country with more favorable tax rates as a conduit through which to route …
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- 9780262289658
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- 1 online resource (192 pages) :illustrations.
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ReCombinatorics :the algorithmics of ancestral recombination graphs and expli…
Combinatorial structure and algorithms for deducing genetic recombination history, represented by ancestral recombination graphs and other networks, and their role in the emerging field of phylogenetic networks.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262324472
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- 1 online resource (xvii, 580 pages)
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Distributed Work
Multidisciplinary research on dynamics, problems, and potential of distributed work.
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- 9780262256353
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Dollarization: Debates and Policy Alternatives
Theoretical and empirical analysis of de jure dollarization.With the persistent instability of international financial markets, emerging economies are exploring new ways to reduce exposure to capital flow volatility. Some analysts argue that financially open economies are best served by more flexible regimes, while others argue in favor of extreme exchange rate regimes that have a strong commit…
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- 9780262286527
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- 1 online resource (ix, 341 pages) :illustrations
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The Dream of the Factory-Made House: Walter Gropius and Konrad Wachsmann
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- 9780262368018
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- 1 online resource (xiii, 407 pages :illustrations)
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