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Fair division and collective welfare
The concept of fair division is as old as civil society itself. Aristotle's "equal treatment of equals" was the first step toward a formal definition of distributive fairness. The concept of collective welfare, more than two centuries old, is a pillar of modern economic analysis. Reflecting fifty years of research, this book examines the contribution of modern microeconomic thinking to distribu…
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- 9780262280297
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- 1 online resource (vi, 289 pages) :illustrations
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Fairness in adaptation to climate change
Interdisciplinary scientific and policy analysis on the challenges of ensuring that adaptation to global climate change does not place unfair burdens on already vulnerable populations.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262266819
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- 1 online resource (xvi, 319 pages) :illustrations
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Famous First Bubbles: The Fundamentals of Early Manias
The jargon of economics and finance contains numerous colorful terms for market-asset prices at odds with any reasonable economic explanation. Examples include "bubble," "tulipmania," "chain letter," "Ponzi scheme," "panic," "crash," "herding," and "irrational exuberance." Although such a term suggests that an event is inexplicably crowd-driven, what it really means, claims Peter Garber, is tha…
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- 9780262273497
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- 1 online resource (xi, 163 pages) :illustrations, map
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Fast Oscillations in Cortical Circuits
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- 9780262285148
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- 1 online resource (308 pages).
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Fatigue as a window to the brain
"A Bradford book."AnnotationOCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262271448
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- 1 online resource (xx, 336 pages) :illustrations.
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A few good men from Univac
In this personal memoir, electrical engineer David Lundstrom recalls the heyday of early computing, the rise of Control Data out of the Univac division of Sperry Rand, such milestone computer systems as the Univac and the Naval Tactical Data System the exploits of CDC's top designer Seymour Cray, and the gradual corporate shift from the exciting and technically interesting world of computer des…
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- 9780262256599
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- 1 online resource (xii, 227 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates) :illustrations.
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Fighting words :language policy and ethnic relations in Asia
Project sponsored by the BCSIA Studies in International Security in cooperation with the Center for Peace and Security Studies, and the Pacific Basin Research Center.Language policy is a sensitive issue in most countries. In countries where more than one language is spoken--the vast majority--language policies affect the ability of individuals and groups to participate in government, to be trea…
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- 9780262269353
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- 1 online resource (xi, 480 pages) :maps.
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Filling the Ranks: Transforming the US Military System
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- 9780262286251
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A Final Accounting: Philosophical and Empirical Issues in Freudian Psychology
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- 9780262272407
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- 1 online resource (338 pages)
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Financial policies in emerging markets
An overview of the financial vulnerability of emerging market economies and how the impact of exchange rate regimes affects this vulnerability.The 1994-1995 Mexican crisis was the first in a succession of financial crises to hit emerging markets in Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea, Russia, Brazil, Argentina, and Turkey. In almost all these cases, problems in the banking sector played …
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- 9780262268691
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- 1 online resource (vi, 259 pages) :illustrations
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