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Much progress has been made in empirical research into firm growth in recent decades due to factors such as the availability of detailed longitudinal datasets, more powerful computers and new econometric techniques. This book provides an up-to-date catalogue of empirical work, as well as a...
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E. Foster, Andrew W. Horowitz and Fabio Méndez (2012), 'An Axiomatic Approach to the Measurement of Corruption: Theory …-40 -- Toke Aidt, Jayasri Dutta and Vania Sena (2008), 'Governance Regimes, Corruption and Growth: Theory and Evidence', Journal …Recommended readings (Machine generated): Pranab Bardhan (1997), 'Corruption and Development: A Review of Issues …
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Greening the Budget regards the fundamental cause of environmental degradation as government and market failure and proposes the use of budgets as an instrument of environmental policy to rectify this problem. The book focuses on the elements of the public budget which currently affect the...
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Nobel Prize winner James Tobin has made outstanding contributions to modern macroeconomics. In this final collection of his work he examines the economic policies of the United States and its relations with other major economies after 1990. In James Tobin's view, the welfare of populations...
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This ambitious book seeks both to revive and revise the idea of 'functional finance'. Followers of this doctrine believe that government budgets should concentrate solely on their macroeconomic impact on the economy, rather than reflecting a concern for sound finance and budgetary discipline....
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"Presenting innovative modelling approaches to the analysis of fiscal policy and government debt, this book moves beyond previous models that have relied upon the assumption that various age-specific rates and policy variables remain unchanged when it comes to generating government expenditures...
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theory of economic growth -- 4. Contribution of specific OIs to economic growth and the three axes of OIs -- 5. The process …
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In this book, three leading scholars have integrated some of their most important research in order to answer these questions on firm growth. The result is a volume that builds on studies of many thousands of firms in several different projects. It offers deep insights into the firm growth...
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A growing body of evidence has documented the critical role that entrepreneurs play in fostering economic growth. But entrepreneurs can only be expected to take risks in 'open settings', where individuals and firms are free to contract with one another. In this important book, leading economists...
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management and economics, the book offers a cohesive blend of theory, methodology, and a wealth of empirical material …
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