Economic growth Books
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Clusters of Innovation in the Age of Disruption
Book SynopsisTrade Review‘Governments world-wide are seeking to encourage the growth of new ventures. Making this task harder is the fact that entrepreneurship is undoubtedly an “increasing returns” activity: the presence of nearby high-growth ventures increases the innovation and success of a new business. This volume presents a fascinating series of country-specific “case studies” that show the potential and challenges associated with growing entrepreneurial clusters.’ -- Josh Lerner, Harvard Business School, US‘Professor Jerome Engel has updated, expanded, and extended his Clusters of Innovation framework in this new book. There are fresh ideas about culture and behavior in these clusters. There are new regions included. And there is an extension to a non-geographic cluster built around a business model instead of a location. Anyone wishing to gain new insights into what makes the Silicon Valley cluster of innovation work will find this new volume an essential resource.’ -- Henry Chesbrough, University of California, Berkeley, US and Luiss University, Rome, Italy‘How do entrepreneurs, risk capital and corporate Innovation strategy come together to form an innovation cluster? Clusters of Innovation in the Age of Disruption provides a framework for understanding how this happens. This essential text updates the innovation cluster framework and provides a series of case studies on urban clusters and national strategies. Insightful, intuitive and intelligent – Clusters of Innovation in the Age of Disruption is a guide to creating value out of chaos.’ -- Steve Blank, Stanford University, USTable of ContentsContents: Foreword xv David J. Teece Preface: Silicon Valley – a state of mind xx Jerome S. Engel 1 Introduction: Clusters of Innovation in the Age of Disruption 1 Jerome S. Engel PART I CLUSTERS OF INNOVATION: REFINING AND EXTENDING THE FRAMEWORK 2 Global Cluster of Innovation theory and practice in the 21st century: COI Components 13 Jerome S. Engel and Aline Figlioli 3 Global Cluster of Innovation theory and practice in the 21st century: COI Behaviors 35 Jerome S. Engel and Aline Figlioli 4 Major Corporations and Open Innovation: capturing value from disruptive innovation 81 Jerome S. Engel, Dickson Louie and David Charron 5 Business-model-led Clusters of Innovation: the case of Product Led Growth 115 Itxaso del Palacio PART II GLOBAL CASE STUDIES: REGIONAL AND URBAN CLUSTERS 6 The Munich high-tech region: development towards a leading European startup cluster 129 Helmut Schönenberger 7 The Oslo case: agile and adaptive responses to Covid-19 challenges by actors in local and globally extended health technology clusters 152 Per Ingvar Olsen and Morten H. Abrahamsen 8 Changing pathways: urban dynamics and governance at 22@Barcelona 181 Montserrat Pareja-Eastaway and Josep Miquel Piqué PART III GLOBAL CASE STUDIES: NATIONAL STRATEGIES 9 The development of Singapore’s innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem 206 Poh Kam Wong 10 State- and private-led Clusters of Innovation in China 245 Virginia Trigo and Chen Peng 11 Strategy for economic recovery from the COVID-19 disaster: Japan aims to become a startup nation again 269 Shigeo Kagami 12 Supporting innovation in India through a special Service Organization 292 Manav Subodh 13 Australian Sports Technologies Network: adding value through creating synergies 312 James Demetriou, Martin Schlegel and Danny Samson 14 Conditions for the implementation of a biotechnology Cluster of Innovation in Colombia: a benchmark of best practices with German clusters 341 Christian Bruszies and Carlos Scheel 15 The Brazilian innovation ecosystem takes off 425 Flavio Feferman PART IV CONCLUSION 16 Clusters of Innovation: lessons learned and final thoughts 420 Jerome S. Engel Index
£38.90
Edward Elgar Publishing Research Handbook on Inflation
Book SynopsisThis Research Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the multifaceted landscape of inflation studies, policy, and practice. Analysing theoretical and empirical literature on measuring inflation and on the drivers of inflation dynamics, it sheds light on developments in monetary policy over the past two decades.
£245.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Indiaâs HighTech Leap Industrial Policy and Future of Innovation
£90.00
John Wiley & Sons Inc The Next Revolution in our CreditDriven Economy
Book SynopsisGo inside the research to see the global consequences of unethical banking The Next Revolution in our Credit-Driven Economy: The Advent of Financial Technology integrates market theory and practice to help investors identify growth opportunities, and to help regulators create a sustainable economic environment. Author Paul Schulte, former economic analyst with the National Security Council, draws upon his own decade-spanning research to demonstrate how unethical banking practices provide the brute force that drives political and economic crises worldwide. By unbundling how credit markets work, this authoritative guide provides deep insight into crisis avoidance and detection, successful investment climates, and the groundwork that must be in place for policy makers to build a sound basis for economic growth. Clear, succinct case studies provide examples of policy and its effects on economic stability, giving you a stronger understanding of the network of forces that dTable of ContentsAcknowledgments xvii About the Author xix About the Website xxi Introduction: A Few Numbers Can Crack the Code xxiii PART ONE How Bank Credit Drives Economics (Not the Other Way Around) and Why CHAPTER 1 A Few Simple Concepts That Anyone Can Understand 3 CHAPTER 2 Differences between Liquidity and Solvency Are Thin 23 CHAPTER 3 Anatomy of a Credit Crisis and Examples in the Real World 33 PART TWO I Am from the Government, and I Am Here to Help Your Broken Banking System CHAPTER 4 Socialization of Debt after Mismanagement by Bankers (or, Why Keynesian Economics Doesn’t Work) 55 CHAPTER 5 Why Capitalist Bankers Create Soviet Banking Models When the Going Gets Rough 75 CHAPTER 6 Central Banks Are Carrying the Greatest Load and Will Dominate Outcomes 89 CHAPTER 7 How Bankers and Policy Rescuers Affect Stocks, Foreign Exchange, and Property 103 PART THREE Interlude CHAPTER 8 Why Government and Institutions Get Suckered into Debt Binges 119 PART FOUR The Revolution in Financial Architecture CHAPTER 9 Why Is This Revolution Happening Now and Why So Fast? 135 CHAPTER 10 The Revolution in Alternative Investments 145 CHAPTER 11 The Revolution in Big Data and SME Lending in the Emerging World 157 CHAPTER 12 Banking and Analytics—The PayPal Gang, Palantir versus Alibaba, and Hundsun 177 Appendix 195 Bibliography 197 Index 199
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Fewer Richer Greener
Book SynopsisHow the world has become much better and why optimism is abundantly justified Why do so many people fear the future? Is their concern justified, or can we look forward to greater wealth and continued improvement in the way we live? Our world seems to be experiencing stagnant economic growth, climatic deterioration, dwindling natural resources, and an unsustainable level of population growth. The world is doomed, they argue, and there are just too many problems to overcome. But is this really the case? In Fewer, Richer, Greener, author Laurence B. Siegel reveals that the world has improvedand will continue to improvein almost every dimension imaginable. This practical yet lighthearted book makes a convincing case for having gratitude for today's world and optimism about the bountiful world of tomorrow. Life has actually improved tremendously. We live in the safest, most prosperous time in all human history. Whatever the metricfood, health, longevity, education, conflictit is demonstrTable of ContentsForeword vii Preface xiii Acknowledgments xvii Part I The Great Betterment 1 Right Here, Right Now 3 Part II Fewer 2 The Population Explosion, Malthus, and the Ghost of Christmas Present 19 3 The Demographic Transition: Running Out of and Into People 31 4 Having Fewer Children: “People Respond to Incentives” 43 5 Age Before Beauty: Life in an Aging Society 59 Part III Richer 6 Before the Great Enrichment: The Year 1 to 1750 79 7 The Great Enrichment: 1750 to Today 89 8 Food 101 9 Health and Longevity 121 10 Energy: A BTU is a Unit of Work You Don’t Have to Do 135 11 Cities 155 12 Education: The Third Democratization 171 13 Conflict, Safety, and Freedom 191 14 The Alleviation of Poverty 217 Part IV Explorations 15 Robots Don’t Work for Free: A Meditation on Technology and Jobs 245 16 The Mismeasurement of Growth: Why You Aren’t Driving a Model T 269 17 The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie: Deirdre McCloskey, Capitalism, and Christian Ethics 285 18 Simon and Ehrlich: Cornucopianism versus the Limits to Growth 299 19 Obstacles 305 20 “He Shall Laugh”: Why Weren’t Our Ancestors Miserable All the Time? 319 Part V Greener 21 Prologue: Why Poor is Brown and Rich is Green 331 22 A Skeptical Environmentalist: The Greening World of Bjørn Lomborg 339 23 Dematerialization: Where Did My Record Collection Go? 355 24 “We are as Gods”: The Fertile Mind of Stewart Brand 369 25 Ecomodernism: A Way Forward 379 Afterword 403 Reader’s Guide: Annotated Suggestions for Further Learning 407 References 415 Index 439
£19.54
University of Toronto Press The Evolution of Great World Cities
Book SynopsisChristopher Kennedy illuminates how geography, technology, and especially the infrastructure of urban economies allow cities to develop and thrive.Trade Review'Drawing on an extensive body of literature and examples from prosperous and not-so-prosperous cities around the world this book attampts to explain the evolution of great world cities...Vast mass of literature is coupled with illustrative cases in a way that makes the book informative and an enjoyable reading experience.' -- Kristina Vaarst Anderson Regional Studies, vol46:07:2012 'Kennedy has written a lively and thoughtful book... he carefully builds a novel argument about wealth creation and urban form and does so in an accessible way that teaches urban history and economic concepts as it goes.' -- Clinton J. Andrews Journal of Industrial Ecology, 26 October 2012
£23.39
Bristol University Press Private Renting in the Advanced Economies
Book SynopsisThis edited collection analyses recent changes in the private rental housing market, using case studies from the UK, Europe, Australia and the USA, and assesses the initial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.Table of Contents1. New Trajectories in Private Rental Housing - Peter A. Kemp 2. Growth and Change: Private Renting in Australia in the 21st Century - Kath Hulse 3. Rental Housing Dynamics and Their Affordability Impact in the United States - Alex Schwartz 4. The Irish Rental Sector and the Post-homeownership Society: Issues and Challenges - Michael Byrne 5. Private Renting in England: Growth, Change and Contestation - Tony Crook and Peter A. Kemp 6. Private Renting in the Netherlands: Set to Grow? - Marietta E.A. Haffner 7. Suppressive Regulation and Lower Political Esteem: Private Renting in Germany at the Beginning of Decline - Stefan Kofner 8. Private Renting in Denmark: Foreign Investors in the Crosshairs - Kath Scanlon 9. Norway: Booming Housing Market and Increasing Small-scale Landlordism - Mary Ann Stamsø 10. Private Rented Markets in Spain and Housing Affordability - Montserrat Pareja-Eastaway and Teresa Sánchez-Martínez 11. The Short Run Impact of Covid-19 on the Private Rented Sector - Tony Crook 12. Change and Continuity in Private Rental Housing - Peter A. Kemp
£76.50
John Wiley & Sons Global Economic Prospects January 2020 Slow
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MP-WBK World Bank Group Publ Labor Markets and Skills in a New Era Managing
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MP-WBK World Bank Group Publ International Debt Statistics 2021
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£34.15
MP-WBK World Bank Group Publ The fallout of war
Book SynopsisIdentifies the impact of the Syrian conflict on economic and social outcomes in Iraq, Jordan, and Lebanon. The publication combines a large number of data sources, statistical approaches, and a suite of economic models that isolate the specific impact of the Syrian conflict among numerous global and regional factors.
£36.86
John Wiley & Sons Making Devolution Work for Service Delivery in
Book SynopsisThis study provides the first major assessment of Kenya's devolution reform. It assesses what is working, what is not working, and what could work better to enhance service delivery based on the currently available data.
£35.06
John Wiley & Sons Hidden Potential Rethinking Informality in South
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£33.26
John Wiley & Sons Collapse and Recovery How the COVID19 Pandemic
Book SynopsisThe COVID-19 pandemic has dealt a severe blow to human capital. This report presents new evidence and analysis to provide a comprehensive diagnostic of the effects of the pandemic on human capital outcomes and identify promising policy responses for governments faced with the task of rebuilding human capital in the wake of the pandemic.
£33.26
John Wiley & Sons International Debt Report 2022 Updated
Book SynopsisA longstanding annual publication of the World Bank featuring external debt statistics and analysis for the 123 low- and middle-income countries that report to the World Bank Debt Reporting System (DRS).
£999.99
John Wiley & Sons Boosting Productivity in Kazakhstan with MicroL
Book SynopsisExamines the causes of low productivity growth in Kazakhstan by combining an analysis of firm-level data and multiple policy drivers. This is the first work to analyse the micro-foundations of the total factor productivity in Kazakhstan and elaborating specific recommendations for boosting aggregate productivity growth.
£27.50
MP-WBK World Bank Group Publ Thriving Making Cities Green Resilient and
Book SynopsisGlobally, 70% of greenhouse gas emissions emanate from cities. Cities are also experiencing an expanding variety and frequency of climate change related stresses. This report provides policymakers with a compass for designing tailored policies that can help cities take effective action to mitigate and adapt to climate change.
£38.66
MP-WBK World Bank Group Publ World Development Report 2023
Book SynopsisHow can we manage cross-border mobility in a way that is beneficial to all? The World Development Report 2023 shifts from a focus on labour markets for migrants and legal protection for refugees to a more holistic perspective - one that recognises the humanity of migrants and the complexity of the societies of origin and destination.
£51.30
John Wiley & Sons Exports to Improve Labor Markets in the Middle
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John Wiley & Sons Informality and Inclusive Growth in the Middle East and North Africa
£999.99
MP-WBK World Bank Group Publ International Debt Report 2023
Book SynopsisA longstanding annual publication of the World Bank featuring external debt statistics and analysis for the 122 low- and middle-income countries that report to the World Bank Debt Reporting System (DRS). This is the 50th anniversary of the publication.
£999.99
University of Toronto Press Applied Welfare Economics Trade and Agricultural
Book SynopsisProviding a broad-based background for analysing economic policies, this textbook brings economic rationality to political decision making.Table of ContentsList of Tables List of Figures List of Acronyms Chapter 1. Introduction 1.1 Setting the Agricultural Stage 1.1.1 Top Agricultural Commodity Producers 1.1.2 Food Security: Green Revolution and Crop Yields 1.2 Structure of the Book Guide to Literature Chapter 2. Project Evaluation Criteria 2.1 Private Financial Analysis 2.1.1 Financial Ranking Criteria 2.1.2 Conclusion 2.2 Society’s Perspective: Social Cost-Benefit Analysis 2.2.1 Benefits and Costs as Rent and Surplus 2.2.2 The Fundamental Equation of Applied Welfare Economics 2.2.3 Total Economic Value 2.2.4 Total (Average) Value Versus Marginal Value 2.2.5 Conclusion 2.3 Multiple Accounts and Alternative Criteria 2.3.1 Environmental Quality 2.3.2 Regional Economic Development and Employment: Indirect Benefits 2.3.3 Other Social Effects 2.3.4 Concluding Observations about Multiple Accounts 2.4 Alternative Methods for Evaluating Projects 2.4.1 Cost-Effectiveness Analysis 2.4.2 Multiple Criteria Decision Making 2.4.3 Life-Cycle Assessment 2.4.4 Cumulative Effects Analysis 2.5 Extreme Events and Irreversibility 2.6 Discounting and Choice of Discount Rate 2.6.1 Dilemmas in Choosing a Discount Rate in Cost-Benefit Analysis 2.6.2 Risk Adjusted Discount Rates 2.6.3 Discounting in an Intergenerational Context Guide to the Literature Food for Thought Chapter 3. Externalities and Nonmarket Valuation 3.1 Cost Function Approach 3.2 Expenditure Function 3.2.1 Hedonic Pricing 3.2.2 Recreation Demand and the Travel Cost Method 3.3 Contingent Methods or Direct Approaches 3.3.1 Contingent Valuation Method 3.3.2 Choice Experiments/Stated Preferences 3.3.3 Constructed Preferences/Stakeholder Method 3.3.4 Fuzzy and ad hoc Methods for Determining Nonmarket Values 3.4 Benefit Transfer 3.5 Concluding Discussion Guide to Literature Food for Thought Chapter 4. International Trade and Applied Welfare Analysis 4.1 Spatial Price Equilibrium Trade Modelling 4.2 Unrestricted Free Trade 4.3 Trade and the Measurement of Wellbeing in Multiple Markets 4.3.1 Vertical Chains 4.3.2 Vertical and Horizontal Chains 4.4 Economic Policy and Trade: Examples 4.4.1 EU Import Restrictions on Canadian Durum Wheat 4.4.2 Incentivizing Anti-Dumping and Countervail Duty Complaints: Byrd Amendment 4.4.3 Restricting Log Exports 4.5 Concluding Discussion Appendix 4.A: Mathematics of Supply Restrictions Appendix 4.B: Calculation of Objective Function in SPE Models Guide to Literature Food for Thought Chapter 5. Governance, Rent-Seeking, Global Trade and the Agreement on Agriculture 5.1 Institutions and Governance 5.1.1 Models of Government 5.1.2 Takings 5.1.3 Institutions 5.1.4 Financing Government and Public Projects 5.2 Land Use and the Principal-Agent Problem 5.3 International Trade Negotiations and Agriculture 5.3.1 Agreement on Agriculture 5.3.2 Agreement on Subsidies and Countervail Measures 5.4 Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) 5.5 Concluding Discussion Guide to Literature Food for Thought Chapter 6. Analysis of Agricultural Policy: Theory 6.1 Background to Analysis of Agricultural Policy 6.2 Stock-Holding Buffer Fund Stabilization 6.3 Quotas and Supply-Restricting Marketing Boards 6.3.1 Quota and General Equilibrium Welfare Measurement 6.3.2 Quota Buyouts 6.3.3 Designing and Dismantling a Multi-Region Quota Program 6.4 Price Discrimination 6.5 Agricultural Technology: Genetically Modified Organisms 6.5.1 Agricultural Research and Development 6.5.2 Genetically Modified Organisms 6.6 Measuring Externalities in Agriculture 6.7 Concluding Discussion Guide to Literature Food for Thought Chapter 7. Agricultural Policies in the U.S. and Canada 7.1 Agricultural Support: A Brief Overview 7.2 U.S. Agricultural Policy 7.2.1 Analysis of U.S. Price Support Programs 7.2.2 Reducing Production and Disposing of Excess Grain 7.2.3 Decoupling 7.2.4 Moving Forward 7.3 Canadian Agricultural Policy 7.3.1 State Trading: The Canadian Wheat Board (1935-2012) 7.3.2 Crop Insurance 7.3.3 Western Grain Stabilization Act (1976) 7.3.4 Transportation Programs and Subsidies 7.3.5 Supply Management 7.5 Concluding Discussion Guide to Literature Food for Thought Chapter 8. Agricultural Policy in Europe and Asia 8.1 Agricultural Policy Reform in the European Union 8.1.1 Background to the European Union 8.1.2 High and Increasing Costs of Agricultural Programs 8.1.3 Integration of New Members 8.1.4 Reform of the CAP and Increasing Environmental Concerns 8.1.5 Further Analysis of Sector-Level Programs 8.1.6 Brexit 8.2 Agriculture in Developing Countries 8.2.1 Economy-wide Economic Reform and Chinese Agriculture 8.2.2 India and the Rice Economy Guide to Literature Food for Thought Chapter 9. Agricultural Business Risk Management 9.1 Privatizing Agricultural Hedges: Financial Products versus Insurance 9.1.1 Index Insurance and Derivatives 9.1.2 Futures Trading and Options 9.2 Agricultural Business Risk Management in the United States 9.2.1 Deep Loss Protection: The Federal Crop Insurance Program 9.2.2 Agricultural Business Risk Management Programs in the 2008 Farm Bill 9.2.3 Agricultural Business Risk Programs in the 2014 and 2018 Farm Bills 9.2.4 Dairy 9.2.5 Trade Issues 9.3 Agricultural Business Risk Management in Canada 9.3.1 The Shift from Price Support to Risk Management 9.3.2 Enter Growing Forward 9.3.3 Shift from Growing Forward (GF) to Growing Forward 2 (GF2) 9.3.4 Evaluation of Canada’s Agricultural Business Risk Programs 9.3.5 Going Forward: Canadian Agricultural Partnership 9.4 Concluding Discussion: Lessons for Agricultural Business Risk Management 9.4.1 Do Agricultural BRM Programs Distort Production? 9.4.2 Comparison of U.S. and Canadian Approaches to Risk Management Appendix 9.A: A Brief Look at the Economics of Risk and Risk Aversion 9.A.1 Systemic versus Idiosyncratic Risk 9.A.2 Expected Income Maximization and the Risk Aversion Coefficient Guide to Literature Food for Thought Chapter 10. Climate Change and Applied Welfare Economics 10.1 Anthropogenic Climate Change and its Impact 10.1.1 Climate Sensitivity 10.1.2 Damages 10.2 Economic Evaluation: The Role of Integrated Assessment Models 10.2.1 Climate Models and Policy Models 10.2.2 Carbon Price Policy Variable 10.3 Economic Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture 10.3.1 Land Rents and the Regression Approach 10.3.2 Mathematical Representation of Landowner Decisions 10.4 Climate Change and Food Security 10.5 Discounting and Climate Urgency 10.5.1 Discounting Carbon 10.5.2 Economics of Wood Biomass Energy: Climate Urgency and Discounting 10.6 Mitigating Climate Change 10.6.1 International Action to Mitigate Climate Change 10.6.2 Agricultural Role in Mitigating Climate Change 10.6.3 Managing for Carbon: Carbon Pools and Fossil Fuel Substitution 10.7 Discussion Guide to Literature Food for Thought References
£96.90
University of Toronto Press Applied Welfare Economics Trade and Agricultural
Book SynopsisProviding a broad-based background for analysing economic policies, this textbook brings economic rationality to political decision making.Table of ContentsList of Tables List of Figures List of Acronyms Chapter 1. Introduction 1.1 Setting the Agricultural Stage 1.1.1 Top Agricultural Commodity Producers 1.1.2 Food Security: Green Revolution and Crop Yields 1.2 Structure of the Book Guide to Literature Chapter 2. Project Evaluation Criteria 2.1 Private Financial Analysis 2.1.1 Financial Ranking Criteria 2.1.2 Conclusion 2.2 Society’s Perspective: Social Cost-Benefit Analysis 2.2.1 Benefits and Costs as Rent and Surplus 2.2.2 The Fundamental Equation of Applied Welfare Economics 2.2.3 Total Economic Value 2.2.4 Total (Average) Value Versus Marginal Value 2.2.5 Conclusion 2.3 Multiple Accounts and Alternative Criteria 2.3.1 Environmental Quality 2.3.2 Regional Economic Development and Employment: Indirect Benefits 2.3.3 Other Social Effects 2.3.4 Concluding Observations about Multiple Accounts 2.4 Alternative Methods for Evaluating Projects 2.4.1 Cost-Effectiveness Analysis 2.4.2 Multiple Criteria Decision Making 2.4.3 Life-Cycle Assessment 2.4.4 Cumulative Effects Analysis 2.5 Extreme Events and Irreversibility 2.6 Discounting and Choice of Discount Rate 2.6.1 Dilemmas in Choosing a Discount Rate in Cost-Benefit Analysis 2.6.2 Risk Adjusted Discount Rates 2.6.3 Discounting in an Intergenerational Context Guide to the Literature Food for Thought Chapter 3. Externalities and Nonmarket Valuation 3.1 Cost Function Approach 3.2 Expenditure Function 3.2.1 Hedonic Pricing 3.2.2 Recreation Demand and the Travel Cost Method 3.3 Contingent Methods or Direct Approaches 3.3.1 Contingent Valuation Method 3.3.2 Choice Experiments/Stated Preferences 3.3.3 Constructed Preferences/Stakeholder Method 3.3.4 Fuzzy and ad hoc Methods for Determining Nonmarket Values 3.4 Benefit Transfer 3.5 Concluding Discussion Guide to Literature Food for Thought Chapter 4. International Trade and Applied Welfare Analysis 4.1 Spatial Price Equilibrium Trade Modelling 4.2 Unrestricted Free Trade 4.3 Trade and the Measurement of Wellbeing in Multiple Markets 4.3.1 Vertical Chains 4.3.2 Vertical and Horizontal Chains 4.4 Economic Policy and Trade: Examples 4.4.1 EU Import Restrictions on Canadian Durum Wheat 4.4.2 Incentivizing Anti-Dumping and Countervail Duty Complaints: Byrd Amendment 4.4.3 Restricting Log Exports 4.5 Concluding Discussion Appendix 4.A: Mathematics of Supply Restrictions Appendix 4.B: Calculation of Objective Function in SPE Models Guide to Literature Food for Thought Chapter 5. Governance, Rent-Seeking, Global Trade and the Agreement on Agriculture 5.1 Institutions and Governance 5.1.1 Models of Government 5.1.2 Takings 5.1.3 Institutions 5.1.4 Financing Government and Public Projects 5.2 Land Use and the Principal-Agent Problem 5.3 International Trade Negotiations and Agriculture 5.3.1 Agreement on Agriculture 5.3.2 Agreement on Subsidies and Countervail Measures 5.4 Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) 5.5 Concluding Discussion Guide to Literature Food for Thought Chapter 6. Analysis of Agricultural Policy: Theory 6.1 Background to Analysis of Agricultural Policy 6.2 Stock-Holding Buffer Fund Stabilization 6.3 Quotas and Supply-Restricting Marketing Boards 6.3.1 Quota and General Equilibrium Welfare Measurement 6.3.2 Quota Buyouts 6.3.3 Designing and Dismantling a Multi-Region Quota Program 6.4 Price Discrimination 6.5 Agricultural Technology: Genetically Modified Organisms 6.5.1 Agricultural Research and Development 6.5.2 Genetically Modified Organisms 6.6 Measuring Externalities in Agriculture 6.7 Concluding Discussion Guide to Literature Food for Thought Chapter 7. Agricultural Policies in the U.S. and Canada 7.1 Agricultural Support: A Brief Overview 7.2 U.S. Agricultural Policy 7.2.1 Analysis of U.S. Price Support Programs 7.2.2 Reducing Production and Disposing of Excess Grain 7.2.3 Decoupling 7.2.4 Moving Forward 7.3 Canadian Agricultural Policy 7.3.1 State Trading: The Canadian Wheat Board (1935-2012) 7.3.2 Crop Insurance 7.3.3 Western Grain Stabilization Act (1976) 7.3.4 Transportation Programs and Subsidies 7.3.5 Supply Management 7.5 Concluding Discussion Guide to Literature Food for Thought Chapter 8. Agricultural Policy in Europe and Asia 8.1 Agricultural Policy Reform in the European Union 8.1.1 Background to the European Union 8.1.2 High and Increasing Costs of Agricultural Programs 8.1.3 Integration of New Members 8.1.4 Reform of the CAP and Increasing Environmental Concerns 8.1.5 Further Analysis of Sector-Level Programs 8.1.6 Brexit 8.2 Agriculture in Developing Countries 8.2.1 Economy-wide Economic Reform and Chinese Agriculture 8.2.2 India and the Rice Economy Guide to Literature Food for Thought Chapter 9. Agricultural Business Risk Management 9.1 Privatizing Agricultural Hedges: Financial Products versus Insurance 9.1.1 Index Insurance and Derivatives 9.1.2 Futures Trading and Options 9.2 Agricultural Business Risk Management in the United States 9.2.1 Deep Loss Protection: The Federal Crop Insurance Program 9.2.2 Agricultural Business Risk Management Programs in the 2008 Farm Bill 9.2.3 Agricultural Business Risk Programs in the 2014 and 2018 Farm Bills 9.2.4 Dairy 9.2.5 Trade Issues 9.3 Agricultural Business Risk Management in Canada 9.3.1 The Shift from Price Support to Risk Management 9.3.2 Enter Growing Forward 9.3.3 Shift from Growing Forward (GF) to Growing Forward 2 (GF2) 9.3.4 Evaluation of Canada’s Agricultural Business Risk Programs 9.3.5 Going Forward: Canadian Agricultural Partnership 9.4 Concluding Discussion: Lessons for Agricultural Business Risk Management 9.4.1 Do Agricultural BRM Programs Distort Production? 9.4.2 Comparison of U.S. and Canadian Approaches to Risk Management Appendix 9.A: A Brief Look at the Economics of Risk and Risk Aversion 9.A.1 Systemic versus Idiosyncratic Risk 9.A.2 Expected Income Maximization and the Risk Aversion Coefficient Guide to Literature Food for Thought Chapter 10. Climate Change and Applied Welfare Economics 10.1 Anthropogenic Climate Change and its Impact 10.1.1 Climate Sensitivity 10.1.2 Damages 10.2 Economic Evaluation: The Role of Integrated Assessment Models 10.2.1 Climate Models and Policy Models 10.2.2 Carbon Price Policy Variable 10.3 Economic Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture 10.3.1 Land Rents and the Regression Approach 10.3.2 Mathematical Representation of Landowner Decisions 10.4 Climate Change and Food Security 10.5 Discounting and Climate Urgency 10.5.1 Discounting Carbon 10.5.2 Economics of Wood Biomass Energy: Climate Urgency and Discounting 10.6 Mitigating Climate Change 10.6.1 International Action to Mitigate Climate Change 10.6.2 Agricultural Role in Mitigating Climate Change 10.6.3 Managing for Carbon: Carbon Pools and Fossil Fuel Substitution 10.7 Discussion Guide to Literature Food for Thought References
£49.50
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Parallax of Growth: The Philosophy of Ecology and
Book SynopsisParallax of Growth explores the ideas of economy and ecology and the factors that have put them on a collision course. Bjerg argues that our current mode of economic organization is characterized by an inherent �debt drive�, whereby the creation of money through the issuance of commercial bank credit has locked our economy into a vicious circle of forced growth and increasing debt. Parallax of Growth is not a catalogue of solutions to the ecological or the economic crisis. The book aims to shift the inquiry from �what shall we do?� to �why have we not already done it?� In order to address the challenges of our contemporary times of crisis, we need to understand how the idea of growth is deeply ingrained in the ideology as well as the organization of our society. The book aims to open the space for philosophical thinking about this important issue.Trade Review"Ole Bjerg takes a fresh look at capitalism�s existential ecological crisis from beyond the usual perspectives of growth, de-growth and green growth. He argues that, before we can change our orientation towards growth, we need to understand why we have not changed it already. Bjerg�s philosophical therapy eco-analysis might just be what equips us with the thinking to be able to act." Tony Greenham, Director of Economy, Enterprise and Manufacturing, RSA "In this fascinating philosophical reflection, Ole Bjerg draws on the ideas of Slavoj iek to show that, in spite of the public opposition between ecological and economic approaches to well-being and the environment, they are in fact mutually constitutive paradigms that shape contemporary ideology and the social reality of nature. This argument casts a new light on issues of growth, justice and sustainability and will be of considerable interest to a wide readership both within and beyond the academy." Arjun Appadurai, New York UniversityTable of Contents Introduction Part One: The Logy of Eco Chapter 1 - Balance of Nature Chapter 2 - Ecology Beyond Biology Part Two: The Nomy of Eco Chapter 3 - How is the Economy? Chapter 4 - The Market Theory of Value Chapter 5 - The Fantasy of Growth without Bounds Part Three: �Economy or Ecology? Yes, Please!� Chapter 6 - The Need to Grow Chapter 7 - The Desire to Grow Chapter 8 - The Drive for Growth Conclusion: �It�s the Money, Stupid!� Bibliography Index
£49.50
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Parallax of Growth: The Philosophy of Ecology and
Book SynopsisParallax of Growth explores the ideas of economy and ecology and the factors that have put them on a collision course. Bjerg argues that our current mode of economic organization is characterized by an inherent �debt drive�, whereby the creation of money through the issuance of commercial bank credit has locked our economy into a vicious circle of forced growth and increasing debt. Parallax of Growth is not a catalogue of solutions to the ecological or the economic crisis. The book aims to shift the inquiry from �what shall we do?� to �why have we not already done it?� In order to address the challenges of our contemporary times of crisis, we need to understand how the idea of growth is deeply ingrained in the ideology as well as the organization of our society. The book aims to open the space for philosophical thinking about this important issue.Trade Review"Ole Bjerg takes a fresh look at capitalism�s existential ecological crisis from beyond the usual perspectives of growth, de-growth and green growth. He argues that, before we can change our orientation towards growth, we need to understand why we have not changed it already. Bjerg�s philosophical therapy eco-analysis might just be what equips us with the thinking to be able to act." Tony Greenham, Director of Economy, Enterprise and Manufacturing, RSA "In this fascinating philosophical reflection, Ole Bjerg draws on the ideas of Slavoj iek to show that, in spite of the public opposition between ecological and economic approaches to well-being and the environment, they are in fact mutually constitutive paradigms that shape contemporary ideology and the social reality of nature. This argument casts a new light on issues of growth, justice and sustainability and will be of considerable interest to a wide readership both within and beyond the academy." Arjun Appadurai, New York UniversityTable of Contents Introduction Part One: The Logy of Eco Chapter 1 - Balance of Nature Chapter 2 - Ecology Beyond Biology Part Two: The Nomy of Eco Chapter 3 - How is the Economy? Chapter 4 - The Market Theory of Value Chapter 5 - The Fantasy of Growth without Bounds Part Three: �Economy or Ecology? Yes, Please!� Chapter 6 - The Need to Grow Chapter 7 - The Desire to Grow Chapter 8 - The Drive for Growth Conclusion: �It�s the Money, Stupid!� Bibliography Index
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Bristol University Press Responsibility Beyond Growth: A Case for
Book SynopsisCritically assessing growth-based models of innovation policy, this enlightening study sparks new debate on the role and nature of responsible innovation. Drawing on insights from economics, politics, and science and technology studies, it proposes the concept of 'responsible stagnation' as an expansion of present discussions about growth, degrowth, responsibility and innovation within planetary limitations. This important intervention explores real-world relationships between the political economy, innovation policy and concepts of responsibility, and will be an invaluable resource for individuals and civil society organizations who seek to promote responsible innovation.Trade Review"This book is an invaluable contribution to current discussions on economics, innovation, growth and responsibility." Anna Henkel, University of Passau"Easy to read and understand, jargon-free and above all clear and thought-provoking." The Bassetti Foundation“Responsibility Beyond Growth is refreshing as it is very easy to read, has a great feel and is tight. It is aimed at a broad audience base, is not overladen with references or jargon and doesn’t require specialized knowledge to follow.” Journal of Responsible InnovationTable of ContentsPart I: Welcome to the Matrix Introducing Responsible Stagnation as the ‘Fourth Quadrant’ ~ Stevienna de Saille Part II: What’s Wrong with Innovation and Growth? Challenges to the Story of Innovation ~ Michiel van Oudheusden The Problem with Markets ~ Kevin Albertson Part III: Responsible Stagnation and the Real World Putting Responsibility Centre-Stage: The Underlying Values of Responsible Stagnation ~ Fabien Medvecky Innovation for Social Needs ~ Effie Amanatidou, with George Gritzas The Plurality of Technology and Innovation in the Global South ~ Mario Pansera, with Keren Naa Abeka Arthur, Andrea Jimenez and Poonam Pandey Challenges Facing Willing Firms ~ Timothy Birabi Part IV: Responsibility in the Fourth Quadrant Conclusion: The Scope of Responsible Stagnation ~ Stevienna de Saille, Fabien Medvecky and Michiel van Oudheusden
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Bristol University Press Compassionate Capitalism: Business and Community
Book SynopsisThe idea of corporate social responsibility may seem like a recent trend, but the previously unpublished historical documents on Cambridge’s sophisticated urban property market reveal that businesses have been practicing what is sometimes referred to as “Compassionate Capitalism” for nearly a thousand years. This transdisciplinary study presents an invaluable contribution to our knowledge of the early phases of capitalism.Trade Review"Our knowledge of early capitalism is far from perfect. This book makes an important contribution to redress this situation, while also providing very valuable new information about medieval Cambridge and its territory." Guido Alfani, Bocconi University“A novel and creative approach to the Capitalism debate. The transcription and analysis of primary sources are valuable contribution to medieval and early modern social, economic and business history.” Claudia Jefferies, City, University London"This study of the medieval property market in Cambridge, presented in the context of medieval capitalism and Christian charitable foundations, will be widely welcomed." Nick Mayhew, University of OxfordTable of ContentsIntroduction Dynamics of the Property Market Economic Topography Family Profiles Family Dynasties Cambridge and its Regional Environment Legacy: Cambridge in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries Conclusion
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Bristol University Press Business and Community in Medieval England: The
Book SynopsisOne of the most important manuscripts surviving from thirteenth-century England, the corpus of documents known as the Hundred Rolls for Cambridge have been incomplete until the recent discovery of an additional roll. This invaluable volume replaces the previous inaccurate transcription by the record commission of 1818 and provides new translations and additional appendices. Shedding new light on important facets of business activity in thirteenth-century Cambridge, this volume makes a significant contribution to our knowledge of the early phases of capitalism. This unique text will be of interest to anyone working in the fields of economic and business history, entrepreneurship, philanthropy and medieval studies. A research monograph based on recently discovered historical documents, Compassionate Capitalism: Business and Community in Medieval England, by Casson et al, is also now available from Bristol University Press.Table of ContentsIn addition to the new edition of the Hundred Rolls, the book provides new translations of the following previously unpublished documents. Amercements in Cambridge 1176–7 The Cambridge Tallage of 1211 Amercements of the Abbot of Ramsey and William De Kantilup and Their Associates in Cambridge in 1219 Gifts (Oblata) Summary of Information in Published Editions of the Pipe Rolls Relating to People and Places in Cambridge, 1130, 1158–1224 and 1230 Selected Excerpts From Rotuli Curiae Regis, I-XX Relating to People and Places in Cambridge Selected Excerpts From Calendar of Fine Rolls I-III Relating to People and Places in Cambridge Cambridge Debts: Selected Cases From the Exchequer of the Jews, 1219–81 Cambridge: Jewish Records of Debts by People Resident In or Closely Connected to Cambridge Feets of Fines: Selected Cases Relevant to the Town of Cambridge Cambridgeshire Subsidy Rolls and Eyres Mayors and Bailiffs of Cambridge, 1263–1300 Ancient Places in Cambridge Family Dynasties of Property Owners
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Bristol University Press Managing the Wealth of Nations: Political
Book Synopsis‘Commerce and manufactures gradually introduced order and good government,’ wrote Adam Smith in his Wealth of Nations, ‘and with them, the liberty and security of individuals.’ However, Philipp Robinson Rössner shows how, when looked at in the face of history, it has usually been the other way around. This book follows the development of capitalism from the Middle Ages through the industrial revolution to the modern day, casting new light on the areas where premodern political economies of growth and development made a difference. It shows how order and governance provided the foundation for prosperity, growth and the wealth of nations. Written for scholars and students of economic history, this is a pioneering new study that debunks the neoliberal origin myth of how capitalism came into the world.Table of Contents1. Inventing Dynamics: Political Economies of Money, Markets and Manufacturing, 1300s–1800s 2. Governing the Future: Capitalism’s Early Modern Temporalities and the Origins of Growth 3. The Myth of the Myopic State: Governing Economy and the Politics of Economic Change, 1250s–1850s 4. Configuring Free Markets: A Deeper History of Laissez-Faire 5. Money and the Rise of Modern Capitalism 6. Velocity! Money, Circulation and Economic Development, c.1250–1850 7. Creating Wealth: Homo Manufacturabilis and the Wealth of Nations 8. Manufacturing Wealth: Industrial Policy and the Rise of the European Economy, 1350–1850s Epilogue: State Capacity and Capitalism from Cain to Keynes: Money, Markets and Manufacturing
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Emerald Publishing Limited Economic Growth and Development
Book SynopsisSince the very beginnings of economics as a science, which might be dated from Ibn Khaldun's "Introduction to History" (1377), the challenge of making societies escape from poverty and attain some degree of prosperity has always been, and will remain, a fundamental issue. It was and it is still recognized today that this central venture is multi-faceted. Inasmuch as investment and technical progress are central in the growth and development process, many other dimensions must be taken into consideration, such as institutions, the openness of the economy, the protection of the environment. This book will presents cutting edge research on each of these issues and features a preface from Ken Arrow.Table of ContentsAbout the series: Frontiers of Economics and Globalization. About the Editor. List of Contributors. Foreword. Chapter 1 How Growth Can Undermine Growth: Three Examples. Chapter 2 Commodity Price Volatility, Democracy, and Economic Growth. Chapter 3 Growth, Colonization, and Institutional Development: In and Out of Africa. Chapter 4 On the Relation Between Investment and Economic Growth: New Cross-Country Empirical Evidence. Chapter 5 Vintage Capital Growth Theory: Three Breakthroughs. Chapter 6 Adaptive Economizing, Creativity, and Multiple-Phase Evolution. Chapter 7 An Explicit Nonstationary Stochastic Growth Model. Chapter 8 Growth Volatility and the Structure of the Economy. Chapter 9 Stability of Growth Models with Generalized Lag Structures. Chapter 10 On the Track of the World's Economic Center of Gravity. Chapter 11 Homothetic multisector growth models. Chapter 12 Medium-Term Growth: The Role of Policies and Institutions. Chapter 13 Modeling Parameter Heterogeneity in Cross-Country Regression Models. Chapter 14 How Much Should a Nation Save? A New Answer. Chapter 15 Aggregation, the Skill Premium, and the Two-Level Production Function. Chapter 16 Factor Substitution and Biased Technology with Balanced Growth. Chapter 17 Illegal Immigration, Factor Substitution, and Economic Growth. Chapter 18 Investment, Technical Progress, and the Consequences of the Global Economic Crisis. Chapter 19 Market Power, Growth, and Unemployment. Chapter 20 Optimal Abatement Investment and Environmental Policies Under Pollution Uncertainty. Chapter 21 Robotics and Growth. Chapter 22 Government and Growth: Friend or Foe?. Economic Growth and Development. Frontiers of economics and globalization. Frontiers of economics and globalization. Copyright page.
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Migration and Economic Growth
Book SynopsisThe main focus of the papers appearing in the first part of the book is on inequality and its effects on growth, labour market integration and government policies. The book continues by dealing with migration, its determinants and its possible effect on the host country's output, employment and standard of living. Finally, the authors discuss economic growth and its relationship with trade, capital accumulation and internal and external debts.Economists and researchers studying development economics and migration studies will find this original book, with its innovative state-of-the-art studies, of great interest.Trade Review'Mathias Czaika and Carlos Vargas-Silva have assembled an excellent collection of previously published articles on all aspects of the connections between migration and economic growth. As well, they provide an introduction that sets out the cross-connections between migration and economic growth, and provides and lead-in to the articles that follow in their compilation. An excellent place to start if one wanted to cover most of the important topics and researched areas in the overlap between migration and economic growth during the last fifty years.'Table of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction Mathias Czaika and Carlos Vargas-Silva PART I ECONOMIC DRIVERS OF MIGRATION: THE ROLE OF GROWTH AND RELATED ECONOMIC FACTORS [274 pp] A Classical Theories 1. Larry A. Sjaastad (1962), ‘The Costs and Returns of Human Migration’ 2. John R. Harris and Michael P. Todaro (1970), ‘Migration, Unemployment and Development: A Two-Sector Analysis’ 3. Jacob Mincer (1978), ‘Family Migration Decisions’ 4. Oded Stark and David Levhari (1982), ‘On Migration and Risk in LDCs’ 5. Oded Stark and J. Edward Taylor (1989), ‘Relative Deprivation and International Migration’ 6. Barry R. Chiswick (1999), ‘Are Immigrants Favorably Self-Selected?’ B Empirical Evidence 7. George J. Borjas (1987), ‘Self-Selection and the Earnings of Immigrants’ 8. Michael J. Greenwood and Gary L. Hunt (1989), ‘Jobs versus Amenities in the Analysis of Metropolitan Migration’ 9. Michael Vogler and Ralph Rotte (2000), ‘The Effects of Development on Migration: Theoretical Issues and New Empirical Evidence’ 10. Peder J. Pedersen, Mariola Pytlikova and Nina Smith (2008), ‘Selection and Network Effects – Migration Flows into OECD Countries 1990–2000’ 11. Anna Maria Mayda (2009), ‘International Migration: A Panel Data Analysis of the Determinants of Bilateral Flows’ 12. Mathias Czaika and Krisztina Kis-Katos (2009), ‘Civil Conflict and Displacement: Village-Level Determinants of Forced Migration in Aceh’ C Return Migration 13. Yaohui Zhao (2002), ‘Causes and Consequences of Return Migration: Recent Evidence from China’ 14. Christian Dustmann (2003), ‘Return Migration, Wage Differentials, and the Optimal Migration Duration’ 15. Dean Yang (2006), ‘Why do Migrants Return to Poor Countries? Evidence from Philippine Migrants’ Responses to Exchange Rate Shocks’ PART II THE DIRECT AND INDIRECT EFFECTS OF IMMIGRATION ON ECONOMIC GROWTH: MULTIPLE CHANNELS A Labour Markets 16. David Card (1990), ‘The Impact of the Mariel Boatlift on the Miami Labor Market’ 17. Jennifer Hunt (1992), ‘The Impact of the 1962 Repatriates from Algeria on the French Labor Market’ 18. George J. Borjas (1995), ‘The Economic Benefits from Immigration’ 19. Rachel M. Friedberg (2001), ‘The Impact of Mass Migration on the Israeli Labor Market’ 20. David Card (2001), ‘Immigrant Inflows, Native Outflows, and the Local Labor Market Impacts of Higher Immigration’ B Fiscal Impact 21. Alan J. Auerbach and Philip Oreopoulos (1999), ‘Analyzing the Fiscal Impact of U.S. Immigration’ 22. Kjetil Storesletten (2000), ‘Sustaining Fiscal Policy through Immigration’ 23. Ronald Lee and Timothy Miller (2000), ‘Immigration, Social Security, and Broader Fiscal Impacts’ 24. Assaf Razin, Efraim Sadka and Phillip Swagel (2002), ‘Tax Burden and Migration: A Political Economy Theory and Evidence’ C Technology and Innovation 25. William R. Kerr (2008), ‘Ethnic Scientific Communities and International Technology Diffusion’ 26. Jennifer Hunt and Marjolaine Gauthier-Loiselle (2010), ‘How Much Does Immigration Boost Innovation?’ 27. William R. Kerr (2010), ‘Breakthrough Inventions and Migrating Clusters of Innovation’ 28. Jennifer Hunt (2011), ‘Which Immigrants Are Most Innovative and Entrepreneurial? Distinctions by Entry Visa’ PART III THE DIRECT AND INDIRECT EFFECTS OF EMIGRATION ON ECONOMIC GROWTH: MULTIPLE CHANNELS A Brain Drain and Brain Gain 29. Robert E.B. Lucas (1987), ‘Emigration to South Africa's Mines’ 30. Michel Beine, Frédéric Docquier and Hillel Rapoport (2001), ‘Brain Drain and Economic Growth: Theory and Evidence’ 31. Oded Stark (2004), ‘Rethinking the Brain Drain’ 32. Michel Beine, Frédéric Docquier and Cecily Oden-Defoort (2011), ‘A Panel Data Analysis of the Brain Gain’ B Remittances 33. Richard H. Adams Jr. and John Page (2005), ‘Do International Migration and Remittances Reduce Poverty in Developing Countries?’ 34. Carlos Vargas-Silva (2008), ‘Are Remittances Manna from Heaven? A Look at the Business Cycle Properties of Remittances’ 35. Natalia Catrinescu, Miguel Leon-Ledesma, Matloob Piracha and Bryce Quillin (2009), ‘Remittances, Institutions, and Economic Growth’ 36. Paola Giuliano and Marta Ruiz-Arranz (2009), ‘Remittances, Financial Development, and Growth’ PART IV MIGRATION, LONG-TERM GROWTH AND CONVERGENCE 37. Richard A. Easterlin (1966), ‘Economic-Demographic Interactions and Long Swings in Economic Growth’ 38. Robert J. Barro and Xavier Sala-I-Martin (1991), ‘Convergence Across States and Regions’ 39. John F. Helliwell (1996), ‘Convergence and Migration among Provinces’ 40. Alan M. Taylor and Jeffrey G. Williamson (1997), ‘Convergence in the Age of Mass Migration’
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Networks, Space and Competitiveness: Evolving
Book SynopsisIn a period of increasing globalization and rapid growth in emerging countries, recognizing sources of regional competitiveness is of paramount importance. This timely and informative book identifies and analyzes changes in the origins of regional advantage. The expert contributors illustrate that sources of regional competitiveness are strongly linked with spatially observable yet increasingly flexible realities, and include building advanced and efficient transport, communications and energy networks, changing urban and rural landscapes, and creating strategic and forward-looking competitiveness policies. They investigate long-term interactions between regional competitiveness and urban mobility, as well as the connections that link global sustainability with local technological and institutional innovations, and the intrinsic diversity of spatially rooted innovation processes. A prospective analysis on networks and innovation infrastructure is presented, global environmental issues such as climate change and energy are explored, and new policy perspectives - relevant world-wide - are prescribed. Networks, Space and Competitiveness will prove an invaluable resource for academics, students and researchers across a range of fields including international and regional economics, regional science, economic geography and international business. Contributors: C.R. Azzoni, R.N. Baleiras, A. Bhattacharjee, R. Capello, J.I. Carruthers, E.A. Castro, T.P. Dentinho, P.C. Ferrao, A.M. Fuertes Eugenio, M. Grillitsch, E.A. Haddad, C. Hoglinger, J.L. Marques, C.S. Silva, K. Spiekermann, F. Todtling, J.M. Viegas, M. WegenerTable of ContentsContents: Evolving Networks, Spaces and Competitiveness Policies: Introductory Remarks Roberta Capello and Tomaz Ponce Dentinho PART I: EVOLVING TRANSPORT AND KNOWLEDGE NETWORKS 1. Transport and Communications and Regional Development: New Potentials and Challenges Klaus Spiekermann and Michael Wegener 2. The Urban Mobility System and Regional Competitiveness José Manuel Viegas 3. Change in the Energy Systems Paradigm and the Impact on Regional Development Paulo C. Ferrão and Carlos Santos Silva 4. The Knowledge Economy in European Regions: A Strategic Goal for Competitiveness Roberta Capello 5. Knowledge Relations and Innovation from a Regional Perspective Franz Tödtling, Christoph Höglinger and Markus Grillitsch PART II: EVOLVING CLIMATE AND LANDSCAPE 6. Climate Change and the Futures of Regions Carlos Roberto Azzoni and Eduardo Amaral Haddad 7. Methods and Models of Analysis in the Urban Housing Market João Lourenço Marques, Eduardo Anselmo Castro and Arnab Bhattacharjee 8. Land Use Regulation and Regional Form: A Spatial Mismatch? John I. Carruthers PART III: EVOLVING POLICY PERSPECTIVES 9. Collective Efficiency Strategies: A Regional Development Policy Contribution for Competitiveness Enhancement Rui Nuno Baleiras 10. Policy Failures and Food Crises in Less Developed Countries Ana Maria Fuertes Eugenio 11. New Challenges for Sustainable Growth Tomaz Ponce Dentinho Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Economics of Edwin Chadwick: Incentives
Book SynopsisSir Edwin Chadwick (1800-1890) is hardly a household name among economists, although he is a well-known hero to sanitation engineers and utilitarian social reformers. His brilliant and cunning ideas relating to contemporary economic policy are illuminated for the first time in this pioneering study. The authors detail Chadwick's sophisticated conceptions of moral hazard, common pool problems, asymmetric information, and theory of competition, all of which differ starkly from those promulgated by Adam Smith and other classical economists. Also examined are Chadwick's views on government versus market role in dealing with problems created by natural monopoly, and whether some or all market problems justify government regulation or alterations of property rights. The authors investigate Chadwick's utilitarian approach to labor, business cycles, and economic growth, contrasting his modern view with those of his classical economic contemporaries. Chadwick's enormous output and cutting-edge methods undoubtedly establish him as an original and trenchant thinker in economic matters as well as a prophetic voice on contemporary issues in economics. This unique look at his less familiar research will interest academic regulatory economists, sociologists, students and scholars of law and economics, and all those interested in the fundamentals of social reform.Trade Review'Economists owe a great debt to Ekelund and Price for making us aware of Edwin Chadwick's seminal contributions. Chadwick lived in the middle of the 19th century, but he anticipated many of the theoretical and practical advances that culminated in the law and economics revolution of the late 20th century. These include Coase's analysis of social cost and Demsetz's proposal for franchise bidding in natural monopolies. Read the summary of Chadwick's ideas about railroads and consider that Britain adopted many of them but only more than a century later (while the US continues to wallow in ignorance). The book is full of similar examples where Chadwick's prescience is extraordinary. Economists, legal scholars and practitioners, especially those working at the intersection of law and economics, will want to read this book.' --Sam Peltzman, University of Chicago, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface Part I: Introduction 1. Who was Edwin Chadwick? 2. Chadwick’s Modernity Part II: The Regulation of Markets 3. Managing Contracts: A Means to Social Welfare 4. Railways: The National Franchising Alternative 5. Urban Externalities: Funeral and Burial Markets Part III: Law, Sociology, and Economics 6. Chadwick on Labor, Education, and the Business Cycle 7. Criminal Justice Institutions, Police, and the Common Pool 8. The Economics of Sanitation and the Utilitarian Agenda 9. If Markets Fail: Chadwick and Contemporary Society Bibliography Index
£98.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Public Policy, Productive and Unproductive
Book SynopsisThis exciting book provides fresh insight into how institutions, governments, regulations, economic freedom and morality impact entrepreneurship and public policy. Each chapter contains a rigorous analysis of the consequences of public policy and the effects of institutional decisions on the productivity of entrepreneurs. Expert contributors highlight the importance of institutions for economic outcomes while focusing specifically on the impact of public policy. One standout feature is the presentation of concrete examples regarding the role of institutions as well a clear analysis of entrepreneurship research. The editors also examine and compare productive versus unproductive public policies. Some of the conclusions made within this book include: Successful recruitment spending by states creates an incentive for unproductive entrepreneurs to seek economic rents Regulatory measures impact firms in a continuous and evolving fashion Economic actions and morality may converge given certain conditions More economic freedom in a given country is associated with greater levels of entrepreneurship Public Policy, Productive and Unproductive Entrepreneurship will help policymakers direct their efforts at creating a positive economic environment for entrepreneurs to flourish and give scholars a better understanding of the role policy plays in entrepreneurial activity. Its practical application for academic research will be great for students, helping them to connect theoretical economic fundamentals to real and familiar economic outcomes.Contributors include: J. Fetzner, J.C. Hall, P.G. Klein, M. Latta, R.A. Lawson, G.M. Randolph, M. Rivero, S. Roychoudhury, M.E. Ryan, R.F. Salvino, R.S. Sobel, M.T. Tasto, P.A. YakovlevTrade ReviewPublic Policy, Productive and Unproductive Entrepreneurship is an important new book because If policy makers read and apply the lessons contained in this book we'd all live in a freer and more prosperous society.' --(Benjamin Powell, Texas Tech University, US)'Entrepreneurship can advance growth through positive-sum activities, or diminish growth through negative-sum activities. The key is to analyze how formal and informal institutions affect productive versus unproductive entrepreneurship. Here is a comprehensive collection of well-written papers that do just that. An important read for scholars of economics and politics.' --(Edward Lopez, Western Carolina University, US)Table of ContentsContents: Foreword Russell S. Sobel 1. Introduction Gregory M. Randolph 2. Creating the Environment for Entrepreneurship through Economic Freedom Joshua C. Hall, Robert A. Lawson, and Saurav Roychoudhury 3. The Role of Public Policy in Entrepreneurship and Migration Pavel A. Yakovlev and Saurav Roychoudhury 4. Regulation and the Entrepreneur James Fetzner and Gregory M. Randolph 5. Politics and Entrepreneurship Matt E. Ryan 6. The Negative Impact of Recruitment Policies for the Unproductive Entrepreneur Michael T. Tasto 7. Testimony Before US House Committee on Financial Services: Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology Subcommittee Peter G. Klein 8. The Economics of Entrepreneurship: To Inform an Economic and Moral Perspective Robert F. Salvino Jr. and Michael Latta 9. Informal Institutions, Public Policy, and Entrepreneurship Gregory M. Randolph and Marek Rivero Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd China’s Economic Growth Prospects: From
Book SynopsisCai Fang has led Chinese and international understanding of the links between Chinese population and economic development over the past two decades. He has defined relationships that have been centrally important to structural change in China, with immense implications for the rest of the world. This book brings together the wisdom from decades of research at the frontiers of knowledge. It is essential reading for anyone wanting to understand today's world economy.'- Ross Garnaut, University of Melbourne, Australia'Cai Fang's book, China's Economic Growth Prospects, is masterful. This is a book only he could write. Dr Cai takes decades of theory and observations on the world's experience in growth and development, explains it in fully digestible terms and then applies it in a nuanced and understandable way to the reality of what happened, and what is happening, in China. It is a book that is full of hope; it is a book fraught with warnings. It is the only book I know of that truly captures today's China.'- Scott Rozelle, Senior Fellow, Stanford University, USChina has grown rapidly since the reform initiation of the 1970s. China's Economic Growth Prospects narrates the contribution of demographic transition to recent economic growth in China, and provides suggestions for ways in which it can sustain growth over the next few decades. The expert author provides reasons for the economic slowdown since the second decade of the twenty-first century; explores the challenges facing China's long-term sustainability of growth with the disappearance of demographic dividend; and proposes policy suggestions. He concludes that, in order to avoid the middle-income trap, economic growth in China must transform from an inputs-driven pattern, to a productivity-driven pattern.Academics, researchers and students of economics and business, particularly those specialising in China, will find this book to be a useful resource. Investment bankers, journalists, politicians and policy makers will find the discussions of past experience and the future potential of the Chinese economy to be of interest.Trade Review‘Cai Fang has led Chinese and international understanding of the links between Chinese population and economic development over the past two decades. He has defined relationships that have been centrally important to structural change in China, with immense implications for the rest of the world. This book brings together the wisdom from decades of research at the frontiers of knowledge. It is essential reading for anyone wanting to understand today's world economy.’ -- Ross Garnaut, University of Melbourne, Australia‘Cai Fang's book, China's Economic Growth Prospects, is masterful. This is a book only he could write. Dr Cai takes decades of theory and observations on the world's experience in growth and development, explains it in fully digestible terms and then applies it in a nuanced and understandable way to the reality of what happened, and what is happening, in China. It is a book that is full of hope; it is a book fraught with warnings. It is the only book I know of that truly captures today's China.’ -- Scott Rozelle, Senior Fellow, Stanford University, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. At the Crossroads of Long-Term Development 2. The Development of a Dual Economy 3. The Lewis Turning Point 4. The Demographic Dividend 5. Growing Old before Getting Rich 6. The Risk of a Middle Income Trap 7. The New Engine of Economic Growth 8. Macroeconomic Policies in Transition 9. Human Capital Accumulation 10. Reducing Income Inequality 11. Labor Market Institutions and Social Protections 12. Reaping China's Reform Dividends Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Asia Rising: Growth and Resilience in an
Book SynopsisThis book provides a coherent and current account of how India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, and the People's Republic of China coped with the Asian financial crisis of the 1990s and the recent global economic recession, and how they may address future challenges in maintaining growth in difficult times. It features a valuable overview of issues from a regional perspective, five chapters on general elements and obstacles in development, and individual chapters on the experience of each of the six countries. Every chapter is replete with relevant institutional and statistical data. The volume fills a void in the literature and is highly recommended for graduate students and for economists concerned with contemporary Asia.'- Peter Drake, The University of New England and Australian Catholic University, Australia'To understand what makes Asia tick in the face of continuing global uncertainty and instability one has to go beyond numbers into the region's psyche and idiosyncrasies. This volume provides an interestingly intrusive and refreshingly insightful analysis of a highly complex phenomenon that defies generalizations as shown by the diversity of individual country experiences.'- Mohamed Ariff, International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance (INCEIF), MalaysiaThe center of global economic activity is shifting rapidly towards Asia, driven by a combination of the economic dynamism of the People's Republic of China, India, and other middle-income Asian countries, and sluggish growth in the OECD economies. The rapid growth and rising global prominence have raised a range of major challenges for Asia and for the rest of the world. This comprehensive, forward-looking book examines these issues through in-depth studies of major Asian economies and an analysis of the key development policy options.The contributors, leading international authorities in their field, explore cross-cutting thematic issues with special reference to developing Asia. They address a broad range of subjects including: investment and productivity, savings and the savings-investment relationship, financial development, the provision of infrastructure, and governance and institutions. Detailed country studies focusing on the People's Republic of China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand not only provide an analytical narrative for each case study, but also draw attention to the similarities and diversity within the region.This challenging and thought-provoking book will prove an important point of reference for scholars, researchers, and students in the fields of economics, development economics, and Asian studies.Trade Review‘This book provides a coherent and current account of how India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, and the People’s Republic of China coped with the Asian financial crisis of the 1990s and the recent global economic recession, and how they may address future challenges in maintaining growth in difficult times. It features a valuable overview of issues from a regional perspective, five chapters on general elements and obstacles in development, and individual chapters on the experience of each of the six countries. Every chapter is replete with relevant institutional and statistical data. The volume fills a void in the literature and is highly recommended for graduate students and for economists concerned with contemporary Asia.’ -- Peter Drake, The University of New England and Australian Catholic University, Australia‘To understand what makes Asia tick in the face of continuing global uncertainty and instability one has to go beyond numbers into the region’s psyche and idiosyncrasies. This volume provides an interestingly intrusive and refreshingly insightful analysis of a highly complex phenomenon that defies generalizations as shown by the diversity of individual country experiences.’ -- Mohamed Ariff, International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance (INCEIF), MalaysiaTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Changyong Rhee Preface PART I: OVERVIEW 1. Perspectives and Issues Hal Hill and Maria Socorro Gochoco-Bautista PART II: ASIAN DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES 2. Institutions and Governance Emmanuel S. de Dios and Geoffrey M. Ducanes 3. Infrastructure Douglas H. Brooks and Eugenia C. Go 4. Productivity and Capital Accumulation Kyoji Fukao 5. Savings and Investment Charles Yuji Horioka and Akiko Terada-Hagiwara 6. Finance Shin-ichi Fukuda 7. Investment Treaties: ASEAN Diane A. Desierto PART III: COUNTRY STUDIES 8. Malaysia Tham Siew Yean 9. Indonesia Ari Kuncoro 10. India Rajendra R. Vaidya 11. People’s Republic of China Siow Yue Chia 12. Thailand Bhanupong Nidhiprabha 13. Philippines Desiree A. Desierto and Geoffrey M. Ducanes Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Age of Austerity: The Global Financial Crisis
Book SynopsisThis provocative look at the global financial crisis argues that the United States, the European Union and Japan have intentionally and unwittingly adopted wrong-headed economic policies in a futile attempt to deal with sovereign debt resulting from the global financial crisis. It offers persuasive evidence of how the politics of austerity fail to encourage economic recovery, and proposes instead a number of alternative ideas and solutions. The book begins with a detailed breakdown of the financial crisis and the government response in the United States, with particular focus on the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The author then puts forth a basic three-part plan calling for (1) fundamental tax and entitlement reform; (2) massive economic stimulus in the form of public and private investment to modernize the country's aging infrastructures; and (3) mortgage relief to revitalize the nation's housing markets. The book concludes with specific policy proposals designed to achieve these goals and return the US economy to a state of full employment and robust economic growth. This timely and insightful volume will appeal to students and scholars of economics, public policy and finance, as well as anyone with an interest in the recent economic history of the United States.Table of ContentsContents: Foreword by Pascal Lamy, Director General of the World Trade Organization Preface 1. An Historic Turning Point 2. The Course of the Crisis 3. Causes 4. Emergency Fiscal and Monetary Measures 5. International Reforms 6. The Regulatory Answer 7. Assaulting Austerity 8. A Reprise of the Argument Index
£90.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Social Protection, Economic Growth and Social
Book SynopsisThis highly original and thought-provoking book examines the recent expansion of social protection in China, India, Brazil and South Africa - four countries experiencing rapid economic growth and social change.The authors explore the developments in each country, analyze the impact of government cash transfers and discuss key future trends. The study reveals that social protection has complemented economic growth and supported development efforts and has been fundamental to promoting equitable and sustainable societies.The book is essential reading for students of social policy, economics, development studies and public administration and will be an important resource for policymakers and administrators everywhere.Contributors: F. Bastagli, M.P. Gomes dos Santos, A. Hall, R. Kattumuri, J. Kruger, B. Li, J. Midgley, L.G. Mpedi, R. Mutatkar, K. Ngok, L. Patel, D. Piachaud, M. Singh, F.V. Soares, S. Soares, Y. ZhuTrade Review‘This book is essential reading for students of social policy, economics, development studies and public administration and will be a useful resource for policymakers and administrators who feel interested to improve social protection schemes.’ -- China Journal of Social Work‘Especially useful is the authors’ critique of the gaps discovered in their work and the proffered recommendations for further study. This proves invaluable for researchers who are interested in this ?eld of study. The book is ideal for anyone interested in social issues as well as social scientist and is highly recommended for social policy majors.’ -- Journal of Human Development and CapabilitiesTable of ContentsContents: PART I: INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW 1. Introduction David Piachaud 2. Social Protection in Countries Experiencing Rapid Economic Growth: Goals and Functions James Midgley PART II: CHINA 3. The Transition of Social Protection in China Kinglun Ngok 4. Current Approaches to Social Protection in China Yapeng Zhu 5. Future Trajectories for China Bingqin Li PART III: INDIA 6. Historical Developments and Goals of Social Protection Policies in India Ruth Kattumuri and Manju Singh 7. Social Protection in India: Current Approaches and Issues Rohit Mutatkar 8. Future Prospects of Social Protection in India Rohit Mutatkar PART IV: BRAZIL 9. The Brazilian Social Protection System: History and Present Configuration Maria Paula Gomes dos Santos 10. The Efficiency and Effectiveness of Social Protection Against Poverty and Inequality in Brazil Sergei Soares 11. Political Dimensions of Social Protection in Brazil Anthony Hall 12. The Future of Social Protection in Brazil Francesca Bastagli and Fabio Veras Soares PART V: SOUTH AFRICA 13. Social Protection in South Africa: History, Goals and Strategies Leila Patel 14. Current Approaches to Social Protection in the Republic of South Africa Letlhokwa George Mpedi 15. Social Protection in South Africa – Recent Achievements and Future Prospects John Kruger PART VI: CONCLUSION 16. Conclusion: Experiences, Issues and Future Possibilities David Piachaud and James Midgley Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Culture and Economic Growth
Book SynopsisThis two-volume set provides fundamental analyses of the relations between cultural variables and economic performance. It encompasses indispensable contributions by economists and other influential social scientists in this growing interdisciplinary area. The classic and more recent articles in the first volume cover the effects of values and religion on economic performance, the importance of social capital and trust for economic and political outcomes, and the connections between culture, institutions and development. The second volume includes recent theoretical and empirical economic analyses, focusing on the intergenerational transmission of historical and cultural traits and their effects on macroeconomic and microeconomic outcomes.With an original introduction by the editor, the volumes will prove an essential tool for researchers, scholars and practitioners interested in the deep roots of economic outcomes and development.Trade Review‘This book provides a useful collection of 42 papers, mostly empirical, that highlight different channels through which culture affects economic growth. This collection, which includes studies from the disciplines of sociology and economics, focuses on recent work from the last two decades, but includes also important papers in the topic from the last century. . . . those who read the book will find it very useful for understanding the economic mechanisms that are translated from culture to economic prosperity nowadays.’ -- Assaf Sarid, Journal of Regional ScienceTable of ContentsVOLUME I Contents Acknowledgements Introduction Enrico Spolaore PART I RELIGION, VALUES AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE 1. Max Weber ([1930] 2005), ‘The Spirit of Capitalism’ 2. Max Weber ([1930] 2005), ‘Ascetism and The Spirit of Capitalism’ 3. David Landes (2000), ‘Culture Makes Almost All the Difference’ 4. Sascha O. Becker and Ludger Woessmann (2009), ‘Was Weber Wrong? A Human Capital Theory of Protestant Economic History’ 5. Maristella Botticini and Zvi Eckstein (2005), ‘Jewish Occupational Selection: Education, Restrictions or Minorities?’ 6. Ronald Inglehart and Wayne E. Baker (2000), ‘Modernization, Cultural Change, and the Persistence of Traditional Values’ 7. Robert J. Barro and Rachel M. McCleary (2003), ‘Religion and Economic Growth across Countries’ 8. Luigi Guiso, Paolo Sapienza and Luigi Zingales (2003), ‘People’s Opium? Religion and Economic Attitudes’ PART II SOCIAL CAPITAL, TRUST AND DEVELOPMENT 9. Edward C. Banfield (1958), ‘A Predictive Hypothesis’ 10. Glenn C. Loury (1977), ‘A Dynamic Theory of Racial Income Differences’ 11. James S. Coleman (1988), ‘Social Capital in the Creation of Human Capital’ 12. Robert D. Putnam with Robert Leonardi and Raffaella Y. Nanetti (1993), ‘Social Capital and Institutional Success’ 13. Stephen Knack and Philip Keefer (1997), ‘Does Social Capital Have an Economic Payoff? A Cross-Country Investigation’ 14. Luigi Guiso, Paola Sapienza and Luigi Zingales (2004), ‘The Role of Social Capital in Financial Development’ 15. Yann Algan and Pierre Cahuc (2010), ‘Inherited Trust and Growth’ 16. Philippe Aghion, Yann Algan, Pierre Cahuc and Andrei Shleifer (2010), ‘Regulation and Distrust’ 17. Nathan Nunn and Leonard Wantchekon (2011), ‘The Slave Trade and the Origins of Mistrust in Africa’ PART III CULTURE, INSTITUTIONS AND DEVELOPMENT 18. Douglass C. North (1990), ‘Informal Constraints’, 19. Gérard Roland (2004), ‘Understanding Institutional Change: Fast-Moving and Slow-Moving Institutions’ 20. Avner Greif (1994), ‘Cultural Beliefs and the Organization of Society: A Historical and Theoretical Reflection on Collectivist and Individualist Societies’ 21. Avner Greif and Guido Tabellini (2010), ‘Cultural and Institutional Bifurcation: China and Europe Compared’ 22. Guido Tabellini (2008), ‘Institutions and Culture’ 23. Amir N. Licht, Chanan Goldschmidt and Shalom H. Schwartz (2007), ‘Culture Rules: The Foundations of the Rule of Law and Other Norms of Governance’ 24. Joel Mokyr (2005), ‘The Intellectual Origins of Modern Economic Growth’ VOLUME II Contents Acknowledgements An introduction by the editor to both volumes appears in Volume I PART I HISTORY OF POPULATIONS, PERSISTENCE, INNOVATION AND LONG-RUN DETERMINANTS OF ECONOMIC GROWTH 1. Enrico Spolaore and Romain Wacziarg (2013), ‘How Deep are the Roots of Economic Development?’ 2. Louis Putterman and David N. Weil (2010), ‘Post-1500 Population Flows and the Long-Run Determinants of Economic Growth and Inequality’ 3. Diego Comin, William Easterly and Erick Gong (2010), ‘Was the Wealth of Nations Determined in 1000 BC?’ 4. Enrico Spolaore and Romain Wacziarg (2009), ‘The Diffusion of Development’ 5. Klaus Desmet, Ignacio Ortuño-Ortín and Romain Wacziarg (2012), ‘The Political Economy of Linguistic Cleavages’ PART II ECONOMIC MODELS OF INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION AND THE EVOLUTION OF PREFERENCES AND CULTURAL TRAITS 6. Alberto Bisin and Thierry Verdier (2000), ‘“Beyond the Melting Pot”: Cultural Transmission, Marriage, and the Evolution of Ethnic and Religious Traits’ 7. Alberto Bisin and Thierry Verdier (2001), ‘The Economics of Cultural Transmission and the Dynamics of Preferences’ 8. Oded Galor and Omer Moav (2002), ‘Natural Selection and the Origin of Economic Growth’ 9. Matthias Doepke and Fabrizio Zilibotti (2008), ‘Occupational Choice and the Spirit of Capitalism’ 10. Guido Tabellini (2008), ‘The Scope of Cooperation: Values and Incentives’ 11. Oded Galor and Stelios Michalopoulos (2012), ‘Evolution and the Growth Process: Natural Selection of Entrepreneurial Traits’ PART III CULTURAL DIFFERENCES AND MICROECONOMIC BEHAVIOR 12. Joseph Henrich, Robert Boyd, Sam Bowles, Colin Camerer, Ernst Fehr, Herbert Gintis and Richard McElreath (2001), ‘In Search of Homo Economicus: Behavioral Experiments in 15 Small-Scale Societies’ 13. Raymond Fisman and Edward Miguel (2007), ‘Corruption, Norms, and Legal Enforcement: Evidence from Diplomatic Parking Tickets’ 14. Raquel Fernández and Alessandra Fogli (2009), ‘Culture: An Empirical Investigation of Beliefs, Work and Fertility’ 15. Alberto Alesina and Paola Giuliano (2010), ‘The Power of the Family’ PART IV CULTURAL BARRIERS TO EXCHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT 16. Luigi Guiso, Paola Sapienza and Luigi Zingales (2009), ‘Cultural Biases in Economic Exchange?’ 17. Gabriel J. Felbermayr and Farid Toubal (2010), ‘Cultural Proximity and Trade’ 18. Enrico Spolaore and Romain Wacziarg (2012), ‘Long-Term Barriers to the International Diffusion of Innovations’
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Capitalism and Democracy: A Fragile Alliance
Book SynopsisThis is a well-structured book on a complex question that has been relevant for centuries leading up to the actual crisis in the EU and the international financial markets. The book offers a rich picture of empirics, and discusses, explains and criticizes a number of classical theories in the field (Marx, Schumpeter, Polanyi), as well as modern theories (Greif, North et al., Acemoglu, Perez and others). The familiar topics of property rights, technological development and long waves are presented in an illuminating way, whereas a number of new topics including open and limited access societies, hyper globalization, and the European Union are viewed in a broad perspective of 'political economy' and 'institutional economics'. The limitations of neoclassical economics are well presented as are the benefits (and costs) of political economy.'- John Groenewegen, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands'This book is a very coherent and up-to-date work. It presents a clear and sophisticated view on the role of economic institutions and aspects of political economy in the process of modern economic growth. The author demonstrates significant originality in combining insights from different sub-fields to successfully understand economic growth and the distribution of income in the economy. It will be a rich source of ideas for anyone interested in how the modern world, and various countries and regions in particular, attained high levels of economic welfare.'- Sjak Smulders, Tilburg University, the NetherlandsCapitalism is driven by technological revolutions, leading to alternating periods of regulation and deregulation in leading economies. Technologically backward countries face a different situation as they have to catch up with the leaders. Against this backdrop, Theo van de Klundert examines the relationship between capitalism and democracy, combining economic theory and historical description to analyse long-run economic development. Emphasis is placed on the interrelation between economic and political power, and a robust state-of-the-art overview of today's political economy is presented.The author addresses two fundamental questions raised in the analysis of the relationship between capitalism and democracy. Firstly, he explores why capitalism in leading economies is characterized by alternating periods of regulation and deregulation, and secondly, whether developing countries can opt for different types of capitalism once the potential for catching up with developed countries has expired. The consequences of a shift in the balance of power in the global economy are also considered in detail.Broad in scope and employing various methodological approaches, this book will prove a fascinating read for academics, students and researchers in the fields of economics and heterodox economics.Contents: Preface Introduction Part I: Economic Theory in a Historical Perspective 1. Emerging Markets 2. Political Economy Revisited 3. Engines of Growth 4. Follow the Leader Part II: Historical Developments in a Theoretical Perspective 5. The Long Wave 6. A Tale of Two Continents 7. The World Economy at Large 8. Democracy at Bay References IndexTrade Review‘. . . provides an analytical history and overview the interdependent and fluctuating interplay between economics and politics in established and developing nations. A masterpiece of seminal scholarship, informed and informative, Capitalism and Democracy: A Fragile Alliance is strongly recommended reading and a core addition to academic library International Economics and Political Science Studies reference collections.’ -- The Midwest Book Review‘This is a well-structured book on a complex question that has been relevant for centuries leading up to the actual crisis in the EU and the international financial markets. The book offers a rich picture of empirics, and discusses, explains and criticizes a number of classical theories in the field (Marx, Schumpeter, Polanyi), as well as modern theories (Greif, North et al., Acemoglu, Perez and others). The familiar topics of property rights, technological development and long waves are presented in an illuminating way, whereas a number of new topics including open and limited access societies, hyper globalization, and the European Union are viewed in a broad perspective of “political economy” and “institutional economics”. The limitations of neoclassical economics are well presented as are the benefits (and costs) of political economy.’ -- John Groenewegen, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands‘This book is a very coherent and up-to-date work. It presents a clear and sophisticated view on the role of economic institutions and aspects of political economy in the process of modern economic growth. The author demonstrates significant originality in combining insights from different sub-fields to successfully understand economic growth and the distribution of income in the economy. It will be a rich source of ideas for anyone interested in how the modern world, and various countries and regions in particular, attained high levels of economic welfare.’ -- Sjak Smulders, Tilburg University, the NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction Part I: Economic Theory in a Historical Perspective 1. Emerging Markets 2. Political Economy Revisited 3. Engines of Growth 4. Follow the Leader Part II: Historical Developments in a Theoretical Perspective 5. The Long Wave 6. A Tale of Two Continents 7. The World Economy at Large 8. Democracy at Bay References Index
£99.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Research Handbook on Innovation Governance for
Book SynopsisAlthough in recent years some emerging economies have improved their performance in terms of research and development (R&D) investment, outputs and innovative capacity, these countries are still blighted by extreme poverty, inequality and social exclusion. Hence, emerging countries are exposed to conditions which differ quite substantially from the dominant OECD model of innovation policy for development and welfare. This Research Handbook contributes to the debate by looking at how innovation theory, policy and practice interact, and explains different types of configurations in countries that are characterized by two contrasting but mutually reinforcing features: systemic failure and resourcefulness. Focusing on innovation governance and public policies, it aims to understand related governance failures and to explore options for alternative, more efficient approaches. This book brings to the fore new concepts, theories and questions about the Global South, across multiple disciplines. It discusses specific country cases, exploring overarching patterns and lessons that address development bottlenecks and policy designs aimed at improving quality of life and economic progress in emerging economies. Defining more adequate development strategies by balancing economic well-being with social inclusion, this book will be of great interest to scholars, students and policy makers of innovation, growth and development studies.Contributors include: B.A. Adebowale, R. Arocena, L. Becerra, P. Catalán, C. Chaminade, P. Delvenne, A. Djeflat, G. Dutrénit, M. Fressoli, S. Garrido, P. Juarez, S. Kuhlmann, A.M. Loconto, S. Mani, G.M. Marcelle, G. Ordóñez-Matamoros, J. Orozco, A.A. Oyewale, R.P. Pérez, M. Puchet Anyul, B. Rennkamp, E. Robles-Belmont, M. Salazar, M. Scerri, E.F. Simbua, W.O. Siyanbola, J. Sutz, H. Thomas, F. Thoreau, D. Vinck, J. VoetenTrade Review'This Research Handbook brings together critical and constructive voices from scholars from the Global South. They give examples from Africa, Asia and Latin America, illustrating barriers and opportunities when it comes to policy efforts to mobilize knowledge and innovation for inclusive development. The authors show that to turn barriers into opportunities requires a threefold effort: adaptation of theories to context, building policy capabilities and investing in social capital. This book represents a useful step toward defining more adequate development strategies balancing economic well-being with social inclusion.' --Bengt-Ake Lundvall, Aalborg University, Denmark'This Research Handbook addresses head-on one of the main challenges of the 21st century: how to realize the new Sustainable Development Goals in emerging economies and developing countries. The contributors not only offer first-rate and original research, but also daringly take normative stances on how to better use knowledge, science, technology and innovation for development. The volume critically reviews existing innovation policies and convincingly offers a comprehensive set of alternative models. The turn from a traditional growth-based innovation policy to a more socially inclusive policy transcends the divide between development studies and science, technology and innovation studies. This book therefore is also highly relevant for the emerging field of RRI (Responsible Research and Innovation).' --Wiebe E. Bijker, Maastricht University, the NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: Governance of Innovation in Emerging Countries: Understanding Failures and Exploring Options Stefan Kuhlmann and Gonzalo Ordóñez-Matamoros PART I THEORETICAL CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES 1. Dancing Without Listening to the Music: Learning From Some Failures of the ‘National Innovation Systems’ in Latin America Pierre Delvenne and François Thoreau 2. Science, Technology and Innovation Policy that is Responsive to Innovation Performers Gillian M. Marcelle 3. Out Of Sync: Innovation Policy and Theory in Unequal Societies Britta Rennkamp 4. Modes of Innovation and the Prospects for Economic Development in South Africa and Tanzania Mario Scerri 5. Emerging Innovation Systems (EIS) and Take-off Issues in North African Economies: Evidence From Algeria Abdelkader Djeflat PART II GOVERNANCE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES 6. The Challenge of Alignment and Barriers for the Design and Implementation of Science, Technology and Innovation Policies for Innovation Systems in Developing Countries Cristina Chaminade and Ramón Padilla-Pérez 7. Tensions of Science, Technology and Innovation Policy in Mexico: Analytical Models, Institutional Evolution, National Capabilities and Governance Gabriela Dutrénit and Martín Puchet 8. The Colombian System of Science, Technology and Innovation in Transition: How Governance is Being Affected Mónica Salazar 9. ‘Tinkering’ With Tea: Science, Technology and Innovation Policies in Tanzania’s Agricultural Research System Allison Loconto and Emmanuel Simbua 10. Innovation and Inclusive Growth in the Small-Scale Fishing Sector of the Fonseca Gulf, Central America Jeffrey Orozco 11. Policy Spree or Policy Paralysis: an Evaluation of India’s Efforts at Encouraging Firm-Level Innovative Activities Sunil Mani 12. Nigeria's STI Policy and the Dilemma of Implementation A.A. Oyewale, B.A. Adebowale and W.O. Siyanbola PART III INNOVATION PRACTICE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES 13. Science, Technology and Innovation for What? Exploring the Democratization of Knowledge as an Answer Rodrigo Arocena and Judith Sutz 14. Inclusive Innovation in Small Producers’ Clusters in Vietnam: Policy Implications From Grounded Theory Jaap Voeten 15. The Dynamics of Communitarian Innovation: The Case of Rural Water Supply and Sanitation (WSS) Systems in Costa Rica Pablo Catalán 16. Foundations and Philanthropic Organizations in the Development of New Science and Technology: The Case of Micro and Nanotechnology in Mexico Eduardo Robles-Belmont and Dominique Vinck 17. Theoretical and Policy Failures in Technologies and Innovation for Social Inclusion: The Cases of Social Housing, Renewal Energy and Food Production in Argentina Hernán Thomas, Lucas Becerra, Mariano Fressoli, Santiago Garrido and Paula Juarez Index
£198.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Beyond Uneconomic Growth: Economics, Equity and
Book Synopsis'Daly's contributions to the still emergent field of ecological economics are constant references for our peers throughout the developing world as well as in the North. His courageous tilting at the windmills of mainstream economic nonsense inspire us to continue questioning: in whose interests do we continue on a perpetual search for unlimited material satisfaction? Daly's conception is not only of a world restricted by biophysical limits, but also one in which poverty and deprivation are commonplace, and where Sisyphean efforts to maintain accelerated economic growth only exacerbate inequitable distribution. His vision of sustainable economic welfare shed light on other aspects of our existence which make it worth living. Thanks to Farley, Rees, El Serafy, Goodland and other fellow travelers, we are bestowed with an excellent collection synthesizing Daly's contributions to our work, which will inspire our youth and their children long after we too depart.'- Peter H. May, President, Brazilian Society for Ecological Economics (ECOECO)'Contributed by several eminent thinkers, the chapters in this book herald the paradigm shift that is needed to save the scientific framework of economics. In spite of the conceptual inconsistencies, GDP continues to be accepted by the nation states as the singular parameter to comprehensively describe the health of their economy. What gets easily hidden behind 'Market Failures ' is actually the success of cost-shifting on the heads of the ignorant and marginalized people as 'price for economic growth'. The chapters eloquently establish the need for moving beyond the religious faith on a paradigm that is facing fundamental conceptual challenges but has not addressed them with due seriousness. What is a greater contribution of this collection is the identification of the gaps in knowledge of economics that need to be filled-up to arrive at some basic articulations of the new paradigm that can throw some light on what is ecologically and socially 'Sustainable Development'.'- Jayanta Bandyopadhyay, Past President, The Indian Society for Ecological Economics'The title Beyond Uneconomic Growth captures both the core of Herman Daly's key message and the linguistic mastery that makes his texts so enjoyable to read. The book forms a great tribute to the work of Herman Daly by gathering a distinguished set of contributors, covering a a wide variety of the topics that Daly has dealt with, and pointing in new directions.'- Inge Røpke, Aalborg University, DenmarkThis engaging book brings together leading ecological economists to collectively present a definitive case for looking beyond economic growth as the sole panacea for the world's ecological predicament. Grounded in physics, ecology, and the science of human behavior, contributors show how economic growth itself has become ''uneconomic'' and adds to a ravaging of both social and ecological cohesion.Guided by a clear moral vision that prioritizes sustainability and justice over profit, the authors provide a blueprint for an economy that replaces quantitative growth with qualitative improvement to enhance human welfare while restoring degraded ecosystems. They present solutions for many of today's challenges, ranging from global climate change and biodiversity loss to natural resource depletion. This interdisciplinary work not only relates ecological economics theory to the most urgent predicaments of the contemporary world, but also pays tribute to the work of Herman Daly, a leading pioneer of modern ecological economics.Researchers and faculty studying and teaching ecological economics and environmental studies will find value in this unprecedented book. It will also be of interest to practitioners working to solve a variety of global environmental issues.Trade ReviewBeyond Uneconomic Growth is a fine collection of essays documenting, supporting, and building on the powerful contributions of Herman Daly to the field of ecological economics. Conventional economists focus on allocation, or efficiency, are only now becoming concerned again about distribution, and have yet to realize that the scale of the economy must be compatible with, i.e. significantly smaller than, the biophysical system. Ecological economists start with scale, are centrally concerned with distribution, or with who gets what, and only lastly are concerned with efficiency. Herman Daly set the stage on which ecological economists perform.' --Richard B. Norgaard, University of California, Berkeley, US'Herman Daly is the greatest, and most under-appreciated, economist of our time. This volume, in which other economists and scientists whom he has influenced celebrate and discuss his work, is valuable both as an appreciation of, and as an introduction to the field of ecological economics-which Daly spearheaded. It is essential reading for anyone who desires a human economy that respects nature's limits and can therefore be sustained far into the future.' --Richard Heinberg, Post Carbon Institute'Excellent read. Speaking of the valuable and unique contribution of Herman Daly, the authors succeed in expanding the existing knowledge around Herman's ideas and reflections. They also provide an insight into the origins and evolution of ecological economics. Thus, the book helps to understand the role that Herman has played in the construction process of the steady-state economy, its most important contribution perhaps to a prudent use of nature with a view to promoting the highest good of mankind - happiness. This rich volume will greatly assist in strengthening the foundations of ecological economics.' --Clóvis Cavalcanti, President Elect of the International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE)Table of ContentsContents: In Memoriam for Robert Goodland PART I INTRODUCTION 1. The Foundations for an Ecological Economy: An Overview Joshua Farley 2. The World in Over-shoot: A Celebration of Herman Daly’s Contributions to Ecological Economics – The Science of Sustainability Robert Goodland 3. Toward a Sustainable and Desirable Future: A 35 Year Collaboration with Herman Daly Robert Costanza PART II CHANGING THE PARADIGM:WHAT IS BIOPHYSICALLY POSSIBLE, AND HOW DO HUMANS BEHAVE? 4. Population, Resources, and Energy in the Global Economy: A Vindication of Herman Daly’s Vision Jonathan M. Harris 5. On Limits Arild Vatn 6. Toward a Science-based Theory of Behavior: Building on Georgescu-Roegen John Gowdy 7. Denying Herman Daly: Why Conventional Economics will not Embrace the Daly Vision William E. Rees PART III CHANGING THE GOALS: WHAT IS SOCIALLY, PSYCHOLOGICALLY AND ETHICALLY DESIRABLE? 8. The Importance of Just Distribution in a ‘Full’ World Philip Lawn 9. Hicksian Income, Welfare, and the Steady State Salah El Serafy PART IV CHANGING THE RULES: INSTITUTIONS FOR A SUSTAINABLE AND DESIRABLE FUTURE 10. Ecological and Georgist Economic Principles: A Comparison Clifford Cobb 11. Making Money John B. Cobb, Jr. PART V THE STEADY-STATE ECONOMY 12. The Steady-state Economy Peter A. Victor 13. Socially Sustainable Economic Degrowth Joan Martinez Alier 14. Politics for a Steady State Economy Brain Czech PART VI CONCLUSIONS 15. The Unfinished Journey of Ecological Economics: Toward an Ethic of Ecological Citizenship Peter G. Brown Index
£126.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Handbook on Growth and Sustainability
Book SynopsisThis Handbook assembles new contributions from influential authors such as Herman Daly, Paul Ekins, Marina Fischer-Kowalski, Jeroen van den Bergh, William E. Rees, Peter Bartelmus and Tim Jackson, who have helped define our understanding of growth and sustainability, as well as new thinking on topics such as degrowth, the debt-based financial system, cultural change, energy return on investment, shorter working hours and employment, and innovation and technology. Explorations of these issues can deepen our understanding of whether growth is sustainable and, in turn, whether a move away from growth can be sustained.With issues such as climate change looming large, our understanding of growth and sustainability is critical. This Handbook offers a broad range of perspectives that can help the reader decide: growth? Sustainability? Both? Or neither? Contributions are drawn from a wide range of disciplinary perspectives including economics, sociology, political science, philosophy, engineering and journalism, placing the work of established luminaries alongside emerging scholars who offer fresh new perspectives. A special section dedicated to exploring 'growth imperatives' that make transitioning away from economic growth difficult is provided, and the book includes a focus on cultural change and economic growth. Scholars, students and practitioners interested in ecological economics, sustainability and environmental studies will all find much of value in this multifaceted and comprehensive volume.Contributors: P. Bartelmus, B. Bartkowski, H.S. Brown, H. Daly, B. Dolter, P. Ekins, K.-H. Erb, M. Fischer-Kowalski, T. Green, H. Haberl, M. Hadjikakou, C. Hall, A. Hayden, T. Jackson, G. Kallis, A. Levy, R. Matthais, J. Meadowcroft, M. Paez-Victor, S. Pressman, S. Quilley, W. Rees, H. Schindler, F. Schneider, R. Scott, F. Sekulova, J. Steinberger, S. Strunz, P. Timmerman, J. Van Den Bergh, P.J. Vergragt, P.A Victor, T. WiedmannTrade Review‘Expertly presented with its twenty-three erudite articles being deftly organized into five major sections . . . the Handbook on Growth and Sustainability Is an ideal textbook for scholars, students and practitioners with interest in ecological economics, sustainability and environmental studies. While unreservedly recommended for college and university library collections, it should be noted for the personal reading lists of students, academia, and non-specialist general readers with an interest in the subject that the Handbook on Growth and Sustainability is also available in a paperback edition’ -- Willis M. Buhle, Midwest Book ReviewTable of ContentsContents: 1. From Growth to Sustainability Brett Dolter and Peter A. Victor PART I WHAT IS GROWTH? WHAT IS SUSTAINABILITY? 2. Growth, Development and Learning to Live in a Finite World Peter Timmerman 3. Sustainable development, limits and growth: Reflections on the conundrum James Meadowcroft 4. Sustainability Metrics and Their Use Peter Bartelmus PART II CAN GROWTH BE SUSTAINABLE? 5. A New Economics for Our Full World Herman Daly 6. Ecological Modernisation and Green Growth: Prospects and Potential Paul Ekins 7. Climate Change, Growth, and Sustainability Anders Hayden 8. Climate Change, Happiness and Income from a Degrowth Perspective Filka Sekulova, Giorgos Kallis and François Schneider 9. Green Agrowth: Removing the GDP-Growth Constraint on Human Progress Jeroen C.J.M. van den Bergh PART III IS THE END OF GROWTH NIGH? SUSTAINABILITY CONSTRAINTS ON GROWTH 10. Innovation, Technology, and Economic Growth Matthais Ruth 11. Energy, Economic Growth and Sustainability: An Energy Primer for the 21st Century Charles A. S. Hall 12. Shortcomings of a Growth-Driven Food System Michalis Hadjikakou and Thomas Wiedmann 13. Land as a Planetary Boundary – A Sociological Perspective Helmut Haberl and Karl-Heinz Erb PART IV ARE THERE IMPERATIVES FOR GROWTH? 14. Prometheus Unwound: Shorter Hours for Sustainable Degrowth Andrea Levy 15. Is there a Monetary Growth Imperative? A review Sebastian Strunz, Bartosz Bartkowski and Harry Schindler 16. Thomas Piketty, Growth, Distribution and the Environment Steven Pressman and Robert H. Scott, III 17. Growth and Sustainability in a Material World: The Self-Reinforcing Cycle of Population, GDP and Resource Use Marina Fischer-Kowalski and Julia K. Steinberger PART V IS IT POSSIBLE TO MOVE BEYOND GROWTH CULTURE? 18. Economic Growth, Biophysical Limits and Sustainability in Economics Textbooks Since 1948 Tom L. Green 19. From Growth to Sustainability: Cultural Transition Beyond Consumerist Lifestyles Halina Szejnwald Brown and Philip J. Vergragt 20. Navigating the Anthropocene: Environmental Politics and Complexity in an Era of Limits Stephen Quilley 21. Questioning Sustainability in Latin America Maria Páez Victor 22. Going Down? Human Nature, Growth and (Un)Sustainability William E. Rees 23. Beyond Consumer Capitalism - foundations for a sustainable prosperity Tim Jackson Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Handbook on Growth and Sustainability
Book SynopsisThis Handbook assembles new contributions from influential authors such as Herman Daly, Paul Ekins, Marina Fischer-Kowalski, Jeroen van den Bergh, William E. Rees, Peter Bartelmus and Tim Jackson, who have helped define our understanding of growth and sustainability, as well as new thinking on topics such as degrowth, the debt-based financial system, cultural change, energy return on investment, shorter working hours and employment, and innovation and technology. Explorations of these issues can deepen our understanding of whether growth is sustainable and, in turn, whether a move away from growth can be sustained.With issues such as climate change looming large, our understanding of growth and sustainability is critical. This Handbook offers a broad range of perspectives that can help the reader decide: growth? Sustainability? Both? Or neither? Contributions are drawn from a wide range of disciplinary perspectives including economics, sociology, political science, philosophy, engineering and journalism, placing the work of established luminaries alongside emerging scholars who offer fresh new perspectives. A special section dedicated to exploring 'growth imperatives' that make transitioning away from economic growth difficult is provided, and the book includes a focus on cultural change and economic growth. Scholars, students and practitioners interested in ecological economics, sustainability and environmental studies will all find much of value in this multifaceted and comprehensive volume.Contributors: P. Bartelmus, B. Bartkowski, H.S. Brown, H. Daly, B. Dolter, P. Ekins, K.-H. Erb, M. Fischer-Kowalski, T. Green, H. Haberl, M. Hadjikakou, C. Hall, A. Hayden, T. Jackson, G. Kallis, A. Levy, R. Matthais, J. Meadowcroft, M. Paez-Victor, S. Pressman, S. Quilley, W. Rees, H. Schindler, F. Schneider, R. Scott, F. Sekulova, J. Steinberger, S. Strunz, P. Timmerman, J. Van Den Bergh, P.J. Vergragt, P.A Victor, T. WiedmannTrade Review‘Expertly presented with its twenty-three erudite articles being deftly organized into five major sections . . . the Handbook on Growth and Sustainability Is an ideal textbook for scholars, students and practitioners with interest in ecological economics, sustainability and environmental studies. While unreservedly recommended for college and university library collections, it should be noted for the personal reading lists of students, academia, and non-specialist general readers with an interest in the subject that the Handbook on Growth and Sustainability is also available in a paperback edition’ -- Willis M. Buhle, Midwest Book ReviewTable of ContentsContents: 1. From Growth to Sustainability Brett Dolter and Peter A. Victor PART I WHAT IS GROWTH? WHAT IS SUSTAINABILITY? 2. Growth, Development and Learning to Live in a Finite World Peter Timmerman 3. Sustainable development, limits and growth: Reflections on the conundrum James Meadowcroft 4. Sustainability Metrics and Their Use Peter Bartelmus PART II CAN GROWTH BE SUSTAINABLE? 5. A New Economics for Our Full World Herman Daly 6. Ecological Modernisation and Green Growth: Prospects and Potential Paul Ekins 7. Climate Change, Growth, and Sustainability Anders Hayden 8. Climate Change, Happiness and Income from a Degrowth Perspective Filka Sekulova, Giorgos Kallis and François Schneider 9. Green Agrowth: Removing the GDP-Growth Constraint on Human Progress Jeroen C.J.M. van den Bergh PART III IS THE END OF GROWTH NIGH? SUSTAINABILITY CONSTRAINTS ON GROWTH 10. Innovation, Technology, and Economic Growth Matthais Ruth 11. Energy, Economic Growth and Sustainability: An Energy Primer for the 21st Century Charles A. S. Hall 12. Shortcomings of a Growth-Driven Food System Michalis Hadjikakou and Thomas Wiedmann 13. Land as a Planetary Boundary – A Sociological Perspective Helmut Haberl and Karl-Heinz Erb PART IV ARE THERE IMPERATIVES FOR GROWTH? 14. Prometheus Unwound: Shorter Hours for Sustainable Degrowth Andrea Levy 15. Is there a Monetary Growth Imperative? A review Sebastian Strunz, Bartosz Bartkowski and Harry Schindler 16. Thomas Piketty, Growth, Distribution and the Environment Steven Pressman and Robert H. Scott, III 17. Growth and Sustainability in a Material World: The Self-Reinforcing Cycle of Population, GDP and Resource Use Marina Fischer-Kowalski and Julia K. Steinberger PART V IS IT POSSIBLE TO MOVE BEYOND GROWTH CULTURE? 18. Economic Growth, Biophysical Limits and Sustainability in Economics Textbooks Since 1948 Tom L. Green 19. From Growth to Sustainability: Cultural Transition Beyond Consumerist Lifestyles Halina Szejnwald Brown and Philip J. Vergragt 20. Navigating the Anthropocene: Environmental Politics and Complexity in an Era of Limits Stephen Quilley 21. Questioning Sustainability in Latin America Maria Páez Victor 22. Going Down? Human Nature, Growth and (Un)Sustainability William E. Rees 23. Beyond Consumer Capitalism - foundations for a sustainable prosperity Tim Jackson Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Innovation Systems for Development: Making
Book SynopsisThe rise and expansion of organized scientific research has led individuals to become accustomed to an unceasing delivery of new scientific results and technical improvements that resolve even seemingly unsolvable problems. This timely book examines how science-based research and innovation is designed, implemented and applied in developing countries in support of development and poverty alleviation. The expert contributors trace and compare the emergence of National Innovation Systems (NIS) in four developing countries - Bolivia, Mozambique, Tanzania and Vietnam. Dedicated chapters on each country identify the main structural and organizational problems for improving the relevance and quality of research output for the productive sector, and conclude by offering suggestions on how the process of applying research outputs and innovations in support of development goals can be improved. Scholars and students of development, innovation and related subjects will find this book to be useful with its focus on national innovation systems. It will also be of interest to policy advisors, decision-makers and other practitioners involved in development issues.Trade Review'This is a timely and insightful book that looks into the relationships between knowledge production and development in four developing countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America. An important contribution of the book is to highlight the contradictions that each country faces when trying to ''close the loop'' among researchers and policy makers. For all those interested in addressing the thorny question of how can research be channeled to fit national priorities this is a book not to miss.' --Judith Sutz, Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay'This book deals with a subject that is highly relevant today. In a world facing an increasing concentration of income and wealth, with social exclusion, it offers further and deeper analysis of cases studies showing how the process of knowledge creation and innovation in developing countries can be more conducive to the purposes of development and poverty alleviation than it is currently. It shows how to ''close the loop'' - making research more closely linked to development goals. All of the authors of this book are renowned researchers that have worked in this field for more than a decade.' --Jose Manoel Carvalho de Mello, Visiting Professor, Fluminense Federal University, BrazilTable of ContentsContents: 1. Science, Technology and Innovation for Whom? Bo Göransson 2. The Socio-Economic Context and the Millennium Development Goals Claes Brundenius 3. Emerging Innovation Systems in Developing Countries: Bolivia, Vietnam, Tanzania and Mozambique Claes Brundenius, Carlos Aguirre-Bastos, Tran Ngoc Ca, Bitrina Diyamett and Maximiano Dgedge 4. The National Innovation System in Bolivia and its Relevance for Development Carlos Aguirre-Bastos, Javier Aliaga Lordeman, Ignacio Garrón Védia and Raúl Rubín de Célis Cedro 5. The National Innovation System in Vietnam and its Relevance for Development Tran Ngoc Ca 6. The National Innovation System in Tanzania and its Relevance for Development Bitrina Diyamett, Heric Thomas, Lanta Daniel, Justine Liberio and Carlos Aguirre-Bastos 7. The National Innovation System in Mozambique and its Relevance for Development Carlos Aguirre-Bastos, Sérgio Chicumbe, Maximiano Dgedge, and Bo Göransson 8. Making Research Matter: A Synthesis of Survey Findings Bo Göransson Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Innovation, Technology and Economic Change
Book SynopsisSeveral attempts have been made since the 1970s to collect key scholarly papers and document the progress of the field of innovation studies. The collection of papers covered by this new research review, most of which were published after the turn of the millennium, stands on the shoulders of these earlier volumes and seeks to provide a broad overview of recent progress in research on innovation and economic change. In their choice of papers, the editors address the characteristics of the field of innovation studies and its relationship to other areas of (social) science: innovation in firms; factors influencing firms' innovation performance; innovation systems; innovation and economic "catch-up" and, finally, policy issues for innovation.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction Jan Fagerberg and David C. Mowery PART I INNOVATION STUDIES: EVOLUTION AND CHALLENGES 1. Jan Fagerberg, Morten Fosaas and Koson Sapprasert (2012), ‘Innovation: Exploring the Knowledge Base’, Research Policy, 41 (7), September, 1132–53 2. Ben R. Martin (2013), ‘Innovation Studies: An Emerging Agenda’, in Jan Fagerberg, Ben R. Martin and Esben Sloth Andersen (eds), Innovation Studies: Evolution and Future Challenges, Chapter 8, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 168–86 PART II INNOVATION IN FIRMS 3. Eric von Hippel (2005), ‘Democratizing Innovation: The Evolving Phenomenon of User Innovation’, Journal für Betriebswirtschaft, 55 (1), March, 63–78 4. Keld Laursen and Ammon Salter (2006), ‘Open for Innovation: The Role of Openness in Explaining Innovation Performance Among U.K. Manufacturing Firms’, Strategic Management Journal, 27 (2), February, 131–50 5. David J. Teece (2007), ‘Explicating Dynamic Capabilities: The Nature and Microfoundations of (Sustainable) Enterprise Performance’, Strategic Management Journal, 28 (13), December, 1319–50 6. Bruno Cassiman and Reinhilde Veugelers (2006), ‘In Search of Complementarity in Innovation Strategy: Internal R&D and External Knowledge Acquisition’, Management Science, 52 (1), January, 68–82 7. Morten Berg Jensen, Björn Johnson, Edward Lorenz and Bengt Åke Lundvall (2007), ‘Forms of Knowledge and Modes of Innovation’, Research Policy, 36 (5), June, 680–93 8. Bruno Crépon, Emmanuel Duguet and Jacques Mairesse (1998), ‘Research, Innovation and Productivity: An Econometric Analysis at the Firm Level’, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 7 (2), 115–58 9. Wesley M. Cohen and Steven Klepper (1996), ‘A Reprise of Size and R&D’, Economic Journal, 106 (437), July, 925¬–51 PART III INNOVATION: FACTORS, APPROPRIATION AND MARKETS 10. Ron A. Boschma (2005), ‘Proximity and Innovation: A Critical Assessment’, Regional Studies, 39 (1), February, 61–74 11. Steven Klepper (2010), ‘The Origin and Growth of Industry Clusters: The Making of Silicon Valley and Detroit’, Journal of Urban Economics, 67 (1), January, 15–32 12. Bronwyn H. Hall (2002), ‘The Financing of Research and Development’, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 18 (1), Spring, 35–51 13. Wesley M. Cohen, Richard R. Nelson and John P. Walsh (2000), ‘Protecting Their Intellectual Assets: Appropriability Conditions and Why U.S. Manufacturing Firms Patent (Or Not)’, NBER Working Paper No. 7552, i, 1–31, notes 14. Ashish Arora and Alfonso Gambardella (2010), ‘Ideas for Rent: An Overview of Markets for Technology’, Industrial and Corporate Change, 19 (3), June, 775–803 15. David C. Mowery and Arvids A. Ziedonis (2002), ‘Academic Patent Quality Before and After the Bayh-Dole Act in the United States’, Research Policy, 31 (3), March, 399–418 16. Petra Moser (2005), ‘How Do Patent Laws Influence Innovation? Evidence From Nineteenth-Century World’s Fairs’, American Economic Review, 95 (4), September, 1214–36 17. Ian Miles (2004), ‘Innovation in Services’, in Jan Fagerberg, David C. Mowery and Richard R. Nelson (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Innovation, Chapter 16, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 433–58 PART IV INNOVATION SYSTEMS 18. Chris Freeman (2002), ‘Continental, National and Sub-National Innovation Systems — Complementarity and Economic Growth’, Research Policy, 31 (2), February, 191–211 19. Xielin Liu and Steven White (2001), ‘Comparing Innovation Systems: A Framework and Application to China’s Transitional Context’, Research Policy, 30 (7), August, 1091–114 20. Henry Etzkowitz and Loet Leydesdorff (2000), ‘The Dynamics of Innovation: From National Systems and “Mode 2” to a Triple Helix of University-Industry-Government Relations’, Research Policy, 29 (2), February, 109–23 21. Bjørn T. Asheim and Lars Coenen (2005), ‘Knowledge Bases and Regional Innovation Systems: Comparing Nordic Clusters’, Research Policy, 34 (8), October, 1173–90 22. Franco Malerba (2002), ‘Sectoral Systems of Innovation and Production’, Research Policy, 31 (2), February, 247–64 23. Anna Bergek, Staffan Jacobsson, Bo Carlsson, Sven Lindmark and Annika Rickne (2008), ‘Analyzing the Functional Dynamics of Technological Innovation Systems: A Scheme of Analysis’, Research Policy, 37 (3), April, 407–29 PART V INNOVATION, GROWTH AND CATCHING-UP 24. Moses Abramovitz and Paul A. David (1996), ‘Convergence and Deferred Catch-Up: Productivity Leadership and the Waning of American Exceptionalism’, in Ralph Landau, Timothy Taylor and Gavin Wright (eds), The Mosaic of Economic Growth, Redwood City, CA: Stanford University Press, 21–62 25. Linsu Kim (1999), ‘Building Technological Capability for Industrialization: Analytical Frameworks and Korea’s Experience’, Industrial and Corporate Change, 8 (1), March, 111–36 26. Jeffrey L. Furman, Michael E. Porter and Scott Stern (2002), ‘The Determinants of National Innovative Capacity’, Research Policy, 31 (6), August, 899–933 27. Daniele Archibugi and Alberto Coco (2005), ‘Measuring Technological Capabilities at the Country Level: A Survey and a Menu for Choice’, Research Policy, 34 (2), March, 175–94 28. Kyoo-Ho Park and Keun Lee (2006), ‘Linking the Technological Regime to the Technological Catch-Up: Analyzing Korea and Taiwan Using the US Patent Data’, Industrial and Corporate Change, 15 (4), August, 715–53 29. Daron Acemoglu, Philippe Aghion and Fabrizio Zilibotti (2006), ‘Distance to Frontier, Selection, and Economic Growth’, Journal of the European Economic Association, 4 (1), March, 37–74 30. Jan Fagerberg and Martin Srholec (2008), ‘National Innovation Systems, Capabilities and Economic Development’, Research Policy, 37 (9), October, 1417–35 PART VI INNOVATION AND POLICY 31. Patries Boekholt (2010), ‘The Evolution of Innovation Paradigms and their Influence on Research, Technological Development and Innovation Policy Instruments’, in Ruud E. Smits, Stefan Kuhlmann and Philip Shapira (eds), The Theory and Practice of Innovation Policy, Chapter 14, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 333–59 32. René Kemp, Johan Schot and Remco Hoogma (1998), ‘Regime Shifts to Sustainability Through Processes of Niche Information: The Approach of Strategic Niche Management’, Technology Analysis and Strategic Management, 10 (2), 175–98 33. Ruud Smits and Stefan Kuhlmann (2004), ‘The Rise of Systemic Instruments in Innovation Policy’, International Journal of Foresight and Innovation Policy, 1 (1/2), 4–32 34. Jakob Edler and Luke Georghiou (2007), ‘Public Procurement and Innovation—Resurrecting the Demand Side’, Research Policy, 36 (7), September, 949–63 35. Charles Edquist (2011), ‘Design of Innovation Policy through Diagnostic Analysis: Identification of Systemic Problems (or Failures)’, Industrial and Corporate Change, 20 (6), December, 1725–53 36. David C. Mowery (2011), ‘Federal Policy and the Development of Semiconductors, Computer Hardware and Computer Software: A Policy Model for Climate Change R&D?’, in Rebecca M. Henderson and Richard G. Newell (eds), Accelerating Energy Innovation: Insights from Multiple Sectors, Chapter 5, Chicago, IL, USA: University of Chicago Press, 159–88 Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Handbook of Regions and Competitiveness:
Book SynopsisThe field of regional development is subject to an ever-increasing multiplicity of concepts and theories seeking to explain uneven competitiveness. In particular, economic geographers and spatial economists have rapidly developed the theoretical tools by which to approach such analyses. The aim of this Handbook is to take stock of regional competitiveness and complementary concepts as a means of presenting a state-of-the-art discussion of the advanced theories, perspectives and empirical explanations that help make sense of the determinants of uneven development across regions. Drawing on an international field of leading scholars, the book is assembled and organized so that readers can first learn of the theoretical underpinnings of regional competitiveness and development theory, before moving on to deeper discussions of key factors and principal elements, the emergence of allied concepts, empirical applications, and the policy context. International in its scope, including global empirical analysis, the book is a definitive resource in terms of providing access to some of the seminal research and thinking on regional competitiveness. This contemporary Handbook is an ideal reference for students and academics in the fields of economic geography and spatial economics. It will also appeal to policymakers and other stakeholders involved in regional economic development.Contributors include: K. Aiginger, P. Annoni, M.J. Aranguren, D. Audretsch, P.-A. Balland, R. Boschma, R. Camagni, R. Cellini, J. Crespo, P. Di Caro, L. Dijkstra, J. Fagerberg, M. Firgo, U. Fratesi, R. Harris, R. Huggins, J. Jansson, C. Ketels, I. Lengyel, E. Magro, E.J. Malecki, A. Mamtora, R. Martin, P. McCann, H. Menendez, P. Ni, R. Ortega-Argilés, I. Periáñez, A. Richardson, A. Rodríguez-Pose, L. Saez, J. Shen, M. Srholec, M. Storper, P. Sunley, M. Thissen, P. Thompson, G. Torrisi, I. Turok, F. van Oort, Y. Wang, A. Waxell, C. Wilkie, J.R. WilsonTrade Review'This book helps us better understand the geography of economic competitiveness. With contributions from an international cast of leading scholars, it shows what works and what doesn't and what it means for efforts to improve the competitiveness of regions and nations.' --(Richard Florida, University of Toronto, Canada)Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introducing Regional Competitiveness and Development: Contemporary Theories and Perspectives Robert Huggins and Piers Thompson PART I REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH 2. Explaining Regional Growth and Change Michael Storper 3. Measuring and Monitoring Regional Competitiveness in the European Union Paola Annoni and Lewis Dijkstra 4. Regional Competitiveness and Economic Growth: The Evolution of Explanatory Models Richard Harris 5. Explaining Regional Economic Performance: The Role of Competitiveness, Specialization and Capabilities Jan Fagerberg and Martin Srholec 6. Economic Competitiveness and Regional Development Dynamics Edward J. Malecki PART II THE PRINCIPAL ELEMENTS OF REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS 7. Regional Competitiveness: Connecting an Old Concept With New Goals Karl Aiginger and Matthias Firgo 8. Regional Economic Competition and Place-Based Policies Frank Van Oort and Mark Thissen 9. The Dynamics of Regional Competitiveness Ugo Fratesi 10. Territorial Capital, Competitiveness and Regional Development Roberto Camagni 11. A Network Theory of Regional Competitiveness: Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Growth Robert Huggins and Piers Thompson PART III REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS, RESILIENCE AND QUALITY 12. Resilience, Networks and Competitiveness: A Conceptual Framework Joan Crespo, Ron Boschma and Pierre-Alexandre Balland 13. Competitiveness and Regional Economic Resilience Ron Martin and Peter Sunley 14. Regional Resilience in Italy: Do Employment and Income Tell the Same Story? Roberto Cellini, Paolo Di Caro and GianpieroTorrisi 15. Quality and Space: A Framework for Quality-Based Regional Competitiveness Johan Jansson and Anders Waxell PART IV COMPETITIVENESS AND EMERGING REGIONS 16. Innovation and Competitiveness in the Periphery of Europe Andrés Rodríguez-Pose and Callum Wilkie 17. Urban Land, Infrastructure and Competitiveness in the Global South Ivan Turok 18. Competitive and Uncompetitive Regions in Transition Economies: The Case of the Visegrad Post-Socialist Countries Imre Lengyel PART V URBAN REGIONS AND CITY COMPETITIVENESS 19. Urban Sustainable Competitiveness: A Comparative Analysis of 500 Cities Around The World Pengfei Ni and Yufei Wang 20. Competition and Cooperation in the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Region Jianfa Shen 21. Measuring Urban Competitiveness In Europe Lucía Sáez and Iñaki Periáñez PART VI REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS STRATEGIES AND POLICY 22. Upgrading Regional Competitiveness: What Role for Regional Governments? Christian Ketels 23. The Strategic Management of Places and Regional Competitiveness David Audretsch, Hugo Menendez, Aileen Richardson and Apexa Mamtora 24. Regional Competitiveness, Policy Transfer and Smart Specialization Philip Mccann and Raquel Ortega-Argilés 25. Regional Competitiveness Policy in an Era of Smart Specialization Strategies Mari José Aranguren, Edurne Magro and James R. Wilson Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Urban Economics and Urban Policy: Challenging
Book SynopsisIn this bold, exciting and readable volume, Paul Cheshire, Max Nathan and Henry Overman illustrate the insights that recent economic research brings to our understanding of cities, and the lessons for urban policy-making. The authors present new evidence on the fundamental importance of cities to economic wellbeing and to the enrichment of our lives. They also argue that many policies have been trying to push water uphill and have done little to achieve their stated aims; or, worse, have had unintended and counterproductive consequences.It is remarkable that our cities have been so successful despite the many shortcomings of urban policies and governance. These shortcomings appear in both rich and poor countries. Many powerful policies intended to influence urban development and spatial differences have been developed since the late 1940s, but they have been subject to little rigorous economic evaluation. The authors help us to understand why economic growth has emerged so unevenly across space and why this pattern persists. The failure to understand the forces leading to uneven development underlies the ineffectiveness of many current urban policies. The authors conclude that future urban policies need to take better account of the forces that drive unevenness and that their success should be judged by their impact on people, not on places - or buildings.This groundbreaking book will prove to be an invaluable resource and a rewarding read for academics, practitioners and policymakers interested in the economics of urban policy, urban planning and development, as well as international studies and innovation.Contents: Foreword by Ed Glaeser 1. Introduction 2. Urban Economic Performance 3. Residential Segregation and People Sorting Within Cities 4. Planning for a Housing Crisis: Or the Alchemy by Which We Turn Houses into Gold 5. Planning and Economic Performance 6. Planning: Reforms that Might Work and Ones that Wont 7. Devolution, City Governance and Economic Performance 8. Urban Policies 9. Conclusions IndexTrade ReviewUrban Economics and Urban Policy pulls together cutting-edge developments in urban and regional economics and draws out their implications for urban policy. This new urban economics goes beyond simple comparative advantage and cost competitiveness of cities, and beyond simple views of capital and labor. It develops a much more complex and realistic view of what constitutes local advantage, due to the spatial sorting of different types of people and different types of firms, giving rise to a lumpy landscape of people, activities, and incomes. By taking seriously the new ways we understand the forces shaping the geography of economic development, the authors suggest fresh new ways to work with the grain of markets, but without letting them rip. It is a tour de force.' --Michael Storper, London School of Economics, UK'Paul Cheshire, Max Nathan, and Henry Overman recognize the large disconnect between urban economics and urban policy, and their book is intended to help bridge that gap. It is the authors' general contention that ''urban economists have to date contributed very little to the development and evaluation of real-world urban policy'' (p. 1). While I think there are some notable counterexamples to which I return below, I largely agree with this claim. In addition, the authors believe that urban economics, particularly modern urban economics, has much value to add to policy making. Here, I think the case is less clear-cut, but the authors present it well. Given the authors' purpose, readers of this book can expect a nontechnical summary of recent research in urban economics, with a clear and complete explanation of what it implies for urban policymaking. This is precisely what the authors deliver, so readers should not expect new findings from this extremely accomplished research team; instead they get careful synthesis, interpretation,and policy recommendations. As such the book will be of most value to students and practitioners in fields that do have a lot of influence in urban policy, especially planning and government.' --Andrew Haughwout, Journal of Regional Science'The book is among the most effective critiques of contemporary urban planning thought, characterized by such approaches as urban containment, compact city, and densification.' --Wendell Cox, New GeographyTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Ed Glaeser 1. Introduction 2. Urban Economic Performance 3. Residential Segregation and People Sorting Within Cities 4. Planning for a Housing Crisis: Or the Alchemy by Which We Turn Houses into Gold 5. Planning and Economic Performance 6. Planning: Reforms that Might Work and Ones that Won’t 7. Devolution, City Governance and Economic Performance 8. Urban Policies 9. Conclusions Index
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