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Book SynopsisBusiness Principles for Landscape Contracting, fully revised and updated in its third edition, is an introduction to the application of business principles of financial management involved in setting up your own landscape contracting business and beginning your professional career. Appealing to students and professionals alike, it will build your knowledge of financial management tools and enable you to relate their applications to real-life business scenarios. Focusing on the importance of proactive financial management, the book serves as a primer for students in landscape architecture, contracting, and management courses and entrepreneurs within the landscape industry preparing to use business principles in practice. Topics covered include: Financial management and accountability Budget development Profitable pricing and estimating Project management Creating a lean culture Personnel management and employee prodTrade Review'Business Principles of Landscape Contracting has been a valuable supplement to our curriculum. While our students earn a minor in Business Management, Dr. Cohan's excellent text helps them apply what they learn in their business courses to the Green Industry.' Phil Allen, Certified Landscape Professional, Brigham Young University, USA. Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements Structuring for accountability Budget development Profitable pricing Estimating Financial management Project management Financial ratios Software applications Managing human assets Productivity basics Creating a lean culture Professional development Bottom-line leadership Economic sustainability Appendices Index

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Book SynopsisIntroduction to Health and Safety in Construction has been specially written for the thousands of students who complete the NEBOSH National Certificate in Construction Health and Safety each year. Fully revised in alignment with the April 2015 syllabus, the fifth edition provides students with all they need to tackle the course with confidence.The book covers all the essential elements of health and safety management in construction including the legal framework, risk assessment and control standards. Highly illustrated, with information provided in a clear, easily accessible format, it also provides checklists and record sheets to supplement learning. Aligned to the NEBOSH National Certificate in Construction Health and Safety Practice questions and answers to test knowledge and increase understanding Complete with a companion website containing extra resources for Table of Contents1. Foundations in Health and Safety 2. Health and Safety Management Systems – PLAN 3. Health and Safety Management Systems – Organising – DO Part I 4. Health and Safety Management Systems – Risk Assessment and Controls – DO Part II 5. Health and Safety Management Systems – Monitoring, Investigation and Recording – CHECK 6. Health and Safety Management Systems – Audit and Review – ACT 7. Construction Law and Management 8. Construction Site Issues – Hazards and Risk Control 9. Vehicle and Plant Movement – Hazards and Risk Control 10. Musculoskeletal Hazards and Risk Control 11. Work Equipment Hazards and Risk Control 12. Electrical Safety 13. Fire Safety 14. Chemical and Biological Health Hazards and Risk Control 15. Physical and Psychological Health Hazards and Risk Control 16. Working at Height – Hazards and Risk Control 17. Excavation Work and Confined Spaces – Hazards and Risk Control 18. Demolition and Deconstruction – Hazards and Risk Control 19. Summary of the Main Legal Requirements 20. Environment and International Aspects of Health and Safety 21. Study skills 22. Specimen answers to practice questions 23. International Sources of Information and Guidance

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Book SynopsisFrench Accounting History: New Contributions illustrates the lively research activity in the field of accounting and management history in France, thus contributing to the dissemination of French research on an international scale. Based on a collection of diverse papers by French historians in this field which have been presented at various congresses, contributing authors give an overview of French accounting, the advent of the auditing profession and management control in France. This book aims to further strengthen the development of the community and knowledge base of accounting historians, not only in France but also internationally.This book is based on a special issue of the journal Accounting History Review.Table of Contents1. ‘Lady Accounting’, an analogy using blood circulation to popularise an accounting view of the health of the firm Marie Catalo, University of Nantes and Nicole Azema-Girlando, University of Angers 2. Charles Eugène Bedaux (1886-1944): "cost killer" or Utopian Socialist? Yves Levant, University of Lille 2 and SKEMA Business School, and Marc Nikitin, University of Orleans 3. The history of the French tableau de bord (1885-1975): Evidence from the archives Anne Pezet, University of Paris-Dauphine 4. Accounting and the words to tell it: a historical perspective Pierre Labardin and Marc Nikitin, University of Orleans 5. Reform or renaissance? France’s 1966 Companies Act and the problem of the ‘professionalisation’ of the auditing profession in France Carlos Ramirez, Groupe HEC, France 6. Accounting for triangular trade Cheryl S. McWatters and Yannick Lemarchand, University of Nantes 7. Environmental turbulence and the function of budgetary control Nicolas Berland, University of Paris-Dauphine 8. Berliet, the obstructed manager, too clever, too soon? Henri Zimnovitch, University of Paris-Sud

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Book SynopsisThis is a guide for business owning families and their professional advisors. The authors argue that the single most important factor to the success of any business is relationship intelligence. The book aims to demonstrate how improved relationships translate into more effective leadership, ownership and ethics in business.Trade Review"Provides a practical guide for business-owning families and their professional advisers." -- Journal of EconomicLiterature"With their book, Getting Along in Family Business: TheRelationship Intelligence Handbook, the Hoovers have provided family-run businesses a compass to navigate the challenges of these types of businesses." -- West ChicagoPress"A terrific book that many family businesses have benefited from..." -- Herald Press"Ed and Colette Hoover bring a nice balance of common sense, professional experience, and science to that which many think is merely intuitive or preordained by the genes. As someone who wears several hats, I can say that the Hoovers have done a masterful job of describing the uniqueness of each perspective, and provide a good framework for insiders to follow. People serious about moving their family's business and family performance to the next level will find this book invaluable." -- --David Juday, Chairman and CEO, Ideal Industries"At the heart of family business continuity is the ability of the owning family to communicate about things that matter and then plan accordingly. And if you want to promote this kind of communication you have to invest in the relationships between family members. This is a book about how to invest where it matters most for the family. Read it and act on it." -- Ernesto Poza, Professor for the Practice of Family Business and Director Family Business Programs, Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University e"For those who wish to survive the maze of family business, this is more a guide to `prospering and thriving' than simply `getting along'. The unique addition of QFRs (Questions for Reflection) takes this home at a person and practical level. And with abundant models, cases, and practical exercises, it's a facilitator's handbook as well." -- Paul Karofsky, Executive Director, Northeastern University Center for Family BusinessTable of ContentsChapter 1 The Business of Relationships; Chapter 2 Understanding Relationship Intelligence; Chapter 3 When Family and Business Meet; Chapter 4 Improving Relationship Intelligence; Chapter 5 Assessing Your RQ; Chapter 6 The Architecture of Family Business; Chapter 7 Promoting RQ through Stewardship; Chapter 8 Ethical Dilemmas in the Family Business; Chapter 9 Leadership in the Family Business; Chapter 10 RQ and Working with Family Businesses;

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Book SynopsisIn today's fast-changing business environment, those firms that want to remain competitive must also be innovative. Innovation is not simply about developing new technologies into new products or services, but in many cases, finding new models for doing business in the face of change. It often entails changing the rules of the game. Strategic Innovation demonstrates to students how to create and appropriate value using new game strategies to gain competitive advantage. The book begins with a summary of the major strategic frameworks and showing the origins of strategic innovation. Next, Afuah gives a thorough examination of contemporary strategy from an innovation standpoint, including: how to develop strategy in the face of change a detailed framework for assessing the profitability potential of a strategy or product consideration of how both for-profit and non-profit organizations can benefit from new game strategies. Trade Review"Strategic Innovation features a very useable general framework for strategy analysis AND a comprehensive discussion of entrepreneurial new games, written by a world-class expert in these topics. While containing a cutting edge synthesis of the best ideas, this book is written at a level that can be understood and applied by business students."--Vance Fried, Oklahoma State University"Although it was Joseph Schumpeter who taught us that innovation is the engine of growth in free-market economies, it is Allan Afuah who teaches us how to achieve competitive advantage through strategic innovation."--Frank T. Rothaermel, Sloan Industry Studies Fellow and The Deedy Associate Professor of Strategy, Georgia Institute of Technology"This book will be the key reference for students of management interested in how to change the rules of the game. Through clear exposition and relevant, well-written cases, Allan Afuah guides the reader through the opportunities and threats of strategic innovation."--Christopher Tucci, Chair of Corporate Strategy & Innovation, EPFLTable of ContentsPart 1: Introduction 1. Introduction to New Game Strategies and Overview 2. Assessing the Profitability Potential of a Strategy 3. The Long Tail and New Games Part 2: Strengths and Weaknesses 4. Creating and Appropriating Value in the Face of New Games 5. Resources and Capabilities in the Face of New Games 6. First-mover Advantages and Disadvantages 7. Implementation of New Game Strategies Part 3: Opportunities and Threats 8. Disruptive Technologies as New Games 9. Globalization Through New Games 10. New Game Environments and the Role of Governments 11. Coopetition and Game Theory Part 4: Applications 12. Entering a New Business Using New Games 13. Strategy Frameworks Part 5: Cases Case 1: New World Invades France’s Wine Terroir Case 2: Sephora Takes on America Case 3: Netflix: Responding to Blockbuster, Again Case 4: Threadless in Chicago Case 5: Pixar Changes the Rules of the Game Case 6: Lipitor: The World’s Best-Selling Drug Case 7: New Belgium: Brewing a New Game Case 8: Botox: How Long Would the Smile Last? Case 9: Ikea Lands in the New World Case 10: Esperion: Drano for Your Arteries? Case 11: Xbox 360: Will the Second Time Be any Better? Case 12: The Nintendo Wii: A Game-Changing Move

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Book SynopsisReflects the theoretical and econometric/empirical advances in the financial markets. This book provides an introduction to models of economic behaviour in financial markets, focusing on discrete time series analysis.Table of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgements. 1 Basic Concepts in Finance. Aims. 1.1 Returns on Stocks, Bonds and Real Assets. 1.2 Discounted Present Value, DPV. 1.3 Utility and Indifference Curves. 1.4 Asset Demands. 1.5 Indifference Curves and Intertemporal Utility. 1.6 Investment Decisions and Optimal Consumption. 1.7 Summary. Appendix: Mean-Variance Model and Utility Functions. 2 Basic Statistics in Finance. Aims. 2.1 Lognormality and Jensen’s Inequality. 2.2 Unit Roots, Random Walk and Cointegration. 2.3 Monte Carlo Simulation (MCS) and Bootstrapping. 2.4 Bayesian Learning. 2.5 Summary. 3 Efficient Markets Hypothesis. Aims. 3.1 Overview. 3.2 Implications of the EMH. 3.3 Expectations, Martingales and Fair Game. 3.4 Testing the EMH. 3.5 Using Survey Data. 3.6 Summary. Appendix: Cross-Equation Restrictions. 4 Are Stock Returns Predictable? Aims. 4.1 A Century of Returns. 4.2 Simple Models. 4.3 Univariate Tests. 4.4 Multivariate Tests. 4.5 Cointegration and Error Correction Models (ECM). 4.6 Non-Linear Models. 4.7 Markov Switching Models. 4.8 Profitable Trading Strategies? 4.9 Summary. 5 Mean-Variance Portfolio Theory and the CAPM. Aims. 5.1 An Overview. 5.2 Mean-Variance Model. 5.3 Capital Asset Pricing Model. 5.4 Beta and Systematic Risk. 5.5 Summary. 6 International Portfolio Diversification. Aims. 6.1 Mathematics of the Mean-Variance Model. 6.2 International Diversification. 6.3 Mean-Variance Optimisation in Practice. 6.4 Summary. Appendix I: Efficient Frontier and the CML. Appendix II: Market Portfolio. 7 Performance Measures, CAPM and APT. Aims. 7.1 Performance Measures. 7.2 Extensions of the CAPM. 7.3 Single Index Model. 7.4 Arbitrage Pricing Theory. 7.5 Summary. 8 Empirical Evidence: CAPM and APT. Aims. 8.1 CAPM: Time-Series Tests. 8.2 CAPM: Cross-Section Tests. 8.3 CAPM, Multifactor Models and APT. 8.4 Summary. Appendix: Fama–MacBeth Two-Step Procedure. 9 Applications of Linear Factor Models. Aims. 9.1 Event Studies. 9.2 Mutual Fund Performance. 9.3 Mutual Fund ‘Stars’? 9.4 Summary. 10 Valuation Models and Asset Returns. Aims. 10.1 The Rational Valuation Formula (RVF). 10.2 Special Cases of the RVF. 10.3 Time-Varying Expected Returns. 10.4 Summary. 11 Stock Price Volatility. Aims. 11.1 Shiller Volatility Tests. 11.2 Volatility Tests and Stationarity. 11.3 Peso Problems and Variance Bounds Tests. 11.4 Volatility and Regression Tests. 11.5 Summary. Appendix: LeRoy–Porter and West Tests. 12 Stock Prices: The VAR Approach. Aims. 12.1 Linearisation of Returns and the RVF. 12.2 Empirical Results. 12.3 Persistence and Volatility. 12.4 Summary. Appendix: Returns, Variance Decomposition and Persistence. 13 SDF Model and the C-CAPM. Aims. 13.1 Consumption-CAPM. 13.2 C-CAPM and the ‘Standard’ CAPM. 13.3 Prices and Covariance. 13.4 Rational Valuation Formula and SDF. 13.5 Factor Models. 13.6 Summary. Appendix: Joint Lognormality and Power Utility. 14 C-CAPM: Evidence and Extensions. Aims. 14.1 Should Returns be Predictable in the C-CAPM? 14.2 Equity Premium Puzzle. 14.3 Testing the Euler Equations of the C-CAPM. 14.4 Extensions of the SDF Model. 14.5 Habit Formation. 14.6 Equity Premium: Further Explanations. 14.7 Summary. Appendix: Hansen–Jagannathan Bound. 15 Intertemporal Asset Allocation: Theory. Aims. 15.1 Two-Period Model. 15.2 Multi-Period Model. 15.3 SDF Model of Expected Returns. 15.4 Summary. Appendix I: Envelope Condition for Consumption-Portfolio Problem. Appendix II: Solution for Log Utility. 16 Intertemporal Asset Allocation: Empirics. Aims. 16.1 Retirement and Stochastic Income. 16.2 Many Risky Assets. 16.3 Different Preferences. 16.4 Horizon Effects and Uncertainty. 16.5 Market Timing and Uncertainty. 16.6 Stochastic Parameters. 16.7 Robustness. 16.8 Summary. Appendix: Parameter Uncertainty and Bayes Theorem. 17 Rational Bubbles and Learning. Aims. 17.1 Rational Bubbles. 17.2 Tests of Rational Bubbles. 17.3 Intrinsic Bubbles. 17.4 Learning. 17.5 Summary. 18 Behavioural Finance and Anomalies. Aims. 18.1 Key Ideas. 18.2 Beliefs and Preferences. 18.3 Survival of Noise Traders. 18.4 Anomalies. 18.5 Corporate Finance. 18.6 Summary. 19 Behavioural Models. Aims. 19.1 Simple Model. 19.2 Optimising Model of Noise Trader Behaviour. 19.3 Shleifer–Vishny Model: Short-Termism. 19.4 Contagion. 19.5 Beliefs and Expectations. 19.6 Momentum and Newswatchers. 19.7 Style Investing. 19.8 Prospect Theory. 19.9 Summary. Appendix I: The DeLong et al Model of Noise Traders. Appendix II: The Shleifer–Vishny Model of Short-Termism. 20 Theories of the Term Structure. Aims. 20.1 Prices, Yields and the RVF. 20.2 Theories of the Term Structure. 20.3 Expectations Hypothesis. 20.4 Summary. 21 The EH–From Theory to Testing. Aims. 21.1 Alternative Representations of the EH. 21.2 VAR Approach. 21.3 Time-Varying Term Premium–VAR Methodology. 21.4 Summary. 22 Empirical Evidence on the Term Structure. Aims. 22.1 Data and Cointegration. 22.2 Variance Bounds Tests. 22.3 Single-Equation Tests. 22.4 Expectations Hypothesis: Case Study. 22.5 Previous Studies. 22.6 Summary. 23 SDF and Affine Term Structure Models. Aims. 23.1 SDF Model. 23.2 Single-Factor Affine Models. 23.3 Multi-Factor Affine Models. 23.4 Summary. Appendix I: Math of SDF Model of Term Structure. Appendix II: Single-Factor Affine Models. 24 The Foreign Exchange Market. Aims. 24.1 Exchange Rate Regimes. 24.2 PPP and LOOP. 24.3 Covered-Interest Parity, CIP. 24.4 Uncovered Interest Parity, UIP. 24.5 Forward Rate Unbiasedness, FRU. 24.6 Real Interest Rate Parity. 24.7 Summary. Appendix: PPP and the Wage–Price Spiral. 25 Testing CIP, UIP and FRU. Aims. 25.1 Covered Interest Arbitrage. 25.2 Uncovered Interest Parity. 25.3 Forward Rate Unbiasedness, FRU. 25.4 Testing FRU: VAR Methodology. 25.5 Peso Problems and Learning. 25.6 Summary. 26 Modelling the FX Risk Premium. Aims. 26.1 Implications of β < 1 in FRU Regressions. 26.2 Consumption-CAPM. 26.3 Affine Models of FX Returns. 26.4 FRU and Cash-in-Advance Models. 26.5 Summary. 27 Exchange Rate and Fundamentals. Aims. 27.1 Monetary Models. 27.2 Testing the Models. 27.3 New Open-Economy Macroeconomics. 27.4 Summary. 28 Market Risk. Aims. 28.1 Measuring VaR. 28.2 Mapping Assets: Simplifications. 28.3 Non-Parametric Measures. 28.4 Monte Carlo Simulation. 28.5 Alternative Methods. 28.6 Summary. Appendix I: Monte Carlo Analysis and VaR. Appendix II: Single Index Model (SIM). 29 Volatility and Market Microstructure. Aims. 29.1 Volatility. 29.2 What Influences Volatility? 29.3 Multivariate GARCH. 29.4 Market Microstructure–FX Trading. 29.5 Survey Data and Expectations. 29.6 Technical Trading Rules. 29.7 Summary. References. Recommended Reading. Index.

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Book SynopsisCombining cross-national quantitative research covering the entire region and in-depth case studies based on field research, Human Capital versus Basic Income challenges the conventional wisdom that these two transformations were unrelated.

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Book SynopsisHow do we place a value on a painting, or a piece of music, or a traditional ritual? This book explores the tensions between economic and cultural value from a range of disciplinary viewpoints and provides many new insights into how value is constructed in contemporary society.Trade Review'Beyond Price is an important contribution to the growing interdisciplinary literature on the varied notions of “value” and in particular the conflicts between traditional economics-centered and culture-centered conceptions of value. These issues are of great moment in all cultural disciplines, including cultural economics, the home field of the collection. The book moves the literature a step ahead by focusing on how and why the methodological innovations implied by this work should be implemented. The contributing scholars are first-rate, and Hutter and Throsby themselves have very strong and distinguished reputations in the field of cultural economics.' Randall Mason, University of Pennsylvania'Beyond Price is a stimulating collection of essays that expands the discussion on valuation of the arts far beyond the usual duality of market and aesthetic values. In its place, this volume offers a vastly more nuanced set of concepts concerning the processes by which art, music, and literature are accorded worth and significance. A wide range of readers will enjoy, and profit from, the book's lively dialogue among economists and cultural historians of various stripes.' Mark A. Meadow, University of California at Santa Barbara'Well-known economists of the arts and culture join with colleagues in other social sciences and in the humanities through a series of papers that were shared, revised in light of insights and new perspectives gained from other participants, and finally brought together in this collection. Recommended.' Choice Magazine'Different disciplinary viewpoints are combined to identify the processes of valuation that are used in the valuation of the arts and culture, and exploring differences and identifying common ground between the various viewpoints.' The Times Higher Education Supplement'Beyond Price is a rich source for anyone working on value in art and culture, and cultural production more generally. … the seventeen essays included in the volume provide an extensive and detailed overview of a multidisciplinary body of literature on value … an enriching read.' British Journal of SociologyTable of Contents1. Value and valuation in art and culture: introduction and overview Michael Hutter and David Throsby; Part I. Origins of Meaning: 2. Creating value between cultures: contemporary Australian Aboriginal art Terry Smith; 3. Entertainment value: intrinsic, instrumental, and transactional Richard Shusterman; 4. Creating artistic from economic value: changing input prices and new art Michael Hutter; Part II. The Creation of Value in Artistic Work: 5. The creation of value by artists: the case of Hector Berlioz and the Symphonic Fantastique David Throsby; 6. Art, honor, and excellence in early modern Europe Elizabeth Honig; 7. Rubbish and aura: archival economics Kurt Heinzelman; Part III. Continuity and Innovation: 8. Value in Yolngu ceremonial song performance: continuity and change Steven Knopoff; 9. The ritual and the promise: why people value social ritual Lourdes Arizpe; 10. 'More than Luther of these modern days': the construction of Emerson's reputation in American culture 1882–1903 Richard Teichgraeber; Part IV. Appreciation and Ranking: 11. Quantitative approaches to valuation in the arts, with an application to movies Victor Ginsburgh and Sheila Weyers; 12. Confluence of cultural and economic values: three historical moments Neil De Marchi; 13. Agreements of judgements: Masaccio and the Chapmans Carolyn Wilde; 14. Time and preferences in cultural consumption Marina Bianchi; Part V. Cultural Policies: 15. What values should count in the arts? The tension between economic effects and cultural value Bruno Frey; 16. The public value of controversial art: the case of the Sensation exhibit Arthur Brooks; 17. Going to extremes: commerical and non-profit valuation in the U.S. arts system William Ivey.

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Book SynopsisHuman beings can be so compassionate. They can also be shockingly cruel. What if there was a master control for human behaviour? Switch it on and people are loving and generous. Switch it off and they revert to violence and greed. Pioneering neuroeconomist Paul J. Zak has discovered just such a master switch: a molecule in the human brain.Zak's colleagues call him Dr Love. They also call him the vampire economist. He and his research team have travelled from his laboratory in California to the jungles of Papua new Guinea via a summer garden in Devon, taking blood from people as they attend a wedding, make decisions with money, play football on the field, even jump from an aeroplane. Their experiments to measure a chemical in the bloodstream called oxytocin reveal the answers to those mysteries about why we make the decisions we do: why we are sometimes rational, at other times irrational; why men cheat more than women; how the moral molecule operates in the market place, andTrade ReviewPaul Zak tells the remarkable story of how he discovered and explored the biochemistry of sympathy, love and trust with the narrative skill of a novelist. Philosophy, economics and biology have rarely been so entertaining. * Matt Ridley, author of Genome *An ancient mammalian molecule prods us to bond with others. Paul Zak offers a most engaging account of this important discovery, bound to overthrow traditional thinking about human behavior, including economics and morality. * Frans de Waal, author of The Age of Empathy *Paul Zak's investigations into the best things in life are inspired, rigorous, and tremendous fun. We need more daring economists like him. * Tyler Cowen, author of The Great Stagnation and the forthcoming An Economist Gets Lunch *an engaging read * BBC Focus *Engaging, entertaining and profound. * Kirkus Reviews *

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Book SynopsisA New York Times investigative reporter wades into the murky, pixelated waters of the multibillion-dollar NFT market—the virtual casino that sprang up overnight in 2020 and came crashing down, with all its celebrity hucksters, just two years later. A vibrant and witty exploration of the increasingly blurry line between art and money, artist and con artist, value and worthlessness.“A perfect book to understand and to laugh at the craziness of the art world today. —Jerry Saltz, author of How to Be an ArtistIn 2021, when the gavel fell at Christie’s on the sale of Mike Winkelmann’s Everydays series—a compilation of five thousand digital artworks—it made a thunderous announcement: Non-fungible tokens had arrived. The ludicrous world of CryptoKitties and Bored Apes had just produced a piece of art worth $69.3 million (at least according to the highest bidder). On that day, the traditional art market

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Book SynopsisAt a time when science is seen as an engine of economic growth, Paula Stephan brings a keen understanding of the cost–benefit calculations made by individuals and institutions as they compete for resources and reputation in scientific fields. She highlights especially the growing gap between the biomedical sciences and physics/engineering.Trade ReviewHow Economics Shapes Science should be required reading for all scientists and students of science, who are increasingly called upon to adopt the language and logic of economics and engage in policy discussions. Paula Stephan (an economist at Georgia State University) makes her case in simple, easy-to-follow language, using timely examples… The book starts by summarizing the case that private industry alone will not invest in the socially optimal level of research, which will ultimately decrease the rate of innovation and lower economic growth. The logic is worth repeating at a time when there are calls for limiting government support for research and researchers face pressures to engage in lower-risk projects. Stephan convincingly argues that monetary incentives increasingly determine the behavior of researchers at the expense of scientists’ desire to participate in the joy of solving problems, receive recognition, and obtain a good reputation. -- Maryann Feldman * Science *[An] original and engaging book… Informed, authoritative and thoughtful, Stephan’s book will be an invaluable resource for scientists, policymakers and all those working to improve the ‘science of science and innovation policy’ in the U.S., Europe and further afield. -- James Wilsdon * Times Higher Education *A big biomedical lab spends 18 cents a day to keep one lab mouse, amounting to hundreds of thousands of dollars for animals each year. Economist Paula Stephan takes an exhaustive look at how publicly funded science pays such bills, and how this affects research, researchers and the economy. She argues that expanding universities and stagnant budgets have made funders and scientists more risk-averse, and stunted the development of young investigators. * Nature *[A] rich, data-driven, and nuanced discussion of science and economics… [A] excellent book. Stephan addresses how R&D spending is often driven by politics—either geo-politics (the Cold War) or personal politics (biomedical research), and how jobs in the sciences respond accordingly (and how competitive options for smart people have affected job uptake). She also talks about how difficult science and research spending is to measure from an economic efficiency perspective—essentially, because payback on investments can be quite indirect and take decades, choosing between investment options is fraught with the chance for mistakes. And the emerging trend showing that higher-impact science comes from funding entities that evaluate people instead of projects and provides longer-term funding is also covered… This book will have a special place on my shelf, as one of a handful of books that demand to be revisited, referenced, and re-read because there is so much clear and important information to be had, and some definite criticisms of the current system policy-makers need to consider. -- Kent Anderson * Scholarly Kitchen *Illuminating and accessible… Using the ‘tool bag’ economics provides for ‘analyzing the relationships between incentives and costs,’ [Stephan] penetrates the financial structure of university-based science, explaining the motivation and behavior of everyone from august university presidents and professors to powerless and impecunious graduate students and postdocs. It’s a remarkably revealing approach… The short space at my disposal allows me to present just a hint of the penetrating discoveries waiting in this book… [A] rigorous and clear-eyed examination of the money trail. She conveys her findings in clear, comprehensible prose. If you want to understand what is really happening in American academic science today, here’s my advice: Read this enlightening book. -- Beryl Lieff Benderly * Science Careers *This volume provides a useful summary of how economics shapes science that is accessible to students and researchers in a variety of disciplines and to policy makers. -- R. B. Emmett * Choice *Paula Stephan is the undisputed authority on the economics of science and her book is a delight. Laced with dozens of revealing anecdotes about everything from transgenic mice to the competition for high h-indexes and the Nobel Prize, How Economics Shapes Science reveals the economic logic behind the workings of modern science and makes a compelling case for using incentives to rationalize our use of scarce resources. -- Charles Clotfelter, Z. Smith Reynolds Professor of Public Policy and Professor of Economics and Law, Duke UniversityPaula Stephan is one of the world’s leading scholars of the economics of science. Her comprehensive analysis—as readable as it is timely—is a must read for anyone worrying about the future of science policy or the economics of universities. -- Ronald G. Ehrenberg, Irving M. Ives Professor of Industrial and Labor Relations and Economics, Cornell UniversityThis is a marvelous book—lucid, cogent, and lively, full of fascinating anecdotes and news about what university science costs, who pays for it, and who benefits. Paula Stephan saw science as an economic enterprise long before other economists did, and she’s written what will be the definitive book for years to come. -- Richard Freeman, Herbert Ascherman Chair in Economics, Harvard UniversityThis fascinating book makes senior scientists like me keenly aware of the travails that await our students and post-docs as they pursue the many years of scientific training that lead to a very uncertain career. As Paula Stephan shows, from the point of view of income and stability, our students might be better off getting MBAs. All senior scientists should read this book. It gives a sobering dose of reality to our love of science. -- Kathleen Giacomini, Professor of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California, San FranciscoHow do economic considerations shape what scientists do? How do scientific developments affect economic progress? In a world facing challenges like global warming and threats of economic stagnation, these are critical questions. Paula Stephan’s treatment is masterful—and readable outside the ranks of economists, too. -- Richard R. Nelson, George Blumenthal Professor Emeritus of International and Public Affairs, Business, and Law, Columbia UniversityScientific research and professional training are now inextricably linked. At the same time the perceived costs and benefits of science have skyrocketed, with governments and universities setting economic incentives in the race for productivity and prestige. Stephan’s groundbreaking economic analysis shows the complex results of these policies. -- Mara Prentiss, Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics, Harvard UniversityWe in Europe often invoke the U.S. science system as the frontier for us, but most of us don’t know in detail how it actually operates. With its wealth of facts and stories, and its rich multidisciplinary perspective, Paula Stephan’s book can teach us. It will help scientists understand their environment and help policy makers see what levers they have (or do not have) to direct science. No one other than Paula Stephan could write with such insight and depth. -- Reinhilde Veugelers, Professor of Managerial Economics, Strategy and Innovation, Katholieke Universiteit LeuvenAn excellent introductory coverage of the nature of the scientific process as constructed through an economist’s framework…There is a rich smorgasbord of well-structured interrogation of each major issue that bedevils or stimulates the life of researchers in the sciences…Quite pertinent to current debate. -- Glenn Withers * Economic Record *

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Book SynopsisThe redistribution of income has been a key element in Peruvian governmental policy. Both the Belaunde and Velasco regimes professed a deep concern with economic injustice, and they have been regarded as models of peaceful progress toward social justice. Despite its good intentions, Richard Webb shows, the government has had little impact on the rigid imbalance of wealth in Peru. The rich have continued to get richer faster than the poor have got less poor. Inequality has grown, and those most in need of improvement have benefited least. The tax structure has actually become more regressive. with taxes raised most on middle-income groups and least on the very rich. Overall, the Peruvian government's economic policy has been mildly progressive, but not progressive enough to have an appreciable effect on the widespread poverty. What is needed, Webb argues, are movements of capital from the modern sector of the economy to the traditional sector to create new jobs for the poor. Finally,

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Book SynopsisHealth care costs make up nearly a fifth of U.S. gross domestic product, but health care is a peculiar thing to buy and sell. Both a scarce resource and a basic need, it involves physical and emotional vulnerability and at the same time it operates as big business. Patients have little choice but to trust those who provide them care, but even thoseTrade ReviewOne of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2015 "This book is an important resource for academic audiences and professionals in the health disciplines as well as those in the social sciences."--Choice "Kudos to Adam Reich for this well-researched book! Students of medical sociology, as well as health management and policy, will find Selling Our Souls useful."--Okori Uneke, Ph.D., International Social Science Review "Reich has written an excellent book."--Hengameh Hosseini, Political Science QuarterlyTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 PART ONE PubliCare Rebuffs the Market 19 Chapter 1 Health Care for All 26 Chapter 2 Privileged Servants 48 Chapter 3 Feels Like Home 59 PART TWO HolyCare Moralizes the Market 71 Chapter 4 Sacred Encounters 78 Chapter 5 Good Business 95 Chapter 6 The Martyred Heart 109 PART THREE GroupCare Tames the Market 123 Chapter 7 Flourishing 127 Chapter 8 Disciplined Doctors 147 Chapter 9 PARTnership 171 Conclusion 189 Acknowledgments 199 A Note on Methods 201 Notes 205 Bibliography 213 Index 221

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Book SynopsisThe problem of economic integration is treated from a purely theoretical standpoint in a manner which far exceeds in thoroughness any prior attempt to deal with this problem in a similar fashion. Originally published in 1961. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print boTable of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*FOREWORD, pg. v*PREFACE TO THE SWISS EDITION, pg. vii*PREFACE TO THE AMERICAN EDITION, pg. x*CONTENTS, pg. xiii*INTRODUCTION: THE RELATIVE ECONOMIC STAGNATION OF EUROPE, pg. 1*CHAPTER I: UNIVERSAL FREE TRADE, pg. 19*CHAPTER II: REGIONAL FREE TRADE, pg. 45*CHAPTER III: METHODS OF INTEGRATION, pg. 84*CHAPTER IV: CURRENCY SYSTEMS AND STABILIZATION POLICY, pg. 111*CHAPTER V: FISCAL POLICY, pg. 190*CHAPTER VI: FACTOR MOBILITY, pg. 224*CONCLUDING REMARKS, pg. 252*INDEX, pg. 257

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Book SynopsisA story of desperation, despotism and resistance in modern RussiaTable of ContentsList of figures and tables Preface Acknowledgements Introduction: Putin's Russia in Deep Focus 1. From Gorbachev to Yeltsin 2. From Yeltsin to Putin 3. Power and money: the economic foundations 4. Power and money: the state, oligarchs and oil 5. Power and money: from oil boom to bust 6. Power and people: how Russia is ruled 7. People and money: human development dilemmas 8. People: parties, unions and NGOs 9. People: grass-roots movements Conclusions Chronology Glossary of Russian words and abbreviations Further reading Index

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive account of the role of professional economists in the economic, social and environmental crises of the early 21st centuryTrade Review'The financial crisis alerted the public to what some insiders have known for decades: mainstream economic ideas are seriously flawed. Chernomas and Hudson lay bare both the ideas and the equally flawed individuals behind them, from Milton Friedman to the ex-"Maestro" Alan Greenspan' -- Professor Steve Keen, author of Debunking Economics (Zed Books, 2011)'In lucid and accessible prose, The Profit Doctrine shows how the post-war evolution of economic ideas has systematically favoured the profitability of big business over the interests of everyday people' -- Gary Dymski, Professor and Chair in Applied Economics, Leeds University Business SchoolTable of ContentsList of Boxes, Figures and Tables List of Abbreviations Acknowledgements 1. Prophets and Profits 2. The Contest of Economic Ideas: Survival of the Richest 3. The Consequences of Economic Ideas 4. Milton Friedman: The Godfather of the Age of Instability and Inequality 5. The Deregulationists: Public Choice and Private Gain 6. The Great Vacation: Rational Expectations and Real Business Cycles 7. Bursting Bubbles: Finance, Crisis and The Efficient Market Hypothesis 8. Economists Go to Washington: Ideas in Action 9. Conclusion: Dissenters and Victors Bibliography Index

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Book Synopsis* A new book by one of the world s leading anthropologists and a leading figure in the study of material culture. * Brings together Miller s key writings on consumption, consumer capitalism and related topics. * The sequel to Miller s highly successful Stuff.Trade Review"Makes me wish fervently that it was Miller who was regularly invited to offer critical commentary on materialism, consumerism or climate change policy on BBC Radio 4 and not the usual public intellectuals who do little more than echo received wisdom ... His insights here deserve a wider hearing."Times Higher Education book of the week"A profound contribution to debates about the limits, contradictions and alternatives to contemporary styles of living, working and provisioning."Area"A tremendously valuable contribution to establishing the understanding of consumption as one of the central interests of contemporary anthropological studies."Anthropological Notebooks"There are some curious moments in this book but, at its core, there's a very important observation - people aren't mindless drones who buy whatever the advertising agencies tell them to buy. Sometimes we act that way because we want to keep up with the Joneses but, from time to time, the objects we put in our shopping baskets reflect our ethical and social values and play a part in sustaining our most cherished relationships."Geographical book of the month"This engagingly written book addresses some of the central dilemmas of contemporary global society: how to sustain a developed-world, consumerist lifestyle in the face of wrenching economic shifts and accelerating climate change. The topic is urgent, the prescriptions for change coming from academic and policy leaders, paltry. Miller makes the conversation more interesting, more lively, and more honest about the limits of the theoretical perspectives mustered thus far to address these issues."Bill Maurer, Professor of Anthropology and Law, University of California, IrvineTable of ContentsPrologue vi 1 What's Wrong with Consumption? 1 2 A Consumer Society 39 3 Why We Shop 64 4 Why Denim? 90 5 It's the Stupid Economy 108 6 How Not to Save a Planet 139 Postscript 182 Notes 186 Index 202

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Book SynopsisThe attempt of the Grameen Bank to alleviate poverty and enhance the skills and productivity of its rural women clients provides the fascinating backdrop to this important study of micro-credit institutions. Tazul Islam examines the real extent to which the Grameen Bank's credit-alone policy has been successful in securing the Bank's financial sustainability; its practical role in alleviating poverty and its actual impact on the productivity of its clients. This book concludes by considering alternative policy options that hold out the possibility of increased poverty alleviation.Trade Review'A highly recommended book for those interested to see how financial sustainability may conflict with poverty alleviation in the operation of micro-credit institutions in the epicentre of micro-credit, Bangladesh.' Kenneth E Jackson, University of Auckland, New Zealand 'For those who want to learn more about the now famous Grameen microfinance model of development, this is certainly a good reference.' The Journal of Comparative Asian Development 'Explores the microfinance model of development, focusing on the significance of changing the focus of Bangladesh's Grameen Bank from a credit-centred organization into a client-led, flexible financial services organization.' Journal of Economic LiteratureTable of ContentsChapter 1 Microcredit and Poverty Alleviation: Pluses and Minuses; Chapter 2 The Bangladesh Economy and Poverty in Bangladesh; Chapter 3 The Rural Financial Structure and the Grameen Bank; Chapter 4 Economic Impact of Grameen Microcredit; Chapter 5 Poverty Alleviation Impact of Grameen Microcredit;

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Book SynopsisIn his foreword, the president of the World Bank, James D. Wolfensohn, states plainly and precisely the rationale for this volume. Evaluation is a central aspect of any poverty reduction endeavor. Evaluation implies that we have adopted a methodology that allows us to look in an effective way at the results of what we are doing so that we can, in turn, adapt our future actions toward the effective achievement of our goals. Evaluation adds value if we can learn something useful from it. It is not just a scorecard. It is something that helps us change our behavior or influence the behavior of others.This high powered collection of papers illustrates this statement. The network of world class scholars and development practitioners covers the gamut from methodological issues to policy concerns with respect to participatory evaluation, poverty reducing growth, macro and micro levels of intervention, health, nutrition and population programs, social inclusion and the changing role of the civTable of ContentsI: Introduction: Identifying the Challenges; Synthesis and Overview; II: Evaluation: A Macro Perspective; 1: Valuation and Evaluation; Floor Discussion: Valuation and Evaluation; 2: Evaluation in a World of Complexity and Information Failures; Floor Discussion: Evaluation in a World of Complexity and Information Failures; 3: Panel Discussion: Evaluation Perspectives on Poverty Reduction; Floor Discussion: Evaluation Perspectives on Poverty Reduction; III: Methodological Issues in Evaluation; 4: Impact Evaluation: Concepts and Methods; Comments: Impact Evaluation: Concepts and Methods; Floor Discussion: Impact Evaluation: Concepts and Methods; 5: Panel Discussion: Quantitative and Qualitative Methods in Evaluation; Floor Discussion: Quantitative and Qualitative Methods in Evaluation; 6: Theory-Based Evaluation: Theories of Change for Poverty Reduction Programs; IV: Participatory Evaluation: Costs and Benefits; 7: The Front-End Costs and Downstream Benefits of Participatory Evaluation; Comments: The Strategic Choices of Stakeholders: The Front-End Costs and Downstream Benefits of Participatory Evaluation; Floor Discussion: Front-End Costs and Downstream Benefits of Participatory Evaluations; 8: Building Local Capacity for Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation; Comments: Building Local Capacity for Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation; Floor Discussion: Building Local Capacities for Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation; V: Poverty-Reducing Growth; 9: Africa and Asia: Evaluation of the Poverty Alleviation Impact of Alternative Development Strategies and Adjustment Responses; Comments: Africa and Asia: Evaluation of the Poverty Alleviation Impact of Alternative Development Strategies and Adjustment Responses; Floor discussion: Africa and Asia: Evaluation of the Poverty Alleviation Impact of Alternative Development Strategies and Adjustment Responses; 10: Lessons Learned from Evaluation of DFID’s Aid Program; Comments: Lessons Learned from Evaluation of DFID’s Aid Program; Floor Discussion: Lessons Learned from Evaluation DFID’s Aid Program; VI: Sectoral and Microlevel Interventions; 11: Evaluating Microfinance’s Impact: Going Down Market; Comments: Microfinance Impact Evaluation: Going Down Market; 12: Evaluating Targeted Versus Nontargeted Approaches to Poverty Reduction; Floor Discussion: Evaluating Targeted Versus Nontargeted Approaches to Poverty Reduction; VII: Social Funds and Safety Nets; 13: What Are Social Funds Really Telling Us?; Comments: What Are Social Funds Really Telling Us?; Floor Discussion: What Are Social Funds Really Telling Us?; 14: Economic Crises and Social Protection for the Poor: The Latin American Experience; Comments: Economic Crises and Social Protection for the Poor: The Latin American Experience; Floor Discussion: Economic Crises and Social Protection for the Poor: The Latin American Experience; VIII: Developm ent Effectiveness in Health, Nutrition, and Population Services; 15: Delivering Social Services: Lessons on Health, Nutrition, and Population; Comments: Delivering Social Services Lessons on Health, Nutrition, and Population; Floor Discussion: Delivering Social Services: Lessons on Health, Nutrition, and Population; IX: Crisis Prevention; 16: Tackling Horizontal Inequalities; Comments: Tackling Horizontal Inequalities; Floor Discussion: Tackling Horizontal Inequalities; 17: Governance and Anticorruption: New Insights and Challenges; Comments: Governance and Anticorruption: New Insights and Challenges; Floor Discussion: Governance and Anticorruption; 18: Panel Discussion: Combatting Public Corruption; X: Social Inclusion and Civil Society; 19: Nongovernmental Organizations and Evaluation: The BRAC Experience; Comments: NGOs and Evaluation: The BRAC Experience; Floor Discussion: NGOs and Evaluation: The BRAC Experience; 20: Social Exclusion and Rural Underdevelopment; Comments: Social Exclusion and Rural Underdevelopment; Floor Discussion: Social Exclusion and Rural Underdevelopment; XI: Conclusions; 21: Panel Discussion: Final Roundtable; 22: Concluding Remarks

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Book SynopsisPartnership is of growing importance in development work. Partnerships among state, private business, and civil society organizations are increasingly used to deliver the goods and services required for balanced growth and poverty reduction. Aid activities have shifted from a project focus to a more strategic and holistic focus on programs, sectors, and policies. With this new orientation, partnerships are often essential to deal with the added complexity and the larger number of agencies, groups, and stakeholders involved.The Partnership Dimension takes on the issues in a series of chapters divided into two general parts: Part 1, Foundations of Partnership and Their Evaluation, covers the types of development partnership and critical issues involved, and Part 2, Partnerships in Practice, then illustrates the aspects and lessons of partnership experience through a series of case studies. Many of the studies focus on the benefits of partnerships between institutions of government and ciTable of Contents1: Foundations of Partnerships and Their Evaluation; 1: Partnership as a Means to Improve Economic Performance; 2: Theoretical Foundations of Partnership; 3: Foundations of Partnerships: A Practitioner’s Perspective; 4: Evaluating Partnerships; 5: Evaluation of, for, and through Partnerships; 6: The Logic of Partnership; 2: Partnerships in Practice; 7: Partnership, Mutual Accountability, and Evaluation; Different Perspectives and Types of Development Partnership; 8: Global Public Policy Partnerships; 9: Regional Partnerships in the European Union; 10: Country-Focused Partnerships—Lessons from Experience; 11: Country and Donor Partnerships; 12: Partnerships for Knowledge Creation; Critical Issues; 13: Partnerships: The Critical Role of the State 1; 14: Challenges for Governance in Partnerships for Delivering Services 1; Case Studies; 15: Partnership for Poverty Reduction: ActionAid Ethiopia; 16: Research Partnerships and Their Evaluation; 17: Tactical Partnerships—A Philippine Case Study; 18: Local Governments and Community-Based Partnerships; 19: Partnerships for Integrated Community Development in Southern Africa; 20: Partnerships for Community Development—World Vision; 21: Partnerships between International Organizations and Private Foundations 1; 22: Partnerships among Business, Government, and NGOs: Lessons from the South African National Business Initiative

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Book SynopsisThis final volume of ''The Selected Works of Gordon Tullock'' series, presents an eclectic mix of essays by Gordon Tullock. The first three sections highlight his pioneering application of rational choice theory to fields outside the usual purview of economics, including criminal behaviour, sociobiology, and behaviour in non-human societies. The final four sections, all concerned with more traditional areas of economics, still show Tullock at his innovative best, challenging conventional thinking in such fields as public finance and monetary economics.

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Book SynopsisMount Laurel II is a historic state supreme court decision which mandates that all new residential development include housing for low- and moder ate-income families.This study provides a rational approach to low-cost housing. Methods for defining housing market areas are given, as well as demand and supply projection techniques. Housing cost reduction alternatives and allocation approaches are detailed.It elaborates step-by-step methodologies with operational baselines, data framework, and alternative approaches.â The Potential of Zoning and Subdivision Controlsâ What Housing is Affordable - And by Whomâ Fair Share Allocation ProceduresTable of ContentsIntroduction and Organa nation, Summary of Findings, 1 The Definition of a Housing Region 2 Definition of the Mount Laurel Population: Present and Prospective Housing Demand 3 Socioeconomic and Housing Characteristics of the Present and Prospective Mount-Laurel Eligible Populations 4 Present and Prospective Mount Laurel Supply 5 Demand versus Supply- Unmet Mount Laurel Housing Need 6 Bridge Mechanisms to meet the Mount Laurel Mandate 7 An Introduction to the Fair Share Concept?

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Book SynopsisIncludes a fresh foreword by anthropologist Marilyn Strathern. This volume discusses the ongoing response to the book and the debates it has engendered.

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Book SynopsisThe ability to accurately monitor, record, report and verify greenhouse gas emissions is the cornerstone of any effective policy to mitigate climate change. Accounting for Carbon provides the first authoritative overview of the monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) of emissions from the industrial site, project and company level to the regional and national level. It describes the MRV procedures in place in more than fifteen of the most important policy frameworks - such as emissions trading systems in Europe, Australia, California and China, and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - and compares them along key criteria such as scope, cost, uncertainty and flexibility. This book draws on the work of engineers and economists to provide a practical guide to help government and non-governmental policymakers and key stakeholders in industry to better understand different MRV requirements, the key trade-offs faced by regulators and the choices made by up-and-running carbon pricing initiatives.Trade Review'Confidence in the impact of climate policies and actions is underpinned by the integrity of measurement - both of baseline scenarios and the impact of mitigation measures. This book provides a thorough comparison of the main tools and mechanisms developed over the last decade, consolidating our understanding of best practice within the carbon markets and climate policy. It provides a useful guide to creating better systems to help solve the generational challenge of climate change.' Adrian Rimmer, Chief Executive Officer, The Gold Standard Foundation'The GHG monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) system provides a foundation for development and implementation of any climate policy. This book provides excellent examples on how MRV have been implemented by countries at both program and project level. Countries may have different priorities and preferences in choosing a suitable policy instrument, e.g. emissions trading or carbon tax for pricing carbon. However, MRV accounting is an essential part of the 'no-regrets' approach to climate change, regardless of the choice of the instrument.' Xueman Wang, Team Leader, Partnership for Market Readiness, Climate and Carbon Finance, Climate Change Group, The World Bank GroupTable of ContentsAcknowledgements; 1. Introduction: key notions and trade-offs involved in MRVing emissions Valentin Bellassen and Ian Cochran; Part I. MRV of Territorial/Jurisdictional Emissions: 2. Trend setter for territorial schemes: national GHG inventories under the UNFCCC Jean-Pierre Chang and Valentin Bellassen; 3. Variant n°1: region/city geographical inventories Ian Cochran; 4. Variant n°2: sectoral MRV at the jurisdictional level - forestry (REDD+) in the VCS and the UNFCCC Mariana Deheza and Valentin Bellassen; Part II. MRV of Industrial Sites and Entities: 5. Trend setter for companies and industrial sites: the EU Emissions Trading Scheme Guillaume Jacquier and Valentin Bellassen; 6. Variant n°1: the waste sector in Australia's carbon pricing mechanism, another ETS at site level Marion Afriat and Emilie Alberola; 7. Variant n°2: non-site level emissions in an ETS - the case of electricity importers in the California cap-and-trade Marion Afriat and Emilie Alberola; 8. Variant n°3: emissions of a company/institution rather than a site: the case of the Shenzhen ETS Caspar Chiquet; 9. Variant n°4: coexistence of voluntary and mandatory frameworks at the company level: Carbon Disclosure Project, EU ETS and French legal requirements Romain Morel and Ian Cochran; 10. Direct measurement in the EU ETS Chris Dimopoulos; Part III. MRV at Offset Project Scale: 11. Trend setter for projects: the Clean Development Mechanism Igor Shishlov; 12. Case study n°1: monitoring requirements for projects reducing N2O emissions from fertilizer use across standards Claudine Foucherot; 13. Case study n°2: monitoring requirements for reforestation and improved forest management projects across standards Mariana Deheza; 14. Case study n°3: monitoring requirements for fugitive emissions from fuels in the CDM Alexandra Barker and Rod Robinson; 15. Synthesis Valentin Bellassen, Nicolas Stephan, Marion Afriat, Emilie Alberola, Alexander Barker, Jean-Pierre Chang, Caspar Chiquet, Ian Cochran, Mariana Deheza, Chris Dimopoulos, Claudine Foucherot, Guillaume Jacquier, Romain Morel, Rod Robinson and Igor Shishlov; Index.

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Book SynopsisThe global financial system is the economic bedrock of the contemporary liberal economic order. Contrary to other global-economy areas, finance is rarely analyzed in discussions on contestations of economic liberalism. However, a quite comprehensive process of external contestation of the global financial order (GFO) is underway. This contestation occurs through the rising share of emerging market economies within global finance in recent years, especially the rise of the BRICS economies. This Element investigates whether and how the BRICS contest the contemporary GFO by conducting a systematic empirical analysis across seven countries, eleven issues areas and three dimensions. This contestation occurs across issue areas but is mostly concentrated on the domestic and transnational dimension, not the international level on which much research focuses. Rather than the entire BRICS, it is especially China, Russia and India that contest liberal finance. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

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