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Robert G. Picard
The Economics and Financing of Media Companies (Business, Economics, and Legal Studies Series)

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Description: The Economics and Financing of Media Companies is the first book to broadly apply business concepts and analyses to the understanding of media firms and of the forces and issues affecting them. In a wide-ranging survey of various media companies, including their marketing and distribution systems, Picard discusses product life cycles, as well as outside forces?such as the global and local economies, interest rates, trade barriers?that impact a company?s financial health. [detailed...]

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Ove Granstrand
The Economics and Management of Intellectual Property

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Description: This unique book - informed by ten years` research - focuses on intellectual property and charts the global transition towards intellectual capitalism with technology-based corporations as prime movers. The book gives a comprehensive overview of the history and fundamentals of intellectual property as well as a textbook introduction to the field. The book sheds new light on the economics and management of intellectual property in large corporations in Europe, Japan and the US. Special emphasis is given to strategies for the acquisition and commercialization of new technologies, patent strategies and strategies for secrecy and trademark, technology intelligence and corporate management of intellectual property. It includes an in-depth study of leadinglarge corporations in Japan - including Canon, Hitachi, Toshiba and Sony. In conclusion, it explores the possible evolution of intellectual property management towards a distributed intellectual capital management in the context of a… [detailed...]

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Graham Bannock
The Economics and Management of Small Business: An International Perspective

2005 y.
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Edward L. Lascher, Michael R. Powers
The Economics and Politics of Choice No-Fault Insurance

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Description: In recent years, choice no-fault has emerged as a popular but controversial proposal for addressing the problem of high automobile insurance rates. Choice plans offer consumers the option of a lower-cost insurance policy with restrictions on filing lawsuits or a higher-cost policy with full tort rights. Some American states have implemented choice programs, and major federal choice legislation is now pending in the United States Congress. Choice no-fault has caught the attention of policy makers, the insurance industry, and academics. Until now, however, no single book has pulled together the available research on the topic. The Economics and Politics of Choice No-Fault Insurance fills that gap. Edited by scholars from different disciplines, each of whomhas written extensively on automobile insurance issues, the book includes some of the best work in the area. Former Massachusetts Governor and presidential candidate Michael S. Dukakis wrote the foreword. Contributors include… [detailed...]

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Dieter Helm, Cameron Hepburn
The Economics and Politics of Climate Change

2010 y.
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Description: The international framework for a climate change agreement is up for review as the initial Kyoto period to 2012 comes to an end. Though there has been much enthusiasm from political and environmental groups, the underlying economics and politics remain highly controversial. This book takes a cool headed look at the critical roadblocks to agreement, examining the economics of climate change, the incentives of the main players (the US, EU, China) and examines the policies governments can put in place to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and ultimately shift our economies onto a low-carbon path.The volume brings together leading climate change policy experts to set out the economic analysis and the nature of the negotiations at Copenhagen and beyond. In addition to reviewing the main issues discussed above, a number of the articles question the basis of much of the climate change consensus, and debate the Stern Report`s main findings. The book is in four parts. Following an overview of… [detailed...]

ISBN: 019957328X
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Carrie A. Meyer
The Economics and Politics of NGOs in Latin America

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Description: The burgeoning sector of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in Latin America--funded by Northern donors--is both catalyzing and responding to change as states, market, and civil society realign in an age of information technology and globalization. Thepolitical economic perspective of this book clarifies the emerging role of Latin America`s NGOs in the global community. After introducing the expanding role of NGOs in the international community at large, the book explores the history of NGOs in Latin America. It then uses case studies to examine the economics and politics of NGOs vis-a-vis information, partnerships, opportunism, entrepreneurship, and compromise with donors. [detailed...]

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Gordon Tullock
The Economics and Politics of Wealth Redistribution (Selected Works of Gordon Tullock)

2005 y.
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ISBN: 0865975264
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The Economics of Adjustment and Growth

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Description: The Economics of Adjustment and Growth moves the study of macroeconomics for developing economies away from the traditional static approach and toward a more dynamic, growth-oriented framework. Pierre-Richard Agenor presents an analysis of policy issues involved in designing economic adjustment programs in developing countries and structural reform policies aimed at fostering economic growth. Emphasizing the need to take into account the structural features of these countries, his work dwellson the considerable body of analytical research and empirical evidence of the past two decades in academic circles and international organizations. It provides cutting-edge analysis of many current real-world issues, such as financial crises and the roleof trade integration in fostering economic growth. Overall the book offers an impressive overview of the macroeconomic and structural adjustment issues facing developing economies today. [detailed...]

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James H. Schulz
The Economics of Aging: Seventh Edition

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R. Arena, Michel Quere, Richard Arena
The Economics of Alfred Marshall: Revisiting Marshall`s Legacy

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Description: The Economics of Alfred Marshall brings together a number of leading international scholars for a timely reappraisal of Marshall`s contribution to the development of economics. The aims of the contributors are firstly to revisit the work of Alfred Marshall and to investigate the unity of his projects, which contemporary authors often tend to underestimate, and secondly to show how Marshall`s approach is not only a subject for historians of economic thought, but may also provide a message thatis relevant for the progress of economics. [detailed...]

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Brian Hillier
The Economics of Asymmetric Information

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Description: This book presents recent developments in the economics of asymmetric information. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0312163967
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Richard A. Lanham
The Economics of Attention: Style and Substance in the Age of Information

2007 y.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Description: If economics is about the allocation of resources, then what is the most precious resource in our new information economy? Certainly not information, for we are drowning in it. No, what we are short of is the attention to make sense of that information. With all the verve and erudition that have established his earlier books as classics, Richard A. Lanham here traces our epochal move from an economy of things and objects to an economy of attention. According to Lanham, the central commodity in our new age of information is not stuff but style, for style is what competes for our attention amidst the din and deluge of new media. In such a world, intellectual property will become more central to the economy than real property, while the arts and letters will grow to be more crucial than engineering, the physical sciences, and indeed economics as conventionally practiced. The new attention economy, therefore, will anoint a new set of moguls in the business world - not the CEOs or… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0226468674
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Richard A. Lanham
The Economics of Attention: Style and Substance in the Age of Information

2006 y.
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Description: If economics is about the allocation of resources, then what is the most precious resource in our new information economy? Certainly not information, for we are drowning in it. No, what we are short of is the attention to make sense of that information.A With all the verve and erudition that have established his earlier books as classics, Richard A. Lanham here traces our epochal move from an economy of things and objects to an economy of attention. According to Lanham, the central commodity in our new age of information is not stuff but style , for style is what competes for our attention amidst the din and deluge of new media. In such a world, intellectual property will become more central to the economy than real property, while the arts and letters will grow to be more crucial than engineering, the physical sciences, and indeed economics as conventionally practiced. For Lanham, the arts and letters are the disciplines that study how human attention is allocated and how… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0226468828
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Rolf Mirus, Bernard Yeung
The Economics of Barter and Countertrade: 24 Articles, Dating from 1974 to 1998 (International Library of Critical Writings in Economics Series, No 138)

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Description: ?Countertrade is a more common phenomenon than many people realise, especially in East-West and North-South trade. Yet, superficially, countertrade is inefficient in comparison to monetary trade. The paradox of how an apparently inefficient trading mechanism can become so dominant attracted increasing theoretical interest in the 1970s and 1980s. The editors of this volume were amongst the intellectual leaders in the field. The literature on countertrade is quite diffuse, and the editors have performed a major service by bringing together the important contribution in a single volume. This will be an important source of reference for many years to come.? - Mark Casson, University of Reading, UK ?Mirus and Yeung have been pioneers inshowing that countertrade is economically efficient. Here, a surprisingly large literature supports their insight. The papers use aspects of transaction cost economics to examine the efficiency aspects of countertrade.? - Alan… [detailed...]

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Charles Perrings, Mark H. Williamson, Silvana Dalmazzone
The Economics of Biological Invasions

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Description: Biological invasions - the introduction of living organisms beyond their original range - are one of the main drivers of biodiversity loss. They are a major threat to human health and a source of pests and pathogens in the world`s farms, forests and fisheries. The growth of international trade and travel means that more species are being introduced to more places than ever before. This book represents the first concerted effort to understand the economic causes and consequences of biological invasions. The volume discusses the theoretical and methodological issues raised by invasion, including control strategies, modeling options, and a study of the economic, institutional and policy conditions that predispose countries to biological invasions. Also included are case studies of fisheries, agricultural systems, tropical forests and protected areas affected by invasive species in locations such as the Black Sea, Australia and Africa, and an evaluation of control programs. The… [detailed...]

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James D. Gaisford, Jill E. Hobbs, William A. Kerr, Nicholas Perdikis, Marni D. Plunkett, Nicholas Perdikas
The Economics of Biotechnology

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Description: The Economics of Biotechnology is a highly accessible book dealing with some of the most crucial issues to arise in this area. Special attention is paid to consumer, ethical and environmental concerns as well as questions relating to trade policy, intellectual property, who will receive the benefits, international development and the role of international institutions such as the WTO. The authors examine concerns arising from the application of biotechnology in the agri-food industrial complex, and many of the issues discussed also have implications for the medical and pharmaceutical aspects of biotechnology. Fundamental questions regarding the application of standard economic analysis to biotechnology are resolved using traditional neo-classicalanalyses as well as less mainstream methods. Through exploring a number of approaches, original and unexpected conclusions are reached. This coherent and relevant treatment of the myriad facets of biotechnology will be welcomed by… [detailed...]

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Douglas M. Walker
The Economics of Casino Gambling

2007 y.
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Description: Casino gambling has spread throughout the world, and continues to spread. As governments try to cope with fiscal pressures, legalized casinos offer a possible source of additional tax revenue. But casino gambling is often controversial, as some people have moral objections to gambling. In addition, a small percentage of the population may become pathological gamblers who may create significant social costs. On the benefits side, casinos are often purported to spur economic growth (increases in GDP), employment, and tax revenues. However, these benefits have been questioned. Does casino expansion simply `cannibalize` other industries, having no net effect? Or does casino gambling have significant positive economic impacts? The Economics of Casino Gambling is a comprehensive discussion of the social and economic costs and benefits of legalized gambling. It is the only comprehensive discussion of these issues available on the market. [detailed...]

ISBN: 3540351027
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Congressional Budget Office, Congress of the United States
The Economics of Climate Change: A Primer

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Description: A scientific consensus is emerging that rising atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases are gradually changing the Earth`s climate, although the magnitude, timing, and effects of the alteration remain very uncertain. The prospect of long-term climate change raises a variety of domestic and international economic policy issues on which there is little accord. Considerable disagreement exists about whether to control greenhouse gas emissions, and if so, how and by how much, and whether to coordinate climate-related policies at the international level, and if so, through what mechanisms. This Congressional Budget Office (CBO) study presents an overview of issues related to climate change, focusing primarily on its economic aspects. The study draws from numerous published sources to summarize the current state of climate science and provide a conceptual framework for addressing climate change as an economic problem. It also examines public policy options and discusses… [detailed...]

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Michael Ball, Colin Lizieri, Bryan D. Macgregor
The Economics of Commercial Property Markets

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Description: This new text provides a rigorous analysis of the economics of real estate markets. It goes beyond the often descriptive nature of much property market analysis to focus on important theoretical principles. Throughout, the emphasis is on making an often complex area as accessible and readable as possible, with each chapter containing a boxed summary and questions for self-testing or discussion. [detailed...]

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George G. Djolov
The Economics of Competition: The Race to Monopoly

2006 y.
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Description: A comprehensive examination of the ways competition and innovations level the playing field in the free market The Economics of Competition uses the South African pharmaceutical industry as a case study to cogently challenge accepted economic and regulatory views on competition and monopoly, then re-establishes and emphasizes the importance of foundational economic principles. The book comprehensively explores the concept that monopoly is self-limiting within unrestricted competition, as well as the various market features of competition, innovation, and market power. This detailed examination broadens understanding of the economics of competition for both scholars and practitioners. Competition is seen as a continuous process in a free market. The Economics of Competition thoughtfully explores the competitive process in its two mechanisms, the transfer of market share from one rival to another, and innovation of a new product, new method of production, new market opening, or… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0789027887
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George G. Djolov
The Economics of Competition: The Race to Monopoly

2006 y.
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Description: A comprehensive examination of the ways competition and innovations level the playing field in the free market The Economics of Competition uses the South African pharmaceutical industry as a case study to cogently challenge accepted economic and regulatory views on competition and monopoly, then re-establishes and emphasizes the importance of foundational economic principles. The book comprehensively explores the concept that monopoly is self-limiting within unrestricted competition, as well as the various market features of competition, innovation, and market power. This detailed examination broadens understanding of the economics of competition for both scholars and practitioners. Competition is seen as a continuous process in a free market. The Economics of Competition thoughtfully explores the competitive process in its two mechanisms, the transfer of market share from one rival to another, and innovation of a new product, new method of production, new market opening, or… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0789027895
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The Economics of Consumer Credit

2006 y.
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Description: Academic research and policy discussions of credit markets usually focus on borrowing by firms and producers rather than by households, which are typically analyzed in terms of their savings and portfolio choices. The Economics of Consumer Credit brings together leading international researchers to focus specifically on consumer debt, presenting current empirical and theoretical research crucial to ongoing policy debates on such topics as privacy rules, the regulation of contractual responsibilities, financial stability, and overindebtedness. The rapidly developing consumer credit industry in the United States is mirrored by that in Europe, and this volume is noteworthy for its cross-national perspective. Several chapters compare the use of credit markets by households in different countries, while others focus on single country case studies--including consumer credit dynamics in Italy, the role of housing expenditure in the cyclical pattern of borrowing in the… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0262026015
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The Economics of Consumer Credit

2008 y.
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Description: Academic research and policy discussions of credit markets usually focus on borrowing by firms and producers rather than by households, which are typically analyzed in terms of their savings and portfolio choices. The Economics of Consumer Credit brings together leading international researchers to focus specifically on consumer debt, presenting current empirical and theoretical research crucial to ongoing policy debates on such topics as privacy rules, the regulation of contractual responsibilities, financial stability, and overindebtedness. The rapidly developing consumer credit industry in the United States is mirrored by that in Europe, and this volume is noteworthy for its cross-national perspective. Several chapters compare the use of credit markets by households in different countries, while others focus on single country case studiesa??including consumer credit dynamics in Italy, the role of housing expenditure in the cyclical pattern of borrowing in the United Kingdom, and… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0262524953
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Bernard Salanie
The Economics of Contracts: A Primer: Second Edition

2005 y.
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Description: The theory of contracts grew out of the failure of the general equilibrium model to account for the strategic interactions among agents that arise from informational asymmetries. This popular text, revised and updated throughout for the second edition, serves as a concise and rigorous introduction to the theory of contracts for graduate students and professional economists. The book presents the main models of the theory of contracts, particularly the basic models of adverse selection, signaling, and moral hazard. It emphasizes the methods used to analyze the models, but also includes brief introductions to many of the applications in different fields of economics. The goal is to give readers the tools to understand the basic models and create their own. For the second edition, major changes have been made to chapter 3, on examples and extensions for the adverse selection model, which now includes more thorough discussions of multiprincipals, collusion, and… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0262195259
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Bernard Salanie
The Economics of Contracts: A Primer

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Description: `Students will find this a very useful introduction to the ideas of contract theory. Salanie has managed to summarize a large amount of material in a relatively short number of pages in a highly accessible and readable manner.` -- Oliver Hart, Professor of Economics, Harvard University ` The Economics of Contracts offers an excellent introduction to agency models. Written by one of the leading young researchers in contract theory, it is rigorous, clear, concise and up-to-date. Researchers and students who want to learn about the economics of incentives will want to read this primer.` -- Jean Tirole, Institut d`Economie Industrielle, Universite des Sciences Sociales, France Although it is one of the major achievements in the history of economic thought, the general equilibrium model is not completely satisfactory as a descriptive tool. In the 1970s several economists settled on a new way to study economic relationships that is often called the `economics of… [detailed...]

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Ajit Mishra
The Economics of Corruption (Oxford in India Readings)

2005 y.
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Description: This book consists of 15 readings on various aspects of corruption. Various sections cover the concepts, history and evolution, the causes for its existence and persistence, its consequences and finally combating corruption. The book deals primarily with the economic aspects of corruption, though political, social, and historical facets are touched upon wherever possible. Starting with Kautilya s Arthashastra to provide a historical flavour of corruption, the volume covers both individual behaviour and that of groups, classes and sub-cultures. While discussing the consequences of corruption on economic development, several readings focus specifically on India discussing aspects such as fiscal problems and informal black markets. Measures to combat corruption are also discussed by focusing on the incentives and institutional structures that are major factors in corruption. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0195648072
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Peggy Chaudhry, Alan Zimmerman
The Economics of Counterfeit Trade: Governments, Consumers, Pirates and Intellectual Property Rights

2009 y.
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Description: Walk down any main street in Shanghai, Paris or New York and you will see evidence of the counterfeit goods trade. Everyone has seen or heard of fake Prada bags or Omega watches. But how large is the counterfeit market? It appears that the same numbers have been quoted repeatedly in sources ranging from serious academic journals to the BBC to the Sydney Morning Herald. This is the first book to fully examine the size of the counterfeit market. Many authors have proposed actions to combat counterfeiting. Chaudhry and Zimmerman are the first to take a global look at the intellectual property environment using a research-based approach. This book also gives international business managers practical, tested tools they can use to combat piracy. These recommendations are based on the successful experience of managers wrestling with these problems every day. The book is based on solid research but written in an accessible style. [detailed...]

ISBN: 3540778349
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Francisco Cabrillo, Sean Fitzpatrick
The Economics of Courts and Litigation (New Horizons in Law and Economics)

2008 y.
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Description: Dissatisfaction with the working of courts is ubiquitous. Legal inertia and maladministration are the norm in many countries and have significant social and economic repercussions. No longer a theme relegated to the peripheries of economic analysis, the administration of justice is now recognised by most economists as being of fundamental importance for economic development, a factor increasingly being acknowledged by policymakers at all levels. The departure point for this book is the authors` belief in the need for a systematic analysis of the incentive structures facing key players in the courts and litigation process. They focus not only on structures pertaining to the common law tradition, but offer analysis of issues not normally found in the North-American literature, such as the Latin notary and the selection and values of judges in civil law systems. They further propose an ample list of considerations for a reform agenda. Offering a comprehensive look at the incentives… [detailed...]

ISBN: 1843768046
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Winter
The Economics of Crime: Winter

2008 y.
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Description: Since Gary Becker`s seminal article in the late sixties, the economic analysis of crime has blossomed, from an interesting side field within law and economics, into a mature stand-alone sub-discipline that has been embraced by many well-respected academic economists. Wide ranging and accessible, this is the most up-to-date textbook in this area, taking current economic research and making it accessible to undergraduates and other interested readers. Without use of graphs or mathematical equations, Winter combines theory and empirical evidence with controversial examples from the news media. Topics discussed include: the death penalty, racial profiling, rational drug addiction and drug legalization, private crime deterrence, gun control, the privatization of prisons, juvenile crime, alternative social reforms to deter crime By requiring no previous knowledge of economics, not only is this book a perfect choice for students new to the study of economics and public policy, it will… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0415771730
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Barry K. Goodwin, Vincent H. Smith
The Economics of Crop Insurance and Disaster Aid (Aei Studies in Agricultural Policy)

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Description: Policies to deal with the consequences of the vagaries of nature have made headlines for several years. Each year when a `disaster` arrives, the administration and Congress compete in generosity toward those farm families in need. At the same time, the ritual question of why crop insurance does not provide the appropriate incentives for risk management is raised once again. This study is the first to provide a comprehensive and in-depth economic analysis of the origins and consequences of U.S. crop insurance and disaster relief programs. After examining these programs in light of market failure rationales for government intervention in agricultural commodity insurance programs, the authors conclude that these arguments provide little basis for such intervention. They investigate the policy options for disaster assistance and crop insurance, beginning with the recognition that current policies are unsatisfactory. [detailed...]

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Todd Sandler, Keith Hartley
The Economics of Defense (Cambridge Surveys of Economic Literature)

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Description: Defense economics examines both peace and defense issues, using such macroeconomic and microeconomic tools as growth theory, static optimization, dynamic optimization, comparative statics, game theory and econometrics. This book provides an up-to-date survey of the field of defense economics, synthesizing and unifying the vast literature in this area. Many aspects of defense, disarmament, conversion and peace are examined, both demand and supply issues of defense spending are analyzed. [detailed...]

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