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Science Bought and Sold(2002)Although it has long been accepted that economics can provide tools with which to understand science, economics has shifted its focus to the economic agent as information processor. This collection of essays presents an overview of this area.Vezava: Trda175,10 € -
Parental Priorities and Economic Inequality(1998) MULLIGAN, CASEY B.Arguing that parental actions are important sources of wealth inequality, this book examines the transmission of economic status from one generation to another by constructing a model of parental preferences. It offers evidence on the intergenerational trVezava: Trda152,40 €
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Existential Cognition(1995) MCCLAMROCK, RONThis text challenges the internalist view of mind, arguing that intelligence, thought and action can only be fully understood in interaction with the outside world. It synthesizes current research to explore the way in which the mind interacts with the woVezava: Trda78,75 €
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Aging in the United States and Japan(1994)With essays on labour force participation and retirement, housing equity and the economic status of the elderly, and financing of social security and health care in the 1990s, this volume covers a broad spectrum of issues related to the economics of ageinVezava: Trda108,50 €
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Aging Issues in the United States and Japan(2001)The population base in both the USA and Japan is growing older and, as these populations age, they provoke unexamined economic consequences. This text explores those consequences, specifically four key areas including wealth and asset allocation over theVezava: Trda168,62 €
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Labor Markets and Firm Benefit Policies in Japan and the United States(2003)This volume presents a selection of thirteen high-caliber papers addressing issues in employment practices, labor markets, and health, benefit and pension policies of the United States and Japan.Vezava: Trda186,45 €
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Institutional Context of Population Change(2001) PAMPEL, FRED C.In this work, Fred C. Pampel looks at fertility, suicide, and homicide rates in 18 high-income nations to show how they are affected by institutional structures.Vezava: Trda101,50 €
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Political Participation and Government Regulation(1998) PELTZMAN, SAMExploring how government works and how voters and their elected representatives make decisions, this text responds to the media's negative portrayal of the cynical political atmosphere in America, suggesting that elected officials actually do tend to voteVezava: Trda152,40 €
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Fiscal Institutions and Fiscal Performance(1999)An overview of the political and economic issues involved in the formation of budget deficits. The text brings together theoretical models, empirical evidence and case studies to analyze the effect of political institutions, fiscal regulations, and policyVezava: Trda133,00 €
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Japanese Law(2000) RAMSEYER, J. MARK,NAKAZATO, MINORUCovering the basic areas of Japanese law - property, contracts, torts, corporate, civil procedure, criminal law, administrative procedure, and tax - this text uses economic theory and empirical data to sketch the implications the law poses for human behavVezava: Mehka60,83 €
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Economics(2001) REDER, MELVIN W.The insecurity of the economist's status has driven those in the field to continually redefine its scope, methods, and content. This text appraises different arguments and demonstrates how they have influenced both economists' behaviour and public esteemVezava: Mehka57,03 €
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Ills of Aid(2002) REUSSE, EBERHARDIn this volume Eberhard Reusse draws on his 30 years experience with international development aid programmes to diagnose the problems afflicting these programs and to suggest ways of improving them.Vezava: Trda53,22 €
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In Excess(2009) SALAZKINA, MASHADuring the 1920s and '30s, Mexico attracted an international roster of artists and intellectuals - including Orson Welles, Katherine Anne Porter, and Leon Trotsky. This book covers the years that the renowned Soviet director Sergei Eisenstein spent in theVezava: Trda78,75 €
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Struggle for Constitutional Justice in Post-Communist Europe(2000) SCHWARTZ, HERMANIn the former Eastern Bloc countries, one aspect of the transition to democracy has been the establishment of constitutional justice and the rule of law. This text chronicles and analyzes the rise of constitutional courts in this changing region.Vezava: Trda129,71 €
