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"[An] accessible and powerfully argued book."-Washington Post

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By using information collected from numerous American Economic Review publications from the last 100 years, Torgler and Piatti examine the top publishing institutions to determine their most renowned AER papers based on citation success.

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Brings together the author's experience of three areas: politics, academic economics and development cooperation. The result, in the face of gloomy prospects for convergence between rich and poor countries, is an authoritative and radical manifesto for urgently needed changes in development cooperation.

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David Gleicher and Lonnie Stevans present a theory of occupational wage rates that is a classical alternative to human capital theory.

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Discover the potent business playbook that will pack your pipeline and turn you into a selling champ!

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This open-minded, multidisciplinary approach challenges existing world views on the endogenous and exogenous forces that drive markets and economies.

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Relatively few academics or practitioners have systematically explored growth stocks. This book finds that high expectation growth stocks or the ones that everyone loves have poor relative returns. Sophisticated and institutional investors will find the book's thorough analysis and insightful perspective on growth stocks very informative.

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Shows that rural America can be revived by uniting the interests of both farm and non-farm populations through value-added enterprises. Specific attention is paid to the role of New Generation Co-operatives as a form of value-added agriculture which has helped some rural communities to prosper.

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World leaders have given the reduction of global poverty top priority. And yet, it persists. This book argues that the solution lies in the creation of a new institution, the World Development Corporation (WDC), a partnership of multinational corporations (MNCs), international development agencies, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs).

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A reference to understanding changing cultures and business practices in Korea for scholars, and a guide to Korean business practice, protocol and communications styles for professionals.

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Provides evidence on the comparability of financial ratios across several manufacturing and retail industries, assessing the similarity or dissimilarity of ratios among industry taxonomies, or groups of ratios.

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We all face tough choices: business executives, community leaders, and family members all struggle with difficult decisions on a daily basis.

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While joining with neoclassical economics in supporting the validity of supply-and-demand theory where it is literally applicable, McCain challenges most neoclassical theory, especially monopoly, oligopoly, and general equilibrium theory and welfare economics.

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For the greater part of recorded history, the most successful and powerful states were autocracies; yet the world is increasingly dominated by democracies. This book provides a novel answer for how and why this political transformation occurred. It presents a history that starts in biblical times.

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This book explains the fundamental principles involved in hazardous materials management. Integrated throughout the text are definitions of numerous technical and legal terms involved in hazardous materials management, as perceived by the professional community and involved regulatory agencies.

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The guide seeks to provide practical solutions to numerous risk management problems through its analysis of both asymmetrical and symmetrical risk products.

The treatment of each instrument, be it exchange listed or over the counter, is designed to highlight its particular features and uses.

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Whether you are a new member on the board of a nonprofit or a veteran member looking for a quick reference to the fundamentals, this book models best board practices in a straightforward way.

A Guide to Nonprofit Board Success is a complete resource for the skills and knowledge needed to excel in your board position.

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Investigates the US economy and the trends and events that created an economic output in 1999 that was two and a half times greater than it was in in 1959. The guide shows how electronic data is compiled and analyzed and what national income and output statistics really mean.

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As a historical barometer reflecting the extent of change in an industry, the language of particular crafts and industries brings together the social and cultural background of the participants, and the dynamic of the activity or work.