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Sell, Friedrich L. - 2001

This book aims to integrate the notions of contagion in epidemiology and contagion in financial market crises to discover why emerging markets are so susceptible to financial crises. The author first provides a brief introduction of the contagious spill-over of recent financial market crises and...

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The challenge of financial stability : a new model and its applications

Goodhart, Charles Albert Eric; Tsomocos, Dimitrios P. - 2012

The achievement of financial stability is one of the most pressing issues today. This timely and innovative book provides an analytical framework to assess financial (in)stability as an equilibrium phenomenon compatible with the orderly functioning of a modern market economy. The authors...

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Asia's innovation systems in transition

Lundvall, Bengt-Åke (contributor); … - 2006

Asia's innovation systems in transition : an introduction / Bengt-ke lundvall, patarapong intarakumnerd and Jan Vang … lies less in strategies that reproduce successful national systems of innovation and more in the capacity for institutional …-ups supporting innovation, government policies and industrial structures, they share common transitional processes to cope with the …

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The political economy of taxation : lessons from developing countries

Profeta, Paola - 2010

overview -- 4. Asia -- 5. Latin America -- 6. Asia, Latin America and new EU members countries -- 7. Data appendix : list of …

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Entrepreneurship in developing countries

Beck, Thorsten (contributor) - 2009

Recommended readings (Machine generated): Philippe Aghion and Patrick Bolton (1997), 'A Theory of Trickle-Down Growth …

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The economics of tourism and sustainable development

Lanza, Alessandro (contributor); Markandya, Anil (contributor) - 2005

1. An investigation on the growth performance of small tourism countries -- 2. Forecasting international tourism demand and uncertainty for Barbados, Cyprus and Fiji -- 3. Land, environmental externalities and tourism development -- 4. Tourism, increasing returns and welfare -- 5. How to develop...

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The environment, sustainable development, and public policies : building sustainability in Brazil

Cavalcanti, Clóvis de Vasconcelos (ed.) - 2000

This book presents an interdisciplinary perspective on the possibility of creating a sustainable path of economic development which would not harm the natural environment. It presents concepts, theories, methods and policy advice on sustainability and debates the difficulty in establishing a...

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The economics of environment and development : selected essays

Barbier, Edward - 1998

studies from Africa, Central America and Southeast Asia, the underlying causes of these problems are examined and innovative …

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Economy and ecosystems in change : analytical and historical approaches

Bergh, Jeroen C. J. M. van den (ed.); … - International Society for Ecological Economics <San … - 1997

Economy and Ecosystems in Change addresses ecological problems from an economic perspective, and provides policy suggestions for resource management and environmental sustainability based on integrated, multidisciplinary information, methods and applications. The book begins by introducing the...

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Uneven paths of development : innovation and learning in Asia and Africa

Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, Oyebanji - 2009

change in the sectoral system of information hardware (IH). The IH innovation system is deliberately chosen to illustrate how … (Nigeria, Mauritius and South Africa) and four in Asia (China, Taiwan, Malaysia and Indonesia) …Learning to innovate : information hardware sector in Asia and Africa -- The rapid rise of China -- Low value …

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