Libros de: Brookings Institution Press

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  • Boosting Paychecks "The Politics Of Supporting America'S Working Poor"
    The Politics Of Supporting America'S Working Poor

    Gitterman, Daniel P.

    Brookings Institution Press (2009)

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    • EAN: 9780815702856
    • Páginas: 250
    • Fecha de edición: 2009

    pvp.52,40 €

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    When most people think of policies designed to help the poor, welfare is the first program that comes to mind. Traditionally welfare has served individuals who do not work-hence much of the stigma that some ...

  • Retooling For Growth "Building a 21st Century Economy In America'S Older Industrial Ar"
    Building a 21st Century Economy In America'S Older Industrial Ar

    Mcgahey, Richard M. Vey, Jennifer S.

    Brookings Institution Press (2008)

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    • EAN: 9780815755562
    • Páginas: 400
    • Fecha de edición: 2008

    pvp.41,84 €

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    Slow job growth, declining home values, a diminishing tax base, and concentrated poverty are but a few of the growing obstacles for well-established but struggling cities. Challenged by decades of globalization, technological change, and dramatic ...

  • Pooling Money "The Future Of Mutual Funds"
    The Future Of Mutual Funds

    Fuchita, Yasuyuki Litan, Robert E.

    Brookings Institution Press (2008)

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    • EAN: 9780815729853
    • Páginas: 188
    • Fecha de edición: 2008

    pvp.27,28 €

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    One of the first rules of investing is diversification: spreading resources over many types of investments in order to minimize financial risk. Mutual funds have been the diversification vehicle of choice for the last several ...

  • Aviation Infraestructure Performance "A Study In Comparative Political Economy"
    A Study In Comparative Political Economy

    Rus Mendoza, Gines De Winston, Clifford

    Brookings Institution Press (2008)

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    • EAN: 9780815793953
    • Páginas: 240
    • Fecha de edición: 2008

    pvp.27,28 €

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    Aviation performance is an important cog in modern globalized economies, which demand flexibility, mobility, efficiency, and dependability. Airport delays have gone from being a nuisance to being a salient public concern, drawing the ire of ...

  • Rescuing The World Bank: a Cgd Working Group Report And Selected Essays

    Birdsall, Nancy

    Brookings Institution Press (2007)

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    • EAN: 9781933286112
    • Páginas: 201
    • Fecha de edición: 2007

    pvp.20,95 €

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    How should the world?s largest and most influential development institution address the challenges of the 21st century? Ten distinguished speakers gathered on the eve of the World Bank/IMF 2005 Annual Meetings to offer fresh ideas ...

  • Money Tales.

    Giraudo, Alessandro

    Brookings Institution Press (2007)

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    • EAN: 9782717853490
    • Páginas: 300
    • Fecha de edición: 2007

    pvp.25,50 €

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    The history of economics is a spicy cocktail of ideas and dreams, of human errors and strong views, of irrational and strategic choices. It is filled with innovations, discoveries, and accidents that ignited trade, made ...

  • New Financial Instruments And Institutions: Opportunities And Policy Challenges

    Fuchita, Yasuyuki Litan, Robert E.

    Brookings Institution Press (2007)

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    • EAN: 9780815729839
    • Páginas: 0
    • Fecha de edición: 2007

    pvp.32,75 €

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    Highlights the innovative way in which Japanese financiers and government officials have learned from the US regarding the introduction of instruments into their market.

  • Regulating Globalization: Critical Approaches To Global Governance

    Senarclens, Pierre De

    Brookings Institution Press (2007)

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    • EAN: 9789280811360
    • Páginas: 0
    • Fecha de edición: 2007

    pvp.41,85 €

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    Offers analyses on global governance. This book formulates proposals for achieving a more accountable, transparent, participatory global governance system, together with an institutional architecture for regulating globalization that combines economic efficiency and social equity.

  • Productivity In The U.S. Services Sector: New Sources Of Economic Growth

    Triplett, Jack

    Brookings Institution Press (2004)

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    • EAN: 9780815783350
    • Páginas: 240
    • Fecha de edición: 2004

    pvp.37,30 €

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    In their new book, Jack Triplett and Barry Bosworth analyze services sector productivity, demonstrating that fundamental changes have taken place in this sector of the U.S. economy.

  • Acheiving a Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base In The Eu: Ceps Task Force Report.

    Gammie, Malcolm

    Brookings Institution Press (2006)

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    • EAN: 9789290795995
    • Páginas: 136
    • Fecha de edición: 2006

    pvp.31,00 €

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    Continuing its authoritative work on EU tax policy and corporate tax convergence, CEPS assembled an expert task force in early 2004 to examine the relationship between accounting and tax measures of profit in anticipation of ...

  • Finance For Development: Latin America'S Banks And Capital Markets After Liberalization.

    Stallings, Barbara Studart, Rogerio

    Brookings Institution Press (2006)

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    • EAN: 9780815780854
    • Páginas: 320
    • Fecha de edición: 2006

    pvp.31,00 €

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    Access to finance is critical in setting the course for development in emerging market economies. In this innovative study, which provides the first book-length analysis of the Latin American financial sector, Barbara Stallings and Rogerio ...

  • In Or Out: Does It Matter - An Evidence-Based Analysis Of The Euro'S Trade Effects.

    Baldwin, Richard

    Brookings Institution Press (2006)

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    • EAN: 9781898128915
    • Páginas: 180
    • Fecha de edición: 2006

    pvp.45,50 €

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    Economics played little role in the decision to create the euro - politics was king. Going forward, however, economics moves to centre stage. Should the euro area worry about admitting new members who are economically ...

  • Impact Assessment In The Eu: The State Of The Art And The Art Of The State.

    Renda, Andrea

    Brookings Institution Press (2006)

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    • EAN: 9789290796008
    • Páginas: 175
    • Fecha de edición: 2006

    pvp.31,00 €

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    The importance of ex ante and ex post impact assessment in streamlining the regulatory environment and improving the legislative process has been stressed by scholars and testified to by international best practices. The potential benefits ...

  • Green Cities: Urban Growth And The Environment.

    Kahn, Matthew

    Brookings Institution Press (2006)

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    • EAN: 9780815748151
    • Páginas: 160
    • Fecha de edición: 2006

    pvp.21,85 €

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    In Green Cities, Matthew Kahn surveys the burgeoning economic literature on the environmental consequences of urban growth. He discusses the environmental Kuznets curve, which theorizes that the relationship between environmental quality and per capita income ...

  • Brookings Papers On Economic Activity. Vol 1.

    Brainard, William Perry, G.

    Brookings Institution Press (2004)

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    • EAN: 9780815712602
    • Páginas: 350
    • Fecha de edición: 2004

    pvp.32,80 €

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  • Brookings Papers On Education Policy.

    Ravitch, Diane

    Brookings Institution Press (2005)

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    • EAN: 9780815774075
    • Páginas: 285
    • Fecha de edición: 2005

    pvp.39,40 €

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    This issue of the Brookings Papers on Education Policy, the eighth volume springing from a series of annual meetings sponsored by the Brookings Institution to examine specific educational issues, takes a step back to look ...

  • Brookings Papers On Economic Activity. Vol 2.

    Brainard, William Perry, G.

    Brookings Institution Press (2005)

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    • EAN: 9780815712626
    • Páginas: 350
    • Fecha de edición: 2005

    pvp.32,80 €

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  • Taxing The Future: Fiscal Policy In The Bush Administration.

    Gale, William Orszag, Peter

    Brookings Institution Press (2005)

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    • EAN: 9780815731191
    • Páginas: 135
    • Fecha de edición: 2005

    pvp.22,00 €

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  • Restoring Fiscal Sanity 2005: Meeting The Long-Run Challenge.

    Rivlin, Alice Sawhill, I.

    Brookings Institution Press (2005)

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    • EAN: 9780815774914
    • Páginas: 150
    • Fecha de edición: 2005

    pvp.22,00 €

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    Policy experts address how to bring federal spending and revenue in line over the next decade and into balance over the longer term, focusing on reforms in the tax system, Social Security, and Medicare.

  • The Market For Virtue: The Potential And Limits Of Corporate Social Responsibilty.

    Vogel, David

    Brookings Institution Press (2005)

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    • EAN: 9780815790761
    • Páginas: 222
    • Fecha de edición: 2005

    pvp.32,75 €

    Disponible entre 11 y 20 dias