Public Sector Economics

This important book – based on new and original research – examines the economic impact, measured in employment terms, of the North of England Open Air Museum at Beamish. The authors provide a detailed assessment of the direct, indirect...

The Right to Justice reviews the history of legal services in the US from its origins in the 1890s to the multi-million dollar Federal program of the late 20th century. But this is no ordinary text. Charles Rowley skilfully shows how g...

Martin J. Bailey''s significant contributions to the development of economic thought are represented in this important new collection of key articles published between 1954 and 1991. In particular, it emphasises his influence upon curren...

Urban and regional economics – in contrast to the rest of economics – places great emphasis on distance and location and the importance of spatial relationships. Urban economics focuses on the city as a centre of economic activity wher...

A series of case studies examines the theory, evidence and policy experience of privatization in developed and developing nations. These studies focus on the UK, US, Egypt and Jamaica. The book concludes that privatization is an appeal...

Mark Blaug has made a seminal contribution to economic methodology, the history of economic thought and the economics of education. This volume celebrates Professor Blaug’s achievement with a series of high quality essays, written by a ...

These two volumes bring together key articles in the field of modern public finance, a field which has seen a major revival of interest in the past 20 years. The articles reprinted are among those which have shaped its recent developmen...

This major reference work is a comprehensive critical guide to the large and growing literature on the economics of defence, disarmament and peace. It covers the cost of defence spending and its effects on growth, investment, unemploymen...