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Handbook of Research on Cost–Benefit Analysis
Robert J. Brent
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Cash-for-Childcare
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Health Tourism
David Reisman
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Obesity, Business and Public Policy
Edited by Zoltán J. Ács, Alan Lyles
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Handbook on the Economics of Discrimination
Edited by William M. Rodgers III
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价格自然
Nick Hanley, Edward B. Barbier
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When Marriage Ends
Edited by Hans-Jürgen Andreß, Dina Hummelsheim
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The Economics of Social Protection
Lars Söderström
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Pension Fund Governance
Edited by John Evans, Michael Orszag, John Piggott
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Political Failure by Agreement
Gerhard Wegner
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Applied Welfare Economics
Edited by Richard E. Just, Darell L. Hueth, Andrew Schmitz
‘In Applied Welfare Economics, the editors have done an outstanding job in putting together classical work that covers the gamut of welfare economics. The topics covered are extraordinarily comprehensive, ranging from theoretical inquiry... -
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Population Aging, Intergenerational Transfers and the Macroeconomy
Edited by Robert L. Clark, Naohiro Ogawa, Andrew Mason
Population aging is a global phenomenon that influences not only the industrialized countries of Asia and the West, but also many middle- and low- income countries that have experienced rapid fertility decline and achieved long life expe...eBook:Find out more$40.00