Welfare economics

This book shows how the systems approach is employed by scientists in various countries to solve specific problems concerning railway transport.

This book argues that economists need to reengage with societal issues, such as justice and fairness in distribution, that inevitably arise when discussing the basic economic problem of unlimited human wants and finite resources.

This book provides an evaluation of 18 voting procedures in terms of the most important monotonicity-related criteria in fixed and variable electorates.

This important textbook has been revised and updated to continue its focus on the link between ethics and economic policy analysis, whilst ensuring that perspectives addressing the moral limits of the market, latest behavioural economics literature, and the changes in inequality over the years are included.

This state-of-the art collection of papers analyses various aspects of the theory of externalities and public goods.

This title discusses the phenomenon of smoking as a behavioural disease and the associated costs.

This book addresses some of the major issues facing postal and delivery services throughout the world.

This book studies the impact of cleavages on electoral choices.

These lectures aim to help readers understand the logics and nature of the main indicators of inequality and poverty, with special attention to their social welfare underpinnings.

This book presents a set of original and innovative contributions on state, institutions and democracy in the field of political economy.

This book presents a collection of papers illustrating the variety of "e;experimental"e; methodologies used to study voting.

This Brief proposes a new theory of public economics which deemphasizes reliance on the free market and affirms the importance of public goods and services within the context of the democratic process and constitutional governance.

This collection challenges the popular but abstract concept of nudging, demonstrating the real-world application of behavioral economics in policy-making and technology.

This book provides an in-depth economic analysis of the challenges associated with bioenergy use and production.

Understanding the governance of nations is a key challenge in contemporaneous political economy.

This book addresses some of the major issues facing postal and delivery services throughout the world.

Collaborative Distribution Considering Economic and Environmental Performance provides guidance on how to make the operations of a company more efficient and more eco-friendly.

This book addresses major issues facing postal and delivery services throughout the world.

This monograph studies voting procedures based on the probability that paradoxical outcomes like the famous Condorcet Paradox might exist.

This book discusses multiple ways of voting in a democratic system and explains the basis of more consensual politics.

This book examines the different motivational policies used for inventory management.

This book discusses multiple ways of voting in a democratic system and explains the basis of more consensual politics.

This book sheds new light on the evolution and transformation of polytheistic religions.

In this book, well-renowned international scholars discuss topics related to various aspects of the history of the Battle of Salamis, inspired by the democratic origins of the Greek naval victory at Salamis.

Inspired by the democratic origins of the Greek naval victory at Salamis, the book discusses the current pressing issues of democracy worldwide.

This book is Volume II of a two-volume set on antitrust policy, analyzing the economic efficiency and moral desirability of various kinds of antitrust-policy-coverable conduct and various possible government responses to such conduct, including US and EU antitrust law.

Blockchain Driven Supply Chains and Enterprise Information Systems examines initiatives for blockchain implementation in supply chain management and the integration of blockchain technology with existing enterprise management applications.

This book is Volume I of a two-volume set on antitrust policy, analyzing the economic efficiency and moral desirability of various tests for antitrust legality, including those promulgated by US and EU antitrust law.

This is the first book that employs economics to develop and apply an analytical framework for assessing progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

This book evaluates the institutional environments of China and the United States, and the West more broadly, and how they affect their trading relationship, with specific emphasis on intellectual property theft and other allegations of unfair competition.

Language policies are increasingly acknowledged as being a necessary component of many decisions taken in the areas of the labor market, education, minority languages, mobility, and social inclusion of migrants.

Written by 43 authors from Africa, Europe and Latin America, this book presents 19 topics addressing poverty in the context of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), leadership in implementing SDGs, and SDGs in service delivery and local government.

This book presents scheduling with a medium- and short-term focus, which makes it possible to capitalize on fleeting market opportunities while simultaneously working to reconcile economic and environmental priorities.

This book examines the evolution of basic income policy and research in advanced economies and is divided into two parts.

This book addresses the need for a better understanding of the design, implementation and improvement of process management.

This book is about three key dimensions in economics globalization, migration and the welfare state that are of enduring interest.

This volume presents new methods and applications in longitudinal data estimation methodology in applied economic.

Once called the "e;dismal science,"e; economics now offers prescriptions for improving people's happiness.

This book provides a theoretical basis for understanding the phenomenon of renegotiations in Public Private Partnerships (PPPs).

This book highlights the parallel transformations of the concepts of citizenship and the welfare state, and their dependence on the dominant political ideology, from the post-war period to the present.

This book covers topics such as digitalization of production, operations, logistics and supply chains leading to new requirements for human capabilities and collaboration.

This book helps readers understand the main issues, challenges, strategies, and solution methods in Aggregate Planning (AP), an important part of Supply Chain Management.

This volume represents the beginning of a 'cross pollination' of different social scientific disciplines, bridging the boundaries between national and disciplinary epistemic communities in the worlds of European welfare markets.

There is a lot of attention for happiness, but there is also a lot of confusion, about the concept and the nature of happiness.