Civil service and public sector

When the Act of Union was passed in 1707, Scottish parliament was dissolved and the nation's capital became London.

This book explores the economic and social development of the Western Balkan region, a group of six countries that are potential candidates for EU membership.

This upper level textbook provides a coherent introduction to the economic implications of individual and population ageing.

This upper level textbook provides a coherent introduction to the economic implications of individual and population ageing.

This book examines failure in the urbanisation of Northwest China as a result of government industrial policies that have impacted on the economic development of the region.

Is there a limit to technological advancements?

This book discusses contemporary banking and monetary policy issues from the perspective of the Austrian School of Economics.

Global cities today are facing fundamental challenges in relation to unaffordable housing and growing economic inequality.

This book describes the ontology structure, types of actors, their potential actions, and ways that actions can affect the things that are part of the conflict.

This book explores the various economic and institutional factors that explain why huge investments are made in unworthy transportation mega-projects in the US and other countries.

In light of demographic change and the growing problems of traditional old-age security systems, this book discusses two essential instruments in connection with privately providing for old-age security: (1) savings in private pension schemes and (2) building up equity for home-ownership.

Non-communicable diseases have surpassed infectious diseases as the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in developed countries.

The rising role of intra- and intergenerational transfers (e.

This book is an analysis of the specificities of public film funding on an international scale.

This book explores the role of national fiscal policies in a selected group of Euro-area countries under the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU).

Applying the principles of Optimal Control Theory to the problem of regional allocation of investment can be a useful tool for demonstrating how the trade-off between regional equity and overall efficiency can be overcome.

This volume provides a comprehensive account of Wilhelm Ropke as a liberal political economist and social philosopher.

This volume offers a collection of studies on problem of organization's efficiency, criteria for evaluating the efficiency, tools and methods for measuring the efficiency.

This book investigates the economic decisions behind the implementation of public-private partnerships (PPPs).

This volume presents selected papers on recent management research from the 20th Eurasia Business and Economics Society (EBES) Conference, which was held in Vienna in 2016.

This book examines the main issues arising in economic analysis of contract law with special attention given to the incomplete contracts.

This book widens the current debate on security privatization by examining how and why an increasing number of private actors beyond private military and security companies (PMSCs) have come to perform various security related functions.

The overall objective of the book is to holistically assess the property tax systems in BRICS megacities.

This book investigates the changing nature of economic policies following the Global Financial Crisis of 2007-9.

This book presents a comprehensive evaluation of the likely economic impact upon the UK economy arising from Brexit.

This book analyzes how the EU referendum in the United Kingdom came to pass and what the foreseeable consequences are for the UK, Europe, US and world economy.

This book examines survey data to consider the extent to which public support for immigration, international trade, and foreign direct investment exists in a cohort of 38 heterogeneous countries.

This Palgrave Pivot offers comprehensive evidence about what people actually think of "e;nudge"e; policies designed to steer decision makers' choices in positive directions.

This Palgrave Pivot argues that basic income at a decent level is, in fact, affordable.

Could democracy do better?

This book provides a self-contained presentation of the statistical tools required for evaluating public programs, as advocated by many governments, the World Bank, the European Union, and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

This book offers a systematic guide to the allocation of American taxpayer dollars used to provide for the common defense.

This book identifies and explores the mechanisms linking political institutions and variation in capitalist systems.

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 volume presents selected papers from the 18th Eurasia Business and Economics Society (EBES) Conference, with major emphasis placed on highlighting the latest research developments in the economics of innovation, public economics, and management.

This book argues that economic activity in the public sphere now underwrites private corporations, and rejects rigid adherence to traditional economic theories that no longer apply.

This book upturns many established ideas regarding the economic and social history of Quebec, the Canadian province that is home to the majority of its French population.

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

This volume discusses post-socialist urban transport functioning and development in Russia, within the context of the country's recent transition towards a market economy.

This book provides a comprehensive, theory-based analysis of current issues in population economics.

This book offers a comprehensive empirical analysis of South African inflation dynamics, using a variety of techniques including counterfactual analysis.

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 explores the wave of liberalization reforms experienced by OECD network industries.

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 book presents state-of-the-art research in political economy dealing with the decision making process under different political institutions.

This book explores the formation and evolution of Scandinavian central banks.

This book reflects the futuristic scientific view of the consequences of transition to Industry 4.

This book draws on financial, economic, and management theory in its exploration of the theory underlying risk and risk management at both micro- and macroeconomic levels.

This volume aims to discuss thecurrent research, theory, methodology and applications of macropreudentialregulation and policy for the Islamic financial industry.