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Brings together essays on the history of economic analysis, written during the 1970s through the 1990s. Contributes to an understanding of the development of economics by looking at the field and some of its major players, including Pareto, Edgeworth, Marshall, and Wicksell, from a historical perspective, and sheds light on current debates. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
'Research Without Tears' provides a concise and fascinating guide for those starting their first research project and writing a paper, report or thesis.
Indirect taxes have become an increasingly important revenue-raising tool for governments in developed countries. In this book, John Creedy applies his wealth of experience and expertise to the analysis of indirect taxes and, in particular, concentrates on the modelling of indirect tax reform and its distributional implications.
This book collects recent research on modelling income distribution and redistribution by John Creedy and a number of other eminent co-authors. The book opens with the main results of a research programme, largely with Vance Martin, on distributional modelling using the generalised exponential family. The authors argue that the major advantages of this family are its flexibility, particularly in handling multimodality, and the explicit link with structural demand and supply models. The book goes on to discuss the research, undertaken with Alex Bakker, on the effects of macroeconomic variables, particularly unemployment and inflation, on the personal distribution. The use of the generalised e...
THE REVEREND JOHN CREEDY. I. II. III. DR. GREATREX'S ENGAGEMENT. MR. CHUNG. THE CURATE OF CHURNSIDE. II. AN EPISODE IN HIGH LIFE. MY NEW YEARS EVE AMONG THE MUMMIES. THE FOUNDERING OF THE "FORTUNA." I. II. III. THE BACKSLIDER. II. III. IV. THE MYSTERIOUS OCCURRENCE IN PICCADILLY. I. II. CARVALHO. I. II. PAUSODYNE: A GREAT CHEMICAL DISCOVERY. THE EMPRESS OF ANDORRA. THE SENIOR PROCTOR'S WOOING: A TALE OF TWO CONTINENTS. I. II. THE CHILD OF THE PHALANSTERY. I. II. III. IV. V. OUR SCIENTIFIC OBSERVATIONS ON A GHOST. Chemical Analysis of an Apparition. RAM DAS OF CAWNPORE.
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