Economics

Contains two essays: the first examines optimal facility location, according to a variety of economic criteria; the second develops a theory of international trade in which a region is regarded as a system of cities...

These two titles look at long-term processes that have had a major impact on the modern world economy...

This book, first published in 1938, is the comprehensive examination of the European tariffs of the time, and it traces their effects upon the actual course of trade, and in so doing, is one of the few factual studies on the reality of tariffs...

The wide-ranging papers collected together in this volume, first published in 1978, explore different aspects of the link between national development objectives and the tax system. Attention is particularly focused on traditional aims such as growth, fair distribution and economic stabilisation and..

The wide-ranging papers collected together in this volume, first published in 1978, explore different aspects of the link between national development objectives and the tax system. Attention is particularly focused on traditional aims such as growth, fair distribution and economic stabilisation and..

This book, first published in 1987, is a study of the political processes that underlie the determination of taxation. Governments inherit a large legacy of policies, and it is the inertia force of past commitments that determine much of what a government does...

Economists studying comparative economic systems have generally neglected the important question of taxation in socialist countries. This book, first published in 1985, aims to restore the study of taxation to its rightful role in comparative economic studies...

First published in 1919, Taxation in the New State explores the practical application of tax policy to the financial situation of post-World War I Britain. Hobson proposes a number of reforms and considers the pitfalls of attempting the find required revenue using ordinary taxation in a post-war fin..

First published in 1919, Taxation in the New State explores the practical application of tax policy to the financial situation of post-World War I Britain. Hobson proposes a number of reforms and considers the pitfalls of attempting the find required revenue using ordinary taxation in a post-war fin..

This book, first published in 1971, presents an analysis of the taxes levied on wealth or capital – death duties, annual wealth taxes and capital gains taxes. It provides a comprehensive study of these taxes, and recommends a series of measures, including the replacement of certain taxes, that would..

Teaching and Development: A Soviet Investigation..

Teaching Economics in a Time of Unprecedented Change is a one-stop collection that helps pre- and in-service social studies teachers to foster an understanding of classic content as well as recent economic developments...