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Brown Jeffrey R.

ISBN: PB: 9780226076744, ISBN: HB: 9780226076737, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, October 2010
200 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

"Tax Policy and the Economy" publishes current academic research findings on taxation and government spending that have both immediate bearing on policy debates and longer-term interest. The papers in this volume range from topics as broad as the rel...

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Mathematics

Mathematics for Economists Made Simple

Vinogradov Viatcheslav V.

ISBN: PB: 9788024616575, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, October 2010
364 pp., 23x15 cm

Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! As the field of economics becomes ever more specialized and complicated, so does the mathematics required of economists. With "Mathematics for Economists", expert mathematician Viatcheslav...

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Targeting Investments in Children Fighting Poverty When Resources Are Limited

Levine Phillip B., Zimmerman David J.

ISBN: HB: 9780226475813, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, October 2010
464 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 38 tables, 19 line illus.

A substantial number of American children experience poverty: about 17 percent of those under the age of eighteen meet the government's definition, and the proportion is even greater within minority groups. Childhood poverty can have lifelong effects...

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Essence of Strategic Giving A Practical Guide for Donors and Fundraisers

Frumkin Peter

ISBN: PB: 9780226266275, University of Chicago Press, September 2010
192 pp., 21.5x13 cm, 11 line illus.

In the face of global financial problems and stressed government budgets, the ability of private philanthropy to step in and help solve public problems – and support vital private institutions as well – has perhaps never been more important. But how...

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Law

Uncommon Sense Economic Insights, from Marriage to Terrorism

Becker Gary S., Posner Richard A.

ISBN: PB: 9780226041025, ISBN: HB: 9780226041018, University of Chicago Press, September 2010
384 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

On December 5, 2004, the still-developing blogosphere took one of its biggest steps toward mainstream credibility, as Nobel Prize-winning economist Gary S. Becker and renowned jurist and legal scholar Richard A. Posner announced the formation of the...

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NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2009 Volume 24

Acemoglu Daron, Rogoff Kenneth, Woodford Michael

ISBN: PB: 9780226002101, ISBN: HB: 9780226002095, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, August 2010
440 pp., 23x15 cm, 41 line illus.

The "NBER Macroeconomics Annual" provides a forum for important debates in contemporary macroeconomics and major developments in the theory of macroeconomic analysis and policy that include leading economists from a variety of fields. The papers and...

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NBER International Seminar on Macroeconomics 2009 Volume 6

Reichlin Lucrezia, West Kenneth

ISBN: PB: 9780226707501, ISBN: HB: 9780226707495, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, August 2010
500 pp., 23x15 cm, 60 line illus.

The distinguished International Seminar on Macroeconomics (ISoM) has met annually in Europe for thirty years. The papers included in this volume discuss openness and the fall and rise of stock market correlations between 1890 and 2001; defaults, unde...

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International Differences in Entrepreneurship

Lerner Josh, Schoar Antoinette

ISBN: HB: 9780226473093, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, June 2010
368 pp., 23x15 cm, 80 tables, 52 line illus.

Often considered one of the major forces behind economic growth and development, the entrepreneurial firm can accelerate the speed of innovation and dissemination of new technologies, thus increasing a country's competitive edge in the global market....

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Women Studies

Both Hands Tied Welfare Reform and the Race to the Bottom in the Low-Wage Labor Market

Collins Jane L., Mayer Victoria

ISBN: PB: 9780226114064, University of Chicago Press, May 2010
264 pp., 23x15 cm, 8 line drawings, 3 tables, 16 halftones

"Both Hands Tied" studies the working poor in the United States, focusing in particular on the relation between welfare and low-wage earnings among working mothers. Grounded in the experience of thirty-three women living in Milwaukee and Racine, Wisc...

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Political Science

Atlas of World Hunger

Bassett Thomas J., Winter-Nelson Alex

ISBN: HB: 9780226039077, University of Chicago Press, May 2010
216 pp., 28x21.5 cm, 35 tables, 47 halftones, 3 line drawings, 103 colour illus.

Earlier this year, President Obama declared one of his top priorities to be "making sure that people are able to get enough to eat". The United States spends about five billion dollars on food aid and related programs each year, but still, both domes...

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