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Public Health

Investigations in the Economics of Aging

Wise David A.

ISBN: HB: 9780226903132, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, June 2012
504 pp., 23x15 cm, 80 figures, 86 tables

One of the most well-established relationships in the economics of aging is that between health and wealth. Yet this relationship is also changing in conjunction with a rapidly aging population as well as a broad evolution in how people live later in...

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Business & Economics

China's Growing Role in World Trade

Feenstra Robert C., Wei Shang-Jin

ISBN: PB: 9780226239743, ISBN: HB: 9780226239712, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, May 2012
608 pp., 23x15 cm, 126 tables, 104 line illus.

In less than three decades, China has grown from playing a negligible role in world trade to being one of the world's largest exporters, a substantial importer of raw materials, intermediate outputs, and other goods, and both a recipient and source o...

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Education

American Universities in a Global Market

Clotfelter Charles T.

ISBN: PB: 9780226110479, ISBN: HB: 9780226110448, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, May 2012
512 pp., 23x15 cm, 85 tables, 72 line illus.

In higher education, the United States is the preeminent global leader, dominating the list of the world's top research universities. But there are signs that America's position of global leadership will face challenges in the future, as it has in ot...

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Business & Economics

NBER International Seminar on Macroeconomics 2011 Volume 8

Frankel Jeffrey A., Pissarides Christopher

ISBN: PB: 9780226260358, ISBN: HB: 9780226260341, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, May 2012
500 pp., 23x15 cm

The "NBER International Seminar on Macroeconomics" brings together leading American and European economists to discuss a broad range of current issues in global macroeconomics. An international companion to the more American-focused "NBER Macroeconom...

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Political Science

Business & Economics

Transformative Political Leadership Making a Difference in the Developing World

Rotberg Robert I.

ISBN: PB: 9780226728995, ISBN: HB: 9780226728988, University of Chicago Press, April 2012
216 pp., 23x15 cm

Accomplished political leaders have a clear strategy for turning political visions into reality. Through well-honed analytical, political, and emotional intelligence, leaders chart paths to promising futures that include economic growth, material pro...

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Political Science

Political Economy of Pipelines A Century of Comparative Institutional Development

Makholm Jeff D.

ISBN: HB: 9780226502106, University of Chicago Press, April 2012
288 pp., 23x15 cm, 3 halftones, 5 line illus.

With global demand for energy poised to increase by more than half in the next three decades, the supply of safe, reliable, and reasonably priced gas and oil will continue to be of fundamental importance to modern economies. Central to this supply ar...

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Business & Economics

NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2011 Volume 26

Acemoglu Daron, Woodford Michael

ISBN: PB: 9780226002163, ISBN: HB: 9780226002149, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, April 2012
440 pp., 23x15 cm

The twenty-sixth edition of the "NBER Macroeconomics Annual" continues its tradition of featuring theoretical and empirical contributions that shed light on central issues in contemporary macroeconomics, pushing the frontiers of macroeconomic work in...

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Business & Economics

Innovation Policy and the Economy 2011 Volume 12

Lerner Josh, Stern Scott

ISBN: PB: 9780226473406, ISBN: HB: 9780226473390, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, April 2012
176 pp., 23x15 cm

"Innovation Policy and the Economy" provides a forum for research on the interactions among public policy, the innovation process, and the economy. The distinguished contributors look at policies that affect the ability of an economy to achieve scien...

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Business & Economics

Rate and Direction of Inventive Activity Revisited

Lerner Josh, Stern Scott

ISBN: HB: 9780226473031, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, April 2012
632 pp., 25x15 cm, 54 tables, 1 halftone, 49 line illus.

While the importance of innovation to economic development is widely understood, the conditions conducive to it remain the focus of much attention. This volume offers new theoretical and empirical contributions to fundamental questions relating to th...

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Business & Economics

Giving Voice to Values How to Speak Your Mind When You Know What's Right

Gentile Mary C.

ISBN: PB: 9780300181562, Yale University Press, March 2012
320 pp., 21x14 cm

How can you effectively stand up for your values when pressured by your boss, customers, or shareholders to do the opposite? Babson College business educator and consultant Mary Gentile draws on actual business experiences as well as social science r...

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