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Business & Economics

Housing and Mortgage Markets in Historical Perspective

White Eugene N., Snowden Kenneth, Fishback Price

ISBN: HB: 9780226073842, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, July 2014
496 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 65 line drawings, 50 tables

The central role of the housing market in the recent recession raised a series of questions about similar episodes throughout economic history. Were the underlying causes of housing and mortgage crises the same in earlier episodes? Has the onset and...

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Business & Economics

Public Health

Discoveries in the Economics of Aging

Wise David A.

ISBN: HB: 9780226146096, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, June 2014
528 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 78 figures, 128 tables

The oldest members of the Baby-Boomer generation are now crossing the threshold of eligibility for Social Security and Medicare with extensive and significant implications for these programs' overall spending and fiscal sustainability. Yet the aging...

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Business & Economics

Innovation Policy and the Economy 2013 Volume 14

Lerner Josh, Stern Scott

ISBN: HB: 9780226158426, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, March 2014
278 pp., 23x15 cm

Appreciation of the importance of innovation to the economy has increased over the past decade. There is an active debate regarding the implications of technological change for economic policy and the appropriate policies and programs regarding resea...

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Business & Economics

Maucher and Malik on Management Maxims of Corporate Management – Best of Helmut Mauche's Speeches, Essays and Interviews

Maucher Helmut, Malik Fredmund, Farschtschian Farsam

ISBN: HB: 9783593500256, University of Chicago Press, Campus Verlag, February 2014
356 pp., 21.5x13.9 cm, 10 halftones

They are maxims of the successful corporate leader: good managers always focus on their companies, never on themselves; good managers view themselves as being servants to, rather than masters of, the whole; and good managers run their businesses with...

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Business & Economics

Global Market Strategies How to Turn Your Company into a Successful International Enterprise

Neubert Michael

ISBN: PB: 9783593399454, University of Chicago Press, Campus Verlag, February 2014
224 pp., 21.5x13.9 cm, 40 halftones, 14 tables

Good international trade relations are a must for any modern enterprise, regardless of its size. But without a sound global market strategy, entry onto the international scene is risky and can at worst lead to a company's demise. In this book, Michae...

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Education

Business & Economics

Education Policy in Developing Countries

Glewwe Paul

ISBN: PB: 9780226078717, ISBN: HB: 9780226078687, University of Chicago Press, December 2013
352 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 12 line drawings, 36 tables

Almost any economist will agree that education plays a key role in determining a country's economic growth and standard of living, but what we know about education policy in developing countries is remarkably incomplete and scattered over decades and...

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Business & Economics

Globalization in an Age of Crisis Multilateral Economic Cooperation in the Twenty-First Century

Feenstra Robert C., Taylor Alan M.

ISBN: HB: 9780226030753, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, December 2013
464 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 5 halftones, 60 line drawings, 12 tables

Along with its painful economic costs, the financial crisis of 2008 raised concerns over the future of international policy making. As in recessions past, new policy initiatives emerged, approaches that placed greater importance on protecting nationa...

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Business & Economics

Tax Policy and the Economy, Volume 27

Brown Jeffrey R.

ISBN: HB: 9780226097794, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, November 2013
160 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

Taxation policy was a central part of the policy debates over the "fiscal cliff". Given the importance of fiscal issues, it is vital for rigorous empirical research to inform the policy dialogue. In keeping with the NBER's tradition of carrying out r...

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Business & Economics

Economy of Words Communicative Imperatives in Central Banks

Holmes Douglas R.

ISBN: PB: 9780226087627, ISBN: HB: 9780226087597, University of Chicago Press, November 2013
280 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 3 line drawings

Markets are artifacts of language – so Douglas R. Holmes argues in this deeply researched look at central banks and the people who run them. Working at the intersection of anthropology, linguistics, and economics, he shows how central bankers have be...

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Business & Economics

General

Job-Search Games Chemistry, Self-Blame, and Unemployment Experiences

Sharone Ofer

ISBN: PB: 9780226073538, ISBN: HB: 9780226073361, University of Chicago Press, November 2013
240 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 1 line drawing, 3 tables

Today 4. 7 million Americans have been unemployed for more than six months. In France more than ten percent of the working population is without work. In Israel it's above seven percent. And in Greece and Spain, that number approaches thirty percent....

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