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Cover Tax and Transfer Policy Using Behavioural Microsimulation Modelling
Tax and Transfer Policy Using Behavioural Microsimulation Modelling
Design and Evaluation
John Creedy and Penny Mok

Combining theoretical and practical aspects of policy analysis, this book evaluates actual and proposed policy reforms to income tax and transfer systems, using a behavioural tax microsimulation model. It highlights how these models allow for the full details of tax systems and the considerable population heterogeneity that is found in practice.

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Monograph Book
Published:
24 May 2022
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781802209860
Collection:
Economics 2022
Cover The Elasticity of Taxable Income
The Elasticity of Taxable Income
Theory and Estimation
John Creedy
This timely book analyses the elasticity of taxable income, a central concept in public finance with a rapidly growing wealth of literature. Combining original empirical research with rigorous theoretical modelling of tax revenue and optimal tax policy, this innovative study examines the complexities and new methods of estimating the elasticity of taxable income.
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Monograph Book
Published:
21 Apr 2022
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781802209600
Collection:
Economics 2022
Cover A Research Agenda for Public–Private Partnerships and the Governance of Infrastructure
A Research Agenda for Public–Private Partnerships and the Governance of Infrastructure
Edited by Graeme A. Hodge and Carsten Greve
This timely Research Agenda examines the ways in which public–private partnerships (PPPs) in infrastructure continue to excite policy makers, governments, research scholars and critics around the world. It analyzes the PPP research journey to date and articulates the lessons learned as a result of the increasing interest in improving infrastructure governance. Expert international contributors explore how PPP ideas have spread, transferred and transformed, and propose a range of future research directions.
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Monograph Book
Published:
21 Apr 2022
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839105883
Collection:
Political Science and Public Policy 2022
Cover Handbook on Entropy, Complexity and Spatial Dynamics
Handbook on Entropy, Complexity and Spatial Dynamics
A Rebirth of Theory?
Edited by Aura Reggiani, Laurie A. Schintler, Daniel Czamanski, and Roberto Patuelli
This ground-breaking Handbook presents a state-of-the-art exploration of entropy, complexity and spatial dynamics from fundamental theoretical, empirical and methodological perspectives. It considers how foundational theories can contribute to new advances, including novel modeling and empirical insights at different sectoral, spatial and temporal scales.
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Handbook
Published:
17 Dec 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839100598
Collection:
Economics 2021
Cover Research Handbook on University Rankings
Research Handbook on University Rankings
Theory, Methodology, Influence and Impact
Edited by Ellen Hazelkorn and Georgiana Mihut
Gathering unique and thoughtful contributions from leading international scholars, this timely Research Handbook offers diverse perspectives on university rankings twenty years after the first global rankings emerged. It presents an in-depth analysis that reflects the current state of research on rankings, their influence and impact.
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Handbook
Published:
10 Dec 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788974981
Collection:
Political Science and Public Policy 2021
Cover Strategic Community Partnerships, Philanthropy, and Nongovernmental Organization
Strategic Community Partnerships, Philanthropy, and Nongovernmental Organization
David J. Maurrasse
This important book focuses on particular aspects of the development and implementation of community partnerships based in – and focused – on neighborhoods, municipalities, and regions. Throughout the book, David J. Maurrasse stresses the importance of philanthropy and representation from different types of organizations across public, private, and nongovernmental spectrums.
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Monograph Book
Published:
26 Oct 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788979085
Collection:
Political Science and Public Policy 2021
Cover Rethinking Public Private Partnerships
Rethinking Public Private Partnerships
Mervyn K. Lewis
Public private partnerships (PPPs) have been a controversial approach to procuring public infrastructure services. Against a background of recent trenchant criticism of PPPs, Mervyn K. Lewis, a leading scholar in the area, re-examines their utility. He questions what PPPs can and cannot do, why governments choose this route and whether PPPs can ever be good value for money.
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Monograph Book
Published:
17 Aug 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789906400
Collection:
Economics 2021
Cover Fiscal Accountability and Population Aging
Fiscal Accountability and Population Aging
New Responses to New Challenges
Edited by Robert L. Clark, YoungWook Lee, and Andrew Mason
Focusing on the developing economic challenges confronting Korea and the US in response to the aging of their populations, this timely book examines how public policies are evolving in light of demographic changes, the impact of aging on governmental expenditures, and transitions in the labor force associated with aging.
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Monograph Book
Published:
20 Apr 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800370470
Collection:
Economics 2021
Cover Megaproject Leaders
Megaproject Leaders
Reflections on Personal Life Stories
Edited by Nathalie Drouin, Shankar Sankaran, Alfons van Marrewijk, and Ralf Müller
Megaproject Leaders brings together 18 prominent academics who interviewed 16 great megaproject leaders originating from 10 different countries. Based on a reflective methodological approach, these chapters investigate the managing of megaprojects from a human perspective, identify new trends in the managing of megaprojects and identify lessons learned from the personal views of the interviewees. The novel ideas presented will appeal to academics, practitioners and university students.
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Monograph Book
Published:
12 Feb 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789902976
Collection:
Business 2021
Cover New Directions in the Economics of Higher Education
New Directions in the Economics of Higher Education
Ludger Woessmann and Eric Bettinger

New Directions in the Economics of Higher Education provides an overview of the vibrant and growing field of the economics of higher education. The text assesses the full breadth of the topic, including the returns to higher education, college attendance and completion, higher education financing, educational production, and the market for higher education. This comprehensive literature review puts the collected papers into the perspective of developments in the wider literature on the economics of higher education over the past decade.
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Research Reviews
Published:
28 Aug 2020
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788970655
Collection:
Economics 2020