The informal sector in francophone Africa : firm size, productivity, and institutions / Nancy Benjamin and Ahmadou Aly Mbaye ; with Ibrahima Thione Diop [and others]. by Benjamin, Nancy C., 1956-

Table of Contents: “…Outline: Characteristics of informal businesses in West Africa -- Institutional, regulatory and socio-culturalenvironment -- Costs and benefits of informality: productivity, living standards, and tax revenue -- Main onclusions and recommendations -- Chapter 1. …”
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The Great Demographic Reversal Ageing Societies, Waning Inequality, and an Inflation Revival / by Charles Goodhart, Manoj Pradhan. by Goodhart, Charles, Pradhan, Manoj

Table of Contents: “…Future Policy Problems: Old Age and Taxes, and the Monetary-Fiscal Clash -- 14. Swimming Against the (Main)Stream.…”
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Fundamentals of Engineering FE Civil All-in-One Exam Guide / Indranil Goswami. by Goswami, Indranil

Table of Contents: “…The Elastic Curve -- Torsion -- Thermal Stress and Strain -- Mohr?s Circle: Normal (s) and Shear (t) Stress Combination -- Composite Materials -- Stability of Axially Loaded Columns?…”
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Poverty and Social Impact Analysis by the IMF. by Gillingham, Robert F.

Table of Contents: “…Alternative Price-Shifting Models; Appendix 3.3. General Lessons from Tax Theory; A3.1 Alternative Approaches for Evaluating the Welfare Impacts of Tax and Price Reforms; IV. …”
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Handbook of corporate equity derivatives and equity capital markets / Juan Ramirez. by Ramirez, Juan, 1961-

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Finanční účetnictví by Hýblová, Eva

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Principles of Public Finance by Toshihiro Ihori. by Ihori, Toshihiro

Table of Contents: “…Public Finance and a Review of Basic Concepts -- 1 The Main Functions of the Public Sector -- 2 A Review of Analytical Basic Concepts -- 3 The Public Sector in Japan -- 4 Organization of the Book -- Appendix: Japan's Fiscal Management -- References -- Questions -- Part I Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance -- Chapter 2 The Macroeconomic Theory of Fiscal Policy I -- 1 The Simple Keynesian Model -- 2 The IS/LM Analysis -- 3 The Open Economy -- 4 The Efficacy of Fiscal Policy and the Policy Maker -- Appendix: Public Investment in Japan -- References -- Keywords -- Questions -- Chapter 3 The Macroeconomic Theory of Fiscal Policy II -- 1 The Permanent Level of Fiscal Variables -- 2 Consumption and Saving Behavior -- 3 The Labor Market and Supply Function -- 4 Equilibrium in the Goods Market -- 5 The Effect of Fiscal Policy -- 6 Evaluation of the Public Sector -- Appendix: The Size of Government Spending and the Private Sector's Evaluation -- References -- Keywords -- Questions -- Chapter 4 Public Debt -- 1 Ricard's Neutrality Theorem -- 2 The Shift of the Burden to Future Generations -- 3 Barro's Neutrality -- 4 Policy Implications of the Debt Neutrality Theorem -- 5 The Non-Keynesian Effect -- Appendix: Government Debt in a Overlapping Generations Model -- References -- Keywords -- Questions -- Chapter 5 Economic Growth and Fiscal Policy -- 1 A Simple Growth Model -- 2 Optimal Public Investment -- 3 The Solow Model -- 4 The Endogenous Growth Model -- 5 Inequality and Economic Growth -- Appendix A: Taxes on Capital Accumulation and Economic Growth -- Appendix B: Supply-Side Effect of Public Investment in Japan -- References -- Keywords -- Questions -- Chapter 6 Fiscal Management -- 1 Understanding Fiscal Management -- 2 Fiscal Bankruptcy -- 3 Fiscal Consolidation -- Appendix: Fiscal Deficits in a Growing Economy -- References -- Keywords -- Questions -- Chapter 7 The Public Pension -- 1 Justification of the Public Pension -- 2 Economic effect of the Public Pension -- 3 Public Debt and the Public Pension -- 4 Public Pension Reform -- 5 Privatization of the Pay-as-you-go System -- Appendix A: Intergenerational Conflict in an Aging Japan -- Appendix B: Simulation Analysis in an Aging Japan -- Conclusion -- References -- Keywords -- Questions -- Part II Microeconomic Aspects of Public Finance -- Chapter 8 The Theory of Taxation -- 1 Taxation and Labor Supply -- 2 The Efficiency of Taxation -- 3 Interest Income Tax and Saving -- 4 Investment and Tax -- 5 Consumption Tax -- Appendix: The Savings Elasticity Controversy -- References -- Keywords -- Questions -- Chapter 9 Tax Reform -- 1 Labor Income Tax and Interest Income Tax -- 2 The Theory of Optimal Taxation -- 3 The Theory of Tax Reform -- 4 General Consumption Tax and Labor Income Tax -- 5 The Timing Effect of Taxation -- 6 Simulation Analysis of Tax Reform -- Appendix A: Optimal Taxation in an Overlapping Generations Economy -- Appendix B: Tax Reform within Lump Sum Taxes -- References -- Keywords -- Questions -- Chapter 10 Income Redistribution -- 1 Progressive Income Tax -- 2 Endogenous Labor Supply -- 3 The Optimal Income Tax -- 4 Nonlinear Income Tax -- 5 Economic Constraint and Redistribution -- Appendix: Optimal Linear Income Tax -- References -- Keywords -- Questions -- Chapter 11 The Theory of Public Goods -- 1 Public Goods -- 2 Optimal Provision of Public Goods: The Samuelson Rule -- 3 The Theory of Public Good Provision: the Nash Equilibrium Approach -- 4 The Theoretical Analysis of Public Goods: the Lindahl Equilibrium -- 5 The Free Rider Problem -- 6 The Neutrality Theorem of Public Goods -- Appendix: Public Bads, Growth, and Welfare -- References -- Keywords -- Questions -- Chapter 12 Public Spending and the Political Process -- 1 The Failure of Government -- 2 The Voting Model -- 3 The Voting Model and Reality -- 4 Political Parties and Fiscal Policy -- 5 Theoretical Model of the Partisan Business Cycle -- 6 Further Comments -- Appendix A: Fiscal Privileges, Consolidation Attempts and Pigouvian Taxes -- Appendix B: Political Factors and Public Investment Policy in Japan -- References -- Keywords -- Questions -- Chapter 13 Local Public Finance -- 1 Intergovernmental Finance -- 2 The Supply of Local Public Goods -- 3 Tax Competition -- 4 The Time Consistency of a Tax Policy -- 5 The Principle of Local Tax -- 6 Redistribution among Local Governments -- 7 Further Issues on Intergovernmental Finance -- Appendix: Analytical Model of Central and Local Governments in Japan -- References -- Keywords -- Questions -- Index. .…”
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Contemporary Trends in Accounting, Finance and Financial Institutions Proceedings from the International Conference on Accounting, Finance and Financial Institutions (ICAFFI), Pozn...

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Empirical studies on economics of innovation, public economics and management : procceedings of the 18th Eurasia Business and Economics Society Conference / Mehmet Huseyin Bilgin,...

Table of Contents: “…The Determinants of Lending to Customers: Evidence from Italy Between 2008 and 20121 Introduction; 2 Literature Review, Significance of the Research and Main Contribution; 3 Data and Sample; 4 Main Descriptive Evidence and Hypotheses of Research; 4.1 Credit Trend; 4.2 Credit Quality; 4.3 Income Effects; 4.4 Intermediation Model Features; 4.5 Hypotheses of Research; 5 Methodology; 5.1 Credit Trend; 5.2 Credit Quality; 5.3 Income Effects; 6 Results of the Estimations; 6.1 Credit Trend; 6.2 Credit Quality; 6.3 Income Effects; 7 Conclusions; References.…”
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Empirical studies on economics of innovation, public economics and management : procceedings of the 18th Eurasia Business and Economics Society Conference / Mehmet Huseyin Bilgin,...

Table of Contents: “…The Determinants of Lending to Customers: Evidence from Italy Between 2008 and 20121 Introduction; 2 Literature Review, Significance of the Research and Main Contribution; 3 Data and Sample; 4 Main Descriptive Evidence and Hypotheses of Research; 4.1 Credit Trend; 4.2 Credit Quality; 4.3 Income Effects; 4.4 Intermediation Model Features; 4.5 Hypotheses of Research; 5 Methodology; 5.1 Credit Trend; 5.2 Credit Quality; 5.3 Income Effects; 6 Results of the Estimations; 6.1 Credit Trend; 6.2 Credit Quality; 6.3 Income Effects; 7 Conclusions; References.…”
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Financial Crime in Romania A Community Pulse Survey / edited by Monica Violeta Achim, Robert W. McGee.

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Hidden potential : rethinking informality in South Asia / editors, Maurizio Bussolo and Siddharth Sharma.

Table of Contents: “…Front Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Editors and Authors -- Main Messages -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Rethinking Informality in South Asia: An Overview of the Findings -- Introduction -- Conceptual Framework -- South Asia's Informal Firms: Outsiders, Evaders, or Avoiders? …”
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Wage-Fixing (Routledge Revivals) Meade, J.. by Meade, J.

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Portugal. by Fund, International Monetary

Table of Contents: “…Boosting Productivity and Competitiveness; 2. Making the Tax System More Pro-Growth; 3. The Importance of Labor Market Flexibility in Regaining Competitiveness; IV. …”
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Creating Fiscal Space for Poverty Reduction in Ecuador : a Fiscal Management and Public Expenditure Review.

Table of Contents: “…-- Is Social and Basic Infrastructure Expenditure Pro-Poor? -- Main Social Programs -- Subsidies in Basic Infrastructure Services -- How Much Fiscal Space Is Available for a Poverty Reduction Strategy -- Reversing Current Expenditure -- Making an Optimal Selection of Public Investment -- Assessing Defense Spending -- How Much Off-Budget Fiscal Space Can Be Found for a Poverty Reduction Strategy -- Freezing or Reducing Budget Earmarking -- Reducing Tax Expenditure -- Making Transparent and Intergrating Off-Budget Public Investment -- Towards a Results-Oriented Budget: Attaining the Millennium Development Goals -- Policy Recommendations -- To Shift Public Expenditures Toward a Pro-Poor Focus -- To Re-Target Public Subsidies -- Trade-Offs Between In- and Off-Budget Fiscal Space -- To Reach Selected MDGs -- Performance of Public Expenditure Management -- The PEM Process and its Recent Performance -- Budget Management Review in the Central Government -- Budget Formulation -- Execution -- Budget Management Review in Social Programs and Subnational Governments -- Social Programs -- Provincial and Municipal Governments -- Budget Transparency, Accountability, and Participation -- Are There Sufficient Conditions for a Multiyear Budgeting Framework in Ecuador? …”
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Energy efficiency and renewable energy supply for the G-7 countries, with emphasis on Germany / prepared by Jon Strand. by Strand, Jon

Table of Contents: “…Renewables for Electricity Generation in Germany6. Overview of Main Renewable Energies, Germany, 2006; 7. Feed in Tariffs by Technology, 2006; 3. …”
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The World Market for Natural Gas Implications for Europe / by Andrea Gilardoni. by Gilardoni, Andrea

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Detecting accounting fraud before it's too late / Oriol Amat. by Amat, Oriol

Table of Contents: “…Transactions That Can Be Accounted for by Choosing Among Several AlternativesUniformity; Relative Importance; Accounting Notes Based on Estimates That Imply a High Degree of Subjectivity; Gaps in the Accounting Standards; 5.2 Main Legal Manipulations; 5.3 Impact of Legal Manipulations in the Accounts; References; Chapter 6 Illegal Accounting Manipulations; 6.1 Accounting Crime; 6.2 How Illegal Manipulations Are Done; 6.3 Operations Through Tax Havens; 6.4 Main Illegal Manipulations; 6.5 Main Items Affected by Accounting Frauds; References…”
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Capital in the twenty-first century / Thomas Piketty ; translated by Arthur Goldhammer. by Piketty, Thomas, 1971-

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Greece.

Table of Contents: “…MACROECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS; Figure 1.1 GDP growth in selected EU countries; Figure 1.2 Public deficit and debt; Figure 1.3 Share of exports outside the euro area out of total exports; Figure 1.4 Share of exports by main products out of total exports; B. LABOUR MARKET PERFORMANCE; Figure 1.5 Change in employment by occupational category and workforce skill level.…”
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