The Economics of Cultural Policy. by Throsby, David

Table of Contents: “…Allocation decisionsGovernance; 4 Indirect support; Rationale; Mechanisms; Economic effects; 5 The role of the individual artist; 6 Conclusions; APPENDIX TO CHAPTER 4; Illustration of the response of charitable donations to changes in the after-tax price; Notes; 5 Cultural industries; 1 Introduction; 2 Conceptualising the cultural industries' role in the economy; 3 Assessing the economic contribution of the cultural industries; Inter-industry trade; Movement of creative workers; Knowledge transfers; Spillovers; 4 Industry dynamics: economic and cultural growth.…”
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The essential CFO : a corporate finance playbook / Bruce Nolop. by Nolop, Bruce, 1950-

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Surviving Globalization? Perspectives for the German Economic Model / edited by Stefan Beck, Frank Klobes, Christoph Scherrer. by Beck, Stefan

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Health financing policy : the macroeconomic, fiscal, and public finance context / Cheryl Cashin. by Cashin, Cheryl

Table of Contents: “…Measures and Resources to Understand the Budget Process and Priority-SettingKey Questions and Resources to Understand the Budget Process and Priority-Setting; Note; Chapter 4 Assessing Options for Raising Revenue for the Health Sector; Key Questions; Assessing Alternative Sources of Revenue; Earmarked Taxes and Revenue; Innovative Revenue Sources; Key Questions and Resources to Assess Options for Sources of Government Revenue for Health; Chapter 5 Opportunities for Better Aligning Health Spending with Health System Objectives; Key Questions; Opportunities to Improve Pooling.…”
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Obesity : health and economic consequences of an impending global challenge / Meera Shekar and Barry Popkin, editors.

Table of Contents: “…The Cost of Overweight/Obesity for Climate Co-Benefits and Water Use -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4: Factors Affecting Overweight/Obesity Prevalence -- Global Factors Associated with Increased Overweight/Obesity -- Factors Linked to Weight Gain and Overweight/Obesity at the Individual and Community Levels -- The Role of Changing Diets and Food Systems -- Impetus for Action -- References -- Chapter 5: Addressing Overweight/Obesity: Lessons for Future Actions -- Typology of Actions to Prevent Overweight/Obesity -- Approaches to Reducing Overweight/Obesity…”
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Wiley not-for-profit GAAP 2017 : interpretation and application of generally accepted accounting principles for not-for-profit organizations / Richard F. Larkin, Marie DiTommaso. by Larkin, Richard F., DiTommaso, Marie

Table of Contents: “…When Accrual-Basis Reporting Should Be UsedLegal Requirements; Conclusion; Part 2: Basic Financial Statements; 3: Statement of Financial Position; Perspective and Issues; Concepts, Rules, and Examples; Liquidity; Offsetting Assets and Liabilities; Acceptable Formats; Disclosure Requirements; 4: Statement of Activities; Perspective and Issues; Concepts, Rules, and Examples; Elements of the Change in Net Assets; Classification of Revenues, Expenses, Gains and Losses, and Reclassifications; Information about Gross Amounts of Revenues and Expenses; Information about an Organization's Operations.…”
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Management and Disposition of Excess Weapons Plutonium : Reactor-Related Options. by Staff, National Research Council

Table of Contents: “…""The Context for Security Concerns and Criteria""""Specific Security Concerns and Threat Characteristics""; ""A Matrix Scheme for Characterizing Options""; ""Start Dates""; ""End Dates""; ""Integrated Inventory""; ""Dilution""; ""Intrinsic Barriers""; ""Implementation-Dependent Barriers""; ""The Threat and Vulnerability Interaction""; ""Criteria for Choice""; ""ISSUES AND CRITERIA IN ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF ALTERNATIVES""; ""Principles and Pitfalls in Cost Comparisons""; ""Inflation and the Real Cost of Money""; ""Property Taxes and Insurance""…”
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Public Finance, 3rd Edition Tresch, Richard. by Tresch, Richard

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A book of luminous things : an international anthology of poetry / edited, and with an introduction by Czeslaw Milosz.

Table of Contents: “….): Song of marching with the army [and] Watching the hunt / Wang Wei -- Recalling the past at T'ung Pass / Chang Yang-hao -- Express train / Rolf Jacobsen -- Rainbow at night / Antonio Machado -- Vacation / William Stafford -- The train stops at Healy Fork / John Haines -- Seen fleetingly, from a train / Bronislaw Maj -- A journey / Edward Field -- Along the Grand Canal / Ch'in Kuan -- Morning, sailing in Xinyang / Wang Wei -- On the mountain / John Haines -- We started home, my son and I / Jaan Kaplinski -- Places. …”
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Econophysics of Wealth Distributions Econophys-Kolkata I / edited by Arnab Chatterjee, Sudhakar Yarlagadda, Bikas K Chakrabarti. by Chatterjee, Arnab

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Commodity trader's almanac 2013 : for active traders of futures, forex, stocks and ETFs / Jeffrey A. Hirsch and John L. Person. by Hirsch, Jeffrey A.

Table of Contents: “…Patrick's DayMarch British Pound Invasion; April Almanac; April Tax Time Takes a Bite out of Gold; Bonds Can Go Up When Stocks Go Down; Beef Prices Head South before Summer; May Almanac; Copper Tops in May; Silver Slips in May; Coffee Buzz Fades in Summer; June Almanac; Short Soybeans for Summer; Sugar's Summer Sweet Spot; Summer BBQ Season Gives Beef a Bounce; Mother Nature Makes Corn Pop; July Almanac; Last-Half of July Short S&P 500; Summer Air Conditioning Heats Up Natural Gas; Swiss Franc Follows Gold Higher; August Almanac; August Gives Coffee a Lift…”
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Wynne Godley A Biography / by Alan Shipman. by Shipman, Alan

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Welfare reform and beyond : the future of the safety net / Isabel V. Sawhill [and others], editors.

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Women in the Canadian academic tundra : challenging the chill / [edited by] Elena Hannah, Linda Joan Paul, Swani Vethamany-Globus.

Table of Contents: “…Paying the inequity tax / Jennifer Bankier -- A nurse educator's experience in Academia / Suzan Banoub-Baddour -- Women in Canadian universities: an insider's view from outside; an outsider's view from inside / Helen J. …”
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The essential CFO : a corporate finance playbook / Bruce Nolop. by Nolop, Bruce, 1950-

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Handbook of recent advances in commodity and financial modeling : quantitative methods in banking, finance, insurance, energy and commodity markets / Giorgio Consigli, Silvana Stef...

Table of Contents: “…Preface; Contents; Part I Risk Modeling; 1 Directional Returns for Gold and Silver: A Cluster Analysis Approach; 1.1 Introduction and Literature Review; 1.2 Data Collection and Preparation; 1.3 Methodology: Two-Step Cluster Analysis; 1.4 Gold with Clusters; 1.4.1 Training Set Variable Importance; 1.4.2 Validation Set Results for the Gold Models; 1.5 Silver with Clusters; 1.5.1 Training Set Variable Importance; 1.5.2 Validation Set Results for the Silver Models; 1.6 Summary and Conclusions; References; 2 Impact of Credit Risk and Business Cycles on Momentum Returns; 2.1 Introduction.…”
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Handbook of recent advances in commodity and financial modeling : quantitative methods in banking, finance, insurance, energy and commodity markets / Giorgio Consigli, Silvana Stef...

Table of Contents: “…Preface; Contents; Part I Risk Modeling; 1 Directional Returns for Gold and Silver: A Cluster Analysis Approach; 1.1 Introduction and Literature Review; 1.2 Data Collection and Preparation; 1.3 Methodology: Two-Step Cluster Analysis; 1.4 Gold with Clusters; 1.4.1 Training Set Variable Importance; 1.4.2 Validation Set Results for the Gold Models; 1.5 Silver with Clusters; 1.5.1 Training Set Variable Importance; 1.5.2 Validation Set Results for the Silver Models; 1.6 Summary and Conclusions; References; 2 Impact of Credit Risk and Business Cycles on Momentum Returns; 2.1 Introduction.…”
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Artificial Tanning Devices. by Organization, World Health

Table of Contents: “…Requiring eye protection; 3.2.4.4. Training sunbed supervisors; 3.2.4.5. Taxing tanning sessions; 3.2.5. …”
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