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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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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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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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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Investing in real estate / Gary W. Eldred. by Eldred, Gary W.

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The essential CFO : a corporate finance playbook / Bruce Nolop. by Nolop, Bruce, 1950-

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Investing in real estate / Gary W. Eldred. by Eldred, Gary W.

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201 Great Ideas for Your Small Business. by Applegate, Jane

Table of Contents: “…Work with an Enrolled Agent to Do Your Taxes; 33. Find a Strategic Partner to Invest in Your Company; 34. …”
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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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Family fortunes : how to build family wealth and hold onto it for 100 years / Bill Bonner and Will Bonner. by Bonner, William, 1948-

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Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research edited by Alex C. Michalos. by Michalos, Alex C.

Table of Contents: “…Aboriginal Peoples Survey, Canada (APS) -- Reporting of Indices by the Press -- Accessibility -- Personal and Institutional Accountability -- Acquiescence Response Set -- Action Research -- Bakas Caregiving Outcomes Scale -- Balanced Life -- Bankruptcy -- Barthel Index -- Basic Capabilities Index (BCI) -- Calibrated Development Index -- Campbell, Angus -- Canadian Index of Well-Being -- Cancer Survivor(s) -- Cantril Self-Anchoring Striving Scale -- Daily Diary Methodology -- Dartmouth COOP Charts -- Dartmouth Pain Questionnaire -- Data Analysis -- Databook of Happiness -- Early Adolescence -- Children from Birth to Age Five, Quality of Life in -- Early School Leaving -- Earthquakes -- Earth’s Carrying Capacity -- Equity Theory -- F-Ratio -- Face Perception -- Facet Theory -- Facilities -- Factor Analysis -- Feelings of Justice -- Gambling -- Gardening -- Gated Communities -- Gender and Education -- Gender and Health -- Happiness -- Happiness Adjusted Life Years -- Happiness Measures -- Happy Life Inventory -- Happy Planet Index -- ICTs Role in QoL -- Ideology and Quality of Life -- Illiteracy, an Overview -- Immigrants, an Overview -- Immigrants, Responses to -- Japan, Quality of Life -- Job Descriptive Index -- Job Satisfaction -- Job Security -- Katz Activities of Daily Living Scale -- KIDS COUNT® -- Knowledge Transfer and Exchange -- Known-Groups Validity -- Labor Markets and Underemployment -- Lake Erie Quality Index -- Lancashire Quality of Life Profile -- Land Use Diversity Index -- Land Quality Indicators -- Malnutrition -- Manchester-Oxford Foot Questionnaire (MOxFQ) -- Mapping Neighborhoods -- Marginal Utility -- Marginalized Communities -- National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) -- National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) -- National Neighborhood Indicator Partnership -- Natural Resource Management (NRM) -- Neck Disability Index -- Obesity, an Overview -- Objective and Subjective Deprivation -- Objective Index of Quality of Life Developed for the Municipalities of the Barcelona Province -- Objective Index of Quality of Life in Spain -- Objective Quality of Life -- Pain, an Overview -- Pairwise Comparisons -- Care, Palliative -- Parametric Analysis -- Parental Time and Child Well-Being -- Qualitative Indicators of Development -- Qualitative Methods -- Work Index in Span, Quality of -- Community Life Measures, Quality -- Work and Employment, Quality of -- Random Effects Regression for Panel Data -- Rank-Order Correlation -- Rasch Analysis -- Rasch Polytomous Models -- Long-Term Unemployment, Rate of -- Sample Frame -- Sample Survey -- Sampling Error -- Life Satisfaction Judgments -- Medical Care, Satisfaction with -- Taiwan -- Task Discretion -- Taxes -- Taylor and Aspinwall Psychosocial Stress Model -- Telecommuting -- Unemployment -- UNESCO Framework for Cultural Indicators -- UNESCO World Culture Report -- Education for All Global Monitoring Report -- Crime Estimates -- Validity, Logical -- Validity, Statistical -- Valuations of Life/Injury -- Value Theories -- Values Aspired to by Adolescents and by Adolescents’ Parents in Relation to Their Children’s Future -- Walkability -- War -- Waste Recycling -- Water Consumption -- Watershed(s) -- Xenophobia -- Youth Dependency Ratio -- Youth in Transition Survey (YITS) Canada -- Youth Violence -- Youth/Adolescent Rights -- Zero-Order Relationships -- Z-Scores.…”
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