Medicare and medicaid : how can we afford them? / Maura Casey. by Casey, Maura

Table of Contents: “…; Option One: Do What It Takes to Maintain Our Commitment; Tax hikes may make sense; Sharing in the cost; What we could do; Option Two: Reduce Health-Care Costs Throughout the System; Waste robs health-care dollars; Bargaining over drug prices; What we could do; Option Three: Get Serious about Prevention; Curb alcohol use, not just smoking; Put farmers' markets on wheels; Care for seniors and the disabled at home; What we could do; Summary: Medicare & Medicaid: How Can We Afford Them?…”
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Reaching for a new deal : ambitious governance, economic meltdown, and polarized politics in Obama's first two years / Theda Skocpol and Lawrence R. Jacobs, editors.

Table of Contents: “…Layzer -- Paying America's way: the fraught politics of taxes, investments, and budgetary responsibility / Andrea Louise Campbell.…”
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Recent Advances in Game Theory and Applications European Meeting on Game Theory, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 2015, and Networking Games and Management, Petrozavodsk, Russia, 2015 / e...

Table of Contents: “…Ranking Journals in Sociology, Education and Public Administration by Social Choice Theory Methods -- On the Position Value for Special Classes of Networks -- A Differential Game of a Duopoly with Network Externalities -- The Shapley Value as a Sustainable Cooperative Solution in Differential Games of 3 Players -- Impact of Propagation Information in the Model of Tax Audit -- An Infinite Horizon Differential Game of Optimal CLV-based Strategies with Non-atomic Firms -- A Dynamic Model of a Decision Making Body where the Power of Veto can be Invoked -- The Selten-Szidarovszky Technique: the Transformation Part -- Generalized Nucleoli and Generalized Bargaining Sets for Games with Restricted Cooperation -- Occurrence of Deception under the Oversight of a Regulator Having Reputation Concerns -- Bayesian Networks and Games of Deterrence -- A New Look at the Study of Solutions for Games in Partition Function Form -- A Model of Tacit Collusion: Nash-2 Equilibrium Concept -- Strong Coalitional Structure in an Open Vehicle Routing Game.…”
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Natural Resource Revenues : a Test of Federalism. by Scott, Anthony

Table of Contents: “…; ""Static Redistributive and Welfare Effects of an Export Tax""…”
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Knights, Raiders, and Targets : the Impact of the Hostile Takeover. by Coffee, John C.

Table of Contents: “…Hostile Takeovers and Junk Bond Financing: A Panel Discussion; CAPITAL MARKETS, EFFICIENCY, AND CORPORATE CONTROL; MANAGERIAL BEHAVIOR AND TAKEOVERS; EVIDENCE ON THE GAINS FROM MERGERS AND TAKEOVERS; MERGERS AND TAKEOVERS: TAXES, CAPITAL STRUCTURE, AND THE INCENTIVES OF MANAGERS; LEGAL RULES, TAKEOVER STRATEGIES, AND DEFENSIVE TACTICS; ONE SHARE, ONE VOTE; Index.…”
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Your macroeconomic edge investing strategies for executives in the post-recession world / Philip J. Romero. by Romero, Philip J.

Table of Contents: “…Cutting up America's credit card: international demographic trends -- 5. The devil's bargain: inflation for stimulus -- 6. Surprise bailouts: what if I'm wrong? …”
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Iris Murdoch connected : critical essays on her fiction and philosophy / edited by Mark Luprecht.

Table of Contents: “…Puritanism and truthfulness in Iris Murdoch's philosophical ethic / Tony Milligan -- "The revoltingly contingent": Iris Murdoch's metaphysical bargain / Jiménez Heffernan, Julián -- "The most intimate bond": metaxological thinking in Simone Weil and Iris Murdoch / Kate Larson -- "Can The Knight of Faith be like an inspector of taxes": The Black Prince as a rendering of fear and trembling / Paul Martens -- A fundamental orientation to the good: Iris Murdoch's influence on Charles Taylor / Matthew J.M. …”
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Advances in Taxation by Hasseldine, John

Table of Contents: “…Baseline Results: The Impact of Creditor Intervention on Less Extreme Forms of Tax Avoidance -- The Effect of Corporate Governance -- The Effect of Borrower Bargaining Power -- A Sharp Regression Discontinuity Design Test -- Alternative Measures of Tax Avoidance -- Additional Tests -- Covenant Violation and Tax Aggressiveness -- Propensity Score Matching -- Additional Analysis -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Tax-Related Accounting Restatements and Tax Contingency Reporting -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Background and PRIOR Literature -- Hypotheses Development…”
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Linguistic Justice for Europe and for the World. by Van Parijs, Philippe

Table of Contents: “…; 1.3 Probability-driven language learning; 1.4 Maxi-min language use; 1.5 The maxi-min dynamics; 1.6 Deviation from maxi-min: didactic and symbolic; 1.7 Maxi-min dynamics and power relationships; 1.8 Power and the rise of English; 1.9 Lingua franca and justificatory community; 1.10 Lingua franca and trans-national demos; 1.11 A vector of ideological domination?…”
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Evidence-based policy making in labor economics : the IZA world of labor guide 2016 / edited by Daniel S. Hamermesh and Olga K. Nottmeyer.

Table of Contents: “…; A flexicurity labor market during recession; Knowledge spillovers and future jobs; Perverse effects of two-tier wage bargaining structures; The minimum wage versus the earned income tax credit for reducing poverty; How are minimum wages set?…”
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Frontiers of Dynamic Games Game Theory and Management, St. Petersburg, 2017 / edited by Leon A. Petrosyan, Vladimir V. Mazalov, Nikolay A. Zenkevich.

Table of Contents: “…Countervailing Power with Large and Small Retailers -- Dynamic Voluntary Provision of Public Goods: The Recursive Nash Bargaining Solution -- Altruistic, Aggressive and Paradoxical Types of Behavior in a Differential Two-Person Game -- Learning in a Game of Strategic Experimentation With Three-Armed Exponential Bandits -- Solution for a System of Hamilton-Jacobi Equations of Special Type and a Link with Nash Equilibrium -- The Impact of Discounted Indices on Equilibrium Strategies of Players in Dynamical Bimatrix Games -- On Control Reconstruction Problems for Dynamic Systems Linear in Controls -- Evolution of Risk-Statuses in One Model of Tax Control -- Stationary Nash Equilibria for Average Stochastic Positional Games -- Game Equilibria and Transition Dynamics in Networks with Heterogeneous Agents -- Non-cooperative Differential Game Model of Oil Market with Looking Forward Approach -- S-Strongly Time-consistency in Differential Games -- Characteristic Functions in a Linear Oligopoly TU Game -- The Position Value and the Myerson Value for Hypergraph Communication Situations -- Bertrand Meets Ford: Benefits and Losses -- On Multilateral Hierarchical Dynamic Decisions.…”
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Special economic zones : progress, emerging challenges, and future directions / edited by Thomas Farole, Gokhan Akinci.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction / Thomas Farole and Gokhan Akinci -- The thin end of the wedge : unlocking comparative advantage through EPZs in Bangladesh / Mustafizul Hye Shakir and Thomas Farole -- Success and statis in Honduras' free zones / Michael Engman -- China's investment in special economic zones in Africa / Deborah Brautigam and Tang Xiaoyang -- Partnership agreements in the China-Singapore (Suzhou) industrial park : lessons for joint economic zone development / Min Zhao and Thomas Farole -- SEZs in the context of regional integration : creating synergies for trade and investment / Naoko Koyama -- When trade preferences and tax breaks are no longer enough : the challenge of adjustment in the Dominican Republic's free zones / Jean-Marie Burgaud and Thomas Farole -- Fostering innovation in developing economies through SEZs / Justine White -- Early reform zones : catalysts for dynamic market economies in Africa / Richard Auty -- Planned obsolescence? …”
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Local court, provincial society, and justice in the Ottoman Empire : legal practice and dispute resolution in Çankırı and Kastamonu (1652-1744) / by Boğaç A. Ergene. by Ergene, Boğaç A., 1971-

Table of Contents: “…Courts, Clients, and ""Justice"" -- Balance of Power in the Court -- Conclusion -- Chapter Five Costs of Court Usage -- Tax Records -- Inheritance Registries -- Conclusion -- Chapter Six The Court Process I: Alternative Approaches to Kadiship, Court, and Legal ""Corruption"" -- The Ottoman Kadi and Court in the Secondary Literature -- A Critique -- ""Corruption"" and Its Uses -- A Case Study: Hans Ulrich Krafft's Memoirs -- Conclusion -- Chapter Seven Intermission: Sicil as Text -- Recording the Proceedings -- Problems of Representation in the Court Records -- Conclusion.…”
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Democratic constitutional design and public policy : analysis and evidence / edited by Roger D. Congleton and Birgitta Swedenborg.

Table of Contents: “…Mark Crain -- Federalism : a constitutional perspective / Dennis C. Mueller -- Common tax pool problems in federal systems / Brian Knight -- Judicial independence and economic Growth : some proposals regarding the judiciary / Lars P. …”
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Your Money and Your Life : a Lifetime Approach to Money Management. by Aliber, Robert Z.

Table of Contents: “…Colleges Are the Best Bargains; 7. Minimizing the Bites of the Tax Collectors; 8. …”
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Quick cash : a guide to raising money during life's planned and unplanned changes / Richard E. Schell. by Schell, Richard E.

Table of Contents: “…Odd Jobs and Jobs that are Odd -- Using Your Creativity and Talent -- Become a Landlord -- Chapter 7: Find It -- Judgments -- Unclaimed Property -- Buried Treasure -- Part Four: Making the Right Decision -- Chapter 8: Quick Cash Cautions -- Payday Loans -- Scams -- Car Title Loans -- Loan Sharks -- Bargain Sales of Real Estate and Collectibles -- Tax Refund Loans -- Glossary -- Appendix A: Quick Exercises -- Appendix B: Resources -- Appendix C: 50 Fast Ways to Raise Cash -- Appendix D: What Not to Do -- Appendix E: Collectible Checklist -- Index -- About the Author -- Ad Pages -- Back Cover.…”
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Reform Processes and Policy Change Veto Players and Decision-Making in Modern Democracies / edited by Thomas König, Marc Debus, George Tsebelis. by König, Thomas

Table of Contents: “…Veto-Players and Welfare State Reforms -- The Veto Player Approachy in Comparative Politics: Concepts and Explanatory Power -- Annoying, but Pacifying: Veto Players and the Onset of Civil War -- Veto Players, Bargaining and the Empirical Analysis of EU Policy Making: A Quantal Response Approach -- Mutual Veto?…”
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Clinton Stakes Claim For Working-Class Votes At Presidential Rally / Reuters News & Media Inc..

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The Politics of Domestic Resource Mobilization for Social Development edited by Katja Hujo.

Table of Contents: “…How Can Governments of Low-Income Countries Collect More Tax Revenue? -- 5. Colonial Legacies and Social Welfare Regimes in Africa: An Empirical Exercise. -- 6. …”
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The Future of the Global Economy Meeting of the Minds / CNBC (Television network).

Table of Contents: “…The Future of the Global Economy: Meeting of the Minds (1:22) -- Giving in Hard Times (2:37) -- Lower Taxes, Greater Giving? (1:05) -- Clinton on Job Growth (2:11) -- Re Energizing the Economy (2:04) -- Training People on Unemployment. (2:34) -- Clinton on Tax Cuts (1:05) -- How is Obama Doing? …”
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