Fundamentals of Engineering FE Civil All-in-One Exam Guide / Indranil Goswami. by Goswami, Indranil

Table of Contents: “…s t-Distribution -- Binomial Distribution -- Expected Value -- Hypothesis Testing -- Linear Regression -- Chapter 3 Computational Tools -- Number Systems -- Spreadsheets as an Analysis and Design Tool -- Structured Programming -- Chapter 4 Ethics and Professional Practice -- Code of Ethics -- Professional Obligations (as Listed in the NSPE Code of Ethics) -- Intellectual Property -- Professional Liability -- Licensure -- Sustainability and Sustainable Design -- Chapter 5 Engineering Economics -- Types of Cash Flow -- Year-End Accounting Convention -- Minimum Attractive Rate of Return -- Present Worth -- Principal in a Sinking Fund -- Capitalized Cost -- Equivalent Uniform Annual Cost -- Depreciation -- Tax Issues -- Bonds -- Break-Even Analysis -- Return on Investment -- Benefit-Cost Analysis -- Uncertainty (Expected Value and Risk) -- Chapter 6 Statics -- Vectors -- Resultant of a System of Forces (2D) -- Moment of a Force -- Equivalent Force Systems -- Equilibrium of Rigid Bodies -- Representation of Distributed Loads -- Rigid Frames: Degrees of Freedom, Determinacy, and Stability -- Inclined Support -- Ideal Truss?…”
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Mali : Request for a Three-Year Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility, Staff Report, Informational Annex, Staff Statement, Press Release on the Executive Board Considerati...

Table of Contents: “…Mali: Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (G-PRSP) and Plan for Sustainable Recovery (PRED); B. Strengthening Public Financial Management; 3. …”
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Food city / CJ Lim. by Lim, C. J.

Mexico, a comprehensive development agenda for the new era / edited by Marcelo M. Giugale, Olivier Lafourcade, and Vinh H. Nguyen.

Table of Contents: “…Fiscal sustainablilty -- Growth and competitiveness -- Poverty and inequality -- A sustainable future -- Accountability and the demand for quality government -- Macroeconomic assessment -- Fiscal sustainability -- Challenges and prospects for tax reform -- Public debt management : stocktaking and challenges ahead -- Pension reform -- Banking sector -- Micro, small, and medium-scale enterprises -- Housing -- Urban development -- Rural development and agriculture -- Federal transport -- Energy -- Regulatory Environment for private sector participation in infrastructure -- Reform of the Mexican healthcare system -- Education sector strategy -- Social protection -- Labor markets -- Indigenous peoples and poverty -- The economics of gender in Mexico : work, family, state, and market -- Government programs and poverty -- Water -- Biodiversity -- Forestry and land management -- Natural disaster management -- Air quality -- Solid waste management -- Decentralization -- Governance -- Legal and judicial institutions.…”
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Handbook of Merger Control and Environmental Policy Theory and Applications / by Luis Gautier, Mahelet G. Fikru. by Gautier, Luis, Fikru, Mahelet G.

Table of Contents: “…Part I Merger Incentives in Pollution Intensive Industries -- Merger Incentives and the Natural Environment -- Mergers in Cournot Markets with Environmental Externality and Product Differentiation -- The Impact of Foreign Emission Tax on Domestic Merger Profitability -- Electric Utility Mergers in the Presence of Distributed Renewable Energy -- An Empirical Investigation of the Impact of Environmental Policy on M&A Activities -- Part II Welfare Implication of Mergers -- Welfare Impact of New Firm Acquisition -- Merger Induced Welfare Gains in the Presence of Environmental Externality and Product Differentiation -- Are Big Mergers Welfare Enhancing when there is Environmental Externality -- Part III Environmental Policy in the Presence of Mergers -- Merger Control and Environmental Policy -- Environmental Taxation and Mergers in Oligopoly Markets with Product Differentiation -- Cross-Country Emission Tax Effect of Mergers -- The Design of Emission Taxes in Markets with New Firm Acquisitions -- An Analytical Approach for Policy Coordination.…”
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Paul G. Hoffman (1954).

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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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The New Journey of China’s Economic and Social Development edited by Fuzhan Xie, Fang Cai, Xuesong Li.

Table of Contents: “…Experiences Gained from Past 13thFive-Year Plans and Guidelines for Subsequent Plans -- Overall Evaluation and Main Experiences of the Implementation of the 13th Five-Year Plan -- Impacts of Medium and Long-term External Environmental Changes on China and Countermeasures -- Strategic Priorities of Medium and Long-term Economic and Social Development -- Research on Goals and Indicators of Mid-to-Long-Term Economic and Social Development -- Research on Rural Vitalization and Anti-poverty Strategy and Policy -- Mid-to-Long-Term Structural Adjustments of Manufacturing and Cultivation of New Competitive Advantages -- Trends and Policies for Mid-to-Long-Term Development of Service Sectors -- Mid-to-Long-Term Fiscal and Tax Reform and Financial Sustainability -- Research on Several Major Financial Reform Issues in the Medium and Long Term -- Industrial Policy and Competition Policy for Deepening the Process of Industrialization -- Mid-to-long-term Trends and Optimization Policy of the Ownership Composition -- Research on the Strategy and Policy of Constructing a New Open System at a Higher Level -- Research on Future Mid-to-Long-Term New Technologies, Digital Economy Development and Innovation-Driven Development Strategy and Major Policies -- Enhancing Resilience, Maintaining Financial Stability and Innovating macro control in China as a Major Power -- Studies on Urbanization and Regional Development Strategies and Policies -- Research on Strategies and Major Policies of Ecological Environment Protection and Climate Change Response -- Research on the Medium and Long-term Population Development and Aging -- Research on Medium-and Long-Term Employment and Labor Market Development -- Research on Middle- and Long-term Social Development Goals, Strategies and Policies -- Middle- and Long-term Social Security Development Goals, Strategic Priorities and Reform Suggestions -- Goals and Policy Research for Reform of the Public Service Financial Investment System -- Middle- and Long-term Goals and Strategies for Advancing the Rule of Law -- Medium- and long-term Goals, Strategies and Major policies for Developing a Great Socialist Culture in China.…”
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Untapped Riches : Never Pay Off Your Mortgage and Other Surprisisng Secrets for Building Wealth. by Cutaia, Anthony, Slater, Robert

Table of Contents: “…a new, more flexible mortgage instrument -- What "smart loans" are -- "Smart loans" give you available cash -- Interest-only mortgages -- Interest-only mortgages : the increasingly popular way to free up usable cash -- The concerns over interest only mortgages -- Negative amortization loans -- Negative amortization : a mouthful of a phrase, a generator of quick cash -- More on negam mortgages : and why they are gaining more and more adherents -- The new real estate instruments -- Gaining a tax advantage : performing tenants-in-common real estate transactions -- 1031 exchanges : another great vehicle to avoid paying taxes -- 1031 exchanges and the importance of deadlines -- Save taxes and improve cash flow : do a cost segregation study -- The real estate budding pro -- Personal strategies for real estate transactions -- Mark Mouma : the handyman who buys and sells real estate -- Dan and Gayle Gile: they began by helping Dan's mother-in-law and then amassed $3 million in real estate equity -- Dean Budney: the freshly minted real estate pro who went to work for the Cutaias.…”
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Physiocracy, Antiphysiocracy and Pfeiffer edited by Jürgen Georg Backhaus. by Backhaus, Jürgen G., 1950-

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Is Taxpayer Money Behind Profits at Goldman Sachs? (2/12/10) / MacNeil/Lehrer Productions (Firm).

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Service-Learning as a New Paradigm in Higher Education of China edited by Carol MA Hok-ka, Alfred CHAN Cheung-ming, Alice LIU Cheng, and Fanny MAK Mui-fong.

Table of Contents: “…The concept and development of service-learning / Carol Ma Hok-ka -- Service-learning and the aims of Chinese higher education / Carol MA Hok-ka, Fanny MAK Mui-fong, Alice LIU Cheng -- On the connection and dynamic interplay between service-learning and liberal arts education / XU Xin-zhong, YU Li-ren -- An exploratory study : the positive effects of service-learning on overall quality and psychological capital appreciation of medical students / LIANG Yong-feng, LI Yi-ang, WANG Yu-qing -- Philanthropy courses : the study on how to develop students' social responsibility / Cai Ying-hui -- Serving community by providing tax consultation : Sun Yat-Sen University Lingnan (University) College : service-learning project in the taxation management course / LONG Zhao-hui, JIANG Ping -- Waste separation, engage in civic education : waste management project conducted by South China University of Technology / Lily QI Lili, ZI Yanfei -- Record life history. respect for life : oral history of leprosy rehabilitation village : a service-learning project conducted by South China Normal University / Han Yi-min -- The renewal of earnest practice : a reflection on the practice of ethics of philanthropy and the preservation of rural culture : a service-learning program conducted by Sun Yat-Sen University / Sherry WANG Shuo, XIONG Huan, LIU Hai-juan -- Independent service-learning course : the characters of service-learning at Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University United International College / Timothy CHEN Ka-kit, Katy Zhang lie-ni -- Service-learning and education realizing? …”
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The Economics of the Black Death.

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John Templeton, Global Treasure Hunter.

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Putting Nigeria to work : a strategy for employment and growth / Volker Treichel, editor. by Treichel, Volker, 1965-

Table of Contents: “…Appendix A -- Methodology for Selecting and Scoring Value ChainsAppendix B -- Regression Analysis of Non-Participation Data; Appendix C -- Main Constraints in Selected Agricultural Value Chain; Appendix D -- Marginal Effective Tax Rates; Appendix E -- Bank of Industry-Assessment of Service and Performance, 2001-07; Appendix F -- Nigeria's Import Prohibition List as of October 2008; Appendix G -- List of Lines/Products Removed from Import Prohibition List in October 2008; Appendix H -- Benin's Mirror Imports from China.…”
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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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Italian Institutional Reforms: A Public Choice Perspective edited by Fabio Padovano, Roberto Ricciuti. by Padovano, Fabio

Table of Contents: “…The Governance of the Political System -- Privatisation and Regulation, According to Politicians’ Benefits -- The Creation of Independent Authorities -- A Positive Analysis of the Determinants of the Italian Tax Code -- Setting House Taxes by Italian Municipalities -- Sustainability of the Italian Pension Reforms; Hospital Care Organization in Italy -- Bicameralism and Legislature Size -- The Determinants of Judicial Independence -- The Impact of Television News on Voting Behavior -- Sustainability and Determinants of the Italian Public Deficit before and after Maastricht -- The Independence of the Bank of Italy from Political Power.…”
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The Economic and Social Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic Romania in a European Context / edited by Valentina Vasile, Elena Bunduchi.

Table of Contents: “…Tax Burden During the Pandemic: Lessons Learned and Challenges -- Chapter 7. …”
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The European Harmonization of National Accounting Rules The Application of Directive 2013/34/EU in Europe / edited by Alberto Incollingo, Andrea Lionzo.

Table of Contents: “…The evolution of accounting regulations in the EU -- Germany -- United Kingdom -- France -- Italy -- Spain -- Denmark -- Sweden -- The Netherlands -- Objectives, overriding principles and relevance -- Financial statements layouts -- Write-down for impairment losses -- Accounting for Capital and Reserves, OCI and Profit Distribution -- Income taxes in financial statements -- Non-financial reporting in the European Union: current issues and prospects -- Private firm accounting in the EU: still an incomplete and fragmented picture.…”
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Portugal. by Fund, International Monetary

Table of Contents: “…Selected Financial Indicators of the Banking System, 2000-06; 7. External Debt Sustainability Framework, 2002-12; 8. Status of Implementation of FSAP Main Recommendations; 9. …”
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