Design economics for the built environment : impact of sustainability on project evaluation / edited by Herbert Robinson, Barry Symonds, Barry Gilbertson, Benedict Ilozor.

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Taxation in Agriculture by OECD

Table of Contents: “…Taxes on income, profits and capital gains, and related concessions in agriculture -- Ability to use cash accounting rather than accrual methods -- Simplified accounting with taxable incomes calculated on the basis of standard or notional income and expenses -- Taxes levied on income from real estate instead of actual farm activities…”
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Income inequality in oecd countries : what are the drivers and policy options?. by Hoeller, Peter

Table of Contents: “…Conclusion: Growth-Enhancing Policies and Inequality Isabelle Joumard and Isabell Koske -- Introduction and Main Findings -- Main Findings -- Reducing Labor Income Inequality and Boosting GDP per Capita: Policy Trade-offs and Complementarities -- Growth-enhancing Policy Reforms that are Likely to Reduce Income Inequality -- Improving the quality and quantity of education -- Promoting equity in education -- Reducing the gap between employment protection on temporary and permanent work -- Increasing the spending on ALMPs -- Promoting the integration of immigrants -- Fostering female labor market participation -- Avoiding gender stereotyping in education -- Fighting discrimination -- Growth-enhancing Policy Reforms that are Likely to Raise Income Inequality -- Increasing the flexibility of wage determination -- Growth-enhancing Policy Reforms that have an Uncertain Impact on Income Inequality -- Avoiding too high and long-lasting unemployment benefits -- Liberalizing product markets -- Lowering minimum labor costs -- The Inequality and Growth Nexus Associated with Taxes and Transfers -- Growth-enhancing Tax Policy Reforms that are Likely to Reduce Income Inequality -- Re-assessing those tax expenditures that benefit mainly high-income groups -- Reducing distortions in taxing capital income -- Growth-enhancing Tax Policy Reforms that are Likely to Raise Income Inequality -- Shifting the tax mix from personal and corporate income taxes toward real estate and consumption taxes -- Growth-enhancing Tax Policy Reforms that have an Uncertain Impact on Income Inequality -- Moving from income to wealth or inheritance tax.…”
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New Frontiers in Entrepreneurial Fundraising Going Beyond the Equity or Debt Dilemma / edited by Pau Sendra-Pons, Dolores Garzon, María-Ángeles Revilla-Camacho.

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Associate accountant, CliftonLarsenAllen LLP / [produced by] CandidCareer.com.

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The personal finance guide for tech professionals : building, protecting, and transferring your wealth / Tom Taulli. by Taulli, Tom, 1968-

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Regulating the platform economy : international perspectives on new forms of work / edited by Lourdes Mella Méndez.

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Contributors -- Foreword -- An Introduction About Regulating the Platform Economy -- Part One: The Platform Economy and the Labour Market: Some Key Issues -- 1 The Platform Economy: the Main Challenges for Labour Law -- 2 Uber: Regulatory and Institutional Experimentation in the Taxi Industry in Quebec -- 3 Comparative Study on Japanese Employment-Like Working Style: Whether we are Discussing the Same Phenomenon or not -- 4 Identifying Labour Relationship in the Sharing Economy: Judicial Practice in China -- 5 Informality, Neoliberalism and the Gig Economy in Chile -- 6 Regulating Technology at Work -- Part Two: Other New Forms of Work, New Workforce and New Skills -- 7 New Forms of Work and Contractual Execution: Towards the "Smart Labour Contract" -- 8 Spanish Telework and Italian "Agile" Work: a Comparison -- 9 Robotics and Work: Labour and Tax Regulatory Framework -- 10 Technology and Jobs: has what was Old Become New? …”
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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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The Personal Finance Guide for Tech Professionals Building, Protecting, and Transferring Your Wealth / by Tom Taulli. by Taulli, Tom

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Advances in Taxation by Hasseldine, John

Table of Contents: “…Sample Selection -- Results -- Univariate Results -- Propensity Score Matching Results -- Main Regression Results: Difference-in-Difference -- Placebo Tests -- Robustness Tests -- Conclusion -- References -- Tax Planning Activities and Firm Value: A Dynamic Panel Analysis -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Literature Review -- Theories of Tax Planning -- Measurements of Tax Planning Activities -- A Brief Overview of the Measurement of Firm Value -- Empirical Evidence from Previous Studies -- Research Methodology -- Data -- Model Specification -- Descriptive Statistics -- Empirical Results…”
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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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Portugal. by Fund, International Monetary

Table of Contents: “…Main Features of the Portuguese Tax System; References; III. …”
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Financial Analysis of Mergers and Acquisitions Understanding Financial Statements and Accounting Rules with Case Studies / by Eli Amir, Marco Ghitti. by Amir, Eli, Ghitti, Marco

Table of Contents: “…Part A – Accounting and Financial Reporting -- Chapter 1: Introduction to Accounting for Inter-Corporate Investments -- Chapter 2: Main Issues in Purchase Accounting -- Chapter 3: More Issues in Purchase Accounting -- Chapter 4: Spin-Offs and Equity Carve-Outs -- Chapter 5: Special Purpose Entities -- Chapter 6: Tax issues in Business Combinations -- Chapter 7: Leveraged Buyouts & Recapitalizations -- Chapter 8: Financial Analysis of Business Combinations (Ratios) -- Chapter 9: Financial Analysis of Business Combinations (Advanced issues) -- Part B – Case Studies -- Chapter 10: Kraft’s Acquisition of Cadbury (Part I) – Purchase Accounting -- Chapter 11: The Bank of Hope: The Merger of Wilshire Bank and BBCN Bancorp -- Chapter 12: AT&T – Equity Method Investments -- Chapter 13: Nokia Siemens Networks – Purchase Accounting, Equity Method and Proportionate Consolidation -- Chapter 14: Ensign’s Spin-off of CareTrust REIT -- Chapter 15: Altria and Kraft – Carve-out and Spin-off -- Chapter 16: The Sale of Coca Tea – The Impact of Taxes -- Chapter 17: Surgery Partners – Pushdown Accounting.…”
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Applied Economics 60 countries and 50 years of experience. by Short, John

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- Preface -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Research Years -- 3 Fiscal Tables and Revenue Estimation -- 4 Public Expenditure Reviews and Medium Term Budget Frameworks -- 5 The Costing of Programmes -- 6 Fiduciary Risk Assessments and PEFAs -- 7 Tax Policy and Tax Administration, Private Sector Development -- 8 Tax Expenditures -- 9 Training and Other Presentations -- 10 Commonality over time: 50 years of Progress? …”
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Yorktown / Kathleen Manley and Richard Shisler. by Manley, Kathleen, Shisler, Richard

Table of Contents: “…Worship, Restaurants, and Main Street -- 3. Government, Holiday, and Taxes -- 4. …”
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Your Finances Kay, Frances. by Kay, Frances

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Real Estate Economics : a Point-to-Point Handbook. by Pirounakis, Nicholas G.

Table of Contents: “…-- 9.5.1 Inheritance taxes -- 9.5.2 Tax capitalization and tax incidence -- 9.5.3 Capital-gains taxes -- 9.5.4 Sales taxes -- 9.5.5 (Recurrent) property taxes -- 9.5.6 More on the capitalization issue -- 9.6 Taxation of imputed rental income -- 9.6.1 The 'imputed rent is income' argument -- 9.6.2 The 'income redistribution' argument -- 9.6.3 The 'tenure-neutrality' argument -- 9.6.4 The 'equal treatment of investments' argument -- 9.6.5 The 'taxation efficiency' argument -- 9.6.6 Efficiency and preferences -- 9.7 Appendix: incidence calculation of an ad valorem tax -- Summary of main points -- Review questions and exercises -- 10 Land uses, values, and taxation -- Learning outcomes -- 10.1 The land-use pattern in a market economy -- 10.2 Land uses as expressions of urban hierarchies -- 10.3 Land uses outwards from a city's core -- 10.4 A firm's bid-rent curve -- 10.4.1 A constant-revenue firm -- 10.4.2 A variable-revenue, constant-price firm -- 10.4.3 A variable-revenue, variable-price, and variable-quantity firm -- 10.5 A household's bid-price curve -- 10.5.1 A more traditional approach -- 10.6 How bid-curves help create a land-use pattern -- 10.7 A bid-curve for all land uses in an urban area -- 10.8 Land-value taxation (LVT) -- 10.8.1 Preliminary remarks -- 10.8.2 Tax incidence and deadweight loss (DWL) -- 10.9 Critical appraisal of arguments favouring LVT -- 10.9.1 Argument 1 -- 10.9.2 Argument 2 -- 10.9.3 Argument 3 -- 10.9.4 Argument 4 -- 10.9.5 Argument 5 -- 10.9.6 Concluding remarks -- 10.10 Economic rent from land -- 10.11 Appendix: derivation of bid-rent curve and rend-gradient -- Summary of main points.…”
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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: “…The south / Wang Chien -- Travelling northward / Tu Fu -- After collecting the autumn taxes [and] Rain / Po Chü-I -- Another Spring / Tu Fu -- Exile in Japan / Su Man Shu -- In the Lake District [and] Odysseus to Telemachus / Joseph Brodsky.…”
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The Role of Government in the Industrialization of Iraq 1950-1965 (RLE Economy of Middle East). by Jalal, Ferhang

Table of Contents: “…1 Plans of the Development Board2 Plans of the Planning Board; 3 Size of Plans; 4 The Sectoral Allocation; 5 The Choice of Projects; IV Implementation of Government Investment Programmes: 1951-65; 1 The Experience of Implementation; 2 The Main Causes of Failure; V Financial Institutions and Industrialization; 1 Commercial Banks and the Finance of Industry; 2 The Industrial Bank; VI Other Policies to Promote Industrialization; 1 Protection; 2 Tax Exemption; 3 The Licensing of Industrial Enterprises; VII Summary and Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.…”
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Ronald Reagan on the Economy and Government Spending WPA Film Library.

Table of Contents: “…Intro: Ronald Reagan on the Economy and Government Spending: Great Communicator Series (2:23) -- A Time for Choosing (0:32) -- Making Government Work (0:40) -- Government Spending (1:11) -- Economic Recovery (0:48) -- National Debt (0:53) -- Permanent Welfare (1:42) -- Main Street America (0:19) -- Democracy in America (0:47) -- Wisdom and Decency of the American People (0:25) -- Anecdote on the Louisiana Purchase (2:18) -- America on the Mend (0:20) -- "Government is the Servant, Not the Master" (2:43) -- State of the Union Address: January 25, 1984 (2:30) -- Improving Government Programs (0:27) -- Announcement of the Reagan-Bush Candidacies for Re-election - January 29, 1984 (0:20) -- "We expect government to serve the people..." (0:26) -- Quoting Abraham Lincoln (0:33) -- Democratic Party Tax Hikes (0:26) -- Continuation of the New Beginning (0:47) -- Decentralization of Power (0:19) -- America to Lead the World in the 1990s (0:30) -- American Free Enterprise System (0:28) -- Tax Reform (2:17) -- Progressive Income Tax (1:12) -- Federation of Sovereign States (0:30) -- Great Days Ahead (1:39) -- A Prosperous, Progressive and Free Society (0:14) -- War Can Bring No Benefit (0:15) -- People Do Not Make Wars (0:18) -- A Thousand Sparks of Genius (4:15) -- Temporary Custody of the Presidency (0:21) -- Reagan's Management Style (0:27) -- Constitutionally Mandated Balanced Budget (0:23) -- Triumphs & Regrets (1:55) -- Great Prospects Before Us (1:14) -- A Time of Heroes (1:24) -- Economic Recovery Program (1:20) -- Notre Dame Commencement Speech (1:03) -- Christmas Address, 1984 (1:11) -- "We Must Be Cautious in Claiming that God is on Our Side..." (0:18) -- Main Street Americans (0:39) -- On the National Anthem (0:20)…”
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