Artificial Economics and Self Organization Agent-Based Approaches to Economics and Social Systems. by Leitner, Stephan

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LESSONS THAT SCHOOL FORGOT : how the agile and curious can beat the smart and rich. by Sammartino, Steve

Table of Contents: “…Invented money (entrepreneurship -- highest risk -- highest return); From ownership to access; Wages, profits and tax; Chapter 7 The seeds of greatness; Spent money vs invested money; Where did it go? …”
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Mergers, acquisitions, and corporate restructurings / Patrick A. Gaughan. by Gaughan, Patrick A.

Table of Contents: “…-- Managing Value as an Antitakeover Defense -- Benchmarks of Value -- How the Market Determines Discount Rates -- Valuation of the Target's Equity -- Marketability of the Stock -- Takeovers and Control Premiums -- Valuation of Stock-for-Stock Exchanges -- Shareholder Wealth Effects and Methods of Payment -- Exchange Ratio -- Fixed Number of Shares versus Fixed Value -- Merger Negotiations and Stock Offers: Halliburton vs Baker Hughes -- International Takeovers and Stock-for-Stock Transactions -- Desirable Financial Characteristics of Targets -- Chapter 16 Tax Issues in M & A -- Financial Accounting for M & As -- Taxable versus Tax-Free Transactions -- Tax Consequences of a Stock-for-Stock Exchange -- Asset Basis Step-Up -- Changes in the Tax Laws -- Role of Taxes in the Merger Decision -- Role of Taxes in the Choice of Sell-Off Method -- Organizational Form and M & A Premiums -- Capital Structure and Propensity to Engage in Acquisitions -- Leverage and Deal Structure -- Taxes as a Source of Value in Management Buyouts -- Miscellaneous Tax Issues -- Glossary -- Index -- EULA.…”
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The First Angry Man.

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Whiskey Rebellion / Makematic.

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The Big Payback / PBS.

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Dividends and dividend policy / [edited by] H. Kent Baker.

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Democracy in action Cambridge Educational (Firm).

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George W. Bush and John Kerry Debate (10/13/2004) ABC News Productions.

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Zen Cart : e-commerce application development / Suhreed Sarkar ; reviewer, Kanudan Rohadiya. by Sarkar, Suhreed

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewer; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Introduction to Zen Cart; What is Zen Cart?; The Main Features of Zen Cart; Easy Installation and Upgradation; Easy Localization; Customer Management; Categories and Products; Customer Retention Tools; Promotions, Sales, and Discounts; Powerful Administration Tool; Fully Customizable Catalog Templates; Third-Party Modules; Zen Cart versus osCommerce; Feature Comparison; Default and Contributed Modules; Security; Categories and Products Management; Template Customization…”
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Advances in Local Public Economics Theoretical and Empirical Studies / edited by Minoru Kunizaki, Kazuyuki Nakamura, Kota Sugahara, Mitsuyoshi Yanagihara.

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Home ownership : getting in, getting from, getting out, part II / John Doling, Marja Elsinga (eds.).

Table of Contents: “…Risks to lenders and borrowers. -- 11.1 Introduction and background -- 11.2 The recent and current pattern of risks to home owners -- 11.3 Potential future risks -- 11.4 Mitigating future risk -- 11.5 A sustainable home ownership partnership (SHOP) -- 11.6 Housing tax credits.…”
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Smart Technologies for the Digitisation of Industry: Entrepreneurial Environment edited by Agnessa O. Inshakova, Evgenia E. Frolova.

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Contemporary Issues in Applied Economics Ten Years of International Academic Exchanges Between JAAE and KAAE / edited by Moriki Hosoe, Biung-Ghi Ju, Akira Yakita, Kiseok Hong.

Table of Contents: “…Fertility Dynamics with Family Bargaining (Akira Yakita) -- Chapter 3. Skill-Biased Innovation, Growth, and Inequality (Yasuyuki Osumi) -- Chapter 4. …”
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The essential advisor : building value in the investor-advisor relationship / Bill Crager, Jay Hummel. by Crager, Bill, Hummel, Jay W., 1979-

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The law and practice of restructuring in the UK and US / edited by Christopher Mallon, Shai Y. Waisman.

Table of Contents: “…Tax Issues in Restructuring -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 US tax -- 9.2.1 Debt-for-debt exchanges, and significant modifications of debt -- 9.2.2 Debt repurchases and related party acquisitions of debt -- 9.2.3 Debt-for-equity exchanges -- 9.2.4 Cancellation of debt income exceptions -- 9.2.5 Change in ownership limitations on tax attributes -- 9.2.6 Additional planning considerations -- 9.3 UK tax -- 9.3.1 Debt restructuring-general -- 9.3.2 Loan relationships -- 9.3.3 Debt restructuring-specific cases -- 9.3.4 Debt repurchases -- 9.3.5 Tax consequences of a change in control -- 9.3.6 Conclusion.…”
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Beyond Survival : Protecting Households from Health Shocks in Latin America. by Packard, Truman G.

Table of Contents: “…-- Policy Options for Extending Contributory Risk Pooling among the Informal and the Self-Employed Nonpoor -- 6 THE QUEST FOR EFFICIENCY AND UNIVERSAL COVERAGE: HEALTH SECTOR REFORM IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN -- Achieving Universal Coverage -- Improving Health Sector Efficiency in Latin America and the Caribbean -- Lessons and Challenges -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- BOXES -- 5.1 Spain's Shift from Bismarck to Beveridge: Delinking Risk-Pool Financing from Labor Status -- 5.2 Trends in Latin American and Caribbean Tax Policies: Balancing the Efficiency-Equity Tradeoff -- 5.3 Mitigating the Fiscal Burden in a Transition toward General Tax-Funded Risk-Pooling: Simulations for the Chilean Health System in 1999 -- 6.1 South Korea and Taiwan: From Fragmentation to Universal Coverage through Social Insurance -- Reforms and Breadth versus Depth Choices -- 6.2 United Kingdom: Strengthening the Purchaser-Provider Compact through Inte.…”
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Handbook of State Aid for Film Finance, Industries and Regulation / edited by Paul Clemens Murschetz, Roland Teichmann, Matthias Karmasin.

Table of Contents: “…-- Chapter 31: An Irish Film Industry or a Film Industry in Ireland? The Paradoxes of Film Tax Incentives -- Chapter 32: Tax Incentive Schemes for Film Production: A Pivotal Tool of Film Policy? …”
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The global economy in transition : debt and resource scarcities / J. Ørstrøm Møller. by Møller, J. Ørstrøm

Table of Contents: “…The deadly cocktail. Private gain, public loss. Making profit at the cost of society's interest. …”
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Horizontal equity, uncertainty, and economic well-being / edited by Martin David and Timothy Smeeding.

Table of Contents: “…Shoven ; comment, Sheldon Danziger -- Horizontal and vertical equity characteristics of the federal individual income tax, 1966-1977 / Marcus C. Berliant and Robert P. …”
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