This book presents the first comprehensive economic analysis of professional football at club level. The book surveys the economics of sport literature, and presents new and original empirical research based on English club football. A wide range of international comparisons (Eu…
The distribution of income, the rate of pay raises, and the mobility of employees is crucial to understanding labor economics. Although research abounds on the distribution of wages across individuals in the economy, wage differentials within firms remain a mystery to economists…
"The distribution of income, the rate of pay raises, and the mobility of employees is crucial to understanding labor economics. Although research abounds on the distribution of wages across individuals in the economy, wage differentials within firms remain a mystery to economist…
"The Inequality Puzzle" presents interviews with thirteen prominent business executives, politicians and labor leaders in the US and EU. Written in English for a non-academic audience, the book explores different policy approaches to rising income inequality in the United States…
Die Staatsschuldenkrise ist zu einer Schicksalsfrage Europas geworden. Nur durch milliardenschwere Hilfsprogramme der europäischen Staatengemeinschaft und der Europäischen Zentralbank konnte der Staatsbankrott mehrerer EU-Staaten abgewendet werden - vorläufig. Doch der Preis ist…
by Konrad, Kai A., Zschäpitz, Holger
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"The majority of the printed works featured in China on Paper were instigated by European religious missions and trade embassies but shaped their authors' contact with Chinese literati, court officials, and emperors. These books and images targeted different audiences in two dis…
by Tenenti, Alberto, Riera, Ignasi
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"The Darker Side of the Renaissance: Literacy, Territoriality, and Colonization is a long-awaited contribution to colonial studies, destined to be influential across a range of disciplines. This broad and ambitious work examines the role of language in the colonization of the Ne…
