Markets for Clean Air: The U.S. Acid Rain Program

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Markets for Clean Air provides a comprehensive, in-depth description and evaluation of the first three years' experience with the U.S. Acid Rain Program. This environmental control program is the world's first large-scale use of a tradable emission permit system for achieving environmental goals. The book analyzes the behavior and performance of the market for emissions permits, called allowances in the Acid Rain Program, and quantifies emission reductions, compliance costs, and cost savings associated with the trading program. The book also includes chapters on the historical context in which this pioneering program developed and the political economy of allowance allocations.

Markets for Clean Air: The U.S. Acid Rain Program

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Markets for Clean Air: The U.S. Acid Rain Program
A. Denny A Joskow, Paul L. Ellerman
Manufacturer: NY
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000N7ENYY

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Whether you believe it is the second industrial revolution or merely an over-hyped offering from the software industry, e-procurement is upon us. Something that has been around in various forms for more than ten years in a small way, has now accelerated to the point where 92% of the Fortune 500 companies say they are using it, or intend to use it. The statistics showing take-up and growth point to a phenomenon that is rivalling the Internet itself as a characteristic of modern growth.

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entertaining.......2001-03-08

don;t buy this book if you look for quickie tips; don;t buy this book if you look for "sales-talk" style self-help book; but do buy this book if you want a thorough lecture in presentation skills. It;s entertaining as a novel and yet informative as a lecture in presentation skills

A book written probably to confess being a bad presenter.......2000-05-08

I have being looking around for some quick ideas of making an effective presentation. However, this book is organised in chapters without clear descriptions of their content. It is definitely not a book for busy people.

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Get Smart! About Modern Career Development Your Personal Guide to Creating Your Life's Work

Reading this interactive LearningBook will energize your career by changing the way you think and feel about modern work. Contrary to popular belief, creating your life's work should not be left to fate. In fact, to increase your chances of choosing wisely, you will want to use a proactive and smart approach.

Each Get Smart! chapter is full of jounraling assignments, reflection exercises, and case illustrations designed to raise your self awareness, increase your intuition, and develop your decision-making skills--all of which will empower you to fulfill your career aspirations.

Get Smart! about: Decision-making, Getting in touch with your Spirit, Defining your career, The modern world of work, Entrepreneurship, and the 6 stage of career development.

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Reading this interactive LearningBook will energize your career by changing the way you think and feel about the modern world of work. Contrary to popular belief, creating your life's work should not be left to fate. In fact, to increase your chances of choosing wisely, you need to utilize a practical, proactive, and smart approach to your career development. Each Get Smart! Chapter is full of journaling assignments, reflection exercises, and case illustrations designed to raise your self awareness, enhance your intuition, and develop your decision-making skills-all of which will empower you to fulfill your career aspirations. Get Smart! About: Decision-Making Work in the 21st Century Reprogramming Yourself Entrepreneurship Living By Vision, Working With Purpose Self-Marketing Tools Getting in Touch With Your Spirit The 6 Stages of Career Development

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How to Settle an Estate: A Manual for Executors and Trustees
Charles K. Plotnick , and Stephan R. Leimberg
Manufacturer: Consumer Reports Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0890434433

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Settling an estate is an enormous financial and legal responsibility for which many are not prepared. The solution? Follow the advice of two estate experts who have created this all-inclusive manual, leading readers through the maze of legal documents, forms, letters, and notices to be filed and the procedures that must be followed to fulfill all obligations concerned. In clear and simple terms, Plotnick and Leimberg offer practical advice on diverse topics such as:
How to pay a multitude of taxes without incurring costly fines
How to raise cash for immediate estate expenses
Knowing when to hire a lawyer, an accountant, and a stockbroker
Dealing with insurance claims
Gaining government and fringe benefits
Managing real estate
Distributing and valuating assets.
Sample letters, documents, and checklists for filing forms are included in this resourceful book to help solve problems from running a family business to choosing a legal guardian. Completely updated with the latest tax law information, How to Settle an Estate will help readers act as trustees for an estate with maximum protection for the heirs and minimum liability for themselves.
How to Settle an Estate includes all recent federal tax law changes.
This comprehensive book makes sense of the complexities of the legal system.

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I'm glad I bought this book!.......2000-09-13

I will probably be asked in the next few years to be an executor, but, as is mentioned in this book's introduction, "You know generally that an executor is someone who handles the affairs of a deceased person, but you have no idea how to get the job done." After reading this book, you know that the first thing to do after the funeral is to hire an estate attorney to tell you what must be done. The book also mentions that it might be possible to totally avoid probate, which could greatly simplify things and save money. This book stresses that there is no need to try to be a do-it-yourself executor. You're definitely going to consult with a lawyer to see what the current estate laws are in your area, and you might need to also hire other professionals, but these people should all remain hired hands; the executor must stay in command. I didn't expect this book to give the estate-law quirks for all fifty states; you might find that some of what it says doesn't apply in your state. It's still a very good introduction to being an executor, and it let me know that an executor doesn't have to be totally helpless in legal land. That in itself is worth the book's cost!

One Of The Best.......2000-05-19

I have read six different books concerning wills, probate, and trusts in the past few months. Of the books that I have read, this is clearly the best. All of the standard stuff is here - except the constant reminders by the authors to hire an attorney. Unlike nearly all the other books, the authors do not talk-down to readers. The language was never too simple-minded and only in a few cases did I have to read a paragraph again to determine its meaning. The authors give hints and insights which I did not find in the other books. And the book contains the best explanation I have read concerning why trying to determine and report the lowest possible value of estate assets is not always the best idea. I do not plan to die for several years. If I could give to my future executor only one book, this would be it. I miss only estate/probate information about each state. Therefore, I am still confused about the interrelationship between state estate reporting and taxes and federal ones. Essentially, everything depends on the value of the taxable estate. If 20% of the readers of this book do so in anticipation of a death, my bet is that only 1% of those will have a taxable estate over $1 million. And those people not having a million-dollar estate (after 2006) will not need to pay federal estate taxes - thereby eliminating the need for most of the book. First-time executors reading the book because of immediate need and suspecting a taxable estate value more than $675,000 will be able to afford to hire a lawyer to do the (subjectively) most difficult parts of the job.

Good, But!.......2000-04-12

As an overview, it's difficult to imagine a better introduction to the labyrinthine ways of settling an estate. But as to details and particulars, it's woefully inadequate. The checklist at the end of the book is helpful. The thesis, viz., KEEP RECORDS, is important. But it's examples and suggestions on how to do certain, e.g., tangible acts, like dealing with creditors, secured versus unsecured claims, goes unmentioned. despite its enormous importance. There's only two sample letters, and they're not altogether novel or esoteric. Again, a good overview, just very short on particular issues, examples, and samples.

Tells you what you need to know.......1999-09-02

This book tells you nearly everything you need to know as an executor of an estate. It has lots of detailed information and practical advice. It is far superior (and cheaper, too!) than its competitor, ``Where There's a Will'' by Bauers. The information density is very high and the explanations are clear. Note particularly the detailed advice and description of a central task, filling out the Form 706 estate tax return (though the authors do suggest you also talk to a tax attorney).

There was only one question I wish the authors had answered: how to handle the affairs of the estate between the time of death and the time one has the letters testamentary that authorize you to act as executor. In that period, it seems, you have little or no legal authority to do anything even though there is much to be done.

I'm buying it for my clients!.......1998-09-29

The best basic "how-to" guide I've seen for executors and administrators. Not "do-it-yourself" tear-out forms, just good, practical, up-to-date (in '98) advice. I'm sending complimentary copies to my executor and trustee clients (via Amazon.com, natch!)

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Essential criticism........2003-04-22

This small book is a plea for a long term corporate strategy against the actual short term vision of the business officers, who are hounded by financial analysts only interested by short-term capital gains.
The task force gives some excellent recommendations, although it admits that it will be difficult to change the actual mentality.

The report also contains a very good analysis of the state of the US economy and of the real challenges: sluggish productivity, decline in real wages for four-fifths of American workers, poverty, unequal income distribution, deteriorating savings, poor education.

It reminds us of Pigou's fundamental analysis of the irrationality of the human behavior: 'human society tends to place too high a discount rate on everything, due to an irrational impatience, a foolish desire for pleasure now relative to the future.' (p. 97)

A small but important book and a must read for every economist.

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Exploring recent controversies over the role of ethics in economics, The Boundaries of Technique encourages scholars and students to discover and debate the ways in which economics is insulated from ethics, and the ways in which it is dependent upon it. Ultimately, by bringing readers to a deeper awareness of the intrinsic involvement of the individual and the responsibility of moral choice, Yuengert makes an invaluable contriubtion to the study and practice of economics.

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Is economic nationalism an outdated phenomenon in light of globalization? Economic Nationalism in a Globalizing World demonstrates the enduring, and even heightened, economic significance of national identities and nationalism in the current age. The volume's contributors, pioneers in the reinterpretation of economic nationalism, explore diverse ways in which national identities and nationalism continue to shape contemporary economic policies and processes.

The authors examine the question in a range of geographical contexts and issues: European Union food politics, competitiveness strategies in New Zealand, East Asian development strategies, Japanese liberalization, monetary politics in Quebec and Germany, and post-Soviet economic reforms. Together, the cases explore the policy breadth of nationalism. It is not just a "protectionist" ideology but is in fact associated with a wide variety of economic policies, including support for economic liberalization and globalization.

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Economic Nationalism in a Globalizing World.(Book review): An article from: Journal of Economic Issues
Cecilia Ann Winters
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B000FCW4L6
Release Date: 2006-04-11

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This digital document is an article from Journal of Economic Issues, published by Thomson Gale on March 1, 2006. The length of the article is 1021 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Economic Nationalism in a Globalizing World.(Book review)
Author: Cecilia Ann Winters
Publication: Journal of Economic Issues (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 40 Issue: 1 Page: 237(3)

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Democracy and discourse in an integrating Europe and a globalizing world (Working paper)

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Democracy and discourse in an integrating Europe and a globalizing world (Working paper)
Vivien Ann Schmidt
Manufacturer: Center for German and European Studies, University of California
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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Asian Business Wisdom Lessons from the Region's Best and Brightest Business Leaders "A compelling profile of the CEOs behind some of today's most successful Asian businesses. Asian Business Wisdom reveals the secrets behind their success and provides insights into succeeding not only in business, but in life." Guy Kawasaki CEO, Garage.com Author, Rules for Revolutionaries "Dinna Dayao has produced an inspirational compilation of both corporate and life philosophies from some of Asia's top business leaders. From the vision and dynamism which created the success of Asia's best known multinationals, through business models which lead to their success, to up-to-date lessons learned in the recent economic crisis, this is a comprehensive and in-depth review. From the fresh Business school graduate to the seasoned senior executive, Dayao provides a thoughtful and information-packed guide to managing—not just in our region but in the global environment which awaits us in the new millenium." Peter Bennett Managing Director Bennett Associates Ltd, Hong Kong "Successful business leaders have always been a good think tank for us to tap into for insights and inspiration. Dinna Dayao has put together in Asian Business Wisdom the best of the region's top business minds in the business arena. Great ideas selected with a deft hand. A really enjoyable read." Jeff Zhou Editor Chief Executive China "Asian Business Wisdom offers us a look into the hearts and minds of some of Asia's leading entrepreneurs and business builders. Despite the differences in age and cultures, common traits emerge from their business philosophies." Guillermo Luz Executive Director, Makati Business Club Managing Director, The Knowledge Institute

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First book to explore minds of Asiaýs top business leaders.......2000-12-01

Unfortunately, for one reason or another, Asian business leaders have not exactly written a wealth of material documenting their timeless management philosophies, success stories, and practical advice on key business concepts. Subsequently, there is a dearth of materials on managing in Asia and Asian business success stories. This book helps to fill the void, giving valuable information from the leading names in Asian business markets. Now, for the first time, some of the region's best and brightest business leaders have been brought together in one exciting collection.

Rajat Gupta of McKinsey, Stan Shih of Acer, Washington SyCip of SGV Group, Joanna Lau of LAU Technologies, David K.P. Li of Bank of East Asia Ltd, Cheong Choong Kong of Singapore Airlines, are some of the 32 leading Asian CEOs who share their thoughts on doing business in Asia. Informative, insightful, and inspirational, the book offers a fascinating glimpse into the finest business minds in the region.

The 32 articles in Asian Business Wisdom are organised into six parts covering Management Philosophies, Instilling Corporate Culture, The Entrepreneurial Spirit, Lessons from China, Sales and Marketing Strategies and Managing in Tough Times. Each article is accompanied by an introduction that highlights its author's life and business achievements and a list of online resources which points the reader to related articles or organisations.

Sadly, except for a passing reference to Robert Kuok Hock Nien on page 169, Malaysians are conspicuous by their absence in this book. Despite this glaring omission, this is nevertheless a book from which managers worldwide will surely benefit. Economic and financial crisis notwithstanding, Asia remains in the sights of many global business leaders and decision-makers as a region of vast economic and business potential.

A freelance writer and editor, Filipina Dinna Louise C. Dayao is a former associate editor of World Executive Digest, one of Asia's leading business magazines.

Reviewed by Azlan Adnan. Formerly Business Development Manager with KPMG, Azlan is currently Managing Partner of Azlan & Koh Knowledge and Professional Management, an education and management consulting practice based in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysian Borneo. He holds a Master's degree in International Business and Management from the Westminster Business School in London. He may be contacted at Tel: +6088-383 526 E-mail: azlan@azlan.org

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This investment guide contains basic information on economy, business, export-import and investment climate, opportunities and regulations. Provides strategic information on economy, industrial development, banking, and government. Includes information on the most important business contacts and business travel. Updated annually.

Palau Country Study Guide (World Country Study Guide Library)

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Palau Country Study Guide (World Country Study Guide Library)
Global Investment & Business Inc , and USA International Business Publications
Manufacturer: International Business Publications, USA
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0739724290

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This study guide contains basic information on economy, government, business, history and geography, climate, traditions, people, places to visit. Provides information on government, political organizations, and more... Includes basic statistics, information on the most important business contacts and business travel. Updated annually.

Palau Foreign Policy and Government Guide

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Palau Foreign Policy and Government Guide
Global Investment & Business Inc
Manufacturer: International Business Publications, USA
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Palau Investment & Business Guide
Emerging Markets Investment Center
Manufacturer: International Business Publications, USA
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0739703269

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This investment guide contains basic information on economy, business, export-import and investment climate, opportunities, regulations. Provides strategic information on economy, industrial development, banking, and government. Includes information on the most important business contacts and business travel. Updated annually.

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