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Public Goods

Public Goods

Raymond G. Batina; Toshihiro Ihori

Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH Co. K
2005
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This book is a broad survey of the literature on public goods. There has been an explosion of research in the last ten years in a broad variety of - eas in this literature and the time seems right for a survey of this work. This includes the recent work on dynamic theories of public goods, s- ond-best financing methods, surveys and contingent valuation in determ- ing the willingness-to-pay (WTP) for public goods, voting models, p- vately produced public goods, charity and national radio, experiments on public goods, public inputs, public capital and infrastructure, the Tiebout sorting mechanism, local public goods (LPGs), club goods, and fiscal competition and coordination. We survey developments in the theory and the empirical work in each area. We also present the classic results to place the new developments in context. This book is appropriate for advanced undergraduates, graduate students who wish to learn the latest research in this area, and for practitioners who want to broaden their knowledge outside their own area of expertise. We present the background for each result and try to give the reader a feel for how a particular area of the literature developed. The technical results are provided and an intuitive explanation for them is also given. We also p- sent some new results in many of the chapters as well. Each chapter is r- sonably self-contained.
Public Goods

Public Goods

Raymond G. Batina; Toshihiro Ihori

Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH Co. K
2010
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This book is a broad survey of the literature on public goods. There has been an explosion of research in the last ten years in a broad variety of - eas in this literature and the time seems right for a survey of this work. This includes the recent work on dynamic theories of public goods, s- ond-best financing methods, surveys and contingent valuation in determ- ing the willingness-to-pay (WTP) for public goods, voting models, p- vately produced public goods, charity and national radio, experiments on public goods, public inputs, public capital and infrastructure, the Tiebout sorting mechanism, local public goods (LPGs), club goods, and fiscal competition and coordination. We survey developments in the theory and the empirical work in each area. We also present the classic results to place the new developments in context. This book is appropriate for advanced undergraduates, graduate students who wish to learn the latest research in this area, and for practitioners who want to broaden their knowledge outside their own area of expertise. We present the background for each result and try to give the reader a feel for how a particular area of the literature developed. The technical results are provided and an intuitive explanation for them is also given. We also p- sent some new results in many of the chapters as well. Each chapter is r- sonably self-contained.
Exhaustive Search and Databases in the Application of Combinatorial Game Theory to the Game Amazons

Exhaustive Search and Databases in the Application of Combinatorial Game Theory to the Game Amazons

Raymond G. Snatzke

Meidenbauer, Martin, Verlagsbuchhandlung GmbH Co. KG
2004
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The author describes the young and challenging tactical board game Amazons and his mathematical analysis of the game with the means of combinatorial game theory. The main tool of this analysis was the construction of a database of 66 million evaluated Amazons positions. This database was used to gather new statistical insights about exponential complexity of Amazons and to find positions with values heretofore unknown in Amazons. Among the more spectacular results was the discovery of the existence of *, a nimber, in Amazons and the construction of anAmazons representation for every day dyadic fraction. Both Amazons and combinatorial game Theory are introduced extensively, so that this book should be understandable for anybody with an academic mathematical background or even for mathematical laymen with a strong interest in both Amazons and combinatorial game theory.
Modificación de Conducta

Modificación de Conducta

Raymond G Miltenberger

ABA Espana
2020
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Esta sexta edici n en espa ol del manual cl sico de Miltenberger "Modificaci n de conducta: Principios y procedimientos" presenta una amplia y cuidada introducci n al rea del an lisis aplicado de conducta. El libro explora en gran detalle y con gran n mero de ejemplos de la vida diaria los principios b sicos de conducta cuya compresi n es esencial para futuros analistas de conducta.
Perceptions and Interests

Perceptions and Interests

Raymond G. Clemencon

Peter Lang AG
1990
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This book examines the evolution of North-South relations by tracing the change in perceptions and interests of developing countries with regard to the international economic system. The study provides a unique look at divergent viewpoints among these countries, while challenging the common assumption that a politically unified Third World is still working towards a restructuring of the liberal post-World-War-II economic system. Fundamental changes in how these countries perceive the world and the working of the international economy have created a situation that may hold opportunities for greatly improved North-South relations, given that industrialized countries take decisive initiatives on a number of crucial issues, particularly on Third World debt.
Theory of Algebraic Invariants in Pseudo-Riemannian Geometry

Theory of Algebraic Invariants in Pseudo-Riemannian Geometry

Raymond G. McLenaghan; Roman G. Smirnov

World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
2026
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Based on new and original results obtained by the authors, in collaboration with other leading researchers such as R Deeley, J T Horwood, R Milson and Jin Yue, this book presents a new invariant theory along with many interesting applications. A central theme of the book is that ITKT (invariant theory of Killing tensors) is a pseudo-Riemannian analogue of the classical invariant theory. The book presents a self-contained review obtained so far in the development of ITKT. It also provides a new approach to the study of Hamiltonian systems of classical mechanics. Although the subject lies at the intersection of differential geometry, Lie group theory, classical mechanics and invariant theory, the book is self-contained and accessible to upper years undergraduate and graduate students.
Ruins to Riches

Ruins to Riches

Raymond G. Stokes

Cambridge University Press
2026
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In 1945, Germany and Japan lay prostrate after total war and resounding defeat. By 1960, they had the second and fifth largest economies in the world respectively. This global leadership has been maintained ever since. How did these 'economic miracles' come to pass, and why were these two nations particularly adept at achieving them? Ray Stokes is the first to unpack these questions from comparative and international perspectives, emphasising both the individuals and companies behind this exceptional performance and the broader global political and economic contexts. He highlights the potent mixtures in both countries of judicious state action, effective industrial organisation, benign labour relations, and technological innovation, which they adapted constantly – sometimes painfully – to take full advantage of rapidly growing post-war international trade and globalisation. Together, they explain the spectacular resurgence of Deutschland AG and Japan Incorporated to global economic and technological leadership, which they have sustained to the present.
Economy and Accuracy in Accounting to Growers for Fruit Received at the Packing House; No. 149
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Economy and Accuracy in Accounting to Growers for Fruit Received at the Packing House; No. 149
This practical guide to accounting for fruit growers and packing houses provides detailed instructions on how to accurately track and measure fruit shipments. With comprehensive advice on record-keeping, invoicing, and payment processing, this book is an essential resource for anyone working in the fruit growing and shipping industry.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Secretariat

Secretariat

Ronald Turcotte; Raymond G. Woolfe

ROWMAN LITTLEFIELD
2023
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Accompanied by stunning photographs, here is the behind-the-scenes story of Secretariat: Horse of the Century. A coin toss determined ownership of the yet unborn foal that was to become the first Triple Crown winner in twenty-five years, breaking and still holding all three track records. The author, who was on personal terms with Secretariat's owner, trainers, grooms, and jockey and who photographed "Big Red" throughout his career, gives us this enthralling intimate portrait--the triumphs and disasters--of Secretariat's gallop to immortality. Secretariat was the best-known and most beloved race horse of the twentieth century. In 1973 his legacy as the greatest horse of all time was permanently etched into the consciousness of the world when he won the Triple Crown. Raymond G. Woolfe Jr. tells the story of Secretariat from the coin toss that sent him to Helen Chenery to his burial at Claiborne Farm. Complete with a glossary of horse-racing terms, a breakdown of Secretariat's bloodline, and a foreword by Ronald Turcotte, Secretariat's jockey during his amazing 1973 campaign, this is the definitive volume for fans of the horse and the sport of horseracing.
The Past, Present, and Future of Early Modern Di – Iter at 25

The Past, Present, and Future of Early Modern Di – Iter at 25

Laura Estill; Raymond G. Siemens

Iter Press
2025
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A collection of essays considering developing models and new research possibilities in early modern digital studies. Early modern digital studies is a thriving field that draws in strands from publishing, textual studies, digital humanities, and more. Yet it is also rapidly changing. This volume shows that early modern digital studies must be reconsidered from different perspectives as new projects and tools emerge, change, or disappear, and as we make advances into better understanding the past. The chapters in this volume explore how and what we publish (digitally and otherwise), how we value, evaluate, and sustain those publications and digital projects, and how these projects enable us to ask new research questions about early modern literature and culture. This collection does not seek to be a definitive or final state-of-the-field, but rather, a celebration of existing scholarship and an invitation to further scholarship about our ever-evolving practices.
Hidden in Plain View

Hidden in Plain View

Jacqueline L. Tobin; Raymond G. Dobard; Cuesta Benberry; Floyd Coleman; Maude Southwell Wahlman

Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group
2000
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The fascinating story of a friendship, a lost tradition, and an incredible discovery, revealing how enslaved men and women made encoded quilts and then used them to navigate their escape on the Underground Railroad. "A groundbreaking work."--EmergeIn Hidden in Plain View, historian Jacqueline Tobin and scholar Raymond Dobard offer the first proof that certain quilt patterns, including a prominent one called the Charleston Code, were, in fact, essential tools for escape along the Underground Railroad. In 1993, historian Jacqueline Tobin met African American quilter Ozella Williams amid piles of beautiful handmade quilts in the Old Market Building of Charleston, South Carolina. With the admonition to "write this down," Williams began to describe how slaves made coded quilts and used them to navigate their escape on the Underground Railroad. But just as quickly as she started, Williams stopped, informing Tobin that she would learn the rest when she was "ready." During the three years it took for Williams's narrative to unfold--and as the friendship and trust between the two women grew--Tobin enlisted Raymond Dobard, Ph.D., an art history professor and well-known African American quilter, to help unravel the mystery.Part adventure and part history, Hidden in Plain View traces the origin of the Charleston Code from Africa to the Carolinas, from the low-country island Gullah peoples to free blacks living in the cities of the North, and shows how three people from completely different backgrounds pieced together one amazing American story. "Startling--intriguing."--The New York Times
The Legislature as an Organization

The Legislature as an Organization

Marvin A. Harder; Raymond G. Davis

University Press of Kansas
1991
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An innovative approach to legislative study, this volume views the Kansas legislature from the perspective of organization theory. Authors Marvin A. Harder and Raymond G. Davis examine the technical and procedural aspects of the legislature that most scholars have overlooked. They provide a careful, precise, theoretical study of the organization and structure, administrative and staff relationships, and formal processes of the legislature. Applying the concepts of organization theory, Harder and Davis describe and analyze how the Kansas legislature works. They cover the legislative staff, the networks of communication and socialization, the role of leadership, the committees, and the legislative functions of lawmaking and of overseeing. They also discuss recent changes in the legislature and give a profile of the legislators. This book breaks new ground by focusing on organization theory, rather than political analysis, to explain the dynamics of legislative operations. Of particular value to Kansas legislators and students of Kansas legislative process, it will also contribute to the general literature about American legislative institutions.
German Industry and Global Enterprise

German Industry and Global Enterprise

Werner Abelshauser; Wolfgang von Hippel; Jeffrey Allan Johnson; Raymond G. Stokes

Cambridge University Press
2009
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The corporate history of BASF spans an era of German and international economic history that began with the rise of the 'new industries' as of the late nineteenth century and continues today in their confrontation with the new economy. This book examines BASF's corporate governance, financial system, industrial relations, system of qualification and relation to other companies. A corporate history of BASF promises more than an insight into the functioning of an industrial organisation. It also reveals the reasons for the extraordinary economic dynamics of the German empire and the enormous expansion of the world economy before World War I. BASF's history stands at the centre of Germany's wartime economy during two world wars and highlights both its strengths and weaknesses. Just as the IG Farben trust helped support Germany's course of politicoeconomic autarky after 1933, so it was that BASF helped facilitate West Germany's startlingly quick return to the world market. BASF has since been among the transnational companies whose efforts at the leading edge of economic and technological progress are paradigmatic for Germany's entry into the new economy of the twenty-first century.
Epiphany Studies in the Scriptures, Series 17: The Millennium

Epiphany Studies in the Scriptures, Series 17: The Millennium

Paul S. L. Johnson; Raymond G. Jolly

Literary Licensing, LLC
2011
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Epiphany Studies In The Scriptures, Series 17: The Millennium is a book written by Paul S. L. Johnson. The book discusses the topic of the millennium, which is a thousand-year period mentioned in the Bible's book of Revelation. The author explores various views and interpretations of the millennium and provides his own understanding of the subject. The book is part of a series of studies on the Scriptures and is aimed at readers who are interested in understanding the Bible's teachings on the end times. The author uses a clear and accessible writing style, making the book easy to understand for both scholars and laypeople. Overall, Epiphany Studies In The Scriptures, Series 17: The Millennium is a valuable resource for anyone looking to deepen their understanding of the Bible's teachings on the end times.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.