Developments In The Economics Of Copyright: Research And Analysis

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A collection of innovative and insightful research contributions written by some of the leading academics in the field, Developments in the Economics of Copyright advances the forefront of academic research on intellectual property and copyright issues. Topics and issues addressed include: peer-to-peer music file sharing, optimal fair use standards, the benefits of copyright collectives, copyright and market entry, alternatives to copyright, the impact of copyright on knowledge production, the proper balance between copyright and competition law, and the application of systematic principles to issues that arise at the periphery of intellectual property law - all with an eye toward economics. Displaying a wide range of methodologies - from formal theoretical economic modeling to institutional and case study analyses - the volume explores the role that economics plays in copyright law and policy and shows how economic tools and analysis can be applied to help resolve copyright problems. The diversity of topics and analyses will be of interest not only to economists, but also to legal scholars and other professionals interested in copyright law, management and policy.

The Economics of Copyright: Developments in Research and Analysis

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The Economics of Copyright: Developments in Research and Analysis

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ASIN: 1843762633

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Presenting a selection of innovative research contributions written by some of the best-known academics in the field, The Economics of Copyright covers issues that are at the forefront of the implementation and management of copyright.

The book touches on all aspects of copyright management including: the effects of copyright piracy, optimal contractual arrangements between authors and publishers, copyright and antitrust issues, and collective management of copyright. This selection of papers not only shows how fruitful the study of copyright from an economic theory perspective has been, but they also clearly indicate the directions (and analytical tools) that will be of principal interest over the next few years as research in this area flourishes.

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Title: The economics of ideas and the ideas of economists.(2005 Presidential Address)
Author: William R. Johnson
Publication: Southern Economic Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 73 Issue: 1 Page: 2(12)

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The connection between price inflation and real economic activity has been a focus of macroeconomic research--and debate--for much of the past century. Although this connection is crucial to our understanding of what monetary policy can and cannot accomplish, opinions about its basic properties have swung widely over the years.

Today, virtually everyone studying monetary policy acknowledges that, contrary to what many modern macroeconomic models suggest, central bank actions often affect both inflation and measures of real economic activity, such as output, unemployment, and incomes. But the nature and magnitude of these effects are not yet understood.

In this volume, Robert M. Solow and John B. Taylor present their views on the dilemmas facing U.S. monetary policymakers. The discussants are Benjamin M. Friedman, James K. Galbraith, N. Gregory Mankiw, and William Poole. The aim of this lively exchange of views is to make both an intellectual contribution to macroeconmics and a practical contribution to the solution of a public policy question of central importance.

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fruitful and timely discussion.......2000-02-11

"Inflation, Unemployment, and Monetary Policy" is one of the most serious problem in the developed countries, especially my country Japan, which is suffering a severe unemployment problem for a long recession. Because of the continuous Government's spending policy. Japanese fiscal situation is deteriorated, so japanese economy's last hope is a monetary poicy. At that time, reading this exciting book and studying excellent opinions of 6 notable economists are truly fruitful. In this book, 6 economists make a poweful and exciting discussion...of course, there is no perfect solution...But, I believe that I can make a firm basis for thinking this severe problem.

Money and the Natural Rate of Unemployment

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Money and the Natural Rate of Unemployment
Finn Ostrup
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ASIN: 0521667399

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This book presents a revisionist view of monetary policy and monetary regimes. It presents several new mechanisms, indicating that money affects long-term production. The consequent policy implications are also discussed, including: the uses of monetary policy and monetary regimes in achieving macroeconomic goals; the impact of an independent central bank; the effects of a movement from floating exchange rates to fixed exchange rates in a monetary union. In addition to the theoretical and policy discussions the book also contains a comprehensive survey of the current state of scholarship in this area.

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The prevailing view among economists and policy makers is that money has no impact on production in a longer term characterised by full price and wage flexibility and rational expectations. This book presents a revisionist view of monetary policy and monetary regimes. It presents several new mechanisms, indicating that money affects long-term production. The consequent policy implications are also discussed, including: the uses of monetary policy and monetary regimes in achieving macroeconomic goals; the impact of an independent central bank; the effects of a movement from floating exchange rates to fixed exchange rates in a monetary union. In addition to the theoretical and policy discussions the book also contains a comprehensive survey of the current state of scholarship in this area. Designed as a textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in macroeconomics, labour economics and finance, this book will also appeal to scholars and policy-makers.

Inflation Policy and Unemployment Theory: The Cost-Benefit Approach to Monetary Planning

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Inflation Policy and Unemployment Theory: The Cost-Benefit Approach to Monetary Planning
Edmund, S Phelps
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A major advance toward understanding the forces that lead to inflation and unemployment, this study takes a cost-benefit approach to monetary planning. Professor Phelps views a reduction of inflation by monetary means as a social investment and argues that such an investment must be subjected to cost-benefit tests. By extending his analysis into questions of efficiency and resource allocation, he integrates the modern microeconomic theory of unemployment with the theory of optimal inflation. Another element of the analysis, the doctrine of optimum liquidity, is reassessed and found to require important revisions.

The Battle Against Unemployment and Inflation (Problems of the Modern Economy)

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The Battle Against Unemployment and Inflation (Problems of the Modern Economy)
Martin N. Baily , and Arthur M. Okun
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Beyond the Monetarists: Post-Keynesian Alternatives to Rampant Inflation, Low Growth and High Unemployment (Canadian Institute for Economic Policy series)

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Beyond the Monetarists: Post-Keynesian Alternatives to Rampant Inflation, Low Growth and High Unemployment (Canadian Institute for Economic Policy series)

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Confronted with "stagflation" in the 1970s--negative economic growth coupled with high inflation--Canada along with many Western nations abandoned Keynesian economic policies for a monetarist approach mandating economic deregulation and reduced government spending.

But did the monetarist approach work? To evaluate the economic situation, the Canadian Institute for Economic Policy sponsored the Conference on Post-Keynesian Alternatives and invited leading economists from Canada, the United States and Great Britain to assess the monetarist record. The consensus that emerged was that monetarism, if it works at all, is a slow and painful remedy that affects most adversely those who are least able to cope with straitened circumstances. The conference concluded that, with monetarism in force and with all its potential for damage, the need was more urgent than ever to develop and refine post-Keynesian alternatives.

Beyond the Monetarists tracks the emergence of a new, conservative economic orthodoxy in the late 1970s, and attempts to formulate humane alternatives to monetarism in the post-Keynesian era.

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Employment without Inflation
Benjamin Higgins
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Inflation and Unemployment in the Modern Society

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Inflation and Unemployment in the Modern Society
Thorkil Kristensen
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The Interaction of Monetary Policy and Wage Bargaining in the EMU: Lessons from the Endogenous Money Approach

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The Interaction of Monetary Policy and Wage Bargaining in the EMU: Lessons from the Endogenous Money Approach
Sebastian Dullien
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ASIN: 1403941513
Release Date: 2004-12-23

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Sebastian Dullien gives a novel explanation for unemployment and inflation in the Euro-Zone. He argues that unemployment stems from a lack of cooperation between unions and monetary authorities: In an economy with endogenous money as EMU, wage setters are responsible for price stability while the central bank is responsible for the level of output. Cooperation between both actors is necessary for high employment and low inflation. The current institutional set-up is found to be unable to assure cooperation.

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Monetary economics made accessible.

Money, Inflation and Unemployment
David Gowland
Manufacturer: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
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ASIN: 0389205532

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The debate about the impact of money on unemployment and inflation is both highly controversial and crucially important to economic management in a modern economy. This book presents a critical up-to-date evaluation of the debate concerning the role of money and monetary policy in a modern economy. The book is particularly useful in that it demonstrates the relevance of monetary theory to debates about economic policy in the U.K. and the U.S. Moreover, it makes some normally complex areas of monetary theory accessible in a non- technical manner.

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Monetary economics made accessible........2004-01-03

Decent text for early explorations into the field. As Dr Gowland taught me some topics in Monetary Economics at the University of York, U.K. some 15 years ago, I am slightly biased however I recommend it for students of this interesting area.

Political Business Cycles: The Political Economy of Money, Inflation, and Unemployment (Duke Press Policy Studies)

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Political Business Cycles: The Political Economy of Money, Inflation, and Unemployment (Duke Press Policy Studies)
Thomas D. Willett
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Thorough and practical.......2002-01-31

This book covers quality assurance of web systems beyond merely testing. It offers practical insight for designers, developers, project managers and quality assurance team members. A big bonus is the appendix which details and compares automated test tools.

A must-have for any web systems tester.......2002-01-19

This book is excellent for any web systems tester. It covers all areas of functional and non-functional testing related to the Web.
It covers how to most efficiently model a web application using a specific use case approach, in addition it covers how to test for security, performance, usability of a web site. The book has been very useful in our testing efforts.

Excellent book on various quality topics.......2001-11-20

This book was a joy to read. It gives a great overview of quality issues within "Web systems" - meaning Web applications and architectures. The book balances a too-specific look with a too-general look and succeeds quite well in a balanced treatment that will make the whole worth the attention of any quality assurance or quality tester professional in the Information Technology industry.

In particular, the second chapter, on the RSI Approach, is a nice addition as this is something that most practitioners of quality subjects will not find elsewhere and the general subject matter is generally that which is avoided in books of this type. Another topic often avoided in these books is that of usability and accessibility concerns and yet these are covered here in good detail chapter six.

In general, I think the book offered a great amount of detail just where it was needed and gave a lot of "mini best-practices" in each chapter with the use of bulleted lists to highlight specific points. The detail of the book extends to various topics, like performance, compatibility, usability, and security - all topics that are of high concern in the current world of making qualitly Web systems that customers and user respond to. The appendices in the book are also excellent. The "Test Tool Evaluations" section will be a welcome addition to those who wish there are more concise evaluation forms for automated tool solutions.

I highly recommend this book to quality assurance/testing professionals, quality assurance managers, and even those who work more in the project management and development spheres. Those latter will get benefit from the book because the book manages to highlight topics of concern to both groups and also gives them insight into the quality aspects of the projects and products that are developed within an organization.

Once again another blockbuster!.......2001-09-26

This is one of the best quality assurance books in a while... Thinner than Automated Software Testing, but as informative! If you are doing any kind of web testing, this one's a must have for your library. Talks about all aspects of software testing on the web. I give it 5 stars hands down!

Covers all of the major issues and factors.......2001-09-23

Although the authors of this book are noted experts in software testing this book goes far beyond testing by addressing the full range of quality and design issues for web-based systems.

All of the major elements of web-engineering and quality are addressed, including SECURITY (this is the first test or quality book that fully acknowledges the relationship between quality and security, which is a cornerstone of the Reliability-Availability-Support triad for systems in production), PERFORMANCE (I especially liked this section because it got into the guts of performance and scalability), COMPATIBILITY (essential for ensuring that your system works with the world of users over whom you have no control - web-based systems can and usually do extend into the great unknown), and USABILITY (this will make or break a commercial web site).

Aside for the complete coverage of all of the important topics that need to be considered, and the life cycle approach to quality and testing this book contained a real gem: RSI approach to use cases. RSI (Requirements-Service-Interface) is an interesting and highly useful approach to use cases. Some key strengths of using the RSI paradigm is that you will ensure traceability between requirements and the services and interfaces that are implemented. Moreover, this approach partitions services and interfaces, which allows you to manage the complexities when developing a test strategy and associated test cases. To me the chapter on RSI was worth the price of the book.

Overall, this is a solid book that covers testing, as well as the larger domain of systems quality. It gives some unique insights of issues and factors related to testing, but is not solely about web testing. It should be read by all key team members including requirements analysts, architects, developers, test engineers and project managers *before* a web project is initiated.

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Quality Web Systems: Performance, Security, and Usability
Elfriede; Rashka, Jeff; McDiarmid, Douglas; Jakob Nielson (Foreword) Dustin
Manufacturer: Addison-Wesley Professional
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ASIN: B000OOMSC0

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Red Hat Linux 6 In Small Business If you run a small business or organization or just a home network, then Linux is the network solution for you — a robust, multifunctional platform with a wealth of software … and a very attractive price. But where to start? Red Hat Linux 6 in Small Business is your road map to this revolutionary open source operating system — a savvy guide that shows you step-by-step how to put Linux to work in your business. Even better, you get a complete Linux distribution and lots more on the companion CD-ROMs — everything you need to get up and running right away. Whether you choose Linux for workstations, file-and-print servers, Web servers, databases, gateways, or firewalls, this unique book-and-software package is your guide to easy Linux implementation — and proven small business solutions. Working Linux Solutions for Small Business Challenges:

Install and configure Linux with step-by-step instructions
Get help from recommended resources — including the Linux Documentation Project
Administer and troubleshoot your server with tips for managing users
Share files and printers with Samba
Connect to the Internet with PPP connections
Create and monitor a firewall for security
Set up an e-mail server and Intranet Web server
Word process, create spreadsheets, and make presentations with ApplixWare's full-featured desktop office suite
Back up Linux and Windows computers across your network to a central location with the Arkeia automated backup software

Bonus! 2 CD-ROMs with a complete Linux distribution plus:

ApplixWare office suite demo
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E-mail server configuration
And more!

www.idgbooks.com System Requirements: IBM-compatible 486 or later, 8MB RAM, 200MB hard disk space, CD-ROM drive, Ethernet network card and modem recommended.

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Content is poor, the writing worse.......2000-06-29

This book is very hard to read - it needs a good editor to clean it up. The grammar is horrible - many sentences have words missing or words used incorrectly making it a hard read for anybody. Since this is a computer book and literary expectations are usually low enough I should instead focus on the content. There are many better books on configuring Linux. I'm sure the author has competent Linux skills but like the poor writing, the presentation of those skills is lacking. This book is a blackeye for any publisher that would allow something like this to escape editing.

Not bad, but not stellar.......2000-06-01

The book offers some moderate help for Linux admins, but really fails to do either of the following well: 1) Explain terms and commands in an easy to understand method 2) Take advanced routines and make them work--the ip proxy example doesn't work with my version of RH.

A Swiss Army Knife!.......2000-01-30

This book is great - answers many questions on setting up a Linux internal (home) network. Its up-to-date and includes the authors own network example. A definite plus!

Finally, a Linux book that gives you the answers.......2000-01-27

I've spent months wading through various Linux books and documentation trying to set up a basic multifunction Linux server. This book gave me all the answers. It clearly guides you through all the required set up without presuming any previous knowledge. I really can't recommend this book highly enough. I achieved in one evening with this book a fully working server with all the bells and whistles. Brilliant.

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