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Now available from Waveland Press at a special low price, this highly regarded edition updates Gramlich's previous work with new material and real-world examples--including acid rain, minimum wages, public employment, matching grants, national defense, and so on--drawn from his Congressional Budget Office experience. It effectively shows how the logic of benefit-cost analysis can be applied to a wide range of policy measures and translates the technical debates of economists.
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Clear basic guide to the techniques.......2007-06-27
This is a basic and clear guide to the practices of CBA. It explains the fundamentals of how CBA should be applied and provides concrete examples of the methods. The author has a good grasp of how to explain concepts such as compensating and equivalent variation.
The book is a little dated in that the current controversies about the legal and ethical foundations of CBA are not well addressed. Therfore, while is serves as a strong text at the undergraduate level, instructors will want to augment the treatment with readings from the current literature such as the works of Adler and Posner.
Needed for class.......2007-01-08
Needed this book for a class. Amazon's prices are better than many other online stores.
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Economics of Information: A Guide to Economic and Cost-Benefit Analysis for Information Professionals
Bruce R. Kingma
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Designed for those with little or no prior experience in economics, Kingma's popular and highly acclaimed text clearly presents the fundamentals that users need to develop basic skills for simple cost-benefit analyses of goods and services. It provides students, librarians, and information professionals with a useful introduction to economics and cost-benefit analysis, and it helps them make better financial and management decisions. The book covers cost analysis of information goods and services, benefit analysis, information as a public good, information externalities, intellectual property and monopolies, uncertainty and risk, pricing information, opportunity costs, access versus ownership, and the economics of the Internet and digital libraries. Kingma's clear explanations of economic terms and models are illustrated with examples from library services and information markets-interlibrary loan, reference services, digitization projects, book and journal publishing, newspapers, photocopying services, computer software, and more. In this edition, new research and current examples of economic principles have been incorporated, and there is a new chapter on Internet economics and digital libraries.
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Benefit-cost analysis: A practical guide
Lee G Anderson
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Need good, solid evidence of the cost-benefit for worksite wellness? This guide contains a detailed analysis of forty-two peer-reviewed studies of worksite health promotion programs. Summary tables and detailed critiques of each study are included. One of our most popular guides and a must for all employers considering an employee health promotion program.
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Cost Benefit Analysis & Sales Automaton presents a systematic, easy to understand method for handling one of the toughest jobs faced by sales process improvement teams: seeking initial or ongoing funding. This is the first guide to offer a complete framework, clearly outlining a step-by-step "how to" approach for evaluating the costs and benefits of a sales process improvement and automation effort. Cost Benefit Analysis & Sales Automation will show you the specific steps necessary to build confidence, reduce project risk, and reach a concrete return on investment. This innovative decision making system can be used to anticipate or analyze the bottom-line return on sales automation and improvement programs regardless of project stage. Working one step at a time, Cost Benefit Analysis & Sales Automation explains how to work through the major ROI calculations involved at each level of the process. More than that, Cost Benefit Analysis & Sales Automation points out many down-to-earth ways to test and increase confidence in your projections and results. With the clarity of thought and easy reading style he is known for, Dr. Selden shows how to prepare a cost justification for management review and approval, including outlines for appropriation requests you can use to get started quickly.
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Measurement, Quantification and Economic Analysis: Numeracy in Economics
Ingrid Rima
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Most economists assume that the mathematical and quantitative sides of their science are recent developments.
Measurement and Quantification in the Development of Economic Analysis shows that this is a misconception, arguing that economists have long relied on measurement and quantification as essential tools.
What is new is the analysis of how quantitative techniques emerged as the essential element of economic description and discussion. In this volume each contributor provides an analysis of a particular technique and its impact on the development of economics. The editor contends that contemporary economics is the third stage, relying on the tools of mathematical formalism, game theoretic experiments and econometric testing to confirm that individual and aggregate behaviors generate optimizing outcomes. Ultimately, the authors are skeptical about the role which mathematical and quanticative tools now play in contemporary economic theory.
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Keynes's expectations are intervals, like his probabilities.......2004-11-08
Ingrid Rima is the editor of this collection of essays dealing with numeracy(and innumeracy) in the economics profession.The essays are very uneven in quality and most fail to make the point,made long ago by John Maynard Keynes(economics) and Ludwig Boltzmann(physics),that far too much of the mathematical exposition found in economics exposition ,in general, and some areas of physics, is for mere adornment .It is used to "dress up" an article or book so as to impress the reader and has no real applicability in the scientific sense.Such use of mathematics is a fad and plays no role in either explanation or prediction.However,this was not the case for Keynes or Boltzmann.Keynes uses exactly the right amount of mathematical exposition needed in order to model his theories in both the A Treatise on Probability(1921,TP)and his General Theory(1936,GT).Anyone who attempts to read either book while skipping the mathematical and logical analysis provided will not be able to understand what it is that Keynes is doing.Bradley Bateman's(BB) essay 13 is a good example of the pitfalls into which an economist can fall who attempts to "interpret" Keynes's TP and GT without understanding what Keynes is doing in his theoretical analysis in both books.BB is certainly correct to argue that Keynes was the first economist to explicitly introduce expectations into macroeconomics.Unfortunately,BB does not know how Keynes did this,since he does not understand that ,first,Keynesian probabilities are primarily interval valued,second,that Keynes was the first scholar in history to develop an index to measure the weight of the evidence,w,and third,that Keynes was the first scholar to come up with a decision rule,his conventional coefficient of weight and risk,c,which incorporates weight of the evidence(uncertainty,ambiguity,vagueness)concerns along with nonlinear probability preferences and sub and super additive "probabilities".BB,unfortunately,accepted at face value the very poor assessments made about Keynes's TP by F Ramsey in two book reviews published in 1922 and 1926,respectively.Similarly,BB has no idea of how Keynes explicitly integrated expectations into his D-Z model in the GT ,because he did not cover chapters 20 and 21.These are the chapters in which Keynes did his mathematical modeling before he compared his model with the model A C Pigou had constructed in Part II,chapters 8-10,of his 1933 masterpiece,The Theory of Unemployment,in the appendix to chapter 19 of the GT.Keynes constructed the expected aggregate demand function,D=pO,where p is an expected price and the expected aggregate supply function,Z=P+wN,where P is expected economic profit.Keynes formed the aggregate supply curve ,which is the set of all expected results given differing expectations about future expected prices and future expected profits.It is obtained by setting D=Z.Instead, BB concludes that Keynes's "model" is some sort of intuitive hueristic device that Keynes never really developed at all in the GT.Keynes merely had some very interesting ideas that were never made concrete.
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Title: Measurement, Quantification and Economic Analysis: Numeracy in Economics. (book reviews)
Author: Bruce Larson
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Southern Economic Journal (Refereed)
Date: October 1, 1996
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Volume: v63
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The NBER Macroeconomics Annual presents, extends, and applies pioneering work in macroeconomics and stimulates work by macroeconomists on important policy issues. Each paper in the Annual is followed by comments and discussion.
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Psychedelic Furs were the ultimate post-punk band-combining the chaos and vocal rasp of the Sex Pistols with a Bowie-esque glamour. The Furs hit the big time in the U.S. when John Hughes wrote a movie based on their early single "Pretty in Pink." Poised to join U2 and Simple Minds in the premier league, they withdrew behind their shades, remaining a cult act, but one with a hugely devoted following.
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Even better than the memories!.......2004-10-16
The Psychedelic Furs were the soundtrack for an entire generation of 80s kids, but who remembers them today? Dave Thompson does, and he tells their story with a style and flair that makes you wish you could turn the clock back, and enjoy the whole era all over again. Almost all the old band members are interviewed, all the records are discussed at length, and the book rockets along so fast that you suddenly realize it's 3 in the morning, and you have work tomorow. But who cares? Because it's time to listen to "Mirror Moves" again.
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All Shook Up: A Flash of the Fifties
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In the peace and prosperity of the post-war period, a cultural revolution broke out: rock 'n roll was here to stay and restless youth exploded with energy. Celebrate the 1950s through evocative, extraordinary photographs and witty, incisive text. Coming alive are the decade's most popular TV shows; dancers letting the good times roll; and the fads, fashions, beatniks, bohemians, celebrities, cinematic successes, and defining gizmos, gadgets, signs, and ads. You'll understand why a whole lot of shakin' was going on!
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The Broadcast Century and Beyond, 4th Edition, is a popular history of the most influential and innovative industry of the previous and current century. The story of broadcasting is told in a direct and informal style, blending personal insight and authoritative scholarship to fully capture the many facets of this dynamic industry. The book vividly depicts the events, people, programs, and companies that made television and radio dominant forms of communication.
The ability of radio and television to educate, enlighten, and stimulate the contemporary mind is perhaps the most important of all modern technological developments. This text places the communication revolution in a comprehensive chronological context, allowing readers to fully grasp the media's profound impact on the political, social, and economic spheres.
*Single-source of broadcast history and past and present influences broadcast communications
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Radio to technology TV.......2003-07-12
I got this book for a Media Arts college class. It starts at the beginning of radio all the way up to turn of the century TV technology. If you are looking for a book that gives a descriptive history of mostly TV and radio, this is quite a good book.
One of the best things about this book is the chronological organization. Each decade is a separate chapter, each year is a seperate section. It also includes a timeline along the top of each page covering the details of history at that time for a greater understanding of socially induced technological changes.
history at ease.......2002-10-29
This book about American broadcasting history is wonderfully accessible and enjoyable to read. Very comprehensive, too.
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Organizing websites is highly dynamic and often chaotic. Thus, it is crucial that host web servers manipulate URLs in order to cope with temporarily or permanently relocated resources, prevent attacks by automated worms, and control resource access.
The Apache mod_rewrite module has long inspired fits of joy because it offers an unparalleled toolset for manipulating URLs. The Definitive Guide to Apache mod_rewrite guides you through configuration and use of the module for a variety of purposes, including basic and conditional rewrites, access control, virtual host maintenance, and proxies.
This book was authored by Rich Bowen, noted Apache expert and Apache Software Foundation member, and draws on his years of experience administering, and regular speaking and writing about, the Apache server.
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Just read the online documentation.......2007-08-21
I was very disappointed with this book. The information inside is so basic and cursory that you're bound to quickly run into situations more advanced than the contents can cover.
For instance, it doesn't deal at all with using a rewritemap within a rewritecond, and it only gives one small paragraph to rewritecond backreferences. I've spent the last few weeks scouring the internet for details about mod_rewrite, and there's very little documentation.
This book, at most, aggregates that documentation in one place. To call it the "definitive guide" is a bit much.
Definitely definitive.......2006-06-27
The Definitive Guide to Apache mod_rewrite by Rich Bowen leaves nothing to be desired. After pointing out when not to use mod_rewrite, a chapter on regular expressions and one on installing and configuring mod_rewrite (both statically and as a dynamic object), the author digs right in to the RewriteRule directive with clear examples for doing simple and more complex redirection. Chapter five expands on those rules with the RewriteCond directive illustrating its strength with time-based redirection (different pages day & night) and how to solve the "image theft" problem, and chapter six lays out the RewriteMap directive which allows to map URLs based on external data; I again found some very good examples here.
The next two chapters cover real-world examples which include adjusting URLs, reorganization of content, forcing SSL, and serving content based on a username. Access control, virtual hosts (yes, using mod_rewrite!), proxying and debugging make up the remaining chapters which are packed full of information (a lot of which I didn't know about).
I think that The Definitive Guide to Apache mod_rewrite really is just that: definitive. It is a must have for any systems administrator who wants to use mod_rewrite on an Apache web server, and I strongly recommend it.
Great way to learn how to make Apache adapt to your needs.......2006-05-31
Apache is the most commonly employed web server software on the Internet. While it is powerful and flexible out of the box your needs may require more advanced security, virtual web servers, flexibility or other items that can easily be changed. The ability to use mod_rewrite allows you to rewrite your URL in many ways so that it works the way you want it to. Among its other capabilities it allows you to set up Mass Virtual Hosting and rearrange your site with ease. And for those of us who love the Linux world the use of regular expressions allows a lot of flexibility. Some of the more powerful features include the ability to use conditional rewrites (the content is different based on usernames), force users to enter the site only through the main page, limit user access to particular directories, prevent spider access, and prevent image theft. The Definitive Guide to Apache mod_rewrite is a highly recommended introduction to this very popular but vastly under-documented program.
Welcomed alternative to the obscure official documentation.......2006-05-30
mod_rewrite is a powerful tool, but, unfortunately, it has always been poorly documented and its somewhat arcane syntax makes things even worst. Bowen offers a very welcomed alternative to the obscure official documentation. Be advised a decent understanding of Regular Expressions is required to fully leverage mod_rewrite
mod_rewrite explained very well.......2006-03-23
When I first came across RewriteRule directives I was mostly horrified. It was only because I was learning about Perl Regular Expressions at the time that I didn't make the sign of a cross at the stuff and just go another direction. But I realized that the power I craved came at a cost.
I admit that I had did the whole "trial and error" thing coupled with scouring the net for examples before I realized having a book would make things so much easier. So I resorted to searching Amazon for mod_rewrite. This is the only book that my search turned up.
I have to say the book was definitely well worth it. The tips about when to NOT use mod_rewrite was very much appreciated. Some of my uses could have been accomplished with a FilesMatch or DirectoryMatch directives instead of a RewriteRule.
The VirtualHosts chapter was useful, as was the Proxy chapter. I didn't realize how useful mod_proxy was until this chapter gave a few good examples.
All in all I'm very satisfied with this book. Because of the short length I was worried that it wouldn't cover the material well enough. However I don't think there is anything I've needed to do with mod_rewrite that this book didn't cover well enough for me to accomplish without another resource.
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