- The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists'
Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics. (Book
Review).
By William Easterly. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2001. Pp. xiii, 342. $29.95. According to Robert Lucas (1988, P. 3), the problem of economic development is at one level "simply the problem of accounting for the observed pattern, across countries and across time, in levels and rates of growth of per ......
- Public Finance and Public Choice: Two Contrasting Visions of the State
Public Finance and Public Choice: Two Contrasting Visions of the State James M. Buchanan and Richard A. Musgrave Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1999, 272 pp. Public Finance and Public Choice is not a typical collection of papers from an academic conference. True, its text is derived from the papers delivered ......
- Road Pricing, Traffic Congestion and the Environment:
Issues of Efficiency and Social Feasibility.
edited by Kenneth J. Button and Erik T. Verhoef. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK, and Northampton, MA, 1998. Pp. xiii, 316. $95.00. ISBN 1-85898-365-7. Motor vehicles produce many kinds of negative externalities that, in the aggregate, are of great magnitude. Both environmental and transportation economists have discussed and tried to direct ......
- Federal Intergovernmental Grants and the States:
managing devolution. (Book Reviews).
Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc. (164 pp) Reviewed by Michael English, policy analyst, GEOA Research and Consulting Center, Chicago, Illinois. In Federal Intergovernmental Grants and the States, Shama Gamkhar discusses the motivations for converting categorical grants into block grants, raises concerns about doing so, examines state responses to shifts ......
- Employment noncompetition agreements: an
update.
Agreements restricting a departing employee's competitive activities are often found in the employment contracts of managers, sales persons, and employees with access to sensitive technical information. These noncompetition agreements are frequently the subject of disputes, and lawsuits brought over their validity and/or enforceability are common. This should not be surprising ......
- ForeclosuresMass.com Report: Foreclosure Filings Hit Record High in Massachusetts for Second Consecutive Month.
* 2,227 Foreclosure Filings in February 2007 are 85% Higher than February 2006; * Report comes as Massachusetts Legislature Considers Foreclosure Legislation; * U.S. Congress Expected to Query Federal Reserve Chair Bernanke Today on Foreclosure Rates FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- ForeclosuresMass.com, the leading provider of Massachusetts foreclosure data for investors, real ......
- Akorn, Inc. Signs Exclusive Distribution Agreement With Massachusetts Biologic Laboratories For Tetanus Diphtheria Vaccine.
BUFFALO GROVE, Ill. -- Akorn, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKRX) today announced the signing of an Exclusive Distribution Agreement with Massachusetts Biologic Laboratories (MBL), a publicly operated, FDA-licensed vaccine manufacturer located in Jamaica Plain, MA for Tetanus Diphtheria Vaccine. Massachusetts Biologic Laboratories will continue to distribute Tetanus Diphtheria Vaccine free of charge ......