Investment Guide for Latvia

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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.

Latvia: A Spy Guide (Russian Regional Investment and Business Library)

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Latvia: A Spy Guide (Russian Regional Investment and Business Library)

Manufacturer: Intl Business Pubns USA
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0739785311

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Everything a successful "spy" must know on the country. Strategic and practical information on government, national security, army, foreign relations, economy, technology, mineral resources, as well as culture, history, traditions, government and business contacts and more...

Familiar trees and cultivated plants of Jamaica: A traveller's guide to some of the common trees, shrubs, vines and crop plants
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Familiar trees and cultivated plants of Jamaica: A traveller's guide to some of the common trees, shrubs, vines and crop plants
Dorothy P Storer
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Press
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: B0007JXK7O

Jamaica (Thomas Cook Travellers)
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Jamaica (Thomas Cook Travellers)
Christopher P. Baker
Manufacturer: Thomas Cook Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0749518804

Stark's Jamaica guide (Illustrated): Containing a description of everything relating to Jamaica of which the visitor or resident may desire information, ... and places of interest to travellers
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Stark's Jamaica guide (Illustrated): Containing a description of everything relating to Jamaica of which the visitor or resident may desire information, ... and places of interest to travellers
James Henry Stark
Manufacturer: J.H. Stark; [etc.]
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: B0008AO11G

Tales For Travellers : Short Stories By Great Writers (Volume 4) (Volume 4)
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Tales For Travellers : Short Stories By Great Writers (Volume 4) (Volume 4)
Frank o'Connor , Elizabeth Taylor , McKnight Malmar , Katherine Mansfield , D.H. Lawrence , Jamaica Kincaid , Irwin Shaw , Flannery O'Connor , P.G.Wodehouse , and Isaac Bashevis Singer
Manufacturer: Tales For Travellers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Pamphlet
ASIN: B000X5Q8CG

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What an amazing collection of short stories to make travelling more enjoyable! Volume 4includes 12 individually primed short stories -- exciting unabridged masterpieces by 12 of the world's greatest authors! -- Unique reader-friendly format design Some of the greatest stories ever told are short stories. Many Tales for Travellers are by heralded writers not commonly known for this genre. Taken separately, each story provides a quick and exciting journey of discovery. Together, they offer a memorable literary adventure that lasts a lifetime. These are now available for book and travel stores, libraries and gift stores.

Thomas Cook Travellers: Jamaica (AA/Thomas Cook Travellers)

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Thomas Cook Travellers: Jamaica (AA/Thomas Cook Travellers)

Manufacturer: Thomas Cook Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0749510145

Travellers Jamaica (Travellers - Thomas Cook)

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Travellers Jamaica (Travellers - Thomas Cook)
Thomas Cook Publishing
Manufacturer: Thomas Cook Publishing
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Binding: Paperback

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Frommer's Jamaica (Frommer's Complete)
The Rough Guide to Jamaica 4 (Rough Guide Travel Guides)

ASIN: 1841574392

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A best-selling series of colorful and compact guidebooks, which provide an excellent all-round insight to many of the world's destinations.

Travellers Jamaica, 2nd (Travellers - Thomas Cook)

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Travellers Jamaica, 2nd (Travellers - Thomas Cook)
Thomas Cook Publishing
Manufacturer: Thomas Cook Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Caribbean | Travel | Subjects | Books

Jamaica | Caribbean | Travel | Subjects | Books

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ASIN: 1841578029

Stark's Jamaica guide: Containing a description of everything relating to Jamaica ... including its history, inhabitants, government, resources, and places of interest to travellers

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Stark's Jamaica guide: Containing a description of everything relating to Jamaica ... including its history, inhabitants, government, resources, and places of interest to travellers
James Henry Stark
Manufacturer: J.H. Stark; [etc.]
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B00085W9FG

Travellers and outlaws,: Episodes in American history,

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Travellers and outlaws,: Episodes in American history,
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Manufacturer: C.T. Dillingham
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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Drawing on twenty years of merger analysis literature, this single source offers practical solutions to a wide range of problems faced by specialists working in the field of mergers and acquisitions. The authors take an industrial organization approach in which effects on profits, on consumer surplus and on overall welfare are of greatest relevance. The focus is primarily on horizontal mergers, although vertical and conglomerate mergers are addressed when producers of complementary goods are involved. Among the issues and elements examined, the authors provide answers to the following: How does a merger affect the insider firm's profitabifity? Why may outsiders stock market value increase or decrease following a merger? What are the expected welfare effects of a merger? What sort of arguments can be used for merger defense? How do economists model the firm's merging decision? How can the authorities simulate the price effects of a horizontal merger? Is post-merger entry likely to compensate the effects of a merger? The discussion proceeds from an analysis of the simplest exercise of market power to evermore complex merger environments. In their detailed coverage of policy evaluation of proposed acquisitions, the authors provide a merger simulation toolkit which can be applied to important recent judicial decisions in the field. This book will be of great value not only to academics in microeconomics and industrial organization, but also to lawyers and officials seeking expert practical guidance in the business or administrative responsibilities surrounding mergers and acquisitions.

Antitrust, Patents And Copyright: EU And US Perspectives (New Horizons in Competition Law and Economics)

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Antitrust, Patents And Copyright: EU And US Perspectives (New Horizons in Competition Law and Economics)

Manufacturer: Edward Elgar Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Patent, Trademark & Copyright | Intellectual Property | Law | Subjects | Books

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ASIN: 1845426037

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`This volume offers a fresh perspective on the IP/antitrust interface. Its blend of economic policy analysis and provocative policy prescriptions is particularly noteworthy. It is noteworthy for the scope of its coverage (patent, copyrights, and database protection) and international focus. I would highly recommend this book to anyone seeking a sophisticated comparative perspective on the harmonization of IP and antitrust enforcement policies.' - Alden Abbott, US Federal Trade Commission

In modern markets innovation is at least as great a concern as price competition. The book discusses how antitrust policy and patent and copyright laws interact to create market dynamics that affect both competition and innovation.

Industrial Organization and Antitrust: A Survey of Alternative Perspectives
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Industrial Organization and Antitrust: A Survey of Alternative Perspectives
Ross C. Singleton
Manufacturer: Gorsuch Scarisbrick Pub
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0942280156

The Causes and Consequences of Antitrust: The Public-Choice Perspective
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What antitrust laws are all about

The Causes and Consequences of Antitrust: The Public-Choice Perspective

Manufacturer: University Of Chicago Press
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Binding: Paperback

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The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies

The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression

ASIN: 0226556352

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Why has antitrust legislation not lived up to its promise of promoting free-market competition and protecting consumers? Assessing 100 years of antitrust policy in the United States, this book shows that while the antitrust laws claim to serve the public good, they are as vulnerable to the influence of special interest groups as are agricultural, welfare, or health care policies. Presenting classic studies and new empirical research, the authors explain how antitrust caters to self-serving business interests at the expense of the consumer.

The contributors are Peter Asch, George Bittlingmayer, Donald J. Boudreaux, Malcolm B. Coate, Louis De Alessi, Thomas J. DiLorenzo, B. Epsen Eckbo, Robert B. Ekelund, Jr., Roger L. Faith, Richard S. Higgins, William E. Kovacic, Donald R. Leavens, William F. Long, Fred S. McChesney, Mike McDonald, Stephen Parker, Richard A. Posner, Paul H. Rubin, Richard Schramm, Joseph J. Seneca, William F. Shughart II, Jon Silverman, George J. Stigler, Robert D. Tollison, Charlie M. Weir, Peggy Wier, and Bruce Yandle.

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What antitrust laws are all about.......2000-06-19

As a consumer, I can see how antitrust laws in USA are not compatible with my freedom of choice.

Law, Economics and Antitrust: Towards a New Perspective

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Law, Economics and Antitrust: Towards a New Perspective
Patrick A. McNutt
Manufacturer: Edward Elgar Pub
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Lectures on Antitrust Economics (Cairoli Lectures)
Economic Analysis of Law

ASIN: 1847200907

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In this accessible yet rigorous textbook, Patrick McNutt presents a clear and refreshing approach to a wide range of topics in law, economics and antitrust. The issues covered include duty and obligation, contracting, liability, property rights, efficient entry, compensation, oligopoly pricing, issues in strategic antitrust and merger analysis. Using a selection of case studies where appropriate, and examples based in game theory, the book examines these issues from both a law and economics and a microeconomics perspective. Emphasis is placed on a thorough assessment of the economic and legal arguments, blending the rigors of microeconomic analysis with common law standards. The analysis contained in the book will not only review, and indeed adapt neoclassical economic analysis but will also apply some of the methodology from the relatively new paradigm known as `law and economics' to many of the issues. The book also addresses the increasing overlap between emerging approaches in public choice and in law and economics. Practitioners in competition law and regulation of utilities will draw great value from this original and pertinent volume, as will scholars in the areas of regulation, competition law, competition policy and law and economics.

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Antitrust theory by Chief Judge Richard Posner

Antitrust Law: An Economic Perspective
Richard A. Posner
Manufacturer: University of Chicago Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Antitrust Paradox
Antitrust Law, Second Edition

ASIN: 0226675580

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Antitrust theory by Chief Judge Richard Posner.......1999-06-02

Richard A. Posner is Chief Judge of the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals and a professor and the University of Chicago Law School. In addition to being one of the most cited judges in U.S. legal history and one of the founders of the Law and Economics school of legal theory, Judge Posner is also one of the fathers of modern antitrust theory.

This book is somewhat dated, but this is primarily due to the fact that it has been so widely read (and its policies so widely adopted) by other American judges. Up until the late 1970s, U.S. antitrust law was characterized by the pursuit of two (sometimes conflicting) goals: protecting consumers from monopolies and price fixing, and protecting "small dealers and worthy men" from larger competitors. Posner's book and a similar volume by Judge Robert Bork (The Antitrust Paradox) laid the theoretical groundwork for a seminal shift in antitrust thinking--one focusing primarily on consumer welfare.

In Antitrust Economics, Posner describes in easy-to-understand terms why monopolies are bad from an economic point of view, and the shape of current antitrust law. He then lays out why some types of economic behavior that up until then had been considered anticompetitive (mergers between competitors, some types of exclusive supplier arrangements) can actually be pro-competitive or, at the least, pro-consumer. For example, while retail behemoths such as WalMart or mergers like that between Daimler-Benz and Chrysler may be devastating to smaller competitors, they may benefit consumers by generating economies of scale and lower prices.

Regardless of whether one agrees with Posner's theories or the economic concentration in many industries that followed the adoption of his ideas, "Antitrust Economics" is essential reading if one wants to understand how we got to where we are and the theory behind modern antitrust law.

Antitrust Policies and Issues (Perspectives on economics series)
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Antitrust Policies and Issues (Perspectives on economics series)
Roger Sherman
Manufacturer: Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers Inc.,U.S.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0201083639

Competition Policy in the Global Trading System - Perspectives from the EU, Japan and the USA (INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION LAW SERIES Volume 5) (International Competition Law)
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Competition Policy in the Global Trading System - Perspectives from the EU, Japan and the USA (INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION LAW SERIES Volume 5) (International Competition Law)

Manufacturer: Kluwer Law International
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 904111758X

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While the global trade regime has made significant strides in eliminating tariffs and other barriers to free trade, it has yet to develop a consistent and enforceable antitrust and competition policy that combats monopolies, cartels, and other private arrangements that continue to hamper equitable access to the world's goods and services. This book takes a giant step toward achieving this goal. Based on a conference of national authorities and leading scholars in antitrust and competition law and policy, Competition Policy in the Global Trading System: Perspectives from the EU, Japan and the USA presents twenty insightful essays which together provide an in-depth assessment of current achievements and impasses, as well as a variety of possible ways forward. Among the relevant factors in this progression, the authors discuss such approaches as: + bilateral and regional international cooperation agreements; + WTO competition rules, enforceable through the dispute resolution procedure; and + international development of US, EU, and Japanese antitrust laws. Each of these approaches is examined through the all-important lens of enforcement - a spectrum that extends from deterrence to private actions imposing such penalties as prejudgment interest or treble damages. The crucial issue of how international antitrust rules should be incorporated into the global trading system is explored from many angles. Significantly, the book comes at a time when the report of the U.S. International Competition Policy Advisory Committee (ICPAC) is under close scrutiny in all major trading countries. The conference on which this book is based was in fact the first occasion at which top-level antitrust enforcers discussed this report. Including as it does the opinions of several former and present government and WTO leaders in antitrust and competition policy, Competition Policy in the Global Trading System: Perspectives from the EU, Japan and the USA sets the stage for the integration of trade and competition rules that is now gathering momentum. It is a book no official or academic in the field can do without.

Current and Future Perspectives on EC Competition Law (European Monographs, Vol 14)

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Current and Future Perspectives on EC Competition Law (European Monographs, Vol 14)

Manufacturer: Kluwer Law International
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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This work tackles central controversies in the field of EC competition law in order to stimulate discussion on major policy areas. It includes important contributions on key issues such as + the Commission's attitude toward vertical restraints, + the difficulties arising from the application of EC competition law by national administrations and national courts, + the often unbalanced relationship between competition law and the consumer, + the Commission's attitude toward joint ventures and toward public service obligations, + the difficulties with the new Form A/B for notifications, and + the wide ambit of the duty of Community loyalty imposed by Article 5 EC. A series of distinguished practitioners, Commission officials, and academics from Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom have contributed thought-provoking papers that have lasting value to other practitioners, Community officials, academics, and students. The papers are the revised and updated results of a Conference held in Groningen to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of Professor M.R. Mok's tenure of the Chair of the Law of Economic Regulation at the University of Groningen.

From Economic to Legal Competition: New Perspectives on Law and Institutions in Europe

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From Economic to Legal Competition: New Perspectives on Law and Institutions in Europe

Manufacturer: Edward Elgar Publishing
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Binding: Hardcover

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The idea of legal competition as a decentralized market process of law provision in which legal clubs compete, has earned an indisputable legitimacy among economists. This book presents a debate concerning the merits of and conditions for a competitive provision of law, with a special focus on institutions in Europe.

The authors analyze three major aspects of the competitive provision of legal rules. First, the conditions under which citizens and firms arbitrate between the different legal orders are investigated. The book then goes on to analyze the supply aspect of the legal market and the consequences of the competitive pressures on the behavior of the lawmakers. Finally, the conditions under which the State may efficiently control the process of law provision are discussed and justifications to its intervention are presented.

A comprehensive study encompassing both private and public law, and applied and theoretical issues, this book will provide lively discussion and up-to-date research for students of law and economics, and an authoritative source of information for practitioners in the field of legal competition - in particular those specializing in European issues.

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