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Argy, Victor and Leslie Stein (1997). The Japanese Economy. Basingsto‐ke/London: Macmillan. 379 pp. £47.50. ISBN 0‐333‐6756‐5. £17.50. ISBN 0‐333‐67566‐5. Balasubramanyam, V. N. and D. Greenaway (eds.) (1996). Trade and Development. Essays in Honour of Jagdish Bhagwati. Basingstoke/London: Macmillan. 217 pp. £45.00. ISBN 0‐333‐65616‐4. Blejer, Mario I. and Teresa Ter‐Minassian (eds.) (1997). Macroeconomic Dimensions of Public Finance. Essays in Honour of Vito Tanzi. London/New York: Routledge. 506 pp. £65.00. ISBN 0‐415‐14111‐7. Blejer, Mario I. and Teresa Ter‐Minassian (eds.) (1997). Fiscal Policy and Economic Reform. Essays in Honour of Vito Tanzi. London/New York: Rout‐ledge. 305 pp. £60.00. ISBN 0‐415‐13739‐X. Brömmelhörster, Jörn and John Frankenstein (eds.) (1997). Mixed Motives, Uncertain Outcomes. Defense Conversion in China. Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers. 275 pp. $ 55.00. ISBN 1‐555‐87710‐9. Constanza, Robert, Charles Perrings and Cutler J. Cleveland (eds.) (1997). The Development of Ecological Economics. Cheltenham, UK/Brookfield, USA: Edward Elgar. 777 pp. £160.00. ISBN 1‐85898‐386‐X. Craig, Lee A. and Douglas Fisher (1997). The Integration of the European Economy, 1850‐1913. Basingstoke/London: MacMillan Press. 327 pp. ISBN 0‐333‐58036‐2. Davies, Stephen and Bruce Lyons (1996). Industrial Organization in the European Union. Structure, Strategy and the Competitive Mechanism. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 287 pp. £40.00. ISBN 0‐19‐828973‐1. Fratianni, Michele and Franco Spinelli (1997). A Monetary History of Italy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 305 pp. £40.00. ISBN 0‐521 ‐44315‐6. Gandolfo, Giancarlo (1996). Economic Dynamics, 3rd ed. Berlin/Heidelberg/New York/London: Springer. 610 pp. DM 178.‐. ISBN 3‐540‐60988‐1. Garfinkel, Michelle R. and Stergios Skaperdas (eds.) (1996). The Political Economy of Conflict and Appropriation. Cambridge/New York/Melbourne: Cambridge University Press. 182 pp. $ 49.95. ISBN 0‐521‐56063‐2. Kemp, René (1997). Environmental Policy and Technical Change. A Comparison of the Technological Impact of Policy Instruments. Cheltenham, UK/Brookfield, USA: Edward Elgar. 360 pp. £55.00. ISBN 1‐85898‐506‐4. Klamer, Arjo (ed.) (1996). The Value of Culture. On the Relationship between Economics and Arts. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. 243 pp. £21.95. ISBN 90‐5356‐218‐4. Llau, Pierre (1996). Economie financeère publique. Paris: Presses Universitai‐res de France. 546 pp. 168 FF. ISBN 2‐13‐047774‐7. Mueller, Dennis C. (ed.) (1997). Perspectives on Public Choice. A Handbook. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 672 pp. $79.95. ISBN 0‐521‐55377‐6 (he.). $ 29.95. ISBN 0‐521‐55654‐6 (pbk.). Pritzl, Rupert F.J. (1997). Korruption und Rent‐Seeking in Lateinamerika. Zur Politischen Ökonomie autoritärer politischer Systeme. Baden‐Baden: Nomos. 318 S. ISBN 3‐7890‐4692‐2. Schmidt‐Trenz, Hans‐Jörg (1996). Die Logikkollektiven Handelns bei Delegation. Tübingen: J.C.B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck). 293 S. ISBN 3‐16‐146607‐1. Xepapadeas, Anastasios (ed.) (1996). Economic Policy for the Environment and Natural Resources. Techniques for the management and Control of Pollution. Cheltenham, UK/Brookfield, USA: Edward Elgar. 245 pp. £59.95. ISBN 1‐85898‐413‐0.