Cultural property such as artwork is a peculiar object of legal regulation due to its dual nature: it can be unique and irreplaceable while serving as an attractive investment. The dual nature of valuable cultural items ​​raises a number of theoretical and practical issues which are discussed in this book; they include policy and regulations pertaining to cultural property ​​in the national legal system, the challenge of balancing public and private interests in the international trade in cultural items, the practice of designing and signing model contracts concerning cultural property, and the choice of appropriate methods of dispute resolution in the international trade in cultural property.

In the monograph presents trends in the development of renewable energy, the author's methodology for determining the real size of subsidies. The stereotype about the priority of preference for renewable energy is refuted. The relationship between the factors influencing investments in 215 renewable energy projects has been identified; improved the way network parity is calculated. The practice of leasing land and offshore plots for renewable energy facilities is considered. Statistics of leasing renewable energy in Europe have been formed and a methodology has been developed to determine its socio-economic efficiency. Calculations of saved lives, health expenditures related to carbon dioxide emissions, prevention of environmental damage through leasing have been carried out. The business models of leasing and financial instruments for use in renewable energy are presented.
The book is intended for scientists for research in the fields of renewable energy, environmental protection, stock market, leasing, teachers, economists, energy, environmentalists, sociologists, specialists of banks, leasing, insurance, investment companies.

The book is the first textbook to real estate leasing. It elaborates on the theory and practice of thisfinancial instrument, its essence, a prerequisite for development in Russia, the motivation of the parties. Examined options for structuring transactions in various economic and legal models (financial leasing,lease-back, operational leasing, subleasing, leveraged leasing, leasing in project finance), features oftheir application. Innovation is the exploration of different models of pricing real estate leasing. Seemethodology for calculating payments, compare credit and leasing to purchasing the property, the resultsof an empirical analysis of the effect on the contract price of the advances, the timing of contracts,leasing per cent. For the first time investigated asset securitisation of real estate leasing. Revisedstereotypes holding securitisation. Measured by the ratings dynamics of bonds. Detailed experiencereal estate sale and lease-back, its capacity to adapt Russian practice. Provides the most complete statistics on domestic and foreign markets real estate leasing in 1986–2015, on transactions carried out in Russia, Italy, France, Germany, Great Britain, United States. The book takes into account the programme of leading universities in the United States and England,in which real estate leasing is one of the branches of academic courses in the programs “Real Estate”in the preparation of bachelors, masters and doctors of Sciences, real estate, and where to readspecial courses, including “Commercial Real Estate Leasing”, and leasing subject is revealed throughcourses in “Financial Analysis”, “Corporate Finance”, “Risk Management”, etc. So the book can be useful for graduate students, faculty, academic staff, as well as specialists ofleasing companies, banks, insurance, investment companies.