We derive Price inequalities for harmonic forms on manifolds without conjugate points and with a negative Ricci upper bound. The techniques employed in the proof work particularly well for manifolds of non-positive sectional curvature, and in this case we prove a strengthened Price inequality. We employ these inequalities to study the asymptotic behavior of the Betti numbers of coverings of Riemannian manifolds without conjugate points. Finally, we give a vanishing result for L 2 -Betti numbers of closed manifolds without conjugate points.

Abstract. The goal of this paper is to study the geometry of cusped complex hyperbolic manifolds through their compactifications. We characterize toroidal compactifications with non-nef canonical divisor. We derive effective very ampleness results for toroidal compactifications of finite volume complex hyperbolic manifolds. We estimate the number of ends of such manifolds in terms of their volume. We give effective bounds on the number of complex hyperbolic manifolds with given upper bounds on the volume. Moreover, we give two sided bounds on their Picard numbers in terms of the volume and the number of cusps.

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