The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics series – serie
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Political Economy of Monetary Union
Inbunden, 2001
4900 kr
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The Political Economy of Monetary Union presents an important collection of the most influential articles covering different areas in this expanding field.The volume brings together both the classical articles which have laid the foundations for the theory of optimum currency and the resulting …
Economics of Evaluation in Public Programs
Av Albert N. Link, John T. Scott
Inbunden, 2011
4454 kr
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This research collection illustrates the wide range of methodologies and methods available for the evaluation of public programs. All these methods address the benefits of the programs and most compare the benefits to costs, but the types of benefits and their measures vary greatly across the …
Pharmaceutical Economics
Av William S. Comanor, Stuart O. Schweitzer
Inbunden, 2013
6496 kr
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Pharmaceutical Economics begins with an investigation of the structure of the industry and its three main components: the research firms which produce innovative products; the generic drug industry and its expanding role; and the biotech industry, which is regarded as the future for …
Economic Theory of Income Inequality
Inbunden, 2013
5931 kr
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The very meaning of economic inequality is fundamental for understanding today’s policy debates over issues such as interpreting changes in income inequality over time, across countries, or between groups within a society, as well as determining whether or not society is becoming more polarized …
Mathematics and Modern Economics
Inbunden, 2012
5347 kr
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The appropriate role of mathematics in economics has been controversial for two hundred years, and has been a matter of ongoing debate as economics became more mathematical after the Second World War. Controversy has been heightened after extensive criticisms of models used for analysis, prediction …
Behavioural Macroeconomics
Inbunden, 2012
4392 kr
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This invaluable volume brings together seminal articles with a significant behavioural content on various areas in macroeconomics. The topics covered include a historical perspective on psychology and economics, social norms and macroeconomics, the nature of unemployment, unemployment and …
Economics of Worker Cooperatives
Inbunden, 2013
5400 kr
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The economics of worker cooperatives is a branch of economic inquiry with a long and esteemed pedigree, dating at least from the work of John Stuart Mill in the mid-nineteenth century. Since then, leading economists have paid intermittent attention to the topic, but the collapse of state-sponsored …
Economic Analyses of Social Networks
Av Matthew O. Jackson, Yves Zenou
Inbunden, 2013
14155 kr
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This comprehensive two-volume set brings together important contributions providing fundamental economic analyses of social networks and the central roles they play in many facets of our lives. The first volume consists of classic articles that model network formation and games on networks, as well …
Recent Developments in the Economics of Transport
Inbunden, 2012
10740 kr
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This comprehensive two-volume collection provides a selection of key writings on the economics of transport published since 1990. Topics covered include transport, economic activity and the spatial economy; demand and activity-based approaches; costs, scale and scope; external costs, efficiency and …
Causes and Effects of Deregulation
Av Paul W. MacAvoy, Richard Schmalensee
Inbunden, 2014
12420 kr
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Beginning with railroad regulation in 1887 and continuing for eight decades, the U.S. Federal Government expanded its regulatory scope to cover key transportation, telecommunications and energy sectors. In the last quarter of the 20th century this long-term trend was abruptly and dramatically …
Economics of Digitization
Av Shane M. Greenstein, Avi Goldfarb m. fl.
Inbunden, 2013
5450 kr
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The increasing creation, support, use and consumption of digital representation of information touches a wide breadth of economic activities. This digitization has transformed social interactions, facilitated entirely new industries and undermined others and reshaped the ability of people - …
Economics of Food Security
Av Raghbendra Jha, Raghav Gaiha
Inbunden, 2016
12774 kr
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Professor Jha and Professor Gaiha address important issues of food security in their wide-ranging selection of the most influential published contributions in this area of study. Their comprehensive, original introduction discusses each article and places it within the context of twelve distinct …
Climate Change and the World Economy
Av David I. Stern, Frank Jotzo m. fl.
Inbunden, 2014
6205 kr
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World economic activity is a cause of climate change and climate change has an impact on economic activity. Adaptation to climate change can occur locally, but action to reduce the extent of climate change requires global cooperation or at least coordination.Covering all aspects of the problem, …
Economics of Austerity
Inbunden, 2014
7398 kr
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Through her judicious selection of previously published material, Dr Konzelmann investigates the key social, political and financial developments that have shaped the evolution of austerity economics. These include the early classical debates, the politicization of austerity, the Keynesian …
Mergers and Acquisitions
Inbunden, 2012
6390 kr
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This significant collection of articles comprises seminal works in recent empirical research on mergers and acquisitions. The papers provide a detailed analysis of fundamental questions such as the sources of gains in mergers and acquisitions, the role of activists in the takeover process, the …
Economics of Nonrenewable Resources
Inbunden, 2018
6205 kr
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The economics of nonrenewable resources addresses some of the most problematic issues concerning the sustainability of the world economy. This comprehensive research review discusses some of the most important and influential journal articles by some of the leading scholars in the field. Subjects …
Field Experiments
Av John A. List, Anya C. Samek
Inbunden, 2018
7522 kr
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This research review discusses the most critical and influential articles that utilise field experimentation to answer questions of economic importance. Field experiments have gained popularity in recent years, allowing researchers to infer causal effects of different market environments, policies …
Economics of Wealth Distribution
Inbunden, 2013
10970 kr
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This comprehensive two-volume collection includes seminal and classic articles that are key in the development of economic analysis of the distribution of wealth. Volume I discusses measurement of the distribution of wealth and analyses the time trends in wealth concentration and the importance of …
Recent Developments in the Economics of Tourism
Av Larry Dwyer, Neelu Seetaram
Inbunden, 2013
10086 kr
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This two-volume work comprises a selection of seminal articles published over the past decade that have significantly advanced the study of tourism economics. The papers have been selected for their theoretical contributions as well as their contribution to informed policy making. Volume I …
Institutions and Governance in Developing Countries
Av Kunal Sen
Inbunden, 2013
10280 kr
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This comprehensive two-volume collection brings together seminal contributions by leading scholars on institutions and governance in developing countries. Volume one analyses key theoretical perspectives on institutions and the empirical evidence of the role of institutions in economic development. …
Recent Developments in the Economics of Happiness
Av Bruno S. Frey, Alois Stutzer
Inbunden, 2013
4587 kr
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What makes people happy in life? This crucial question has the potential to shake up economics. In recent years, dissatisfaction with the understanding of welfare in economics and new opportunities for empirical study of people's subjective well-being have spurred impressive and stimulating new …
Recent Developments in Exchange Rate Economics
Av Mark P. Taylor, Meher Manzur
Inbunden, 2013
6956 kr
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Professor Taylor and Professor Manzur offer in this volume a selection of published articles by leading scholars which are representative of recent key developments in this area of study. With an initial look at earlier papers which lay the groundwork for more recent research, the collection …
State Capitalism
Av Barbara Krug
Inbunden, 2015
13781 kr
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State Capitalism offers an illuminating guide to the debate about contemporary state capitalism: does it simply use different tools from other variants of capitalism, or is it an altogether new kind of economic regime? Barbara Krug, a leading expert in this field, sets out to define the concept of …
Economics of Social Institutions
Av John B. Davis, Asimina Christoforou
Inbunden, 2013
8070 kr
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The economics of social institutions has been a well-established research field for over a century, one that continues to expand and to develop new areas of investigation. Here Professor Davis and Dr Christoforou bring together in one easily accessible volume the most significant contributions by …
Culture and Economic Growth
Inbunden, 2014
12667 kr
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This two-volume set provides fundamental analyses of the relations between cultural variables and economic performance. It encompasses indispensable contributions by economists and other influential social scientists in this growing interdisciplinary area. The classic and more recent articles in …
Game Theory and International Environmental Cooperation
Essential Readings
Av Michael Finus, Alejandro Caparrós
Inbunden, 2015
8077 kr
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Key environmental issues, such as biodiversity and climate change, have in recent years become more pressing than ever. Where the critical papers in the early 1990s explained the difficulties of cooperation in tackling transboundary environmental problems, later works have analyzed the various …
Recent Developments in the Economics of Science and Innovation
Av Albert N. Link, Cristiano Antonelli
Inbunden, 2014
7062 kr
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This volume presents the most important contributions of the last decade in the fields of science and innovation, demonstrating the key relationship between the two. Early chapters emphasize the intrinsic characteristics of knowledge as an economic activity, and later chapters document the …
Path Dependence and Lock-In
Av Stan J. Liebowitz, Stephen E. Margolis
Inbunden, 2014
6585 kr
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Since their first emergence in the work of Paul David thirty years ago, the dual issues of Path Dependence and Lock-In have become critically important subjects in the fields of economics, sociology, and business strategy. Theoretical and public policy debates on these issues have arisen, …
Tax Reform in Developing Countries
Av James Alm, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez
Inbunden, 2015
11430 kr
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In recent decades countries around the world have seen a wide diversity of tax reforms, both in major systematic changes, and through more specific areas of tax, such as value-added and income tax. The results of these reforms, however, have been unequal, and many issues remain unresolved. With …
Economics of Philanthropy and Fundraising
Inbunden, 2015
10995 kr
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What are people buying when they give money away? Is pure altruism possible? Who benefits from grants to charities and subsidies to givers? Is religious giving different? Which fundraising approaches "work", and is more charity always better? Questions like these make philanthropy and fundraising …
