Apart from the underlying theme that all the contributions to this volume pertain to models set in an infinite dimensional space, they differ on many counts.
The economic crisis that began in 2008 has underscored the impact not only of embedded and assumed ways of managing the economy, but also that present circumstances are the product of a long period of experimentation and bounded diversity; it is understanding the nature of both that forms a central concern of this collection.
Wer die aktuellen Entwicklungen in den internationalen Handelsbeziehungen verstehen will, kommt nicht umhin, sich mit dem Thema „Wirtschaftskrieg“ auseinanderzusetzen.
This book provides cutting-edge research results and application experiences from researchers and practitioners in multiple criteria decision making areas.
Auf Märkten interagieren Tauschpartner, wobei die institutionellen Gegebenheiten von Markt zu Markt differieren und sich häufig im Zeitablauf verändern.
Economics originated as a branch of the humane studies that was concerned with trying to understand how some societies flourish while others stagnate, and also how once-flourishing societies could come to stagnate.
First published in 1991, The Greatest Happiness Principle traces the history of the theory of utility, starting with the Bible, and running through Plato, Aristotle, and Epicurus.
Social forces are important determinants of how people behave, how economies work at the macroeconomic level, and the effectiveness of economic policies.
Dieses Lehrbuch zeichnet sich durch eine verbale und leicht verständliche Beschreibung der in den Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften verwendeten statistischen Verfahren aus.
Herbert Simon's renowned theory of bounded rationality is principally interested in cognitive constraints and environmental factors and influences which prevent people from thinking or behaving according to formal rationality.
Die COVID-19-Pandemie mit ihren vielfaltigen Herausforderungen hat dieses Sonderheft der Zeitschrift Journal of East European Management Studies (JEEMS) inspiriert.
This new edition of The Life of Adam Smith remains the only book to give a full account of Smith's life whilst also placing his work into the context of his life and times.
The purpose of this study is to investigate interrelations between planning mechanisms and disequilibria in a case where the planning decisions are centralized and are exogenously given to enterprises.
In a challenge to conventional views on modern monetary and fiscal policy, this book presents a coherent analysis of how money is created, how it functions in global exchange rate regimes, and how the mystification of the nature of money has constrained governments, and prevented states from acting in the public interest.
Die Reihe Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft (BZNW) ist eine der renommiertesten internationalen Buchreihen zur neutestamentlichen Wissenschaft.
A unified framework for understanding monetary policy, including recent unprecedented interventions by central banksOver the past two decades, monetary policy has been deployed in unprecedented ways, as central banks attempted to mitigate the adverse consequences of the 20072008 financial crisis, the COVID-19 global lockdown, and recent inflationary surges.
Originally published in 1989 this book is a valuable contribution to the development of a non-technological approach in the study of technology and work.
Der wichtigste Zweck dieses Vorwortes ist, allen, die es betrifft, für die erwiesene Geduld zu danken -voran meinem Freund Hans Immler, dann dem Westdeutschen Verlag und den Leserinnen und Lesern, welche seit Jahren von einer Ankündigung zur nächsten vertröstet worden sind.
The three major aims of the present study were to (a) test some of the major game-theoretic solutions for n-person games in characteristic function form with data obtained from "e;rational"e; players; (b) locate, assess, and explain differences between sophisticated and naive subjects in coalition frequencies and payoff disbursements; and (c) provide a common data base for bargaining process analyses and testing of both present and future models.
This book, based on lectures on natural and environmental resource economics, offers a nontechnical exposition of the modern theory of sustainability in the presence of resource scarcity.
It is argued that the normative and ethical presuppositions of standard economics render the discipline incapable of addressing an important class of problems involving human choices.
With a bias for action, this book offers valuable insights into the origins of the much-celebrated Danish design tradition and how it can be employed to create design solutions to address today's environmental crisis using the planetary boundaries as positive creative constraints.
Ever since Max Weber started an argument about the role of Protestantism in jump-starting northern Europe's economic development, scholars have clashed over the influence of religion and culture on a society's (or an individual's) economic prospects.
Adam Smith's contribution to economics is well-recognised, but in recent years scholars have been exploring anew the multidisciplinary nature of his works.
This new book will provide an extensive analysis of the role of the Federal Reserve in contributing to the crisis through its low interest-rate policy during 2002-2006, and in dealing with the crisis under Bernanke with his aggressive and innovative policies implemented in the wake of the Lehman collapse in September 2008.
