Microeconomics

This book introduces upper-level undergraduates to network economics, the fastest-growing area of industry.

Recent technological advancements and other related factors and trends are contributing to the production of an astoundingly large and rapidly accelerating collection of data, or 'Big Data'.

This book reviews the basic process of China's fourteen five-year plans with systematic theoretical overview and rich historical data and moves on to discuss the theoretical logic of plan-based state governance.

European integration has come a long way since the fIrst steps in the aftermath of the Second World War.

A Basic Income Guarantee (BIG) is the unconditional government-ensured guarantee that all citizens will have enough income to meet their basic needs without a work requirement.

Capitalism and Socialism in Cuba documents the history of the attempts by a small island nation to survive and gain respectability within an everchanging international political economy.

This festschrift, compiled from the symposium held in honor of W.

In recent years certain leading figures in the world of economics have called the usefulness of general equilibrium theory into question.

This Palgrave Pivot presents theoretical models that explain common historical sequences, such as wars of secession, the rise and fall of empires, and international war.

The purpose of this book is to give a sound economic foundation of finance.

This book presents startling evidence that state monopolies can produce better outcomes than the free market.

Mathematics for Economists with Applications provides detailed coverage of the mathematical techniques essential for undergraduate and introductory graduate work in economics, business and finance.

The American Dream is under assault.

Building on the impressive first edition, this revised and updated book examines a wide range of highly topical issues.

Before the arrival of the twenty-first century, Taiwan was widely regarded as a successful model of a country which had not only transformed herself from an underdeveloped economy into a high-tech industrialised island, but had also undergone a revolution from an authoritarian regime to a democratic one.

Diese Einführung beginnt mit der Volkswirtschaftlichen Gesamtrechnung, die einen Überblick über wichtige ökonomische Aggregate wie z.

The book represents all the knowledge we currently have on ocean circulation.

In the last three decades since the fall of the Berlin Wall, there has been a vast amount of study looking at transforming the planned economy to a market economy from both theoretical and empirical aspects.

Hispanics account for more than half the population growth in the United States over the last decade.

This book explains how, and why, economics has been applied to a terrible pandemic, using a range of examples mostly drawn from the region most affected, sub-Saharan Africa.

Top scholars synthesize and analyze scholarship on this widely used tool of policy analysis in 27 articles, setting forth its accomplishments, difficulties, and means of implementation.

Networks of relationships help determine the careers that people choose, the jobs they obtain, the products they buy, and how they vote.

Provides a summary of recent developments and summarizes state-of-the-art stated-preference and revealed-preference valuation methods.

The creation of the ECU in 1979 as part of the newly established European Monetary system was greeted with widespread scepticism, few predicted the success it would have in private financial markets.

This title is part of UC Presss Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact.

From Catastrophe to Chaos: A General Theory of Economic Discontinuities presents and unusual perspective on economics and economic analysis.

Pandemic Economics applies economic theory to the Covid-19 era, exploring the micro and macro dimensions of the pre-pandemic, pandemic, and post-pandemic phases.

The theoretical claims for eco-tariffs are rigorously analyzed within a unified framework formed of an international trade model enriched with both a domestic and a global externality.

The Earth's Core, Second Edition is a six-chapter book that begins with the general physical properties of the Earth, with emphasis on the core-mantle boundary.

In Neoliberalism from Below-first published in Argentina in 2014-Veronica Gago examines how Latin American neoliberalism is propelled not just from above by international finance, corporations, and government, but also by the activities of migrant workers, vendors, sweatshop workers, and other marginalized groups.

The field of behavioural economics can tell us a great deal about cognitive bias and unconscious decision-making, challenging the orthodox economic model whereby consumers make rational and informed choices.

Public experience with risk communication differs greatly from country to country in Europe and there has been little opportunity for the transfer of experience and learning between countries.

This book offers a selection of the best papers presented at the international scientific conference "e;Digital Transformation in Industry: Trends, Management, Strategies"e;, held by the Institute of Economics of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia in November 2020.

Traditional game theory requires at least two individuals.

The Politics of Informal Justice

Traditional game theory requires at least two individuals.

In this textbook, governance aspects are presented and explained in a comprehensible way at different levels: After a look at the roots of the governance discussion in economics and political science, political and economic negotiation and problem-solving processes are discussed on the macro level "e;Orders of Governance"e; and institutional and normative framework conditions are considered; on the meso level "e;Cooperation"e;, forms of steering and control as well as cooperation and coordination of social economy enterprises are dealt with; and on the micro level "e;Interactions"e;, governance is dealt with from the perspective of the actors and their interactions.

Your one-stop guide to understanding Microeconomics Microeconomics For Dummies (with content specific to the UK reader) is designed to help you understand the economics of individuals.

Current Directions in Postal Reform brings together leading practitioners, worldwide postal administrations, and the courier industry as well as a number of regulators, academic economists, mailers and lawyers, to examine some of the major policy and regulatory issues facing the postal and delivery industry.

Understand the link between management and economics with this unique text.

The oceans, and the challenges they face, are so vast that it's easy to feel powerless to protect them.

The origin of this work is to be found in the cyclostyled course on 'The optimal allocation of resources in the firm and in the Nation' taught by Mr Boiteux at the Centre d'Etudes des Programmes Economiques (C.

This Handbook deals with theoretical and empirical evidence on the economics of discrimination and affirmative action across the world, assessed over a variety of social identities, such as caste, race, ethnicity, gender, disability, age, tribal status.

This 2006 book is an assessment of the strengths and limitations of efficiency analysis as applied to health care.

Covering Institutionalist, Post-Keynesian, Marxist, and Feminist perspectives, Heterodox Economics of Military Spending provides a comprehensive analysis of the effect of military expenditures on the economy.

Catastrophe Modeling: A New Approach to Managing Risk is the first book that systematically analyzes how catastrophe models can be used for assessing and managing risks of extreme events.