Microeconomics

An essential guide to the role of microeconomic incentives, macro policies, and technological change in enhancing agriculture resilience.

Can we really use economic thinking to understand our health care system?

First published in 1986.

One World Currency presents a serious study about the need for a single stable currency with timely, historical references and skillful economic analysis by noted economist Jose Rafael Abinader.

Economists have long recognized the gains from international trade.

First published in 1983, this book provides a detailed look at the OPEC nations' changing roles in the world oil market as they expanded their participation in "e;downstream"e; activities such as the hydrocarbon industries formerly controlled by the major oil companies.

The Soviet Far East (1990) examines the largest economic region in the Soviet Union, the Far East.

This book presents a multidimensional perspective on the interlinkage between human development, community characteristics and public service delivery with special reference to India.

Most of economics takes politics for granted.

Every time you buy a can of tuna or a new television, its bar code is scanned to record its price and other information.

Microeconomic Theory is based on lecture notes for a graduate course in microeconomic theory.

Theoretical writing on the company and company law has been dominated in recent years by economics.

Microcredit took the development world by storm as a tool for poverty alleviation in the 1980s.

Acquire the tools to address emerging challenges in modern computer networks with this multidisciplinary review of the fundamentals.

This report is a partial result of China's Quarterly Macroeconomic Model (CQMM), a project developed and maintained by the Center for Macroeconomic Research (CMR) at Xiamen University.

An introduction to advanced topics in microeconomics that emphasizes the intuition behind assumptions and results, providing examples that show how to apply theory to practice.

People regularly multitask, though we have been warned about the mental costs of "e;task-switching"e; in psychology and the popular press.

Originally published in 1978.

Quantified Societal Risk and Policy Making is the result of an international workshop on societal risk organized by the Dutch Ministry for Transport, Public Works and Water Management with additional financial support from the Directorate for Transportation (DG VII) of the European Union.

This book is a continuation of Corporate Law and the Theory of the Firm: Reconstructing Corporations, Shareholders, Directors, Owners, and Investors.

This classic text, originally from the noted logician Elliot Mendelson, is intended to be an easy-to-read introduction to the basic ideas and techniques of game theory.

Questions of the social implications of biotechnology and biological exchange (the extraction of human tissues such as blood, skin and organs for testing, storage and/or distribution for therapeutic or research purposes) have recently been brought strongly to the analytical fore across the social sciences.

This book clarifies several ambiguous arguments and claims in finance and the theory of the firm.

This book deeply explores production-capable social media channels, based on thousands of hours of observation and extensive collection of statistical data, extracting hypotheses that may generalize to the real-world distributed manufacturing of the near future.

A cutting-edge introduction to key topics in modern economic theory for first-year graduate students in economics and related fieldsVolume II of Microeconomic Foundations introduces models and methods at the center of modern microeconomic theory.

Laboratory Handbook of Medical Mycology summarizes the concepts dealing with the laboratory aspects of medical mycology.

The design and location of production facilities are important aspects of corporate strategy which can have a significant impact on the socio- economy of nations and regions.

In Lifecycle Events and Their Consequences: Job Loss, Family Change, and Declines in Health, editors Kenneth A.

This book introduces the interlocking disciplines of property and planning to economic theory and practice.

Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory

This is a history-though, intentionally, a brief history-of the rise of law and economics as a field of thought in the U.

The Microeconomics of Complex Economies uses game theory, modeling approaches, formal techniques, and computer simulations to teach useful, accessible approaches to real modern economies.

First published in 1992, A Political Theory Primer is designed as an introductory course for students in the application of game theory to modeling political processes.

The Retail and Food Services sectors play an important role in Singapore.

Globalization is affecting regional economies in a broad spectrum of aspects, from labor market conditions and development policies to climate change.

The book provides a comprehensive examination of patterns and determinants of production networks in East Asia, a key driver in the region's global success.

The book provides a short review of the classical approach to planning and decision making under uncertainty.

In this book, Phelps and Parente explore the US health care system and set out the case for its reform.

I have three reasons for bringing out the ensuing collection of essays.

Appropriate laws and regulations are an essential tool to direct the action of procurers toward the public good and avoid corruption and misallocation of resources.

Financial regulation can fail when it is needed the most.

Worldwide, postal operators have been slow to address the threats from and opportunities created by electronic competition.

This book presents perspectives by eminent economists, social scientists and policy makers, exploring in depth the post-reform developments in India, including issues pertaining to growth and equity, issues which have been at the core of life-time work of Prof.

A tool of economic development of the poor people living below poverty line, micro finance has been a tremendous success in recent years.