Microeconomics category: 693 books

`This is a book about a well-known writer, Lewis Carroll, and about a little-known subject, the theory of voting' (from the Editors' Introduction). This book has been edited from the manuscripts of the late Scottish economist Duncan Black. Shortly after the publication of The Theory of Committees...

"a. Compute the coefficient of price-elasticity of supply for the seven prices ranges given above and complete the table. b. What do you notice about the algebraic signs for the values that you have just computed? Explain why this is so. c. Write the expression for the price-elasticity of supply...

Today, more American women than ever before stay in the workforce into their sixties and seventies. This trend emerged in the 1980s, and has persisted during the past three decades, despite substantial changes in macroeconomic conditions. Why is this so? Today’s older American women work full-time...

Both Taiwan and China are extremely populous nations that, due to population pressures and continuing high growth levels, have experienced challenges in sustainable development. Hsu illustrates Taiwan's path toward sustainable development and contrasts it to that of China, suggesting ways in which...

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to modern auction theory and its important new applications. It is written by a leading economic theorist whose suggestions guided the creation of the new spectrum auction designs. Aimed at graduate students and professionals in economics, the book gives...

This book on Classical micro- and macrodynamics includes revised versions of papers which were written between 1983 and 2000, some jointly with co-authors, and it supplements them with recent work on the issues which are raised and treated in them. It attempts to demonstrate to the reader that themes...

This manual provides solutions to approximately 500 problems appeared in various chapters of the text Principles of Mathematical Economics. In some cases, a detailed solution with the additional discussion is provided. At the end of each chapter, new sets of exercises are given.

In everyday life we must often reach decisions while knowing that the outcome will not only depend on our own choice, but also on the choices of others. These situations are the focus of epistemic game theory. Unlike classical game theory, it explores how people may reason about their opponents before...

Global interest in technology-based growth politics is growing as technology becomes an increasingly important factor in economic competitiveness. In spite of increased efforts in many nations to develop more effective industry strategies, most of these endeavors have been ad hoc exercises rather...

Efficient financial management is the essence of business. This book analyses and evaluates core financial management practices of corporate enterprises in India across diverse sectors including realty, FMCG, pharmaceutical, automobile, IT, chemical and BPO sectors. It emphasizes the importance of...

This book examines the many ways in which economic concepts, theories and models can be used to examine issues in higher education. The topics explored in the book include how students make college-going decisions, the payoffs to students and society from going to college, markets for higher education...

Alcuni strumenti e indicatori di supporto al governo delle imprese, funzionali alla ricerca di impostazioni idonee a sviluppare e mantenere nel tempo la capacità di sopravvivenza aziendale. Il volume individua nell’Approccio Sistemico Vitale (ASV) i fondamenti teorici necessari per “innovare”...

A company in an oligopolistic industry has identified two sets of demand curves. If the company is the only one that changes prices (that is, other companies don’t follow its lead), its demand curve is Q = 82 – 8P.  If, however, it is expected that competitors will follow the price actions of the company, then the demand curve will be Q = 44 – 3P.

An important tenet of game theory, core theory has nonetheless been all but ignored by the mainstream. Its basic premise is that individuals band together in order to promote their interests as much as possible. The return to an individual depends on competition among various coalitions for its membership,...