Economics category: 26433 books
Decision Economics: In the Tradition of Herbert A. Simon's Heritage
Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence, 14th International Conference
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2017
The special session on Decision Economics (DECON) is a scientific forum held annually and intended to share ideas, projects, research results, models and experiences associated with the complexity of behavioural decision processes and socio‐economic phenomena. DECON 2017 was held at the Polytechnic...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2018
The special session on Decision Economics (DECON) is a scientific forum held annually, which is focused on sharing ideas, projects, research results, models, and experiences associated with the complexity of behavioural decision processes and socio‐economic phenomena. In 2018, DECON was held at...
Competing Economic Paradigms in China
The Co-Evolution of Economic Events, Economic Theory and Economics Education, 1976–2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
When the Chinese economic reforms began in 1978, Marxist economics infused all the institutions of economic theory in China, from academic departments and economics journals to government departments and economic think tanks. By the year 2000, neoclassical economics dominated these institutions and...
by Jan Otto Andersson, Ralf Eriksson
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2010
Elements of Ecological Economics provides a comprehensive introduction to the field of ecological economics, an interdisciplinary project trying to give answers to the problems related to the overexploitation of the earth’s resources today. These include the problems of global warming (the greenhouse...
Water Resource Economics
The Analysis of Scarcity, Policies, and Projects
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2016
Updated edition of a comprehensive introduction to the economics of water management, with self-contained treatment of all necessary economic concepts.
Economics brings powerful insights to water management, but most water professionals receive limited training in it. The second edition of...
World Development and Economic Systems
Theory and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2015
Mainstream economics generally assumes a universalistic market-oriented economic behavior that drives countries to adopt one economic system, with marginal variations. This book extends the scope of theory and applications by asserting that other distinct behaviors evolve and dominate in other economic...
Knowledge, Class, and Economics
Marxism without Guarantees
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2017
Knowledge, Class, and Economics: Marxism without Guarantees surveys the "Amherst School" of non-determinist Marxist political economy, 40 years on: its core concepts, intellectual origins, diverse pathways, and enduring tensions. The volume’s 30 original essays reflect the range of perspectives...
Intellectual Path Dependence in Economics
Why economists do not reject refuted theories
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2016
Is economics always self-corrective? Do erroneous theorems permanently disappear from the market of economic ideas? Intellectual Path Dependence in Economics argues that errors in economics are not always corrected. Although economists are often critical and open-minded, unfit explanations are nonetheless...
by JOHN BATES CLARK
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2014
The book has an active table of contents for readers to access each chapter. Essentials of Economic Theory by John Bates Clark, one of the greatest American economists, was widely acclaimed and it was widely used by students of studying economics. John Clark influences on economic theory are in the...
International Economics
Global Markets and Competition
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2017
International Economics: Global Markets and Competition integrates the microeconomics of international trade with open economy macroeconomics and finance. The theory is comprehensive but presented with intuitive diagrams. The book emphasizes the gains from international competition and the limits...
by Dana Gold, Richard O. ZerbeJr.
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2012
Since 1979 Research in Law and Economics has been presenting original research that explores the extent to which the constraints of law explain economic behavior and the role of economics in forming the law. The first chapter in this volume proposes three different definitions for market power from...
The Three Economies
The hidden financial revolution changing economics, politics and investment forever
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2015
What is really going on in the economy? What are you not being told? What has changed since the 2008 financial crisis? What is the real purpose of QE? How does this impact ordinary people, and what can you do?
A THOUGHT-PROVOKING, MUST-READ BOOK
The Three...
Principles of Conflict Economics
The Political Economy of War, Terrorism, Genocide, and Peace
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2019
Conflict economics contributes to an understanding of violent conflict and peace in two important ways. First, it applies economic concepts and models to help one understand diverse conflict activities such as war, terrorism, genocide, and peace. Second, it treats coercive appropriation as a fundamental...
Austrian Economics
The Next Generation
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2018
Austrian Economics: The Next Generation brings together emerging and established scholars to explore the insights that can be gleaned from applying Austrian economics to a range of different topics. Spanning a variety of related disciplines, from history to politics to public policy, this collection...