Microeconomics category: 693 books

The rate of failure of IT projects has remained little changed in survey after survey over the past 15-20 years—over 40-50%. This has happened in spite of new technology, innovative methods and tools, and different management methods. Why does this happen? Why can’t the situation be better? One...

"Suppose the business environment was structured so that firms were protected against losses but allowed to keep profits. a. What type of outcome would this structure create? b. What do you think about this outcome? "

Written by two leading experts, this is a compact guide to the key tools and methods necessary to carry out cost-benefit analysis (CBA). The authors use modern economic tools to obtain general equilibrium cost-benefit rules that can be used to evaluate small projects, as well as large and even mega...

This Element on cost-benefit analysis provides a summary of recent theoretical and empirical developments and summarizes state-of-the-art stated-preference and revealed-preference valuation methods. The Element discusses how to assess small (or marginal) as well as large (or non-marginal) projects...

"Winner of the 2014 Kulp-Wright Book Award Presented by the American Risk and Insurance Association". More information can be found here: http://www.aria.org/awards/bookawards.htm  Insurance Economics brings together the economic analysis of decision making under risk,...

There has been explosive progress in the economic theory of uncertainty and information in the past few decades. This subject is now taught not only in departments of economics but also in professional schools and programs oriented toward business, government and administration, and public policy....

Im vorliegenden Sammelband werden die Einsatzfähigkeit von Verfahren und Methoden der Produktivitätsmessung in produktionsnahen Dienstleistungsbereichen diskutiert sowie Praxisbeispiele zur Messung und Steigerung der Produktivität in der Unternehmenspraxis vorgestellt. Die Vorgehensweise ist interdisziplinär...

L’International Financial Reporting Standard for Small and Medium-sized Entities (IFRS for SMEs) rappresenta una significativa tappa evolutiva in tema di rendicontazione economico-finanziaria delle piccole e medie imprese. Il volume affronta lo studio dell’IFRS for SMEs quale principio contabile...

Uncertainty is present in every managerial decision, and Managerial Economics: A Mathematical Approach effectively demonstrates the application of higher-level statistical tools to inform and clarify the logic of problem solving in a managerial environment. While illuminating managerial decision-making...

This book covers the basic theory of how, what and when firms should produce to maximise profits. Based on the neoclassical theory of the firm presented in most general microeconomic textbooks, it extends the general treatment and focuses on the application of the theory to specific problems that...

The growing complexity of concession arrangements has proved to be a source for problems in terms of the related accounting by operators, or at least up until the issue of IFRIC 12. The research sought to verify if the introduction into Europe of the accounting interpretation has effectively and successfully increased the level and quality of the information released to the market.

Consider an Oligopoly in which the inverse demand function p ( N on top) Σ (I = 1 below) Xi on the right side) = a – b  ( N on top) Σ (I = 1 below) Xi on the right side), a, ,b, > 0 and each firms costs c(xi) = cxi, 0 < c < a. First, given n, determine the cournot-nash equilibrium...

Microeconomic Theory is based on lecture notes for a graduate course in microeconomic theory. It covers a broad range of topics, and to some extent the lecture structure is retained in the style of the book. The author provides a clear account of the main ideas in each area concisely, and in some...

Postal and Delivery Services: Delivering on Competition is an indispensable source of information and analysis on the current state of the postal and delivery sector. It offers current insight into strategy, regulation as well as the economics of this sector. Issues addressed include international...