Microeconomics category: 693 books
Scarcity
Why Having Too Little Means So Much
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2013
A surprising and intriguing examination of how scarcity—and our flawed responses to it—shapes our lives, our society, and our culture
Why do successful people get things done at the last minute? Why does poverty persist? Why do organizations get stuck firefighting? Why do the lonely find...
by Ha-Joon Chang
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2014
From the internationally bestselling author and prizewinning economist--a highly original guide to the global economy.
In his bestselling 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism,Cambridge economist Ha-Joon Chang brilliantly debunked many of the predominant myths of neoclassical economics....
The Value of Everything
Making and Taking in the Global Economy
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2018
**Modern economies reward activities that extract value rather than create it. This must change to ensure a capitalism that works for us all.
Shortlisted for the FT & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award**
A scathing indictment of our current global financial system, The Value...
The Balanced Scorecard
Turn your data into a roadmap to success
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2015
**Turn your data into a roadmap to success! **
This book is a practical and accessible guide to understanding and implementing the Balanced Scorecard, providing you with the essential information and saving time.
In 50 minutes you will be able to:
• Evaluate company...
Identity Economics
How Our Identities Shape Our Work, Wages, and Well-Being
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2010
Identity Economics provides an important and compelling new way to understand human behavior, revealing how our identities--and not just economic incentives--influence our decisions. In 1995, economist Rachel Kranton wrote future Nobel Prize-winner George Akerlof a letter insisting that his most recent...
House of Debt
How They (and You) Caused the Great Recession, and How We Can Prevent It from Happening Again
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2015
The Great American Recession resulted in the loss of eight million jobs between 2007 and 2009. More than four million homes were lost to foreclosures. Is it a coincidence that the United States witnessed a dramatic rise in household debt in the years before the recession—that the total amount of...
by Angus Deaton, John Muellbauer
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 1980
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 1980
This classic text has introduced generations of students to the economic theory of consumer behaviour. Written by 2015 Nobel Laureate Angus Deaton and John Muellbauer, the book begins with a self-contained presentation of the basic theory and its use in applied econometrics. These early chapters also...
by John M. Stermole, Franklin J. Stermole
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2012
How To Study This Course This e-book is a summary of the first four chapters of the textbook Economic Evaluation and Investment Decision Methods. This e-book is designed with frames so the first frame has the question and the second frame has the answer. You may write all you answers on paper or formulate...
by Oliver Hart
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 1995
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 1995
This book provides a framework for thinking about economic instiutions such as firms. The basic idea is that institutions arise in situations where people write incomplete contracts and where the allocation of power or control is therefore important. Power and control are not standard concepts in...
by 蔡克
Language: Chinese
Release Date: September 7, 2017
Language: Chinese
Release Date: September 7, 2017
一般均衡理論的數學看起來很可怕，但讀了他們的文章，你不知他們在說什麼。而且，講了一大堆假設 (Axioms) 之後，他們就說：這樣就可以達到一般均衡了。這就是Arrow 和 Debreu (A&D) 的理論：沒頭沒尾。但基本上：什麼是一般均衡？他們連定義都沒有給一個。我們知道每個貨品都有市場供需，當兩者相交時就是均衡。按直覺推論，當所有貨品都有均衡時，那就叫一般均衡。這就是所謂瓦拉...
Managerial Economics
A Problem-Solving Approach
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2005
Managerial economics, meaning the application of economic methods in the managerial decision-making process, is a fundamental part of any business or management course. This textbook covers all the main aspects of managerial economics: the theory of the firm; demand theory and estimation; production...
by Hannu Nurmi
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2006
Models of Political Economy will introduce students to the basic methodology of political economics. It covers all core theories as well as new developments including:
decision theory
game theory
mechanism design
games of asymmetric information.
Hannu Nurmi's text will prove to be invaluable to all students who wish to understand this increasingly technical field.
La otra agricultura
Trayectorias y estrategias de microemprendedores pampeanos
Language: Spanish
Release Date: December 30, 2013
Los cambios ocurridos en la agricultura durante los últimos años obligan a nuevos análisis y reflexiones. Los especialistas reunidos en este libro analizan cuestiones como los microemprendimientos, las redes sociales, el autoempleo, etc., en este nuevo contexto.
Unstoppable
Finding Hidden Assets to Renew the Core and Fuel Profitable Growth
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2007
Over the next decade, two out of every three companies will face the challenge of their corporate lives: redefining their core business. Buffeted by global competition and facing an uncertain future, more and more executives will realize that they must make fundamental changes in their core even as...