Theory Of Economics category: 2484 books
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Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2012
Is Economics an ‘objective’ or ‘positive’ science, independent of ethical and political positions? The financial crisis that began in 2007 gave rise to renewed doubts regarding the ‘objectivity’ of economics and brought into the public arena a debate that was previously confined to academia....
Qualitative Theory of Dynamical Systems, Tools and Applications for Economic Modelling
Lectures Given at the COST Training School on New Economic Complex Geography at Urbino, Italy, 17-19 September 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2016
The book presents the lectures delivered during a short course held at Urbino University in summer 2015 on qualitative theory of dynamical systems, included in the activities of the COST Action IS1104 “The EU in the new economic complex geography: models, tools and policy evaluation”. It provides...
by W. Jevons
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2013
William Stanley Jevons is regarded by many as bringing mathematical methods to the study of economics. The Theory of Political Economy brought together maths and the theory of utility, this contribution marked Jevons as a leading political economist of his time.
Integrity and Agreement
Economics When Principles Also Matter
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2009
"Two impressive features of this book are its clarity of purpose and the breadth of disciplinary resources to which it appeals."
---Geoffrey Brennan, Professor of Economics, Australian National University
"Facing massive evidence that people do not act generally as self-regarding...
by Wilhelm Kohler
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2014
This volume is a collection of papers that apply general equilibrium theory in order to obtain policy relevant insights on topical issues of international trade and migration. The first set of papers focuses on European integration, applying dynamic numerical general equilibrium methods to quantify...
Bridging the Gap Between Growth Theory and Policy in Asia
An Extension of the Solow Growth Model
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2014
Although economic growth is amongst the oldest of debates in Economics, there has been little advancement in growth theory since the classic works of Solow. As such, clear-cut answers to the context-specific determinants of growth, especially for developing countries, are rare. Bridging the Gap Between...
Trade Theory in Computable General Equilibrium Models
Armington, Krugman and Melitz
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2018
This book is for people who want to understand modern trade theory, particularly the Melitz model. It lays out Melitz theory from first principles and relates it to earlier theories of Armington and Krugman. For trade theory specialists, the book produces some significant conclusions. It identifies...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017
Value, Capital and Growth was written as a mark of honor to Sir John Hicks on the occasion of his retirement as Drummond Professor of Political Economy at the University of Oxford. As the title implies, most of the essays are directed to the development of the three great topics of modern economic...
The Development of Economics in Japan
From the Inter-war Period to the 2000s
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2014
This book covers the development of economics in Japan from the inter-war period to the 2000s focusing on the international theoretical contributions of Japanese economists. The first focal point is the international contributions of Japanese economists before and after World War II. The second focal...
The Problem of Production
A new theory of the firm
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2015
The theory of the firm has been fertile ground for economists. Bylund proposes a new theory, rooted in Austrian economics, which examines the firm as a part of the market, and not as a free-standing entity. In this integrated view, a theory is offered which incorporates entrepreneurship, production, market process and economic development.
Nudge Theory in Action
Behavioral Design in Policy and Markets
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2016
This collection challenges the popular but abstract concept of nudging, demonstrating the real-world application of behavioral economics in policy-making and technology. Groundbreaking and practical, it considers the existing political incentives and regulatory institutions that shape the environment...
The Evolution of Modern Economic Theory
And Other Papers on the History of Economic Thought
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2017
The long paper which gives the title to this collection and which has never before been published as paperback was initially an attempt to promote international academic understanding. The Economics Department at the London School of Economics had arranged a colloquy between two groups of Russian...
by Hak Choi
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2018
Public choice is a very beautiful economics theory: it allows citizens to voluntarily share the cost of public goods construction. However, most economists smear only dirty methods to implement this theory. This book offers something completely different.
by Manuel Couret Branco
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2019
Over time there has been a miscommunication between mainstream economics and human rights that has paved the way to a justificatory ideology that validates the submission of human rights to the logic of market capitalism. This book shows how the discourse of mainstream economics is intrinsically opposed...