The Mit Press: 939 books
by Ian Parry, Michelle Harding, Herman Vollebergh
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2016
The economic and political aspects of energy subsidies, viewed both theoretically and empirically, with a focus on fossil fuel subsidies in developing nations.
Government subsidies to energy are widespread and represent a heavy burden on public budgets in many countries. Both producers and...
by Paul De Grauwe, Philip R. Lane, Agustin Benetrix
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2017
Issues in debates about foreign currency exposure—the denomination of liabilities or assets in foreign currency.
The foreign currency denomination of contracts in international transactions can lead to international currency exposure at the country level with important economic and policy...
by Joseph E. Harrington Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2017
A review of the theoretical research on unlawful collusion, focusing on the impact and optimal design of competition law and enforcement.
Collusion occurs when firms in a market coordinate their behavior for the purpose of producing a supracompetitive outcome. The literature on the theory of...
Protecting Children Online?
Cyberbullying Policies of Social Media Companies
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2018
A critical examination of efforts by social media companies—including Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, and Instagram—to rein in cyberbullying by young users.
High-profile cyberbullying cases often trigger exaggerated public concern about children's use of social media. Large companies like...
Knowledge Unbound
Selected Writings on Open Access, 2002–2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2016
Influential writings make the case for open access to research, explore its implications, and document the early struggles and successes of the open access movement.
Peter Suber has been a leading advocate for open access since 2001 and has worked full time on issues of open access since 2003....
The Scientific Attitude
Defending Science from Denial, Fraud, and Pseudoscience
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2019
An argument that what makes science distinctive is its emphasis on evidence and scientists' willingness to change theories on the basis of new evidence.
Attacks on science have become commonplace. Claims that climate change isn't settled science, that evolution is “only a theory,” and that...
We Now Disrupt This Broadcast
How Cable Transformed Television and the Internet Revolutionized It All
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2018
The collision of new technologies, changing business strategies, and innovative storytelling that produced a new golden age of TV.
Cable television channels were once the backwater of American television, programming recent and not-so-recent movies and reruns of network shows. Then came La...
Israel and the World Economy
The Power of Globalization
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2018
A rigorous analysis of the role played by globalization in key episodes in the development of the Israeli economy, from hyperinflation crisis to high-tech surge.
Anti-globalization sentiments are rising, especially in Europe and the United States, with the increasingly integrated global economy...
The Rationality Quotient
Toward a Test of Rational Thinking
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2016
How to assess critical aspects of cognitive functioning that are not measured by IQ tests: rational thinking skills.
Why are we surprised when smart people act foolishly? Smart people do foolish things all the time. Misjudgments and bad decisions by highly educated bankers and money managers,...
Connectedness and Contagion
Protecting the Financial System from Panics
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2016
An argument that contagion is the most significant risk facing the financial system and that Dodd¬Frank has reduced the government's ability to respond effectively.
The Dodd–Frank Act of 2010 was intended to reform financial policies in order to prevent another massive crisis such as the...
by Larry Karp
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2017
An introduction to the concepts and tools of natural resource economics, including dynamic models, market failures, and institutional remedies.
This introduction to natural resource economics treats resources as a type of capital; their management is an investment problem requiring forward-looking...
by Richard K. Larson
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2009
An introduction to the study of syntax that also introduces students to the principles of scientific theorizing.
This introductory text takes a novel approach to the study of syntax. Grammar as Science offers an introduction to syntax as an exercise in scientific theory construction. Syntax...
When Things Don't Fall Apart
Global Financial Governance and Developmental Finance in an Age of Productive Incoherence
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2018
An account of the significant though gradual, uneven, disconnected, ad hoc, and pragmatic innovations in global financial governance and developmental finance induced by the global financial crisis.
In When Things Don't Fall Apart, Ilene Grabel challenges the dominant view that the global financial...
Macroeconomics in Times of Liquidity Crises
Searching for Economic Essentials
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2016
An examination of Liquidity Crunch in triggering and characterizing financial crises.
Since the subprime mortgage crisis that began in 2007, advanced economies have felt a nagging sense of insecurity. In parallel, the profession has witnessed phenomena that are alien to mainstream macroeconomic...