Applying the dismal science

when economists give advice to governments

In this exciting collection, Iain McLean and Colin Jennings bring together some of the most eminent social scientists to have advised British governments since 1964. Successive chapters show what went wrong in UK economic policy making in the 1960s and 1970s, what goes better now ...

Essential quantitative methods

for business, management and finance

A concise, accessible, comprehensive introduction to quantitative techniques emphasising business relevance and discussing the challenges of problem-solving in the real world. Written for a diverse range of abilities, coverage includes chapters on Revision Mathematics, Investment Appraisal, Decision-making and Simulation. Excel and SPSS are integrated throughout ...

Quantitative methods for electricity trading and risk management

advanced mathematical and statistical methods for energy finance

This book presents practical Risk Management and Trading applications for the Electricity Markets. Various methodologies developed over the last few years are considered and current literature is reviewed. The book emphasizes the relationship between trading, hedging and generation asset management.

Risk and foreign direct investment

This book recommends and examines the various approaches to incorporating an accurate measure of risk into the appraisal of an international investment. It considers the way in which decisions on international investment projects are taken and how they should be. It critiques and integrates existing ...

A concise history of economic thought

from mercantilism to monetarism

Gianni Vaggi and Peter Groenewegen present a brief history of economic thought over three centuries. They sketch the history from the seventeenth century to the present day. Each chapter examines the key contributions of a major economist, or group of economists, and concludes with brief ...

Marxism and social theory

Marxist theory has made a major and lasting contribution to social and political thought. This text offers a concise introduction to its main ideas and debates in a way that is easily accessible for the reader new to this rich and substantial subject. Adopting a ...

Palgrave handbook of econometrics.Vol.1: Econometric theory

"Palgrave Handbook of Econometrics" comprises 'landmark' essays by the world's leading scholars and provides authoritative and definitive guidance in key areas of econometrics. With definitive contributions on the subject, the Handbook is an essential source of reference for professional econometricians, economists, researchers and students ...

Byzantine dress

representation of secular dress in eighth-to twelfth-century painting

In Byzantium, two overlapping systems of dress existed: a semiotic one whereby dress was a code for rank and wealth, and a fashion system where dress was based on the desire to look a certain way. Courtiers participated in a semiotic system of dress, but ...

50 years a keynesian an other essays

In the title essay of this classic collection, the author reviews retrospectively his developing ideas on theory and policy since he first encountered Keynes's writings in 1950. The essays in section one are concerned with Keynes now, specifically the coming back into favour of ...

The council of ministers

The Council of Ministers lies at the fulcrum of decision-making in the European Union. It is a key legislative institution, an executive institution in important policy areas, and a forum through which politicians and policy-makers from the member states address shared challenges and develop collective ...

Global stock markets and portfolio management

This book presents the latest empirical findings on stock markets in a number of emerging markets, including Latin America, Asia, Eastern Europe and Middle East and North Africa. In each case the authors employ the latest techniques to assess the response of emerging markets stocks ...

Stalin's terror revisited

In this ground-breaking collection of essays by an international team of leading experts in the field, a detailed examination is provided of three under-researched aspects of Soviet political repression in the 1930s: case studies of regional and sectoral dimensions of the purges, 'victim studies' of ...

The handbook of logistics contracts

a practical guide to a growing field

The third-party logistics industry is a growing field. Relationships between third-party logistics providers and customer firms demand the creation of logistics contract, where the necessary business and legal agreements are stipulated. Until now, the creation and negotiation of these agreements have been based on custom ...

Eternal Iran

continuty and chaos

From pillar of stability to rogue state, Iran's politics have been a centre of world attention and concern. With a glorious history as an empire, ethnically diverse population, and youthful inhabitants, the country has and will continue to play a critical role as a ...

Post-revolutionary Europe

1815-1856

Martyn Lyons re-assesses European history between the fall of Napoleon and the Crimean War. Instead of seeing the period in traditional terms of Restoration and Reaction, this fresh account emphasizes the problems of remembering and forgetting the recent revolutionary and Napoleonic past, and of either ...

Greed and corporate failure

the lessons from recent disasters

Shareholders have lost vast amounts of money as a result of corruption and collapse of well known companies. Why did auditors and regulators fail to spot what was going to happen? These cases and stories together reveal many commonalities behind the disasters. The book explains ...

The Re-emergence of global finance

Gary Burn examines how in 1950s London, City bankers invented a new form of money and escaped offshore, beyond the jurisdiction of monetary authority. This most momentous financial innovation since the bank note, paved the way for globalization. It was a first shot in the ...

Innovations in health care

a reality check

"Innovations in Health Care" is the fourth title in an ongoing series from the biennial conference, "Organizational Behaviour in Health Care". It compiles case examples of innovations within complex healthcare settings that are working, providing some credible and valuable examples of what can be and ...

The evolution of creditary structures and controls

Money is negotiable debts. Monetarist principles have to date largely ignored the supply of new credit and trade credit. High interest rates cause inflation, stagflation and unemployment, but never cure. The author argues that governments use faulty methods for regulating credit and argues the use ...

The perverse economy

the impact of markets on people and the environment

The purpose of this book is to call for a wholesale rethinking of the way that markets treat both the labour and natural resources on which we all depend. It reveals how economic analysis justifies self-defeating policies that encourage wanton use of the environment and ...

International organization

theories and institutions

This book is an introduction to the study of international organizations in the field of International Relations directed toward students in the discipline. It looks at the different ways in which IOs are studied and then applies these different modes of study to a variety ...

The making of the modern state

a theoretical evolution

Nelson provides a historical overview of the theoretical and ideological evolution of the modern state, from pre-state and pre-modern state formations to the present. Major themes and key thinkers are treated in some depth and specificity. At the same time, structural changes, both socio-economic and ...