Internet publishing and beyond

the economics of digital information and intellectual property

Transition and economics

politics, markets, and firms

The transition from socialism to capitalism in former socialist economies is one of the main economic events of the twentieth century. Not only does it affect the lives of approximately 1.65 billion people, but it is contributing to a shift in emphasis in economics ...

Taxation, wealth, and saving

The papers in this volume reflect David Bradford's dual experience as a theoretical economist and as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the United States Treasury for Tax Policy and Director of the Treasury's Office of Tax Analysis. While at the Treasury, Bradford was involved ...

Energies

an illustrated guide to the biosphere and civilization

This text begins with the premise that energy is the only universal currency. One of its many forms must be transformed into another in order for stars to shine, planets to rotate, living things to grow, and civilizations to evolve. Recognition of this universality was ...

Complex economic dynamics

Vol.II: an introduction to macroeconomic dynamics

Richard H. Day was one of the first economists to recognize the importance of complex dynamics, or chaos theory, to economics. He can justly be described as one of the originators of the now extensive economic literature on chaos.The two volumes of Complex Economic ...

The theory of money and financial institutions

Volume 2

This is the second volume in a three-volume exposition of Martin Shubik's vision of "mathematical institutional economics"--a term he coined in 1959 to describe the theoretical underpinnings needed for the construction of an economic dynamics. The goal is to develop a process- oriented ...

From tellers to sellers.

Changing employment relations in banks..

Frontiers in health policy research.

Volume 2..

The road winds uphill all the way.

Gender, work, and family in the United States and Japan..

Tax policy and the economy.

Dynamic macroeconomics

instability, fluctuations and growth in monetary economies

Dynamic Macroeconomics is an attempt to revitalize the traditions of nonmarket clearing approaches to macroeconomics. Using sophisticated tools from dynamic analysis, the authors introduce a consistent, integrated framework for disequilibrium macroeconomic dynamics and explore its relationship to the competing--and currently dominant--equilibrium dynamics.The book is ...

Endogenous growth theory

Aghion and Howitt is a real breakthrough in growth economics. This book has profound implications and should be read by anyone who is serious about studying economic growth" -- Nicholas Crafts, Department of Economic History, London School of Economics and Political Science Advanced economies have experienced ...

Frontiers in Health Policy Research.

Vol. I..

Global governance

drawing insights from the environmental experience

Ed. Oran R. Young. Much of our experience with innovative approaches to governance at the international level involves natural resources and the environment. Whereas the Cold War bred a concern with the preservation of existing institutions, the emerging environmental agenda has prompted an awareness of ...

Macroeconomics

Robert Barro's Macroeconomics has become the classic textbook presentation of the equilibrium approach to macroeconomics. In its first four editions, this book has shown undergraduates how market-clearing models with strong microeconomic foundations can be used to understand real-world phenomena and to evaluate alternative macroeconomic ...

Industrial organization.

Theory and applications..

Employment relations in a changing world economy.

A course in game theory

A Course in Game Theory presents the main ideas of game theory at a level suitable for graduate students and advanced undergraduates, emphasizing the theory's foundations and interpretations of its basic concepts. The authors provide precise definitions and full proofs of results, sacrificing generalities ...

EAST-WEST MIGRATION.

The Alternatives. Por R.Layard, O.Blanchard, R.Dornbusch y P.Krugman..

Whither socialism?

The rapid collapse of socialism has raised new economic policy questions and revived old theoretical issues. In this book, Joseph Stiglitz explains how the neoclassical model not only may have provided an inadequate framework for understanding market economies but may have wrongly encouraged the belief ...