Trade liberalization and trade preferences

Trade liberalization is arguably a major issue in the conduct of commercial policy. As a component of it, the relationship between universal, multilateral trade liberalization and the conclusion of preferential trade agreements # that is, a process of liberalization which discriminates between trading partners # has been ...

Chicago fundamentalism

ideology and methodology in economics

Information technology investment

decision-making methodology

From the individual to the largest organization, everyone today has to make investments in information technology. Making a good investment that will best satisfy all the necessary decision criteria requires a careful and inclusive analysis. Information Technology Investment: Decision-Making Methodology is a textbook that will ...

Chinese stock markets

a research handbook

The exponential growth of China's stock markets in the past decade has attracted global attention from academics and practitioners. The practitioner's interest in Chinese markets stems from corporations; investors and financial institutions foresee substantial benefits from investing in China in the long run ...

Asset pricing

Vol. 1-Frontiers of real estate finance

Real estate finance is a fast-developing area where top quality research is in great demand. In the US, the real estate market is worth about US$4 trillion, and the REITs market about US$200 billion; tens of thousands of real estate professionals are working ...

Statistical methods of analysis

This textbook systematically presents fundamental methods of statistical analysis: from probability and statistical distributions, through basic concepts of statistical inference, to a collection of methods of analysis useful for scientific research. It is rich in tables, diagrams, and examples, in addition to theoretical justification of ...

The making of economics

.Vol. I: The foundation

The Ethics of Adam Smith and for Economic Systems The Feudal Order The Slow Evolution of the Market Economy Isaac Newton and the Economics Paradigm Adam Smith and the Market Economy The Industrial Revolution: Caught Between Hedonism (Bentham) and the Clerical View (Malthus) David Ricardo ...

Quantitative analysis in financial markets

finance theory and asset-allocation arbitrage pricing and derivatives term-structure models algorithms for pricing and hedging

Fuzzy sets in management, economics and marketing

Trade agreements and financial services

Trade Agreements and Financial Services examines the cross-border agreements that have historically been focused on the trade of merchandise goods. Increasingly, emphasis is being placed on the provision of cross-border services. Notable among these are financial services. There is a clear link between economic development ...

Intermediate macroeconomics

a statitical approach

A brief history of economics

artful approaches to the dismal science

"A Brief History of Economics" illustrates how the ideas of the great economists not only influenced societies but were themselves shaped by their cultural milieu. Understanding the economists' visions - lucidly and vividly unveiled by Canterbery -allows readers to place economics within a broader community of ...

Global finance and financial markets

a modern introduction

Multinational corporations in political environments

ethics, values and strategies

World consumption economics