Capital flows and crises

The implications of capital mobility for growth and stability are some of the most contentious and least understood contemporary issues in economics. In this book, Barry Eichengreen discusses historical, theoretical, empirical, and policy aspects of the effects, both positive and negative, of capital flows. He ...

Decisions, uncertainty, and the brain

the Science of neuroeconomics

In this provocative book, Paul Glimcher argues that economic theory may provide an alternative to the classical Cartesian model of the brain and behavior. Glimcher argues that Cartesian dualism operates from the false premise that the reflex is able to describe behavior in the real ...

Reinado de Sancho IV (1284-1295)

El presente trabajo va precedido de una breve aproximación histórica, que completará la visión de conjunto y la presencia de la ciudad y su territorio en el cntexto genral del reinado. De gran interés puede resultar para el estudioso, el ídice que se aporta el ...

Market discipline across countries and industries

The effectiveness of market discipline -- the strong built- in incentives that encourage banks and financial systems to operate soundly and efficiently -- commands much attention today, particularly in light of recent accounting scandals. As government discipline, in the form of regulation, seems to grows less effective ...

El médico en la palestra

Diego Mateo Zapata (1664-1745) y la ciencia moderna en España

Investigaciones arqueológicas en Castilla-La Mancha 1996-2002

The venture capital cycle

In The Venture Capital Cycle, Paul Gompers and Josh Lerner correct widespread misperceptions about the nature and role of the venture capitalist and provide an accessible and comprehensive overview of the venture capital industry. Bringing together fifteen years of ground- breaking research into the form ...

The political economy of education

implications for growth and inequality

The dominant role played by the state in the financing, regulation, and provision of primary and secondary education reflects the widely-held belief that education is necessary for personal and societal well-being. The economic organization of education depends on political as well as market mechanisms to ...

A Constitution for the European Union

The leaders of European Union member states have declared that a European constitution should take "a clear, open, effective, democratically controlled Community approach." Their goal -- that within the Union, "European institutions should be brought closer to its citizens" -- raises many questions about implementation. What is ...

Labor market institutions and public regulation

The six studies collected in this CESifo volume analyze the sometimes unpredictable effects of public regulation on the labor market. Examining a wide range of policy interventions -- from subsidized employment to an increased tax on capital -- and using a variety of methodologies to analyze them ...

Honra, agua y pan

un sueño comunista de Cipriano López Crespo (1934-1938)

Ordenación del territorio y desarrollo territorial

el gobierno del territorio en Europa: tradiciones, contextos, culturas y nuevas visiones

El nuevo contexto globalizado supone formidables desafíos para los territorios y sus gentes. Nada es igual que hace un cuarto de siglo. De las viejas «certezas» y «seguridades» hemos pasado a un brumoso inicio de milenio marcado por la incertidumbre y complejidad del presente. Los ...

Matemáticas para la economía y empresa

.Vol.2: Cálculo diferencial: ejercicios y problemas resueltos

Leer en la escuela durante el franquismo

De propios y extraños

la población de Cádiz en el siglo XVIII

Trabajar sobre la ciudad de Cádiz en el siglo XVIII puede parecer, en principio, algo poco innovador y repetitivo si se tiene en cuenta la amplia bibliografía existente. No obstante, no será posible comprender, en toda su inagotable extensión, el Dieciocho gaditano hasta que no ...

The privatization of the oceans

Rich with detail and provocatively argued, this study of the development of property rights in the world's fisheries tells the story of one industry's evolution and provides a useful illustration of the forces that shape economic institutions. The emergence of exclusive individual rights ...

Cómo medir la eficiencia de las empresas públicas autonómicas

un estudio de casos con aplicación a Castilla y León

La economía española en la Unión Europea

(1986-2002)

La economía española en la Unión Europea (1986-2002) ofrece una panorámica general de la integración económica y monetaria de España en la Unión Europea,desde 1986 hasta nuestros días. La adaptación al nuevo entorno competitivo ha exigido profundas reformas en la economía española.Cada uno ...

Matemática financiera

Ejercicios resueltos (1994-1997)

La obra que aquí se presenta incluye un importante conjunto de supuestos y casos prácticos,que fueron propuestos a los alumnos que realizaron sus exámenes durante el período académico que comprende los años 1994-1997. Todos los ejercicios son originales y fueron preparados por los autores ...

Scarcity, conflicts, and cooperation

essays in the political and institutional economics of development

This wide-ranging review of some of the major issues in development economics focuses on the role of economic and political institutions. Drawing on the latest findings in institutional economics and political economy, Pranab Bardhan, a leader in the field of development economics, offers a relatively ...