Croissance et richesse des nations

A l'heure où l'on s'interroge sur le sens de la croissance, cet ouvrage entreprend une lecture à la fois historique et comparée des modalités de la croissance et de l'accumulation dans les pays développés. L'approche est institutionnaliste. Elle suit les ...

Lecturas sobre crecimiento económico

#¿Hay alguna medida que un gobierno de la India pueda tomar para que la economía de ese país crezca como la de Indonesia o la de Egipto? Si la hay, ¿cuál es exactamente? Si no, ¿qué hay en #la naturaleza de la India# que hace ...

Handbook of economic growth

"The Handbooks in Economics" series continues to provide the various branches of economics with handbooks, which are definitive reference sources, suitable for use by professional researchers, advanced graduate students, or by those seeking a teaching supplement. "The Handbook of Economic Growth", edited by Philippe Aghion ...

Otro siglo perdido

las políticas de desarrollo en América Latina (1930-2005)

En ésta obra póstuma, el autor hace un análisis moderno de la región latinoamericana desde el punto de vista de la economía del desarrollo; "no es un libro para economistas de altos vuelos, que se interesan sólo en las etapas de posgrado, con grandes refinamientos ...

Monetary Union

the European Union as a neo-liberal construction

This volume presents a radical reinterpretation of the European Community or Union as a neo-liberal construction. It was neo- liberal rather than classically liberal because it was designed and used as an external instrument to weaken the interventionist welfare state that protected working people and ...

A course in monetary economics

sequential trade, money, and uncertainty

ÍNDICE Introduction Money in the Utility Function More Explicit Models of MoneyMonetary Economics and Public FinanceThe Regulation of Banks and Near MoneysMoney and the Business Cycle: Does Money Matter? Sticky Prices in a Cash-in-Advance ModelFlexible PricesUncertain and Sequential Trade (UST) ModelsA Monetary UST ModelLimited Participation ...

Venture capital, entrepreneurship, and public policy

The existing literature in both public economics and financial economics often fails to consider how appropriate and effective public policy may be in promoting the venture capital industry. Public economics has dealt extensively with the effect of taxes and subsidies but has neglected the unique ...

The economics and management of small business

an international perspective

Despite the seemingly relentless march of the multinationals, small businesses continue to thrive across the globe and form a vital part of all successful economies. The Economics and Management of Small Business provides an international perspective on this important topic, and includes many pedagogical features ...

Technological economy

In this major new collection, leading experts explore the multidisciplinary connections between technology and economy, drawing on new convergences between economic sociology and science and technology studies. Through theoretical and empirical studies, the authors investigate: * economics and economic knowledges as technologies * the economies as socio-technical ...

Federalism and the market

intergovernmental conflict and economic reform in the developing world

This research develops a new comparative model of intergovernmental bargaining to account for variation in the capacity of federations in the developing world to undertake economic policy reform, suggesting that many market reform policies are a function of a constant process of bargaining between national ...

The political economy of Turkey

This book analyses the poliltical and socio-economic problems faced by Turkey in recent decades and the country's gradual integration into the global economy. / Since the 1970s, Turkey has faced some of the most serious crises since the Republic was established in 1923. Social unrest ...

Capital adequacy beyond basel

banking, securities, and insurance

This book is timely since the Bassel Committee on Banking Supervision at the Bank for International Settlements is in the process of making major changes in the capital rules for banks. It is important that capital adequacy regulation helps to achieve financial stability in the ...

The natural advantage of nations

business opportunities, innovation and governance in the 21st century

This book is the definitive and most comprehensive guide to modeling derivatives in C++ today. Providing readers with not only the theory and math behind the models, as well as the fundamental concepts of financial engineering, but also actual robust object-oriented C++ code, this is ...

The dynamic macroeconomic effects of public capital

theory and evidence for OECD countries

This book analyzes the dynamic macroeconomic effects of public capital in industrialized countries. The issue of whether public capital is productive has received a great deal of recent attention. Yet, existing empirical analyses have been limited to a small set of countries. This book presents ...

Issues in monetary, financial and macroeconomic adjustment policies

This volume sheds light on crucial questions in the field of monetary, financial and macroeconomic policy. Consisting of a series of surveys written by leading international economists, it addresses questions such as: What is the role of the financial sector in economic development? Is financial ...

Collective bargaining and wage formation

performance and challenges

This volume considers the development of the wage formation and wage bargaining institutions as a response to changes in the bargaining environment. These changes include a lower level of inflation and the growth in intraindustrial trade as firms have become more specialised. The response to ...

Regional currency areas in financial globalization

a survey of current issues

This book is an up-to-date, authoritative and comprehensive analysis of the key issues and challenges facing regional currency area projects in the context of financial globalization. The authors focus on several central issues that emerged during the experiences of the 1990s and 2000s: exchange rate ...

International monetary policy after the Euro

This fascinating book, a dialogue by leading economists, offers an extensive review of the impact of the introduction of the Euro on the international monetary system. The authors dissect the impact of the euro on living standards in developed and developing countries, the growth of ...

Handbook of Central Banking and financial authorities in Europe

new architectures in the supervision of financial markets

Analyzing ongoing changes in the design of regulatory and supervisory authorities over the banking and financial industry in Europe, this comprehensive Handbook pays particular attention to the role of national central banks, the new financial supervisory authorities and the European Central Bank (ECB). The contributors ...

Labour supply and incentives to work in Europe

Labour Supply and Incentives to Work in Europe highlights recent developments in the labour supply in Europe and gives a detailed assessment of their link with economic policies and labour market institutions. Despite major changes in European labour supply during the past few decades, the ...