Municipalities and finance

a sourcebook for capacity building

Monetary theory

Computational intelligence in economics and finance

Due to the ability to handle specific characteristics of economics and finance forecasting problems like e.g. non-linear relationships, behavioral changes, or knowledge- based domain segmentation, we have recently witnessed a phenomenal growth of the application of computational intelligence methodologies in this field. In this ...

L'incertitude dans les theories economiques

Reconnaître l¿importance de l¿incertitude met profondément en question l¿analyse économique. Les premiers économistes à s¿emparer de ce thème, Knight et Keynes, ont lancé le débat. Dans certaines situations, l¿ incertitude peut être traitée par les probabilités : on parle alors de risque ...

The economic structure of intellectual property law

This book takes a fresh look at the most dynamic area of American law today, comprising the fields of copyright, patent, trademark, trade secrecy, publicity rights, and misappropriation. It demonstrates the fundamental economic rationality of intellectual property law, but is sympathetic to critics who believe ...

Just exchange

a theory of contract

F. H. Buckley's new book fills a prominent hole in the literature, explaining economic terms and jargon with welcome clarity and examining the moral basis of free contracting, as well as those cases where bargaining rights might reasonably be restricted. Along the way the ...

The flawed foundations of General Equilibrium

critical essays on economic theory

This book, as the title suggests, explains how General equilibrium, the dominant conceptual framework in mainstream economics, describes a perfectly impossible world. Even with its counterfactual assumptions taken for granted, it fails on many levels. Under the impressive editorship of Ackerman and Nadal, this book ...

Knowledge and competitive advantage

the coevolution of firms, technology and national institutions

Deberes para un gobierno

(Revista Cuadernos de Información Económica, Nº178, año 2004)

Défendre la sécu repenser la santé

Conciliar trabajo y familia

un reto para el siglo XXI

New perspectives on economic crime

Edited by Hans Sjögren and Göran Skogh Economic crime is, by definition, crime committed to gain profit within an otherwise legitimate business. Examples are illegal pollution, brand name infringement and tax evasion. The victims of such crimes may be private citizens, businesses and the state ...

Data envelopment analysis

theory and techniques for economics and operation research

Using the neo-classical theory of production economics as the analytical framework, this book provides a unified and easily comprehensible, yet fairly rigorous, exposition of the core literature on data envelopment analysis (DEA) for readers based.in different disciplines INDICE 1. Introduction and overview; 2. Productivity ...

Entrepreneurship

a new perspective

Discapacidad y mercado de trabajo

Taking sides

clashing views on controversial economic issues

This debate-style reader is designed to introduce students to controversies in economics. The Taking Sides series actively develops critical thinking skills by requiring students to analyze opposing viewpoints and reach considered judgements. Adopters can use the student Web site Dushkin Online (www.dushkin.com/online ...

Federalism and labour market policy

comparing different governance and employment strategies

The company of strangers

a natural history of economic life

Human beings are the only species in nature to have developed an elaborate division of labor between strangers. Even something as simple as buying a shirt depends on an astonishing web of interaction and organization that spans the world. But unlike that other uniquely human ...

Mujer y desarrollo en el siglo XXI

voces para la igualdad

Auctions

theory and practice

Governments use them to sell everything from oilfields to pollution permits, and to privatize companies; consumers rely on them to buy baseball tickets and hotel rooms, and economic theorists employ them to explain booms and busts. Auctions make up many of the world's most ...