Evolution and economic complexity

Dedicated to the goal of furthering evolutionary economic analysis, this book provides a coherent scientific approach to deal with the real world of continual change in the economic system. Expansive in its scope, this book ranges from abstract discussions of ontology, analysis and theory to ...

Applied evolutionary economics and complex systems

This book takes up the challenge of developing an empirically based foundation for evolutionary economics built upon complex system theory. The authors argue that modern evolutionary economics is at a crossroads. At a theoretical level, modern evolutionary economics is moving away from the traditional focus ...

Re-examining montery and fiscal policy for the 21st century

This book provides a much-needed re-examination of monetary and fiscal policies, their application in the real world and their potential for macroeconomic policy in the 21st century. It provides a detailed discussion and critique of the #new consensus' in macroeconomics along with the monetary and ...

Contemporary post Keynesian analysis

Original articles by leading scholars of post Keynesian economics make up this authoritative collection. Current topics of the greatest interest are covered, such as: perspectives on current economic policy; post Keynesian approaches to monetary theory and policy; economic development, growth and inflation; Kaleckian perspectives on ...

Central banking in the modern world

alternative perspectives

Monetarism is dead! Central bankers are all Wicksellians now! They target low inflation rates, with no regard to monetary aggregates whatsoever, by acting upon short-term real rates of interest. This is the New Consensus in monetary economics, or simply the New Keynesian Synthesis. Yet, this ...

Region and regionalism in Europe

The last half century has seen the rise across Europe of a new intermediate level of government and politics, usually referred to as a region. However the term 'region' means many different things and can be approached from many different angles - geographical, historical, cultural, social ...

A handbook of comparative social policy

The current context of social policy is one in which many of the old certainties of the past have been eroded. The predominantly inward-looking, domestic preoccupation of social policy has made way for a more integrated, international and outward approach to analysis which looks beyond ...

Social Europe

living standars and welfare states

Social Europe analyses the diverse dynamics of the lives of people across Europe. It is the first quantitative analysis of its kind to make a systematic comparison of life chances across the fifteen countries of the EU. This wide perspective enables the researchers to illustrate ...

Empirical methods in international trade

essays in honor of Mordechai Kreinin

Internationalization of the world economy has made trade a key factor in the growth potential of nearly every nation#s economy. Hence, economists have become increasingly interested in the determinants of international trade and competitiveness. Empirical Methods in International Trade captures the many aspects of ...

Financial intermediation in the New Europe

banks, markets and regulation in EU accession countries

What role will the current evolution of banking systems play in the newly adopted EU countries during the historic challenges following enlargement? This book, a blend of economics and political economy, offers a systematic analysis of the current trends in financial intermediation in the countries ...

Complexity in economics

Complex dynamics in economics arise from nonlinear systems that do not converge to a fixed point, a limit cycle, or explode or implode exponentially due to endogenous factors. They arise from cybernetics, catastrophe theory, chaos theory, or the varieties of modern complexity theory, including models ...

The economics of staging the Olympics

a comparison of the Games 1972-2008

The Olympic Games is a unique event centering global interest on its host city. The financing of the Games has changed dramatically since Munich (1972) and economic interests and effects are increasingly paramount. It is therefore an anomaly that accurate economic analysis and comparison is ...

Recent developments in urban and regional economics

In this authoritative collection, Paul Cheshire and Gilles Duranton have brought together the most significant contributions to regional and urban economics since 1990. The volume presents papers on theoretical and empirical analyses of city structure and systems of cities. It places particular emphasis on the ...

The economic analysis of civil Law

This comprehensive and established book # first published in German # explains the new approach of law and economics to civil law. Written by two of Europe#s leading scholars in the field, it provides a thorough yet accessible economic analysis of tort law, contract law and ...

Media, technology and copyright

integrating law and economics

Media, Technology and Copyright is an interdisciplinary work that applies economic theory to central topical issues in the law of intellectual property. Based on the author's professional experience as a professor, lecturer, and consultant, the volume represents the first full-length consideration of the diverse ...

Economic and monetary union en Europe

theory, evidence and practice

The introduction of a single currency within the European Union is without precedent in world history and will have far-reaching consequences for the future prosperity of the continent. This volume brings together contributions from leading specialists which explain and evaluate the most important implications of ...

The International Handbook of telecommunications economics

.Vol. II: Emerging telecommunications networks

This reference work provides a thorough and up-to-date survey and analysis of recent developments in the economics of telecommunications. The handbooks serve both as a source of reference and technical supplement for the field of telecommunications economics. This reference work provides a thorough and up-to-date ...

Old and new growth theories

an assessment

Since the late 1980s, economic growth has again become a central topic in economic theorising. Recent endogenous growth theory has greatly contributed to the development of the field. "Old and New Growth Theories" analyses the most recent developments in the theory of economic growth and ...

The Theory of economic growth

a "classical" perspective

Reinventing functional finance

transformational growth and full employment

This ambitious study seeks both to revive and to revise the idea of "functional finance". Followers of this doctrine believe that government budgets should concentrate solely on the macroeconomic impact on the economy, rather than reflecting a concern for sound finance and budgetary discipline. "Reinventing ...