Rethinking the welfare state

the political economy of pension reform

Institutions, innovatio and growth

selected economic papers

Knowledge, inequality and growth in the new economy

During the past two centuries, major technological breakthroughs such as the steam engine and electricity have acted as the catalysts for growth and have resulted in a marked increase in material well-being. The dominant modern technology - information and communication technology (ICT) - does not seem to ...

Competition, monopoly and corporate governance

essays in honour of Keith Cowling

INDICE -Internationalisation, trans-nationalism and technical change: coordination and hierarchy in the Japanese firm - the strategic decision making approach vs Aioi, Dan Coffey and Philip R. Tomlinson -Multinationals and labour - evidence from the international acquisition of UK firms, Martin J. Conyon et al -Financial constraints on ...

Money markets and politics

a study of european financial integration and monetary policy options

The dramatic evolution of financial markets in the 1980s and 1990s, accompanied by increasing institutional integration between nations (most notably in the EU), have fostered a widespread belief that governments - particularly those of small economies - have essentially lost the power to pursue sovereign, independent economic ...

The structural foundations of international finance

problems of growth and stability

The principal message of this book is that international financial enterprises must be re-oriented towards funding productive activities rather than potentially destabilizing speculation. The effects of financial sector operations are addressed with serious warnings that the dangers of speculative destabilization are increasing as regulatory and ...

New thinking in macroeconomics

social, institutional, and environmental perspectives

Presenting new and innovate perspectives on macroeconomics at the national and international levels, the editors bring together contributions on a wide range of topics incluideng: current issues of globalization; transitional economies; inequality; unemployment; national and international debt; and the relationship of macrieconomic policies to the ...

Who's who in economics

This biographical dictionary of major economists provides an extensive and authoritative guide to economists both past and present who have made a substantial contribution to the subject, giving biographical, bibliographical and critical information. INDICE General associations, institutions, publishers journals geographic who's who in economics.

A general theory of entrepreneurship

the individual-opportunity nexus

In this volume, Scott Shane extends the analysis of entrepreneurship by offering an overarching conceptual framework that explains the different parts of the entrepreneurial process - the opportunities, the people who pursue them, the skills and strategies used to organize and exploit opportunities, and the environmental ...

Austrian economics and the political economy of freedom

Richard M. Ebeling is one of the most dedicated and competent scholars engaged in research on the life and work of Ludwig von Mises. Professor Ebeling#s work on different aspects of Austrian economics is thorough and enlightening. The publication of this collection of his ...

The evolutionary analysis of economic policy

#This study is a pioneering effort to attempt to integrate evolutionary and economic theory in order to have a better understanding of the way in which political, economic and social systems evolve over time. The result is an exciting series of essays exploring the various ...

Technological systems and intersectoral innovation flows

The authors of this notable book examine long-run technological change and the complex set of interrelated phenomena which can be grouped under the heading of #innovative processes#. They refer to a broad notion of the technological system and propose an original methodology to ensure consistent ...

Asset princing theory and tests

For this two-volumen collection the editor has selected some of the most influential articles wich have been published on the topic of asset pricig since the 1970

Financial forecasting

These volumes invstigate varius aspects of financial forecasting incluiding the forecasting of earnings, bakruptcy, stock prices, interest rates, exchange rates and risk.

Venture capital

The editors are well placed, given their on substantial work on the subject, to produce an authoritative collection of articles on venture capital. They have assembled all of the influential articles on venture capital in an accessible and well structured set of three volumes. Quite ...

The economics of business enterprise

an introduction to economic organisation and the theory of the firm

The principal agent model

the economic theory of incentives

The economics of asymmetric inormation has been the most important new tool of economic analysis and has proved powerful in explaining many aspects of the functioning of the economy.

The ecological economics of biodiversity

methods and policy applications

Risk and uncertainty in environmental and natural resource economics

This work explores some of the complexities of decision-making under risk and uncertainty in environmental and natural resource economics. Risk and uncertainty are inherent problems for economists, and the authors in this volume offer numerous challenges and opportunities to improve the tools we use to ...

Does environmental policy work?

the theory and practice of outcomes assessment

At the beginning of the 21st century, a growing struggle has arisen between those who would like to repeal existing environmental policy and those who would like to see greater environmental protection. On both sides, however, many of the arguments remain grounded in ideology. This ...