Merger remedies in American and European Union competition law

This volume presents a comparative analysis of merger remedies in the EU and USA, motivated by the fact that a growing number of mergers are being scrutinized and reviewed under both jurisdictions. Merger remedies on either side of the Atlantic play an increasingly important role ...

Constitutional political economy

By bringing, from a variety of divese and broadly scattered sources, papers and chapters on constitutional political economy, Stefan Voigt has not only redered a greata service to scholars working on the subject, he has at the same time documented how the issues though varied ...

The legacy of Thorstein Veblen

The thoughtful anthology on studies of Veblen is most timely in an era when profits no longer have much to do with productivity and conspicuous than ever. America's greatest social scientist dealt with emotions that continue to plague us - competitive revilry, desire, envy, emulation.

Currency crises

a theoretical and empirical perspective

This volume asserts that models concerning the outbreak and the propagation of currency crises share many similarities and may therefore be studied together. Theoretical developments in the currency crises literature lead to three distinct types of models. The authors focus on these first, second and ...

Innovation and the growth of cities

This new and original book by Zoltan Acs, now available in paperback, explores the relationship between industrial innovation and economic growth at the regional level, and reaches conclusions as to why some regions grow but others decline. While the analysis draws on industrial organization, labor ...

An encyclopedia of macroeconomics

The Encyclopedia of Macroeconomics is an authoritative and invaluable reference source on macroeconomics, which embraces definitions of terms and concepts, conflicting ideological approaches and the contributions of major thinkers. Comprehensive in scope, it contains over 300 short entries and more than 100 specially commissioned main ...

Economic and monetary union in Europe

theory, evidence and practice

The introduction of a single currency within the European Union in its present form is without precedent in world history and will have far- reaching consequences for the future prosperity of the continent. Economic and Monetary Union in Europe brings together contributions from leading specialists ...

Handbook of international banking

The Handbook of International Banking provides a clearly accessible source of reference material, covering the main developments that reveal how the internationalization and globalization of banking have developed over recent decades to the present, and analyses the creation of a new global financial architecture. The ...

The economics of social policy

This unique book demonstrates how instruments of economics can be usefully employed to analyse social policy. The merits and limits of social policy programmes are discussed as answers to problems of market societies. Taking this enlightened approach the author addresses such key issues as access ...

The Elgar companion to post Keynesian economics

In this definitive volume, over 80 distinguished contributors from four continents provide authoritative critical discussion of the principal areas of controversy in post Keynesian economics, including all significant issues in methodology, economic theory, applied economics and policy.

Market dominance and antitrust policy

Market dominance # encompassing single firm dominance, overt and tacit collusion, mergers and vertical restraints # raises many complex analytical and policy issues, all of which continue to be the subject of theoretical research and policy reform. This second edition of a popular and comprehensive text extends ...

Urban and regional prosperity in a globalised new economy

There is currently a popular view that the world is undergoing profound changes in the fundamental relationships upon which it is organised. In particular, there is widespread talk of a #globalised# economy, facilitated by and associated with #new# technologies and practices. There is a further ...

The nature of economic growth

an alternative framework for understanding the performance of nations

This text charts development economics as it evolved from Adam Smith to new or endogenous growth theory. Thirlwall is critical of the latter, and its predecessor neo-classical growth theory, and tries to put back demand as a driving force in growth theory.

The challenges to Trade Unions in Europe

innovation or adaptation

Institutions and trade policy

Modelling income distribution

Post Keynesian econometrics, microeconomics and the theory of the firm

Vilfredo Pareto and the birth of modern microeconomics

Valuing cultural heritage

applying environmental valuation techniques to historic buildings, monuments, and artifacts

Markets, planning, and democracy

Essays after the collapse of Communism