Energy at the crossroads

global perspectives and uncertainties

In Energy at the Crossroads Vaclav Smil considers the twenty-first century?s crucial question: how to reconcile the modern world?s unceasing demand for energy with the absolute necessity to preserve the integrity of the biosphere. With this book he offers a comprehensive, accessible guide ...

Analytical development economics

the less developed economy revisited

Evolutionary dynamics and extensive form games

Evolutionary game theory attempts to predict individual behavior (whether of humans or other species) when interactions between individuals are modeled as a noncooperative game. Most dynamic analyses of evolutionary games are based on their normal forms, despite the fact that many interesting games are specified ...

Decisions, uncertainty, and the brain

the science of neuroeconomics

In this provocative book, Paul Glimcher argues that economic theory may provide an alternative to the classical Cartesian model of the brain and behavior. René #escartes (1596-1650) believed that all behaviors could be divided into two categories, the simple and the complex. Simple behaviors were ...

The economic od the World Trading System

World trade is governed by the rules of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the successor to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). The WTO sets rules of conduct for the international trade of goods and services and for intellectual property rights, provides a ...

Fair division and collective welfare

The concept of fair division is as old as civil society itself. Aristotle's "equal treatment of equals" was the first step toward a formal definition of distributive fairness. The concept of collective welfare, more than two centuries old, is a pillar of modern economic ...

Capital flows and crises

Workflow management

models, methods, and systems

This book offers a comprehensive introduction to workflow management, the management of business processes with information technology. By defining, analyzing, and redesigning an organization's resources and operations, workflow management systems ensure that the right information reaches the right person or computer application at the ...

Environmental impacts of globalization and trade

a systems study

The relationship between trade and the environment has become an increasingly contentious issue between economists and environmentalists. Economists maintain that trade helps the natural environment because rich countries can better afford to protect their unspoiled areas. Environmentalists counter that the pursuit of national wealth drives ...

Econometric analysis of cross section and panel data

This text provides a rigorous treatment of contemporary methods used in microeconometric research. The book makes clear that applied microeconometrics is about the estimation of marginal and treatment effects, and that parametric estimation is simply a means to this end. It also clarifies the distinction ...

Markets for technology

the economics of innovation and corporate strategy.

Financial structure and economic growth

a cross-country comparison of banks, markets, and development

The effects of competition

cartel policy and the evolution of strategy and structure in british industry

Political economics

explaning economic policy

Innovation policy and the economy

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Tax policy and the economy. Vol. 16.

American economic policy in the 1990s

Macroeconomics Annual 2001

The NBER Macroeconomics Annual presents, extends, and applies pioneering work in macroeconomics and stimulates work by macroeconomists on important policy issues. Each paper in the is followed by comments and discussion.

Too sensational

on the choice of exchange rates regimes

In this volume, W. Max Corden presents a systematic and accessible overview of the choice of exchange rate regimes. Reviewing many types of regimes, he shows how the choice of an exchange rate regime is related to both fiscal policy and trade policy. Building on ...

Designing financial systems in transition economies

strategies for reform in Central and Eastern Europe

This collection examines the design of financial systems for central and eastern European countries engaged in the transition to market-based economies. It highlights the need for better approaches to measuring performance and providing incentives in banking and for financial mechanisms to encourage private-sector growth. Written ...