Análisis de datos con R en estudios internacionales

La gestión de datos de tipo cuantitativo es cada vez más importante en las Ciencias Sociales. Este libro muestra cómo tratar datos mediante el programa RStudio, a través de ejemplos del ámbito de los estudios internacionales y la Ciencia Política. Incluye una iniciación básica al ...

Traducción económica e investigación en España

Estudio bibliométrico

La traducción económica es una actividad profesional solicitada con frecuencia en España y en el extranjero. Ello ha dado pie no solo a que los centros de formación pongan énfasis en la enseñanza de este tipo de traducción, sino también a que los investigadores se ...

Uberland

how algorithms are rewriting the rules of work

Silicon Valley technology is transforming the way we work, and Uber is leading the charge. An American startup that promised to deliver entrepreneurship for the masses through its technology, Uber instead built a new template for employment using algorithms and Internet platforms. Upending our understanding ...

How much inequality is fair?

mathematical principles of a moral, optimal, and stable capitalist society

Many in the United States feel that the nation’s current level of economic inequality is unfair and that capitalism is not working for 90% of the population. Yet some inequality is inevitable. The question is: What level of inequality is fair? Mainstream economics has ...

Reproducible econometrics using R

Across the social sciences there has been increasing focus on reproducibility, i.e., the ability to examine a study's data and methods to ensure accuracy by reproducing the study. Reproducible Econometrics Using R combines an overview of key issues and methods with an introduction ...

Econometría de datos de panel

teoría y práctica

El objetivo de este libro es la presentación de las técnicas econométricas avanzadas y su tratamiento con las herramientas más adecuadas de cálculo automatizado. Se utilizan los paquetes de software EVIEWS, STATA, SAS y SPSS para abordar de modo sencillo el trabajo econométrico. El primer ...

Panel data econometrics

common factor analysis for empirical researchers

In the last 20 years, econometric theory on panel data has developed rapidly, particularly for analyzing common behaviors among individuals over time. Meanwhile, the statistical methods employed by applied researchers have not kept up-to-date. This book attempts to fill in this gap by teaching researchers ...

Big Data and machine learning in quantitative investment

'Big Data and Machine Learning in Quantitative Investment' is not just about demonstrating the maths or the coding. Instead, it's a book by practitioners for practitioners, covering the questions of why and how of applying machine learning and big data to quantitative finance. The ...

#MakeoverMonday

improving how we visualize and analyze data, one chart at a time

Explore different perspectives and approaches to create more effective visualizations #MakeoverMonday offers inspiration and a giant dose of perspective for those who communicate data. Originally a small project in the data visualization community, #MakeoverMonday features a weekly chart or graph and a dataset that community ...

Quantitative financial risk management

Our modern economy depends on financial markets. Yet financial markets continue to grow in size and complexity. As a result, the management of financial risk has never been more important. This book introduces students and risk professionals to financial risk management with an emphasis on ...

Allocation in networks

A comprehensive overview of networks and economic design, presenting models and results drawn from economics, operations research, and computer science; with examples and exercises.This book explores networks and economic design, focusing on the role played by allocation rules (revenue and cost-sharing schemes) in creating ...

Cost-benefit analysis

This Element on cost-benefit analysis provides a summary of recent theoretical and empirical developments and summarizes state-of-the-art stated-preference and revealed-preference valuation methods. The Element discusses how to assess small (or marginal) as well as large (or non-marginal) projects that have a significant impact on prices ...

An introduction to econometric theory

This volume offers a guide mathematics that underlie econometric methods and includes a detailed study of matrix algebra and distribution theory. Designed to be an accessible resource, the text explains in clear language why things are being done, and how previous material informs a current ...

Applied economic forecasting using time series methods

Economic forecasting is a key ingredient of decision making both in the public and in the private sector. Because economic outcomes are the result of a vast, complex, dynamic and stochastic system, forecasting is very difficult and forecast errors are unavoidable. Because forecast precision and ...

Health econometrics

Recent years have witnessed a dramatic surge in applied econometric work in health economics, enhanced by the availability of large micro and macro data sets as well as the rapid development of new techniques and tools in econometrics. Health economics is an important and challenging ...

Random sets in econometrics

Random set theory is a fascinating branch of mathematics that amalgamates techniques from topology, convex geometry, and probability theory. Social scientists routinely conduct empirical work with data and modelling assumptions that reveal a set to which the parameter of interest belongs, but not its exact ...

The tyranny of metrics

How the obsession with quantifying human performance threatens our schools, medical care, businesses, and government Today, organizations of all kinds are ruled by the belief that the path to success is quantifying human performance, publicizing the results, and dividing up the rewards based on the ...

Análisis cuantitiativo

técnicas para describir y explicar en Ciencias Sociales

Vivimos en un mundo en el que analizar datos es cada vez más importante. Este manual te enseña cómo hacerlo, qué análisis escoger en cada caso, y por qué. Se diferencia de otros trabajos en su vocación aplicada y práctica: ¿cuáles son las aplicaciones más ...

Mathematical models in population biology and epidemiology

Mathematical Models in Population Biology and Epidemiology This book is an introduction to the principles and practice of mathematical modeling in the biological sciences, concentrating on applications in population biology, epidemiology, and resource management. The core of the book covers models in these areas and ...

Stochastic methods in asset pricing

This book presents a self-contained, comprehensive, and yet concise and condensed overview of the theory and methods of probability, integration, stochastic processes, optimal control, and their connections to the principles of asset pricing. The book is broader in scope than other introductory-level graduate texts on ...