Modelling and Decisions in Economics: Essays in Honor of Franz Ferschl

ISBN-13: 9783790812190 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 298 str.

U. Leopold-Wildburger; G. Feichtinger; K. -P Kistner

Opis

The relationships and interconnectivities between decisions and models from different economic fields lead to a better understanding of the modern field of operations research. The book focuses on modelling as an activity rather than on techniques and programming.

Spis treści

Decision Theory: Wilhelm Krelle: Some Ideas on Economics and Ethics; Christoph Schneeweiß: Ethics and Operations Research; Georg C. Pflug: How to Measure Risk?; Lutz Beinsen: On the Question of Speculation in Favour of or Against the Euro Before Its Start; Hans Schneeweiß: Resolving the Ellsberg Paradox by Assuming that People Evaluate Repetitive Sampling.- Statistics and Econometrics: Shuangzhe Liu, Wolfgang Polasek: Maximum Likelihood Estimation for the VAR-VARCH Model: A New Approach; Gerhart Bruckmann: A Note on the Herfindahl Index of Concentration; Helmut Beran: A Generalization and Optimization of a Measure of Diversity; Harald Schmidbauer, Angi Rösch: A Subjective Bayes Approach to the Queueing SystemM/Ek/c; Carola Kratzer, Ulrike Leopold-Wildburger: Cooperation as the Stimulating Power for the Austrian Automobile Industry - Results of an Empirical Study.- Operations Research: Klaus-Peter Kistner: Lot Sizing and Queuing Models. Some Remarks on KARMARKAR'S Model; Karl Indefurth, Thomas Jensen: Analysis of MRP Policies with Recovery Options; Martin J. Beckmann: Bidding for Research Funds; Günter Fandel, Michael Lorth: Separate versus Joint Inventories when Customer Demands are Stochastic; Reinhard Neck: Optimal Macroeconomic Policies with and without the Monetary Instrument; Gustav Feichtinger: Dynamic Economic Models of Optimal Law Enforcement.

O autorze

Univ. Prof. Dr. Ulrike Leopold-Wildburger, Universitätsprofessor für Wirtschaftsmathematik und Operations Research. Verfasserin zahlreicher Bücher und Artikel in Fachzeitschriften, mehrere best paper und research awards.