A survey of the new theories of inflation that have developed over the past two decades in response to the inflationary pressures experienced by Western countries examines the shifting debate from explaining inflation as a "causal" process to explaining its increase as a result of constantly changing expectations.

Runaway religious were monks, canons and friars who had taken vows of religion and who, with benefit of neither permission nor dispensation and for myriad reasons, fled their monasteries and returned to a life in the world, usually replacing the religious habit with lay clothes. Not only the normal tugs of the world drew them away: other less obvious yet equally human motives, such as boredom, led to a return to the world. The church pursued them with her severest penalty, excommunication, in the express hope that penalties would lead to the return of the straying sheep. This book is the...

Professor Arnold is a prolific and versatile mathematician who has done striking work in differential equations and geometrical aspects of analysis.

James Friedman provides a thorough survey of oligopoly theory using numerical examples and careful verbal explanations to make the ideas clear and accessible.

This book presents the major themes of the economic literature on natural resources and the environment.

Capital theory and dynamics are cornerstones for almost every branch of economics.

Labor Supply is a survey of and critical guide to recent theoretical and empirical work on labor supply models, both static and dynamic.

Social experimentation is a tool that enables economists and policy makers to test proposed economic policies in the real world.

Considered the cutting edge of microeconomic theory in the 1970s, natural monopoly research remains an active and fertile field.

This study aims to identify and describe the principle economic issues associated with individual and population ageing.