This book provides a comprehensive description of the state-of-the-art in modelling global and national economies. It introduces the long-run structural approach to modelling that can be readily adopted for use in understanding how economies work, and in generating forecasts for decision- and policy-makers. The book contains a thorough description of recent developments in macroeconomics and econometrics.

The Posthomerica of Quintus of Smyrna is the only surviving Greek epic that gives a full narrative of the Trojan War between the Iliad and the Odyssey. Book V covers the contest between Ajax and Odysseus over the armour of Achilles, leading to Ajax' madness, suicide and funeral. The book gives balanced treatment to matters of text, language, literary qualities and sources. An introduction discusses the poem's main features. The commentary is punctuated by introductions to sections. There are indexes of subjects, ancient and mediaeval literature and Greek words. The work's major areas...

A noted mechanical engineer has gone missing in Granton City, as has a professor with a past live as an inventor of miraculous machines. That puts The Black Wolf on the case. The Wolf is a vigilante with a pair of Colt .45s, and the attitude that the cops in 1920s' Granton City can too easily be bought, so he has appointed himself himself sheriff, judge, jury and at times executioner. But can even a bad attitude and a loaded gun solve the newest mystery before the world is threatened by a diabolical menace? To find out you will have to read The Black Wolf #1 - Metal Monsters of Doom, the...

A work crew unknowingly unearths a long forgotten chamber beneath the streets of Granton City discovering an ancient relic and setting in motion a series of bizarre events. The Black Wolf rushes to protect his city but finds his foes this time seem immune to his efforts, even his favored Colt .45s seem useless as the evil spreads death throughout the city. Desperately seeking some way to fight the malevolent force The Black Wolf learns the City's and mankind's future may lie with a mystical sword and a young man not yet fully trained in wielding the great weapon. Can the Black Wolf accept...

What if someone came along and offered you a chance to take the road less traveled? A chance to live a dream? That was the case for Neil Baxter, Zach Thomas and Tony Merello in TRIO Book One. A strange man showed up one day and offered them exactly that, a chance to help and begin anew on a strange world where magic thrives and all creatures of myth and magic do exist. The adventure continues in Book Three 'Ascension' as Neil, now crowned King with Tasha as his Queen has begun a new era of the monarchy on the world of Avalon. In the six months that have passed since the destruction of the...

This book provides a comprehensive description of the state-of-the-art in modelling global and national economies. It introduces the long-run structural approach to modelling that can be readily adopted for use in understanding how economies work, and in generating forecasts for decision- and policy-makers. The book contains a thorough description of recent developments in macroeconomics and econometrics, which should be of interest to advanced students and researchers, but is also written to be accessible and helpful to practitioners in government and the private sector. The long-run...