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Latin American Economic Crises: Trade and Labour
ISBN: 9780333999356 / Angielski / Twarda / 269 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume examines issues of economic interest faced by Latin America economies in the late Twentieth-century. The fifteen chapters deal with macroeconomic problems, financial crises, the development of trade and trade agreements and labour issues. Of particular interest are the chapters dealing with Argentina, which provide an absorbing background to the financial crisis faced today.
This volume examines issues of economic interest faced by Latin America economies in the late Twentieth-century. The fifteen chapters deal with macroe...
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206,44 |
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Progress Toward Liberalization of the Postal and Delivery Sector
ISBN: 9780387297439 / Angielski / Twarda / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The European Commission and its member states, along with many others, are wrestling with the problem of how to implement the scheduled liberalization of the postal sector while maintaining the universal service obligation. This book addresses some of these concerns. It is comprised of original essays chosen from among several dozen presented at the 13th Conference on Postal and Delivery Economics, which was held in Antwerp, Belgium, in June, 2005. The European Commission and its member states, along with many others, are wrestling with the problem of how to implement the scheduled liberalizat... |
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Aggregation, Efficiency, and Measurement
ISBN: 9780387369488 / Angielski / Twarda / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Economists have long studied the efficiency of firms, industries, and entire economies. This volume brings together leading scholars to make connections between efficiency and a number of diverse areas of current interest to economists, including an examination of the efficiency of tax systems across generations that overlap, and the efficiency of firm mergers that highlights the tradeoff between the synergy of the merger and the problem of managerial oversight in the now larger firm. An empirical look at productivity growth of states uses a tripartite decomposition of labor productivity... Economists have long studied the efficiency of firms, industries, and entire economies. This volume brings together leading scholars to make connec... |
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Measuring Business Cycles in Economic Time Series
ISBN: 9780387951126 / Angielski / Miękka / 190 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. lengths, that could not be captured with univariate linear filters. Exam- ples of research in both directions can be found in Sims (1977), Lahiri and Moore (1991), Stock and Watson (1993), and Hamilton (1994) and (1989). Although the first approach is known to present serious limitations, the new and more sophisticated methods developed in the second approach (most notably, multivariate and nonlinear extensions) are at an early stage, and have proved still unreliable, displaying poor behavior when moving away from the sample period . Despite the fact that business cycle estimation is basic to...
lengths, that could not be captured with univariate linear filters. Exam- ples of research in both directions can be found in Sims (1977), Lahiri and ...
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Microeconomic Analysis
ISBN: 9780393957358 / Angielski / Twarda / 576 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Microeconomic Analysis has been a fixture of graduate programs in economics for fifteen years, providing unique authority, clarity, and breadth of coverage.
Microeconomic Analysis has been a fixture of graduate programs in economics for fifteen years, providing unique authority, clarity, and breadth of cov...
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293,95 |
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Prices and Knowledge: A Market-Process Perspective
ISBN: 9780415068659 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The growth of information economics has lead to a substantial re-consideration of the role of prices. Instead of the conventional neo-classical view of prices as straightforward indicators of scarcity, information economics emphasises that prices can be sources from which agents infer information and means by which they communicate. Prices and Knowledge analyzes different theoretical approaches to the role of prices in situations of imperfect information. It shows that whilst the informational efficiency approach of Grossman and Stiglitz and the bounded rationality theory of Nelson and Simon...
The growth of information economics has lead to a substantial re-consideration of the role of prices. Instead of the conventional neo-classical view o...
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873,24 |
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Industrial Organization: Competition, Growth and Structural Change
ISBN: 9780415078504 / Angielski / Miękka / 478 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As most economies remain caught in a global recession, that shows little sign of abatement, the importance of maintaining a flourishing industrial sector for the economic wellbeing of a country has rarely been so relevant.
Industrial Organisation has long served as a basic introduction to this subject. The book is concerned with economic problems and policy issues that arise from the activities of firms. The authors reject the traditional micro-economic analysis of market structure in favour of studying conduct and performance in the context of macro-economic policy and the... As most economies remain caught in a global recession, that shows little sign of abatement, the importance of maintaining a flourishing industrial sec...
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Understanding Economics
ISBN: 9780415091329 / Angielski / Twarda / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Understanding Economics presents an interesting and accessible introduction to key economic ideas. The book clearly shows the relevance of economics to everyday situations. Examples are drawn from the internal workings of households, business firms and non-profit organizations. The book is user friendly in both style and content and requires no prior knowledge of economics and minimal mathematics.
Understanding Economics presents an interesting and accessible introduction to key economic ideas. The book clearly shows the relevance of ec...
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1066,23 |
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The Global Impact of the Great Depression 1929-1939
ISBN: 9780415118187 / Angielski / Twarda / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This study broadens the conventional focus of the Great Depression to include its impact on the countries of Africa, Asia and Latin America. It covers the economic background and causes, from the international gold standard to agricultural over-production in the US. Other areas discussed include: the impact on the peasantry in developing countries; the political consequences, such as fascism in Europe; and the aftermath and the re-alignment of America, Europe and its colonies. Key areas, such as Keynesian theory, are explained in accessible terms.
This study broadens the conventional focus of the Great Depression to include its impact on the countries of Africa, Asia and Latin America. It covers...
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The Global Impact of the Great Depression 1929-1939
ISBN: 9780415118194 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This study broadens the conventional focus of the Great Depression to include its impact on the countries of Africa, Asia and Latin America. It covers the economic background and causes, from the international gold standard to agricultural over-production in the US. Other areas discussed include: the impact on the peasantry in developing countries; the political consequences, such as fascism in Europe; and the aftermath and the re-alignment of America, Europe and its colonies. Key areas, such as Keynesian theory, are explained in accessible terms.
This study broadens the conventional focus of the Great Depression to include its impact on the countries of Africa, Asia and Latin America. It covers...
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223,35 |
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Foundations of Business Economics: Markets and Prices
ISBN: 9780415120746 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Foundatioins of Business Economics explains microeconomic analysis in terms of real business situations. The underlying theme of the book is the way in which markets link together interdependent activities and how they confront and solve problems of information. The book covers a wide range of issues, including
*The economic way of thinking *The Business environment *Product markets *Market failure *Factor markets *General equilibrium Theory is developed carefully but with a light touch and mathematics kept to a minimum, making the book easily... Foundatioins of Business Economics explains microeconomic analysis in terms of real business situations. The underlying theme of the book is ...
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Firms, Markets and Economic Change: A Dynamic Theory of Business Institutions
ISBN: 9780415121194 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Traditonal western forms of corporate organization have been called into question by the success of Japanese keiretsu. Firms, Markets and Economic Change draws on industrial economics, business strategy, and economic history to develop an evolutionary model to show when innovation is best undertaken. The authors argue that innovation is a complex process that defies neat categorization and government policy should be to facilitate change rather than to direct it.
Traditonal western forms of corporate organization have been called into question by the success of Japanese keiretsu. Firms, Markets and...
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1066,23 |
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Firms, Markets and Economic Change: A Dynamic Theory of Business Institutions
ISBN: 9780415123853 / Angielski / Miękka / 198 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Traditonal western forms of corporate organization have been called into question by the success of Japanese keiretsu. Firms, Markets and Economic Change draws on industrial economics, business strategy, and economic history to develop an evolutionary model to show when innovation is best undertaken. The authors argue that innovation is a complex process that defies neat categorization and government policy should be to facilitate change rather than to direct it.
Traditonal western forms of corporate organization have been called into question by the success of Japanese keiretsu. Firms, Markets and...
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Towards a Competence Theory of the Firm
ISBN: 9780415144728 / Angielski / Twarda / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text explores the theory of the firm produced through an exchange between management theory and economics. In the process, economics is seen to provide a foundational element for strategy research whilst developing a more realistic theory of the firm with a greater emphasis on its internal features. The success of competence theories of the firm also reflects their ability to explain significant trends in the business world, notably the declining importance of conglomerates and critical features in the success of Asian and Japanese business.
This text explores the theory of the firm produced through an exchange between management theory and economics. In the process, economics is seen to p...
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Transformational Growth and the Business Cycle
ISBN: 9780415148559 / Angielski / Twarda / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines the concept of Transformational Growth from a number of different historical and geographical perspectives. Transformational Growth sees the economy as an evolving system in which the market selects and finances innovations, changing the character of costs and affecting the pattern of market adjustment. This creates the possibility that markets will work differently in particular historical periods.
This book explores market adjustments in two distinct historical periods, 1870-1914 and 1945-the present. The book focuses on six countries: USA, United Kingdom, Canada,... This book examines the concept of Transformational Growth from a number of different historical and geographical perspectives. Transformational Growth...
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1066,23 |
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Foundations of Economics: A Beginner's Companion
ISBN: 9780415178914 / Angielski / Twarda / 424 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Foundations of Economics breathes life into the discipline by linking key economic concepts with wider debates and issues. By bringing to light delightful mind-teasers, philosophical questions and intriguing politics in mainstream economics, it promises to enliven an otherwise dry course whilst inspiring students to do well.
The book covers all the main economic concepts and addresses in detail three main areas: * consumption and choice * production and markets * government and the State. Each is discussed in terms of what the conventional textbook says, how these... Foundations of Economics breathes life into the discipline by linking key economic concepts with wider debates and issues. By bringing to lig...
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Foundations of Economics: A Beginner's Companion
ISBN: 9780415178921 / Angielski / Miękka / 424 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Foundations of Economics breathes life into the discipline by linking key economic concepts with wider debates and issues. By bringing to light delightful mind-teasers, philosophical questions and intriguing politics in mainstream economics, it promises to enliven an otherwise dry course whilst inspiring students to do well.
The book covers all the main economic concepts and addresses in detail three main areas: * consumption and choice * production and markets * government and the State. Each is discussed in terms of what the conventional textbook says, how these... Foundations of Economics breathes life into the discipline by linking key economic concepts with wider debates and issues. By bringing to lig...
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213,19 |
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The Economics of Professional Team Sports
ISBN: 9780415208734 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is unique in that it offers the first truly rigorous application of economic principles to its subject. The authors analyse:
* the economic literature on sporting leagues * the demand for professional team sports * the players' labour market. Amongst the topics discussed are the US system of franchising and draft picks and the chances of their being adopted elsewhere, the implications of player strikes, the onset of pay-per-view and digital television, and the relatively new notion that sport is a business like any other. This book is unique in that it offers the first truly rigorous application of economic principles to its subject. The authors analyse:
* the econo... |
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1066,23 |
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The Economics of Professional Team Sports
ISBN: 9780415208741 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is unique in that it offers the first truly rigorous application of economic principles to its subject. The authors analyse:
* the economic literature on sporting leagues * the demand for professional team sports * the players' labour market. Amongst the topics discussed are the US system of franchising and draft picks and the chances of their being adopted elsewhere, the implications of player strikes, the onset of pay-per-view and digital television, and the relatively new notion that sport is a business like any other. This book is unique in that it offers the first truly rigorous application of economic principles to its subject. The authors analyse:
* the econo... |
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502,60 |
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An Entrepreneurial Theory of the Firm
ISBN: 9780415229777 / Angielski / Twarda / 202 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Traditional theory of the firm has concentrated on such topics as technology, evolution and transaction costs whilst failing to account for one of the most fundamental aspects of the market process - entrepreneurial activity. Using an approach consistent with the modern Austrian School, Frederic Sautet has developed the open-ended theories initiated by Hayek and Mises to bring a new perspective to conventional economic theory.
Traditional theory of the firm has concentrated on such topics as technology, evolution and transaction costs whilst failing to account for one of the...
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1066,23 |