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In the memorable words of Ragnar Frisch, econometrics is a unification of the theoretical quantitative and the empirical quantitative approach to economic problems . Beginning to take shape in the 1930s and 1940s, econometrics is now recognized as a vital subdiscipline supported by a vast and still rapidly growing body of literature.

Following the positive reception of "The Rise of Econometrics" (2013) (978-0-415-61678-2), Routledge now announces a new collection in its Critical Concepts in Economics series. Edited by the author of the field s leading textbook, "Panel Data Econometrics"...

Fritz Machlup (1902 83), the Austrian-American economist, is recognized as one of the first scholars to examine knowledge as an economic resource and, for more than half a century, many other economists and management theorists have also argued that economic growth is or soon will be dependent on the effective acquisition, transmission, and application of information and ideas.

As serious scholarly work on and around the knowledge economy continues to flourish, this new four-volume collection from Routledge s Critical Concepts in Economics series meets the need for an authoritative,...

The economic principles that underpin commercial transactions via electronic networks, and the many associated economic issues and controversies that e-commerce generates, are dizzying in their complexity. Now, to help advanced students and researchers make sense of an explosion of scholarship, Routledge announces e-Commerce Economics, a new title in its acclaimed Critical Concepts in Economics series. Edited by David VanHoose, a leading scholar in the field, e-Commerce Economics is a mini library that brings together in four volumes the foundational and the very best cutting-edge...

To help advanced students and researchers make sense of a large and rapidly growing corpus of scholarship and practical thinking on the principles that underpin finance in emerging markets, and the many associated issues and controversies that this topic generates, Routledge announces "Finance in Emerging Markets." A new addition to its acclaimed Critical Concepts in Finance series, this four-volume set is a mini library that brings together the foundational and the very best cutting-edge research.

The collection is edited by Vihang Errunza (McGill University, Canada), co-creator of the...

As Russia aggressively tries to regain the status of a 'Great Power', whether it has the economic capacity to do so has become a matter of enormous topical importance, not just for those with a long-standing professional interest in the Russian economy, but also for a wider range of economists, political scientists, and foreign-policy specialists who need to understand the workings of this major--if somewhat unusual--state. Moreover, to determine if Russia can meet and sustain its apparent ambitions requires a knowledge not just of its current economic circumstances, but also of its...

The development experience of India has been a matter of much interest in recent years. India is home to a sixth of the world s population, and about a third of the country is acknowledged to be living below the officially determined poverty line. After more than six decades of planned economic development the levels of achievement in education and health are poor. After three and a half decades of moderate growth following India s Independence in 1947, a period characterised by centralized planning, the pace picked up in the 1980s with some opening up of the economy. It gathered further...

The Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) forum was established as a regional grouping in 1989 to deal with the issues arising from growing regional interdependence. Its stated aim is to build a prosperous Asia-Pacific through free and open trade and investment and it now has twenty-one member economies, including China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Chinese Taipei, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Russia, Canada, the USA, Mexico, Peru and Chile. The APEC Summit of Leaders and Ministers from around the...

Virtually all national cases of rapid, widespread progress from poverty to wealth have been causally associated with the transformation of agricultural systems. From eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Europe and North America to late twentieth-century East Asia, striking increases in agricultural productivity, improvements in food safety, and the markedly reduced costs of food distribution have dramatically bettered the quantity, quality, and variety of food available at lower prices. Around the globe, these agricultural advances have permitted unprecedented growth in incomes, life...

An effective transport infrastructure--and its associated services--are widely regarded as key components of an efficient, equitable, and sustainable society. But the link between transport provision (especially car ownership) and growing global levels of, for example, social exclusion, congestion, pollution, and road deaths is also increasingly recognized. The need to understand how to satisfy a seemingly insatiable appetite for mobility while minimizing its harmful impacts grows ever more crucial.

The subdiscipline of transport economics has made a substantial contribution towards...