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The Mortality Crisis in Transitional Economies
ISBN: 9780198297413 / Angielski / Twarda / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is the first comprehensive assessment of the mortality crisis in transitional economies. Contributions by demographers, economists, sociologists, epidemiologists, and health experts provide a rigorous analysis of the upsurge in mortality rates, with the aim of contributing to the launch of vigorous policies to tackle the crisis.
This book is the first comprehensive assessment of the mortality crisis in transitional economies. Contributions by demographers, economists, sociolog...
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934,29 |
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State Capacity in East Asia: China, Taiwan, Vietnam, and Japan
ISBN: 9780198297635 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines states and state capacity in four countries that have experienced rapid economic growth over several decades, China, Japan, Taiwan, and Vietnam It argues that while modern market forces and transnational corporations exert tremendous pressures, states still matter. The capacity of the East Asian state to adapt and develop new institutions is empirically illustrated as well as theoretically contextualized.
This book examines states and state capacity in four countries that have experienced rapid economic growth over several decades, China, Japan, Taiwan,...
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899,49 |
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Consumption Tax Policy and the Taxation of Capital Income
ISBN: 9780198297901 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book introduces the substantial literature on consumption tax policy and the taxation of capital income, the early literature on optimal tax theory in dynamic overlapping generations models, the more recent literature on optimal taxation in the Ramsey growth model and models of endogenous growth, and the literature on taxation in open economies.
This book introduces the substantial literature on consumption tax policy and the taxation of capital income, the early literature on optimal tax theo...
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737,09 |
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Social Foundations of Postindustrial Economies
ISBN: 9780198742012 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Gosta Esping-Andersen, Europe's leading analyst of the welfare state, presents a provocative examination of postindustrial economies at the end of the twentieth century. This book takes a second look at the driving forces of economic transformation in a more sociological and institutional way. As a result, what stands out is postindustrial diversity, not convergence.
Gosta Esping-Andersen, Europe's leading analyst of the welfare state, presents a provocative examination of postindustrial economies at the end of the...
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563,09 |
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Optimization in Economic Theory
ISBN: 9780198772101 / Angielski / Miękka / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Building on a base of simple economic theory and elementary linear algebra and calculus, this broad treatment of static and dynamic optimization methods discusses the importance of shadow prices, and reviews functions defined by solutions of optimization problems. Recently revised and expanded, the second edition will be a valuable resource for upper level undergraduate and graduate students.
Building on a base of simple economic theory and elementary linear algebra and calculus, this broad treatment of static and dynamic optimization metho...
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317,17 |
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Methods of Dynamic Economics
ISBN: 9780198772873 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this volume, Nobel Laureate John R. Hicks expands and reassesses the first part of his landmark Capital and Growth, concentrating on the family of models that are appropriate for analyzing dynamic economies. A number of newly-written chapters explicate Hicks's view of the Austrian and Walrasian methods.
In this volume, Nobel Laureate John R. Hicks expands and reassesses the first part of his landmark Capital and Growth, concentrating on the f...
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261,50 |
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Foundations of Rational Choice Under Risk
ISBN: 9780198774426 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Paul Anand describes and evaluates many existing criticisms of the formal theory of rationality and subjective expected utility (SEU) theory. He tests the logical and philosophical basis for basing rational choice on SEU and argues that, empirically, SEU is false, and that normatively, it imposes unnecessary constraints on rational agency. He provides his own account of rational choice which is grounded in the relationship between an agent's preference and his or her behavior. In addition, he discusses some of the radical methodological changes in economics that form the basis for theoretical...
Paul Anand describes and evaluates many existing criticisms of the formal theory of rationality and subjective expected utility (SEU) theory. He tests...
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240,88 |
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Evolution, Games, and Economic Behaviour
ISBN: 9780198774723 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Evolution and learning in games is a topic of current intense interest. Evolution theory is widely viewed as one of the most promising approaches to understanding learning, bounded rationality, and change in complex social environments. This book covers the recent developments with an emphasis on economic contexts and applications. Systematically presenting both deterministic and stochastic evolutionary dynamics which play an important role in evolutionary processes, it also includes the recent stochastic evolutionary framework that has been developed (and applied widely) in the last few...
Evolution and learning in games is a topic of current intense interest. Evolution theory is widely viewed as one of the most promising approaches to u...
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298,62 |
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Evolution, Games, and Economic Behaviour
ISBN: 9780198774730 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Evolution and learning in games is a topic of current intense interest. Evolution theory is widely viewed as one of the most promising approaches to understanding learning, bounded rationality, and change in complex social environments. This book covers the recent developments with an emphasis on economic contexts and applications. Systematically presenting both deterministic and stochastic evolutionary dynamics which play an important role in evolutionary processes, it also includes the recent stochastic evolutionary framework that has been developed (and applied widely) in the last few...
Evolution and learning in games is a topic of current intense interest. Evolution theory is widely viewed as one of the most promising approaches to u...
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771,90 |
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A Theory of Economic History
ISBN: 9780198811633 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A Theory of Economic History
A Theory of Economic History
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270,77 |
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Learning and Innovation in Organizations and Economies
ISBN: 9780199240999 / Angielski / Twarda / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores a range of theories used to explain the phenomenon of innovation and learning in individual thought, organizations, industries, and economies. The author draws on insights and perspectives from management and organization studies, economics, and cognitive science, bringing these together in a unifying framework for an analysis of innovation systems and the management of learning.
This book explores a range of theories used to explain the phenomenon of innovation and learning in individual thought, organizations, industries, and...
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899,49 |
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The Globalizing Learning Economy
ISBN: 9780199241095 / Angielski / Twarda / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Knowledge is becoming increasingly important in contemporary economic systems, and economic growth and welfare depends on how promptly economic agents are able to exploit the benefits derived from technological innovations. In a landscape characterized by globalization, the contributors to this volume offer a new perspective on the transformation undertaken by firms, universities, and other agents. They urge for a wider involvement of public policies to foster learning and innovation.
Knowledge is becoming increasingly important in contemporary economic systems, and economic growth and welfare depends on how promptly economic agents...
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922,69 |
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The Growth of the Firm: The Legacy of Edith Penrose
ISBN: 9780199244164 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Edith Penrose has been one of the most significant economists of the second part of the twentieth century. Her contribution to the theory of the firm has reinvented and productively developed the classical tradition in economics, and informed the currently dominant, knowledge-based theory of the firm. This volume builds on a special issue of Contributions to Political Economy that celebrated forty years since Penrose's classic The Theory of the Growth of the Firm. It includes fifteen chapters by leading contributors on the aforementioned aspects of Penrose's work.
Edith Penrose has been one of the most significant economists of the second part of the twentieth century. Her contribution to the theory of the firm ...
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899,49 |
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Prelude to Political Economy: A Study of the Social and Political Foundations of Economics
ISBN: 9780199261857 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It is essential to view economics as embedded in politics and society. Prelude to Political Economy is a study of this embeddedness; it argues for an inclusive approach to institutions and the state.
It is essential to view economics as embedded in politics and society. Prelude to Political Economy is a study of this embeddedness; it argues for an ...
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212,73 |
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Principled Agents?: The Political Economy of Good Government
ISBN: 9780199271504 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Mainstream policy economics now pays more attention to the delivery of policy outcomes and how incentives and institutional change shape the effectiveness of government. But should these issues be studied against a background of purely self-interested public servants? There is plenty of evidence that many citizens are publicly spirited. Can their motivation be harnessed in the public interest? These lectures review how economic thought on these issues has evolved.
Mainstream policy economics now pays more attention to the delivery of policy outcomes and how incentives and institutional change shape the effective...
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505,09 |
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An Introduction to Auction Theory
ISBN: 9780199275984 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This step-by-step, self-contained introduction to the theory of auctions allows students and readers with a calculus background to work through all the basic results in auction theory. Readers will work through the basic independent-private-model, understand the effects of introducing correlation in valuations on equilibrium behaviour and the seller's expected revenue, develop a working knowledge of mechanism design, and be introduced to the theory of multi-object auctions.
This step-by-step, self-contained introduction to the theory of auctions allows students and readers with a calculus background to work through all th...
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335,74 |
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Microeconomic Theory: A Concise Course
ISBN: 9780199280292 / Angielski / Twarda / 378 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Microeconomic Theory provides a detailed discussion of the subject matter appearing in graduate courses in microeconomic theory. The presentation is self-contained and provides key foundational insights on each topic covered. This book will be of use to graduate students of microeconomics and more generally to those who need a brief modern account of the various areas of microeconomic theory.
Microeconomic Theory provides a detailed discussion of the subject matter appearing in graduate courses in microeconomic theory. The presentation is s...
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451,73 |
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Personnel Economics in Imperfect Labour Markets
ISBN: 9780199280667 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This comprehensive textbook on personnel economics is the first of its kind to be written with reference to imperfect markets. Building on traditional analysis which assumes perfectly competitive labour markets, this book introduces students to the key personnel issues faced when firms and management act in highly regulated markets.
This comprehensive textbook on personnel economics is the first of its kind to be written with reference to imperfect markets. Building on traditional...
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829,89 |
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Personnel Economics in Imperfect Labour Markets
ISBN: 9780199280674 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This comprehensive textbook on personnel economics is the first of its kind to be written with reference to imperfect markets. Building on traditional analysis which assumes perfectly competitive labour markets, this book introduces students to the key personnel issues faced when firms and management act in highly regulated markets.
This comprehensive textbook on personnel economics is the first of its kind to be written with reference to imperfect markets. Building on traditional...
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266,13 |
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Economics and Happiness: Framing the Analysis
ISBN: 9780199286287 / Angielski / Twarda / 378 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The set of papers collected in this volume aims to provide an overview of happiness studies to date, with a special emphasis on its relationship with economic thought. This volume discusses the state of the art and the main strands and contributions to the "economics of happiness," as a sub-discipline related to political economy. However, the main thrust of the volume is in focuses on the relationship between happiness studies and economics. Moreover, this volume makes a specific contribution in highlighting the comparative role and influence in the subjectivist approach vis-a-vis the...
The set of papers collected in this volume aims to provide an overview of happiness studies to date, with a special emphasis on its relationship with ...
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621,10 |