The use of innovative computational models in political economic research as a complement to traditional analytical methodologies.Researchers are increasingly turning to computational methods to study the dynamic properties of political and economic systems. Politicians, citizens, interest groups, and organizations interact in dynamic, complex environments, and the static models that are predom…
Originally published as "L'?economie ?a la mesure de l'univers," "La Limite de l'utile," "Notes pour L'?economie ?a la mesure de l'univers," and "Notes pour La Limite de l'utile" Editions Gallimard, Paris, 1976.""The first English translation of key texts by Georges Bataille pertaining to The Accursed Share that also map out his transition from "dissident surrealist" to systematic thinker"--OCL…
A somewhat expanded version of the Oklin Memorial Lectures ... delivered at the Stockholm School of economics in the autumn of 1995"--Preface.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"In December 2009, the economist Kaushik Basu left the rarefied world of academic research for the nuts and bolts of policymaking. Appointed by the then Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh, to be chief economic adviser (CEA) to the Government of India, Basu -- a theorist, with special interest in development economics, and a professor of economics at Cornell University -- discovered the com…
Since 2008, economic policymakers and researchers have occupied a brave new economic world. Previous consensuses have been upended, former assumptions have been cast into doubt, and new approaches have yet to stand the test of time. Policymakers have been forced to improvise and researchers to rethink basic theory. George Akerlof, Nobel Laureate and one of this volume's editors, compares the cr…
Even minute increases in a country's growth rate can result in dramatic changes in living standards over just one generation. The benefits of growth, however, may not be shared equally. Some may gain less than others, and a fraction of the population may actually be disadvantaged. Recent economic research has found both positive and negative relationships between growth and inequality across na…
Essays that offer ecological, social, and political perspectives on the problem of overconsumption.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"A book in the Ohlin Lectures series on trade agreements"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
This study focuses on the role of institutions and organisations in the historical development of corporate finance. The book provides an overview of the evolution of practice in this field from the Italian merchant banks of the Renaissance through the formation of conglomerates and leveraged-buy-out partnerships in contemporary Wall Street. It also puts forth a compelling argument for the clos…
Annotation The determinants of economic growth and development are hotly debated among economists. Financial crises and failed transition experiments have highlighted the fact that functioning institutions are fundamental to the goal of achieving economic growth. The growth literature has seen an abundance of empirical studies on the influence of institutions and the mechanisms by which institu…