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The Economics of Multitasking
People regularly multitask, though we have been warned about the mental costs of "task-switching" in psychology and the popular press. Meanwhile, economists have remained silent on the possible economic ramifications – both good and bad – of producers and/or consumers doing more than one thing at once. This first-of-its-kind volume explores the frequency, patterns, and economic implications…
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- 978-1-137-38144-6
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- XV, 216
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Russia's Turn to the East Domestic Policymaking and Regional Cooperation
Development studies; Russia; Far East; International affairs; Energy; Shanghai cooperation organization; Economic development; Security policy; Multilateral organizations; Diplomacy; Regionalism; Russian–European relations; Russia’s “pivot to the East”; Annexation of Crimea; Regional politics; Eurasia; Ukraine; Sanctions regime; Foreign policy
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- 9783319697901
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Democracy under stress The global crisis and beyond
This book focuses on the global financial crisis of 2008-2009 and its implications for democracy. Why and how did the crisis come about? Are there any instructive lessons to be drawn from comparisons with the Great Depression of the 1930s? What are the democratic response mechanisms to cope with serious crises? Do they work? Is China a new trend setter? Do values matter? Are global democratic r…
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- 9783866495807
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The Economic System of the Early Islamic Period
This book provides an economic analysis of the earliest Islamic society, focusing on the policies of the Messenger of Islam (Sawa) and his successors during the first four formative decades of Islam. Two institutions of great importance – the market and the public treasury (Baitul Mal) – and their roles in the development of the private and public sectors are particularly emphasized in this…
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- 978-1-137-50733-4
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- XXI, 311, 41 illustrations in colour
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- Political Economy of Islam
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The Economic Impact of International Monetary Fund Programmes
This book investigates the impact of International Monetary Fund (IMF) programmes on macroeconomic instability and economic growth in recipient countries. Employing the New Institutional Economics approach as an analytical framework, it identifies the determinants of economic and political institutional quality by taking into account a broad variety of indicators such as parliamentary forms of …
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- 978-3319291772
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- 146 pages
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The Economic Function of a Stock Exchange
In recent years, exchanges on both sides of the Atlantic have been extensively reengineered, and their organizational structures have changed from non-profit, membership organizations to for-profit, demutualized organizations. Concurrently, new alternative trading systems have emerged and the traditional functions of broker/dealer firms have evolved. How have these changes affected the delivery…
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- 978-3-319-10350-1
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- XXV, 129, 2 b/w illustrations, 13 illustrations in colour
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- Zicklin School of Business Financial Markets Series
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The Econometricians
This is the seventh book in a series of discussions about the great minds in the history and theory of finance. While the series addresses the contributions of scholars in our understanding of financial decisions and markets, this seventh book describes how econometrics developed and how its underlying assumptions created the underpinning of much of modern financial theory. The author shows tha…
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- 978-1-137-34137-2
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- XXI, 261, 2 b/w illustrations, 19 illustrations in colour
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- Great Minds in Finance
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A Course in Public Economics
A Course in Public Economics, first published in 2004, explores the central questions of whether or not markets work, and if not, what is to be done about it. The first part of the textbook, designed for upper-level undergraduates and first-year graduate students, begins with an extended discussion of the two theorems of welfare economics. These theorems show that competitive markets can give r…
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A Financial History of the Netherlands
This book brings together the results of fresh scholarly research to present a unique overview of the financial history of the Netherlands from the sixteenth century onwards. The Netherlands has always occupied a role in international finance way out of proportion with its geographical size. Since the eighteenth century, the country has been one of the largest exporters of capital in the world.…
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A Field of One's Own Gender and Land Rights in South Asia
This is the first major study of gender and property in South Asia. In a pioneering and comprehensive analysis Bina Agarwal argues that the single most important economic factor affecting women's situation is the gender gap in command over property. In rural South Asia, the most significant form of property is arable land, a critical determinant of economic well-being, social status, and empowe…
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- 9780511522000
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- Cambridge South Asian Studies (58)
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