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Understanding Auctions
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MOCHON, AsunciónSAEZ, Yago

In recent years, auctions have become an important field and many markets have designed new and sophisticated auction models to assign different types of items. The prime goal of this book is to set an organized classification of the main auction mechanisms in a way that readers can understand the importance of auction design and the advantages and drawbacks of each model. Given the relevance o…

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978-3-319-08813-6
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Individual and Collective Choice and Social Welfare Essays in Honor of Nick …
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BINDER, ConstanzeCODOGNATO,GiulioTESCHL, MiriamXU, Yongsheng

The papers in this volume explore various issues relating to theories of individual and collective choice, and theories of social welfare. The topics include individual and collective rationality, motivation and intention in economics, coercion, public goods, climate change, and voting theory. The book offers an excellent overview over latest research in these fields.

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978-3-662-46438-0
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X, 377
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The Fallacy of Corporate Moral Agency
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David Rönnegard

It is uncontroversial that corporations are legal agents that can be held legally responsible, but can corporations also be moral agents that are morally responsible? Part one of this book explicates the most prominent theories of corporate moral agency and provides a detailed debunking of why corporate moral agency is a fallacy. This implies that talk of corporate moral responsibilities, beyon…

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978-94-017-9756-6
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XIV, 218, 7 b/w illustrations
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Issues in Business Ethics
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The Economics of the Global Environment
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Graciela Chichilnisky

This is the first book combining research on the Global Environment, Catastrophic Risks and Economic Theory and Policy. Modern economic theory originated in the middle of the twentieth century when industrial expansion coupled with population growth led to a voracious use of natural resources and global environmental concerns. It is uncontested that, for the first time in recorded history, huma…

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978-3-319-31943-8
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VII, 649, 30 b/w illustrations, 46 illustrations in colour
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