Author: David Anderson
Publisher: Princeton Review
ISBN: 9780375755071
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
The Book That Gets You Results Score higher by reviewing and mastering the macro- and microeconomics topics most likely to be tested We Know the AP Economics Exam The experts at The Princeton Review study the AP Economics exam and other standardized tests each year to make sure you get the most up-to-date, thouroughly researched books possible. We Know Students Each year we help more than two million students score high with our courses, bestselling books, and award-winning software. We Get Results Students who take our courses for the SAT, GRE, LSAT, and many other tests see score improvements that have been verified by independent accounting firms. The proven techniques we teach in our courses are in this book. And If It's on the AP Economics Exam, It's in This Book We don't try to teach you everything there is to know about economics--only the facts and techniques you'll need to know to score higher on the Advanced Placement exam. "There's a big difference. In Cracking the AP Economics, 2000-2001 Edition, you will learn to think like the test-makers and *Eliminate answer choices that look right but are planted to fool you *Earn more points by reviewing key macroeconomics and microeconomics concepts *Score higher on the multiple-choice section with process of elimination and other techniques *Crack the free-response questions by knowing the right way to organize your answers Practice your skills on the two full-length sample tests inside (one each for the macroeconomics and microeconomics exams). The questions are just like the ones you'll see on the actual AP Economics exam, and we fully explain every answer.
Economics (Macro and Micro) 2000-2001
Author: David Anderson
Publisher: Princeton Review
ISBN: 9780375755071
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
The Book That Gets You Results Score higher by reviewing and mastering the macro- and microeconomics topics most likely to be tested We Know the AP Economics Exam The experts at The Princeton Review study the AP Economics exam and other standardized tests each year to make sure you get the most up-to-date, thouroughly researched books possible. We Know Students Each year we help more than two million students score high with our courses, bestselling books, and award-winning software. We Get Results Students who take our courses for the SAT, GRE, LSAT, and many other tests see score improvements that have been verified by independent accounting firms. The proven techniques we teach in our courses are in this book. And If It's on the AP Economics Exam, It's in This Book We don't try to teach you everything there is to know about economics--only the facts and techniques you'll need to know to score higher on the Advanced Placement exam. "There's a big difference. In Cracking the AP Economics, 2000-2001 Edition, you will learn to think like the test-makers and *Eliminate answer choices that look right but are planted to fool you *Earn more points by reviewing key macroeconomics and microeconomics concepts *Score higher on the multiple-choice section with process of elimination and other techniques *Crack the free-response questions by knowing the right way to organize your answers Practice your skills on the two full-length sample tests inside (one each for the macroeconomics and microeconomics exams). The questions are just like the ones you'll see on the actual AP Economics exam, and we fully explain every answer.
Publisher: Princeton Review
ISBN: 9780375755071
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
The Book That Gets You Results Score higher by reviewing and mastering the macro- and microeconomics topics most likely to be tested We Know the AP Economics Exam The experts at The Princeton Review study the AP Economics exam and other standardized tests each year to make sure you get the most up-to-date, thouroughly researched books possible. We Know Students Each year we help more than two million students score high with our courses, bestselling books, and award-winning software. We Get Results Students who take our courses for the SAT, GRE, LSAT, and many other tests see score improvements that have been verified by independent accounting firms. The proven techniques we teach in our courses are in this book. And If It's on the AP Economics Exam, It's in This Book We don't try to teach you everything there is to know about economics--only the facts and techniques you'll need to know to score higher on the Advanced Placement exam. "There's a big difference. In Cracking the AP Economics, 2000-2001 Edition, you will learn to think like the test-makers and *Eliminate answer choices that look right but are planted to fool you *Earn more points by reviewing key macroeconomics and microeconomics concepts *Score higher on the multiple-choice section with process of elimination and other techniques *Crack the free-response questions by knowing the right way to organize your answers Practice your skills on the two full-length sample tests inside (one each for the macroeconomics and microeconomics exams). The questions are just like the ones you'll see on the actual AP Economics exam, and we fully explain every answer.
Cracking the COOP & HSPT
Author: Jeff Rubenstein
Publisher: The Princeton Review
ISBN: 9780375761430
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
The Princeton Review realizes that acing the COOP and HSPT is very different than getting straight As in school. TPR doesn't try to teach students everything there is to know about math, reading, and English -- only the techniques they'll need to score higher on the COOP and HSPT.There's a big difference.InCracking the COOP & HSPT, TPR will teach test-takers how to think like the test-makers. This is accomplished by teaching students how to: Use process of elimination to eliminate choices that look right but are planted to fool the test-taker Use "Ballparking" on mathematics sections to narrow the answer choices and save time Learn how pace oneself, to avoid "dumb mistakes", and earn a higher score Improve scores by focusing on the material most likely to be tested *This book includes 4 full-length simulated exams: 2 COOP and 2 HSPT. All of The Princeton Review's sample test questions are like the ones test-takers will see on the actual COOP and HSPT tests, and every solution is fully explained. Contents Include: Part I: Cracking the COOP What is the COOP? Memory Sequences Analogies Verbal Reasoning Reading Comprehension Mathematics Language Expression Answers to COOP extensions Part II: COOP Practice Tests Part III: Cracking the HSPT What is the HSPT? Vocabulary Verbal Skills Quantitative Skills Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Mathematics Language Answers to HSPT Exercises Part IV: HSPT Practice Tests
Publisher: The Princeton Review
ISBN: 9780375761430
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
The Princeton Review realizes that acing the COOP and HSPT is very different than getting straight As in school. TPR doesn't try to teach students everything there is to know about math, reading, and English -- only the techniques they'll need to score higher on the COOP and HSPT.There's a big difference.InCracking the COOP & HSPT, TPR will teach test-takers how to think like the test-makers. This is accomplished by teaching students how to: Use process of elimination to eliminate choices that look right but are planted to fool the test-taker Use "Ballparking" on mathematics sections to narrow the answer choices and save time Learn how pace oneself, to avoid "dumb mistakes", and earn a higher score Improve scores by focusing on the material most likely to be tested *This book includes 4 full-length simulated exams: 2 COOP and 2 HSPT. All of The Princeton Review's sample test questions are like the ones test-takers will see on the actual COOP and HSPT tests, and every solution is fully explained. Contents Include: Part I: Cracking the COOP What is the COOP? Memory Sequences Analogies Verbal Reasoning Reading Comprehension Mathematics Language Expression Answers to COOP extensions Part II: COOP Practice Tests Part III: Cracking the HSPT What is the HSPT? Vocabulary Verbal Skills Quantitative Skills Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Mathematics Language Answers to HSPT Exercises Part IV: HSPT Practice Tests
Ibss: Economics: 2001
Author: Compiled by the British Library of Political and Economic Science
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415284011
Category : Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 708
Book Description
IBSS is the essential tool for librarians, university departments, research institutions and any public or private institution whose work requires access to up-to-date and comprehensive knowledge of the social sciences.
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415284011
Category : Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 708
Book Description
IBSS is the essential tool for librarians, university departments, research institutions and any public or private institution whose work requires access to up-to-date and comprehensive knowledge of the social sciences.
Macro-Economics
Author: Martha Gutierrez
Publisher: Zed Books
ISBN: 9781842770610
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Publisher Description
Publisher: Zed Books
ISBN: 9781842770610
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Publisher Description
Learning in Economics
Author: Thomas Riechmann
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3642576125
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
It took me over five years to write this book. Finishing my research project and thus finishing this book would not have been possible without the help of many friends of mine. Thus, the first thing to do is to say 'Thanks a lot' . This means at first place the Evangelisches Studienwerk Haus Villigst. They gave me a grant for my work, thus laying the important financial grounds of everything I've done. There is such a large number of friends I worked and lived with over the last few years that I cannot possibly mention them all by name, but I'll try, anyway: So, thanks Christiane, Gilbert, Maik, Karl, and everybody else feeling that his or her name should appear in this list. And, of course, thanks Franz Haslinger, for letting me do whatever I wanted to - and for even encouraging me to stick with it. One more thing I'd like to mention: Although this work is based on very heavy use of computer power, it is my special pride to say that not a single penny (i.e. Deutschmark) had to be spent for software in order to do this work. Instead, all that has been done has been done by free software. Thus, I would like to mention some of my most heavily used software tools in order to let you, the reader, know that nowadays you don't depend on big commercial software packages any more.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3642576125
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
It took me over five years to write this book. Finishing my research project and thus finishing this book would not have been possible without the help of many friends of mine. Thus, the first thing to do is to say 'Thanks a lot' . This means at first place the Evangelisches Studienwerk Haus Villigst. They gave me a grant for my work, thus laying the important financial grounds of everything I've done. There is such a large number of friends I worked and lived with over the last few years that I cannot possibly mention them all by name, but I'll try, anyway: So, thanks Christiane, Gilbert, Maik, Karl, and everybody else feeling that his or her name should appear in this list. And, of course, thanks Franz Haslinger, for letting me do whatever I wanted to - and for even encouraging me to stick with it. One more thing I'd like to mention: Although this work is based on very heavy use of computer power, it is my special pride to say that not a single penny (i.e. Deutschmark) had to be spent for software in order to do this work. Instead, all that has been done has been done by free software. Thus, I would like to mention some of my most heavily used software tools in order to let you, the reader, know that nowadays you don't depend on big commercial software packages any more.
The Microeconomics of Complex Economies
Author: Wolfram Elsner
Publisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 0124115993
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 599
Book Description
The Microeconomics of Complex Economies uses game theory, modeling approaches, formal techniques, and computer simulations to teach useful, accessible approaches to real modern economies. It covers topics of information and innovation, including national and regional systems of innovation; clustered and networked firms; and open-source/open-innovation production and use. Its final chapter on policy perspectives and decisions confirms the value of the toolset. Written so chapters can be used independently, the book includes an introduction to computer simulation and pedagogical supplements. Its formal, accessible treatment of complexity goes beyond the scopes of neoclassical and mainstream economics. The highly interdependent economy of the 21st century demands a reconsideration of economic theories. - Describes the usefulness of complex heterodox economics - Emphasizes divergences and convergences with neoclassical economic theories and perspectives - Fits easily into courses on intermediate microeconomics, industrial organization, and games through self-contained chapters
Publisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 0124115993
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 599
Book Description
The Microeconomics of Complex Economies uses game theory, modeling approaches, formal techniques, and computer simulations to teach useful, accessible approaches to real modern economies. It covers topics of information and innovation, including national and regional systems of innovation; clustered and networked firms; and open-source/open-innovation production and use. Its final chapter on policy perspectives and decisions confirms the value of the toolset. Written so chapters can be used independently, the book includes an introduction to computer simulation and pedagogical supplements. Its formal, accessible treatment of complexity goes beyond the scopes of neoclassical and mainstream economics. The highly interdependent economy of the 21st century demands a reconsideration of economic theories. - Describes the usefulness of complex heterodox economics - Emphasizes divergences and convergences with neoclassical economic theories and perspectives - Fits easily into courses on intermediate microeconomics, industrial organization, and games through self-contained chapters
Industrial Clusters in Asia
Author: A. Kuchiki
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230523641
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
This book focuses on East Asia, which has been attracting FDI and a centre of industrial agglomeration, and because of this, the production structure in the world has been dynamically transforming. This book analyzes this world trend and provides a framework for strategy that is required not only for Japanese local governments to implement industrial cluster policy, but also for firms to survive the global competition.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230523641
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
This book focuses on East Asia, which has been attracting FDI and a centre of industrial agglomeration, and because of this, the production structure in the world has been dynamically transforming. This book analyzes this world trend and provides a framework for strategy that is required not only for Japanese local governments to implement industrial cluster policy, but also for firms to survive the global competition.
Essays on Microeconomics and Industrial Organisation
Author: Pablo Coto-Millán
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 366211710X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Essays on Microeconomics and Industrial Organisation aims to serve as a source and work of reference and consultation for the field of Microeconomics in general and of Industrial Organisation in particular. The book consists of four parts: Demand, Production and Costs (Supply), Market and Industrial Structure, and Failures of Market and Industrial Regulation. It combines theoretical concepts and a variety of empirical cases.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 366211710X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Essays on Microeconomics and Industrial Organisation aims to serve as a source and work of reference and consultation for the field of Microeconomics in general and of Industrial Organisation in particular. The book consists of four parts: Demand, Production and Costs (Supply), Market and Industrial Structure, and Failures of Market and Industrial Regulation. It combines theoretical concepts and a variety of empirical cases.
From Capital Surges to Drought
Author: R. Ffrench-Davis
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1403990093
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
This book analyzes the new trends in capital flows to emerging markets since the Asian crisis, their determinants and policy implications. It explains why such flows have declined so dramatically in recent years, emphasising both structural and cyclical factors. Senior bankers, regulators, and well-known academics explain the behaviour of different players. The book breaks new ground by showing in detail how such behaviour has contributed to the decline of flows and their volatility. The book suggests what coping mechanisms developing countries could adopt to deal with crisis situations; what measures should be taken at the national and international levels to make recipient countries less vulnerable to international financial instability; how such instability can be reduced; and what can be done on the source countries to encourage larger more stable capital flows to developing countries.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1403990093
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
This book analyzes the new trends in capital flows to emerging markets since the Asian crisis, their determinants and policy implications. It explains why such flows have declined so dramatically in recent years, emphasising both structural and cyclical factors. Senior bankers, regulators, and well-known academics explain the behaviour of different players. The book breaks new ground by showing in detail how such behaviour has contributed to the decline of flows and their volatility. The book suggests what coping mechanisms developing countries could adopt to deal with crisis situations; what measures should be taken at the national and international levels to make recipient countries less vulnerable to international financial instability; how such instability can be reduced; and what can be done on the source countries to encourage larger more stable capital flows to developing countries.
Managing Economic Volatility and Crises
Author: Joshua Aizenman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139446940
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 615
Book Description
Economic volatility has come into its own after being treated for decades as a secondary phenomenon in the business cycle literature. This evolution has been driven by the recognition that non-linearities, long buried by the economist's penchant for linearity, magnify the negative effects of volatility on long-run growth and inequality, especially in poor countries. This collection organizes empirical and policy results for economists and development policy practitioners into four parts: basic features, including the impact of volatility on growth and poverty; commodity price volatility; the financial sector's dual role as an absorber and amplifier of shocks; and the management and prevention of macroeconomic crises. The latter section includes a cross-country study, case studies on Argentina and Russia, and lessons from the debt default episodes of the 1980s and 1990s.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139446940
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 615
Book Description
Economic volatility has come into its own after being treated for decades as a secondary phenomenon in the business cycle literature. This evolution has been driven by the recognition that non-linearities, long buried by the economist's penchant for linearity, magnify the negative effects of volatility on long-run growth and inequality, especially in poor countries. This collection organizes empirical and policy results for economists and development policy practitioners into four parts: basic features, including the impact of volatility on growth and poverty; commodity price volatility; the financial sector's dual role as an absorber and amplifier of shocks; and the management and prevention of macroeconomic crises. The latter section includes a cross-country study, case studies on Argentina and Russia, and lessons from the debt default episodes of the 1980s and 1990s.