Author: Nicole Woolsey Biggart
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0470754702
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
These articles, over thirty in total, reflect the best and latest thought in the exciting field of economic sociology. Beginning with the foundation of Smith, Marx, Engels and Polanyi, the volume gathers some of the best writings by economic sociologists that consider national and world economies as both products and influences of society. Contains over twenty articles by classical and contemporary economic social theorists. Covers important topics on economic action, states, and markets. Includes insightful editorial introductions and further reading suggestions.
Readings in Economic Sociology
Author: Nicole Woolsey Biggart
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0470754702
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
These articles, over thirty in total, reflect the best and latest thought in the exciting field of economic sociology. Beginning with the foundation of Smith, Marx, Engels and Polanyi, the volume gathers some of the best writings by economic sociologists that consider national and world economies as both products and influences of society. Contains over twenty articles by classical and contemporary economic social theorists. Covers important topics on economic action, states, and markets. Includes insightful editorial introductions and further reading suggestions.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0470754702
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
These articles, over thirty in total, reflect the best and latest thought in the exciting field of economic sociology. Beginning with the foundation of Smith, Marx, Engels and Polanyi, the volume gathers some of the best writings by economic sociologists that consider national and world economies as both products and influences of society. Contains over twenty articles by classical and contemporary economic social theorists. Covers important topics on economic action, states, and markets. Includes insightful editorial introductions and further reading suggestions.
Readings in Development Microeconomics
Author: Pranab K. Bardhan
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 9780262522830
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
Volume II of this two-volume set focuses on empirical work.
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 9780262522830
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
Volume II of this two-volume set focuses on empirical work.
Readings in Applied Microeconomics
Author: Craig Newmark
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135969442
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 618
Book Description
A central concern of economics is how society allocates its resources. Modern economies rely on two institutions to allocate: markets and governments. But how much of the allocating should be performed by markets and how much by governments? This collection of readings will help students appreciate the power of the market. It supplements theoretical explanations of how markets work with concrete examples, addresses questions about whether markets actually work well and offers evidence that supposed "market failures" are not as serious as claimed. Featuring readings from Hayek, William Baumol, Harold Demsetz, Daniel Fischel and Edward Lazear, Benjamin Klein and Keith B. Leffler, Stanley J. Liebowitz and Stephen E. Margolis, and John R. Lott, Jr., this book covers key topics such as: • Why markets are efficient allocators • How markets foster economic growth • Property rights • How markets choose standards • Asymmetric Information • Whether firms abuse their power • Non-excludable goods • Monopolies The selections should be comprehended by undergraduate students who have had an introductory course in economics. This reader can also be used as a supplement for courses in intermediate microeconomics, industrial organization, business and government, law and economics, and public policy.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135969442
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 618
Book Description
A central concern of economics is how society allocates its resources. Modern economies rely on two institutions to allocate: markets and governments. But how much of the allocating should be performed by markets and how much by governments? This collection of readings will help students appreciate the power of the market. It supplements theoretical explanations of how markets work with concrete examples, addresses questions about whether markets actually work well and offers evidence that supposed "market failures" are not as serious as claimed. Featuring readings from Hayek, William Baumol, Harold Demsetz, Daniel Fischel and Edward Lazear, Benjamin Klein and Keith B. Leffler, Stanley J. Liebowitz and Stephen E. Margolis, and John R. Lott, Jr., this book covers key topics such as: • Why markets are efficient allocators • How markets foster economic growth • Property rights • How markets choose standards • Asymmetric Information • Whether firms abuse their power • Non-excludable goods • Monopolies The selections should be comprehended by undergraduate students who have had an introductory course in economics. This reader can also be used as a supplement for courses in intermediate microeconomics, industrial organization, business and government, law and economics, and public policy.
Readings in the Modern Theory of Economic Growth
Author: Joseph E. Stiglitz
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 497
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 497
Book Description
Uncertainty in Economics
Author: Peter A. Diamond
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
The First Edition, published in 1978, brought together classic and modern thinking in the economics of uncertainty and provided the first text in the area. This Second Edition includes three new articles, added material on search theory, an additional preface, and updated references. Articles, introduced with brief commentaries, are divided into three broad sections: theory of choice under uncertainty, general equilibrium models of financial institutions, and models of the effects of uncertainty on market institutions.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
The First Edition, published in 1978, brought together classic and modern thinking in the economics of uncertainty and provided the first text in the area. This Second Edition includes three new articles, added material on search theory, an additional preface, and updated references. Articles, introduced with brief commentaries, are divided into three broad sections: theory of choice under uncertainty, general equilibrium models of financial institutions, and models of the effects of uncertainty on market institutions.
Economic Justice in Perspective
Author: Jerry Combee
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780132236867
Category : Capitalism
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
A collection drawing on classical and modern sources and offering readers a wide variety of viewpoints on economic justice. Texts from which extracts are taken include Aristotle's Politics, Marx and Engels' Manifesto of the Communist Party and Gorbachev's Perestroika.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780132236867
Category : Capitalism
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
A collection drawing on classical and modern sources and offering readers a wide variety of viewpoints on economic justice. Texts from which extracts are taken include Aristotle's Politics, Marx and Engels' Manifesto of the Communist Party and Gorbachev's Perestroika.
Historical Perspectives on the American Economy
Author: Robert Whaples
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521466486
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 658
Book Description
This book is a student reader of the key topics in American economic history.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521466486
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 658
Book Description
This book is a student reader of the key topics in American economic history.
Foundations of Insurance Economics
Author: Georges Dionne
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 0792392043
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 748
Book Description
Economic and financial research on insurance markets has undergone dramatic growth since its infancy in the early 1960s. Our main objective in compiling this volume was to achieve a wider dissemination of key papers in this literature. Their significance is highlighted in the introduction, which surveys major areas in insurance economics. While it was not possible to provide comprehensive coverage of insurance economics in this book, these readings provide an essential foundation to those who desire to conduct research and teach in the field. In particular, we hope that this compilation and our introduction will be useful to graduate students and to researchers in economics, finance, and insurance. Our criteria for selecting articles included significance, representativeness, pedagogical value, and our desire to include theoretical and empirical work. While the focus of the applied papers is on property-liability insurance, they illustrate issues, concepts, and methods that are applicable in many areas of insurance. The S. S. Huebner Foundation for Insurance Education at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School made this book possible by financing publication costs. We are grateful for this assistance and to J. David Cummins, Executive Director of the Foundation, for his efforts and helpful advice on the contents. We also wish to thank all of the authors and editors who provided permission to reprint articles and our respective institutions for technical and financial support.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 0792392043
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 748
Book Description
Economic and financial research on insurance markets has undergone dramatic growth since its infancy in the early 1960s. Our main objective in compiling this volume was to achieve a wider dissemination of key papers in this literature. Their significance is highlighted in the introduction, which surveys major areas in insurance economics. While it was not possible to provide comprehensive coverage of insurance economics in this book, these readings provide an essential foundation to those who desire to conduct research and teach in the field. In particular, we hope that this compilation and our introduction will be useful to graduate students and to researchers in economics, finance, and insurance. Our criteria for selecting articles included significance, representativeness, pedagogical value, and our desire to include theoretical and empirical work. While the focus of the applied papers is on property-liability insurance, they illustrate issues, concepts, and methods that are applicable in many areas of insurance. The S. S. Huebner Foundation for Insurance Education at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School made this book possible by financing publication costs. We are grateful for this assistance and to J. David Cummins, Executive Director of the Foundation, for his efforts and helpful advice on the contents. We also wish to thank all of the authors and editors who provided permission to reprint articles and our respective institutions for technical and financial support.
Essential Readings in Economics
Author: Saul Estrin
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1349240028
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Intellectual advances in economics often come from debates that have been long forgotten but which offer context, depth and clarity to contemporary study. Essential Readings in Economics makes available in a single volume some of the seminal papers in the areas of microeconomics and macroeconomics for intermediate courses in economic principles. The readings are organised in two groups: Microeconomics and Macroeconomics. Part 1 looks at topics ranging from 'The Theory of Demand' and 'The Firm and Supply' to 'The Economics of Uncertainty and Information'. In Part 2 the wide ranging debates over the last 55 years are illustrated with contributions from Keynes, Friedman, Phillips and other leading Economists. This vigorous and accessible collection of readings is intended to supplement and extend the understanding students could obtain from conventional introductory textbooks.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1349240028
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Intellectual advances in economics often come from debates that have been long forgotten but which offer context, depth and clarity to contemporary study. Essential Readings in Economics makes available in a single volume some of the seminal papers in the areas of microeconomics and macroeconomics for intermediate courses in economic principles. The readings are organised in two groups: Microeconomics and Macroeconomics. Part 1 looks at topics ranging from 'The Theory of Demand' and 'The Firm and Supply' to 'The Economics of Uncertainty and Information'. In Part 2 the wide ranging debates over the last 55 years are illustrated with contributions from Keynes, Friedman, Phillips and other leading Economists. This vigorous and accessible collection of readings is intended to supplement and extend the understanding students could obtain from conventional introductory textbooks.
Women's Health
Author: Nancy Worcester
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description