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Hardback. Examines the nature of the worker and consumer from a personalist perspective, comparing that body of knowledge to what is received from conventional economics. This book is themed around the fact that personalist economics is attentive to both aspects of human material need, physical need and the need for work. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792381464
- ISBN
- 9780792381464
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.69
€ 132.69
Hardback. The essays in this volume illustrate the diversity of methods in defining the meaning of rationality, particularly in relation to economics. They attempt to find a common core of meaning that accommodates a variegated array of methods and approaches to this subject. Editor(s): Dennis, Ken. Series: Recent Economic Thought. Num Pages: 149 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 890.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 149
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792381143
- ISBN
- 9780792381143
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.67
€ 130.67
Hardback. Debates the notion that research on regulatory reform and labor markets should develop within the framework of the competitive model. This book achieves this by presenting diverging views on wage and employment determination in distinctly different deregulated industries. Editor(s): Peoples, James G. Series: Recent Economic Thought. Num Pages: 403 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCA; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 752.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 403
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792380658
- ISBN
- 9780792380658
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 202.02
€ 202.02
Hardback. Assesses the development of 'Coasean Economics': those aspects of economic analysis that have evolved out of the work of Ronald Coase. This book identifies two major strands of research: law and economics and the New Institutional Economics. Editor(s): Medema, Steven G. Series: Recent Economic Thought. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GPF; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792380344
- ISBN
- 9780792380344
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 199.66
€ 199.66
Hardback. This text challenges the standard interpretation of the basis of growth and viability of dominant wealthy nations. The efforts of the economically wealthy and government leaders to increase their wealth and protect it from aggressors, internal and external, are cast in a new evolutionary light. Num Pages: 425 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 779.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 425
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792378785
- ISBN
- 9780792378785
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 202.52
€ 202.52
Hardback. J Fagg Foster (1907-1985) was one of the most significant creators of institutionalist economic theory in the twentieth century. Because little of Foster's scholarly work was formally published, professional knowledge of his extraordinary contribution is quite limited. This work attempts to correct this deficiency. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCA; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792378303
- ISBN
- 9780792378303
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 198.72
€ 198.72
Hardback. An increasing amount of economic research has been done using approaches that allow for discontinuities such as catastrophe theory, chaos theory, synergetics and fractal geometry. This text reviews the applications of these approaches in various subdisciplines of economics. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA; PBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792377702
- ISBN
- 9780792377702
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 255.70
€ 255.70
Hardback. Sets out to expand the concept of exchange by crossing the boundaries laid down by economists and by examining the function played by deceptions, self-deceptions and illusions. This book prepares the ground for and makes the contributions to explicitly acknowledging deceptions, self-deceptions and illusions as fundamental dimensions. Editor(s): Gerschlager, Caroline. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 565.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792376255
- ISBN
- 9780792376255
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 199.42
€ 199.42
Hardback. This text explains the way in which information and knowledge are treated in contemporary economic theories. It gathers together contributions on the role of information in the various theories covered, including: system analysis; game theory; and the theories of market pricing. Editor(s): Petit, Pascal. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GPF; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792375715
- ISBN
- 9780792375715
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.02
€ 132.02
The Rational Expectation Hypothesis, Time-Varying Parameters and Adapt...
Marco P. (Universita Di Siena) Tucci
hardcover. Presents the strand of literature on adaptive control with that on TVP. This title generalizes the approach pioneered by Tse and Bar-Shalom and Kendrick and one used in Amman and Kendrick, where the law of motion of the TVP and the hyperstructural parameters are assumed known, to the case where the hyperstructural parameters are assumed unknown. Series: Advances in Computational Economics. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 2004th Edition
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792374848
- ISBN
- 9780792374848
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.08
€ 133.08
hardcover. Altruism is a deep phenomenon, of interest and relevance to scholars across the a range of disciplines in the Humanities and Social Sciences. This book discussed issues such as: the efficacy of motivational altruism in the resolution of public issues; the genetic origins of altruism and its attendant risks; and the metaphysical basis of altruism. Editor(s): Kapur, Basant K.; Chong, Kim-Chong. Num Pages: 187 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 1030.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 2002nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 187
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792374800
- ISBN
- 9780792374800
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.61
€ 131.61
Hardback. Combines topics on international trade with a discussion of the evolution of the theory. This book examines the historical progression of international trade theory. It addresses the modern theory and developments of international trade. It offers a comprehensive evaluation of the non-monetary problems of international economics. Series: Research Monographs in Japan-U.S.Business and Economics. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 169 x 19. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792373988
- ISBN
- 9780792373988
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.33
€ 132.33
Hardback. Offers a look at the paradigmatic foundations and basic theoretical propositions of economics. This volume provides an approach to economics that allows developments in various strands of Evolutionary Economics to be integrated and major positions of Neoclassical Economics to be reconsidered. Editor(s): Dopfer, Kurt. Series: Recent Economic Thought. Num Pages: 382 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 719.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 382
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792373940
- ISBN
- 9780792373940
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 201.58
€ 201.58
Hardback. Num Pages: 425 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 779.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 425
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792373902
- ISBN
- 9780792373902
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 202.42
€ 202.42
Hardback. Editor(s): Negishi, Takashi; Ramachandran, Rama V.; Mino, Kazuo. Series: Research Monographs in Japan-U.S.Business and Economics. Num Pages: 592 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1017.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792373063
- ISBN
- 9780792373063
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 261.14
€ 261.14
Hardback. Some time ago one of the editors stumbled on a paradox in the competition for rents. He asked a previous research assistant to work out some examples and gave a seminar on it. This volume attempts to get economists to turn to the problem and, hopefully, solve the paradox. It also presents a substantial portion of the literature on the matter. Editor(s): Lockard, Alan (George Mason University, USA); Tullock, Gordon. Num Pages: 418 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1710.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 418
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792372424
- ISBN
- 9780792372424
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 202.45
€ 202.45
Hardcover. Examining Jean-Jacques Rousseau's statements on the economy, this text looks at his proposals of an economic philosophy for the most important properties of richness - such as experiencing the unique, and being free although dependent on others. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 172 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA; PBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 1998th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792352709
- ISBN
- 9780792352709
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.73
€ 127.73
Game Theoretical Applications to Economics and Operations Research
. Ed(S): Parthasarathy, T.; Dutta, Bhaskar; P...
Hardback. This text deals with various aspects of game theory and their applications to economics and operational research related problems. It brings together the contributions of a wide spectrum of disciplines such as statistics, mathematics, mathematical economics and OR. Editor(s): Parthasarathy, T.; Dutta, Bhaskar; Potters, J.; Raghaven, T. E. S.; Ray, D.; Sen, A. Series: Theory and Decision Library C. Num Pages: 316 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA; PBUD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 625.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792347125
- ISBN
- 9780792347125
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.26
€ 200.26
Hardback. Presents important mathematical tools for studying economic models. It covers linear differential equations and linear discrete-time systems; a sketch of the general theory of nonlinear systems and the stability of equilibria; and an introduction to numerical methods for differential equations. Series: Mathematical Modelling: Theory and Applications. Num Pages: 376 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA; PBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792346753
- ISBN
- 9780792346753
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.17
€ 135.17
Hardback. Presents some of the work on the modelling of risk and uncertainty, with applications to problems in environmental policy, economics and finance. This book contain 18 papers by economists, management scientists, and statisticians shedding light on phenomena such as the Allais and St Petersburg paradoxes and the equity premium puzzle. Editor(s): Nau, Robert; Gronn, Erik; Machina, Mark J.; Bergland, Olvar. Series: Theory and Decision Library B. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA; PBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 17. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792345565
- ISBN
- 9780792345565
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.20
€ 133.20
Hardback. This text discusses the development of an institutional approach to general economic equilibrium, and concludes that equivalence is extremely hard to achieve and that perfect competition thus has a pathological nature. Series: Theory and Decision Library C. Num Pages: 324 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792342007
- ISBN
- 9780792342007
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.13
€ 134.13
Hardback. Presents the behavioral economics and economic psychology and their applications to economics and business. This title discusses economic psychological themes, information processing, and applications in fields including entrepreneurial behavior, perceptions of price, risk, inflation and economic activities, and economic socialization. Num Pages: 442 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 25. Weight in Grams: 802.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 2nd, rev. ed. 1996
- Number of pages
- 442
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792341079
- ISBN
- 9780792341079
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 202.85
€ 202.85
Hardback. Dealing with the roots of German historicist and organistic thought in economics, this work argues that this approach is of significance for present-day institutional economics, especially in the field of environmental and resource economics. Series: Ecology, Economy and Environment. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792340430
- ISBN
- 9780792340430
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.61
€ 131.61
Hardback. The approach to many problems in economic analysis has changed drastically with the development and dissemination of efficient computational techniques. This book presents a selection of papers illustrating the use of various computational methods and computing techniques to solve economic problems. Editor(s): Gilli, Manfred. Series: Advances in Computational Economics. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1310.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792338697
- ISBN
- 9780792338697
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.46
€ 133.46