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Hardcover. Richard Titmuss, Professor at the London School of Economics, adviser to governments, and prolific author, was instrumental in shaping the new disciplines of social policy and administration. This work explains and evaluates the theories of this provocative but often difficult author. Num Pages: 314 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKS; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333800508
- ISBN
- 9780333800508
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.94
€ 63.94
Hardback. This volume analyzes the problem of information and risk management. Both topics are a central issue in current financial and monetary economic literature. The framework looks at the topic in two ways: as a response to asymmetric information, and as a self-generated innovation process. Editor(s): Baldassarri, Mario; Bagella, Michele; Paganetto, Luigi. Series: Central Issues in Contemporary Economic Theory and Policy. Num Pages: 400 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; KCA; KFF; KJMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 31. Weight in Grams: 661.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333802045
- ISBN
- 9780333802045
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Condition: New
€ 186.57
€ 186.57
Hardcover. In this text P.K. Rao provides a comprehensive analytical treatment of the economics of transaction costs and suggests a few directions for formal economic models. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA; KCC; KJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 219 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333802687
- ISBN
- 9780333802687
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.81
€ 121.81
Hardback. This title contains contributions to inter-industry economics by a set of international authors. The first part explores the frontiers for traditional topics in input-output analysis. The second part covers issues that change the visualization of economic structures. Editor(s): Kuenne, Robert E.; Lahr, Michael L.; Dietzenbacher, Erik. Num Pages: 529 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA; KCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 36. Weight in Grams: 822.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 529
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333917855
- ISBN
- 9780333917855
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 177.03
€ 177.03
Hardcover. This volume provides a comprehensive view of the topic of public debt from the Ricardian standpoint. It shows how Ricardo's analysis of public debt connects to other themes and issues in Ricardian economics, and the motives behind both his abstract reasoning and policy recommendations. Series: Studies in the History of Economics. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA; KFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 425.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333921487
- ISBN
- 9780333921487
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Condition: New
€ 121.27
€ 121.27
Paperback. This text offers a social and economic history of the late 20th century and explains why knowledge-driven capitalism presents the opportunity to improve the quality of life for all. It represents a challenge to the ideas of the Third Way and the politics of New Labour and the New Democrats. Num Pages: 352 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBA; KCA; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 453.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333922910
- ISBN
- 9780333922910
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Condition: New
€ 64.01
€ 64.01
Paperback. Beginning with the key changes brought about in the economy by advanced technology and organizational and institutional innovations, this book elucidates their impact on industrial systems, accumulation, firms and the processes of European integration. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPS; KCA; KCB; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333930731
- ISBN
- 9780333930731
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Condition: New
€ 121.99
€ 121.99
Hardcover. This volume contains essays on economic policy which includes policy proposals, background to policy recommendations, the role of investment incentives, the influence of accounting conventions on private decision-making and government policy in both capatalist and planned economies. Num Pages: 370 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA; KCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333946329
- ISBN
- 9780333946329
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Condition: New
€ 123.39
€ 123.39
Hardback. The author reviews retrospectively his developing ideas on theory and policy since he first encountered Keynes's writings in 1950. Topics covered include: Keynes now, specifically the coming back into favour of his most fundamental ideas; intellectual biographies and shorter tributes to economists; and a survey of Post-Keynesian thought. Num Pages: 376 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 631.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333946336
- ISBN
- 9780333946336
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.66
€ 123.66
Paperback. This text offers an authoritative reassessment of Marxist political economy, perhaps the most significant since Althusser. The book seeks to make accessible the thought associated with dialectics and deconstruction, drawing upon philosophy, sociology, political science and critical theory. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCX; JPFC; KCA; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 337.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333948378
- ISBN
- 9780333948378
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 174.61
€ 174.61
The Culmination of Capital. Essays on Volume III of Marx's Capital.
. Ed(S): Campbell, Martha; Reuten, Geert
Hardback. In this collection, four philosophers and four economists consider the third volume of Marx's "Capital". The essays take up each of the major themes of volume III and consider them in the light of the two previous volumes. Topics include competition, rent, and the concept of class. Editor(s): Campbell, Martha; Reuten, Geert. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPFC; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333964934
- ISBN
- 9780333964934
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.83
€ 121.83
Hardback. John Mills provides a critical survey of the way economics has developed. It argues that the main goal of economics ought to be to show how to achieve a combination of economic growth, full employment, low inflation, avoidance of extreme poverty and sustainability. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA; KCB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 455.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333971307
- ISBN
- 9780333971307
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.99
€ 121.99
Hardcover. This volume offers a comprehensive treatment of the development of Keynes's economic ideas in the General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, using archival material, the historical record of the economics of Keynes's time and place and the scholarship available on Keynes's biography and philosophy. Num Pages: 373 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 166 x 25. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333977170
- ISBN
- 9780333977170
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.08
€ 123.08
Hardback. Using an inter-disciplinary approach ranging across economics, economic geography, sociology and management studies, this book analyses the nature of globalization within business service transnational corporations in management consultancy and investment banking. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCA; KFFK; KJL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 391.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333982013
- ISBN
- 9780333982013
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.88
€ 121.88
Hardback. Traditional theories suggest that developing countries lack influence in the trade regime. In this text, Jane Ford uses a social theory or constructivist approach to show that developing countries played a critical role in strengthening multilateralism in the World Trade Organization. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFG; KCA; KCLT1; KCP; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333998403
- ISBN
- 9780333998403
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.96
€ 121.96
Hardback. Brings together 11 articles on Gustav von Schmoller, Max Weber, and Joseph Schumpeter. This volume aims to identify the methodological essence of the German Historical School that flourished between the 1840s and 1930s. It is useful for students of economic history, economic sociology, evolutionary economics, and institutional economics. Series: The European Heritage in Economics and the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 493.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387230832
- ISBN
- 9780387230832
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 189.27
€ 189.27
Paperback. Explores the analytical mind and the intuitive mind. This title presents the leading theories on intuition. It considers the presumably analytic and logical nature of economics and then demonstrates the many ways in which economists from Adam Smith to Herbert Simon have relied on intuition as a fruitful mental activity. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCX; KCA; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 302.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387232560
- ISBN
- 9780387232560
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 120.60
€ 120.60
Hardback. Divided into two parts, this book presents theories on intuition, discusses developments in cognitive science, and explores the role of intuition in science and creativity in the first part. It considers the analytic and logical nature of economics and demonstrates the ways in which economists have relied on intuition in the second part. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCX; KCA; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 451.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387240695
- ISBN
- 9780387240695
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.99
€ 125.99
Hardback. Consists of a collection of essays by some of the scientists in the field, covering diverse aspects of applications of optimal control and dynamic games to problems in Finance, Management Science, Economics, and Operations Research. This work covers a variety of contemporary questions that can be addressed with optimal control tools. Editor(s): Deissenberg, Christophe; Hartl, Richard F. (University of Vienna). Series: Advances in Computational Management Science. Num Pages: 368 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387258041
- ISBN
- 9780387258041
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 192.12
€ 192.12
Hardback. Reconsiders some of Friedrich Nietzsche's writings on economics and the science of state. This book intends to provoke conversation and inspire research on the role that this much misunderstood philosopher and cultural critic has played in the history of economics. Editor(s): Backhaus, Jurgen George; Drechsler, Wolfgang. Series: The European Heritage in Economics and the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387329796
- ISBN
- 9780387329796
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.52
€ 127.52
Hardback. This book introduces DEA as a multiple-measure performance evaluation and benchmarking tool. This new edition improves a number of DEA spreadsheet models and offers a DEAFrontier software for use with Excel 2007, as well as adds new DEA models and approaches. Series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science. Num Pages: 327 pages, 46 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: KCA; KCC; KCH; KJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 666.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 2009
- Number of pages
- 327
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387859811
- ISBN
- 9780387859811
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.72
€ 191.72
Hardback. Series: Stochastic Modelling and Applied Probability. Num Pages: 191 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA; PBKQ; PBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 990.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 191
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387902388
- ISBN
- 9780387902388
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.37
€ 125.37
Paperback. Series: Heidelberg Science Library. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GPFC; KCA; PBKQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387902630
- ISBN
- 9780387902630
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.61
€ 63.61
Hardcover. The result of the first European Conference on Cognitive Economics, this book gives an overview of recent achievements of cognitive economics and aims to better define its motivations and its boundaries. The articles illustrate the different tools and methods which are currently used in the domain and enlarge those traditionally used in economics. Editor(s): Topol, Richard; Walliser, Bernard. Series: Contributions to Economic Analysis. Num Pages: 278 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JMAQ; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544. New Trends. Series: Contributions to Economic Analysis. 278 pages, Illustrations. Editor(s): Topol, Richard; Walliser, Bernard. The result of the first European Conference on Cognitive Economics, this book gives an overview of recent achievements of cognitive economics and aims to better define its motivations and its boundaries. The articles illustrate the different tools and methods which are currently used in the domain and enlarge those traditionally used in economics. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JMAQ; KCA. Dimension: 238 x 155 x 22. Weight: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780444522429
- ISBN
- 9780444522429
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 216.81
€ 216.81