Authors:Rolf Färe, Daniel Primont,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: theory, applications, duality, production, output, multi
Number of Pages: 188
Published: 1994-12-31
List price: $199.00
ISBN-10: 0792395182
ISBN-13: 9780792395188

This book presents a complete summary of the major results in duality theory pioneered by Ronald W. Shephard. Building on this base, the authors present new findings including the duality relationship between the profit function and the eight equivalent representations of technology that were elucidated by Shephard. Finally, the book provides a number of applications of duality theory to economic problems. These include efficiency measurement, index number theory, shadow pricing, cost-benefit analysis, and econometric estimation.

Authors:Rolf Färe, Shawna Grosskopf, Daniel Primont,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: efficiency, productivity, studies, measurement, aggregation
Number of Pages: 157
Published: 2007-03-26
List price: $109.00
ISBN-10: 0387369481
ISBN-13: 9780387369488

Economists have long studied the efficiency of firms, industries, and entire economies. This volume brings together leading scholars to make connections between efficiency and a number of diverse areas of current interest to economists, including an examination of the efficiency of tax systems across generations that overlap, and the efficiency of firm mergers that highlights the tradeoff between the synergy of the merger and the problem of managerial oversight in the now larger firm. An empirical look at productivity growth of states uses a tripartite decomposition of labor productivity into

Authors:Daniel L. Schacter, Daniel T. Gilbert, Daniel M. W
Publisher: Worth Publisher
Keywords: psychology
Number of Pages: 800
Published: 2007-12-28
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0716752158
ISBN-13: 9780716752158

The science makes it the book for you.An introduction to psychology doesn’t have to be science-challenged to be student-friendly. After all, what more powerful tool is there for captivating students than the real science behind what we know? Dan Schacter, Dan Gilbert and Dan Wegner’s skillful presentation centers on a smart selection of pioneering and cutting-edge experiments and examples. They effectively convey the remarkable achievements of psychology (with the right amount of critical judgment) to introduce the field’s fundamental ideas to students. The writing makes it the book for

Authors:Daniel L. Schacter, Daniel T. Gilbert, Daniel M. Weg
Publisher:
Keywords: psychology
Published: 2009
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 1429202645
ISBN-13: 9781429202640

Psychology, the highly anticipated new introductory psychology textbook by Harvard professors Daniel L. Schacter, Daniel T. Gilbert, and Daniel M. Wegner, takes a fresh approach to the teaching of psychology by focusing on mindbugs: foibles of the mind that are intrinsically fascinating and provide fundamental insights into how the mind works. Believing an introduction to the field of psychology should be every bit as engaging as reading a popular science book, the authors have utilized the skills that made them successful trade authors to present a compelling case for psychological reasoning.

Authors:Alan Altshuler, Martin Anderson, Daniel Jones, Daniel
Publisher: The MIT Press
Keywords: automobile, program, international, report, future, mit
Number of Pages: 332
Published: 1986-10-09
List price: $28.00
ISBN-10: 0262510383
ISBN-13: 9780262510387

A new shape for the world auto industry emerges from this far-ranging study, which reveals a path of development quite different from those widely forecast and leaves no doubt that the changes ahead will be dramatic. Cited by Business Week as one of 1984’s ten best books on business and economics, The Future of the Automobile is the most comprehensive assessment ever conducted of the world’s largest industry. It is a collaborative study by leading researchers and industry experts in Japan, Germany, France, Italy, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States that covers the

Authors:Daniel Dociu, Melanie Delon, Marta Dahlig, Daniel P.
Publisher: Ballistic Publishing
Keywords: digital, class, master, painting, artiste, artists
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2010-07-01
List price: $75.00
ISBN-10: 1921002573
ISBN-13: 9781921002571

Learn digital painting techniques from the world’s top artists and see the art that inspires them. d’artiste Digital Painting 2 showcases the talents of Daniel Dociu, Mélanie Delon, Don Seegmiller, and Marta Dahling, who provide tips on using Photoshop and Painter to achieve the best results in character, creature, and environment painting.

Authors:: Thomas Pape, Daniel Bickel, Rudolf Meier, Daniel Bi
Publisher: Brill
Keywords: tools, challenges, status, diversity, diptera
Number of Pages: 460
Published: 2009-01-31
List price: $186.00
ISBN-10: 9004148973
ISBN-13: 9789004148970

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