Authors:Edward Lorenz, Bengt-ake Lundvall,
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: competing, models, coordinating, learn, economies, europe
Number of Pages: 470
Published: 2007-02-08
List price: $150.00
ISBN-10: 0199203199
ISBN-13: 9780199203192

When seeking to bench mark the performance of European economies, commentators often look for comparison the economies of Japan and the United States. How Europe’s Economies Learn shows how this is seriously misleading and needs to be complemented with an understanding of the fundamental differences between Europe’s economies.

Author: Alastair R. Hall
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: texts, econometrics, advanced, moments, method, generalized
Number of Pages: 408
Published: 2005-03-03
List price: $75.00
ISBN-10: 0198775202
ISBN-13: 9780198775201

This book has become one of the main statistical tools for the analysis of economic and financial data. Designed for both theoreticians and practitioners, this book provides a comprehensive treatment of GMM estimation and inference. All the main statistical results are discussed intuitively and proved formally, and all the inference techniques are illustrated using empirical examples in macroeconomics and finance. This book is the first to provide an intuitive introduction to the method combined with a unified treatment of GMM statistical theory and a survey of recent important developments in

Author: Christopher Dyer
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: ages, ford, lectures, middle, later, economy, society, england, transition
Number of Pages: 300
Published: 2005-04-07
List price: $114.99
ISBN-10: 0198221665
ISBN-13: 9780198221661

Christopher Dyer examines the transition in the economy and society of England between 1250 and 1550. Using new sources of evidence, he demonstrates that important structural changes after 1350 built on the commercial growth of the thirteenth century. He shows that development of individual property, response to new consumption patterns, and use of credit and investment, came from the peasantry rather than the aristocracy. An Age of Transition?, a significant new work by a top medievalist, reveals how England was set on course to become the ’first industrial nation’.

Author: James Bradfield
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: markets, financial, economics, introduction
Number of Pages: 512
Published: 2007-02-08
List price: $80.00
ISBN-10: 0195310632
ISBN-13: 9780195310634

There are many textbooks for business students that provide a systematic, introductory development of the economics of financial markets. However, there are as yet no introductory textbooks aimed at more easily daunted undergraduate liberal arts students. Introduction to the Economics of Financial Markets fills this gap by providing an extremely accessible introductory exposition of how economists analyze both how, and how well, financial markets organize the intertemporal allocation of scarce resources. The central theme is that the function of a system of financial markets is to enable con

Author: Klaus Dodds
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: short, introductions, introduction, geopolitics
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 2007-12-03
List price: $11.95
ISBN-10: 0199206589
ISBN-13: 9780199206582

In places such as Iraq or Lebanon, moving a few feet on either side of a territorial boundary can be a matter of life or death, dramatically highlighting the connections between geography and politics. This Very Short Introduction illuminates the concept of geopolitics, revealing how a country’s location and size as well as its sovereignty and resources all affect how its people understand and interact with the wider world. Using wide-ranging examples, from historical maps to James Bond films and the rhetoric of political leaders like Churchill and George W. Bush, Klaus Dodds describes h

Author: Partha Dasgupta
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: short, introductions, introduction, economics
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2007-03-05
List price: $11.95
ISBN-10: 0192853457
ISBN-13: 9780192853455

Here Partha Dasgupta, an internationally recognized authority in economics, presents readers with a solid introduction to its basic concepts, including efficiency, equity, sustainability, dynamic equilibrium, property rights, markets, and public goods. Throughout, he highlights the relevance of economics to everyday life, providing a very human exploration of a technical subject. Dasgupta covers enduring issues such as population growth, the environment, and poverty. For example, he explores how the world’s looming population problems affect us at the local, national, and international l

Authors:Katherine Blundell, Fraser Armstrong,
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: oil, energy
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2007-12-20
List price: $49.50
ISBN-10: 0199209960
ISBN-13: 9780199209965

As the Earth’s oil supply runs out, and the effects of climate change threaten nations and their populations, the search for carbon-neutral sources of energy becomes more important and increasingly urgent. This book focuses on solutions to the energy problem, and not just the problem itself. It describes the major energy-generation technologies currently under development, and provides an authoritative summary of the current status of each one. It stresses the need for a balanced portfolio of alternative energy technologies. Certain solutions will be more appropriate than others in par