Author: Thomas Miceli
Publisher: Stanford Economics and Finance
Keywords: law, approach, economic
Number of Pages: 408
Published: 2003-11-11
List price: $90.00
ISBN-10: 0804746559
ISBN-13: 9780804746557

In recent decades, the economic approach to law has developed into a mainstream field of study for both legal scholars and economists. This book provides a textbook treatment of the subject, primarily directed toward undergraduate economics students. It presumes a basic familiarity with economic principles, but little knowledge of the law. An effort is made to show both how economic principles can explain the actual structure of the law, and how they can help to make the law more efficient. The book emphasizes unifying themes and methodologies rather than an exhaustive coverage of legal

Author: Arun Muralidhar
Publisher: Stanford Economics and Finance
Keywords: management, fund, pension, innovations
Number of Pages: 360
Published: 2002-12-01
List price: $60.00
ISBN-10: 0804745218
ISBN-13: 9780804745215

Whether you are a pension plan sponsor rethinking investment objectives or conducting an asset allocation study, an investor interested in evaluating asset-liability value-at-risk, or an investor who wants the latest techniques to evaluate investment management skills, Innovations in Pension Fund Management gives state-of-the-art guidance on how to implement investment strategy with cutting-edge financial theory and current best practices of plan sponsors and investment managers.All aspects of fund management will be seen in a fresh light, as professionals read about current practical and theo

Authors:Shahid Yusuf, Dwight H. Perkins, Kaoru Nabeshima,
Publisher: Stanford Economics and Finance
Keywords: owned, enterprises, state, china, ownership, privatizing, new
Number of Pages: 292
Published: 2005-11-16
List price: $26.95
ISBN-10: 0804753903
ISBN-13: 9780804753906

Although the relative size of the public sector has been much reduced worldwide since the early 1980s, it remains the dominant borrower from the banking system and responsible for the majority of the non-performing assets of banks. Drawing upon new firm-level survey data, this volume assesses how changes in the ownership structure of SOEs affect management, governance, innovation, and performance, comparing these SOEs to other types of firms in China. It also considers China’s reform efforts against the experiences of other transition economies. The research reveals that the medium- a

Author: John Gowdy
Publisher: Stanford Economics and Finance
Keywords: student, guide, new, old, theory, microeconomic
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2009-10-29
List price: $75.00
ISBN-10: 0804758832
ISBN-13: 9780804758833

Microeconomic Theory Old and New: A Student’s Guide has two main goals. The first is to give advanced undergraduate and graduate students an understanding of the core model of economics: Walrasian general equilibrium theory. The text presents in detail the three building blocks of Walrasian theory—establishing Pareto efficiency in a barter economy, establishing the efficiency of competitive markets, and accounting for market failure. Each is discussed verbally, graphically, and using mathematics. After reading this book, students will have an understanding of how the seemingly disparat

Author: Christopher Coyne
Publisher: Stanford Economics and Finance
Keywords: stanford, economics, finance, democracy, exporting, political, economy, war
Number of Pages: 248
Published: 2007-11-07
List price: $65.00
ISBN-10: 080475439X
ISBN-13: 9780804754392

Why does liberal democracy take hold in some countries but not in others? This is one of the most enduring questions of our time. The problems posed by nondemocratic countries and the rogue groups within them are among the most pressing issues in the world today. Historically, the United States has attempted to generate change in these countries by exporting liberal democratic institutions through military occupation and reconstruction. Despite these efforts, the record of U.S.-led reconstructions has been mixed at best. Why do we observe such different outcomes in military i

Authors:Francesco Parisi, Vernon Smith,
Publisher: Stanford Economics and Finance
Keywords: economics, finance, stanford, irrational, law, behavior
Number of Pages: 632
Published: 2005-01-18
List price: $44.95
ISBN-10: 0804751447
ISBN-13: 9780804751445

This collection of essays explores the most relevant developments at the interface of economics and psychology, giving special attention to models of irrational behavior, and draws the relevant implications of such models for the design of legal rules and institutions. The application of economic models of irrational behavior to law is especially challenging because specific departures from rational behavior differ markedly from one another. Furthermore, the analytical and deductive instruments of economic theory have to be reshaped to deal with the fragmented and heterogeneous findings of p

Author: Michele Alacevich
Publisher: Stanford Economics and Finance
Keywords: years, bank, world, economy, political
Number of Pages: 216
Published: 2009-03-09
List price: $75.00
ISBN-10: 0804760659
ISBN-13: 9780804760652

The Political Economy of the World Bank: The Early Years is a fascinating study of economic history. This text describes perhaps what is the most crucial time for development economics: the birth of the "third world," the creation of development economics as a discipline, and the establishment of the World Bank’s leading role in development.Using previously unavailable archival material, Michele Alacevich takes a close look at the years during which the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development—now known as the World Bank— turned its attention from reconstruction to deve