New General Circulation Books – July 2019

Economic Modeling In The Post Great Recession Era : Incomplete Data, Imperfect MarketsAuthors: John Silvia, [and two others].Publisher:John Wiley & SonsYear: 2017Subjects:ECONOMETRICS MODELS--UNITED STATES.      Description:Economic Modeling in the Post Great Recession Era presents…

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New Reference Book – June 2019

Handbook Of Economic Field ExperimentsEditors: Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee and Esther Duflo.Publisher:North-Holland, an imprint of ElsevierYear: 2017Subjects:ECONOMICS -- EXPERIMENTS--METHODOLOGY.     Description:Handbook of Field Experiments provides tactics on how to conduct experimental research, also presenting a…

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New Reserve Books – June 2019

Financial Accounting :International Financial Reporting Standards Authors: Walter T. Harrison Jr... [and four others]. Publisher: Pearson Education Limited Year: 2018 Subject: ACCOUNTING ; FINANCIAL STATEMENTS-- STANDARDS.       Description: Financial Accounting: International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)…

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New General Circulation Books – October 2018

Advanced Microeconomic Theory : An Intuitive Approach With Examples

Editors: Felix Muñoz-Garcia.

Publisher: The MIT Press

Year: 2017

Subjects: MICROECONOMICS ; ECONOMICS, MATHEMATICAL.

      Description:

This textbook offers an introduction to advanced microeconomic theory that emphasizes the intuition behind mathematical assumptions, providing step-by-step examples that show how to apply theoretical models. It covers standard topics such as preference relations, demand theory and applications, producer theory, choice under uncertainty, partial and general equilibrium, monopoly, game theory and imperfect competition, externalities and public goods, and contract theory; but its intuitive and application-oriented approach provides students with a bridge to more technical topics…More…

A Primer In Financial Data Management

Author: Martijn Groot.

Publisher: Elsevier Ltd

Year: 2017

Subjects: FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRY — DATA PROCESSING.

     Description:

A Primer in Financial Data Management describes concepts and methods, considering financial data management, not as a technological challenge, but as a key asset that underpins effective business management.This broad survey of data management in financial services discusses the data and process needs from the business user, client and regulatory perspectives. Its non-technical descriptions and insights can be used by readers with diverse interests across the financial services industry…More…

Companion To The Political Economy Of Rent Seeking

Editors: Roger D. Congleton,Arye L. Hillman.

Publisher: Edward Elgar

Year: 2015

Subjects: RENT SEEKING ; RENT (ECONOMIC THEORY).

      Description:

The expert and original contributions summarize and extend the literature in both theoretical and applied areas of research. The book begins with a clear and comprehensive description of the theory of rent seeking and of contest design for political and bureaucratic rent extraction. This is followed by a series of case studies showing the relevance of rent seeking for regulatory policies, international-trade policies, public finance, natural-resource discoveries, development aid, behavior in international bureaucracies, litigation and judicial systems. The applied chapters also include overviews of rent seeking and rent extraction in Europe, Russia, Asia, Africa and the US…More…

Competition And Regulation In Electricity Markets

Editors: Sebastian Eyre and Michael G. Pollitt.

Publisher: Edward Elgar

Year: 2016

Subjects: ELECTRIC UTILITIES– ECONOMIC ASPECTS.

     Description:

Featuring an original introduction by the editors, these carefully-selected essays explore the main issues surrounding competition and regulation in electricity markets. The industry is experiencing irresistible forces of change, driven by energy policy objectives; a reassessment of market regulation in the face of high-energy prices; and the response to consumer pressure to agree on what constitutes a fair price for energy. This volume identifies the key articles that underpin the debate across the industries supply chain (generation, supply and networks) from a regulatory perspective (including market power and incentive regulation). The collection then considers the overall impact of liberalisation and future developments…More…

Economics Of Climate-Resilient Development

Editors: Sam Frankhauser and Thomas K.J. McDermott.

Publisher: Edward Elgar

Year: 2016

Subjects: CLIMATIC CHANGES — ECONOMIC ASPECTS ; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.

     Description:

This timely and unique book takes an integrated look at the twin challenges of climate change and development. The book treats adaptation to climate change as an issue of climate-resilient development, rather than as a bespoke set of activities (flood defences, drought plans, and so on), combining climate and development challenges into a single strategy. It asks how the standard approaches to development need to change, and what socio-economic trends and urbanisation mean for the vulnerability of developing countries to climate risks…More…

Housing Economics And Public Policy : Essays In Honour Of Duncan Maclennan

Editors: Tony O’Sullivan and Kenneth Gibb.

Publisher: Blackwell Science

Year: 2003

Subjects: HOUSING POLICY ;  HOUSING — GREAT BRITAIN ; HOUSING.

     Description:

This book is a timely assessment of 20 years of progress in the field of housing economics and its application to policy and practice. Two decades on from the publication of Duncan Maclennan’s influential Housing Economics, 16 leading housing experts – both academics and policy makers from across the world – now honour Maclennan’s contributions. The chapters here present a contemporary survey of key issues in housing, from urban housing markets and sub-market modelling, to the economics of social housing, the basis for housing planning, economic analysis of neighborhoods, and the connections between academic work and policy development…More…

Inflation Targeting : Lessons From The International Experience

Editors: Ben S. Bernanke[and three others].

Publisher:  Princeton University Press

Year: 1999

Subjects: INFLATION TARGETING — CASE STUDIES.

       Description:

The book begins by explaining the unique features and advantages of inflation targeting. The authors argue that the simplicity and openness of inflation targeting make it far easier for the public to understand the intent and effects of monetary policy. This strategy also increases policymakers’ accountability for inflation performance and can accommodate flexible, even “discretionary,” monetary policy actions without sacrificing central banks’ credibility. The authors examine how well variants of this approach have worked in nine countries: Germany and Switzerland (which employ a money-focused form of inflation targeting), New Zealand, Canada, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Israel, Spain, and Australia…More…

Introduction To Business Analytics Using Simulation

Editors: Jonathan P. Pinder.

Publisher: Elsevier

Year: 2017

Subjects: BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE ; BUSINESS — COMPUTER SIMULATION.

     Description:

Introduction to Business Analytics Using Simulation employs an innovative strategy to teach business analytics. It uses simulation modeling and analysis as mechanisms to introduce and link predictive and prescriptive modeling. Because managers can’t fully assess what will happen in the future, but must still make decisions, the book treats uncertainty as an essential element in decision-making…More…

Market Instruments And The Protection Of Natural Resource

Editors: Natalie P. Stoianoff [and four others].

Publisher: Edward Elgar

Year: 2016

Subjects: ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT CHARGES.

      Description:

The expert contributors emphasise the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to stem the tide of irreparable harm to our natural resources. Market instruments that are designed to protect the global atmosphere are evaluated, along with carbon instruments and environmental tax incentives. Meanwhile, consideration is given to shifting the tax burden to achieve environmentally responsible outcomes, balancing sustainable use and natural resource protection, and protecting water resources.Offering a comprehensive appraisal of market instruments and policy solutions for natural resource protection, this book is ideal for both policy makers and students and academics of environmental law, economics and sustainability…More…

Microbehavioral Econometric Methods : Theories, Models, And Applications For The Study Of Environmental And Natural Resource

Author: Sungno Niggol Seo.

Publisher: Academic Press

Year: 2016

Subjects:  ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS — ECONOMETRIC MODELS.

     Description:

Microbehavioral Econometric Methods and Environmental Studies uses microeconometric methods to model the behavior of individuals, then demonstrates the modelling approaches in addressing policy needs. It links theory and methods with applications, and it incorporates data to connect individual choices and global environmental issues. This extension of traditional environmental economics presents modeling strategies and methodological techniques, then applies them to hands-on examples.Throughout the book, readers can access chapter summaries, problem sets, multiple household survey data with regard to agricultural and natural resources in Sub-Saharan Africa, South America, and India, and empirical results and solutions from the SAS software…More…

Oligopoly, Auctions And Market quality

Author:  Krishnendu Ghosh Dastidar

PublisherSpringer Berlin Heidelberg

Year: 2017

Subjects: GLOBALIZATION — ECONOMIC ASPECTS ; GLOBALIZATION.

      Description:

This book provides an economic analysis of various aspects of `market quality’, a new concept which emerged in the 21st century, using the tools of `oligopoly theory’ and `auction theory’ that evolved over the 19th and 20th centuries. In the economics literature the link between the theories of oligopoly and auctions with market quality remains largely unexplored. This book attempts to forge such a link as it brings together relevant theoretical results in the literature on these topics under a unified framework. While the book is mainly theoretical in nature, it also discusses some specific issues related to the problems of market quality in emerging economies like India…More…

Spatial Econometrics: Qualitative And Limited Dependent Variables

Editors: Badi H. Baltagi, James P. Lesage and R. Kelly Pace.

Publisher: Edward Elgar

Year: 2017

Subjects: SPATIAL ANALYSIS (STATISTICS) ; ECONOMETRICS.

      Description:

Advances in Econometrics is a research annual whose editorial policy is to publish original research articles that contain enough details so that economists and econometricians who are not experts in the topics will find them accessible and useful in their research. Volume 37 exemplifies this focus by highlighting key research from new developments in econometrics…More… (more…)

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