Microeconomic Analysis (Routledge Revivals)

Microeconomic Analysis (Routledge Revivals)
Author: David Currie
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 512
Release: 2016-05-20
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1317214897

First published in 1981, this book brings together a collection of essays on microeconomics and development presented at the conference of the Association of University Teachers of Economics. Topics covered include the intergenerational transfer of economic inequality, a review of the recent development in the theory of equity in the economy’s distribution and production process, labour and unemployment, market structure and international trade, taxation and the public sector, Third World industrialisation and Indian agriculture. This book will be of interest to students of Economics and Development Studies.

The Methodology of Economic Model Building (Routledge Revivals)

The Methodology of Economic Model Building (Routledge Revivals)
Author: Lawrence A. Boland
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2014-05-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1317680960

The major methodological task for modern economists has been to establish the testability of models. Too often, however, methodological assumptions can make a model virtually impossible to test even under ideal conditions, yet few theorists have examined the requirements and problems of assuring testability in economics. In The Methodology of Economic Model Building, first published in 1989, Lawrence Boland presents the results of a research project that spanned more than twenty years. He examines how economists have applied the philosophy of Karl Popper, relating methodological debates about falsifiability to wider discussions about the truth status of models in natural and social sciences. He concludes that model building in economics reflects more the methodological prescriptions of the economist Paul Samuelson than Popper’s ‘falsificationism’. This title will prove invaluable to both students and researchers, and represents a substantial contribution to debates about the scientific status of economics.

Unequal Treatment (Routledge Revivals)

Unequal Treatment (Routledge Revivals)
Author: Mats Lundahl
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2015-05-08
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1317593642

This book, written by two leading Swedish economists and first published in 1984, constitutes a threefold contribution to the expanding field of economic discrimination. In the first place, it summarizes different approaches to the economics of discrimination, from the beginning of the British debate on equal pay in the 1890s onwards. Secondly, the book contains analytical chapters that, taking the theory originated by Gary Becker as their point of departure, critique and develop the Beckerian theory in a number of ways; in particular, the phenomenon known as crowding is investigated in different models. Finally, the theories thus developed are applied to a concrete case of discrimination: that of apartheid in South Africa. This is a fascinating title that will be of value to any economics students researching the development of discrimination theory during the twentieth century in particular.

Methodology for a New Microeconomics (Routledge Revivals)

Methodology for a New Microeconomics (Routledge Revivals)
Author: Lawrence A. Boland
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2014-06-03
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1317680898

First published in 1986, this title argues that the successful development of a new microeconomics requires a deeper understanding of methodological individualism and its role in stability analysis. Lawrence Boland expounds a critique of neoclassical models, which, he contends, often fail to include an explicit stability analysis. He demonstrates that much of the sophisticated theoretical literature over the past thirty years can be understood as ad hoc attempts to overcome the deficiencies of such models in the absence of cogent stability analyses. In conclusion, he explains the need to update the theory taught at universities, and to develop a truly individualist version of microeconomics that is consistent with the methodological principles of major neoclassical models. An important contribution to economic methodology, this work is a highly valuable resource for all students and teachers of economics at the undergraduate level.

Methodology for a New Microeconomics (Routledge Revivals)

Methodology for a New Microeconomics (Routledge Revivals)
Author: Lawrence A. Boland
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2014-06-03
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1317680901

First published in 1986, this title argues that the successful development of a new microeconomics requires a deeper understanding of methodological individualism and its role in stability analysis. Lawrence Boland expounds a critique of neoclassical models, which, he contends, often fail to include an explicit stability analysis. He demonstrates that much of the sophisticated theoretical literature over the past thirty years can be understood as ad hoc attempts to overcome the deficiencies of such models in the absence of cogent stability analyses. In conclusion, he explains the need to update the theory taught at universities, and to develop a truly individualist version of microeconomics that is consistent with the methodological principles of major neoclassical models. An important contribution to economic methodology, this work is a highly valuable resource for all students and teachers of economics at the undergraduate level.

Contemporary Economic Analysis (Routledge Revivals)

Contemporary Economic Analysis (Routledge Revivals)
Author: David Currie
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 511
Release: 2016-05-12
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1317215109

First published in 1980, this book collects 17 lectures presented at the annual conference of the Association of University Teachers of Economics covering a wide range issues and debates. They include new theoretical points, criticisms of existing theory, the reporting of empirical studies and their implications, and refinements of methodological techniques. Among the topics covered are government deficits and capital accumulation; macroeconomic issues of management policy and foreign trade; empirical studies of foreign exchange markets, and supply and demand of hours of work; public sector and welfare economics; risk and uncertainty; and monopoly, competition and markets.

The Theory of Dynamic Efficiency

The Theory of Dynamic Efficiency
Author: Jesús Huerta de Soto
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2009
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 041542769X

This book gathers a collection of multidisciplinary essays by Jess Huerta de Soto, examining the dynamic processes of social cooperation which characterize the market, with particular emphasis on the role of both entrepreneurship and institutions.

Working Time and Employment

Working Time and Employment
Author: Bob Hart
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Hours of labor
ISBN: 9780415589451

First published in 1987, this Routledge Revival reissues the first systematic and integrated analysis of working time and employment, reaching to the core elements of a vital area of labour economics. It offers both a comprehensive analysis of the impact of workweek reductions on employment and hours as well as a thorough coverage of part-time employment, temporary lay-offs, short-time working, labour subsidies, social security funding, mandatory and early retirement and collective bargaining. This book provides the first comprehensive attempt to examine carefully the key economic issues involved in the general policy debate on working time and employment. This reissue will be of serious interest to advanced undergraduates, post-graduates and researchers in labour economics, and will also be relevant to those interested in labour microeconomics, macroeconomics, business economics and management studies.

Industrial Networks (Routledge Revivals)

Industrial Networks (Routledge Revivals)
Author: B Axelsson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2016-02-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1317244591

First published in 1992, this volume brings together contemporary studies and reviews the research which established the study of networks as an area in its own right. By looking at the foundations of industrial networks and analysing network methodology and modelling, this book offers an integrated and coherent approach to the whole area. Covering small group analysis, network change processes and implications for business strategy, and presenting new ways to exploit inter-organisational relationships in the face of change, it tackles key issues with important implications for the future. This book will be of interest to students of economics and business.