Economic Institutions and the Demand and Supply of Labor

Economic Institutions and the Demand and Supply of Labor
Author: Orley Ashenfelter
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 424
Release: 1997
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

The third of three volumes of published and unpublished articles written between 1966 and 1994 by an economics professor at Princeton University. Papers are organized chronologically in three sections on labor supply and incentives, labor demand, and empirical analysis of market and non-market institutions. Subjects include the labor supply response of wage earners, the demand for labor in the public sector, and anomalies in real estate auctions. Each volume includes the same excerpts from an interview with the author, and a cross-referenced chronological list of all works in the three-volume set. No index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

The Collected Essays of Orley Ashenfelter

The Collected Essays of Orley Ashenfelter
Author: Orley Ashenfelter
Publisher:
Total Pages: 464
Release: 1997
Genre: Economics
ISBN:

This is the first of 3 volumes containing the published and unpublished economic papers of Orley Ashenfelter, complete with a chronological list of all his work, and features his reflections on the development of economics in his career.

Money and Macroeconomics

Money and Macroeconomics
Author: David E. W. Laidler
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 430
Release: 1997-01-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781781959800

Money and Macroeconomics is a significant collection of David Laidler's most important papers on the so-called 'monetarist counter-revolution'. This volume contains both published and unpublished examples of his influential contribution, detailing empirical work on the demand for money, the economics of inflation, the foundations of the 'buffer stock' approach to monetary theory, the monetarist critique of new classical economics and issues of economic policy.

Exemplary Economists: North America

Exemplary Economists: North America
Author: Roger Backhouse
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 488
Release: 2000-01-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781782543114

Focuses on leading economists who were born, or have spent the greater part of their lives, in America.

Economic Performance and the Theory of the Firm

Economic Performance and the Theory of the Firm
Author: David J. Teece
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 670
Release: 1998-01-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781782542919

These papers by Teece cover the theory of the firm and its implications for economic performance, as they concern managers and policy-makers. Key topics addressed include: the nature of the firm and dynamic capabilities; diversification and vertical integration; and joint ventures.