Introduction to Economic Analysis

Introduction to Economic Analysis
Author: R. Preston McAfee
Publisher: Orange Grove Texts Plus
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009-09-24
Genre: Economics
ISBN: 9781616100414

This book presents introductory economics material using standard mathematical tools, including calculus. It is designed for a relatively sophisticated undergraduate who has not taken a basic university course in economics. The book can easily serve as an intermediate microeconomics text. The focus of this book is on the conceptual tools. Contents: 1) What is Economics? 2) Supply and Demand. 3) The US Economy. 4) Producer Theory. 5) Consumer Theory. 6) Market Imperfections. 7) Strategic Behavior.

Rice Biotechnology

Rice Biotechnology
Author: Gurdev S. Khush
Publisher: Int. Rice Res. Inst.
Total Pages: 331
Release: 1991
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0851987125

The world rice economy: challenges ahead; Research priorities for rice biotechnology; Genetic diversity of wild and cultivated rice; Rice karyotype, marker genes, and linkage groups; Development and use of restriction fragment length polymorphism in rice breeding and genetics; Rice tissue culture and its application; Transformation and regeneration of rice protoplasts; Assessment of rice genetic transformation techniques; The identification and characterization of rice nuclear genes; Gene expression in rice; Potentially useful genes for rice genetic engineering; Molecular probes for isease diagnosis and monitoring; Prospects for the future.

GATT Negotiations and the Political Economy of Policy Reform

GATT Negotiations and the Political Economy of Policy Reform
Author: Gordon C. Rausser
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 358
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3642792847

This volume is dedicated to understanding the political economy obstacles to trade reform, especially global agricultural trade reform, and how these obstacles can be surmounted. The focus is on the trade reform under the GATT negotiations. New political-economic methodologies are used to assess and evaluate the obstacles and original scholarly analyses have been designed to explain why agriculture - among so many topics - became such a significant problem in the most recent Uruguay Round of the GATT.

The Theory of Demand for Health Insurance

The Theory of Demand for Health Insurance
Author: John A. Nyman
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2003
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9780804744881

Why do people buy health insurance? Conventional theory holds that people purchase insurance because they prefer the certainty of paying a small premium to the risk of getting sick and paying a large medical bill. This book presents a new theory of consumer demand for health insurance. It holds that people purchase insurance to obtain additional "income" when they become ill.

Handbook on Green Growth

Handbook on Green Growth
Author: Roger Fouquet
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 529
Release: 2019
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1788110684

Economies around the world have arrived at a critical juncture: to continue to grow fuelled by fossil fuels and exacerbate climate change, or to move towards more sustainable, greener, growth. Choosing the latter is shown to help address climate change, as well as present new economic opportunities. This Handbook provides a deeper understanding of the concept of green growth, and highlights key lessons from the experience of green transformations across the world following a decade of ambitious stimulus packages and green reforms.