Variable Quality in Consumer Theory

Variable Quality in Consumer Theory
Author: W.M. Wadman
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 530
Release: 2016-07-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1315501430

Examines consumer decision-making on products and services of variable quality at the level of retail markets. Addresses for the first time consumer-producer interaction at the level of the individual consumer; issues of quality, consumption experience, and willingness-to-pay, as exhibited by individual consumers; and how these issues affect the decision-making process.

Variable Quality in Consumer Theory

Variable Quality in Consumer Theory
Author: W.M. Wadman
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 334
Release: 2016-07-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1315501449

Examines consumer decision-making on products and services of variable quality at the level of retail markets. Addresses for the first time consumer-producer interaction at the level of the individual consumer; issues of quality, consumption experience, and willingness-to-pay, as exhibited by individual consumers; and how these issues affect the decision-making process.

Advances in Household Economics, Consumer Behaviour and Economic Policy

Advances in Household Economics, Consumer Behaviour and Economic Policy
Author: Tran Van Hoa
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2016-12-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1351960687

This book considers recent advances in household economics, consumer behaviour and economic policy and examines their interrelationship and impact on growth, development, trade and welfare policy in world economies in the 21st century. Researched and written by authorities in these emerging areas from North America, the European Union and Australia/Oceania, the book has the timely advantage of bringing together in one place the development of diverse concepts and important applications in these areas. It is a must-have for academics, and will be used on advanced courses on household economics and production, demand analysis, economic policy, social security and welfare economics. It will also be of interest to trade and welfare policy-makers world-wide.

Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Behavior

Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Behavior
Author: Ford Lumban Gaol
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 561
Release: 2016-09-19
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1315349655

Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Behavior contains papers that were originally presented at the 4th International Congress on Interdisciplinary Behavior and Social Science 2015 (ICIBSoS 2015), held 22-23 October 2015 at The Institute of Management, Economics and Finance of the Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia and 7-8 November 2015 in Arya Duta Hotel, Jakarta, Indonesia. The contributions deal with various interdisciplinary research topics, particularly in the fields of social sciences, education, economics and arts. The papers focus especially on such topics as language, cultural studies, economics, behavior studies, political sciences, media and communication, psychology and human development.

Pricing Theory, Financing of International Organisations and Monetary History

Pricing Theory, Financing of International Organisations and Monetary History
Author: Lawrence H. Officer
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2014-04-08
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1135986045

This book presents the lifelong and ongoing research of Lawrence H. Officer in a systematic way. The result is an authoritative treatment of such issues as market structure and economic efficiency where more than one characteristic of a commodity is priced, both in general and in application to shipping conferences; financing of the United Nations and International Monetary Fund; monetary history of the UK and US; and central-bank preferences between gold and dollars, The book first examines multidimensional pricing, defined as pricing when a commodity or service has several characteristics that are priced. The second part is concerned with country-group conflicts in the United Nations and International Monetary Fund. The book then takes a fresh look at historical experiences of monetary-standard upheavals and the final part considers a crucial time (1958-67), during which central-bank gold-dollar decisions were power-politically determined.

Agricultural Management Strategies in a Changing Economy

Agricultural Management Strategies in a Changing Economy
Author: Popescu, Gabriel
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 461
Release: 2015-01-31
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1466675225

Research and development in agriculture is a very relevant topic in today’s society, especially given the evolution of land ownership structures and resources exploitation. These transformations have paved the way for new approaches in the allocation and management of agricultural systems. Agricultural Management Strategies in a Changing Economy brings together emergent research and best practices in the area of agricultural management, policy, and structures. Highlighting theoretical concepts and empirical research, this book will be an all-encompassing reference source for professionals, researchers, academicians, practitioners, and students in the field of agricultural economics and sustainable development, as well as in related disciplines.

Escaping Satiation

Escaping Satiation
Author: Ulrich Witt
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2013-04-17
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3662045281

The collection of papers presented in this special issue arose out of two events. The first was the symposium "Escaping Satiation - Increasing Product Variety, Preference Change and the Demand Side of Economic Growth" which was held at the Max Planck Institute in Jena, Germany, in December 1997. The Fritz Thyssen Foundation provided financial support for this seminal symposium which is gratefully acknowledged. Wilhelm Ruprecht was of great help in preparing the symposium and I would like to express my gratitude to hirn on this occasion. Many stimulating exchanges with hirn over the past few years while he was a research associate at the Institute working on long term changes in consumption convinced me of the relevance and importance of this problem for understanding modem economic growth. I also owe thanks to many people who encouraged me to go ahead with the symposium, among them Stanley Metcalfe, Carl Christian von Weizsäcker, and also Ehud Zuscovitch, who died so unexpectedly last year.

Introduction to Statistical Decision Theory

Introduction to Statistical Decision Theory
Author: Silvia Bacci
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2019-07-11
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1351621386

Introduction to Statistical Decision Theory: Utility Theory and Causal Analysis provides the theoretical background to approach decision theory from a statistical perspective. It covers both traditional approaches, in terms of value theory and expected utility theory, and recent developments, in terms of causal inference. The book is specifically designed to appeal to students and researchers that intend to acquire a knowledge of statistical science based on decision theory. Features Covers approaches for making decisions under certainty, risk, and uncertainty Illustrates expected utility theory and its extensions Describes approaches to elicit the utility function Reviews classical and Bayesian approaches to statistical inference based on decision theory Discusses the role of causal analysis in statistical decision theory