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The Economic Approach to Law, Second Edition
Designed specifically for economics students, The Economic Approach to Law, 2nd Edition, provides an introductory treatment of law and economics, revealing how economic principles explain the structure of the law, and how they can help make the law more efficient. To that end, the author focuses on unifying themes in the field—rather than exhaustively [...]
Plant Design and Economics for Chemical Engineers
The fifth edition of Plant Design and Economics for Chemical Engineers is a major revision of the popular fourth edition. There are new chapters on process synthesis, computer-aided design, and design of chemical reactors. A traditionally strong feature of the text, economic analysis, has been revamped and updated. Another strength, equipment sizing and cost [...]
Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy
What forces lead to democracy’s creation? Why does it sometimes consolidate only to collapse at other times? Written by two of the foremost authorities on this subject in the world, this volume develops a framework for analyzing the creation and consolidation of democracy. It revolutionizes scholarship on the factors underlying government and popular [...]
Environmental Economics and Management: Theory, Policy and Applications
By retaining a strong focus on policy and real-world issues, Environmental Economics and Management: Theory, Policy and Applications, provides an applied, practical approach to environmental economic theory accessible to students with minimal or more advanced economic exposure. The text has a modular structure, which not only organizes the presentation, but also provides a [...]
Study Guide for Economics Today: The Macro View for Economics Today: The Macro View plus MyEconLab plus eBook 1-semester Student Access Kit
The Study Guide allows students to expand their learning experience outside the classroom. Written by Roger LeRoy Miller and updated by David VanHoose of Baylor University, the Study Guide includes: *Learning objectives for each chapter *A outline for each chapter *Key terms and concepts *Completion questions *True-false questions *Multiple-choice questions *Matching questions *Answers to [...]
Economic Dynamics: Theory and Computation
This text provides an introduction to the modern theory of economic dynamics, with emphasis on mathematical and computational techniques for modeling dynamic systems. Written to be both rigorous and engaging, the book shows how sound understanding of the underlying theory leads to effective algorithms for solving real world problems. The material makes extensive use [...]
Economic Issues and Policy (with Economic Applications Online Product, InfoTrac 2-Semester Printed Access Card)
This book provides students with a grasp of basic economic tools through the analysis of important economic issues and their related policy perspectives. Economic theory is presented in a simple, market-oriented framework at a level of technicality that is deliberately appropriate for a basic first course in economics directed at non-majors. Complex topics more [...]
Recursive Methods in Economic Dynamics
This rigorous but brilliantly lucid book presents a self-contained treatment of modern economic dynamics. Stokey, Lucas, and Prescott develop the basic methods of recursive analysis and illustrate the many areas where they can usefully be applied.
After presenting an overview of the recursive approach, the authors develop economic applications [...]
Managerial Economics in a Global Economy
Managerial Economics in a Global Economy, Sixth Edition, synthesizes economic theory, decision science, and various aspects of business administration studies, examining how they interact as a firm attempts to reach optimal profitability and efficiency in the face of constraints. It features 129 real-world case studies and six longer, detailed studies–more than any other text [...]
Financial Economics (2nd Edition) (Prentice Hall Series in Finance)
KEY BENEFIT: This significant new guide to finance has a broader scope and greater emphasis on general principles than most other books of its kind, which typically focus exclusively on corporate finance. Acclaimed authors Bodie and Merton offer an approach balanced among the three “pillars” of finance–optimization over time, asset valuation, and risk management. [...]
