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Economics, culture and social theory
Jackson, William A. - 2009
Economics, Culture and Social Theory examines how culture has been neglected in economic theorising and considers how … economics could benefit by incorporating ideas from social and cultural theory …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851330
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World finance and economic stability : selected essays of James Tobin
Tobin, James - 2003
Nobel Prize winner James Tobin has made outstanding contributions to modern macroeconomics. In this final collection of his work he examines the economic policies of the United States and its relations with other major economies after 1990. In James Tobin's view, the welfare of populations...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851797
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Consumption and growth : recovery and structural change in the US economy
Gualerzi, Davide - 2001
theory of effective demand. Taking Schumpeter's views on economic development as a starting point, the author proposes an … examines the role of demand with respect to the theory of structural change and the theory of consumption at both the micro and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474127
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Handbook on the knowledge economy
Ninan, Abraham (contributor); Rooney, David (contributor);  … - 2005
This fascinating Handbook defines how knowledge contributes to social and economic life, and vice versa. It considers the five areas critical to acquiring a comprehensive understanding of the knowledge economy: the nature of the knowledge economy; social, cooperative, cultural, creative, ethical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850859
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Beyond the representative agent
Gallegati, Mauro (ed.); Kirman, A. P. (ed.) - 1999
This challenging book extends standard economic theory to take into account the presence of heterogeneity among … in explaining empirical phenomena than much of the existing theory. The result of this approach to economic theory which … abandon rigorous analysis. This important book will be welcomed by those interested in both macro and micro economic theory …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473961
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Fiscal sociology and the theory of public finance : an exploratory essay
Wagner, Richard E. - 2007
Contrasting architectonics for a theory of public finance -- Property, state and public finance -- State and market : a … polities and open societies -- Fiscal sociology and the challenge of societal agriculture. … as a polycentric process of interaction, just as is a market economy. The theory of markets and the theory of public …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420096
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Productivity in Asia : economic growth and competitiveness
Jorgenson, Dale Weldeau (contributor);  … - 2007
1. Introduction -- 2. Investigating productivity slowdown in the 1990s by using the KLEM database in Japan -- 3. The sources of growth of US industries -- 4. Total factor productivity growth in Chinese industries, 1981-2000 -- 5. Growth accounting and productivity analysis by 33 industrial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420031
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Conversations on growth, stability and trade : an historical perspective
Snowdon, Brian - 2002
1. Introduction : the world economy in historical perspective -- 2. Economic growth and development : a very long-run view -- 3. Growth theories : old and new -- 4. Managing aggregate economic instability : from Keynes to Lucas -- 5. International economic integration in the Second Global Age.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420073
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The new economy and beyond : past, present and future
Jansen, Dennis W. (contributor) - 2006
What is the New Economy, what makes it new, and what are the implications for antitrust, regulation and macroeconomic policy? Providing a non-technical and compelling analysis of the modern macro-economy, the contributors to this volume, eminent scholars all, provide their views on the New...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850857
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Organizational innovations and economic growth : organosis and growth of firms, sectors, and countries
Sanidas, Elias - 2005
Analysing the USA and Japan from the late 19th century to the present day, the book provides an accessible synthesis of …1. Introduction -- 2. Organizational innovations from the 1860s in the USA and Japan -- 3. The role of OIs in the … theory of economic growth -- 4. Contribution of specific OIs to economic growth and the three axes of OIs -- 5. The process …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851066