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The economics of the family and family policy
Cabrillo, Francisco - 1999
the theory of utility maximisation assuming that individuals wish to achieve the greatest possible satisfaction with …
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Game theory and international environmental cooperation
Finus, Michael - 2001
international environmental agreement (IEA). Finus shows that by integrating real world restrictions into a model, game theory is a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851032
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The law and economics of child support payments
Comanor, William S. (contributor) - 2004
To understand the issues involved, leading lawyers and economists examine various facets of the child support system from a law and economics perspective. They consider the incentives faced by both custodial and non-custodial parents, and search for policy actions that are more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851499
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Bargaining and the theory of cooperative games : John Nash and beyond
Thomson, William (contributor) - 2010
This book explores game theory's development as a tool to understand economic behavior … Kalai- Smorodinsky Solutions', Economics Letters, 36, 365-9 -- Lin Zhou (1996), 'The Nash Bargaining Theory with Non … the Disagreement Point', Journal of Economic Theory, 42 (1), 50-58 -- Hans Peters and Eric van Damme (1991 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852276
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Growth and economic development : essays in honour of A.P. Thirlwall
Thirlwall, A. P.; McCombie, J. S. L.; Arestis, Philip; … - 2006
demonstrates the considerable influence that his work on economic theory has had on his contemporaries, and the profession as a … / Mark Roberts -- Endogenous growth theory : a partial critique / Philip Arestis and Malcolm Sawyer -- The nature of economic … growth and the neoclassical approach. : more questions than answers? / John McCombie -- On the core of macroeconomic theory …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850558
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Measuring and improving productivity in services : issues, strategies and challenges
Djellal, Faridah - 2008
The definition and measurement of productivity in services raises important conceptual, methodological and strategic problems. This book aims to provide a critical review of the main debates on productivity in the domain of services. The first part examines the theoretical consequences of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850594
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Financing transportation networks
Levinson, David M. - 2002
explores the fundamental theoretical basis of highway finance, in particular the use of tolls, and supports that theory with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850597
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Contracts and trust in alliances : discovering, creating and appropriating value
Vlaar, Paul W. L. - 2008
Paul Vlaar contends that strategic alliances and other forms of cooperation, such as buyer-supplier relationships, joint ventures and offshoring initiatives, increasingly stand at the basis of competitive advantage. Although contracts and trust play a crucial role in such relationships, prior...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850599
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Handbook on the economic complexity of technological change
Antonelli, Cristiano (contributor) - 2011
This comprehensive and innovative Handbook applies the tools of the economics of complexity to analyse the causes and effects of technological and structural change. It grafts the intuitions of the economics of complexity into the tradition of analysis based upon the Schumpeterian and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850601
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Economic and monetary union in Europe : theory, evidence, snd practice
Baimbridge, Mark (contributor); Whyman, Philip (contributor) - 2003
Economic and Monetary Union in Europe brings together contributions from leading specialists which explain and evaluate the most important implications of economic and monetary union. The book examines theoretical aspects of monetary integration, illustrates the historical lessons to be learned...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850608