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Cost control, college access, and competition in higher education

Martin, Robert Eugene - 2005

Quality has never been more important for the future of higher education and the economy than it is today. Unfortunately, the decline in student quality is accompanied by costs that are out of control, a governance system that will not permit any reallocation of resources, and a society that...

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Humane economics : essays in honor of Don Lavoie

High, Jack C. (ed.); Lavoie, Don (honouree) - 2006

Don Lavoie's published work encompasses a wide range of subjects - socialism, hermeneutics, information technology, and culture. The subjects appear unrelated, but a close examination of his research reveals an underlying unity of thought and an economics at sharp variance with the post World...

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Human capital, trade, and public policy in rapidly growing economies : from theory to empirics

Boldrin, Michele (ed.); Chen, Been-Lon (ed.); Wang, Ping (ed.) - International Conference on Economic Growth <Zhong yang … - 2004

Human Capital, Trade and Public Policy in Rapidly Growing Economies argues that only two centuries ago, no society had ever enjoyed sustained growth in living standards. The contributors to this book aim to discover why the world today exhibits a predilection for perpetual self-improvement. In...

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Dynamic networks and evolutionary variational inequalities

Daniele, Patrizia - 2006

Exposed to powerful new economic forces, and undergoing dramatic ownership reforms and technological changes, China's industries are modernizing at a breakneck pace. In many industries, the outcomes have been chaotic and poorly aligned with societal objectives. This book analyses the...

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Modeling rational agents : from interwar economics to early modern game theory

Giocoli, Nicola - 2003

rationality. The analysis begins with the development of modern decision theory, covers the interwar debates over the role of … of game and decision theory …

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Market institutions and price discovery

Plott, Charles R. - 2001

experimental economics, the methodology of economics, political theory, and political economy …

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Entrepreneurship and business culture

Casson, Mark - 1995

Trust is increasingly recognized as a crucial aspect of successful economic relationships, albeit a difficult one to define, and Mark Casson has been at the forefront of recent research in this area. In this sequel to his classic work The Entrepreneur, Professor Casson examines how the...

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Economic thought from Smith to Keynes : the collected essays of Takashi Negishi : Volume III

Negishi, Takashi - 2000

Modern theory has greatly influenced our reading of the history of economics. This third volume of Negishi's essays … material now rarely obtainable. These essays reconsider economic thought in the light of modern theory, from Smith to Marx, and … literature which are still significant to modern economic theory, and those heralding from Japan which have lacked exposure in …

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Foundations of futures markets : selected essays of A.G. Malliaris

Malliaris, A. G. - 2000

Futures markets undergo perpetual change, influenced by and in turn influencing the flux of the world economy, trade balances and the nature of trading itself. A.G. Malliaris has been a pioneer in the analysis of futures markets, and this definitive selection of his work in the area provides a...

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General equilibrium analysis and the theory of markets

Costa, Manuel Luís - 1998

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