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The growth of firms : a survey of theories and empirical evidence
Coad, Alexander - 2009
Much progress has been made in empirical research into firm growth in recent decades due to factors such as the availability of detailed longitudinal datasets, more powerful computers and new econometric techniques. This book provides an up-to-date catalogue of empirical work, as well as a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850784
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Optimal monetary policy under uncertainty
Froyen, Richard T. - 2007
Recently there has been a resurgence of interest in the study of optimal monetary policy under uncertainty. This book provides a thorough survey of the literature that has resulted from this renewed interest. The authors ground recent contributions on the 'science of monetary policy' in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420009
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Cost-benefit analysis and evolutionary computing : optimal scheduling of interactive road projects
Taplin, John H. E. (ed.); Qiu, Min (ed.);  … - 2005
This book systematically addresses the issue of interdependence between road projects in a network, when prioritising and scheduling road expansion and maintenance. The book presents substantial applications for both rural and urban projects and to the optimization of maintenance. The authors...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474012
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Reforming transport pricing in the European Union : a modelling approach
De Borger, Bruno L. (contributor); Proost, Stef (contributor) - 2001
This timely book deals with the problem of pricing passenger and freight transportation within Europe. The contributors argue that current legislation affecting pricing and regulation is increasingly less successful in dealing with market failures and externalities such as congestion, air...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851849
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Aggregate demand, inequality and instability
Ferri, Piero - 2016
1. Introduction -- Part I: basic concepts -- 2. Piketty's contribution -- 3. Measurement -- 4. Inequality and aggregate demand -- Part II: endogenous dynamics and instability -- 5. Aggregate demand, growth and instability -- 6. Wealth, public debt and instability -- 7. Recursive workhorses --...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419908
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Growth and economic development : essays in honour of A.P. Thirlwall
Thirlwall, Anthony P.; McCombie, John 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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Innovation, entrepreneurship and culture : the interaction between technology, progress and economic growth
Brown, Terrence E. (contributor); Ulijn, J. M. (contributor) - 2004
European integration -- 5. Schumpeter's theory of economic development revisited -- 6. Skunk works : a sign of failure, a sign …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419964
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The consequences of information : institutional implications of technological change
Kallinikos, Jannis - 2006
This important book addresses the organizational and economic implications of the new technologies of information and communication. Jannis Kallinikos analyses the recent spectacular growth of information and the self-propelling processes through which technological information is increasingly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851890
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Elgar encyclopedia on the economics of knowledge and innovation
Antonelli, Cristiano (ed.) - 2022
"A landmark reference work in the field, this Elgar Encyclopedia presents over 60 entries from scholars that have shaped the economics of innovation as a distinct and specialised field of investigation. Comprehensive and accessible, it further elaborates the relationship between the economics of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013462763
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Corporate technological competence and the evolution of technological diversification
Fai, Felicia M. - 2003
Drawing upon evolutionary economics and resource-based approaches, the author utilises US patent data from 1930-1990 to examine the persistence of corporate technological competencies and their gradual erosion through diversifying incremental change. The book explores the changing nature of this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473748