The purpose of this book is twofold. First, this book is an attempt to map the state of quantitative research in Asian tourism and hospitality context and provide a detailed description of the design, implementation, application, and challenges of quantitative methods in tourism in Asia. Second,...

This volume develops original methods of analyzing biased technological progress in the theory and empirics of economic growth and income distribution. Motivated by sharp increases in wage and income inequalities in the world since the beginning of the new century, many macroeconomists have...

This book provides a comprehensive, theory-based analysis of current issues in population economics. It addresses the most important problems caused by demographic changes using the popular overlapping generations growth model by Samuelson and Diamond. Taking into account families’ fertility...

This book sheds new light on the relationship between economy and the environment by approaching the issue from evolutionary and institutional economics. Building a framework of theory and empirical analysis, it provides an in-depth perspective on how economic growth and environmental policy...

This book explores the US economy from 1960 to 2010 using a more Keynsian, Cowles model approach, which the author argues has substantial advantages over the vector autoregression (VAR) and dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) models used almost exclusively today. Heim presents a robust...

This book examines conventional time series in the context of stationary data prior to a discussion of cointegration, with a focus on multivariate models. The authors provide a detailed and extensive study of impulse responses and forecasting in the stationary and non-stationary context,...

This book is a comprehensive introduction of the reader into the simulation and modelling techniques and their application in the management of organisations. The book is rooted in the thorough understanding of systems theory applied to organisations and focuses on how this theory can apply to...

Non-Linearities Related to the Financial Sector: Mittnik, S., Semmler, W.: Estimating a Banking-Macro Model Using a Multi-Regime VAR -- Martínez-García, E.: U.S. Business Cycles, Monetary Policy and the External Finance Premium -- Gallegati, M.: Early Warning Signals of Financial Stress: A...

Alexander Werner analysiert die Determinanten von regionalen Wachstumsunterschieden in Deutschland, für die verschiedene theoretische Modelle Erklärungsansätze liefern. Der Autor untersucht das regionale Wachstum mehrerer Wirtschaftsindikatoren – BIP und verfügbares Einkommen pro Einwohner...

Simonian Bounded Rationality and Complex Behavioral Economics -- Different Modeling Approaches for Time Lag in a Monopoly -- Learning in Monopolies with Delayed Price Information -- Hotelling Duopoly Revisited -- Dynamic Oligopoly Model with Production Adjustment and Investment Costs -- A...