"This book provides the background theory behind two types of trade models rooted in economic theory and mathematical programming, and two econometric/statistical models. It shows the reader how to construct their own models to analyse policy questions in forestry and other sectors."

In 1965, a family-reunification policy for admitting immigrants to the United States replaced a system that chose immigrants based on their national origin. With this change, a 40-year hiatus in Asian immigration ended. Today, over three-quarters of US immigrants originate from Asia and Latin...

"Investors in 2000 looking back at the 1990s could have been pardoned for feeling euphoric. The S&P 500 (Chart 1.1) had risen 237% since 1992-a compound annual rate of 16.4%. This gain followed a plethora of troubles at the end of the 1980s-the savings & loan crisis that corresponded with...

The Super Bowl is the most watched sporting event in the United States. But what does participating in this event mean for the players, the halftime performers, and the cities who host the games? Is there an economic benefit from being a part of the Super Bowl and if so, how much? This Palgrave...

This book proposes a new capital asset pricing model dubbed the ZCAPM that outperforms other popular models in empirical tests using US stock returns. The ZCAPM is derived from Fischer Black's well-known zero-beta CAPM, itself a more general form of the famous capital asset pricing model (CAPM)...

This book provides a theoretical basis for understanding the phenomenon of renegotiations in Public Private Partnerships (PPPs). It analyzes the case of transport projects, and provides empirical evidence from a variety of real-world projects. What drives renegotiations? Why are some projects...