Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Lecture 1. Preferences -- Lecture 2. Utility -- Lecture 3. Choice -- Lecture 4. Consumer Preferences -- Lecture 5. Demand: Consumer Choice -- Lecture 6. Choice over Budget Sets and the Dual Consumer -- Lecture 7. The Producer -- Lecture 8....

For most of the vast span of human history, economic growth was all but nonexistent. Then, about two centuries ago, some nations began to emerge from this epoch of economic stagnation, experiencing sustained economic growth that led to significant increases in standards of living and profoundly...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface to the Paperback Edition. Prufrock Avoided -- Acknowledgments. The Continuous Life -- Prologue. How Diversity Trumps Ability: Fun at Caltech -- Introduction. Unpacking Our Differences -- PART ONE. UNPACKING THE TOOLBOX -- 1. Diverse Perspectives. How We See...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Part 1. Context -- Chapter 1. Preface -- Part 2. Calculative Thinking -- Chapter 1. Organisational Expressions of Ethics -- Chapter 2. Surveying the Tourism Landscape -- Chapter 3. Code Development and Compliance -- Part 3. Meditative Thinking -- Chapter 4. Mapping the...

Three decades ago, federal policymakers-Republicans and Democrats-embarked on a general strategy of deregulation. In the electricity, gas delivery, and telecommunications industries, the strategy called for restructuring to separate production from transmission and distribution, followed by...

Stop! If you have been looking for the one resource for managing a business of any size, this is it. Based on the extensive business experience of five experts, this authoritative guide provides an in-depth look at what every leader must know about managing across departments, functions,...

Is economic efficiency a sound basis upon which to make public policy or legal decisions? In this sophisticated analysis, Richard S. Markovits considers the way in which scholars and public decision-makers define, predict, and assess the moral and legal relevance of economic efficiency. The...

Although little noticed, the face of central banking has changed significantly over the past ten to fifteen years, says the author of this enlightening book. Alan S. Blinder, a former vice chairman of the Federal Reserve System and member of President Clinton’s Council of Economic Advisers,...

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- CONTRIBUTORS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. CONTRACTARIAN METHOD, PRIVATE PROPERTY, AND THE MARKET ECONOMY -- 2. THE VAGARIES OF CONSENT: A RESPONSE TO JOHN GRAY -- 3. CONTRACTUALISM AND PROPERTY SYSTEMS -- 4. A CONTRACTUAL JUSTIFICATION OF REDISTRIBUTIVE CAPITALISM...

The author focuses on a method to price Collateralized Debt Obligations (CDO) tranches. The original method is developed by Castagna, Mercurio and Mosconi in 2012. The Thesis provides an extension of the original work by generalizing the Gaussian dependence in terms of Copula functions. In...