This title appears exactly 20 years after the publication of Altruism, Morality and Economic Theory, an important volume edited by E.S. Phelps which contains the proceeding of a conference where social scientists and philosophers met to speculate on the roles that altruism and morality play in...

This fully revised and updated edition of a seminal reference work provides a detailed chronological account of the development of European integration. The history of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), which began immediately after World War II, is recounted in the form of a descriptive summary...

This volume is a compilation by one of the most experienced editors in the field of published articles on cultural economics. It includes articles on both the ‘traditional’ fare of cultural economics – economics of cultural policy, the performing arts, museums and heritage, and artists...

In The Peasant in Economic Thought, a distinguished group of scholars examine the role of the peasant in agricultural economies from a variety of cultural and disciplinary perspectives. Beginning with a paper on the peasant proprietor in Classical Economics, the volume continues with work on...

Urban and regional economics – in contrast to the rest of economics – places great emphasis on distance and location and the importance of spatial relationships. Urban economics focuses on the city as a centre of economic activity where productivity is increased through many firms being...

This distinguished collection of Dennis Mueller’s papers discusses the economic challenges faced as a result of events in the latter third of the twentieth century; the formation of the European Union, the collapse of Communism in East Europe, and the deregulation and privatization movement...

This major three-volume collection – offered in the centenary year of Hayek’s birth – celebrates a lifetime of scholarship and original contributions that cross the disciplines of politics, philosophy and economics.

This definitive selection of Professor Malliaris’s work in the area of futures markets provides a comprehensive analysis of the field. He examines the behaviour of futures prices, investigates random walks versus chaotic dynamics, researches the relationships between agricultural prices,...

This groundbreaking series brings together a critical selection of key papers by the Nobel Memorial Laureates in Economics that have helped shape the development and present state of economics. The editors have organised this comprehensive series by theme and each volume focuses on those...

This important and timely two-volume collection presents the key issues and processes that surround recent large-scale financial crises – in Asia, Latin America, and elsewhere – and identifies procedures that will help to avoid and manage crises. The articles are drawn from leading journals...