Macroeconomics (8th Edition)

Macroeconomics (8th Edition)

2007 | 496 Pages | ISBN: 0321416562 | PDF | 130 MB

This textbook is descriptive and easy to understand. It also refers back to other chapter when key terms are used to create an example or give definitions in the current chapter being studied. It gives the page number as well so someone does not have to search the entire chapter looking for that key term used to make a better example. This is done for a few key terms, not all of them. Overall, a really good textbook for macroeconomics.

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Economics: Principles, Applications and Tools (7th Edition)

Economics: Principles, Applications and Tools (7th Edition)

2011 | 792 Pages | ISBN: 0132555239 | PDF | 47 MB

For Principles of Economics courses. 

Questions that drive interest, applications that illustrate concepts, and the tools to test and solidify comprehension. 

Students come into their first Economics course thinking they will gain a better understanding of the economy around them. Unfortunately, they often leave with many unanswered questions. To ensure students actively internalize economics, O'Sullivan/Sheffrin/Perez use chapter-opening questions to spark interest on important economic concepts, applications that vividly illustrate those concepts, and chapter-ending tools that test and solidify understanding.

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Basic Economics 4th Ed: A Common Sense Guide to the Economy

Basic Economics 4th Ed: A Common Sense Guide to the Economy

B-sic B-ks | ISBN: 0465022529 | 2009 | EPUB | 786 pages | 0,9 MB

The fourth edition of Basic Economics is both expanded and updated. A new chapter on the history of economics itself has been added, and the implications of that history examined. A new section on the special role of corporations in the economy has been added to the chapter on government and big business, among other additions throughout the book.

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Microeconomics, 7th edition 2009

Microeconomics

7 edition 2009 | 754 Pages | ISBN: 0132080230 | PDF | 164 MB

KEY BENEFIT: This book is well known for its coverage of modern topics (Game theory, Economics of Information, and Behavioral Economics), clarity of its writing style and graphs, and integrated use of real world examples. 

KEY TOPICS: The emphasis on relevance and application to both managerial and public-policy decision-making are focused goals of the book. This emphasis is accomplished by including MANY extended examples that cover such topics as the analysis of demand, cost, and market efficiency; the design of pricing strategies; investment and production decisions; and public policy analysis. 

Economists and strategists looking to stay current with economic information.

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Theory of Constraints Handbook

Theory of Constraints Handbook

2010 | ISBN: 0071665544, 0071665552 | 1216 pages | epub | 15,5 MB

The definitive guide to the theory of constraints

In this authoritative volume, the world's top Theory of Constraints (TOC) experts reveal how to implement the ground-breaking management and improvement methodology developed by Dr. Eliyahu M. Goldratt. Theory of Constraints Handbook offers an in-depth examination of this revolutionary concept of bringing about global organization performance improvement by focusing on a few leverage points of the system. Clear explanations supplemented by examples and case studies define how the theory works, why it works, what issues are resolved, and what benefits accrue, and demonstrate how TOC can be applied to different industries and situations.

Theory of Constraints Handbook covers:

Critical Chain Project Management for realizing major improvements in delivering projects on time, to specification, and within budget 

Drum-Buffer-Rope (DBR), Buffer Management, and distribution for maximizing throughput and minimizing flow time 

Performance measures for applying Throughput Accounting to improve organizational performance 

Strategy, marketing, and sales techniques designed to increase sales closing rates and Throughput 

Thinking Processes for simple and complex environments 

TOC methods to ensure that services actions support escalating demand for services while retaining financial viability 

Integrating the TOC Thinking Processes, the Strategy and Tactic Tree, TOC measurements, the Five Focusing Steps of TOC, and Six Sigma as a system of tools for sustainable improvement.

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Economics: A Contemporary Introduction, 9 edition

Economics: A Contemporary Introduction, 9 edition Summary:

S,,th-W,,rn C,,ge P--b | 2011 | ISBN: 0538453745 | 832 pages | PDF | 30,7 MB

McEachern "teaches by example." It is the text that uses examples and illustrations that students will recognize when they show up for class the first day because they already have at least 17 years of personal experience with economic choices, institutions, and events. Easy to understand and filled with lively real-world examples, ECONOMICS: A CONTEMPORARY INTRODUCTION, Ninth Edition, is your ideal introduction to the principles of economics. McEachern approaches the course by using many economic concepts that you've likely encountered in your own life experiences. These life experiences are then explained as economic concepts through interesting case studies and focused examples. The case studies are found throughout the text, giving you genuine insight into how economic principles work in the real world -- and the recent economic crisis is covered throughout. McEachern's approachable style is enhanced by the powerful learning tools you'll find on Aplia, a web-based educational program designed to improve your understanding and your grade.

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Managerial Economics: A Problem Solving Approach

Managerial Economics: A Problem Solving Approach Summary:

S,,th-W,,rn C--ge P..b | 2007 | ISBN: 0324359810 | 320 pages | PDF | 2,1 MB

This breakthrough text shows MBA's how to use economics to solve business problems. Succinct, faced paced, and challenging, students should be able to read the book from cover to cover and come away with a good understanding of how to diagnose business problems, and then fix them. With a lively, interactive approach, MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS focuses on the kinds of decisions managers face on a daily bases, making it an excellent resource for students pursuing business -- rather than academic -- careers. "Managerial Economics: A Problem Solving Approach is a breath of fresh air. After having taught managerial economics for 20 years, I became dissatisfied with texts that confront students with graphs, economic principles only loosely connntected to business problems, and tedious calculations. I wanted a text that really helps students to see how economic principles could help them solve business problems. This new text does just that."--Ed Millner, Chairman, Department of Economics, Virginia Commonwealth University. "With no experiece in business and no exposure to math since a D in high school trig, I found economics utterly incomprehensible. Then [the text] spoke one sentence to me, ... It all became clear."--PJ O'Rourke, one of America's leading political satirists and best-selling author of Eat the Rich: a Treatise on Economics. "In twenty years, it will be seen as the standard way to teach economics."--Robert Litan, Vice President for Research and Policy at the Kauffman Foundation.

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Business Economics: A Contemporary Approach. Peter Earl & Tim Wakeley

Business Economics: A Contemporary Approach. Peter Earl & Tim Wakeley Summary:

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education | 2005 | ISBN: 0077103920 | PDF | 592 pages | 10.4 MB

"Business Economics: A Contemporary Approach" provides students with a practical and useful learning resource that is rooted firmly in a pragmatic and pluralist approach to economic analysis. Designed for both undergraduates and MBA students taking their first course in business economics, the text focuses on introducing students to the richness of economics as a framework for understanding business. It is structured around the changing sets of problems that decision-makers face, such as getting a firm started, keeping the firm in business despite growing competition, growing the firm and finally, rejuvenating the firm in the face of declining demand.

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Economics, Ethics and the Environment

Economics, Ethics and the Environment Summary:

Publisher: Routledge | ISBN: 1859417256 | 2002 | PDF | 114 pages | 2 Mb

The UK Environmental Law Association (UKELA) holds a conference each year to bring together academics and practitioners,lawyers and environmental experts from other disciplines - within both science and social science. It is a unique event providing a forum for discussion of the most pressing issues of environmental regulation, and provides a unique combination of analysis and practical application. These articles, presented as papers at the Cardiff Conference in 2001, provide an accessible and informative collection addressing the conference theme of economics, ethics and the environment, including such issues as: how we can use traditional economic devices such as taxation, trading and insurance to assist in environmental regulation; how we treat and protect the natural world; how we might cope with the growing problem of waste; and how we should react to safeguard the environment in the face of risks and scientific uncertainties. The collection forms a topical and wide ranging discussion of key issues for legal practitioners, academics and students and will also be of great interest to a wider range of disciplines relating to the environment.

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Microeconomics of Banking

Microeconomics of Banking

The MIT Press | 1997-10-17 | ISBN:0262061937 | 312 pages | PDF | 14 Mb

Twenty years ago, most banking courses focused on either management or monetary aspects of banking, with no connecting. Since then, a microeconomic theory of banking has developed, mainly through a switch of emphasis from the modeling of risk to the modeling of imperfect information. This asymmetric information model is based on the assumption that different economic agents possess different pieces of information on relevant economic variables, and that they will use the information for their own profit. The model has been extremely useful in explaining the role of banks in the economy. It has also been useful in pointing out structural weaknesses of the banking sector that may justify government intervention--for example, exposure to runs and panics, the persistence of rationing in the credit market, and solvency problems.

Microeconomics of Banking provides a guide to the new theory. Topics include why financial intermediaries exist, the industrial organization approach to banking, optimal contracting between lenders and borrowers, the equilibrium of the credit market, macroeconomic consequences of financial imperfections, individual bank runs and systemic risk, risk management inside the banking firm, and bank regulation. Each chapter ends with a detailed problem set and solutions.

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Optimization in Economics and Finance

Optimization in Economics and Finance Summary:

Springer | 2005 | ISBN: 0387242791 | 176 pages | PDF | 3,8 MB

Many optimization questions arise in economics and finance; an important example of this is the society's choice of the optimum state of the economy (the social choice problem). Optimization in Economics and Finance extends and improves the usual optimization techniques, in a form that may be adopted for modeling social choice problems. Problems discussed include: when is an optimum reached; when is it unique; relaxation of the conventional convex (or concave) assumptions on an economic model; associated mathematical concepts such as invex and quasimax; multiobjective optimal control models; and related computational methods and programs. These techniques are applied to economic growth models (including small stochastic perturbations), finance and financial investment models (and the interaction between financial and production variables), modeling sustainability over long time horizons, boundary (transversality) conditions, and models with several conflicting objectives. Although the applications are general and illustrative, the models in this book provide examples of possible models for a society's social choice for an allocation that maximizes welfare and utilization of resources. As well as using existing computer programs for optimization of models, a new computer program, named SCOM, is presented in this book for computing social choice models by optimal control.

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Economic Models and Algorithms for Distributed Systems

Economic Models and Algorithms for Distributed Systems Summary:

Birk-ser Basel | ISBN: 376438896X | December 4, 2009 | 269 pages | PDF | 3.7 MB

Distributed computing paradigms for sharing resources such as Clouds, Grids, Peer-to-Peer systems, or voluntary computing are becoming increasingly popular. While there are some success stories such as PlanetLab, OneLab, BOINC, BitTorrent, and SETI@home, a widespread use of these technologies for business applications has not yet been achieved. In a business environment, mechanisms are needed to provide incentives to potential users for participating in such networks. These mechanisms may range from simple non-monetary access rights, monetary payments to specific policies for sharing. Although a few models for a framework have been discussed (in the general area of a "Grid Economy"), none of these models has yet been realised in practice. This book attempts to fill this gap by discussing the reasons for such limited take-up and exploring incentive mechanisms for resource sharing in distributed systems. The purpose of this book is to identify research challenges in successfully using and deploying resource sharing strategies in open-source and commercial distributed systems.

economic models distributed,

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Microeconomic Principles

Microeconomic Principles Summary:

Publisher: Philip Allan | ISBN: 0860031721 | edition 1986 | PDF | 668 pages | 5,1 mb

Beginning with a discussion of the basic structure of the economy and ending with an examination of economic applications, this book offers thorough coverage of the fundamental principles that underlie standard modern theoretical and applied microeconomics. Among the topics covered are production, the firm, the consumer, households and workers, aggregation, equilibrium, efficiency, uncertainty, incentives, and welfare. In addition to algebraic and verbal presentation of results, many of the basic ideas are illustrated using clear diagrams and charts. Throughout, Cowell provides exercises with answers to help students understand and apply the analytic techniques presented in the book.

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Lectures on Microeconomic Theory

Lectures on Microeconomic Theory Summary:

Publisher: No rth Hol lan d 1990 | 398 Pages | ISBN: 0444876502 | DJVU | 3 MB

This book deals with microeconomic theory as it concerns general economic equilibrium and the implications for prices and resource allocation. Students with a background in mathematics will find in this volume a broad, comprehensible overview of the ideas which have contributed to our understanding of general equilibrium.

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Methods for Applied Macroeconomic Research

Methods for Applied Macroeconomic Research Summary:

Publisher: Prin ceton Uni vers ity Pre ss 2007 | 512 Pages | ISBN: 0691115044 | PDF | 5 MB

The last twenty years have witnessed tremendous advances in the mathematical, statistical, and computational tools available to applied macroeconomists. This rapidly evolving field has redefined how researchers test models and validate theories. Yet until now there has been no textbook that unites the latest methods and bridges the divide between theoretical and applied work.

Fabio Canova brings together dynamic equilibrium theory, data analysis, and advanced econometric and computational methods to provide the first comprehensive set of techniques for use by academic economists as well as professional macroeconomists in banking and finance, industry, and government. This graduate-level textbook is for readers knowledgeable in modern macroeconomic theory, econometrics, and computational programming using RATS, MATLAB, or Gauss. Inevitably a modern treatment of such a complex topic requires a quantitative perspective, a solid dynamic theory background, and the development of empirical and numerical methods--which is where Canova's book differs from typical graduate textbooks in macroeconomics and econometrics. Rather than list a series of estimators and their properties, Canova starts from a class of DSGE models, finds an approximate linear representation for the decision rules, and describes methods needed to estimate their parameters, examining their fit to the data. The book is complete with numerous examples and exercises.

Today's economic analysts need a strong foundation in both theory and application. Methods for Applied Macroeconomic Research offers the essential tools for the next generation of macroeconomists.

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Introduction to Modern Economic Growth by Daron Acemoglu

Introduction to Modern Economic Growth by Daron Acemoglu Summary:

Princeton University Press | English | 2008 | ISBN-10: 0691132925 | 1008 pages | PDF | 11.1 MB

“ Introduction to Modern Economic Growth is a groundbreaking text from one of today's leading economists. Daron Acemoglu gives graduate students not only the tools to analyze growth and related macroeconomic problems, but also the broad perspective needed to apply those tools to the big-picture questions of growth and divergence. And he introduces the economic and mathematical foundations of modern growth theory and macroeconomics in a rigorous but easy to follow manner. After covering the necessary background on dynamic general equilibrium and dynamic optimization, the book presents the basic workhorse models of growth and takes students to the frontier areas of growth theory, including models of human capital, endogenous technological change, technology transfer, international trade, economic development, and political economy. The book integrates these theories with data and shows how theoretical approaches can lead to better perspectives on the fundamental causes of economic growth and the wealth of nations. Innovative and authoritative, this book is likely to shape how economic growth is taught and learned for years to come. Introduces all the foundations for understanding economic growth and dynamic macroeconomic analysis Focuses on the big-picture questions of economic growth Provides mathematical foundations Presents dynamic general equilibrium Covers models such as basic Solow, neoclassical growth, and overlapping generations, as well as models of endogenous technology and international linkages Addresses frontier research areas such as international linkages, international trade, political economy, and economic development and structural change.

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Foreign Direct Investment: Analysis of Aggregate Flows By Assaf Razin, Efraim Sadka

Foreign Direct Investment: Analysis of Aggregate Flows By Assaf Razin, Efraim Sadka Summary:

Publisher: Princeton University Press (October 1, 2007) | ISBN-10: 0691127069 | ISBN-13: 978-0691127064 | 158 Pages | PDF | 0.6 MB

The 1990s saw global flows of foreign direct investment increase some sevenfold, spurring economists to explore FDI from a micro- or trade-based perspective. Foreign Direct Investment is one of the first books to analyze the macroeconomics of FDI, treating FDI as a unique form of international capital flow between specific pairs of countries.

By examining the determinants of the aggregate flows of FDI at the bilateral, source-host-country level, Assaf Razin and Efraim Sadka present the first systematic global analysis of the singular features of FDI flows. Drawing on a wealth of fresh data, they provide new theoretical models and empirical techniques that illuminate the vital country-pair characteristics that drive these flows. Uniquely, Foreign Direct Investment examines FDI between developed and developing countries, and not just between developed countries. Among many other insights, the book shows that tax competition vis-à-vis FDI need not lead to a "race to the bottom." Foreign Direct Investment is an essential resource for graduate students, academics, and policy professionals.

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"Razin and Sadka provide a modern treatment of aggregate foreign direct investment flows and their relationship to portfolio investment and taxation. A unique perspective of this treatise is the emphasis on the role of threshold effects that emerge from fixed costs of FDI. Importantly, there is theory and evidence, which combine into an integrated view of the subject. Scholars and students of international economics will greatly benefit from reading this book."--Elhanan Helpman, Harvard University

"Foreign direct investment flows have become a major feature of the world economy. This book provides a fascinating, novel approach to explaining the determinants of these cross-border investment flows. Razin and Sadka skillfully intertwine theory and empirics to shed new light on the role of private information and fixed costs of operation in shaping foreign direct investment flows. I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in international economics."--Pol Antràs, Harvard University

"This book is an important and timely contribution to our understanding of foreign direct investment. The book contains a great deal of useful material. It begins by presenting a suite of new models for thinking about FDI. This is followed by a review of a range of new data on FDI, combined with empirical techniques that help clarify patterns present in FDI in developing countries. Finally, the book studies one policy issue in depth: the tendency of tax competition among countries to lead to inefficiently low taxes. Interestingly, the book provides a new spin on this argument, showing that host-country taxes need not become too low."--Mark Wright, Stanford University.

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Foreign Direct Investment: Research Issues (Routledge Studies in International Business and the World Economy) By Bijit Bora

Foreign Direct Investment: Research Issues (Routledge Studies in International Business and the World Economy) By Bijit Bora Summary:

Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (July 1, 2001) | ISBN-10: 0415238145 | ISBN-13: 978-0415238144 | 368 Pages | PDF | 1.2 MB

The collection draws together key articles on the topic and is the most up-to-date examination of foreign direct investment on the market.

About the Author

Bijit Bora is a Counsellor in the Economic and Research Analysis Division of the World Trade Organisation.

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Handbook of the Economics of Art and Culture

Handbook of the Economics of Art and Culture Summary:

North Holland; 1 edition | November 27, 2006 | ISBN-10: 0444508708 | 1400 pages | PDF | 5.7 Mb

Over the last 30 or 40 years a substantial literature has grown up in which the tools of economic theory and analysis have been applied to problems in the arts and culture. Economists who have surveyed the field generally locate the origins of contemporary cultural economics as being in 1966, the year of publication of the first major work in modern times dedicated specifically to the economics of the arts. It was a book by Baumol and Bowen which showed that economic analysis could illuminate the supply of and demand for artistic services, the contribution of the arts sector to the economy, and the role of public policy. Following the appearance of the Baumol and Bowen work, interest in the economics of the arts grew steadily, embracing areas such as demand for the arts, the economic functions of artists, the role of the nonprofit sector, and other areas. Cultural economics also expanded to include the cultural or entertainment industries (the media, movies, the publishing industry, popular music), as well as heritage and museum management, property right questions (in particular copyright) and the role of new communication technologies such as the internet.

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Economics For Dummies: UK Edition

Economics For Dummies: UK Edition Summary:

John Wiley & Sons | 2010 | ISBN: 0470973250 | 394 pages | PDF | 3,7 MB

Untangle the jargon and understand how you′re involved in everyday economics If you want to get to grips with the basics of economics and understand a subject that affects us all on a daily basis, then look no further than Economics For Dummies. This easy to understand guide takes you through the world of economics from understanding micro– and macroeconomics to demystifying complex topics such as capitalism and recession. This updated edition walks you through the history, principles and theories of economics as well as breaking down all the complicated terminology, leaving you clued up on economics in no time. Getting to grips – explore the science of economics and how people deal with scarcity Keeping an eye on it – learn all about macroeconomics and how economists keep track of everything Watch patterns emerge – understand why monitoring consumer behaviour is vital and all you need to know about microeconomics Your recession guide – expert advice on recessions and a detailed look at why they occur Open the book and find: Why you should care about economics and how it affects you Tools to help you understand a recession A guide to seductive economic fallacies All you need to know on monetary and fiscal policies How supply and demand can be made easy Why it′s vital to track consumer choices An in–depth look at a profit–maximising firm and the core of capitalism Guidance on property rights and wrongs Learn to: Look through economic history and spot the trends Understand micro– and macroeconomics Get to grips with consumer behaviour and its influence on the economy Spot the signs of a recession and see how economic decisions affect you.

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