Economics

The idea of comparing rewards with others has a long and persistent presence in the social sciences, and can be found in many psychological, social...

Introduction to Statistical Decision Theory: Utility Theory and Causal Analysis provides the theoretical background to approach decision theory fro...

An outstanding work, written to celebrate the seventieth birthday of Jagdish Bhagwati; the foremost defender of free trade and its role in developi...

Power Partnering is a brilliant yet refreshingly simple approach that breaks innovative thinking and acting down into four distinct contexts, allow...

Recently, the issue of inequality has regained attention in economic and political debates. Although this interest is welcome, the debate is still ...

From artificial intelligence to identity theft, from what we once thought of as unshakeable institutions to increasing concerns about privacy and s...

This book provides an overview of Hong Kongs role as an international financial centre, focusing especially on how Hong Kong has contributed signif...

Intermediate Microeconomics: A Tool-Building Approach is a clear and concise calculus-based exposition of current microeconomic theory that is esse...

Does the European Union need closer fiscal integration, and in particular a stronger fiscal centre, to become more resilient to economic shocks? Th...

Slavery helped finance the Industrial Revolution in England. Plantation owners, shipbuilders, and merchants connected with the slave trade accumula...

Community forestry focuses on the link between forest resources and livelihoods and contributes to forest conservation and reforestation. It is wid...

This title was first published in 2001. The dynamics of New Firm Formation (NFF) are central to the phenomenon of economic growth and development. ...

Natural resources management has two principal dimensions : Science-illuminated (earth, space, hydrological, pedological, information, etc. sci...

This title was first published in 2000: Marking the centenary of Seebohm Rowntrees first study of poverty in York, this volume examines the modern ...

During the past 25 years the burden of managing economic policy for competitiveness has devolved to cities and to urban regions. National governmen...

This book provides an updated, concise summary of forecasting air travel demand methodology. It looks at air travel demand forecasting research and...

China faces the problem of collaboration deficiency in local governance of metropolitan areas. With the evolution of regional spatial structure in ...

This book proposes that entrepreneurial practice is often considered an applicable paradigm. An applicable paradigm - which focus too much on plann...

This book looks at the rationale behind the Belt and Road Initiative by China, and attempts to explain the motivation from economical and historica...

Providing human service through markets is inherently problematic. Quality care is critical and unsatisfactory human service greatly influences peo...

Why are some regions and cities so good at attracting talented people, creating high-level knowledge, and producing exciting new ideas and innovati...

Existing literature has looked at many factors which have shaped Chinese pension reforms. As Chinas pension reform proceeds in an expanding and loc...

The book provides new vistas on Karl Marxs political economy, philosophy and politics on the occasion of his 200th birthday.Often using hitherto un...

How do we advance? As individuals, families, and businesses? As societies, nations, and a species? In a world where its said there is nothing new u...