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1 Einfuhrung.- 1.1 Grundungsgeschehen und Wirtschaftsentwicklung.- 1.2 Inhaltsuberblick.- 2 UEberblick uber Problembereiche bei der Erfassung von Grundungen und Stilllegungen.- 2.1 Grundfragen.- 2.2 Analyseperspektiven und grundlegende Definitionen.- 2.3 Erhebungseinheit, Definition und Zeitpunkt von Grundung bzw. Stilllegung.- 2.4 Identifikation von Grundungen und Stilllegungen in Datensatzen mit Panel-Struktur.- 2.5 Weitere Problembereiche.- 2.6 Art und Umfang der verfugbaren Informationen.- 2.7 Aufbereitung und Datenzugang.- 3 Die Erhebungen der Statistischen AEmter.- 3.1 Einfuhrung.- 3.2 Datenquellen.- 3.2.1 Unternehmensregistersystem.- 3.2.2 Berichtskreise des Bergbaus und Verarbeitenden Gewerbes.- 3.3 Identifikation von Grundungen.- 3.3.1 Erfassungsverfahren.- 3.3.2 Nachfassen.- 3.3.3 Grundungszeitpunkt.- 3.3.4 Von Betriebsgrundungen separierbare Zugange.- 3.3.5 Von Betriebsgrundungen nicht-separierbare Zugange.- 3.4 Identifikation von Schliessungen.- 3.4.1 Ausscheiden aus der Statistik.- 3.4.2 Schliessungszeitpunkt.- 3.4.3 Von Betriebsschliessungen separierbare Abgange.- 3.4.4 Von Betriebsschliessungen nicht-separierbare Abgange.- 3.4.5 Perforation von Betriebsdatenverlaufen.- 3.5 Qualitat der Indikatoren.- 3.5.1 Grundungsindikator.- 3.5.2 Schliessungsindikator.- 3.6 Informationsgehalt und Zugang.- 4 Die Betriebsdatei der Beschaftigtenstatistik der Bundesanstalt fur Arbeit.- 4.1 Einfuhrung: Beschaftigtenstatistik und Betriebsdatei.- 4.2 Erhebungsverfahren und Inhalt der Beschaftigtenstatistik.- 4.3 Aufbereitungsformen der Beschaftigtenstatistik.- 4.4 Definition des Betriebs in der Beschaftigtenstatistik.- 4.5 Identifikation von Grundungen.- 4.6 Identifikation von Stilllegungen.- 4.7 UEberprufung der Plausibilitat des Betriebsbegriffs.- 4.8 Moeglichkeiten zur Verbesserung der Qualitat der Beschaftigtenstatistik fur Analysen des Grundungsgeschehens.- 4.9 Datenzugang.- 5 Die Mannheimer Grundungspanels des Zentrums fur Europaische Wirtschaftsforschung GmbH (ZEW).- 5.1 Einleitung.- 5.2 Rechercheverhalten von Creditreform.- 5.3 Unternehmensgrundungen.- 5.3.1 Erfassungs- und Analyseeinheit der ZEW-Grundungspanels.- 5.3.2 Verfugbare Unternehmensangaben.- 5.3.3 Identifizierung des Grundungszeitpunkts.- 5.3.4 Die Abgrenzung verschiedener Grundungsformen und deren Identifizierung in den ZEW-Grundungspanels.- 5.3.5 Differenzierung zwischen Unternehmensgrundungen und anderen Zugangen in die ZEW-Grundungspanels.- 5.3.5.1 Creditreform-spezifische Anlasse fur separierbare Zugange.- 5.3.5.2 Unternehmensspezifische Anlasse fur separierbare Zugange.- 5.3.5.3 Unternehmensspezifische Anlasse fur nicht-separierbare Zugange.- 5.4 Unternehmensschliessungen.- 5.4.1 Identifikation von Unternehmensschliessungen in den ZEW-Grundungspanels.- 5.4.1.1 Abgrenzung zwischen wirtschaftsaktiven und geschlossenen Unternehmen.- 5.4.1.2 Identifizierbarkeit verschiedener Schliessungsformen.- 5.4.1.3 Identifizierung des Schliessungszeitpunkts.- 5.4.2 Abgrenzung zwischen Unternehmensschliessungen und anderen Ereignissen.- 5.4.2.1 AEnderungen des Umfangs der Geschaftstatigkeit, der Branchenzugehoerigkeit und des Unternehmensstandorts.- 5.4.2.2 Organisatorische Umstrukturierungsereignisse.- 5.5 Zusammenfassung.- 6 Die Gewerbeanzeigenstatistik.- 6.1 Einfuhrung.- 6.2 Erhebungsverfahren der Gewerbeanzeigen.- 6.3 Meldepflicht und Merkmalskatalog zur Gewerbeanzeige.- 6.4 Aufbereitung der Gewerbeanzeigen.- 6.5 Datenqualitat und die Identifikation von Betriebsgrundungen und -Schliessungen.- 6.6 UEberprufung der Datenqualitat am Fallbeispiel der Stadt Regensburg.- 6.7 Verfugbarkeit der Gewerbeanzeigen und der Gewerbeanzeigenstatistik.- 6.8 Fazit.- 7 Die Umsatzsteuerstatistik.- 7.1 Einleitung.- 7.2 Das Umsatzsteuer-Voranmeldungs- und -Vorauszahlungsverfahren.- 7.2.1 Grundgesamtheit.- 7.2.2 In der Umsatzsteuerstatistik enthaltene Informationen.- 7.2.3 Unternehmensregister.- 7.3 Grundungen und Aufloesungen au

INTEREST AND PRICES Geldzins und Guterpreise A STUDY OF THE CAUSES REGULATING THE VALUE OF MONEY By KNUT WiCKSELL Translated from the German by R. F. KAHN With an Introduction by PROFESSOR BERTIL OIIL1N Published on behalf of the Royal Economic Society by MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED ST. MARTINS STREET, LONDON 1936 COPYRIGHT PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY R. R. CLARK, LIMITED, EDINBURGH TRANSLATORS NOTE I IFAVE to express my sincere thanks to Miss Anna Schwarz schild, who read a portion of the manuscript with great care, and to Dr. Eduard Rosenbaum, who helped me out of many difficulties. The Appendix consists of Wicksells last published article, translated from the original Swedish by Mrs H. Norberg. Wicksells Geldzins und Giiterpreise was published at Jena by Gustav Fischer in 1898. Such footnotes as I have found it necessary to insert are enclosed in square brackets. R. F. K. CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION BY PROFESSOR BERTH, OHLIN . . vii AUTHORS PREFACE ...... xxiii CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTORY ....... 1 CHAPTER 2 PURCHASING POWER or MONEY AND AVERAGE PRICES . 7 CHAPTER 3 RELATIVE PRICES AND MONEY PRICES . . .18 CHAPTER 4 THE SO-CALLED COST OF PRODUCTION THEORY OF MONEY 29 CHAPTER 5 THE QUANTITY THEORY AND ITS OPPONENTS . .38 v vi INTEREST AND PRICES PAQM CHAPTER 6 THE VELOCITY OF CIRCULATION OF MONEY A. A Pure Cash Economy . . . . .51 B. Simple Credit ...... 59 C. An Organised Credit Economy . . . .62 CHAPTER 7 THE RATE OF INTEREST AS REGULATOR OF COMMODITY PRICES A. The Classical Theory and the School of TooJce . . 81 B. Simplest Hypothesis. Variations of the Rate of Interest when the Market Situation Remains otherwise Unaltered 87 CHAPTER 8 THE NATURAL RATE OF INTEREST ON CAPITAL AND THE RATEOF INTEREST ON LOANS . . . .102 CHAPTER 9 SYSTEMATIC EXPOSITION OF THE THEORY . A. The Causes which Determine the Natural Rate of Interest on Capital ....... 122 B. The Use of Money . . . . . .134 CHAPTER 10 INTERNATIONAL PRICE RELATIONSHIPS . . .157 CHAPTER 11 ACTUAL PRICE MOVEMENTS IN THE LIGHT OF THE PRECED ING THEORY . . . . . .165 CHAPTER 12 PRACTICAL PROPOSALS FOR THE STABILISATION OF THE VALUE OF MONEY . . . . . .178 APPENDIX THE MONETARY PROBLEM OF THE SCANDINAVIAN COUN TRIES ........ 197 INTRODUCTION To judge the character and importance of Knut Wicksells monetary doctrines, it is necessary to view them against the background of the monetary controversy of the late nineties. For some decades the organisation of an inter national gold standard had been the outstanding problem. Hardly had this organisation won its victory in the seventies, when its position was threatened by the con tinued fall in wholesale prices. A violent propaganda for bimetallism set in almost everywhere. The character, working, advantages, and disadvantages of this system naturally became the central topic of discussion in the monetary field. The old debate between the currency and the banking schools had died out and the latter un doubtedly held the field. The quantity theory of money was discredited, even in the Anglo-Saxon countries. Most writers agreed that if credits were granted on adequate security in accordance with sound banking principles, the supply of means of payment could not exceed the re quirements of the market. There was no discussion in that connection of the level of bank rate. Two things seem to have caused Wicksell to adopt an entirely different attitude to monetary problems. First ofall, he was a close student and admirer of the English classical school of economists, above all of Ricardo. To Wicksells mathematical mind the quantity theory of money, as presented by Ricardo, made a much stronger appeal than the vague generalisations of the current bank ing discussions, which side-stepped the question Why do prices rise or fall that Wicksell at an early stage came to regard as the main problem of monetary theory...

The subject matter of agricultural economics has both broadened and deepened and the chapters of this handbook present innovative work in the field. This volume contains part 5 of the handbook on "agricultural and food policy" and follows on from volume 2A which has chapters on "agriculture, natural resources and the environment" and "agriculture in the macroeconomy". Although agricultural economists have always paid attention to these topics, research devoted to them has increased substantially in scope as well as depth in recent years.

Social media has redefined the way marketers communicate with their customers, giving consumers an advantage that they did not have previously. However, recent issues in online communication platforms have increased the challenges faced by marketers in developing and retaining their customers. Practitioners need to develop effective marketing communication programs that incorporate the meaningful forms of sociality into a customer-driven marketing program. Leveraging Computer-Mediated Marketing Environments discusses the nature of heightened interaction between marketers and consumers in the evolving technological environments, particularly on the central nature of online communities and other emerging technologies on dialogic engagement. Additionally, it aims to examine the relevant roles of online communities and emerging technologies in creating and retaining customers through effective dialogue management. Highlighting brand strategy, e-services, and web analytics, it is designed for marketers, brand managers, business managers, academicians, and students.

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This is the third volume of the "Handbook of Game Theory with Economic Applications." Since the publication of multi-Volume 1 a decade ago, game theory has continued to develop at a furious pace, and today it is the dominant tool in economic theory. The three volumes together cover the fundamental theoretical aspects, a wide range of applications to economics, several chapters on applications to political science and individual chapters on applications to disciplines as diverse as evolutionary biology, computer science, law, psychology and ethics. The authors are the most eminent practitioners in the field, including three Nobel Prize winners.

The topics covered in the present volume include strategic ("Nash") equilibrium; incomplete information; two-person non-zero-sum games; noncooperative games with a continuum of players; stochastic games; industrial organization; bargaining, inspection; economic history; the Shapley value and its applications to perfectly competitive economies, to taxation, to public goods and to fixed prices; political science; law mechanism design; and game experimentation.

The Handbook of Social Choice and Welfare presents, in two volumes, essays on past and on-going work in social choice theory and welfare economics. The first volume consists of four parts. In Part 1 (Arrovian Impossibility Theorems), various aspects of Arrovian general impossibility theorems, illustrated by the simple majority cycle first identified by Condorcet, are expounded and evaluated. It also provides a critical survey of the work on different escape routes from impossibility results of this kind. In Part 2 (Voting Schemes and Mechanisms), the operation and performance of voting schemes and cost-sharing mechanisms are examined axiomatically, and some aspects of the modern theory of incentives and mechanism design are expounded and surveyed. In Part 3 (structure of social choice rules), the positional rules of collective decision-making (the origin of which can be traced back to a seminal proposal by Borda), the game-theoretic aspects of voting in committees, and the implications of making use of interpersonal comparisons of welfare (with or without cardinal measurability) are expounded, and the status of utilitarianism as a theory of justice is critically examined. It also provides an analytical survey of the foundations of measurement of inequality and poverty. In order to place these broad issues (as well as further issues to be discussed in the second volume of the Handbook) in perspective, Kotaro Suzumura has written an extensive introduction, discussing the historical background of social choice theory, the vistas opened by Arrow's "Social Choice and Individual Values," the famous "socialist planning" controversy, and the theoretical and practical significance of social choice theory. The primary purpose of this Handbook is to provide an accessible introduction to the current state of the art in social choice theory and welfare economics. The expounded theory has a strong and constructive message for pursuing human well-being and facilitating collective decision-making.

*Advances economists understanding of recent advances in social choice and welfare

*Distills and applies research to a wide range of social issues

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In the 21st century, intangible resources such as knowledge and social capital have become as necessary to the modern economy as coal, diamonds, and oil were to the past. This shift from product-focused to service-focused economies necessitates a drastic re-thinking of the ways in which we support the mission and business of economic development on a global, regional, and national scale. In order to effect and sustain a positive change, innovation and knowledge networks need to be connected to every aspect of life, from the private and domestic, to the corporate and the global. This book integrates a wide variety of perspectives and treatises on mutually adaptive and complementary processes of knowledge generation, diffusion, and transfer within organizations and industry, addressing both the "what" and "how to" questions of knowledge management in a conceptual as well as an applied manner. It should be of strong interest to science and technology policy makers, research and development managers, business decision makers, and students of innovation and knowledge dynamics alike.

Conventional explanations of the nature of money are weighed down by bad ideas and irrelevant historical evidence. The standard theory of finance is hampered by the lack of both sociological and ethical contextualization, and by sloppy thinking about numbers and time. Money, Finance, Reality, Morality addresses those weaknesses with truly novel models of how the economy, money, and finance actually work. The book analyses the perception of money as an economic tool (as compared to a symbolic and sociological object) as a highly functional quantitative token that assigns numerical values to the inherently unmeasurable economic activities of labour and consumption. It looks at finance as an often inferior solution to economic problems and a tool for helping the poor support the rich. And it explains how the tolerance of greed makes the money-finance system the weakest link in modern economies. Money, Finance, Reality, Morality, written without jargon or maths, will be of interest to students, teachers and practitioners in economics and finance, government and politics, religion, and philosophy and sociology.