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Latin American Economic Crises - Trade and Labour (Hardcover): E. Bour, D. Heymann, F. Navajas Latin American Economic Crises - Trade and Labour (Hardcover)
E. Bour, D. Heymann, F. Navajas
R1,607 Discovery Miles 16 070 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This volume examines issues of economic interest faced by Latin America economies in the late 20th Century. The fifteen chapters deal with macroeconomic problems, financial crises, the development of trade and trade agreements and labor issues. Of particular interest are the chapters dealing with Argentina, which provide an absorbing background to the financial crisis faced today.

New Directions in Macromodelling (Hardcover, New): Aleksander Welfe New Directions in Macromodelling (Hardcover, New)
Aleksander Welfe
R4,139 Discovery Miles 41 390 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The monograph concentrates on recent developments in modelling economic processes on macro level. Namely there are two main areas of interest: co-integration analysis and the use of high frequency time series. Special emphasis is put on testing, application of VEqCM models to I(1) as well as I(2) variables and structuralization of VAR. Volatility is analysed within traditional and Bayesian approach.

Making Economics Public - The Hows and Whys of Communicating Markets and Models (Paperback): Vicki Macknight, Fabien Medvecky Making Economics Public - The Hows and Whys of Communicating Markets and Models (Paperback)
Vicki Macknight, Fabien Medvecky
R1,270 Discovery Miles 12 700 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Economics – macro, micro and mysterious – is integral to everyday life. But despite its importance for personal and collective decision making, it is a discipline often viewed as technical, arcane and inaccessible and thus overlooked in public discourse. This book is a call to arms to bring the discipline of economics more into the public domain. It calls on economists to think about how to make their knowledge of the economics public. And it calls on those who specialise in communicating expert knowledge to help us learn to communicate about economics. The book brings together scholars and practitioners working at the early stages of an emerging field: the public communication of, and public engagement with, economics. Through a series of short essays from academics and practitioners, the book has two key goals: first and foremost, it will make a case for why we need to make economics public and for the importance of having a clear vision of what it means to make economics public. Secondly, it suggests some ways that this can be done featuring contributions from practitioners, including economists, who are engaging audiences in newspapers, museums and beyond. This book is essential reading for those in economics with an interest in making economics public and those already in the many fields dedicated to communicating expert knowledge in public spaces who have an interest in where economics can fit.

The Politics and Pleasures of Consuming Differently (Hardcover): F. Trentmann, M. Ryle, L. Thomas, Kate Soper The Politics and Pleasures of Consuming Differently (Hardcover)
F. Trentmann, M. Ryle, L. Thomas, Kate Soper
R3,804 Discovery Miles 38 040 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This volume casts a critical eye on representations and practices of consumption in the Western world. It offers a unique contemporary perspective on the themes of counter-consumerism, ecological crisis and sustainability that are rising fast on the political and cultural agenda.

Finance and Sustainable Development - Designing Sustainable Financial Systems (Paperback): Magdalena Ziolo Finance and Sustainable Development - Designing Sustainable Financial Systems (Paperback)
Magdalena Ziolo
R1,384 Discovery Miles 13 840 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

There are many studies confirming the relationship between financial systems and economic development, but there are few which examine the degree to which financial systems a) impact the quality of information, b) influence sound corporate governance, c) ensure effective mechanisms of risk management, d) mobilize savings and f) facilitate trade. In the context of sustainability, there should also be a line of inquiry into how a particular financial system influences the assurance and implementation of sustainable development principles and goals. This book delivers a methodological approach to designing and assessing sustainable financial systems. It provides an original contribution by prioritizing ESG factors in the decision-making process of financial institutions and identifying their impact on sustainable financial systems. The author argues that to achieve financial stability, it is necessary to have in place mechanisms designed to prevent financial problems from becoming systemic and/or threatening the stability of the financial and economic system, while maintaining (or not undermining) the economy's ability to sustain growth and perform its other functions. The book primarily takes a simulation and experimental approach. It is the first book to take such a comprehensive look at sustainable financial systems as opposed to sustainable finance in general. It will appeal to academics, students and researchers in the fields of economics, finance and banking, business, management and political and social sciences.

Global Capitalism Unbound - Winners and Losers from Offshore Outsourcing (Hardcover, New): EPA Us Global Capitalism Unbound - Winners and Losers from Offshore Outsourcing (Hardcover, New)
EPA Us
R1,610 Discovery Miles 16 100 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The rapid growth of offshore outsourcing in manufacturing and IT-based services is unleashing dramatic changes around the world. This book brings together leading scholars and practitioners to analyze the implications of this huge transformation. For some observers, offshore outsourcing promises more rapid economic growth for both developed and developing countries. For others, it unravels the social contract in today's rich countries, as labor and governments lose bargaining power vis-a-vis globally mobile capital. For yet others, it offers some developing countries the opportunity to leapfrog, while pushing others even further to the sidelines. This book provides a uniquely comprehensive, yet diverse account of the winners and losers from offshore outsourcing and of how policy might be used to spread its benefits more widely and equally.

EU Enlargement and its Macroeconomic Effects in Eastern Europe - Currencies, Prices, Investment and Competitiveness (Hardcover,... EU Enlargement and its Macroeconomic Effects in Eastern Europe - Currencies, Prices, Investment and Competitiveness (Hardcover, 1999 ed.)
H. Gabrisch, R. Pohl
R3,024 Discovery Miles 30 240 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The contributors to this volume discuss the lack of competitiveness of Eastern countries and their need for structural adjustment. The main issues considered are the problem of price convergence in integrated markets, the positive approach to foreign capital inflows, the problem of the current account deficit and the direction of strucural change. The book consists of a wide range of theoretical approaches--from supply-side to more demand-side orientations.

Accelerating Japan's Economic Growth - Resolving Japan's Growth Controversy (Hardcover): F. Gerard Adams, Lawrence R.... Accelerating Japan's Economic Growth - Resolving Japan's Growth Controversy (Hardcover)
F. Gerard Adams, Lawrence R. Klein, Kumasaka Yuzo, Shinozaki Akihiko
R4,717 Discovery Miles 47 170 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Japanese economy is beginning to show signs of recovery after years of stagnation/deflation, but many Japanese policymakers warn that this economic growth may be sluggish: slower than in the United States and certainly slower than in other East Asian countries. Japan faces significant economic problems, including an aging population, a large fiscal deficit, and the need to adjust to the IT economy and to competition with the rest of East Asia. A slow growth scenario would greatly reduce opportunities for new productive investment and would make it increasingly difficult to provide for Japan's growing social needs. The authors of this book argue that Japan can and should grow more rapidly, and examine the reasons for the sluggish performance of the Japanese economy. For example, some Japanese economic sectors, particularly in distribution and finance, have failed to take advantage of new information and communications technology to accelerate the growth of productivity, as has happened in other countries, such as the US. Production function studies and econometric model simulations suggest that with appropriate policies the Japanese economy can grow more rapidly and deal with its future problems. The book posits a number of policy proposals which would help to accelerate Japan's economic growth This book will be of interest to students of the Japanese economy, macroeconomics and international economies, and also to policymakers and professionals interested in Japan's economy.

India's Emerging Financial Market - A Flow of Funds Model (Hardcover): Tomoe Moore India's Emerging Financial Market - A Flow of Funds Model (Hardcover)
Tomoe Moore
R4,870 Discovery Miles 48 700 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In the early 1990s, financial liberalization started in India, and it was thought that such reforms would increase economic growth. This argument formed part of the finance led industrialization hypothesis and although higher growth resulted, higher industrialization did not immediately.

This book is the first study to comprehensively apply the flow of funds model for India.
Using detailed data of the Indian economy, the whole financial sector is presented with associated policy simulation for India. The demand function is theoretically grounded in the Almost Ideal Demand System and cointegration techniques are adapted into the econometric methodology. The policy simulation experiments are conducted with a view to analyzing the delivery of loanable funds to sectors which are the most in need of poverty-reducing economic growth. The system-wide simulation as a result of interactions with disaggregated economic sectors will allow the analysis of a wide spectrum of policy effects on issues such as the determinant of interest rates, financial capital formulation, and the role of financial institutions, government debt and allocation of credit.

India's Emerging Financial Market provides a thorough and rigorous analysis of policy responses in India and will be of interest to academics working on development economics in general and South Asia in particular.

The Economic Performance of the European Union - Issues, Trends and Policies (Hardcover): L. Lacina, J. Fidrmuc, A. Rusek The Economic Performance of the European Union - Issues, Trends and Policies (Hardcover)
L. Lacina, J. Fidrmuc, A. Rusek
R3,029 Discovery Miles 30 290 Ships in 10 - 15 working days


The European Union faces a range of economic challenges and dilemmas in the coming years, both as a result of continued expansion and also because of an increasingly globalised world economy. It has been necessary for the EU to assess and explore a variety of economic policies to deal with these challenges, as well as tackling issues such as Eurozone dynamics and cohesion, labour markets, taxation and fiscal policies. By looking at economic trends in the European Economic and Monetary Union in recent years, we can begin to assess economic performance and to analyse how current issues will affect this performance in future.
This book brings together a range of economists to analyse the dual process of deepening and broadening in the EU, and provides a balanced and multifaceted look at recent EU dynamics, as well as looking at current and future issues facing old and new member states. With contributions covering numerous aspects of European economic performance, this book is an essential resource for all academics interested in European economics and EU integration.

Reforming the Reforms in Latin America - Macroeconomics, Trade, Finance (Hardcover, 2000 ed.): Nana Reforming the Reforms in Latin America - Macroeconomics, Trade, Finance (Hardcover, 2000 ed.)
Nana
R3,023 Discovery Miles 30 230 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Development has been elusive for Latin America in the 1990s. Notwithstanding tough neoliberal reforms, defeated hyperinflation, and large capital inflows, development of productive capacity and social equity shows a poor performance. These selected essays discuss the analytical bases of a pragmatic policy-oriented approach alternative to neoliberalism. They also analyze macroeconomic management, trade and financial liberalization in recent years.

Norway's Sovereign Wealth Fund - Sustainable Investment of Natural Resource Revenues (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021): Ole Bjorn... Norway's Sovereign Wealth Fund - Sustainable Investment of Natural Resource Revenues (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Ole Bjorn Roste
R3,304 Discovery Miles 33 040 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book elaborates on how Norway has managed to convert a large fraction of its endowment of hydrocarbons below the seabed of Norwegian waters into financial wealth, invested in the world's capital markets. Further, it explains how this wealth is managed. Under the current guidelines, only the assessed return on investment may be allotted to public budgets. This ensures that the wealth will benefit both current and future generations. The capital is gathered in the Sovereign Wealth Fund - or State Pension Fund Global (SPF-G) -, which is intended to maximize capital value without exceeding acceptable risks. The book offers new insights into the history and management of the fund, examines its successes,and discusses future challenges. Given its scope, it appeals to scholars of economics, finance and political science, and to anyone interested in the sustainable investment of natural resource-based revenues.

The Globalization of Multinational Enterprise Activity and Economic Development (Hardcover, 2000 ed.): N Hood, S. Young The Globalization of Multinational Enterprise Activity and Economic Development (Hardcover, 2000 ed.)
N Hood, S. Young
R3,072 Discovery Miles 30 720 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book explores and analyzes the effects of the globalization strategies of multinational enterprises (MNEs) on national and local development and highlights the implications of these effects for policy makers. Containing contributions from leading international business scholars, the text addresses this previously little explored but critically important issues for the future of the world economy.

National Accounts and the Environment (Hardcover, Rev English ed.): I. Musu, D. Siniscalco National Accounts and the Environment (Hardcover, Rev English ed.)
I. Musu, D. Siniscalco
R4,740 Discovery Miles 47 400 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In recent years, analysts, researchers and environmental policy makers have been faced with a serious shortage of empirical data on environmental phenomena. In fact, the information gathered by various organisations has not yet been systematically classified into a consistent system of accounts. This book presents the results of a joint research effort by the Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei and Italy's Central Statistical Office (ISTAT) to design a system of accounts for natural and environmental resources. The resulting environmental accounts can be integrated with the existing system of national accounts, in order to estimate the so-called green GDP' or net national product' (NNP).

Observers and Macroeconomic Systems - Computation of Policy Trajectories with Separate Model Based Control (Hardcover, 1998... Observers and Macroeconomic Systems - Computation of Policy Trajectories with Separate Model Based Control (Hardcover, 1998 ed.)
Ric D. Herbert
R6,071 Discovery Miles 60 710 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Observers and Macroeconomic Systems is concerned with the computational aspects of using a control-theoretic approach to the analysis of dynamic macroeconomic systems. The focus is on using a separate model for the development of the control policies. In particular, it uses the observer-based approach whereby the separate model learns to behave in a similar manner to the economic system through output-injections. The book shows how this approach can be used to learn the forward-looking behaviour of economic actors which is a distinguishing feature of dynamic macroeconomic models. It also shows how it can be used in conjunction with low-order models to undertake policy analysis with a large practical econometric model. This overcomes some of the computational problems arising from using just the large econometric models to compute optimal policy trajectories. The work also develops visual simulation software tools that can be used for policy analysis with dynamic macroeconomic systems.

Global Macroeconomics - Policy Conflict and Co-operation (Hardcover): Ralph C Bryant Global Macroeconomics - Policy Conflict and Co-operation (Hardcover)
Ralph C Bryant; Richard Portes
R4,606 Discovery Miles 46 060 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Behavioral Finance and Asset Prices - The Influence of Investor's Emotions (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2023): David Bourghelle,... Behavioral Finance and Asset Prices - The Influence of Investor's Emotions (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2023)
David Bourghelle, Pascal Grandin, Fredj Jawadi, Philippe Rozin
R4,656 Discovery Miles 46 560 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In recent decades, the financial markets have experienced various crises, shocks and disruptive events, driving high levels of volatility. This volatility is too strong to be fully justified simply by changes in fundamentals. This volume discusses these highly relevant issues with special focus on asset pricing and behavioral finance. Financial price assets of the 2020s appear to be driven by various attractors in addition to fundamentals, and there is no doubt that investor emotions, market sentiment, the news, and external factors such as uncertainty all play a key role. This has been clearly observed in recent years, especially during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic that has changed the common perception of the way financial markets work.

On Globalization - Capitalism in the Twenty-First Century (Hardcover): B. Amoroso On Globalization - Capitalism in the Twenty-First Century (Hardcover)
B. Amoroso
R3,017 Discovery Miles 30 170 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Beginning with the key changes brought about in the economy by advanced technology and organizational and institutional innovations, this book elucidates their impact on industrial systems, accumulation, firms and the processes of European integration.;This approach enables the reader to establish the links in the conceptual jungle to real processes and to chart clearly, by eliminating chaos and chance factors, the interlocking grid of political destablization and economic marginalizaton that the advance of capitalist globalization has introduced in all countries. The author suggests an alternative approach founded upon a polycentric system of co-operation and solidarity to loosen the bonds of capitalism in the 21st century.

Research in Transportation Economics, Volume 5 (Hardcover, Revised ed.): B. Starr McMullen Research in Transportation Economics, Volume 5 (Hardcover, Revised ed.)
B. Starr McMullen
R2,714 Discovery Miles 27 140 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This volume of "Research in Transportation Economics" reflects the changes that are occurring in the transportation arena as we enter the twenty-first century. In the US, the transportation industries, rail and trucking in particular, are still adjusting to deregulation that has taken place since the 1970's. The emerging transportation issues focus less on economic regulation of the transport sector and more on policies to deal with congestion, optimal pricing, and the allocation of scarce resources. The papers presented represent a diverse view of transportation economics, in a field that is forever changing as regulations change, ecnomic growth continues, and our econometric and modeling methods become increasingly refined.

"The series is abstracted and indexed in Journal of Economic Literature and in EconLit."

International Capital Mobility and External Account Determination (Hardcover): Anthony J. Makin International Capital Mobility and External Account Determination (Hardcover)
Anthony J. Makin
R3,001 Discovery Miles 30 010 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book examines the causes, consequences and policy significance of international capital movements and nations' external account imbalances. Traditional theoretical approaches to balance of payments analysis, such as the classical, elasticities, absorption, monetary and Mundell-Fleming models are critically evaluated against an extended international macroeconomic accounting framework. More meaningful capital theoretic models then link saving, investment and foreign capital movements to highlight the macroeconomic gains from international capital mobility and international trade in saving.

A System-Wide Analysis of International Consumption Patterns (Hardcover, 1993 ed.): S. Selvanathan A System-Wide Analysis of International Consumption Patterns (Hardcover, 1993 ed.)
S. Selvanathan
R5,941 Discovery Miles 59 410 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The modern system-wide approach to applied demand analysis emphasizes a unity between theory and applications. Its fIrm foundations in economic theory make it one of the most impressive areas of applied econometrics. This book presents a large number of applications of recent innovations in the area. The database used consist of about 18 annual observations for 10 commodities in 18 OECO countries (more than 3,100 data points). Such a large body of data should provide convincing evidence, one way or the other, about the validity of consumption theory. A PREVIEW OF THE BOOK The overall importance of the analysis presented in the book can be seen from the following table which shows the signifIcant contribution of the OECO to the world economy. As can be seen, the 24 member countries account for about 50 percent of world GOP in 1975. In this book we present an extensive analysis of the consumption patterns of the OECO countries.

Inward Investment, Technological Change and Growth - The Impact of Multinational Corporations on the UK Economy (Hardcover): N.... Inward Investment, Technological Change and Growth - The Impact of Multinational Corporations on the UK Economy (Hardcover)
N. Pain
R3,033 Discovery Miles 30 330 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Original essays identify the channels through which inward investment can affect host economies and shape the size and structure of industrialized economies over the last decade. Leading experts in international investment and the behavior of national and multinational firms combine innovative methodologies and firm-level data to evaluate the impact of inward investment on such issues as productivity, technology, and innovation. They compare UK developments to those experienced by French, Italian, German and US economies.

Lifetime Income Distribution and Redistribution - Applications of a Microsimulation Model (Hardcover): A. F. Harding Lifetime Income Distribution and Redistribution - Applications of a Microsimulation Model (Hardcover)
A. F. Harding
R5,281 Discovery Miles 52 810 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Lifetime distribution and redistribution is analysed in this book, in far more detail than has been attempted before. A dynamic cohort microsimulation model is used as an exciting new tool to analyse several questions which have previously been almost impossible to answer. These questions concern income distribution and redistribution, social security and income tax incidence. This book will be of interest to those working in social and economic policy who are concerned about such issues. It will also be of interest to the rapidly growing numbers of researchers and government analysts constructing microsimulation models.

Transformation and Struggle - Cuba Faces the 1990s (Hardcover, New): Sandor Halebsky, John Kirk Transformation and Struggle - Cuba Faces the 1990s (Hardcover, New)
Sandor Halebsky, John Kirk
R2,941 Discovery Miles 29 410 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This is the second of two volumes to bear witness to the Cuban experience. Together with its predecessor, "Cuba: Twenty-Five Years of Revolution," it offers a positive account. Yet, it is sensitive to the dilemmas and flawed strategies in Cuba's thirty-year process of transformation. It warns that no preconceived notion of state or of development will help grasp the multifaceted nature of this nation, which reflects aspects of both developed and underdeveloped nations. Seventeen chapters, five of which are from Cuban contributors, thoroughly investigate recent political, economic, and social changes as well as the successes and failures of long-term development policies. Heavy attention is paid to the rectification process launched by Castro in 1986.

This volume portrays a Cuba facing the 1990s with a burst of increased vigor in its efforts to secure continued far-reaching transformation. Seventeen chapters describe major changes in the economic realm caught up in the rectification campaign; a slow process of liberalization in the political sphere; and a Cuba that, in social terms, is far better off than any other Latin American country.

America's Soluble Problems (Hardcover): John Mills America's Soluble Problems (Hardcover)
John Mills
R3,003 Discovery Miles 30 030 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

America's Soluble Problems , while recognising the many successes of the US economy, analyses its well known problems with a fresh new approach. Are slow growth, stagnant living standards for many, increasing poverty for those worst off, the hollowing out of much US manufacturing, balance of payments and fiscal deficits, all inevitable? America's Soluble Problems argues that they are not, and that entirely achievable changes in macro - economic policy could transform the prospects for the US economy and for most American citizens.

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