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21st century economics : a reference handbook / edited by Rhona C. Free.

Other author/creatorFree, Rhona C.
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoThousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, ©2010.
Description2 volumes (xxvi, 1000 pages) : illustrations ; 29 cm.
Subject(s)
Variant title Twenty-first century economics
Series 21st century reference series
21st century reference series (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ^A717224
Contents vol. 1. -- pt. I. Scope and methodology of economics -- History of economic thought / Paola Tubaro -- Economic history / Sue Headlee -- Economic methodology / Timothy A. Wunder -- Twentieth-century economic methodology / Peter J. Boettke -- Econometrics / Peter Kennedy -- Marxian and institutional industrial relations in the United States / Michael Hillard -- pt. II. Microeconomics -- Supply, demand, and equilibrium / Kevin C. Klein -- Consumer behavior / Frederick G. Tiffany -- Demand elasticities / Ann Harper Fender -- Costs of production : short run and long run / Laurence Miners -- Profit maximization / Michael E. Bradley -- Imperfectly competitive product markets / Elizabeth J. Jensen -- Predatory pricing and strategic entry barriers / Bradley P. Kamp -- Labor markets / Kathryn Nantz -- Wage determination / Kenneth A. Couch, Nicholas A. Jolly -- Role of labor unions in labor markets / Paul F. Clark and Julie Sadler -- Game theory / Indrajit Ray -- Economics of strategy / Quan Wen -- Transaction cost economics / Christopher Ross Bell -- Asset pricing models / Peter Nyberg -- Portfolio theory and investment management / Thomas W. Harvey -- pt. III. Public economics -- Externalities and property rights / Mahadev Ganapati Bhat -- Public choice / Peter T. Calcagno -- Taxes versus standards : policies for the reduction of gasoline consumption / Sarah E. West -- Public finance / Neil Canaday -- Regulatory economics / Christopher S. Decker -- Cost-benefit analysis / Mikael Svensson --
Contents pt. IV. Macroeconomics -- Economic measurement and forecasting / Mehdi Mostaghimi -- Measuring and evaluating macroeconomic performance / David Hudgins -- Macroeconomic models / Christopher J. Niggle -- Aggregate expenditures model and equilibrium output / Michael R. Montgomery -- Aggregate demand and aggregate supply / Ken McCormick -- IS-LM model / Fadhel Kaboub -- Economic instability and macroeconomic policy / John Vahaly -- Fiscal policy / Rosemary Thomas Cunningham -- Government budgets, debt, and deficits / Benjamin Russo -- Monetary policy and inflation targeting / Pavel S. Kapinos, David Wiczer -- Debates in macroeconomic policy / John Vahaly -- New classical economics / Brian Snowdon -- pt. V. International economics -- International trade, comparative and absolute advantage, and trade restrictions / Lindsay Oldenski -- Balance of trade and payments / Lawrence D. Gwinn -- Exchange rates / Carlos Vargas-Silva -- Comparative economic systems / Satyananda J. Gabriel -- World development in historical perspective / Douglas O. Walker -- International finance / Steven L. Husted -- The European economic and monetary union / Leila Simona Talani -- East Asian economies / Kiril Tochkov -- Globalization and inequality / Rachel McCullough -- The economics of fair trade / John D. Messier --
Contents vol. 2. -- pt. VI. Economic analyses of issues and markets -- Economics of education / Ping Ching Winnie Chan -- Economics and justice / George F. DeMartino -- Sports economics / Aju Fenn -- Earnings of professional athletes / Lee H. Igel and Robert A. Boland -- Economics of gender / Lena Nekby, Peter Skogman Thoursie -- Economics and race / Sean E. Mulholland -- Economic analysis of the family / Steven Horwitz -- Economics of aging / Agneta Kruse-- Agricultural economics / Patricia A. Duffy -- Real estate economics / Erick Eschker -- Economics of wildlife protection / Rebecca P. Judge -- Environmental economics / Jennifer L. Brown -- Economics of energy markets / Stephen H. Karlson -- Political economy of oil / Yahya M. Madra -- Transportation economics / Anthony M. Rufolo -- Urban economics / James D. Burnell -- Economics of gambling / Douglas M. Walker -- Economics of HIV and AIDS / Roy Love -- Economics of migration / Anita Alves Pena and Steven J. Shulman -- Health economics / Shirley Johnson-Lans -- Economics of health insurance / Amy M. Wolaver -- Economics of information / Viktar Fedaseyeu -- Forensic economics / Lawrence M. Spizman -- Economics of crime / Isaac Eherlich -- Economics of property law / Richard D. Coe -- Queer economics : sexual orientation and economic outcomes / Richard R. Cornwall -- Economics and religion / Carmel U. Chiswick -- Economics and corporate social responsibility / Markus Kitzmueller -- Political economy of violence / Shawn Humphrey -- The economics of civil war / Marta Reynal-Querol -- Economic aspects of cultural heritage / Leah Greden Mathews -- Media economics / Gillian Doyle -- Microfinance / Shannon Mudd -- Latin America's trade performance in the new millennium / Maritza Sotomayor --
Contents pt. VII. Emerging areas in economics -- Behavioral economics / Nathan Berg -- Experimental economics / Seda Ertaç, Sandra Maximiano -- Complexity and economics / Troy L. Tassier -- Ethics and economics / Victor V. Caar -- Feminist economics / Gillian Hewitson -- Neuroeconomics / Dante Monique Pirouz -- Evolutionary economics / Clifford S. Poirot Jr. -- Matching markets / Thomas Gall -- Beyond make-or-buy : advances in transaction cost economics / Lyda S. Bigelow.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2010001776
ISBN9781412961424 (cloth)
ISBN1412961424 (cloth)

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