Libros de: Princeton University Press

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  • Myth and Measurement "The New Economics of the Minimum Wage"

    Card, David Krueger, Alan

    Princeton University Press (2016)

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    • EAN: 9780691169125
    • Páginas: 456
    • Fecha de edición: 2016

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    David Card and Alan B. Krueger have already made national news with their pathbreaking research on the minimum wage. Here they present a powerful new challenge to the conventional view that higher minimum wages reduce ...

  • The First Crash "Lessons from the South Sea Bubble"

    Dale, Richard

    Princeton University Press (2016)

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    • EAN: 9780691170947
    • Páginas: 192
    • Fecha de edición: 2016

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    For nearly three centuries the spectacular rise and fall of the South Sea Company has gripped the public imagination as the most graphic warning to investors of the dangers of unbridled speculation. Yet history repeats ...

  • The New Worlds of Thomas Robert Malthus "Rereading the Principle of Population"

    Bashford, Alison Chaplin, Joyce E.

    Princeton University Press (2016)

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    • EAN: 9780691164199
    • Páginas: 368
    • Fecha de edición: 2016

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    The New Worlds of Thomas Robert Malthus is a sweeping global and intellectual history that radically recasts our understanding of Malthus's Essay on the Principle of Population, the most famous book on population ever written ...

  • Beautiful Game Theory "How Soccer Can Help Economics"

    Palacios-Huerta, Ignacio

    Princeton University Press (2016)

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    • EAN: 9780691169255
    • Páginas: 225
    • Fecha de edición: 2016

    pvp.21,95 €

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    A wealth of research in recent decades has seen the economic approach to human behavior extended over many areas previously considered to belong to sociology, political science, law, and other fields. Research has also shown ...

  • Climate Shock

    Wagner, Gernot Weitzman, Martin L.

    Princeton University Press (2016)

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    • EAN: 9780691171326
    • Páginas: 272
    • Fecha de edición: 2016

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    If you had a 10 percent chance of having a fatal car accident, you'd take necessary precautions. If your finances had a 10 percent chance of suffering a severe loss, you'd reevaluate your assets. So ...

  • The Box "How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger"

    Levinson, Marc

    Princeton University Press (2016)

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    • EAN: 9780691170817
    • Páginas: 544
    • Fecha de edición: 2016

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    In April 1956, a refitted oil tanker carried fifty-eight shipping containers from Newark to Houston. From that modest beginning, container shipping developed into a huge industry that made the boom in global trade possible. The ...

  • Game Theory in Action "An Introduction to Classical and Evolutionary Models"

    Gintis, Herbert Schecter, Stephen

    Princeton University Press (2016)

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    • EAN: 9780691167657
    • Páginas: 320
    • Fecha de edición: 2016

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    Game Theory in Action is a textbook about using game theory across a range of real-life scenarios. From traffic accidents to the sex lives of lizards, Stephen Schecter and Herbert Gintis show students how game ...

  • Economic Forecasting

    Elliott, Graham Timmermann,Allan

    Princeton University Press (2016)

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    • EAN: 9780691140131
    • Páginas: 560
    • Fecha de edición: 2016

    pvp.83,95 €

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    Economic forecasting involves choosing simple yet robust models to best approximate highly complex and evolving data-generating processes. This poses unique challenges for researchers in a host of practical forecasting situations, from forecasting budget deficits and ...

  • Taxing the Rich "A History of Fiscal Fairness in the United States and Europe"

    Scheve, Kenneth Stasavage, David

    Princeton University Press (2016)

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    • EAN: 9780691165455
    • Páginas: 288
    • Fecha de edición: 2016

    pvp.34,60 €

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    In today's social climate of acknowledged and growing inequality, why are there not greater efforts to tax the rich? In this wide-ranging and provocative book, Kenneth Scheve and David Stasavage ask when and why countries ...

  • Complexity and the Art of Public Policy "Solving Society's Problems from the Bottom Up"

    Colander, David Kupers, Roland

    Princeton University Press (2016)

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    • EAN: 9780691169132
    • Páginas: 320
    • Fecha de edición: 2016

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    Complexity science-made possible by modern analytical and computational advances-is changing the way we think about social systems and social theory. Unfortunately, economists' policy models have not kept up and are stuck in either a market ...

  • The Princeton Companion to Applied Mathematics

    Higham, Nicholas J.

    Princeton University Press (2015)

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    • EAN: 9780691150390
    • Páginas: 1016
    • Fecha de edición: 2015

    pvp.112,95 €

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    This is the most authoritative and accessible single-volume reference book on applied mathematics. Featuring numerous entries by leading experts and organized thematically, it introduces readers to applied mathematics and its uses; explains key concepts; describes ...

  • The Social Life of Money

    Dodd, Nigel

    Princeton University Press (2016)

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    • EAN: 9780691169170
    • Páginas: 450
    • Fecha de edición: 2016

    pvp.22,55 €

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    Questions about the nature of money have gained a new urgency in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. Even as many people have less of it, there are more forms and systems of money, ...

  • The Power and Independence of the Federal Reserve

    Conti-Brown, Peter

    Princeton University Press (2016)

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    • EAN: 9780691164007
    • Páginas: 368
    • Fecha de edición: 2016

    pvp.37,60 €

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    The independence of the Federal Reserve is considered a cornerstone of its identity, crucial for keeping monetary policy decisions free of electoral politics. But do we really understand what is meant by "Federal Reserve independence"? ...

  • The Rise and Fall of American Growth "The U.S. Standard of Living Since the Civil War"

    Gordon, Robert J.

    Princeton University Press (2016)

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    • EAN: 9780691147727
    • Páginas: 784
    • Fecha de edición: 2016

    pvp.32,95 €

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    In the century after the Civil War, an economic revolution improved the American standard of living in ways previously unimaginable. Electric lighting, indoor plumbing, home appliances, motor vehicles, air travel, air conditioning, and television transformed ...

  • Bayesian Estimation of Dsge Models

    Herbst, Edward P. Schorfheide, Frank

    Princeton University Press (2016)

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    • EAN: 9780691161082
    • Páginas: 296
    • Fecha de edición: 2016

    pvp.52,70 €

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    Dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) models have become one of the workhorses of modern macroeconomics and are extensively used for academic research as well as forecasting and policy analysis at central banks. This book introduces ...

  • Experimental Capitalism "The Nanoeconomics of American High-Tech Industries"

    Klepper, Steven

    Princeton University Press (2016)

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    • EAN: 9780691169620
    • Páginas: 280
    • Fecha de edición: 2016

    pvp.42,15 €

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    For much of the twentieth century, American corporations led the world in terms of technological progress. Why did certain industries have such great success? Experimental Capitalism examines six key industries--automobiles, pneumatic tires, television receivers, semiconductors, ...

  • Capitalism "A Short History"

    Kocka, Jürgen

    Princeton University Press (2016)

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    • EAN: 9780691165226
    • Páginas: 208
    • Fecha de edición: 2016

    pvp.28,50 €

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    In this book, one of the world's most renowned historians provides a concise and comprehensive history of capitalism within a global perspective from its medieval origins to the 2008 financial crisis and beyond. From early ...

  • Adam Smith "His Life, Thought, and Legacy"

    Hanley, Ryan Patrick

    Princeton University Press (2016)

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    • EAN: 9780691154053
    • Páginas: 600
    • Fecha de edición: 2016

    pvp.46,70 €

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    Adam Smith (1723-90) is perhaps best known as one of the first champions of the free market and is widely regarded as the founding father of capitalism. From his ideas about the promise and pitfalls ...

  • The Making of the Ancient Greek Economy "Institutions, Markets, and Growth in the City-States"

    Bresson, Alain

    Princeton University Press (2015)

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    • EAN: 9780691144702
    • Páginas: 648
    • Fecha de edición: 2015

    pvp.46,75 €

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    This comprehensive introduction to the ancient Greek economy revolutionizes our understanding of the subject and its possibilities. Alain Bresson is one of the world's leading authorities in the field, and he is helping to redefine ...

  • Advanced International Trade "Theory and Evidence"

    Feenstra, Robert C.

    Princeton University Press (2015)

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    • EAN: 9780691161648
    • Páginas: 496
    • Fecha de edición: 2015

    pvp.93,50 €

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    Trade is a cornerstone concept in economics worldwide. This updated second edition of the essential graduate textbook in international trade brings readers to the forefront of knowledge in the field and prepares students to undertake ...