Libros de: Princeton University Press

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  • Bayesian Non- and Semi-Parametric Methods and Applications

    Rossi, Peter

    Princeton University Press (2014)

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    • EAN: 9780691145327
    • Páginas: 224
    • Fecha de edición: 2014

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    This book reviews and develops Bayesian non-parametric and semi-parametric methods for applications in microeconometrics and quantitative marketing. Most econometric models used in microeconomics and marketing applications involve arbitrary distributional assumptions. As more data becomes available, ...

  • The Battle of Bretton Woods "John Maynard Keynes, Harry Dexter White, and the Making of a New World Order"

    Steil, Ben

    Princeton University Press (2014)

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    • EAN: 9780691162379
    • Páginas: 480
    • Fecha de edición: 2014

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    When turmoil strikes world monetary and financial markets, leaders invariably call for 'a new Bretton Woods' to prevent catastrophic economic disorder and defuse political conflict. The name of the remote New Hampshire town where representatives ...

  • The Son Also Rises "Surnames and the History of Social Mobility"

    Clark, Gregory

    Princeton University Press (2014)

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    • EAN: 9780691162546
    • Páginas: 384
    • Fecha de edición: 2014

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    How much of our fate is tied to the status of our parents and grandparents? How much does this influence our children? More than we wish to believe. While it has been argued that rigid ...

  • The Dollar Trap "How the U.S. Dollar Tightened its Grip on Global Finance"

    Prasad, Eswar S.

    Princeton University Press (2014)

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    • EAN: 9780691161129
    • Páginas: 432
    • Fecha de edición: 2014

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    The U.S. dollar's dominance seems under threat. The near collapse of the U.S. financial system in 2008-2009, political paralysis that has blocked effective policymaking, and emerging competitors such as the Chinese renminbi have heightened speculation ...

  • Fragile by Design "The Political Origins of Banking Crises and Scarce Credit"

    Calomiris, Charles W. Haber, Stephen H.

    Princeton University Press (2014)

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    • EAN: 9780691155241
    • Páginas: 624
    • Fecha de edición: 2014

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    Why are banking systems unstable in so many countries - but not in others? The United States has had twelve systemic banking crises since 1840, while Canada has had none. The banking systems of Mexico ...

  • Recursive Models of Dynamic Linear Economies

    Hansen, Lars Peter Sargent, Thomas J.

    Princeton University Press (2014)

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    • EAN: 9780691042770
    • Páginas: 424
    • Fecha de edición: 2014

    pvp.41,85 €

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    A common set of mathematical tools underlies dynamic optimization, dynamic estimation, and filtering. In Recursive Models of Dynamic Linear Economies, Lars Peter Hansen and Thomas Sargent use these tools to create a class of econometrically ...

  • Power to the People "Energy in Europe Over the Last Five Centuries"

    Kander, Astrid Malanima, Paolo Warde, P.

    Princeton University Press (2014)

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    • EAN: 9780691143620
    • Páginas: 472
    • Fecha de edición: 2014

    pvp.37,80 €

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    Power to the People examines the varied but interconnected relationships between energy consumption and economic development in Europe over the last five centuries. It describes how the traditional energy economy of medieval and early modern ...

  • Number Theory "A Historical Approach"

    Watkins, John J.

    Princeton University Press (2014)

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    • EAN: 9780691159409
    • Páginas: 592
    • Fecha de edición: 2014

    pvp.69,95 €

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    The natural numbers have been studied for thousands of years, yet most undergraduate textbooks present number theory as a long list of theorems with little mention of how these results were discovered or why they ...

  • The Bankers' New Clothes

    Admati, Anat Hellwig, Martin

    Princeton University Press (2014)

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    • EAN: 9780691162386
    • Páginas: 424
    • Fecha de edición: 2014

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    The past few years have shown that risks in banking can impose significant costs on the economy. Many claim, however, that a safer banking system would require sacrificing lending and economic growth. The Bankers' New ...

  • Beautiful Geometry

    Jost, Eugen Maor, Eli

    Princeton University Press (2014)

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    • EAN: 9780691150994
    • Páginas: 208
    • Fecha de edición: 2014

    pvp.26,75 €

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    If you've ever thought that mathematics and art don't mix, this stunning visual history of geometry will change your mind. As much a work of art as a book about mathematics, Beautiful Geometry presents more ...

  • Fortune Tellers "The Story of America's First Economic Forecasters"

    Friedman, Walter A.

    Princeton University Press (2014)

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    • EAN: 9780691159119
    • Páginas: 288
    • Fecha de edición: 2014

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    The period leading up to the Great Depression witnessed the rise of the economic forecasters, pioneers who sought to use the tools of science to predict the future, with the aim of profiting from their ...

  • Will You be Alive 10 Years from Now? "And Numerous Other Curious Questions in Probability"

    Nahin, Paul J.

    Princeton University Press (2013)

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    • EAN: 9780691156804
    • Páginas: 256
    • Fecha de edición: 2013

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    What are the chances of a game-show contestant finding a chicken in a box? Is the Hanukkah dreidel a fair game? Will you be alive ten years from now? These are just some of the ...

  • The Confidence Trap "A History of Democracy in Crisis from World War I to the Present"

    Runciman, David

    Princeton University Press (2013)

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    • EAN: 9780691148687
    • Páginas: 408
    • Fecha de edición: 2013

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    Why do democracies keep lurching from success to failure? The current financial crisis is just the latest example of how things continue to go wrong, just when it looked like they were going right. In ...

  • The Economics of Imperfect Labor Markets

    Boeri, Tito Van Ours, J.

    Princeton University Press (2013)

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    • EAN: 9780691158938
    • Páginas: 464
    • Fecha de edición: 2013

    pvp.59,95 €

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    Most labor economics textbooks pay little attention to actual labor markets, taking as reference a perfectly competitive market in which losing a job is not a big deal. The Economics of Imperfect Labor Markets is ...

  • The Great Escape "Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality"

    Deaton,Angus

    Princeton University Press (2013)

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    • EAN: 9780691153544
    • Páginas: 376
    • Fecha de edición: 2013

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    The world is a better place than it used to be. People are wealthier and healthier, and live longer lives. Yet the escapes from destitution by so many have left gaping inequalities between people and ...

  • Cities of Commerce "The Institutional Foundations of International Trade in the Low"

    Gelderblom, Oscar

    Princeton University Press (2013)

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    • EAN: 9780691142883
    • Páginas: 312
    • Fecha de edición: 2013

    pvp.33,75 €

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    Cities of Commerce develops a model of institutional change in European commerce based on urban rivalry. Cities continuously competed with each other by adapting commercial, legal, and financial institutions to the evolving needs of merchants. ...

  • The Universe in Zero Words "The Story of Mathematics as Told Through Equations"

    Mackenzie, Dana

    Princeton University Press (2013)

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    • EAN: 9780691160160
    • Páginas: 224
    • Fecha de edición: 2013

    pvp.18,90 €

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    Most popular books about science, and even about mathematics, tiptoe around equations as if they were something to be hidden from the reader's tender eyes. Dana Mackenzie starts from the opposite premise: He celebrates equations. ...

  • The Empire Trap "The Rise and Fall of U.S. Intervention to Protect American Prope"

    Maurer, Noel

    Princeton University Press (2013)

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    • EAN: 9780691155821
    • Páginas: 568
    • Fecha de edición: 2013

    pvp.37,80 €

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    Throughout the twentieth century, the U.S. government willingly deployed power, hard and soft, to protect American investments all around the globe. Why did the United States get into the business of defending its citizens' property ...

  • The Oil Curse "How Petroleum Wealth Shapes the Development of Nations"

    Ross, Michael L.

    Princeton University Press (2013)

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    • EAN: 9780691159638
    • Páginas: 312
    • Fecha de edición: 2013

    pvp.21,50 €

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    Countries that are rich in petroleum have less democracy, less economic stability, and more frequent civil wars than countries without oil. What explains this oil curse? And can it be fixed? In this groundbreaking analysis, ...

  • The Price of Rights "Regulating International Labor Migration"

    Rush, Martin

    Princeton University Press (2013)

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    • EAN: 9780691132914
    • Páginas: 272
    • Fecha de edición: 2013

    pvp.33,75 €

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    Many low-income countries and development organizations are calling for greater liberalization of labor immigration policies in high-income countries. At the same time, human rights organizations and migrant rights advocates demand more equal rights for migrant ...