New frontiers in economics

Leading economists analyze the new directions that subdisciplines of economics have taken in the face of modern economic challenges. These essays represent invention and discovery in the areas of information, macroeconomics and public policies, international trade and development, finance, business,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Szenberg, Michael (-), Ramrattan, Lall, 1951-
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press 2004.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • I. Informational, Behavioral Economics and Finance
  • 1. Information and the change in the paradigm in economics / Joseph Stiglitz
  • 2. Behavioral economics / Matthew Rabin
  • 3. Experiments with financial markets : implications for asset pricing theory / Peter Bossaerts
  • 4. Understanding risk and return / John Y. Campbell
  • II. Macroeconomics and Public Policies
  • 5. Whither macro? / Perry Mehrling
  • 6. Recent developments in and future prospects for public economics / James M. Poterba
  • III. International Trade and Development
  • 7. Economic theory and the interpretation of GATT/WTO / Kyle Bagwell and Robert W. Staiger
  • 8. What's new in development economics / Debraj Ray
  • IV. Contracts, Law, and Gaming
  • 9. Contract or war? On the consequences of a broader view of self-interest in economics / Michelle Garfinkel and Sterio Skaperdas
  • 10. New directions in law and economics / Alan Sykes.