Economics Confronts the Economy
Economics Confronts the Economy

Author: Philip A. Klein

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2006-05-25

Total Pages: 428

ISBN-13: 9781781958766

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Takes a look at contemporary economic analysis, and presents a view of the state of economics.

The Theory of Money and Financial Institutions
The Theory of Money and Financial Institutions

Author: Martin Shubik

Publisher: MIT Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 472

ISBN-13: 9780262693110

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This first volume in a three-volume exposition of Shubik's vision of "mathematical institutional economics" explores a one-period approach to economic exchange with money, debt, and bankruptcy. This is the first volume in a three-volume exposition of Martin Shubik's vision of "mathematical institutional economics"--a term he coined in 1959 to describe the theoretical underpinnings needed for the construction of an economic dynamics. The goal is to develop a process-oriented theory of money and financial institutions that reconciles micro- and macroeconomics, using as a prime tool the theory of games in strategic and extensive form. The approach involves a search for minimal financial institutions that appear as a logical, technological, and institutional necessity, as part of the "rules of the game." Money and financial institutions are assumed to be the basic elements of the network that transmits the sociopolitical imperatives to the economy. Volume 1 deals with a one-period approach to economic exchange with money, debt, and bankruptcy. Volume 2 explores the new economic features that arise when we consider multi-period finite and infinite horizon economies. Volume 3 will consider the specific role of financial institutions and government, and formulate the economic financial control problem linking micro- and macroeconomics.

Industrial Organization, Trade, and Social Interaction
Industrial Organization, Trade, and Social Interaction

Author: Gregory K. Dow

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 2010-01-01

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 0802097022

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B. Curtis Eaton is one of Canada's leading microeconomists. As an applied economic theorist, Eaton has contributed greatly to industrial organization literature and has also worked in labour economics, economic geography, and organizational theory. The essays in this volume, by former students and present and former colleagues, call attention to the path-breaking work of Professor Eaton. The first two chapters provide a short overview of Eaton's research contributions and argue that his work laid the foundation for important research programs across the country. The remaining chapters, including an unpublished paper by Eaton himself, consist of original work that can be divided into the three broad categories of industrial organization and spatial competition, trade and productivity, and social interaction. Not only a collection of laudatory essays, Industrial Organization, Trade, and Social Interaction presents cutting edge research by leading scholars.