This book examines and compares the two major traditions of institutionalist thinking in economics: the 'old' institutionalism of Veblen, Mitchell, Commons, and Ayres, and the 'new' institutionalism developed more recently from neoclassical and Austrian sources and including the writings of Coase, Williamson, North, Schotter, and many others. The discussion is organized around ...(展开全部)

This book examines and compares the two major traditions of institutionalist thinking in economics: the 'old' institutionalism of Veblen, Mitchell, Commons, and Ayres, and the 'new' institutionalism developed more recently from neoclassical and Austrian sources and including the writings of Coase, Williamson, North, Schotter, and many others. The discussion is organized around ...(展开全部)

To harness the full power of computer technology, economists need to use a broad range of mathematical techniques. In this book, Kenneth Judd presents techniques from the numerical analysis and applied mathematics literatures and shows how to use them in economic analyses.The book is divided into five parts. Part I provides a general introduction. Part II presents basics from n...(展开全部)

To harness the full power of computer technology, economists need to use a broad range of mathematical techniques. In this book, Kenneth Judd presents techniques from the numerical analysis and applied mathematics literatures and shows how to use them in economic analyses.The book is divided into five parts. Part I provides a general introduction. Part II presents basics from n...(展开全部)

Crisis in American Institutions provides students with an array of engaging articles that reflect America's social problems and encourage critical thought. This edition contains seventeen new articles, many addressing the escalating crises of American society in recent years,including the worst economic crisis in decades, the rapid rise in health care costs, the polar...(展开全部)

KEY BENEFIT "Crisis in American Institutions" provides readers with an array of engaging articles that reflect America's social problems and encourage critical thought. The text contains a breadth of articles that encompasses a review of the best of contemporary writing on American social problems. New topics include: the erosion of retirement security, the rise in debt among y...(展开全部)

杰罗米•H.什科尔尼克（Jerome H. Skolnick），社会学家，纽约大学法学院教授，犯罪和司法研究中心联合主任，纽约大学法学院教授，犯罪和司法研究中心联合主任，也是加利福尼亚大学伯克利分校的荣誉退休教授，曾在该校担任法律和社会研究中心主席。获得的荣誉包括美国犯罪学会的奥古斯特•沃尔默奖、犯罪司法科学院和西部犯罪学会颁发的米尔斯奖等。同时，他还被选入声誉卓著的社会学研究协会、古根海姆基金会，曾担任美国犯罪学会的会长、国家科学院/国家研究委员会法律与司法委员会主席等职。1996年，约翰•杰伊刑事司法大学授予他“年度刑事司法教育家”称号。 埃利奥特•柯里（Elliot Currie），加利福尼亚大学尔湾分校刑事、法律、社会学专业教授，曾在加利福尼亚大学伯克利分校法律研究教学组和圣克鲁兹分校教育委员会任职。柯里教授撰写了大量关于犯罪、吸毒、社会政策...(展开全部)

杰罗米•H.什科尔尼克（Jerome H. Skolnick），社会学家，纽约大学法学院教授，犯罪和司法研究中心联合主任，纽约大学法学院教授，犯罪和司法研究中心联合主任，也是加利福尼亚大学伯克利分校的荣誉退休教授，曾在该校担任法律和社会研究中心主席。获得的荣誉包括美国犯罪学会的奥古斯特•沃尔默奖、犯罪司法科学院和西部犯罪学会颁发的米尔斯奖等。同时，他还被选入声誉卓著的社会学研究协会、古根海姆基金会，曾担任美国犯罪学会的会长、国家科学院/国家研究委员会法律与司法委员会主席等职。1996年，约翰•杰伊刑事司法大学授予他“年度刑事司法教育家”称号。 埃利奥特•柯里（Elliot Currie），加利福尼亚大学尔湾分校刑事、法律、社会学专业教授，曾在加利福尼亚大学伯克利分校法律研究教学组和圣克鲁兹分校教育委员会任职。柯里教授撰写了大量关于犯罪、吸毒、社会政策...(展开全部)

An important research programme has developed in economics that extends neo-classical economic theory in order to examine the effects of institutions on economic behaviour. The body of work emerging from this line of inquiry includes contributions from various branches of economic theory, such as the economics of property rights, the theory of the firm, cliometrics and law and ...(展开全部)

Contents: Introduction: explorations in pragmatic economics. Microeconomics. Macroeconomics. I. Microeconomics: 1. The market for lemons: quality uncertainty and the market mechanism/George A. Akerlof. 2. The economics of caste and of the Rat Race and other Woeful tales/George A. Akerlof. 3. Discriminatory, status-based wages among tradition-oriented, stochastically trading coc...(展开全部)