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Comparing Fairness
Roger A. McCain
Economic theory and philosophy have discussed concepts of fairness, but the criteria of fairness are in each case absolute: a situation is either fair or it is not. This book draws on these literatures to propose two criteria of relative...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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A Modern Guide to Philosophy of Economics
Edited by Harold Kincaid, Don Ross
This insightful Modern Guide offers a broad coverage of questions and controversies encountered by contemporary economists. A refreshing approach to philosophy of economics, chapters comprise a range of methodological and theoretical per...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Game Theory and Public Policy, Second Edition
Roger A. McCain
This book provides a critical, selective review of concepts from game theory and their applications in public policy, and further suggests some modifications for some of the models (chiefly in cooperative game theory) to improve their ap...eBook:Find out more$42.36
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Joint Venture Strategies
Zenichi Shishido, Munetaka Fukuda, Masato Umetani
Although they have the potential to create synergies, joint ventures by their nature contain inherent risk. Therefore, each partner in a joint venture needs to incentivize each other in order to maximize their own payoff. Extensive pre-c...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Reframing Economics
Roger A. McCain
The objectives of this book are twofold. Firstly, it proposes that economics should be defined as a study of imperfect cooperation. Secondly, it elucidates the continuities that extend from classical political economy through the neoclas...eBook:Find out more$28.76
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Predicting the Future in Science, Economics, and Politics
Edited by Frank Whelon Wayman, Paul R. Williamson, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Solomon Polachek
It is a puzzle that while academic research has increased in specialization, the important and complex problems facing humans urgently require a synthesis of understanding. This unique collaboration attempts to address such a problem by ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Comparative Institutional Analysis
Masahiko Aoki
This volume collects 22 articles by Masahiko Aoki, selected from writings published over the course of his 45-year academic career. These fascinating essays cover a range of issues, including mechanism design, comparative governance, cor...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Explaining Civil War
Syed Mansoob Murshed
This book explores the pre-conditions for conflict in terms of growth failure and critically appraises the greed and grievance theories common to conflict literature. It is argued that various institutional mechanisms of restraint that c...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Evolutionary Theory and Legal Philosophy
Wojciech Zaluski
This unique book presents various ways in which evolutionary theory can contribute to the analysis of key legal-philosophical problems. Wojciech Zaluski explores three central questions; the ontological question – what is the nature of ... -
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Strategic Behaviour in Network Industries
Ernst ten Heuvelhof, Martin de Jong, Mirjam Kars, Helen Stout
This in-depth book explains how institutional changes such as the privatization and liberalization of network industries, for example transport, energy or telecommunications, can frequently be disappointing. The expected benefits such as...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Economics of Vertically Differentiated Markets
Luca Lambertini
This original new book offers a comprehensive and engaging perspective on the theory of vertical differentiation. It enables the reader to grasp the key concepts and effects that product quality has both on firms’ behaviour and market st...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Endogenous Time Preferences in Social Networks
Marianna A. Klochko, Peter C. Ordeshook
Marianna Klochko and Peter Ordeshook address an under-studied issue from rational choice theory – the common assumption that individual time preferences are exogenous and fixed. They then present empirical evidence to suggest that this i...eBook:Find out more$40.00