This textbook aims to explain the principles in international trade theory and show how some useful trade models work. The book concentrates on two fundamental issues in international trade, that is, the "determinants of trade patterns" and the "welfare gains from trade" in vari…
"This book provides a comprehensive discussion of the economics of International Trade. Key questions related to why countries trade, how they gain from trade, and how international trade can produce winners and losers are answered. The last of these questions is related to the …
Collective bargaining is still the main vehicle for labour worldwide to negotiate wages, benefits, retirement policies, training and other terms of working with management in both the public and private sectors. Labour economists have long been active in modelling the relations …
"This book presents a theoretical framework for unions which offers a unified treatment of the centralization of bargaining, the credibility of labour contracts, the unionization of labour markets and the relative bargaining power of the union. It assesses the microfoundations o…
Presents a new theoretical model of union bargaining. It challenges the prevailing view that collective bargaining has a negative impact on welfare and argues that given the existence of market failure, collective bargaining can enhance welfare. For scholars and students in labo…
Geo-mathematical modelling: models from complexity science Sir Alan Wilson, Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, University College London Mathematical and computer models for a complexity science tool kit Geographical systems are characterised by locations, activities at locat…