Througout his life Hayek had a profound interest in money and its role within the economy. This volume, together with Volume Six, Good Money, Part Two, collect all of Hayek's significant writings on money. Together they amply demonstrate both the significance of 'sound money' in…
Througout his life Hayek had a profound interest in money and its role within the economy. This volume, together with Volume Six, Good Money, Part Two, collect all of Hayek's significant writings on money. Together they amply demonstrate both the significance of 'sound money' in…
by Wu, Qiyuan
fromRoutledge library editions
Covering the period 1550 - 1939, this book examines the history and development of theories of international pricing and trade. The work of the following economists is covered: Locke, Barbon, Vaderlint, Harris, Hume, Smith, Ricardo, Malthus, Bosanquet, Mill, Torrens, Marshall, H…
by Wu, Qiyuan
fromRoutledge library editions
Covering the period 1550 - 1939, this book examines the history and development of theories of international pricing and trade. The work of the following economists is covered: Locke, Barbon, Vaderlint, Harris, Hume, Smith, Ricardo, Malthus, Bosanquet, Mill, Torrens, Marshall, H…
"Understand how to use equity market metrics such as the price/earnings ratio (and other multiples) to value public and private enterprises-identify and qualify investments and assess business strategy and performance. Author George Calhoun, Founding Director of the Quantitative…
Understand how to use equity market metrics such as the price/earnings ratio (and other multiples) to value public and private enterprises-identify and qualify investments and assess business strategy and performance. Author George Calhoun, Founding Director of the Quantitative …
Understand how to use equity market metrics such as the price/earnings ratio (and other multiples) to value public and private enterprises-identify and qualify investments and assess business strategy and performance. Author George Calhoun, Founding Director of the Quantitative …
1.1 Overview Many traits of economic agents are well studied and understood by psychologists that are yet to be captured by economic theory. This thesis, in the field of behavioral economics, is yet another attempt at unifying the different approaches of the two well-established…
Thin Film Composite (TFC) membrane technology has been applied in the removal of various pollutants from wastewater. TFC membranes have small pore sizes which enable the rejection of multivalent ions such as those found in Acid Mine Drainage (AMD). Also, nanoparticles with desir…
Load forecasting has always been an integral part of plant operation. Energy usage is tied to economics and national prosperity. The power grid is in a perpetual state of balance, with the customers consuming the exact amount of energy the utility provides. Knowing the load fore…
The occurrence of speculative economic bubbles which has been noted from as early as the 17th century, has a devastating impact on investor wealth and the global economy. One such notable example is the Dot-com bubble which occurred during the end of the 1990s in the United Stat…
The September 2017 issue of the National Geographic magazine contained an article wondering why the Netherlands, this small, urbanized, and densely-populated country in Western Europe, is the second world exporter of food. The answer is found in the innovativeness of Dutch agric…
This dissertation identifies long term fluctuations in prices and wages in northern and southern Babylonia during the Isin-Larsa/Old Babylonian period (ca. 2000-1600 B.C.E.). The introduction orients the reader to the study of prices and wages. It reviews previous studies, defin…
The essays in applied microeconomics contained within this dissertation examine prices in the developing economy contexts of Indonesia and the Philippines. Prices, observed and unobserved, are determined by and incentivize the behavior of all agents in the economy. Prices descri…
Most empirical literature on Walmart Supercenters quantifies the price effect of Supercenter entries using lower frequency data (annual or monthly) and does not take into account finer geographical detail of retail markets experiencing Walmart entries. There is also very little …
The overall purpose of this study is to estimate how the rise in grain prices (especially corn prices) induced by ethanol production impacts U.S. catfish industry. Using monthly data from January 1996 to December 2007, an ARDL model and bounds testing procedure were used. The ex…
This dissertation incorporates three chapters on commodity prices and household behavior in developing countries: Substantial international aid is spent reducing the cost of contraception in developing countries, as part of a larger effort to reduce total fertility and increase …
