The book presents models for the pricing of financial assets such as stocks, bonds, and options. The models are formulated and analyzed using concepts and techniques from mathematics and probability theory. It presents important classic models and some recent 'state-of-the-art' …
by Sen, Amartya
fromAdvanced Textbooks in Economics
by Sen, Amartya
fromAdvanced Textbooks in Economics
This book is concerned with the study of collective preference, in particular with the relationship between the objectives of social action and the preferences and aspirations of society's members.
by Sen, Amartya
fromAdvanced Textbooks in Economics
by Jorion, Paul
fromEconomie (Editions Odile Jacob)
Du site de l'éd.: Comment reconstruire la réflexion économique après la crise de 2007 et la débâcle d'une « science » aux ordres de la finance ? En quoi la lecture de Keynes peut-elle nous y aider ? S'appuyant largement sur ses écrits, Paul Jorion nous rappelle le destin hors du…
"This account of the politics and economics of the giant military supply project in the North reconstructs an important but little known part of Civil War history. Drawing on new and extensive research in army and business archives, Mark R. Wilson offers a fresh view of the wart…
Pourquoi l'État intervient-il dans la sphère économique? Quelles sont les justifications théoriques et les limites pratiques de cette intervention? Quelle est la manière la plus efficace de financer l'action de l'État? De quels outils dispose la puissance publique pour réguler l…
by SAEZ, Emmanuel, Auerbach, Alan J., Feldstein, Martin S., Chetty, Raj
This study of the public goods dilemma explains how the present system of compulsory taxation helps to breed the parasitic "free riding" it is meant to suppress. The author argues that in the absence of taxation, many public goods would be provided by spontaneous group co-operat…
