Uncertainty, Information and Communication: Essays in Honor of Kenneth J. Arrow, Volume III

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Professor Kenneth J. Arrow is one of the most distinguished economic theorists. He has played a major role in shaping the present state of the subject and now is to be honored by the publication of three volumes of essays on economic theory. Each volume deals with a different area of economic theory. The books include contributions by some of the best economic theorists from the United Stated, Japan, Israel and Europe. This third volume is entitled Uncertainty, information, and communication.

Organization with Incomplete Information: Essays in Economic Analysis: A Tribute to Roy Radner

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Organization with Incomplete Information: Essays in Economic Analysis: A Tribute to Roy Radner

Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
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ASIN: 0521553008

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This collection contains essays that provide definitive and accessible accounts of recent research on some of the most important topics in the theory of decision-making and organization-design with incomplete information. Aimed primarily at nonspecialists, some of the essays indicate the limitations of accepted paradigms and suggest directions of future research. Graduate students contemplating careers in economic theory will find the volume a particularly stimulating source of research topics. It can also serve as an item on the reading list of courses on advanced microeconomic theory, information theory, game theory and organization theory.

Future Revolutions: Unravelling the Uncertainties of Life & Work in the 21st Century

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Predicting Certainties

Future Revolutions: Unravelling the Uncertainties of Life & Work in the 21st Century
David Mercer
Manufacturer: Cassell
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ASIN: 0752813781

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This is a scientific survey of what the 21st century might hold. Dispelling pessimism, the book presents a balanced picture of our destinies, offering four possible scenarios—technological growth, social change, economic globalism, and political establishment.

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Predicting Certainties.......2001-10-19

This book is a must for anyone interested in understanding how our world is changing shape. Captured here are the opinions and views of leaders in many walks of life around the globe of what is happening to the way we live our lives. As these are people with most influence and power, Mercer postulates that they are the very ones who will bring this future about. They have already proved frighteningly accurate in their predictions concerning terrorism and the growing imbalance between the West and the rest. It is a book for opening eyes and stimulating thinking.

Economics for an Imperfect World: Essays in Honor of Joseph E. Stiglitz

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Economics for an Imperfect World: Essays in Honor of Joseph E. Stiglitz

Manufacturer: The MIT Press
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ASIN: 0262012057

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Throughout Joseph Stiglitz's long and distinguished career in economics, the focus has been on the real world, with all of its imperfections. His 2001 Nobel Prize recognized his pioneering research in imperfect information; his work in other areas, including macroeconomics, public economics, and development economics, has been just as influential. This volume, a collection of essays written to mark Stiglitz's sixtieth birthday, reflects the wide-ranging influence of "Stiglitzian" economics. The many distinguished contributors are his teachers, students, and coauthors; their participation testifies to the personal and professional impact of Joseph Stiglitz's contributions to contemporary economic thought.

Currency Risk and the Safe-Haven Hypothesis.(perception of US dollar during uncertainty)(Critical Essay): An article from: Atlantic Economic Journal

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Currency Risk and the Safe-Haven Hypothesis.(perception of US dollar during uncertainty)(Critical Essay): An article from: Atlantic Economic Journal
Khosrow Doroodian , and Tony Caporale
Manufacturer: Atlantic Economic Society
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This digital document is an article from Atlantic Economic Journal, published by Atlantic Economic Society on June 1, 2000. The length of the article is 3094 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Currency Risk and the Safe-Haven Hypothesis.(perception of US dollar during uncertainty)(Critical Essay)
Author: Khosrow Doroodian
Publication: Atlantic Economic Journal (Refereed)
Date: June 1, 2000
Publisher: Atlantic Economic Society
Volume: 28 Issue: 2 Page: 186

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Dynamic Timing Decisions Under Uncertainty: Essays on Invention, Innovation and Exploration in Resource Economics (Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems)

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Dynamic Timing Decisions Under Uncertainty: Essays on Invention, Innovation and Exploration in Resource Economics (Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems)
Manh Hung Nguyen , and Van Quyen Nguyen
Manufacturer: Springer
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Economic Organization, Capabilities and Coordination: Essays in Honour of G.B. Richardson (Routledge Studies in Business Organization and Networks, 8)

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Economic Organization, Capabilities and Coordination: Essays in Honour of G.B. Richardson (Routledge Studies in Business Organization and Networks, 8)
Nicolai Foss
Manufacturer: Routledge
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ASIN: 0415183901

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This collection honors G.B. Richardson, often thought of as the 'founding father' of the theory of the firm and market. It traces the development of his ideas and how they relate to current debates.

Economic Uncertainty, Instabilities And Asset Bubbles: Selected Essays

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Economic Uncertainty, Instabilities And Asset Bubbles: Selected Essays
A. G. Malliaris
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ASIN: 9812563784

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The compendium of papers in this volume focuses on aspects of economic uncertainty, financial instabilities and asset bubbles. Economic uncertainty is modeled in continuous time using the mathematical techniques of stochastic calculus. A detailed treatment of important topics is provided, including the existence and uniqueness of asymptotic economic growth, the modeling of inflation and interest rates, the decomposition of inflation and its volatility, and the extension of the quantity theory of money to allow for randomness. The reader is also introduced to the methods of chaotic dynamics, and this methodology is applied to asset pricing, the European equity markets, and the multi-fractality in foreign currency markets. Since the techniques of stochastic calculus and chaotic dynamics do not readily accommodate the presence of stochastic bubbles, several papers discuss in depth the presence of financial bubbles in asset prices, and econometric work is performed to link such bubbles to monetary policy. Finally, since bubbles often burst rather than deflate slowly, the last section of the book studies the crash of October 1987 as well as other crashes of national equity markets due to the Persian gulf crisis.

Essays in the Economics of Uncertainty (Harvard Economic Studies)

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Essays in the Economics of Uncertainty (Harvard Economic Studies)
Jean-Jacques Laffont
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Essays on economic behavior under uncertainty (Contributions to economic analysis)

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Essays on economic behavior under uncertainty (Contributions to economic analysis)

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This is a critical period for the WTO and for realizing the potential of trade as a driver of growth and poverty reduction. It is time for good intentions to be translated into solid multilateral agreements that promote development, and it is high time that the rich countries tore down their barriers. But trade agreements by themselves cannot guarantee growth and poverty reduction: aid for trade and internal reforms are needed too. On all this, detail matters and trade agreements are complex. This book provides an up-to-date, clear, and thoughtful analysis of these crucial issues. It should be compulsory reading for all those who are concerned with taking forward the agenda on trade and development in a constructive way. - Sir Nicholas Stern, FBA Second Permanent Secretary to Her Majestys Treasury Head of the Government Economic Service, U.K. How can international trade agreements promote development and how can rules be designed to benefit poor countries? Can multilateral trade cooperation in the World Trade Organization (WTO) help developing countries create and strengthen institutions and regulatory regimes that will enhance the gains from trade and integration into the global economy? And should this even be done? These are questions that confront policy makers and citizens in both rich and poor countries, and they are the subject of Economic Development and Multilateral Trade Cooperation. This book analyzes how the trading system could be made more supportive of economic development, without eroding the core WTO functions.

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""This is a critical period for the WTO and for realizing the potential of trade as a driver of growth and poverty reduction. It is time for good intentions to be translated into solid multilateral agreements that promote development, and it is high time that the rich countries tore down their barriers. But trade agreements by themselves cannot guarantee growth and poverty reduction: aid for trade and internal reforms are needed too. On all this, detail matters and trade agreements are complex. This book provides an up-to-date, clear, and thoughtful analysis of these crucial issues. It should be compulsory reading for all those who are concerned with taking forward the agenda on trade and development in a constructive way." - Sir Nicholas Stern, FBA Second Permanent Secretary to Her Majesty's Treasury Head of the Government Economic Service, U.K. How can international trade agreements promote development and how can rules be designed to benefit poor countries? Can multilateral trade cooperation in the World Trade Organization (WTO) help developing countries create and strengthen institutions and regulatory regimes that will enhance the gains from trade and integration into the global economy? And should this even be done? These are questions that confront policy makers and citizens in both rich and poor countries, and they are the subject of Economic Development and Multilateral Trade Cooperation. This book analyzes how the trading system could be made more supportive of economic development, without eroding the core WTO functions."

The Future of Global Economic Organizations: An Evaluation of Criticisms Leveled at the IMF, the Multilateral Development Banks, and the WTO

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The Future of Global Economic Organizations: An Evaluation of Criticisms Leveled at the IMF, the Multilateral Development Banks, and the WTO
John W. Head
Manufacturer: Bridge Street Books
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ASIN: 1571052992

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This book offers a skilled arms-length evaluation, from a legal perspective, of the main criticisms that have been leveled recently at the key global economic organizations - that is, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and its fellow multilateral developmental banks (MDBs), and the World Trade Organization (WTO).

THE FUTURE OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC ORGANIZATIONS stands out from most of the growing body of literature on the IMF, MDBS, and the WTO in two main respects: the book's scope and the author's experience. Whereas numerous commentators have focused on particular strengths and weaknesses of one or the other of the GEOs, and have argued for changes on the basis of specific areas of operation, this book takes a wider view to examine all the GEOs at once. This broader scope reveals commonalities in the criticisms. For example, complaints about so-called "democracy deficit" obviously can be applied to all GEOs but with different nuances in emphasis and sting.

Against the background of his own experience as a legal counsel for one of the regional MDBs and for the IMF and a legal career that has focused on international economic law, Head distills the swarm of complaints leveled at the IMF, MDBS, and the WTO into 25 specific criticisms and then offers succinct explanations of why some of those criticisms should be dismissed, why some of them are valid, and how those valid criticisms should form the basis for an important restructuring of the institutions, including amendments to the charters that establish and govern their operations.

Head speaks largely to three audiences here: persons in various professional positions; persons in national governments and politics around the world who are responsible for implementing their government's foreign policy; and to more general curious readers on whose involvement in civic life any society ultimately depends.

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Multilateral development banks (MDBs) are increasingly expected to address environmental issues in their economic development lending. Yet the banks have been accused of failing to implement their own environmental policies, thereby contributing to environmental degradation in borrowing countries. In this book Tamar Gutner analyzes the environmental policies of three MDBs: the World Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and the European Investment Bank. She compares their performance in Central and Eastern Europe, where the need for economic and environmental reform has been particularly urgent, and where these MDBs are among the largest donors.

Gutner finds many obstacles to efforts to "green" the three banks, most notably a mismatch between the environmental mandates and existing patterns of institutional design and incentives. The depth and scope of the banks’ green activities reflect the degree of shareholder commitment to environmental issues and how demand-driven the MDB is designed to be. Surprisingly, the World Bank, the most scrutinized and criticized of the three MDBs, has been rather more responsive than its counterparts to its environmental mandate in the region.

The discussion is framed by larger explorations of the behavior of international organizations and the sources of their innovation and inertia in addressing new policy issues. Gutner demonstrates the need to examine the impact of different stages of the policy process on new mandates and to incorporate both political and institutional variables when developing theories about the behavior of international institutions.

Bi-lateral policy orientation in the multilateral development policy: a challenge for the China Exim Bank and its accountability.: An article from: Chinese Journal of International Law

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Bi-lateral policy orientation in the multilateral development policy: a challenge for the China Exim Bank and its accountability.: An article from: Chinese Journal of International Law
Eisuke Suzuki
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Release Date: 2007-05-01

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This digital document is an article from Chinese Journal of International Law, published by Thomson Gale on March 22, 2007. The length of the article is 3113 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Bi-lateral policy orientation in the multilateral development policy: a challenge for the China Exim Bank and its accountability.
Author: Eisuke Suzuki
Publication: Chinese Journal of International Law (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 22, 2007
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Canada and the global governors: Reforming the multilateral development banks

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Canada and the global governors: Reforming the multilateral development banks
Roy Culpeper
Manufacturer: North-South Institute
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Caribbean Development Bank (Multilateral Development Bank, Vol 3)

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Caribbean Development Bank (Multilateral Development Bank, Vol 3)
Chandra Hardy
Manufacturer: L. Rienner Publishers
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Debt Disaster?: Banks, Government and Multilaterals Confront the Crisis (Geonomics Institute for International Economic Advancement, No 1)

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Debt Disaster?: Banks, Government and Multilaterals Confront the Crisis (Geonomics Institute for International Economic Advancement, No 1)
John Weeks
Manufacturer: NYU Press
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Written for the nontechnical reader and intended to intervene in the policy debate, Debt Disaster? offers informative analysis, controversial assessments, and concrete solutions to bring a close the bleakest period for the Third World since the end of World War II. Out of this volume comes a clear message: the indebted countries cannot grow if they seek to pay their debts, no matter what policies they follow.

The contributors include: Barry Herman, Rolph van der Hoeven, Karin Lissakers, Paul M. Sacks, Chris Canavan, Robert Liebenthal, Peter Nicholas, Robin A. King, Michael. D. Robinson, Richard D. Fletcher, JOse D. Epstein, William L. Canak, Danilo Levi, Louellen Stedman, Peter Hakim, Vali Jamal, Bruce Morrison, Rudiger Dornbusch, Osvaldo Sunkel, William Darity, Jr., and MIchael Pl. Claudon.

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