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The Terrorist's Dilemma: Managing Violent Covert OrganizationsHow do terrorist groups control their members? Do the tools groups use to monitor their operatives and enforce discipline create security vulnerabilities that governments can exploit? The Terrorist's Dilemma is the first book to systematically examine the great variation in how terrorist groups are...
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Awakening Giants, Feet of Clay: Assessing the Economic Rise of China and IndiaA comparative look at the astonishing economic rise of modern China and India The recent economic rise of China and India has attracted a great deal of attention--and justifiably so. Together, the two countries account for one-fifth of the global economy and are projected...
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Quarter Notes and Bank Notes: The Economics of Music Composition in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth CenturiesIn 1700, most composers were employees of noble courts or the church. But by the nineteenth century, Chopin, Schumann, Brahms, Verdi, and many others functioned as freelance artists teaching, performing, and selling their compositions in the private marketplace. While some believe that Mozart's career...
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Social and Economic NetworksNetworks of relationships help determine the careers that people choose, the jobs they obtain, the products they buy, and how they vote. The many aspects of our lives that are governed by social networks make it critical to understand how they impact behavior, which...
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Hedge Funds: An Analytic Perspective - Updated EditionThe hedge fund industry has grown dramatically over the last two decades, with more than eight thousand funds now controlling close to two trillion dollars. Originally intended for the wealthy, these private investments have now attracted a much broader following that includes pension funds...
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The Economics of Enough: How to Run the Economy as If the Future MattersWhy our economy is cheating the future--and what we can do about it The world's leading economies are facing not just one but many crises. The financial meltdown may not be over, climate change threatens major global disruption, economic inequality has reached extremes not...
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Scroogenomics: Why You Shouldn't Buy Presents for the HolidaysHow consumer spending during the holidays generates enormous amounts of economic waste Christmas is a time of seasonal cheer, family get-togethers, holiday parties, and . . . gift giving. Lots and lots--and lots--of gift giving. It's hard to imagine any Christmas without this time-honored...
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Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global CapitalismFrom acclaimed economists George Akerlof and Robert Shiller, the case for why government is needed to restore confidence in the economy The global financial crisis has made it painfully clear that powerful psychological forces are imperiling the wealth of nations today. From blind faith...
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Development, Democracy, and Welfare States: Latin America, East Asia, and Eastern EuropeThis is the first book to compare the distinctive welfare states of Latin America, East Asia, and Eastern Europe. Stephan Haggard and Robert Kaufman trace the historical origins of social policy in these regions to crucial political changes in the mid-twentieth century, and show...
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One Economics, Many Recipes: Globalization, Institutions, and Economic GrowthIn One Economics, Many Recipes, leading economist Dani Rodrik argues that neither globalizers nor antiglobalizers have got it right. While economic globalization can be a boon for countries that are trying to dig out of poverty, success usually requires following policies that are tailored...
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Labor Markets and Business CyclesLabor Markets and Business Cycles integrates search and matching theory with the neoclassical growth model to better understand labor market outcomes. Robert Shimer shows analytically and quantitatively that rigid wages are important for explaining the volatile behavior of the unemployment rate in business cycles....
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The Great Contraction, 1929-1933: New EditionFriedman and Schwartz's A Monetary History of the United States, 1867-1960, published in 1963, stands as one of the most influential economics books of the twentieth century. A landmark achievement, the book marshaled massive historical data and sharp analytics to support the claim that...
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Globalization: A Short History"Globalization" has become a popular buzzword for explaining today's world. The expression achieved terminological stardom in the 1990s and was soon embraced by the general public and integrated into numerous languages. But is this much-discussed phenomenon really an invention of modern times? In this...
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The New Industrial StateWith searing wit and incisive commentary, John Kenneth Galbraith redefined America's perception of itself in The New Industrial State, one of his landmark works. The United States is no longer a free-enterprise society, Galbraith argues, but a structured state controlled by the largest companies....
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The Theory of Corporate FinanceThe past twenty years have seen great theoretical and empirical advances in the field of corporate finance. Whereas once the subject addressed mainly the financing of corporations--equity, debt, and valuation--today it also embraces crucial issues of governance, liquidity, risk management, relationships between banks and...
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Experimental Economics: Rethinking the RulesSince the 1980s, there has been explosive growth in the use of experimental methods in economics, leading to exciting developments in economic theory and policy. Despite this, the status of experimental economics remains controversial. In Experimental Economics, the authors draw on their experience and...
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Searching for a Corporate Savior: The Irrational Quest for Charismatic CEOsCorporate CEOs are headline news. Stock prices rise and fall at word of their hiring and firing. Business media debate their merits and defects as if individual leaders determined the health of the economy. Yet we know surprisingly little about how CEOs are selected...
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The Rise of the Agricultural Welfare State: Institutions and Interest Group Power in the United States, France, and JapanA long-dominant reading of American politics holds that public policy in the United States is easily captured by special interest groups. Countering this view, Adam Sheingate traces the development of government intervention in agriculture from its nineteenth-century origins to contemporary struggles over farm subsidies....
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Methods for Applied Macroeconomic ResearchThe last twenty years have witnessed tremendous advances in the mathematical, statistical, and computational tools available to applied macroeconomists. This rapidly evolving field has redefined how researchers test models and validate theories. Yet until now there has been no textbook that unites the latest...
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A Mathematical Theory of EvidenceBoth in science and in practical affairs we reason by combining facts only inconclusively supported by evidence. Building on an abstract understanding of this process of combination, this book constructs a new theory of epistemic probability. The theory draws on the work of A....
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