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Advances In Econometrics - Vol 17 Description: This volume is the result of an Advances in Econometrics conference held in November of 2002 at Louisiana State University in recognition of Halbert White`s pioneering work published in Econometrica in 1980 and 1982 on robust variance-covariance estimation and quasi-maximum likelihood estimation. It contains 11 papers on a range of related topics including the estimation of possibly misspecified error component and fixed effects panel models, estimation and inference in possibly misspecified quantile regression models, quasi-maximum likelihood estimation of linear regression models with bounded and symmetric errors and quasi-maximum likelihood estimation of models with parameter dependencies between the mean vector and error variance-covariance matrix. Other topics include GMM, HAC, Heckit, asymmetric GARCH, Cross-Entropy, and multivariate deterministic trend estimation and testing under various possible misspecifications.... Read More about the "Advances In Econometrics - Vol 17" on the The Nile Book Store Website

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Advances In Mergers And Acquisitions Description: This is the third book in the Elsevier - JAI Series, `Advances in Mergers and Acquistions`, comprised of leading international scholars from a range of disciplines, who explore the economic, financial, strategic or organizational behavior aspects of M&As. Marie Kavanagh and Neal Ashkanasy explore how management approaches to mergers and acquisitions contribute to cultural change and acculturation outcomes. The issue of management is pursued further by Duncan Angwin in his chapter on the managing executive in post-acquisition management. Richard Schoenberg highlights the significance of management style compatibility and cross border acquisition outcomes. Randall Schuler, Ibraiz Tarique and Susan Jackson explore cross border alliances as well but from the point of view of managing human resources. The ideal acquisition integration approach is examined by Kimberly Ellis and Bruce Lamont in the context of a merger of equals. Which leads nicely to the corporate governance issues and M&As explored by Anant Sundaram. The remaining chapters assess the returns of M&As to the organization, with Laurence Capron and Jung-Chin Shen positing the acquirer returns when buying public v private firms, Todd Saxton`s reputations as a mobile and transferable asset and Garry Davies and Rosa Chun`s reputational perspective on mergers. These leading international academics contribute enormously to our understanding of the rapidly growing merger and acquisition field.... Read More about the "Advances In Mergers And Acquisitions" on the The Nile Book Store Website

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Advances In The Economic Analysis Of Participatory And Labor-managed F Description: This latest volume of Advances contains a series of original and innovative empirical and survey papers that investigate theoretical and contemporary issues facing participatory organizations. The first four papers explore the growing area of participatory and labor-managed firms` survival. The second group of three papers offers a number of new approaches and insights into the performance effects of participatory firms, and the final group of papers provides a broad-ranging synthesis and assessment of the experience of employee ownership and participation in transition economies. Collectively, these nine papers truly constitute Advances in the Economic Analysis of Participatory and Labor-Managed Firms.... Read More about the "Advances In The Economic Analysis Of Participatory And Labor-managed F" on the The Nile Book Store Website

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Affluent Society Description: The term affluent society has become the subject of considerable discussion since being made famous by Galbraith with this book, which was written in 1958, in which the first exposition of its popular meaning is given.... Read More about the "Affluent Society" on the The Nile Book Store Website

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Applications Of Artificial Intelligence In Finance And Economics Description: Artificial intelligence is a consortium of data-driven methodologies which includes artificial neural networks, genetic algorithms, fuzzy logic, probabilistic belief networks and machine learning as its components. We have witnessed a phenomenal impact of this data-driven consortium of methodologies in many areas of studies, the economic and financial fields being of no exception. In particular, this volume of collected works will give examples of its impact on the field of economics and finance. This volume is the result of the selection of high-quality papers presented at a special session entitled `Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Economics and Finance` at the `2003 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence` (IC-AI `03) held at the Monte Carlo Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, June 23-26 2003. The special session, organised by Jane Binner, Graham Kendall and Shu-Heng Chen, was presented in order to draw attention to the tremendous diversity and richness of the applications of artificial intelligence to problems in Economics and Finance. This volume should appeal to economists interested in adopting an interdisciplinary approach to the study of economic problems, computer scientists who are looking for potential applications of artificial intelligence and practitioners who are looking for new perspectives on how to build models for everyday operations. There are still many important Artificial Intelligence disciplines yet to be covered. Among them are the methodologies of independent component analysis, reinforcement learning, inductive logical programming, classifier systems and Bayesian networks, not to mention many ongoing and highly fascinating hybrid systems. A way to make up for their omission is to visit this subject again later. We certainly hope that we can do so in the near future with another volume of `Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Economics and Finance`.... Read More about the "Applications Of Artificial Intelligence In Finance And Economics" on the The Nile Book Store Website

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Auction Theory Description: Through accessible, detailed examinations of themes central to auction theory, Vijay Krishna explores auctions and competitive bidding as games of incomplete information. His results on bidding strategies, efficiency, and revenue maximization, and his clear proofs for each proposition, make this book both the standard reference on auctions and the first source of authoritative information about multi-unit auctions. Well organized and featuring straightforward intuition, Auction Theory`s depth and breadth lay bare the complexity and utility of this growing field.The standard reference on auctions and the first source of authoritative information about multi-unit auctionsExplores auctions and competitive bidding as games of incomplete informationUses accessible, detailed examinations of themes central to auction theory... Read More about the "Auction Theory" on the The Nile Book Store Website

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Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal Description: The foundations of capitalism are being battered by a flood of altruism, which is the cause of the modern world`s collapse. This is the view of Ayn Rand, a view so radically opposed to prevailing attitudes that it constitutes a major philosophic revolution. In this series of essays, she presents her stand on the persecution of big business, the causes of war, the student rebellion, and the evils of altruism.... Read More about the "Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal" on the The Nile Book Store Website

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Economics Of Transition Description: This text provides a comparative approach to the process of transformation of the economies of Eastern Europe and Russia. Supplying factual and statistical information this edition also includes consideration of progress in the areas of macroeconomic stabilization, and microeconomic restructuring.... Read More about the "Economics Of Transition" on the The Nile Book Store Website

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Penguin History Of Economics The Description: This volume is a readable history of economic thought, from the ancient world to the year 2001. From Homer to Marx, to John Stuart Mill, the author shows the reader how to distinguish Keynsians from post-Keynsians and New Keynsians. It assumes no previous knowledge of the subject.... Read More about the "Penguin History Of Economics The" on the The Nile Book Store Website

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Research Annual Volume 23c Description: EconomistsVolume 23C of this research annual first presents lecture notes from courses at the University of Wisconsin during 1955-6 given by Hans Hl. Gerth and Edwin E. Witte, together with correspondence of Selig Perlman. The volume also presents notes taken by F. Taylor Ostrander in courses given at the University of Chicago during 1933-4. The notes are from courses given by John U. Nef, Charles O. Hardy, and Chester W. Wright, on European economic history, money and banking, and U.S. economic history, respectively.... Read More about the "Research Annual Volume 23c" on the The Nile Book Store Website

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Research Annual, Volume 23b Description: Volume 23B of this research annual presents eight sets of lecture notes taken in 1933-4 by F. Taylor Ostrander at the University of Chicago. The notes are from courses given by Frank H. Knight, Henry C. Simons, and Melchior Palyi. The materials provide insight into the first generation of the Chicago School.... Read More about the "Research Annual, Volume 23b" on the The Nile Book Store Website

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Research In Experimental Economics, Volume 10 Description: Experimental economists are leaving the reservation. They are recruiting subjects in the field rather than in the classroom, using field goods rather than induced valuations, and using field context rather than abstract terminology in instructions. This volume examines the methodology of field experiments, and offers a wide array of applications of field experiments. The methodological issues revolve around the ability of field experimenters to ensure the same degree of control that lab experimenters claim. The applications cover issues such as risk and time preferences of the Danish population, savings decisions of the Canadian working poor, differences between the social preferences of American students and workers, the effect of educational vouchers on American school children, and differences in bargaining behavior across nations. This volume serves as an introduction to the issues and applications of this new area of experimental economics.... Read More about the "Research In Experimental Economics, Volume 10" on the The Nile Book Store Website

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