Bringing together eleven new studies on institutional change, this book includes new theoretical contributions as well as applications of theories of institutional change in studies of organizational change, welfare state reform, EU institutions, post-communist transformation and third-world...

This book provides an expert analysis of the theory of the marketing firm by drawing upon operant psychology, economic theory and marketing to argue that all firms exist in order to market. The authors explore the nature of bilateral interdependence and suggest a framework to analyse the...

American institutionalism has been the principal alternative to the ideas of Marxian economics. By providing critiques of both neoclassical and Marxian economics, institutional economics has presented alternative ideas about the economy and about economics. The papers in these volumes are seen...

Cost–Benefit Analysis presents an authoritative collection of the most important published articles in the field together with an extensive new introduction by the editors. Whilst focusing on the practical side, looking at applications such as education, transportation and the value of life...

World Statistics on Mining and Utilities provides a unique biennial overview of the role of mining and utility activities in the world economy. This extensive resource from UNIDO provides detailed time series data on the level, structure and growth of international mining and utility activities...

The book challenges the conventional wisdom on the determinants of economic performance and provides an alternative vision of the functioning of an economic system. The author provides a structured survey which critically evaluates the theory and evidence of neoclassical approaches to growth and...

Based on meticulous analysis and material that has not been available to non-German reading economists, Stephen Boehm has written a long-overdue assessment of an encyclopedic thinker whose work defies simple categorisation – hard though some may try to enlist his support in partisan...

The Chinese Economy in Transition provides an analysis of the economic reforms introduced under Deng Xiaoping. It attempts to answer the question: what was the economic system that the Chinese were trying to reform and what approach have they adopted to reform it?