Explorations in Pragmatic Economics

Zusatztext Explorations in Pragmatic Economics provides that long awaited compilation of favorite hits by Akerlof and his coauthors. ...the book compiles some of the most innovative articles written in the past few decades. It is a must read...for any economist, be it a micro, macro, behavioral, or misbehavioral one. Informationen zum Autor George A. Akerlof is Koshland Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley, and the 2001 Nobel Laureate in Economics. Zusammenfassung Akerlof illustrates how his 'modern', Nobel Prize-winning methodology of using 'tailor-made' economic models to solve problems differs from the standard, benchmark, all-encompassing general-equilibrium-perfect competition-based methodology.

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• Authors: George Akerlof, George (University of California Akerlof, George A. Akerlof, George A. (University of California Akerlof, AKERLOF GEORGE A
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2005
• EAN: 9780199253906
• ISBN: 978-0-19-925390-6
• No. of pages: 528
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Macroeconomics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Microeconomics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, macroeconomics, Economic theory & philosophy, Sociology & anthropology, Microeconomics, Sociology and anthropology, Economic theory and philosophy