Economics

Andrew Stewart (1791-1872) advocated protectionist policies for nearly two decades in the House of Representatives. These speeches demonstrate his belief in protectionism, in the necessity in his eyes of protective tariffs so as to enable American capitalists catch up with their British counterparts..

This volume consists of a broad selection of studies on the applied economics of weight and obesity. It is a compilation of articles originally published in the journals Applied Economics and Applied Economics Letters...

First Published in 1970. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

This book aims to widen the understanding of stochastic dynamic choice and equilibrium models. It offers a simplified and heuristic exposition of the theory of Brownian motion and its control or regulation...

This volume looks at the production of Chinese wood furniture under the socio-economic conditions of the People's Republic of China. It is a continuation of research begun by the author in Hong Kong in the early 1970s among expatriate artisan furniture makers and woodcarvers from Dongyang...

This volume looks at the production of Chinese wood furniture under the socio-economic conditions of the People's Republic of China. It is a continuation of research begun by the author in Hong Kong in the early 1970s among expatriate artisan furniture makers and woodcarvers from Dongyang...

The merger-mania of the 1990s has seen half of all US banks in operation at the end of the 1970 disappear. This study shows that it is not operating efficiences driving the mergers, and that consolidation may have effects contrary to consumer and non-financial businesss interests...

The merger-mania of the 1990s has seen half of all US banks in operation at the end of the 1970 disappear. This study shows that it is not operating efficiences driving the mergers, and that consolidation may have effects contrary to consumer and non-financial businesss interests...

The Bill is one of the oldest instruments of credit in the world, and this book, first published in 1952 and revised in 1976, provides an in-depth analysis of this financial instrument which has stood the test of centuries. No other book gives more than a part of the information here set out...

Europeans once thought all swans were white, and white’ was part of how they defined ‘swan.’ Then black swans were discovered, and the definition changed forever...

This book is a key example of the emergence of public choice theory by an economist who was to become one of its major exponents...

_x005F_x000D_ First Published in 1906, this book discusses farming in Britain, as well as exploring the business interests and concerns of the farmer whilst debating the future of traditional farming methods._x005F_x000D_..