Economic Forecasting

First published in 1991, this book was the first to lay out an entirely new set of practical proposals for developing new economic measurement tools, with the aim of being sustainable, ‘green’ and human-centred. With a detailed overview of the central debates between the advocates and opponents of c..

First published in 1991, this book was the first to lay out an entirely new set of practical proposals for developing new economic measurement tools, with the aim of being sustainable, ‘green’ and human-centred. With a detailed overview of the central debates between the advocates and opponents of c..

Originally published in 1972 this book examines technological forecasting and assesses its merits and limitations and possible uses...

Computational intelligence, a sub-branch of artificial intelligence, is a field which draws on the natural world and adaptive mechanisms in order to study behaviour in changing complex environments. This book provides an interdisciplinary view of current technological advances and challenges concern..

With contributions from economists, ecologists, and government agency professionals, this book provides a multidisciplinary approach to environmental decision at a watershed level. It integrates ecological risk assessment (ERA) and economic analysis to improve environmental management in a diversity..

First published in 1986, this book discusses many important aspects of the theory and practice of Futures Markets. The contributors focus on areas that were of concern in the late 1980s such as feasibility, forward pricing and returns, and the modelling of price determination in Futures Markets...

One striking weaknesses of our financial architecture, which helped bring on and perhaps deepen the Panic of 2008, is an inadequate appreciation of the past. This book is an attempt to broaden the range of historical examples used by policy makers to understand and treat financial crises. _x005F_x00..

This work predicts that Japan will recover from its economic problems, but it will take some time and the road will be very bumpy. So deep-seated are Japan's disfunctions that, even if it did everything right today, it would still take five years...

First Published in 2012. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

Organization theory is a fast-developing field of microeconomics. Organizational approaches are now used in a wide range of topics in business studies. They are based on information economics, contract theory, and mechanism design. This book introduces such organizational approaches and how to adopt..

Originally published in 1994 and the recipient of the Stonier Library Award, this volume evaluates an alternative approach – the sequential filter- to managing the uncertainty inherent in the future course of the interest rate cycle. The specific hypothesis is that the sequential filter can produce ..

This work presents a predicted summary of major economic challenges facing the United States in the last years of the 20th century. Intended to shape the platforms of the major parties and the general public, it contains proposals by leading specialists aimed at resolving such challenges...