Ten years have elapsed since the first edition of this Dictionary. The vocabulary of economics in the broadest sense has considerably grown. Many neologisms have sprung from continued changes in national economies, not least the innovations in financial markets and growing concerns about the environment. Institutional changes, for example, the coming of the World Trade Organisation, and new interests in economic thought, not least through the further awards of Nobel Prizes for Economics, have inspired new entries. Inevitably some terms in the first edition have not been as durable as others and recommended reading needed revision. Extensive reading of economics journals and monographs, as well as newspapers, has produced over a thousand new entries. The organisation of the Dictionary has also been changed. The newer version of the subject classification employed by the Journal of Economic Literature and The Economic Journal has been applied to previous and new entries.
History of Methodology in Economics and Law Volume 1
A selection of articles:
NEW INSTITUTIONAL ECONOMICS
LAW AND ECONOMICS IN AUSTRIA
LAW AND ECONOMICS IN BELGIUM
LAW AND ECONOMICS IN DENMARK
Public Choice and Constitutional Political Economy
New Institutional Economics
Law and economics is quite a new field of research but there is a noticeable
increase in its influence in both legal and economic scholarship. In this book information is given about different aspects of the
organization of research and teaching in this area, in particular about the institutions, the current state of law and economics in academic life all over the
world, the basic publications providing more detailed information, Law and Economics Associations, and law and economics on the Internet.
A Globalizing World?: Culture, Economics, Politics
This volume examines contemporary globalization debates in an
accessible fashion, offering a clear guide to one of the most important
issues of our time. In so doing, it does not take one particular
stance; rather it explores the arguments and evidence. After
introducing the main theoretical positions that have been developed
through academic research, different chapters look at the changing
forms of communication and culture industries, trade patterns, and
financial flows of the world economy, characterized by inequalities as
well as opportunities for greater participation.
More than a decade after the publication of the critically acclaimed A Modern Guide to Macroeconomics, Brian Snowdon and Howard Vane have produced a worthy successor in the form of Modern Macroeconomics. Thoroughly extended, revised and updated, it will become the indispensable text for students and teachers of macroeconomics in the new millennium. The authors skillfully trace the origins, development and current state of modern macroeconomics from an historical perspective.
The Economics of Self-Employment and Entrepreneurship
As self-employment and entrepreneurship become increasingly important
in our modern economies, Simon Parker provides a timely and
comprehensive overview of the field. Bringing together considerable
disparate literature, Parker offers an up-to-date assessment of new
research findings. Key issues addressed include raising finance; job
creation by the self-employed; growth and exit behavior of new
ventures; and the role of government policy in promoting
self-employment and entrepreneurship. This book will serve as an
essential reference guide to researchers, students and teachers of
entrepreneurship.
