Microeconomics Books

New and Published Books

1. Managerial Economics, 4th Edition

   By Ivan Png

   Now in its fourth edition, Ivan Png's Managerial Economics has been extensively revised with : a completely new introductory chapter emphasizing decision-making and behavioral biases intensive application to current issues including the sub-prime financial crisis and global competition...

   Published May 17th 2012 by Routledge
2. International Business in China

   Understanding the Global Economic Crisis

   Edited by Robert Taylor

   This book deals with a number of contentious issues in Chinese management as China emerges as a global economic player, with a greater role in international business during a global economic crisis. This step is in tandem with an economically driven foreign policy. Since the 1980s, Chinese...

   Published May 13th 2012 by Routledge
3. Illegal Markets and the Economics of Organized Crime

   Edited by Martin Bouchard, Chris Wilkins

   This book showcases recent advances in the theoretical and empirical understanding of the economic aspects of organised crime and illegal markets. It provides new insights into defining and quantifying the influence of organised crime by drawing on innovative approaches to studying criminal...

   Published May 7th 2012 by Routledge
4. Implementing an Inclusive and Equitable Pension Reform

   Lessons from India's New Pension Scheme

   By Cheolsu Kim, Landis MacKellar, Russell Galer, Gautam Bhardwaj

   India is ageing. One response of Indian policy makers has been introduction of the New Pension Scheme (NPS), a defined contribution pension scheme which is mandatory for civil servants and voluntary for the rest of the population. Given the size of the target population, even if take-up is modest,...

   Published May 2nd 2012 by Routledge
5. Economic Consequences of Globalization

   Evidence from East Asia

   Edited by Shujiro Urata, Hee Hahn Chin, Dionisius Narjoko

   Series: Routledge-ERIA Studies in Development Economics

   Economists have long recognized the gains from international trade. The question is, does international trade – or more broadly, globalization – increase growth? Notwithstanding the debates, there are still many questions, old and new, need to be explored in order to improve our understanding on...

   Published April 12th 2012 by Routledge
6. Contexts of Social Capital

   Social Networks in Markets, Communities and Families

   Edited by Ray-May Hsung, Nan Lin, Ronald L. Breiger

   Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology

   The concept of social capital refers to the ways in which people make use of their social networks in "getting ahead." Social capital isn’t just about the connections in networks, but fundamentally concerns the distribution of resources on the basis of exchanges. This volume focuses on how social...

   Published February 2nd 2012 by Routledge
7. Global Food-Price Shocks and Poor People

   Themes and Case Studies

   Edited by Marc Cohen, Melinda Smale

   Series: Development in Practice Books

   This book examines the effects of high and volatile food prices during 2007-08 on low-income farmers and consumers in developing, transition, and industrialized countries. Previous studies of this crisis have mostly used models to estimate the likely impacts. This volume includes actual evidence...

   Published December 4th 2011 by Routledge
8. Basic Mathematics for Economics, Business and Finance

   By EK Ummer

   This book can help overcome the widely observed math-phobia and math-aversion among undergraduate students in these subjects. The book can also help them understand why they have to learn different mathematical techniques, how they can be applied, and how they will equip the students in...

   Published December 1st 2011 by Routledge
9. Pension Systems and Old-Age Income Support in East and Southeast Asia

   Overview and Reform Directions

   Edited by Donghyun Park

   Old age income support will be one of the biggest social and economic challenges facing Asia in the twenty-first century. The growing spotlight on old age income support is largely due to exceptionally rapid population aging which is fundamentally reshaping Asia’s demographic profile. A young...

   Published December 1st 2011 by Routledge
10. Innovation and Learning Experiences in Rapidly Developing East Asia

    Edited by Rajah Rasiah, Thiruchelvam Kanagasundram, Keun Lee

    Technology and technical change is sector- and industry-specific, embedded by locational institutions and organizations, and integrated in global networks. It is non-linear in its emergence and movement, and subsumed in the nature of micro, meso and macro interactions. Using evolutionary theory and...

    Published November 27th 2011 by Routledge