Specially selected from The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics 2nd edition, each article within this compendium covers the fundamental themes within the discipline and is written by a leading practitioner in the field. A handy reference tool.Contents General Preface Introduction List of Contributors List of Entries Entries A-Z Index
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Much has changed in the latest incarnation of this dictionary. ...More than 1,500 economists contributed almost 1,900 signed entries; more than 1,000 of the entries are new or 'heavily revised' and expanded. Along with the descriptions of economic method from earlier editions, this edition includes much information on 'what those methods have found.' It also offers new emphasis on advances that have occurred in microeconomics, Bayesian theory, game theory, and behavioral, international, and experimental economics. ...A regularly updated online version of the dictionary is available www.dictionaryofeconomics.com, with site license pricing based on institution type and FTE. Summing Up: Highly recommended. - CHOICE
ALBERTO ABADIE Harvard Kennedy School, USAJOSHUA D. ANGRIST Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USABADI H. BALTAGI University of Arizona, USAMOSHE BUCHINSKY University of California Los Angeles, USACOLIN A. CAMERON University of California Davis, USATIMOTHY G. CONLEY University of Chicago, USAJOHN DINARDO University of Michigan, USAJEFF DOMINITZ Carnegie Mellon University, USADAVID DRAPER University of California Santa Cruz, USAJEAN-MARIE DUFOUR McGill University, USAANDREW GELMAN Columbia University, USAJINYONG HAHN University of California Los Angeles, USAVASSILIS A. HAJIVASILlı