Microeconomics Books

New and Published Books

1. Money and Markets

   Essays in Honor of Leland B. Yeager

   By Roger Koppl

   Series: Routledge Foundations of the Market Economy

   Important and celebrated economist Leland Yeager is one of the architects of the 'Virginia School' of political economy that has produced two Nobel laureates (James Buchanan and Ronald Coase) and the Public Choice movement. A number of top class contributors have here been brought together...

   Published June 19th 2013 by Routledge
2. The Theory of the Firm and Chinese Enterprise Reform

   The Case of China International Trust and Investment Corporation

   By Xiao Qin

   Series: Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy

   Changes to corporate structure, including the role of the corporate headquarters, have been key factors in bringing about economic reform in China. In this penetrating and insightful book, Xiao questions the conventional theory of the firm, arguing that the ultimate goal of the headquarters of...

   Published June 19th 2013 by Routledge
3. The Future of Local Economic Development

   Edited by Ines Newman

   This book looks at the future role of local economic development. Once New Labour came to power in 1997, they sought a third way between the new right agenda of Thatcherism with its attempts to reduce the role of the local state and foster a free market and the left’s attempts to take more...

   Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
4. Economics and HIV

   The Sickness of Economics

   By Deborah Johnston

   Series: Routledge International Studies in Health Economics

   This book explains how, and why, economics has been applied to a terrible pandemic, using a range of examples mostly drawn from the region most affected, sub-Saharan Africa. Part I shows that microeconomic approaches have found fertile ground in a public health approach that ‘blames’ individual...

   Published May 15th 2013 by Routledge
5. Oligopoly, the Environment and Natural Resources

   By Luca Lambertini

   Series: Routledge Explorations in Environmental Economics

   Industrial production and consumption patterns rely heavily on the intensive use of both renewable and non-renewable resources and the consequences for the environment can be serious. Following a long period of time where the profit incentives of firms have prevailed over preservation of the...

   Published May 8th 2013 by Routledge
6. 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 May 6th 2013 by Routledge
7. Uncertainty in Economic Theory

   Edited by Itzhak Gilboa

   Series: Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy

   This volume brings together important papers, coupled with new introductions, in the massively influential area of uncertainty in economic theory. Seminal papers are available together for the first time in book format, with new introductions and under the steely editorship of Itzhak Gilboa - this...

   Published May 2nd 2013 by Routledge
8. A Microeconomics Reader

   Edited by Tran Huu Dung

   This book draws together the key contributions to the major areas of microeconomic theory from the last few decades. It is intended to provide both undergraduate and graduate students with an essential guide to the current state of the discipline. The articles have been carefully selected not only...

   Published May 1st 2013 by Routledge
9. Internal Game Theory

   By Tassos Patokos

   Series: Routledge Advances in Game Theory

   Traditional game theory requires at least two individuals. This book extends game theory to the inner workings of a single person. Using game theory to analyse single individuals makes sense if one thinks of individuals as consisting of two or more relatively autonomous partitions that might have...

   Published April 11th 2013 by Routledge
10. Widening Income Distribution in Post-Handover Hong Kong

    By Hon-Kwong Lui

    Before the handover to China in 1997, Hong Kong’s economic growth was very strong and the unemployment rate dropped to a record low of 2.2 per cent. In recent years, the widening income dispersion in Hong Kong has caught public attention. This book investigates the economic development and changes...

    Published March 24th 2013 by Routledge