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M. Abdellaoui, Maison de la Recherche ESTP GRID, Cachan,

France; R.D. Luce, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA; M.J.

Machina, University of California, San Diego La Jolla, CA, USA; B.

Munier, Maison de la Recherche ESTP GRID, Cachan, France (Eds.)

Uncertainty and Risk

Mental, Formal, Experimental Representations

We all feel that our world is fundamentally uncer-tain. But less unanimity emerges as to what we meanby "uncertainty" and how we ought to adjust. Busi-nessmen tend to be "cautious" and engineers to pickup the "right" decision criteria among the manyavailable in the literature, without having much justi-fication about their respective behaviors. This booktries to sort out the different meanings of uncertaintyand to discover their foundations. It shows that un-certainty can be represented using various tools andmental guidelines. Some decision criteria are then re-lated to each case and assessed. Alternative ways todeal with risk - and risk attitude concepts - are thenexamined in the above perspective. Behavior underuncertainty emerges from this book as something tobase more on inquiry and reflection than on mere in-tuition.

Features

Research on decision criteria in economics, with par-ticular emphasis on the representations of uncer-tainty New insights into behavior under uncertainty:based on inquiry and reflection rather than intuition

Contents

Foundations.- The Importance of Representation-al Tools in Understanding Behaviour Under Uncer-tainty and Risk.- The Assessment of Several Alterna-tive Decision Rules.- Models of Risk Attitude Mod-elling and Methodological Issues.

Fields of interest

Game Theory/Mathematical Methods; EconomicTheory; Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav.Sciences; Operation Research/Decision Theory

Target groups

Researchers

Type of publication

Monograph

Due July 2007

2007. VI, 306 p. 45 illus. (Theory and Decision Library C, Band 41)

Geb.

90,90 €

ISBN 978-3-540-48934-4

D.M. Adams, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA; R.W.

Haynes, USDA Forest Service, PNW Research Station, Portland,

OR, USA (Eds.)

Resource and Market Projections

for Forest Policy Development

Twenty-five Years of Experience with the US RPA Timber As-

sessment

While focusing on a specific modeling system – theUS Timber Assessment models – the authors high-light the general elements that might comprise a for-est-sector market model of any country or region.Approaches to policy analysis are also general andequally applicable to both national and multi-nation-al forest policy development outside the US – par-ticularly in relation to on-going efforts to formulatenational programs of sustainable forestry. The textprovides literature surveys on relevant modeling is-sues and policy concerns, and demonstrates the ap-plication of the modeling system using a “base case”50 year projection and a small set of scenarios to il-lustrate, for example, the effects of changes in publicharvest policies, global change, variations in invest-ments in silviculture, and globalization. It is aimed atpolicy makers, model builders, researchers and grad-uate students who are building or using forest sectormodels, as well as at forest industry managers andanalysts.

Features

Exhaustive review of modelling methods Links theo-ry with a quarter century of applied forecasting Casestudies illustrate use in major current policy issuesIllustrates the role economic analysis has played inforest policy development

Contents

1. The challenge of developing models to supportforest sector policy analysis. 2. Methodological con-siderations in developing the Timber AssessmentProjection System. 3. Solid wood—Timber Assess-ment Market model. 4. North American Pulp andPaper model (NAPAP). 5. Methods for projecting ar-eas of private timberland and forest cover types. 6.Timber inventory and management—ATLAS. 7. Ex-ogenous assumptions–framing the base case and sce-narios. 8. Model solution, validation and control. 9.Base case projection. 10. Evolving views of the futureof the U.S. forest sector. 11. The impact of [..]

Fields of interest

Forestry; Environmental Management

Target groups

Researchers in industry and public agencies, policyanalysts in legislatures, public agencies, private in-dustry, private forest land owners (particularly therapidly growing TIMO groups focusing on land assetvalues)

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due September 2007

2007. XXII, 594 p. (Managing Forest Ecosystems, Band 14) Geb.

176,50 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6308-4

F. Aleskerov, Stat University 'Higher School of Economics',

Moscow, Russia; D. Bouyssou, CNRS, LAMSADE, University Paris I,

France; B. Monjardet, CERMSEM, Paris, France

Utility Maximization, Choice and

Preference

The utility maximization paradigm forms the ba-sis of many economic, psychological, cognitive andbehavioral models. Since it was first devised in theeighteenth century, numerous examples have re-vealed the deficiencies of the concept. This bookmakes a contribution to overcome those deficienciesby taking into account insensitivity of measurementthreshold and context of choice. It covers classic the-ory as a special, context-free case and gives a system-atic overview of new models of utility maximizationwithin a context-dependent threshold as well as re-lated preference and choice models. The second edi-tion has been updated to include the most recent de-velopments and a new chapter on classic and new re-sults for infinite sets. The presented models will behelpful to scientists in economics, decision makingtheory, social choice theory, behavioral and cognitivesciences, and related fields.

Contents

Introduction.- Preference, Utility, and Choice: Clas-sic Models.- Utility Maximization Within a ConstantThreshold or a Threshold Depending on One Alter-native.- Utility Maximization Within a ThresholdDepending on Both Compared Alternatives.- UtilityMaximization Within a Context-dependent Thresh-old.- Numerical Representation of Binary Relationson Infinite Sets.- Conclusion.

Fields of interest

Economic Theory; Game Theory, Economics, Socialand Behav. Sciences

Target groups

Scientists

Type of publication

Monograph

Due July 2007

Originally published as Volume 16 in the series: Studies in Eco-

nomic Theory

2007. XII, 283 p., 49 illus. Geb.

85,55 €

ISBN 978-3-540-34182-6

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C.D. Aliprantis, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA; K.C.

Border, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA

Infinite Dimensional Analysis

A Hitchhiker's Guide

This monograph presents a complete and rigorousstudy of modern functional analysis. It is intendedfor the student or researcher who could benefit fromfunctional analytic methods, but does not have anextensive background and does not plan to make acareer as a functional analyst. It develops the topo-logical structures in connection with measure theory,convexity, Banach lattices, integration, correspon-dences (multifunctions), and the analytic approachto Markov processes. Many of the results were previ-ously available only in works scattered throughoutthe literature. The choice of material was motivatedfrom problems in control theory and economics, al-though the material is more applicable than applied.

Features

First book to present functional analysis in a unifiedmanner with applications to economics, social sci-ences, and engineering With lots of new and impor-tant material and additional applications

Contents

A foreword to the practical.- Odds and ends.- Topol-ogy.- Metrizable spaces.- Measureability.- Topo-logical vector spaces.- Normed spaces.- Convex-ity.- Riesz spaces.- Banach lattices.- Charges andmeasures.- Integrals.- Measures and topology.- Lp-spaces.- Riesz Representation Theorems.- Probabilitymeasures.- Spaces of sequences.- Correspondences.-Measurable correspondences.- Markov transitions.-Ergodicity.

Fields of interest

Economic Theory; Functional Analysis; Game Theo-ry/Mathematical Methods

Target groups

Researchers, students

Type of publication

Monograph

Due May 2007

2006. XXII, 703 p. 38 illus. Softcover

69,50 €

ISBN 978-3-540-32696-0

A.E. Andersson, Jönköping International Business School,

Jönköping, Sweden; L. Pettersson, Jönköping International Busi-

ness School, Jönköping, Sweden; U. Strömquist, Temaplan,

Stockholm, Sweden (Eds.)

European Metropolitan Housing

Markets

This book provides a comprehensive analysis ofhousing theory and policy with a focus on metropoli-tan regions. The results are based on case studies oftwelve European metropolitan regions, including ex-pert panels organized in each. Using an approachfrom the field of industrial economics, the analysis isdivided into the three related stages "structure", "con-duct" and "performance." The essential idea is thatthe structure of a market, defined by market condi-tions, market growth, forms of competition and con-trol, influences the economic behavior of both com-panies and households. The effects of this behaviorcan be observed in the development of prices; ex-changed, constructed and maintained housing quan-tities; location patterns and choice of space. The con-tributions of this volume reveal significant differ-ences in housing policies between European coun-tries, while at the same time showing that policy ef-fects are well in line with expectations based on tra-ditional housing theory.

Contents

European Housing Markets - An Overview.- AnAnalysis of the Housing Market in Greater Brus-sels.- Metropolitan Housing Markets - The Case ofHelsinki.- Housing Markets and Policies in the Mu-nich Metropolitan Area.- Recovery and Change:Glasgow's Housing 1991-2001.- The Housing Mar-ket in Zurich's Urban Agglomeration.- The Amster-dam Metropolitan Housing Market: How a Prosper-ous Metropolitan Area Co-esists with a Central CityDominated by Social Rental Housing for the Poor.-The Oslo Metropolitan Housing Market.- The Mi-lan Housing Market.- Housing in Vienna.- HousingMarket and Housing [..]

Fields of interest

Regional Science; Landscape/Regional and Munici-pal Planning

Target groups

Scientists

Type of publication

Monograph

Due May 2007

2007. VI, 363 p. 139 illus. (Advances in Spatial Science) Geb.

96,25 €

ISBN 978-3-540-69891-3

K. Andersson, Confederation of Swedish Enterprise, Stockholm,

Sweden; E. Eberhartinger, Vienna University of Economics and

Business Administration, Austria; L. Oxelheim, Lund Institute of

Economic Research, Sweden (Eds.)

National Tax Policy in Europe

To Be or Not to Be?

The book is dedicated to the question of how muchroom for national tax policy Member States of theEuropean Union will find necessary and possible tomaintain in the future. It focuses on the possibilitiesMember States have and the constraints they face,such as the need to enhance competitiveness and at-tractiveness to inward foreign direct investment, tofinance social programmes and the limitations im-posed by European and International Law. The re-search question is looked at from economic as wellas from legal points of view. This comprehensive ap-proach and the answers given will be of interest toscholars and policy makers alike and may guide thepath for future tax developments in Europe.

Features

Gives an estimation of future development of nation-al tax policy in the EC Offers an economic and legalperspective

Contents

K. Andersson, E. Eberhartinger, L. Oxelheim: TheRole of National Tax Policies in the EuropeanUnion.- C. Bellak, M. Leibrecht: Corporate IncomeTax Competition and the Scope for National TaxPolicy in the Enlarged Europe.- A. Hansson: FreeFactor Mobility and Fiscal Competition: Can the Na-tional Welfare State Survive in a "United Europe"?-U. Schneider, A. Österle: Fiscal Competition andActivist Social Policy.- K. Andersson: An OptionalCommon Consolidated Corporate Tax Base in theEuropean Union.- F. Ph. Sutter: The Influence of theEuropean State Aid Rules on National Tax Policy.-[..]

Fields of interest

Public Finance

Target groups

Researchers, policy makers, consultants

Type of publication

Monograph

Due August 2007

2007. XIII, 255 p. 15 illus. Geb.

90,90 €

ISBN 978-3-540-70709-7


G.B. Asheim, University of Oslo, Norway

Justifying, Characterizing and

Indicating Sustainability

This volume brings together 18 articles publishedduring the last 20 years, devoted to understandingthe concept of sustainable development. These arti-cles provide economic analysis of this notion fromthree different perspectives: Justifying Sustainability;Characterizing Sustainability; Indicating Sustainabil-ity. The first part (Justifying Sustainability) analyzesfrom a normative point of view why it is desirable forour generation to contribute to the implementationof sustainable development. The second part (Char-acterizing Sustainability) describes how manmadecapital (both real and human) must be accumulatedin order to make up for decreased availability of nat-ural capital. The third part (Indicating Sustainabili-ty) examines rules and methods for attaining sustain-able development for current and future generations.Each part begins with an article which functions asa survey. An up to date introduction serves to tie thethree parts of the volume together.

Features

Brings together two decades of economic research onsustainability in one volume Analyzes sustainabilityfrom three different perspectives Addresses sustain-able development from prescriptive, descriptive andoperational points of view

Contents

From the contents Preface. Part I: Justifying Sustain-ability. Part II: Characterizing Sustainability. Part III:Indicating Sustainability.

Fields of interest

Environmental Economics; Economic Growth; Envi-ronment, general

Target groups

Researchers, graduate students and others interest-ed in economic analysis of sustainable developmentfrom different perspectives

Type of publication

Collected works

Due July 2007

2007. XII, 296 p. (Sustainability, Economics, and Natural Re-

sources, Band 3) Geb.

133,70 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6199-8

L.v. Auer, Technische Universität Chemnitz

Ökonometrie

Eine Einführung

Dieses Lehrbuch bietet eine praxisorientierteEinführung in die Methoden der Ökonometrie.Angesichts der zunehmenden Bedeutung der em-pirischen Analyse in Wissenschaft und Praxis willdas Buch die Ökonometrie aus ihrer formal-math-ematischen Ecke herausholen und einem breit-eren Interessentenkreis zugänglich machen. Inder Konzeption des Lehrbuches erhielt deshalbdidaktisches Profil grundsätzlich Vorrang vorwissenschaftlicher Eleganz. Unterstützt durchzahlreiche Illustrationen, ausführliche verbaleErläuterungen und begleitende numerische Beispielewerden sowohl die ökonometrischen Grundla-gen als auch anspruchsvollere Themenbereiche ingut verständlicher Art und Weise aufbereitet. DasLehrbuch kommt ohne den Einsatz von Matrixalge-bra aus. Ambitionierte Leser finden jedoch in denjeweiligen Kapitelanhängen ausführliche matrixalge-braische Darstellungen des behandelten Materials.

Features

Perfekt für Studenten Anschaulich und gutverständlich Praxisorientiert und anwenderfre-undlich Viele Grafiken, Erklärungen und Beispiele

Contents

Einfaches lineares Regressionsmodell.- Multiples lin-eares Regressionsmodell.- Ökonometrische Prob-leme der wirtschaftsempirischen Praxis: Verletzun-gen der A-, B- oder C-Annahmen.- WeiterführendeThemenbereiche.

Fields of interest

Econometrics; Statistics for Business/Eco-nomics/Mathematical Finance/Insurance; GameTheory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences

Target groups

Studierende und Dozenten der Wirtschaftswis-senschaften, Statistiker in Wissenschaft und Praxis

Type of publication

German textbook

Due April 2007

2007. XXII, 582 S. 69 Abb. (Springer-Lehrbuch) Softcover

34,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-70827-8

R. Avenhaus, University of the Federal Armed Forces Munich,

Neubiberg, Germany; I.W. Zartman, The Johns Hopkins Universi-

ty, Washington, DC, USA (Eds.)

Diplomacy Games

Formal Models and International Negotiations

In this book, leading experts in international nego-tiations present formal models of conflict resolu-tion and international negotiations. Besides the de-scription of different models and approaches, thebook answers three questions: How can the abstractconcepts and results of rational choice theorists bemade more understandable and plausible to politi-cal and social scientists not trained to work with for-mal models? What can be done to encourage prac-titioners to use not only simple but also mathemat-ically advanced approaches in their analysis of realworld negotiation problems? How can practitioners(e.g., politicians and diplomats) become interestedin, take into account, and apply formal modelsof their more important problems?

Features

Broad range of formal models for international ne-gotiations Incentives for diplomats to use formalmodels and approaches

Fields of interest

Political Science; Game Theory/Mathematical Meth-ods

Target groups

Researchers

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due May 2007

2007. XIX, 348 p. 37 illus. Geb.

106,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-68303-2


P. Baake, DIW Berlin, Germany; R. Borck, University of Munich,

Germany (Eds.)

Public Economics and Public Choice

Conributions in Honor of Charles B. Blankart

The book contains essays in honor of Charles B.Blankart on the occasion of his 65th birthday. Thecontributors include prominent scholars from thediscipline of public finance and public choice. Theessays include topics like taxation, public choice, andregulation, and thus give testimony of Blankart's verybroad ranging interests in economics.

Contents

Rights and Wrongs.- Public Choice and New In-stitutional Economics: A Comparative Analysis inSearch of Co-operation Potentials.- The Machiavel-li Program and the Dirty Hands Problem.- Esteem,Norms of Participation and Public Goods Supply.-Fairness, Rights, and Language Rights: On the FairTreatment of Linguistic Minorities.- Fiscal Federal-ism, Decentralization and Economic Growth.- Gov-ernment Bankruptcy and Inflation.- Political Sup-port for Tax Complexity: A Simple Model.- Does theShadow Economy Pose a Challenge to Economic andPublic Finance Policy?- Some Preliminary Findings.-The [..]

Fields of interest

Public Finance; Economic Theory

Target groups

Researchers and scholars in the field of publiceconomies and public choice

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due July 2007

2007. XII, 280 p. 17 illus. Geb.

90,90 €

ISBN 978-3-540-72781-1

H. Bester, Freie Universität Berlin

Theorie der Industrieökonomik

Die Industrieökonomik beschäftigt sich mit derInteraktion zwischen Markt und Unternehmen.Dies betrifft z.B. die Preis- und Produktwahl einesUnternehmens, das Wettbewerbsverhalten imOligopol, Kartellabsprachen, Marktzutritts- und-austrittsentscheidungen sowie Forschungs- undEntwicklungsaktivitäten. Dieses Buch gibt einegrundlegende Einführung in die Modelle und Meth-oden der Theorie der Industrieökonomik. Es istsowohl als vorlesungsbegleitendes Lehrbuch wieauch zum Selbststudium geeignet. Das Verständniswird durch zahlreiche Abbildungen erleichtert.Übungsaufgaben mit Lösungshinweisen fördern denselbstständigen Umgang mit industrieökonomischenFragestellungen.

Features

Kompaktes, gut verständliches Lehrbuch auf demaktuellen Stand der Forschung Mit zahlreichen Ab-bildungen, Übungsaufgaben und LösungshinweisenSowohl als vorlesungsbegleitendes Lehrbuch als auchzum Selbststudium geeignet

Contents

Einführung und Grundlagen.- Das Marktverhal-ten des Monopols.- Oligopolistischer Wettbewerb.-Wettbewerbsbeschränkungen.- Forschung und En-twicklung.- Anhang A: Spieltheoretische Grundla-gen.- Anhang B: Lösungen der Übungsaufgaben.

Fields of interest

Industrial Organization

Target groups

Studenten, Dozenten

Type of publication

German textbook

Due August 2007

2007. XI, 272 S. 64 Abb. (Springer-Lehrbuch) Softcover

22,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-73866-4

W. Bolewski, German Foreign Office, Berlin, Germany

Diplomacy and International Law in

Globalized Relations

Diplomacy is transforming and expanding its roleas the method of interstate relations to a general in-strument of communication among globalized soci-eties. Adapting to globalization the practice of diplo-macy is shared by non-state participants, thus be-coming privatized and popularized. With the strifefor common values, the finality of international in-teractions moves beyond national interest towardscommunitarianism. International law governing for-eign relations can be strengthened through judicialreview by national courts. Working on the interfaceof diplomacy and academia, this practitioner’s per-spective combines an insider view into innovationand change of the diplomatic process with a conciseinterdisciplinary academic analysis.

Features

Comprehensive understanding of the wideningscope of public as well as private diplomacy and itsnormative framework Practitioner’s inside view ofdiplomacy combined with interdisciplinary aca-demic analysis Recommended by Prof. Jan Melis-sen, Netherlands Institute of International Relations"Clingendael" and Prof. Thomas Risse, Free Univer-sity Berlin/Harvard University

Contents

Introduction: Practitioner’s perspective of diplo-macy.- Part I - Essentials ofmodern diplomacy: Diplomacy between statecraftand social science.- Internalization ofdiplomacy or internationalization of domestic poli-cy.- From national to European Foreign Ser-vice.- Symbolism and ritual in multilat-eral diplomacy.- Flexibility and pragmatismas response to global challenges.- Reciprocity ver-sus communitarianism.- Part II - Transformationof globalized relations and its impact on diplomacy:New participants and corporate diplomacy: symbio-sis [..]

Fields of interest

European Law/Public International Law; PoliticalScience; Interdisciplinary Studies

Target groups

National diplomatic academies (worldwide),transnational companies, junior diplomats

Type of publication

Monograph

Due April 2007

2007. VI, 147 p. Geb.

53,45 €

ISBN 978-3-540-71100-1


S. Boyarchenko, The University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA; S. Lev-

endorskii, The University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA

Irreversible Decisions under

Uncertainty

Optimal Stopping Made Easy

In real life, as well as in economic models, individ-uals often make decisions in an uncertain environ-ment. In many cases, a problem which an optimiz-ing agent faces can be formulated or reformulat-ed as a problem of optimal timing of a certain irre-versible or partially reversible action or optimal stop-ping problem. In this book, the authors present analternative approach to optimal stopping problems.The basic ideas and techniques of the approach canbe explained much simpler than the standard meth-ods in the literature on optimal stopping problems.The monograph will teach the reader to apply thetechnique to many problems in economics and fi-nance, including new ones. From the technical pointof view, the method can be characterized as optionpricing via the Wiener-Hopf factorization.

Features

Presents an alternative approach to optimal stoppingproblems The Approach can be used to many prob-lems in finance and economics

Contents

Part I Discrete time - discrete space models. Finitetime horizon: Introduction.- Real options and Amer-ican options.- Risk-neutral pricing. Finite time hori-zon case.- Part II Discrete time - discrete space mod-els. Infinite time horizon: Random walks on Z.- Op-tions in the binomial and trinomial models.- Gener-al random walks on Z: Option pricing.- Part III Dis-crete time - continuous space models: Random walkson R.- Basic options in the model.- Optimal stoppingfor general random walks.- Part IV Continuous time- continuous space models: Brownian motion case.-General Lévy processes.- [..]

Fields of interest

Economic Theory; Finance /Banking; Game Theory,Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences

Target groups

Researchers

Type of publication

Monograph

Due September 2007

2007. XVI, 285 p. 15 illus. (Studies in Economic Theory, Band 27)

Geb.

90,90 €

ISBN 978-3-540-73745-2

L. Bretschger, ETH Zurich, Switzerland; S. Smulders, University of

Calgary, AB, Canada (Eds.)

Sustainable Resource Use and

Economic Dynamics

Thirty years after the publication of the famous sym-posium issue of the Review of Economic Studies,which started the neoclassical literature on growththeory and resource economics, this volume seeksto reinforce research efforts in order to provide ad-equate solutions for today’s challenges in the fieldof sustainable development. It compiles innovativecurrent research from resource, energy and environ-mental economics and dynamic economic theory.It contains both new approaches as well as detailedsurveys of the existing literature. The chapters in thebook cover a broad range of aspects regarding the re-lationship between natural resource use and long-term economic development. In particular, the fol-lowing topics are studied: incentives for adoptionand diffusion of clean technology, resource scarci-ty and limits to growth, international convergenceof energy intensity, and the social norms shaping re-source depletion.

Features

Most recent approaches to modelling technologicalchange and pollution Surveys existing literature aswell as adds to frontier research Provides both theo-retical and empirical perspectives

Contents

Preface. List of contributors. 1. Introduction; L.Bretschger, S. Smulders. 2. A Dynamic Model of theEnvironmental Kuznets Curve: Turning Point andPublic Policy; H. Egli, T.M. Steger. 3. Optimal Tim-ing of Adoption of a Green Technology; M.A. Cun-ha-e-Sá, A.B. Reis. 4. Can environmental regulationsboost growth?; R. Hart. 5. General Purpose Tech-nologies And Energy Policy; A. van Zon, T. Kronen-berg. 6. Efficient dynamic pollution taxation in anuncertain environment; S. Soretz. 7. A New-GrowthPerspective on Non-renewable Resources; C. Groth.8. Sectoral Energy- and Labour-Productivity [..]

Fields of interest

Environmental Economics; Environment, general

Target groups

Energy economists, environmental economists;energy, environment and climate change consul-tants, researchers, scientists, policy advisors; macroe-conomists, development economists

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due July 2007

Chapters 2, 3, 6, 8 and 9 reprinted from ENVIRONMENTAL & RE-

SOURCE ECONOMICS, 36:1 (2007)

2007. 200 p. 20 illus. (The Economics of Non-Market Goods and

Resources, Band 10) Geb.

133,70 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6292-6

F. Breyer, Universität Konstanz

Mikroökonomik

Eine Einführung

Gegenstand des Buches ist die Erklärung des Ange-bots- und Nachfrageverhaltens von Haushaltenund Unternehmungen und ihr Zusammenwirkenauf Güter- und Faktormärkten. Zentrales Analy-sekonzept ist dabei das (allgemeine) Gleichgewicht.Das Buch macht von der algebraischen Meth-ode rigoros Gebrauch. Es werden auch modernedualitätstheoretische Konzepte, die im weiterenStudium von großem Nutzen sind, verwendet: dasEnvelope-Theorem und die Optimalwertfunktionen(Kosten- und Gewinnfunktion, indirekte Nutzen-und Ausgabenfunktion). Die Studierenden erhaltenmit diesem Lehrbuch einen kompakten Überblicküber das mikroökonomische Instrumentarium, dassie im weiteren Studium der Volkswirtschaftslehrebenötigen.

Features

Kompaktes Kompendium für Studierende der Volk-swirtschaftslehre Zuverlässiger Studienbegleiterdurch die Welt der Mikroökonomik Mit zahlreichenÜbungsaufgaben

Contents

Einführung.- Produktions- und Kostentheo-rie.- Unternehmen und Märkte.- Theorie desKonsumenten.- Allgemeines Gleichgewicht undWohlfahrt.

Fields of interest

Microeconomics

Target groups

Studenten

Type of publication

German textbook

Due March 2007

2007. XII, 215 S. 84 Abb. (Springer-Lehrbuch) Softcover

17,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-69230-0


É. Brian, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris,

France; M. Jaisson, University François-Rabelais, Tours, France

The Descent of Human Sex Ratio at

Birth

A Dialogue between Mathematics, Biology and Sociology

Since the 18th century, one phenomenon, the pro-portion of the sexes at birth among human beings,has contributed to various developments such as thecalculus of probabilities, administrative statistics, themoral and social sciences, the statistics of variability,post-Darwinian biology and Durkheimian sociology.This fact is brought to the critical attention of read-ers who rarely work together -- mathematicians, bi-ologists, historians, social scientists and historians ofthe sciences -- along a three centuries European jour-ney, meeting Süssmilch, Condorcet, Laplace, Fouri-er, Girou de Buzareingues, Poisson, Quetelet, Dar-win, Düsing, Gini, Halbwachs or Fisher. After a de-construction of the past and present conditions ofscientific understanding of human sex-ratio at birth,the authors are proposing a reconstruction of thedynamics of the phenomenon based on stochastics.This is an attempt in renewing our links with theoldest traditions of scholarly thinking, but too a kindof "well-tempered" [..]

Features

A systematic account about human sex-ratio atbirth : facts and theories since the 18th century Anattempt to deal with randomness from a foundation-al perspective in social sciences An analysis of thevariability of the proportion of the sexes at birth,one of the main current demographic phenomena,in similar terms for Asian or western countries, fornowadays and for the three past centuries History of[..]

Contents

Foreword.- Note on Translation.- Introduction.- 1:Physico-Theology and Mathematics (1710-1794).- 2: Physiology, Probabilities and Statistics(1795-1830).- 3: Statistical Sources, Lawand Medicine (1846-1876).- 4: Selection, Sexesand Statistics (since 1871).- 5: A Sociological Is-sue and its Perversion (1898-1942).- 6: A Stochas-tic Re-Evaluation.- Conclusion.- Appendix A: Con-dorcet (1743-1794).- Appendix B: Charles Darwin(1809-1882).- Appendix C: Maurice Halbwachs(1877-1945).- Appendix D: Sex Ratios at Birth andthe Calculus of Probabilities.- List of References.

Fields of interest

Social Sciences; Sociology; Gender Studies; Historyof Science; Probability Theory and Stochastic Pro-cesses; Methodology of the Social Sciences

Target groups

Social scientists (general sociology, demography, so-cial history), historians of sciences and philosophers,mathematicians (statistics and probabilities), biolo-gists (sex ratio topics), gender studies

Type of publication

Monograph

Due July 2007

2007. XX, 260 p. (Methodos Series, Band 4) Geb.

93,04 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6035-9

J.G. Bruhn, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USA; H.

Rebach, University of Maryland, Salisbury, MD, USA

Sociological Practice

Intervention and Social Change

The second edition of this text focuses on how toplan, carry out, analyze, and evaluate interventionsat the micro, meso, and macro levels. A sociologi-cal practitioner enters into a working relationshipwith clients to address social problems. The prac-titioner works with members of a client system todefine the specific changes necessary and togetherthey work to construct new social arrangements thatwill solve or reduce the impact of the problem. Thistext outlines and illustrates, with the help of Appli-cation Boxes, figures and tables, various approachesto problem-solving. It discusses the various steps inproblem-solving from problem assessment, develop-ment of objectives and targets for change, to the im-plementation and evaluation of interventions. A finalchapter is devoted to an examination of how princi-ples of ethics apply at different levels of interventionand some of the ethical issues in sociological prac-tice. The book is primarly written for sociology stu-dents at the upper division [..]

Features

The well-respected first edition of this classic bookon clinical sociology has been thoroughly updat-ed and revised in this second edition Incorporatesnew case studies based on the authors’ experiences 1completely new chapter

Contents

Introduction: The Application of Sociology.- Ap-proaches to Problem-Solving.- Problem- Solving atthe Micro-Level.- Problem-Solving at the Meso-Lev-el.- Problem-Solving at the Macro-Level.- Multi-Lev-el Problem-Solving.- Program Evaluation.- Valuesand Sociological Intervention.- Glossary.- Index.

Fields of interest

Sociology; Social Work

Target groups

Clinical sociologists, and those teaching graduatelevel classes in clinical sociology; those in social workand other areas of sociology that are applied

Type of publication

Graduate/advanced undergraduate textbook

Due September 2007

Originally published in the series: Clinical Sociology

2007. XIV, 234 p. Geb.

50,24 €

ISBN 978-0-387-71863-7

C. Büter, Fachhochschule Koblenz

Außenhandel

Grundlagen globaler und innergemeinschaftlicher Handels-

beziehungen

Das Buch ist ein Fach- und Grundlagenlehrbuchfür das Außenhandelsgeschäft. Es erläutet den zubeachtenden Ordnungsrahmen sowohl für die Han-delsbeziehungen zwischen den Mitgliedsstaatender Europäischen Union als auch im Handel mitDrittstaaten. Darauf aufbauend werden die Erschei-nungsformen des Außenhandels sowie die Grundla-gen des Außenhandelsmarketings behandelt. Weit-ere Schwerpunkte liegen in der Darstellung der fürdie Außenhandelsabwicklung erforderlichen Gestal-tungselemente, wie Kaufverträge, Lieferbedingun-gen und Transportwesen, Zahlungsbedingungenund Finanzierung sowie der Sicherungsfazilitäten imAußenhandel. Das Buch ermöglicht dem Leser einestrukturierte Einarbeitung in die Zusammenhängeund kaufmännischen Aspekte des Außenhandels. Eswendet sich sowohl an Studierende als auch Praktik-er des Auslandsgeschäfts.

Features

Strukturierte Einführung in die allge-meinen Zusammenhänge und alle einzel-nen kaufmännischen Tätigkeitsbereiche desAußenhandels Didaktisch sehr gut aufbereitetund hervorragend zum Selbststudium und alsNachschlagewerk geeignet Praxisorientierungdurch anschauliche Abbildungen, praxisnaheBerechnungsbeispiele sowie Abdruck wichtigerAußenhandelsdokumente

Contents

Grundlagen.- Ordnungsrahmen des Außenhandels.-Erscheinungsformen und Geschäftssystemeim Außenhandel.- Außenhandelsmarketing.-Kaufverträge und Handelsbräuche imAußenhandel.- Lieferbedingungen imAußenhandel.- Transportwesen im Außenhandel.-Dokumente im Außenhandel.- Zahlungsbe-dingungen im Außenhandel.- Finanzierung imAußenhandel.- Währung und Wechselkursrisikenim Außenhandel.- Sicherungsfazilitäten imAußenhandel.

Fields of interest

Business/Management Science, general; Internation-al Economics; Marketing; Production/Logistics; Eu-ropean Integration; Commercial Law

Target groups

Studenten, Praktiker

Type of publication


Due April 2007

2007. XVI, 389 S. 118 Abb. (Physica-Lehrbuch) Softcover

26,95 €

ISBN 978-3-7908-1724-9


M. Canavari, Alma Mater Studiorum-Università di Bologna,

Bologna, Italy; K.D. Olson, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN,

USA (Eds.)

Organic Food

Consumers' Choices and Farmers' Opportunities

Consumers’ attention to food safety issues and envi-ronmental issues has increased overwhelmingly inrecent decades because of their increased concernabout their own health, the environment’s health,and the crises and emergencies reported worldwide.Once the only option, organic agriculture has al-ways been a production option followed by at leasta few farmers all over the world. These farmers wereprompted by ethical and environmental motivations,as well as by committed consumers who supportedorganic agriculture thanks to a separate but fairly eli-tist distribution channel. Organic food now has be-come a viable alternative for an increasing numberof consumers that are worried about the presence ofchemicals residues and the negative consequenceson the environment caused by intensive productionmethods. Many farmers also now see organic farm-ing as a way to stabilize or even increase their incomedue to public policy support and growing marketdemand. Organic Food: Consumers' Choices andFarmers' [..]

Features

Considers a wide range of specific situations and in-dustries in the agri-food sector, both in Italy and inthe United States Discusses both the farmers’ oppor-tunities and the consumers’ choices Shows how agri-cultural economists are performing analyses dealingwith organic produce on different points in the sup-ply chain

Contents

From Niche to Market: the Growth of Organic Busi-ness in Italy.- An Overview of Organic Agriculturein the United States.- A Comparative Profitabili-ty Analysis of Organic and Conventional Farms inEmilia-Romagna and in Minnesota.- Situation andPerspectives of Organic Meat in Italy.- Profitabilityof Organic Cropping Systems in Southwestern Min-nesota.- Comparing the Profitability of Organic andIntegrated Crop Management.- Marketing Strategiesfor Organic Wine Growers in the Veneto Region.-Investigating Preferences for Environment FriendlyProduction Practices.- Potential Demand for [..]

Fields of interest

Food Science; Agricultural Economics

Target groups

Researchers, professionals, and professors in theFood Science community as well as agriculturaleconomists

Type of publication

Proceedings

Due May 2007

2007. XVII, 197 p. Geb.

117,65 €

ISBN 978-0-387-39581-4

U. Cantner, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena; J. Krüger,

Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena; H. Hanusch, Universität Augs-

burg

Produktivitäts- und

Effizienzanalyse

Der nichtparametrische Ansatz

Dieses Buch führt mikroökonomisch fundiert in dieProduktivitäts- und Effizienzanalyse ein und zeigt,wie man auch ohne apriori Kenntnis der Produk-tionsfunktion zu Aussagen über die produktive Ef-fizienz kommen kann. Darauf aufbauend wird derAnsatz der nichtparametrischen Frontierfunktion-sanalyse vorgestellt und über verschiedene Schritteerweitert. Diese Schritte umfassen die Analyse ver-schiedener Formen variabler Skalenerträge und dieErmittlung der produktivsten Unternehmensgröße.Mit dem Einbezug von Preisinformationen kanndie allokative Ineffizienz, die aus Fehlanpassung andie Faktorpreise resultiert, zusätzlich zur technis-chen Ineffizienz berechnet werden. Die Erweiterungum die dynamische Analyse erlaubt eine Aufteilungder Produktivitätsveränderung in einen Teil, derauf Verminderung (oder Vergrößerung) des inef-fizienten Einsatzes von Produktionsfaktoren beruht,und einen Teil, der die Wirkungen des technischenForschritts erfasst.

Features

Einführung in die nicht-parametrische Frontier-funktionsanalyse Mit Schlüsselbegriffslisten undÜbungsaufgaben mit ausführlichen Lösungen zurKontrolle des Lernfortschritts Praktische Anwen-dung anhand eines frei verfügbaren Softwarepakets(EMS) in den Übungsaufgaben

Contents

Einführung zu Produktivität und Effizienz.- Em-pirische Analyse von Produktivität und Effizienz.-Konstante Skalenerträge: Productivity-Form.- Kon-stante Skalenerträge: Envelopment-Form.- VariableSkalenerträge.- Input- versus Outputorientierung.-Erweiterungen.- Dynamische Analyse.- Appendix:Lineare Programmierung und Simplexalgorithmus.-Lösungen zu den Übungsaufgaben.

Fields of interest

Microeconomics; Operation Research/Decision The-ory; Production/Logistics

Target groups

Studenten

Type of publication

German textbook

Due March 2007

2007. X, 368 S. 122 Abb. (Springer-Lehrbuch) Softcover

32,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-70793-6

M. Carlberg, Helmut-Schmidt-Universität, Hamburg, Germany

Macroeconomics of Monetary

Union

This book, unlike other books, provides readers witha practical yet sophisticated grasp of the macroeco-nomic principles necessary to understand a mon-etary union. By definition, a monetary union is agroup of countries that share a common currency.The most important case in point is the Euro area.Policy makers are the central bank, national govern-ments, and national labour unions. Policy targets areprice stability and full employment. Policy makersfollow cold-turkey or gradualist strategies. Policy de-cisions are taken sequentially or simultaneously. Thecountries can differ in size or behaviour. Policy ex-pectations are adaptive or rational. To illustrate allof this there are numerical simulations of monetarypolicy, fiscal policy, and wage policy.

Features

Provides readers with a practical grasp of themacroeconomic principles necessary to understanda monetary union With numerical simulations ofmonetary policy, fiscal policy, and wage policy

Contents

Introduction.- Monetary and Fiscal Policies: BasicModels: Monetary Policy in Europe.- Fiscal Policiesin Germany and France.- Competition between Eu-ropean Central Bank, German Government, andFrench Government.- Cooperation between Eu-ropean Central Bank, German Government, andFrench Government.- Monetary and Fiscal Policies:Intermediate Models: Simultaneous Decisions: Cold-Turkey Policies.- Simultaneous Decisions: GradualistPolicies.- Fiscal Shocks in Germany.- The CountriesDiffer in Size.- The Countries Differ in Behaviour.-Rational Policy Expectations.- Monetary and Fiscal[..]

Fields of interest

Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics; Internation-al Economics; Labor Economics

Target groups

Researchers

Type of publication

Monograph

Due August 2007

2007. XVI, 284 p. Geb.

90,90 €

ISBN 978-3-540-73632-5


A.C.-L. Chian, National Institute for Space Research (INPE), São

José dos Campos, Brazil

Complex Systems Approach to

Economic Dynamics

Economic Systems exhibit complex dynamics ev-idenced by large-amplitude and aperiodic fluctu-ations in economic variables, such as foreign ex-change rates and stock market prices, indicating thatthese systems are driven far from the equilibrium.Characterization of the complex behavior of eco-nomic cycles, by identifying regular and irregularpatterns and regime switching in economic time se-ries, is the key for pattern recognition and forecast-ing of economic cycles. Statistical analysis of stockmarkets and foreign exchange markets has demon-strated the intermittent nature of economic time se-ries. A nonlinear model of business cycles is able tosimulate intermittency arising from order-chaos andchaos-chaos transitions. This monograph introducesnew concepts of unstable periodic orbits and chaoticsaddles which are unstable structures embedded in achaotic attractor, responsible for economic intermit-tency.

Fields of interest

Game Theory/Mathematical Methods; Game Theo-ry, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences; Econom-ic Theory; Nonlinear Dynamics, Complex Systems,Chaos, Neural Networks; Macroeconomics/Mone-tary Economics

Target groups

Scientists

Type of publication

Monograph

Due July 2007

2007. X, 101 p. 40 illus. (Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathe-

matical Systems, Band 592) Softcover

53,45 €

ISBN 978-3-540-39752-6

N. Choucri, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA; D. Mistree, F. Haghseta, T.

Mezher, W.R. Baker, C.I. Ortiz (Eds.)

Mapping Sustainability

Knowledge e-Networking and the Value Chain

This book focuses on three interdependent chal-lenges related to managing transitions toward sus-tainable development, namely (a) mapping sustain-ability for global knowledge e-networking, (b) ex-tending the value chain of knowledge and e-net-working, and (c) engaging in explorations of newmethods and venues for further developing knowl-edge and e-networking. While each of these chal-lenges constitutes fundamentally different types ofendeavors, they are highly interconnected. Jointly,they contribute to our expansion of knowledge andits applications in support of transitions toward sus-tainable development.

Features

New ways of looking at ‘sustainable development’ inintegrated and wholistic terms New ways of lookingat the specific aspects of sustainability in some detailNew research methods designed and implemented,with new results generated Introduction and reason-ing of a new knowledge management system orga-nized around topics for sustainability

Contents

From the contents Preface: Sustainability Challengesand New Imperatives.- Part I Global Knowledge e-Networking.- Part II Knowledge Value Chain forSustainability.- Part III New e-Strategies for Knowl-edge and Value.

Fields of interest

Economic Systems; Database Management; Ontol-ogy; Methodology of the Social Sciences; Environ-ment, general; Political Science

Target groups

Policy-makers and scholars (including students, pro-fessors, and researchers)

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due September 2007

2007. XX, 484 p. (Alliance for Global Sustainability Bookseries,

Band 11) Geb.

149,75 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6070-0

P.O. Christensen, University of Aarhus, Aarhus C, Denmark; G.

Feltham, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC,

Canada

Economics of Accounting

Performance Evaluation

This book provides an integrated, technical exposi-tion of key concepts in agency theory, with particularemphasis on analyses of the economic consequencesof the characteristics of contractible performancemeasures, such as accounting reports. It is not a sur-vey of the literature, but provides a succinct sourcefor learning the fundamentals of the economics ofincentives. While there is an emphasis on informa-tion issues of interest to accounting researchers, it isalso relevant to researchers in economics, finance,management science, and other disciplines who areinterested in the economics of management incen-tives.

Features

Analytical research in accounting Courses in Eco-nomics, Finance and Management Science Manage-ment science students Supply chain management In-centives

Contents

Foreword to Volume I.- Preface to Volume I.- Pref-ace to Volume II.- Introduction to PerformanceEvaluation.- Optimal Contracts.- Ex Post Perfor-mance Measures.- Linear Contracts.- Multiple Tasksand Multiple Performance Measures.- Stock Pricesand Accounting Numbers as Performance Mea-sures.- Post-contract, Pre-decision Information.-Pre-contract Information - Uninformed PrincipalMoves First.- Intra-period Contract Renegotiation.-Multi-period Contracts with Full Commitment andIndependent Periods.- Timing and Correlation ofReports in a Multi-period LEN Model.- Full Com-mitment Contacts [..]

Fields of interest

Accounting/Auditing; Microeconomics

Target groups

Accounting researchers, particularly those interestedin economic theory applied to the analysis of the de-cision-influencing role of accounting management ofscience students

Type of publication

Monograph

Due September 2007

2007. XXII, 664 p. (Springer Series in Accounting Scholarship,

Band 2) Softcover

69,50 €

ISBN 978-0-387-74577-0


J. Connor, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Aus-

tralia

The Sociology of Loyalty

The sociology of emotions is currently a significantfield of research but loyalty has not been addresseddirectly by emotions theorists. This proposed bookwould take the concept of loyalty (What is loyalty?How does it fit into the study of emotions? What arethe different types of loyalty? etc.) and place it in thesociology of emotions field. By drawing on currenttheorists, current and historical examples (includ-ing the areas of family, nation, sports, etc.) the bookclearly establishes the components of loyalty and itsplace with in the theories of emotion. Additional-ly it develops the theoretical understanding of emo-tions by taking a previously ignored – yet highly top-ical – emotion and placing it within the theoreticalperspective. Specifically, this book explains loyalties:why we have them and what they do for us and soci-ety. It also places loyalty into the study of emotionssuch as trust and shame.

Features

The field of loyalty has not been addressed directlyby emotions theorists though it is an attractive sub-ject for researchers in a variety of fields, includingsociology, psychology, business and economics Ex-plains loyalties: why we have them and what they dofor us and society Incorporates contemporary as wellas historical examples

Contents

Introduction.- Loyalty and Theories of Emotion.- El-ements of Loyalty.- Family Loyalty.- National Loy-alty.- Sport and Loyalty.- Cultural Loyalty.- Conclu-sion.- Epilogue.

Fields of interest

Sociology

Target groups

Professionals and researchers in the disciplines of so-ciology, psychology, business and economics

Type of publication

Monograph

Due July 2007

2007. X, 162 illus. Geb.

74,85 €

ISBN 978-0-387-71367-0

R. Conrady, University of Applied Sciences, Worms, Germany; M.

Buck, ITB, Berlin, Germany (Eds.)

Trends and Issues in Global Tourism

2007

This book offers insight into important trends in theglobal travel and tourism industry and analyzes de-velopments in the aviation and hospitality indus-try, destination management and general travel be-havior. The most recent developments in marketingand sales as well as in travel technology and businesstravel are of key importance for managing compa-nies involved in travel and tourism. The articles arebased on presentations and panel discussions pre-sented at the world's largest tourism convention, theITB Convention Market Trends and Innovations.This book unites convention highlights prepared byrenowned professionals and scientists within the in-dustry. As such, readers can form a comprehensivevision of the developments which are shaping thestructure of the global travel and tourism industry.The book is indispensable for tourism professionalsand scientists as well as students analyzing currentglobal tourism trends.

Contents

Mega trends and their impact on the tourism indus-try.- Aviation management.- Destination manage-ment.- Marketing and sales management.- Traveltechnology.- Business travel management.- Long-Term perspectives in the Tourism Industry.

Fields of interest

Management; Regional Science; Economic Geogra-phy; Human Geography

Target groups

Professionals in tourism

Type of publication

Professional book

Due March 2007

2007. XX, 235 p. 40 illus. Geb.

53,45 €

ISBN 978-3-540-70831-5

A. Consiglio, Università di Palermo, Italia (Ed.)

Artificial Markets Modeling

Methods and Applications

Agent-based computational modeling with its in-trinsic multidisciplinary approach is gaining increas-ing recognition in the social sciences, particularlyin economics, business and finance. The methodol-ogy is now widely used to compute analytical mod-els numerically and test them for departures fromtheoretical assumptions, and to provide stand-alonesimulation models for problems that are analytical-ly intractable.This volume is devoted to recent con-tributions to the field from both the social sciencesand computer sciences. It presents applications ofagent-based computational methodologies and toolsin the social sciences, focusing strongly on the uses,requirements and constraints of agent-based modelsemployed by social scientists. Topics include agent-based macroeconomics, the emergence of norms andconventions, the dynamics of social and economicnetworks, and behavioral models in financial mar-kets.

Fields of interest

Game Theory/Mathematical Methods; ComputerAppl. in Social and Behavioral Sciences

Target groups

Scientists

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due August 2007

2007. XV, 277 p., 84 illus. (Lecture Notes in Economics and Math-

ematical Systems, Band 599) Softcover

69,50 €

ISBN 978-3-540-73134-4


R. Cooper, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia; K. Donaghy,

Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA; G. Hewings, Regional Eco-

nomics Applications Laboratory, Urbana, IL, USA (Eds.)

Globalization and Regional

Economic Modeling

Globalization is affecting regional economies in abroad spectrum of aspects, from labor market condi-tions and development policies to climate change. Tounderstand better how this works, we need both con-ceptual and methodological contributions. We neednew schemes to organize our thinking, direct our at-tention, and frame thought experiments on the ba-sis of which guidance may be offered. And we needmethodological innovations that enable us to carryout studies and thought experiments at levels of spa-tial and temporal resolution and formal complexityadequate to capture and account for the phenomenathat characterize globalization. The chapters of thisvolume, written by an international cast of eminentregional scientists, represent contributions of bothtypes, in many cases introducing and demonstratingthe use of new tools for analyzing and understandingenormous changes underway in regional economiesaround the world.

Features

Timely conceptual refinements for regional analysisNew tools for analyzing the enormous changes in re-gional economies due to globalization Graphical de-vices to schematize complex concepts and present

Fields of interest

Regional Science; Microeconomics; EnvironmentalEconomics; Geography; Operation Research/Deci-sion Theory; Econometrics

Target groups

Scientists; practitioners (consultants)

Type of publication

Monograph

Due September 2007

2007. XIII, 475 p. (Advances in Spatial Science) Geb.

128,35 €

ISBN 978-3-540-72443-8

E. Cramer, RWTH Aachen; U. Kamps, RWTH Aachen

Grundlagen der

Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung und

Statistik

Ein Skript für Studierende der Informatik, der Ingenieur- und

Wirtschaftswissenschaften

Eine einführende Veranstaltung zur Wahrschein-lichkeitsrechnung und Statistik ist in vielenStudiengängen ein fester und wichtiger Bestandteilder Ausbildung. Dieses Buch führt anwendung-sorientiert in die Beschreibende und SchließendeStatistik, in die Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung undin stochastische Modellierung ein und wendet sichinsbesondere an Studierende der Informatik, desIngenieur- und Wirtschaftsingenieurwesens sowieder Wirtschaftswissenschaften. Es ist im Sinne eineserweiterten Skripts als begleitender Text zu einereinsemestrigen Veranstaltung konzipiert.Die Au-toren stellen die wesentlichen Inhalte und Aspektein kurzer und prägnanter Form dar und verzichtendaher bewusst auf ausführliche Motivationen undBeispiele sowie Aufgaben. So wird das Buch zum ide-alen Begleiter jeder Grundvorlesung in Statistik.

Features

Prägnante studien- und anwendungsorientierteEinführung in beschreibende Statistik, Wahrschein-lichkeitsrechnung und schließende Statistik Behan-delt genau den Stoff zu der Einführungsvorlesungfür Studierende der Informatik, der Wirtschaftswis-senschaften und des Ingenieur- und Wirtschaftsinge-nieurwesens

Contents

Beschreibende Statistik.- Wahrscheinlichkeitsrech-nung.- Zufallsvariablen.- Schließende Statistik.

Fields of interest

Statistics for Engineering, Physics, Computer Sci-ence, Chemistry & Geosciences; Statistics for Busi-ness/Economics/Mathematical Finance/Insurance;Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engi-neering; Game Theory/Mathematical Methods; In-formation Systems; Statistical Theory and Methods

Target groups

Studierende der Informatik, des Ingenieur- undWirtschaftsingenieurwesens und der Wirtschaftswis-senschaften

Type of publication

German textbook

Due April 2007

2007. IX, 323 S. 32 Abb. (Springer-Lehrbuch) Softcover

24,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-36342-2

R.-A. Dana, Université Paris IX (Dauphine), Paris, France; M. Jean-

blanc, Université d'Evry, France

Financial Markets in Continuous

Time

In modern financial practice, asset prices are mod-elled by means of stochastic processes, and contin-uous-time stochastic calculus thus plays a centralrole in financial modelling. This approach has itsroots in the foundational work of the Nobel laureatesBlack, Scholes and Merton. Asset prices are furtherassumed to be rationalizable, that is, determined byequality of demand and supply on some market. Thisapproach has its roots in the foundational work onGeneral Equilibrium of the Nobel laureates Arrowand Debreu and in the work of McKenzie. This bookhas four parts. The first brings together a number ofresults from discrete-time models. The second devel-ops stochastic continuous-time models for the val-uation of financial assets (the Black-Scholes formu-la and its extensions), for optimal portfolio and con-sumption choice, and for obtaining the yield curveand pricing interest rate products. The third part re-calls some concepts and results of general equilibri-um theory, and applies this in [..]

Features

Explains key financial concepts, mathematical toolsand theories of mathematical finance Range of topicscovered is very broad for an introductory text Con-tains two separate appendices on Brownian motionand on numerical methods

Contents

The Discrete Case.- Dynamic Models in DiscreteTime.- The Black-Scholes Formula.- Portfolios Op-timizing Wealth and Consumption.- The YieldCurve.- Equilibrium of Financial Markets in DiscreteTime.- Equilibrium of Financial Markets in Continu-ous Time. The Complete Markets Case.- IncompleteMarkets.- Exotic Options.- Appendix A: BrownianMotion.- Appendix B: Numerical Methods.

Fields of interest

Quantitative Finance; Probability Theory andStochastic Processes

Target groups

Graduate students, undergraduate students and re-searchers

Type of publication


Due July 2007

Original French edition published by Economica, Paris, 1998

2007. XI, 326 p. (Springer Finance) Softcover

42,75 €

ISBN 978-3-540-71149-0


G. Disterer, Fachhochschule Hannover

Studienarbeiten schreiben

Seminar-, Bachelor-, Master- und Diplomarbeiten in den

Wirtschaftswissenschaften

Das Buch hilft Studierenden der Wirtschafts- undSozialwissenschaften, Studienarbeiten erfolgre-ich zu schreiben. Es gibt detailliert Auskunft überdie qualitativen und formalen Anforderungen, diean Abschlussarbeiten (Bachelorarbeiten, Master-arbeiten, Diplomarbeiten) sowie Seminararbeit-en und Hausarbeiten gestellt werden. Dabei wer-den auch die Gründe für formale Regularien inPrüfungsordnungen und Zitierrichtlinien erläutert.Inhaltliche und formale Anforderungen werden aufdiese Weise transparent und verständlich. Mit denklaren Handlungsanleitungen und Hinweisen, diedas Buch enthält, wird das Anfertigen von Studienar-beiten für Studierenden wieder zu einer interessan-ten und spannenden Aufgabe.

Features

Konkrete Handlungsanleitungen für die Anfertigungvon Studienarbeiten Ausführliche Erläuterung for-maler Anforderungen Vollständige Überarbeitungund Erweiterung um neue Entwicklungen wie Bach-elor/Master und Internet

Contents

Einleitung.- Semantische Analyse einerPrüfungsordnung.- Wissenschaftliches Arbeit-en.- Positionieren von Studienarbeiten.- Orien-tierung und Verankerung im Fachgebiet.- Forman-forderungen.- Bewertung der Leistungsnachweise.-Abschließende Bemerkungen.

Fields of interest

Economics/Management Science, general

Target groups

Studenten

Type of publication

German textbook

Due June 2007

2007. VIII, 195 S. (Springer-Lehrbuch) Softcover

14,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-72390-5

M. Eckardt, Witten/Herdecke University, Witten, Germany

Insurance Intermediation

An Economic Analysis of the Information Services Market

Insurance intermediaries can help consumers toeconomize on information and transaction costsin insurance markets. However, competing inter-mediaries provide heterogeneous information ser-vices, which are difficult to assess by incompletelyinformed consumers. Conduct and performance inthe market for insurance information services areanalyzed by applying search theoretical and indus-trial organization approaches. Based on a sample of927 insurance intermediaries, the factors that affectthe quality of the information services provided bythem are studied empirically. The results obtainedsupport the main hypotheses derived from industrialorganization theories as to the poor working of qual-ity competition under incomplete and asymmetricinformation on the side of consumers. Thus, publicpolicy should concentrate on increasing transparen-cy about intermediaries’ (in-)dependence from in-surance companies and improve consumers’ finan-cial literacy to raise the overall quality in the infor-mation services market.

Contents

Intermediaries in the Insurance Market.- An Eco-nomic Explanation of Insurance Intermediation.-Competition between Insurance Intermediaries.-The Market for Insurance Intermediation in Ger-many.- Conclusions.

Fields of interest

Industrial Organization; Financial Economics; SocialPolicy

Target groups

Researchers and scholars

Type of publication

Monograph

Due March 2007

2007. VI, 246 p. 34 illus. (Contributions to Economics) Softcover

69,50 €

ISBN 978-3-7908-1939-7

P. Emerson, The de Borda Institute, Belfast, Northern Ireland (Ed.)

Designing an All-Inclusive

Democracy

Consensual Voting Procedures for Use in Parliaments, Coun-

cils and Committees

Democracy is for everybody, not just a majority. Thisbook describes the voting procedures by which ma-jority rule may be replaced by a more consensualsystem of governance. In a word, such an inclusivepolity can be achieved by asking the voters or, moreusually, their representatives in councils and parlia-ments, to state their preferences, so to facilitate theidentification of that option which gains the high-est average preference score. The first part of thebook describes three different voting procedures, theModified Borda Count, the Quota Borda System andthe Matrix Vote, and gives a number of hypotheticalexamples, all clearly depicted in tables. In the secondpart, the voting mechanisms are discussed againstthe background of the theory of voting, social choicetheory, human rights and mediation practice. Thebook includes a foreword by Sir Michael Dummettand contributions by Elizabeth Meehan, Hannu Nur-mi and Maurice Salles, among others.

Features

This book describes consensual forms of voting andseeks to destroy the myth that politics must be ad-versarial. Numerous examples, clearly depicted in ta-bles, illustrate the different voting procedures. The-oretical analysis by renowned scientists from socialchoice theory.

Contents

Towards an Inclusive Democracy: Collective Deci-sion-making.- Electing a Pluralist Parliament.- Elect-ing a Power-sharing Executive.- The Art or Scienceof Manipulation.- A Critique: The Theory of Votingand the Borda Systems.- A Social Choice Critique ofthe Borda Systems.- Human Rights and Voting Pro-cedures in Plural Societies.- The Psychology of Inclu-sive Voting in Mediation Practice.- Conclusions: TheReal Politics of Consensus Voting.- Appendices.

Fields of interest

Political Science; Microeconomics

Target groups

Economists and political scientists, professionals inpolitics-related fields

Type of publication

Monograph

Due May 2007

2007. XV, 186 p. With CD-ROM. Geb.

80,20 €

ISBN 978-3-540-33163-6


P. Engelkamp, DST - Entwicklungszentrum für Schiffstechnik und

Transportsysteme e.V., Duisburg; F.L. Sell, Universität der Bun-

deswehr München, Neubiberg

Einführung in die

Volkswirtschaftslehre

Dieses Buch wendet sich an Studierende derWirtschaftswissenschaften, aber auch an Interessen-ten anderer Fachrichtungen und an Praktiker. Ver-mittelt wird ein Überblick über die Volkswirtschaft-slehre mit dem Ziel, die wichtigsten Fragestellun-gen dieser Disziplin aufzuzeigen und die Metho-den vorzustellen, mit denen man diese Fragen zubeantworten sucht. In erster Linie geht es darum,die „ökonomische Intuition“ beim Leser zu wecken,mit den Denkansätzen der Ökonomie vertraut zumachen und zur weiteren Beschäftigung mit der Ma-terie anzuregen. Nach einem kurzen Überblick überdie Grundlagen der Volkswirtschaftslehre steht dieBehandlung mikro- und makroökonomischer The-men im Vordergrund. Anschließend werden zentraleThemen der Theorie der Wirtschaftspolitik und derFinanzwissenschaft untersucht.

Features

Kurzer, überschaubarer Text VerständlicherEinstieg in die Denkansätze der ÖkonomieLösungsmethoden für die wichtigsten Problemstel-lungen

Contents

Grundlagen: Gegenstand, Methoden d. VWL.-Grundtatbestände d. Wirtschaftens.- Gle-ichgewichtstendenzen u. Stabilität d. Marktsys-tems. Mikroökonomie: Haushaltstheorie.- Un-ternehmenstheorie.- Preistheorie.- Wettbewerbsthe-orie, -politik. Makroökonomie: Geld.- Wirtschaft-skreislauf u. Inlandsprodukt.- Einkommens- u.Beschäftigungstheorie.- Konjunktur u. Wachstum.-Außenwirtschaft. Theorie der Wirtschaftspolitik:Aufgabenstellung, Abgrenzung z. Wirtschaftstheo-rie.- Teilgebiete, Gestaltungsräume d. Wirtschaft-spolitik.- Ziele, Zielhierarchien, Zielbeziehungen i.d.Wirtschaftspolitik.- Der [..]

Fields of interest

Economics general

Target groups

Studenten

Type of publication

German textbook

Due September 2007

2007. XVIII, 500 S. 179 Abb. (Springer-Lehrbuch) Softcover

29,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-74215-9

G.S. Epstein, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel; S. Nitzan, Bar-

Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel

Endogenous Public Policy and

Contests

This book studies endogenous policy determina-tion focusing on the role of interest groups and theirlobbying efforts in the determination of public pol-icy. Applying strategic contest theory as the basicmethodology, it clarifies the fundamental parame-ters that determine the behavior of the governmentand the interest groups - the two contestants for the“prizes” associated with public policy. The funda-mental parameters are the objective of the govern-ment, political culture, the contest success function,the stakes of the interest groups and their character-istics. The analysis focuses on the relationship be-tween these parameters and public policy, the contestwinning probabilities of the interest groups and theirefforts. Comprehensive illustrations of the usefulnessof the proposed approach are provided in five specif-ic cases: the determination of monopoly price, pri-vatization policy, migration quotas, minimum wageand promotion in tournaments.

Features

Applies a single simple methodology, strategic con-test theory, to capture the basic forces affecting therelationship between public policy and lobbying orinfluence activities It presents five illustrations ofthe usefulness of the proposed extended contest ap-proach

Contents

The Basic Contest: The Policy Contest.- Contest Ra-tionalization - Microfoundations.- The ExtendedContest: With Government: Endogenous Public Pol-icy.- Culture, Politicization and Relative Rent Dis-sipation.- Lobbying and Compromise.- The Poli-cy Effect: Effort and Performance.- Prizes (Size andDistribution) and Efforts.- Asymmetry and Correc-tive Public Policy.- The Extended Contest: WithoutGovernment: The Social Cost of Rent Seeking whenConsumer Opposition Influences Monopoly Behav-ior.- Strategic Restraint.- Applications: Monopoly-price Determination.- Privatization.- Migration [..]

Fields of interest

Public Finance

Target groups

Researchers, graduate and advanced undergraduatestudents

Type of publication

Monograph

Due September 2007

2007. XVI, 221 p. 7 illus. Geb.

85,55 €

ISBN 978-3-540-72242-7

F. Etro, Universià degli Studi di Milano Bicocca, Milano, Italy

Competition, Innovation, and

Antitrust

A Theory of Market Leaders and Its Policy Implications

This book reviews recent progress in the theory ofoligopoly and market leadership and provides newresults on the theory of Stackelberg competitionand Nash competition with strategic investment un-der endogenous entry. These theories are applied tomodels of competition in quantities, prices and topatent races. The results are used to propose a newapproach to competition policy, and in particular toissues of abuse of dominance, which goes beyond thepost-Chicago approach, and to analyse antitrust cas-es as the Microsoft case.

Features

Author (visiting fellow of Harvard and NBER fellow)has extensively published in this field

Contents

Competition, Leadership and Entry.- Strategic Com-mitments and Endogenous Entry.- Stackelberg Com-petition and Endogenous Entry.- Dynamic Competi-tion and Endogenous Entry.- Antritrust and Abuseof Dominance.- Microsoft Economics.- Epilogue.-References.- Index.

Fields of interest

R & D/Technology Policy; Economic Policy; Indus-trial Organization

Target groups

Researchers, scholars

Type of publication

Monograph

Due September 2007

2007. XX, 283 p. Geb.

90,90 €

ISBN 978-3-540-49600-7


L. Fahrmeir, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München; Th. Kneib,

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München; S. Lang, Leopold-

Franzens-Universität Innsbruck

Regression

Modelle, Methoden und Anwendungen

In dieser Einführung werden erstmals klassis-che Regressionsansätze und moderne nicht- undsemiparametrische Methoden in einer integri-erten, einheitlichen und anwendungsorientiertenForm beschrieben. Die Darstellung wendet sich anStudierende der Statistik in Wahl- und Hauptfachsowie an empirisch-statistisch und interdisziplinärarbeitende Wissenschaftler und Praktiker, zumBeispiel in Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften,Bioinformatik, Biostatistik, Ökonometrie, Epidemi-ologie. Die praktische Anwendung der vorgestelltenKonzepte und Methoden wird anhand ausführlichvorgestellter Fallstudien demonstriert, um dem Leserdie Analyse eigener Fragestellungen zu ermöglichen.

Features

Integrierte Darstellung von klassischen und mod-ernen, semiparametrischen RegressionsmodellenAusführliche Anwendungsbeispiele und Fallstudien

Contents

Einführung.- Regressionsmodelle.- Lineare Regres-sionsmodelle.- Generalisierte lineare Modelle.- Kat-egoriale Regressionsmodelle.- Gemischte Modelle.-Nichtparametrische Regression.- Matrix-Algebra.-Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung und induktive Statis-tik.

Fields of interest

Statistics for Business/Economics/Mathematical Fi-nance/Insurance

Target groups

Studenten

Type of publication


Due April 2007

2007. XIV, 501 S., 142 illus. (Statistik und ihre Anwendungen)

Softcover

32,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-33932-8

L. Fahrmeir, Universität München; R. Künstler, Efringen-Kirchen; I.

Pigeot, Universität Bremen; G. Tutz, Universität München

Statistik

Der Weg zur Datenanalyse

Das Buch bietet eine integrierte Darstellung derdeskriptiven Statistik, moderner Methoden der ex-plorativen Datenanalyse und der induktiven Statis-tik, einschließlich der Regressions- und Varianz-analyse. Die Darstellung ist auf inhaltliche Motiva-tion, Interpretation und Verständnis der Methodenausgerichtet. Zahlreiche Beispiele mit realen Datenund Graphiken veranschaulichen den Text. Texther-vorhebungen zentraler Aspekte und Stichwörter amRand erhöhen die Lesbarkeit und Übersichtlichkeit.Das Buch eignet sich als vorlesungsbegleitenderText, aber auch zum Selbststudium für Studentenaus den Bereichen der Wirtschafts- und Sozialwis-senschaften, anderen Anwendungsdisziplinen derStatistik sowie als Einführungstext für Studenten derStatistik.

Features

Umfassende Einführung in die Statistik Eingängig:inhaltliche Motivation, Interpretationshilfen undverständliche Darstellung der Methoden An-schaulich: zahlreiche Beispiele, Grafiken und Tex-thervorhebungen

Contents

Einführung.- Univariate Deskription und Explo-ration von Daten.- Multivariate Deskription und Ex-ploration.- Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung.- DiskreteZufallsvariablen.- Stetige Zufallsvariablen.- Mehrüber Zufallsvariablen und Verteilungen.- Mehrdi-mensionale Zufallsvariablen.- Parameterschätzung.-Testen von Hypothesen.- Spezielle Testprobleme.-Regressionsanalyse.- Varianzanalyse.- Zeitreihen.-Tabellen.

Fields of interest

Economic Theory; Statistical Theory and Methods;Statistics for Business/Economics/Mathematical Fi-nance/Insurance

Target groups

Studenten

Type of publication

German textbook

Due March 2007

2007. XVI, 610 S. 162 Abb. (Springer-Lehrbuch) Softcover

29,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-69713-8

O. Falck, Ifo Institute of Economic Research, München, Germany

Emergence and Survival of New

Businesses

Econometric Analyses

Two very topical research questions are addressed inthis book: Which are the determinants of new busi-ness formation and their survival, and will businessstart-ups, especially in the service sector, create em-ployment and thereby generate growth? The analy-sis is based on a unique dataset consisting of the pop-ulation of all businesses with at least one employeeunder social security in Germany in all private in-dustries (manufacturing and services). State-of-the-art econometric techniques are used throughout thebook, taking into account the multi-dimensionalcharacter of the determinants. Using Germany as anexample, the book gives a comprehensive review onentrepreneurial activity, and draws the general con-clusion that new businesses should not be subsidizedwith a watering can.

Contents

Introduction, Overview, and Conclusions.- The Ef-fects of New Business Formation on Growth.- NewBusinesses and Regional Development.- New Busi-ness Formation by Industry over Space and Time.-New Business Survival by Industry over Space andTime.- Micro-Econometric Survival Analysis of NewBusinesses.

Fields of interest

Entrepreneurship; Industrial Organization; Econo-metrics

Target groups

Scientists

Type of publication

Monograph

Due July 2007

2007. VIII, 140 p. 13 illus. (Contributions to Management Science)

Softcover

58,80 €

ISBN 978-3-7908-1947-2


G. Fiandaca, University of Palermo, Italy (Ed.)

Women and the Mafia

Female Roles in Organized Crime Structures

Where is a woman’s place in the mob? Does she evenhave one? Is the rise in women’s involvement in or-ganized crime the darker side of their increased pres-ence in the legitimate workplace, or simply a rework-ing of the mafia’s traditional male attitudes cloakedin the guise of women’s emancipation? The insight-ful essays in Women and the Mafia seek to answerthese questions from a wide range of academic dis-ciplines and trace the portrait of women tied to or-ganized crime in Italy and around the world. Thisbook pulls back the code of silence and shines a lighton the dark image of women entangled in organizedcrime. The surprising first hand accounts of mafiawomen in Italy not only reveal women in power,"generals in skirts", but also tales of severe abuse andviolence against women. The book introduces usto the professional women of the Argentine "mafiastate", Albanian human traffickers, spies for the Rus-sian mob, runners for Brazilian numbers rackets, andthe mystique of the American gangster moll.

Features

Shines a new light on the roles of women withincriminal networks, roles that in reality are often lesstraditional than researchers used to think Containscontributions from psychologists, anthropologists,sociologists, historians, prosecutors and journalistsContributors have combined quantitative methods(statistical data, historical research) with qualitativemethods such as personal interviews to come [..]

Contents

Introduction.- Section 1.- Women in the Neapoli-tan Camorra 1950-2000.- Mafia Women: The affir-mation of a female pseudo-subject. The case of the‘Ndrangheta.- Women in the ‘Ndrangheta: The Ser-raino-Di Giovine Case.- Women in the Sacra Coro-na Unita.- Symbolic domination and active power:Female roles inside criminal organizations.- Womenin mafia organizations.- Women and other mafias.-Section 2.- Visibility of the female figure in the mafiauniverse: An investigation through a press reviewover a twenty-year period.- Section 3.- Women in or-ganized crime in Albania.- Women in organized [..]

Fields of interest

Social Sciences; Criminology & Criminal Justice

Target groups

Criminologists, sociologists, and anthropologists in-terested in organized Crime

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due May 2007

Original Italian edition published by Università degli Studi di

Palermo

2007. VIII, 308 p. (Studies of Organized Crime, Band 5) Geb.

82,34 €

ISBN 978-0-387-36537-4

J. Filipe, Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal/INSTICC, Portugal; J.

Cordeiro, Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal/INSTICC, Portugal; V.

Pedrosa, Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal/INSTICC, Portugal (Eds.)

Web Information Systems and

Technologies

International Conferences WEBIST 2005 and WEBIST 2006, Re-

vised Selected Papers

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the 1st and 2nd International Con-ference on Web Information Systems and Technolo-gies, WEBIST 2005 and 2006, held in Miami, FL,USA, and Setubal, Portugal, respectively. The 30 re-vised full papers presented in this volume were care-fully reviewed and selected from more than 300 sub-missions overall. In addition, three keynote presen-tations are also included. The papers address all rel-evant aspects of web information systems technolo-gies and applications and are grouped into four partsabout internet technology; web interfaces and appli-cations; society, e-business and e-government; and e-learning.

Contents

Invited Papers - Part 1: Internet Technology - Part 2:Web Interfaces and Applications - Part 3: Society, E-Business and E-Government - Part 4: E-Learning.

Fields of interest

e-business and e-commerce; Information Systems;Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet);Computer Applications

Target groups

Researchers and libraries

Type of publication

Proceedings

Due August 2007

2007. XIII, 422 p. (Lecture Notes in Business Information Process-

ing, Band 1) Softcover

59,92 €

ISBN 978-3-540-74062-9

S. Fleßa, Universität Greifswald

Gesundheitsökonomik

Eine Einführung in das wirtschaftliche Denken für Mediziner

Das rationale, die Verschwendung ver-meidende Handeln war schon immer eineSelbstverständlichkeit für Ärzte, Pflegekräfte undandere Mitarbeiter des Gesundheitswesens. DieNotwendigkeit einer expliziten Ausbildung inÖkonomik wurde diesen Berufsgruppen jedoch erstin den letzten Jahren durch die gesetzlich verord-neten Sparmaßnahmen bewusst. Das Buch vermit-telt als eine „Ökonomie für Nichtökonomen" dieGrundlagen der Wirtschaftswissenschaft, so weit siefür das Grundverständnis der Prozesse und Struk-turen des Gesundheitswesens notwendig sind. Es solleine Art Ablagesystem entstehen, in das der Lesereigene Vorkenntnisse und zukünftige Erfahrungenan der richtigen Stelle einhängen kann. Dabei wirddeutlich, dass die Gesundheitsökonomik durch ef-fizientes Wirtschaften Freiräume für verantwortlich-es, professionelles Handeln schaffen möchte. DieGesundheitsökonomik wird damit zu einem hilfre-ichen Instrument für den Arzt, die Pflegekraft oderandere Mitarbeiter im Gesundheitswesen.

Features

Praktische, umfassende und dabei komprimierteEinführung in betriebs- und volkswirtschaftlicheZusammenhänge für Mediziner Zur Ausbil-dung im Fach Prävention/Gesundheitsförderung/Gesundheitsökonomik sowie auch zum Selbststudi-um von Ärzten, Pflegekräften und anderen Mitar-beitern im Gesundheitswesen Vollständige Aktu-alisierung und Berücksichtigung der neuen geset-zlichen Rahmenbedingungen, insbesonders in der[..]

Contents

Einführung: Wirtschaftswissenschaft – einneues Fach für Mediziner; Grundprobleme derGesundheitsökonomik.- Ziele- und Wertesystem:Wertesystem; Ziele der Gesundheitspolitik.- Nach-frage: Bedürfnisse; Raum und Distanz; Kaufkraft.-Angebot: Gesundheitsbetriebslehre – Überblick;Leistungs- und Finanzwirtschaft der Dienstleister;Management; Betriebliches Rechnungswesen; Her-leitung der Angebotsfunktion.- Gesundheitsmärkte:Marktgleichgewicht und Marktformen; Staatliche In-terventionen.- Gesundheitspolitik: Gesundheit undWirtschaftswachstum; Gesundheitsförderung alsgesundheitspolitische [..]

Fields of interest

Health Care Administration; Economics general

Target groups

Medizinstudenten, Ärzte, Pflegekräfte sowie andereMitarbeiter des Gesundheitswesens

Type of publication

German textbook

Due September 2007


19,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-73409-3


T.L. Friesz, Pennsylvania State University, Philadelphia, PA, USA

(Ed.)

Network Science, Nonlinear Science

and Infrastructure Systems

Network Science, Nonlinear Science and Infras-tructure Systems has been written by leading schol-ars in these areas. Its express purpose is to developcommon theoretical underpinnings to better solvemodern infrastructural problems. It is felt by manywho work in these fields that many modern com-munication problems, ranging from transportationnetworks to telecommunications, Internet, supplychains, etc., are fundamentally infrastructure prob-lems. Moreover, these infrastructure problems wouldbenefit greatly from a confluence of theoretical andmethodological work done with the areas of NetworkScience, Dynamical Systems and Nonlinear Science.This book is dedicated to the formulation of infras-tructural tools that will better solve these types of in-frastructural problems.

Features

There is much interest in infrastructural problemsthese days, including the complexities of transporta-tion, the Internet, supply chains, and many other in-frastructural networks. This interest has generatedmathematical modeling of physical and virtual in-frastructure that emphasizes the nonlinear and dy-namic nature of flow phenomena on infrastructurenetworks Will attract considerable attention among[..]

Contents

A revolution in infrastructure network research andengineering?.- Modeling large scale and complexinfrastructure systems as computable games.- Net-works and dynamics: the structure of the world welive in.- Differential variational inequalities with con-trols and state-dependent time shifts.- Characteri-zation and monitoring of nonlinear dynamics andchaos in manufacturing enterprise systems.- Evolu-tionary traffic flow landscapes: a fitness approach forITS management.- Network connectivity models:an overview and empirical applications in the space-economy.- An application of complex [..]

Fields of interest

Operation Research/Decision Theory; Regional Sci-ence; Economic Theory; Mathematical Modeling andIndustrial Mathematics; Communications Engineer-ing, Networks; Optimization

Target groups

Academic researchers, graduate students

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due August 2007

2007. VIII, 368 p. (International Series in Operations Research &

Management Science, Band 102) Geb.

106,95 €

ISBN 978-0-387-71080-8

M.C. Fu, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA; R.A. Jar-

row, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA; J.-Y.J. Yen, Vanderbilt

University, Nashville, TN, USA; R.J. Elliott, University of Calgary,

AB, Canada (Eds.)

Advances in Mathematical Finance

This self-contained volume brings together a collec-tion of chapters by some of the most distinguishedresearchers and practitioners in the field of mathe-matical finance and financial engineering. Presentingstate-of-the-art developments in theory and prac-tice, the work is a valuable resource for gradu-ate students, researchers, and practitioners in math-ematical finance and financial engineering. Contributors: H. Albrecher, D.C. Brody, P. Carr, E.Eberlein, R.J. Elliott, M.C. Fu, H. Geman, M. Hei-dari, A. Hirsa, L.P. Hughston, R.A. Jarrow, X. Jin,W. Kluge, S.A. Ladoucette, A. Macrina, D.B. Madan,F. Milne, M. Musiela, P. Protter, W. Schoutens, E.Seneta, K. Shimbo, R. Sircar, J. van der Hoek, M.Yor,T. Zariphopoulou

Features

Includes contributions from some of the most dis-tinguished researchers and practitioners in the fieldsof mathematical finance and financial engineeringOffers state-of-the-art developments in theory andpractice Real-world applications to fixed-incomemodels, credit risk models, CDO pricing, tax rebates,tax arbitrage, and tax equilibrium Ideal for a broadaudience of graduate students, researchers, and [..]

Contents

Preface.- Career Highlights and List of Publications /Dilip B. Madan.- Part I. Variance-Gamma and Relat-ed Stochastic Processes.- The Early Years of the Vari-ance-Gamma Process.- Variance-Gamma and MonteCarlo.- Some Remarkable Properties of Gamma Pro-cesses.- A Note About Selberg's Integrals in Relationwith the Beta-Gamma Algebra.- Itô Formulas forFractional Brownian Motion.- Part II. Asset and Op-tion Pricing.- A Tutorial on Zero Volatility and Op-tion Adjusted Spreads.- Asset Price Bubbles in Com-plete Markets.- Taxation and Transaction Costs in aGeneral Equilibrium Asset Economy.- [..]

Fields of interest

Quantitative Finance; Applications of Mathematics;Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of En-gineering; Game Theory/Mathematical Methods; Fi-nancial Economics

Target groups

Graduate students, researchers, and practitionersin mathematical finance, financial engineering, andcomputational finance

Type of publication

Reference work

Due August 2007

2007. XXVIII, 340 p. 41 illus. (Applied and Numerical Harmonic

Analysis) Geb.

69,44 €

ISBN 978-0-8176-4544-1

R. Färe, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA; S. Grosskopf,

Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA; D. Primont, Southern

Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, USA (Eds.)

Aggregation, Efficiency, and

Measurement

Economists have long studied the efficiency of firms,industries, and entire economies. This volume bringstogether leading scholars to make connections be-tween efficiency and a number of diverse areas ofcurrent interest to economists, including an exami-nation of the efficiency of tax systems across genera-tions that overlap, and the efficiency of firm mergersthat highlights the tradeoff between the synergy ofthe merger and the problem of managerial oversightin the now larger firm. An empirical look at produc-tivity growth of states uses a tripartite decompositionof labor productivity into technological innovation,improvement in efficiency, and the capital deepeningbrought about by new business investment, sheddinglight on important debates on their relative impor-tance. The efficiency of patent laws is examined in amodern model of economic growth. These contribu-tions are complemented by analyses of methodolog-ical problems involved in the measurement, estima-tion and aggregation of efficiency [..]

Features

Includes contributions from a broad spectrum of in-ternationally renowned scholars whose research fallsin the broad areas of efficiency, optimality, aggrega-tion, growth and index number theory

Contents

Introduction.- The Pareto-Optima of Finite-HorizonOLG Models.- , Directional Technology DistanceFunctions: Theory and Applications.- SynergisticMergers in an Agency Context: An Illustration of theInteraction of the Observability Problem and Syner-gistic Mergers.- The Le Chatelier Principle in DEA.-Finding Common Ground.- Sources of Manufactur-ing Productivity Growth: U.S. States 1990-1999.- Ele-ments of General Equilibrium Modeling of External-ities.

Fields of interest

Economic Theory; Microeconomics; Operation Re-search/Decision Theory

Target groups

Scholars in Economics, Operations Research andManagement Science

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due March 2007

2007. XVIII, 156 p. (Studies in Productivity and Efficiency) Geb.

74,85 €

ISBN 978-0-387-36948-8


M. Gane

Forest Strategy

Strategic Management and Sustainable Development for the

Forest Sector

In the past, lack of understanding at the nexus be-tween the forest sector on the one hand and strate-gic management on the other, has led to failures inmany countries to realise the potential that forestsector development offers. This important new bookadopts a more holistic approach to propose a newtheoretical framework for this once traditional sec-tor; one which reconciles current thinking in strate-gic management with natural resource management.The book will provide a valuable resource for bothforestry professionals – particularly those in manage-rial positions in government departments and forestservices throughout the world – and for advancedstudents and researchers exploring the issues aroundforest sector administration. The latter will includeresearchers from a range of backgrounds, includingforestry, ecology, geography, conservation, rural de-velopment, economics, forest or environmental pol-icy, social studies and public affairs, and will be ofparticular interest to groups adopting [..]

Features

A potentially good book by an expert Stature of theauthor Relevance to broadscale planning issues inthe forest sector

Contents

From the contents 1. General Introduction: Strate-gy of Development. Part 1. The Forest Sector. 2. TheNature of the Forest Sector. 3. Resources. 4. Activi-ties. 5. Outputs. 6. Organizations and Institutions.7. The Forest Sector as a System. Part 2. Strategy. 8.Strategic Ideas. 9. Strategic Methods. 10. Strategy inaction.

Fields of interest

Forestry; Social Policy; Environment, general; Envi-ronmental Economics

Target groups

Forestry professionals, researchers with interest inforest sector administration, post graduate coursesfor the forest sector and the issues surrounding it

Type of publication

Monograph

Due June 2007

2007. XX, 414 p. Geb.

160,45 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-5964-3

H. Gimpel, University of Karlsruhe, Germany

Preferences in Negotiations

The Attachment Effect

Negotiations are ubiquitous in business, politics,and private life. In many cases their outcome is ofgreat importance. Yet, negotiators frequently act ir-rationally and fail to reach mutually beneficial agree-ments. Cognitive biases like overconfidence, egocen-trism, and the mythical fixed pie illusion oftentimesforeclose profitable results. A further cognitive bias isthe attachment effect: Parties are influenced by theirsubjective expectations formed on account of theexchange of offers, they form reference points, andloss aversion potentially leads to a change of prefer-ences when expectations change. This book presentsa motivation, formalization, and substantiation ofthe attachment effect. Thereby, preferences and be-havior are approached from a microeconomic anda psychological perspective. Two experiments showclear evidence for a systematic bias. The results canbe used for prescriptive advice to negotiators: eitherfor debiasing or to systematically affect the counter-party.

Fields of interest

Operation Research/Decision Theory; Microeco-nomics; Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav.Sciences; Behavioural Sciences; Psychology, general

Target groups

Scientists

Type of publication

Monograph

Due June 2007

2007. XIV, 268 p. 33 illus. (Lecture Notes in Economics and Math-


69,50 €

ISBN 978-3-540-72225-0

K. Groß, Frankfurt/Main, Germany

Equity Ownership and Performance

An Empirical Study of German Traded Companies

The basis of all corporate governance considerationsis the effect of ownership structure on company per-formance. While the effects of ownership structurewere hypothesized and studied multiple times, previ-ous analyses neglected the endogeneity issue betweenownership and performance as well as between dif-ferent ownership dimensions themselves. Conse-quently, they failed to yield consistent results. Theempirical studies presented in this book model theendogeneity by applying the simultaneous equationsmethodology on the relation of ownership and finan-cial performance as well as on different ownershipdimensions themselves. Its final model comprises afour equations system containing performance, gen-eral ownership concentration, managerial and insti-tutional ownership. This approach allows more pre-cise findings and is capable of tracing the differentobserved ownership effects back to their real origin,which will give much impetus to corporate gover-nance researchers and practitioners.

Contents

Introduction.- Basic Aspects of Ownership Structureand Performance.- Theoretical Background and Hy-potheses.- Model, Methodology and Data.- EmpiricalAnalyses.- Conclusions.

Fields of interest

Financial Economics; Industrial Organization; Eco-nomic Theory; Econometrics

Target groups

Researchers, scholars

Type of publication

Monograph

Due May 2007

2007. XIII, 373 p. 42 illus. (Contributions to Economics) Softcover

80,20 €

ISBN 978-3-7908-1933-5


A. Gustafsson, University of Karlstad, Sweden; A. Herrmann, Uni-

versity of St. Gallen, Switzerland; F. Huber, University of Mainz,

Germany (Eds.)

Conjoint Measurement

Methods and Applications

The book covers all recent developments in ConjointAnalysis. Leading scientists present theory and ap-plications of this technique. In short, the followingmodels, techniques, and applications are discussed:normative models that maximize return, extensionof choice-based conjoint simulations, latent class, hi-erarchical Bayes modelling, new choice simulators,normative models for representing competitive ac-tions and reactions (based on game theory), appli-cations in diverse areas, computation of monetaryequivalents of part worth, share/return optimisa-tion (including Pareto frontier analysis), coupling ofconjoint analysis with the perceptual and preferencemapping of choice simulator results.

Features

Latest developments in conjoint analysis which is themost important multivariate technique in marketingCovers all hot topics in the field

Contents

P.E. Green: Foreword.- Conjoint Analysis as an In-strument of Market Research Practice.- Measure-ment of Price Effects with Conjoint Analysis.- Mar-ket Simulation Using a Probabilistic Ideal VectorModel for Conjoint Data.- A Comparison of Con-joint Measurement with Self-Explicated Approach-es.- Non-geometric Plackett-Burman Designs inConjoint Analysis.- On the Influence of the Evalu-ation Methods in Conjoint Design.- EvolutionaryConjoint.- The Value of Extent-of-Preference Infor-mation in Choice-Based Conjoint Analysis.- A Mul-ti-trait Multi-method Validity Test of Partworth Es-timates.- [..]

Fields of interest

Marketing; Statistics for Business/Economics/Mathe-matical Finance/Insurance

Target groups

Researchers, graduate students, practitioners

Type of publication

Monograph

Due September 2007

2007. VII, 373 p. 39 illus. Geb.

106,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-71403-3

U. Hassler, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main

Stochastische Integration und

Zeitreihenmodellierung

Eine Einführung mit Anwendungen aus Finanzierung und

Ökonometrie

Stochastische Integralrechnung und Zeitreihenmod-ellierung haben in den letzten Jahren große Bedeu-tung in der Wirtschaftswissenschaft erlangt. Zumeinen spielen sie eine entscheidende Rolle bei derModellierung von Finanzmärkten (Lösen stochastis-cher Differentialgleichungen), zum anderen basiertfast die gesamte statistische Inferenz instationärerZeitreihen darauf (Kointegration). Der Leser erhälthier eine Einführung mit Hinblick auf beide Ge-biete und lernt so die modernen Methoden dermathematischen Finanzierungstheorie sowie derZeitreihenökonometrie kennen. Die Einführungist elementar und rigoros zugleich. Der eigentlicheText enthält kaum mathematische Ableitungen, son-dern stellt die Konzepte und Techniken eher an-schaulich vor, illustriert anhand von Beispielen.Am Ende jeden Kapitels aber finden sich insgesamtüber 100 Probleme und Übungsaufgaben samt kom-pletter Lösung, welche technische Details und Be-weise enthalten und so ein hohes formales Niveaugarantieren.

Features

Elementare und zugleich rigorose Einführung An-schauliche Beispiele Moderne Methoden Über 100Probleme und Übungsaufgaben mit kompletterLösung

Contents

Einleitung.- Teil I Zeitreihenmodellierung.-Grundlagen aus der Stochastik.- AutoregressiveMoving-Average-Prozesse (ARMA).- Spektrenstationärer Prozesse.- Prozesse mit bedingterHeteroskedastizität (ARCH).- Teil II StochoastischeIntegrale.- Wiener-Prozesse (WP).- Riemann-Inte-grale.- Stieljes-Integrale.- Ito-Integrale.- Itos Lem-ma.- Teil III Anwendungen.- Stochastische Differen-tialgleichungen.- Zinsmodelle.- Asymptotik integri-erter Prozesse.- Trends, Integrationstests und Non-senregressionen.- Kointegrationsanalyse.

Fields of interest

Statistics for Business/Economics/Mathematical Fi-nance/Insurance; Quantitative Finance; Economet-rics; Financial Economics

Target groups

Studierende der Wirtschaftswissenschaften

Type of publication

Undergraduate textbook

Due September 2007

2007. XVI, 325 S. 39 Abb. (Statistik und ihre Anwendungen) Soft-

cover

32,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-73567-0

F.A. Hayek (Ed.)

Beiträge zur Geldtheorie

von Marco Fanno, Marius W. Holtrop, Johan G. Koopmans, Gu-

nar Myrdal, Knut Wicksell

In diesem Band, der ursprünglich 1933 von FriedrichA. Hayek herausgegeben wurde, sind eine Reihevon Beiträgen zur Geldtheorie zusammengestellt,deren Autoren aus heutiger Sicht zu Wegbereiternder modernen Geldtheorie gezählt werden können.Die Beiträge von Knut Wicksell, Gunar Myrdal, Jo-han G. Koopmans, Marius W. Holtrup und MarcoFanno wurden für diese Ausgabe eigens ins Deutscheübersetzt, um sie einer breiteren Öffentlichkeitbekannt zu machen. Die abgedeckten Themengebi-ete umfassen die Theorie des Geldmarktes, die Um-laufgeschwindigkeit des Geldes, das Problem des"neutralen" Geldes, den Gleichgewichtsbegriff in dergeldtheoretischen Analyse sowie das Valutaproblemin den skandinavischen Ländern. Das Vorwort vonHayek setzt die Beiträge in einen Zusammenhangund zeigt die jeweilige Bedeutung der Artikel in derTheorie des Geldes auf.

Contents

Marco Fanno: Die reine Theorie des Geldmarktes.-Markus W. Holtrop: Die Umlaufsgeschwindigkeitdes Geldes.- Johan G. Koopmans: Zum Problemdes "neutralen" Geldes.- Gunar Myrdal: Der Gle-ichgewichtsbegriff als Instrument der geldtheoretis-chen Analyse.- Knut Wicksell: Das Valutaproblem inden skandinavischen Ländern.

Fields of interest

Methodology and the History of Economic Thought;Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics; EconomicTheory

Target groups

Wirtschaftshistoriker sowie allgemeinwirtschaftswissenschaftlich interessierte Leser

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due August 2007

2007. XV, 511 S. (Meilensteine der Nationalökonomie) Geb.

129,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-72211-3


K. Head, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Elements of Multinational Strategy

This textbook on international business integratesthe academic study of international trade and for-eign direct investment with the actual strategic andoperational decisions of exporters and multination-al enterprises. The book aims to merge managerialdecision making in the internationally oriented firmwith the conceptual tools provided by internation-al economics. The book proceeds as follows. Likemost firms, we begin with exportingand importing,and tackle issues raised by overseas investmentlater.We first analyze the gains from trade and then enu-merate themany costs of cross-border goods and ser-vice transactions. Next weapply the four elementsof multinational strategy - factor advantages,tradecosts, scale economies, and market sizes - to the deci-sion of whichmultinational form best suits each firm.We then take up issues of centralimportance to firmsthat invest overseas: exchange rate risk, politicalrisk,taxation, and expatriate assignments.

Features

The author is a well known scholar from SauderSchool of Business, Strategy and Business EconomicsDivision, University of British Columbia. He holdsthe HSBC Professorship of Asian Commerce and haspublished numerous articles on international busi-ness during the last years Other textbooks current-ly available often have a chapter on trade theory andanother on manufacturing locations, a chapter onforeign [..]

Contents

Business Across Borders.- Foreign Exchange.- GainsFrom Trade.- Factor Advantages.- Trade Costs.-Trade Rules.- Market Adaptation.- Internalization.-Multinational Formation.- Competitive Interac-tions.- International Taxation.- Political Analysisand Strategy.- Expatriate Assignment.

Fields of interest

Business/Management Science, general; Internation-al Economics; Management; Entrepreneurship; Re-gional Science

Target groups


Type of publication

Monograph

Due September 2007

2007. XII, 208 p. 23 illus. Geb.

80,20 €

ISBN 978-3-540-44765-8

Th. Holey, Berufsakademie Mannheim; A. Wiedemann, Beruf-

sakademie Mannheim

Mathematik für

Wirtschaftswissenschaftler

Dieses Buch entstand aus Vorlesungen zurEinführung in die Wirtschaftsmathematik, diedie Autoren in Bachelorstudiengängen gehaltenhaben. Es ist konzipiert auf der Basis des Rah-menstudienplans des Moduls „Mathematik fürWirtschaftswissenschaftler an Berufsakademien inBaden-Württemberg“ und richtet sich anStudierende und Dozenten in allen Studiengängender Betriebswirtschaftlehre und der Wirtschaftsin-formatik. Im Vordergrund steht die Vermittlung derGrundlagen und Anwendungen der Wirtschafts-und Finanzmathematik. Dabei werden mathematis-che Begriffe aus der gymnasialen Oberstufe kompaktwiederholt. Zahlreiche Beispiele und Übungsauf-gaben machen das Buch anschaulich und fördern dasVerständnis für Zusammenhänge. Das Buch ist auchzum Selbststudium geeignet.

Features

Elementare Einführung mit Beispielen und zahlre-ichen Übungsaufgaben Test für Studienanfängerüber Voraussetzungen aus der SchulmathematikKompakte Wiederholung des erforderlichen Stoffesaus der gymnasialen Oberstufe Erweiterung auf dieKernthemen der Wirtschafts- und Finanzmathe-matik Lösungen zu Übungsaufgaben im Netz

Contents

Elementare mathematische Grundlagen.- Funk-tionen.- Differentialrechnung.- Integralrech-nung.- Lineare Algebra.- Funktionen mit mehrerenVeränderlichen.- Finanzmathematik.

Fields of interest

Game Theory/Mathematical Methods; Game Theo-ry, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences

Target groups

Bachelorstudenten an Universitäten, Fach-hochschulen und Berufsakademien

Type of publication


Due September 2007

2007. XII, 233 S. 84 Abb. (BA KOMPAKT) Softcover

16,95 €

ISBN 978-3-7908-1973-1

Holzer Kobler Architekturen, Zürich; iart interactive, Basel (Eds.)

All We Need

On the occasion of Luxemburg European Capitalof Culture 2007, the exhibition All We Need is be-ing mounted on the subject of needs, resources,and fairness. The exhibition’s point of departure isthe ten needs of every person as formulated by theeconomist Manfred Max-Neef: subsistence, protec-tion, affection, participation, recreation, creativi-ty, understanding, identity, freedom, and transcen-dence. Each of these needs has a single area of the ex-hibition devoted to it: Survive, Protect, Love, StandUp, Relax, Create, Understand, Choose, Dream. Thebook mirrors the exhibition with photographs andtexts and provides additional windows on the com-plex subject with introductory texts on the exhibi-tion, resources, and fairness. An extensive collage oftexts and images illustrates the needs, supplementedby journalistic and art-historical images and philo-sophical quotations that do not appear in the exhi-bition itself. The catalogue is designed by the well-known graphic designer Emanuel Tschumi.

Features

Der kulturelle Beitrag der Stadt Luxemburg zur Kul-turhauptstadt Europas 2007 Eine Präsentation derbewährten Ausstellungsprofis iart interactive undHolzer Kobler Architekten Der bekannte GestalterEmanuel Tschumi visualisiert ein aktuelles Thema

Contents

Einführung All We Need: Plinio Bachmann, TristanKobler.- Ressourcen: Jean-Marie Krier, Mike Math-ias.- Fairness, Interview mit Scheidsrichter.- Bild-Text-Dokumentation der Ausstellung: FranciscoCarrascosa, Plinio Bachmann, Anna Pfeiffer.- Bild-Text-Kollage: Anna Pfeiffer et al.

Fields of interest

Quality of Life Research; Political Science; HumanGeography

Target groups

Architects, people interested in culture

Type of publication

Professional book

Due August 2007

2007. 271 S. 255 Abb. in Farbe. Softcover

29,90 €

ISBN 978-3-03778-119-7


A. Hu, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China; G. Hu, Tsinghua Uni-

versity, Beijing, China

Achievement Evaluation of

IFI Assistance Loans to China

(1981-2002)

Loans from international financial institutions (IFIloans) to China were a very important be-ginning to China’s opening to the outside world.This book represents the first comprehensivestudy done in China to evaluate the overall perfor-mance of IFI assistance to China from 1981to 2002. It analyzes the efficiency of internation-al assistance in contributing to the Chinese econo-my by investigating the actual implementa-tion of the projects and their economic, financial,social, ecological, and educational impacts. It drawson successful cooperations between the Chinese gov-ernment and IFIs, analyzes major lessons inproject management, and provides recommenda-tions on how to further develop international coop-erations that are mutually beneficial. Angang Hu isthe director of the Center for China Studies and aprofessor at the School of Public Policy and Man-agement, Tsinghua University. His research work isnoticed by Chinese leadership, and often influencesgovernment policies.

Features

The first Chinese study evaluating IFI loans to Chi-na Written by a famous economist with great influ-ence on national policy in China A study of China'sexperiences that can serve as a model or referencefor other developing countries of the world, and cangreatly influence the development and operation ofmany international financial institutions

Fields of interest

Development Economics; Public Finance; Interna-tional Economics

Target groups

Decision makers; persons in government, financial,and investment institutions; consultants, teachers,researchers and post graduates in concerned fields

Type of publication

Monograph

Due June 2007

Distribution rights for China: Tsinghua University Press

Jointly published with Tsinghua University Press

2007. XII, 162 p. 30 illus. Geb.

176,50 €

ISBN 978-3-540-45888-3

R.N. Hull, Cantox Environmental Inc., Mississauga, Canada; C.-H.

Barbu, "Lucian Blaga" University of Sibiu, Romania; N. Goncharo-

va, International Sakharov Environmental University, Minsk, Be-

larus (Eds.)

Strategies to Enhance

Environmental Security in

Transition Countries

It is the goal of environmental security to protectpeople from the short- and long-term ravages of na-ture, man-made threats and deterioration of the nat-ural environment. Environmental security includesactivities related to pollution prevention, environ-mental conservation, compliance with regulationsand environmental restoration. It is a challenge fortransition countries to support all of these activities,due to limited resources, competing priorities andthe fact that most environmental regulations, assess-ment methods and procedures, and restoration tech-niques were developed in countries where resourceswere not limited. This volume presents the main en-vironmental security challenges facing transitioncountries, as well as practical methods and approach-es for addressing them. These approaches are equallyapplicable to all countries. The four basic topics thisvolume addresses are (I) Introduction to Environ-mental Security Challenges (II) Strategies, Methodsand Approaches for Addressing these [..]

Features

Presents the main environmental security challengesfacing transition countries, as well as practical meth-ods and approaches for addressing them The ap-proaches described are equally applicable to all coun-tries Lessons learned are presented both via researchand case study results A summary is presented ofthe discussions and working group sessions, entitled"Environmental Security in Transition Countries: [..]

Contents

Preface.- List of Contributors.- I. Introduction to En-vironmental Security Challenges.-1. Introduction toenvironmental Security.- 2. Environmental Securi-ty — Priority Issues and Challenges in Romania andEuropean Transition Countries.- II. Strategies andMethods/Approaches.- 3. Developing Highly Effec-tive Environmental Security Policies for a Sustain-able Development of the Future. Case Study: Roma-nia.- 4. DSS-ERAMANIA: A decision support systemfor site-specific ecological risk assessment of contam-inated sites.- 5. Enhancement of Environmental Se-curity by Mathematical Modelling and [..]

Fields of interest

Monitoring/Environmental Analysis/EnvironmentalEcotoxicology; Environmental Management

Target groups

Scientists, researchers, teachers, doctoral students,academia, government agencies, industry, privateconsulting firms

Type of publication

Proceedings

Due April 2007

2007. X, 429 p. (NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C:

Environmental Security) Softcover

74,85 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-5995-7

R.N. Hull, Cantox Environmental Inc., Mississauga, Canada; C.-H.

Barbu, "Lucian Blaga" University of Sibiu, Romania; N. Goncharo-

va, International Sakharov Environmental University, Minsk, Be-

larus (Eds.)

Strategies to Enhance

Environmental Security in

Transition Countries

It is the goal of environmental security to protectpeople from the short- and long-term ravages of na-ture, man-made threats and deterioration of the nat-ural environment. Environmental security includesactivities related to pollution prevention, environ-mental conservation, compliance with regulationsand environmental restoration. It is a challenge fortransition countries to support all of these activities,due to limited resources, competing priorities andthe fact that most environmental regulations, assess-ment methods and procedures, and restoration tech-niques were developed in countries where resourceswere not limited. This volume presents the main en-vironmental security challenges facing transitioncountries, as well as practical methods and approach-es for addressing them. These approaches are equallyapplicable to all countries. The four basic topics thisvolume addresses are (I) Introduction to Environ-mental Security Challenges (II) Strategies, Methodsand Approaches for Addressing these [..]

Features

Presents the main environmental security challengesfacing transition countries, as well as practical meth-ods and approaches for addressing them The ap-proaches described are equally applicable to all coun-tries Lessons learned are presented both via researchand case study results A summary is presented ofthe discussions and working group sessions, entitled"Environmental Security in Transition Countries: [..]

Contents

Preface.- List of Contributors.- I. Introduction to En-vironmental Security Challenges.-1. Introduction toenvironmental Security.- 2. Environmental Securi-ty — Priority Issues and Challenges in Romania andEuropean Transition Countries.- II. Strategies andMethods/Approaches.- 3. Developing Highly Effec-tive Environmental Security Policies for a Sustain-able Development of the Future. Case Study: Roma-nia.- 4. DSS-ERAMANIA: A decision support systemfor site-specific ecological risk assessment of contam-inated sites.- 5. Enhancement of Environmental Se-curity by Mathematical Modelling and [..]

Fields of interest

Monitoring/Environmental Analysis/EnvironmentalEcotoxicology; Environmental Management

Target groups

Scientists, researchers, teachers, doctoral students,academia, government agencies, industry, privateconsulting firms

Type of publication

Proceedings

Due May 2007

2007. X, 444 p. (NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C:

Environmental Security) Geb.

171,15 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-5994-0


W. Härdle, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany; L. Simar,

Université de Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

Applied Multivariate Statistical

Analysis

Most of the observable phenomena in the empiri-cal sciences are of a multivariate nature.In financialstudies, assets in stock markets are observed simul-taneously and their joint development is analyzedto better understand general tendencies and to trackindices. In medicine recorded observations of sub-jects in different locations are the basis of reliable di-agnoses and medication. In quantitative marketingconsumer preferences are collected in order to con-struct models of consumer behavior. The underlyingtheoretical structure of these and many other quanti-tative studies of applied sciences is multivariate. Fo-cussing on applications this book presents the toolsand concepts of multivariate data analysis in a waythat is understandable for non-mathematicians andpractitioners who face statistical data analysis. In thissecond edition a wider scope of methods and appli-cations of multivariate statistical analysis is intro-duced. All quantlets have been translated into the Rand Matlab language and [..]

Features

Wide scope of methods and applications Quantletsin R and Matlab available online Many examples andexercises

Contents

I Descriptive Techniques: Comparison of Batches.- IIMultivariate Random Variables: A Short Excursioninto Matrix Algebra; Moving to Higher Dimensions;Multivariate Distributions; Theory of the Multinor-mal; Theory of Estimation; Hypothesis Testing.- IIIMultivariate Techniques: Decomposition of DataMatrices by Factors; Principal Components Analy-sis; Factor Analysis; Cluster Analysis; DiscriminantAnalysis.- Correspondence Analysis.- CanonicalCorrelation Analysis.- Multidimensional Scaling.-Conjoint Measurement Analysis.- Application in Fi-nance.- Computationally Intensive Techniques.- [..]

Fields of interest

Statistical Theory and Methods; Economic Theory;Quantitative Finance; Statistics for Business/Eco-nomics/Mathematical Finance/Insurance

Target groups

Students in economics and finance

Type of publication


Due July 2007

2007. XII, 458 p. Softcover

74,85 €

ISBN 978-3-540-72243-4

O. Höffe, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Germany

Democracy in an Age of

Globalisation

In Democracy in an Age of Globalisation, Ot-fried Höffe develops a comprehensive analysis of thedemands, which the process of globalization exertson the political organisations of humanity. The au-thor starts from a diagnosis of the process of glob-alisation and frees its concept from its economisticnarrowing: Globalisation is a comprehensive pro-cess which puts new strains on the economies andpolitical systems of the world, the cultural and so-cial structures of peoples. The scope of its challengesdemands solutions, which transcend the powers ofthe classical nation-state. The question central to thebook can be formulated as follows: "How can the so-cial, moral and legal achievements of the nation-statebe retained while its structure is reshaped to satisfythe requirements of a globalised world?"

Features

Comprehensive treatment of the philosophical foun-dations of globalisation Theory is placed in a pro-found historical and systematic context Institutionalconclusions of great specificity

Contents

Preface.- 1 The Challenges of our times.- Part One:Qualified Democracy. 2 Consent out of advantage.3 Principles of justice. 4 Public powers. 5 Subsidiari-ty and federalism. 6 The demise of the state? 7 Fromsubject to citizen.- Part Two: A subsidiary and feder-al world republic. 8 A look at history. 9 A world or-der without a world state? 10 The complementaryworld republic. 11 Against a global Leviathan. 12Global civic virtues.- Part Three: Institutions and re-sponsibilities. 13 Peace and the rule of law. 14 Self-determination, secession and intervention. 15 Aglobal social and [..]

Fields of interest

Political Philosophy; Political Science

Target groups

Anyone interested in philosophy, globalisation, andpolitical science

Type of publication

Monograph

Due July 2007

2007. X, 354 p. (Studies in Global Justice, Band 3) Geb.

133,70 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-5660-4

O. Höffe, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Germany

Democracy in an Age of

Globalisation

In "Democracy in an Age of Globalisation", OtfriedHöffe develops a comprehensive analysis of the de-mands, which the process of globalization exerts onthe political organisations of humanity. The authorstarts from a diagnosis of the process of globalisationand frees its concept from its economistic narrow-ing: Globalisation is a comprehensive process whichputs new strains on the economies and political sys-tems of the world, the cultural and social structuresof peoples. The scope of its challenges demands so-lutions, which transcend the powers of the classi-cal nation-state. The question central to the bookcan be formulated as follows: "How can the social,moral and legal achievements of the nation-state beretained while its structure is reshaped to satisfy therequirements of a globalised world?"

Features

Comprehensive treatment of the philosophical foun-dations of globalisation Theory is placed in a pro-found historical and systematic context Institutionalconclusions of great specificity

Contents

Preface.- 1 The Challenges of our times.- Part One:Qualified Democracy.- 2 Consent out of advantage.-3 Principles of justice.- 4 Public powers. 5 Subsidiar-ity and federalism.- 6 The demise of the state?- 7From subject to citizen.- Part Two: A subsidiaryand federal world republic.- 8 A look at history.- 9A world order without a world state?- 10 The com-plementary world republic.- 11 Against a globalLeviathan.- 12 Global civic virtues.- Part Three: In-stitutions and responsibilities.- 13 Peace and the ruleof law.- 14 Self-determination, secession and inter-vention.- 15 A global social [..]

Fields of interest

Political Philosophy; Political Science

Target groups

Anyone interested in philosophy, globalisation, andpolitical science

Type of publication

Monograph

Due July 2007

2007. X, 354 p. (Studies in Global Justice, Band 3) Softcover

26,70 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-5661-1


D. Jansen, German Research Institute for Public Administration,

Speyer, Germany (Ed.)

New Forms of Governance in

Research Organizations

Disciplinary Approaches, Interfaces and Integration

Higher education and research institutions are con-fronted with changing and sometimes contradic-tory claims from state, industry and society, today.They have to face growing volatility and an accelera-tion and internationalization of the knowledge pro-cess. This book undertakes to develop a sector spe-cific theory of governance of the public research sec-tor and applies it to the German research system.The book is the outcome of a large interdisciplinaryproject. It analyzes the reforms in the German re-search system from an integrated perspective of law,economics and social sciences. The case of Germanyis compared to reforms in other European coun-tries such as Austria, the Netherlands and the Unit-ed Kingdom. The study emphasizes an integrated ap-proach considering the research function of universi-ties as well as the non-university research sector. Thefocus is on the integration of external and internalgovernance. First, we pose the question how externalcompetition and control mechanisms do [..]

Features

Integrates legal and social science approaches to gov-ernance Comparative analysis of the governance ofHigher Education and Research Systems Developsa comparative tool, the "governance equalizer" Cov-ers the multi-level characteristics of research sys-tems and their governance patterns Tests empiri-cally prominent theses on the new dynamics of sci-ence (such as "mode 2 of knowledge production" and"triple helix" [..]

Fields of interest

Public Law; R & D/Technology Policy; Busi-ness/Management Science, general; Political Science;Sociology

Target groups

Practitioners and scholars in Higher Education Stud-ies, Management of Higher Education, Research andInnovation Management, Science and TechnologyStudies, Science and Technology Policy, Governanceand Governance Theory, New Public Management

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due March 2007

2007. XIX, 242 p. Geb.

85,55 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-5830-1

J. Janssen, Solvay Business School, Brussels, Belgium; R. Manca,

Università di Roma "La Sapienza," Rome, Italy

Semi-Markov Risk Models for

Finance, Insurance and Reliability

This book presents applications of semi-Markov pro-cesses in finance, insurance and reliability, using re-al-life problems as examples. After a presentationof the main probabilistic tools necessary for under-standing of the book, the authors show how to ap-ply semi-Markov processes in finance, starting fromthe axiomatic definition and continuing eventuallyto the most advanced financial tools, particularly ininsurance and in risk-and-ruin theories. Also consid-ered are reliability problems that interact with creditrisk theory in finance. The unique approach of thisbook is to solve finance and insurance problems withsemi-Markov models in a complete way and further-more present real-life applications of semi-Markovprocesses.

Contents

Preface.- Probability Tools for Stochastic Model-ing.- Renewal Theory and Markov Chains.- MarkovRenewal Processes, Semi-Markov Processes andMarkov Random Walks.- Discrete Time and Re-ward SMP and Their Numerical Treatment.- Se-mi-Markov Extensions of the Black-Scholes Model.-Other Semi-Markov Models in Finance and Insur-ance.- Insurance Risk Models.- Reliability and CreditRisk Models.- Generalised Non-Homogeneous Mod-els for Pension Funds and Manpower Management.-References.- Author Index.- Subject Index.

Fields of interest

Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes; Quan-titative Finance; Finance /Banking; Financial Eco-nomics; Numerical Analysis

Target groups

Applied mathematicians, statisticians, financial in-termediaries, actuaries, engineers, operations re-searchers

Type of publication

Monograph

Due March 2007

2007. XVII, 429 p. Geb.

67,36 €

ISBN 978-0-387-70729-7

J. Janssen, Universität Hamburg; W. Laatz, Universität Hamburg

Statistische Datenanalyse mit SPSS

für Windows

Eine anwendungsorientierte Einführung in das Basissystem

und das Modul Exakte Tests

Die 6. Auflage basiert auf Programmversion 15.Die Autoren demonstrieren mit möglichst wenigMathematik, detailliert und anschaulich anhand vonBeispielen aus der Praxis die statistischen Metho-den und deren Anwendungen. Der Anfänger find-et für das Selbststudium einen sehr leichten Ein-stieg in das Programmsystem, für den erfahrenenSPSS-Anwender (auch früherer Versionen) ist dasBuch ein hervorragendes Nachschlagewerk. Auf denzum Buch gehörenden Internetseiten sind alle Da-tendateien sowie weitere Informationen verfügbar.Aus Besprechungen zu den Vorauflagen:"Im Gegen-satz zur Masse der SPSS-Bücher ist dieses Werk er-freulich verständlich und anwendungsorientiertgeschrieben ... Viele Screenshots und gute Beispieleerleichtern sowohl die Anwendung von SPSS alsauch das Verständnis der einzelnen Verfahren ...Sowohl für Praktiker als auch anwendungsorien-tierte Wissenschaftler und Studenten vorbehaltlos zuempfehlen. Im Doppelpack mit den Multivariatenvon Backhaus et. al. in Breite und Tiefe nicht zu [..]

Features

Grundlage für die 6. Auflage ist die Programmver-sion 15 Anwendungsorientiert, mit vielen Beispie-len aus der Praxis Zum Selbststudium und alsBegleitlektüre für Kurse bestens geeignet Datenmate-rial über Internet bzw. auf Anfrage erhältlich

Contents

Installieren von SPSS.- Schneller Einstieg in SPSS.-Definieren und Modifizieren einer Datendatei.-Arbeiten im Ausgabe- und Syntaxfenster.- Trans-formieren von Daten.- Daten mit anderen Pro-grammen austauschen.- Transformieren vonDateien.- Häufigkeiten, deskriptive Statistiken undVerhältnis.- Explorative Datenanalyse.- Kreuzta-bellen und Zusammenhangsmaße.- Fälle au-flisten und Berichte erstellen.- Analysieren vonMehrfachantworten.- Mittelwertvergleiche und t-Tests.- Einfaktorielle Varianzanalyse (ANOVA).-Mehr-Weg-Varianzanalyse.- Korrelation und Dis-tanzen.- Lineare Regression.- [..]

Fields of interest

Statistics and Computing/Statistics Programs; GameTheory/Mathematical Methods; Methodology of theSocial Sciences; Statistics for Engineering, Physics,Computer Science, Chemistry & Geosciences; Statis-tics for Business/Economics/Mathematical Fi-nance/Insurance; Statistics for Social Science, Educa-tion, Public Policy, and Law

Target groups

Studenten, Praktiker, Wissenschaftler

Type of publication

Monograph

Due July 2007

2007. XV, 817 S. 424 Abb. Softcover

39,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-72977-8


N. Jentzsch, Free University, Berlin, Germany

Financial Privacy

An International Comparison of Credit Reporting Systems

Credit reporting agencies collect and compile highlysensitive information on the millions of consumersin credit markets throughout the world and also in-creasingly across a variety of industries, such as in-surance, retail and telecommunications. In this re-vised edition, Nicola Jentzsch provides an in-depthanalysis of the economics and regulation of finan-cial privacy and a comparative overview of credit re-porting systems in the US and the 27 member statesof the European Union. She offers an authoritativeevaluation of the design and functioning of dual sys-tems consisting of public credit registers and privatecredit reporting agencies. Drawing on theories of in-formation and privacy as well as competition in in-formation markets, she discusses the history and in-stitutions of credit reporting. Finally, on an empiricallevel, the book assesses the economic effects of creditreporting on credit markets.

Features

“Most in-depth study of the history and economicsof credit reporting to date” (David Medine, formerAssociate Director at the U.S. Federal Trade Com-mission)

Contents

1 Introduction.- 2 Theory of Information and Priva-cy.- 3 Overview of Credit Reporting Systems.- 4 Reg-ulation of Credit Reporting.- 5 Economic Effects ofCredit Reporting.- Conclusions.

Fields of interest

Economic Policy; Financial Economics; Law andEconomics; Financial Law/Fiscal Law

Target groups

Scholars and policymakers in financial regulation,credit reporting, and financial privacy

Type of publication

Monograph

Due September 2007

Originally published in the series: Contributions to Economics, by

Physica-Verlag, Heidelberg, 2006

2007. VI, 289 p. Geb.

90,90 €

ISBN 978-3-540-73377-5

H. Jodlbauer, FH Steyr, Produktion und Management

Produktionsoptimierung

Wertschaffende sowie kundenorientierte Planung und

Steuerung

Der Wettbewerb stellt hohe Ansprüche: mehrFlexibilität, bessere Lieferzuverlässigkeit sowieQualität und kürzere Lieferzeiten in Verbindungmit der Forderung nach höheren Renditen und kon-tinuierlicher Wertsteigerung. Durch neue Ideen undAnsätze sowie Verbesserung bekannter Methoden inRichtung Kundenorientierung und Wertschaffunggibt der Autor Anleitung und Entscheidungshilfen,um jenes für den Einzelfall am besten geeignete Pla-nungs- und Steuerungssystem zu finden. Zahlreichepraxisorientierte Beispiele sowie vier ausführlicheFallstudien erfolgreich durchgeführter Projekteergänzen die Darstellung. Durch seine übersichtlicheAufbereitung ist das Buch nicht nur für Studen-ten der Bereiche Produktion und Logistik geeignet,sondern auch für alle Praktiker in Produktionsbe-trieben, die mit der Unterstützung neuer Konzepte,Methoden und Werkzeuge Effektivität und Effizienzverbessern können.

Features

Neue Ideen und Ansätze mit SchwerpunktWertschaffung und Kundenorientierung VieleBeispiele und Case-Studies aus verschiedenenBranchen Praxiserprobte und interdisziplinäre(BWL, Rechnungswesen, Logistik, Mathematik undStatistik) Methoden zur Optimierung der Produk-tion

Contents

Aus dem Inhalt Vorwort.- Produktionssysteme.-Logistische Grundgesetze.- Lagermodelle und Be-standsmanagement.- Planen und Steuern.- Auswahl,Auslegung und Optimierung.- Fallstudien.- An-hang.- Literaturverzeichnis.- Stichwortverzeichnis.-Zum Autor.

Fields of interest

Production/Logistics; Industrial Organization

Target groups

Studenten, Praktiker (Produktionsleiter, Un-ternehmensberater, Beschaffungsleiter, Logistiker,Supply Chain Manager etc)

Type of publication


Due August 2007

2007. XI, 343 S. 108 Abb. (Springers Kurzlehrbücher der

Wirtschaftswissenschaften) Geb.

39,95 €

ISBN 978-3-211-72752-2

L. Joseph, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY, USA;

M. Mahler, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY, USA; J.

Auyero, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY, USA (Eds.)

New Perspectives in Political

Ethnography

The use of ethnographic research - social researchbased on the observation of individuals or institu-tions where the researcher becomes part of the groupor very close to the group to better understand theiractions - is becoming more and more of a preva-lent methodology within sociology. As ethnographygains prominence within the discipline its focus, the-oretical underpinnings and narrative styles are al-so expanding to the yet-unexamined worlds and in-stitutions of society. Politics, political institutions,and those working in politics (state officials, politi-cians and activists) have so far missed the lens of theethnographer. As a group, politicians and those inpolitics can be found in every corner of the world.While political systems and politicians are by nomeans the same in every country, what brings thesepeople together to be part of the political process?Ethnography is uniquely equipped to look micro-scopically at the foundations of political institutionsand their attendant sent of [..]

Features

The first ethnographic study of politicians and polit-ical systems Global case studies focusing on variousgroups within the local political systems Part of thegrowing trend in expanding ethnographic researchinto new worlds of interest

Contents

The Difference Ethnography Can Make.- Shame andWorker Activism: Emotional Dynamics in Face-to-Face Encounters.- A Calmly Disruptive Insider: TheCase of an Institutionalized Advocacy Organizationat Work.- Radical Outcasts versus Three Kinds ofPolice: Constructing Limits in Japanese Anti-Em-peror Protests.- Changing Meanings of Authorityin Contemporary Rural India.- Why Social CapitalSubverts Institution Building in Risky Settings.- HowLocal Social Movement Groups Handle a Presiden-tial Election.- Trouble en Route: Drug Trafficker andClientelism in Rio de Janeiro Shantytowns.- [..]

Fields of interest

Sociology; Political Science; Anthropology

Target groups

This international collection of case studies will beof interest to those in political sociology, political sci-ence and those in ethnographic research

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due September 2007

2007. VIII, 248 p. Geb.

56,66 €

ISBN 978-0-387-72593-2


C. Kausch, Zurich, Switzerland

A Risk-Benefit Perspective on Early

Customer Integration

Customer integration in the early innovation phasehas been considered the method of choice in theo-ry and practice. Growing experience with the con-cept has shown unexpected side effects that mayeven outweigh its recognized advantages. Therefore,management needs to be able to assess in advancewhether the involvement of customers will add over-all value to each particular innovationproject. To support but not to replace the finalmanagerial decision, a mathematical formula is de-veloped. It can be applied to all kinds of pro-cess structures, takes into account the risks and ben-efits contingent on a company's situation as well asrisk-reducing and benefit-increasing measures andtranslates them into numerical values. The resultingfigure indicates the prospective value of customer in-tegration in a specific project.

Contents

Introduction.- Literature Review of Key Issues.- De-velopment of an Analysis Model for a Risk-BenefitBalance.- Case Studies on Early Customer Integra-tion.- Characteristics of Successful Early CustomerIntegration.- Managerial Recommendations for Ad-visable Envisaged Customer Integration.- Conclu-sion.

Fields of interest

Organization/Planning; Economic Theory; Technol-ogy Management

Target groups

Scientists, innovation managers

Type of publication

Monograph

Due August 2007

2007. XVI, 244 p. 49 illus. (Contributions to Management Science)

Softcover

69,50 €

ISBN 978-3-7908-1961-8

G. Kirchgässner, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland; J. Wolters,

Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

Introduction to Modern Time Series

Analysis

This book presents modern developments in timeseries econometrics that are applied to macroeco-nomic and financial time series. It attempts to bridgethe gap between methods and realistic applications.This book contains the most important approach-es to analyse time series which may be stationary ornonstationary. Modelling and forecasting univariatetime series is the starting point. For multiple station-ary time series Granger causality tests and vector au-toregressive models are presented. For real appliedwork the modelling of nonstationary uni- or multi-variate time series is most important. Therefore, unitroot and cointegration analysis as well as vector er-ror correction models play a central part. Modellingvolatilities of financial time series with autoregressiveconditional heteroskedastic models is also treated.

Features

Presents recent and modern methods of time serieseconometrics Combines methods with real world ap-plications

Contents

Introduction and Basics.- Univariate Stationary Pro-cesses.- Granger Causality.- Vector AutoregressiveProcesses.- Nonstationary Processes.- Cointegra-tion.- Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedastici-ty.

Fields of interest

Econometrics; Statistics for Business/Eco-nomics/Mathematical Finance/Insurance

Target groups

Students, researchers

Type of publication

Monograph

Due August 2007

2007. X, 274 p. 43 illus. Geb.

85,55 €

ISBN 978-3-540-73290-7

B. Klandermans, Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; C.

Roggeband, Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Eds.)

Handbook of Social Movements

Across Disciplines

Researchers and students from divergent academ-ic disciplines share an interest in the study of socialmovements and collective action. Through a vari-ety of disciplinary approaches and techniques, re-searchers seek to understand the emergence anddevelopment of collective action. In the last fewdecades, the field of social-movements-studies hasproliferated enormously, covering a wide array ofmovements, issues and places. With this growth, so-cial movement scholars have criticized the tradition-al vision of collective mobilization as the results of ir-rational behavior and have instead developed a rangeof new approaches. The expansion of the field has al-so led to increased theoretical debates and attemptsto synthesize the different perspectives. But these at-tempts have met with the obstacle of the field beingmultidisciplinary. Discussion a theory from many ar-eas of research can lead to misunderstandings.

Features

Provides a comprehensive guide that includes all themajor disciplines Discusses each new one and what itbrings to the cross-disciplinary research Provides up-dated data on social movements from each disciplinediscussed

Contents

Introduction: Richness of Perspectives.- DisciplinaryApproaches to Collective Behavior.- Political Sci-ence: The Political Behavior of Social Movements:Movement Strategies.- How Political Structures Af-fect Mobilization Patterns.- Sociology: Structural-ist chapter.- Culturalist chapter.- Social Psychology:Why and Whom: Motivation.- Collective Identity.-Interaction within Movements.- Anthropology: Cul-ture and Movements: How Culture Affects Move-ments.- Social Movement (sub)cultures.

Fields of interest

Sociology

Target groups

Researchers, students, and professionals

Type of publication

Professional book

Due August 2007

2007. VIII, 328 p. 14 illus. (Handbooks of Sociology and Social Re-

search) Geb.

165,80 €

ISBN 978-0-387-70959-8


J. Klapp, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares (ININ),

Col. Escandón, México; J.L. Cervantes-Cota, Instituto Nacional

de Investigaciones Nucleares (ININ), Col. Escandón, México; J.F.

Chávez Alcalá, Instituto Politécnico Nacional s/n, Unidad Zaca-

tenco, México (Eds.)

Towards a Cleaner Planet

Energy for the Future

This book presents an overview of the main energysources, production problems and energy perspec-tives in Germany and Mexico. It covers the presentstatus of traditional and alternative energy sourceslike fossil fuels, nuclear, hydraulic, eolic, solar, andhydrogen cells, with emphasis on searching for an-swers to questions such as what the main problemsare of industries based on fossil fuels, what are theproved energy reserves and what is the present sta-tus of hydraulic and nuclear energy, including nu-clear waste disposal, among others. It also discussesthe general problem of energy efficiency from severalpoints of view.

Features

Covers the present status of traditional and alter-native energy sources like fossil fuels, nuclear, hy-draulic, eolic, solar, and hydrogen cells

Contents

Part I General Overview and Energy Efficiency.- PartII Traditional Energy Resources.- Part III AlternativeEnergy Resources.

Fields of interest

Energy Economics; Environmental Management;Mineral Resources; Renewable Energy Sources; Pow-er Engineering; Economic Geography

Target groups

Professionals scientists and academic researchers in-terested in the present state and future possibilities ofenergy exploitation and efficiency

Type of publication

Monograph

Due May 2007

2007. XXIII, 419 p. (Environmental Science) Geb.

139,05 €

ISBN 978-3-540-71344-9

P. Knoepfel, IDHEAP, Chavannes, Switzerland

Environmental Policy Analyses

Learning from the Past for the Future - 25 Years of Research

There is no doubt that environmental policies havedeveloped enormously from the beginning of theeighties up until now. These policies have served asa test ground for many policy concepts, which havebeen implemented in other areas since the beginningof the nineties: in evaluation, monitoring, implemen-tation improvement schemes, contracting or redis-tribution. They opened up the way for new insightsinto the field of multilevel governance, new admin-istrative arrangements and – more recently – the re-discovery of property and use rights as well as glob-al and individual quota-regimes. This evolution hasbeen closely documented by policy scientists andtheir work has occasionally greatly influenced ongo-ing governmental practice as well as the evolutionof analytical frameworks and skills of policy scienceas a whole. This book, written by a practice-orientedpolitical scientist, together with the teachers and re-searchers from various universities in Europe and therest of the world is a testimony to [..]

Features

The book deals with the development of public pol-icy analyses and general aspects of environmentalpolicies

Contents

Classics - still valid?.- Institutional Change.- Emer-gence of New Analytical Concepts.- New Readingsfor the 3rd Millenium.

Fields of interest

Environmental Management; Environmental Law;Environmental Computing/Environmental Mod-elling

Target groups

Social scientists (especially policy scientists) in(Bologna) master programmes, researchers (for PhDtheses), civil servants from the environmental pol-icy field, NGO-representatives and consultants inthe field of environmental policy, environmentaladministrations' (reforms) and policy planning

Type of publication

Monograph

Due July 2007

2007. XII, 506 p. 41 illus. (Environmental Science) Geb.

160,45 €

ISBN 978-3-540-73148-1

N. Kock, Texas A & M International University, Laredo, TX, USA

(Ed.)

Information Systems Action

Research

An Applied View of Emerging Concepts and Methods

Information Systems Action Research is organizedinto three parts: (1) The first part focuses on themethodological issues that arise when action re-search methods are conducted. (2) The second partprovides examples of action research in practice.(3) The third part will summarize the philosophicalfoundations of action research and its applicationas a methodology in Information Systems researchand research programs. The book will include chap-ters from Europe, Australasia, and the Americas rep-resenting different traditions and perspectives in ac-tion research. These chapters will come from promi-nent scholars in the areas, who are widely recognizedas authors of seminal ideas in action research.

Features

The book will be positioned well in the Informa-tion Systems/Information Technology market. Thelargest consumers of IS research are businesses andorganization that employ information technologyand systems to support many of their business/orga-nizational functions including finance, marketing,order-taking, production, supply chain management,human resources, and other services Current IS re-search is [..]

Contents

Contributing authors.- Foreword.- Preface.-Methodological issues.- Action research: its natureand validity.- The structure of power in action re-search projects.- Action is an artifact: what action re-search and design science offer to each other.- Ac-tion research and design in information systems: twofaces of a single coin.- The three threats of organiza-tional action research: their nature and related anti-dotes.- Driven by two masters, serving both: the in-terplay of problem solving and research in informa-tion systems action research projects.- IS action re-search in practice.- Story [..]

Fields of interest

Information Systems; e-business and e-commerce;Management; Information Systems Applications(incl.Internet); Management of Computing and In-formation Systems; Information Systems and Com-munication Service

Target groups

Students and researchers

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due July 2007

2007. XXV, 425 p. (Integrated Series in Information Systems,

Band 13) Geb.

90,90 €

ISBN 978-0-387-36059-1


N. Koning, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Nether-

lands; P. Pinstrup-Andersen, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA

(Eds.)

Agricultural Trade Liberalization

and the Least Developed Countries

Although the current round of international tradenegotiations was called a ‘Development Round’,very little was accomplished before the negotiationsstalled in mid-2006. Developing countries as a groupstand to gain very substantially from trade reformin agricultural commodities. It is less clear how the50 countries identified by the United Nations as the‘Least Developed Countries’ (LDCs), which havebeen subject to special consideration in internationaltrade negotiations, would fare. Would they lose theirpreferential trade access to the OECD markets and,if so, would these losses exceed the potential gainsfrom liberalized trade? Or would low-income coun-tries that currently receive high prices for commodi-ties such as sugar in some OECD-country marketsbe out-competed by countries such as Brazil in a lib-eralized market? More generally, would any bene-fits from liberalized agricultural trade be captured bymiddle-income countries with good domestic infras-tructure and well-functioning markets, [..]

Features

First and only book on the subject Addresses a veryimportant and timely issue The authors are worldrenowned experts on the subject

Fields of interest

Agriculture; Agricultural Economics; DevelopmentEconomics

Target groups

Students of agricultural trade and development,trade negotiators, researchers, policy analysts, policyadvisors and policy-makers in both developed anddeveloping countries, news media

Type of publication

Proceedings

Due May 2007

2007. VIII, 249 p. (Wageningen UR Frontis Series, Band 19) Soft-

cover

48,10 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6085-4

N. Koning, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Nether-

lands; P. Pinstrup-Andersen, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA

(Eds.)

Agricultural Trade Liberalization

and the Least Developed Countries

Developing countries as a group stand to gain verysubstantially from trade reform in agricultural com-modities. It is less clear how the 50 countries identi-fied by the United Nations as the ‘Least DevelopedCountries’ (LDCs), which have been subject to spe-cial consideration in international trade negotiations,would fare. Would they lose their preferential tradeaccess to the OECD markets and, if so, would theselosses exceed the potential gains from liberalizedtrade? Or would low-income countries that current-ly receive high prices for commodities such as sug-ar in some OECD-country markets be out-compet-ed by countries such as Brazil in a liberalized mar-ket? More generally, would any benefits from liber-alized agricultural trade be captured by middle-in-come countries with good domestic infrastructureand well-functioning markets, leaving few or no eco-nomic benefits to the LDCs? How should the LDCsprepare for multilateral reform of agricultural trade,and should they take policy action now in [..]

Features

First and only book on the subject Addresses a veryimportant and timely issue The authors are worldrenowned experts on the subject

Contents

Foreword: 1. Agricultural trade liberalization and theleast developed countries: introduction.- 2. Agricul-tural trade, development problems and poverty inthe least developed countries: an overview.- 3. Mak-ing agricultural trade reform work for the poor.- 4.Price intervention in Sub-Saharan African agricul-ture: can an institutionalist view alter our conceptionof the costs and benefits?.- 5. Poverty, land conserva-tion and intergenerational equity: will the least devel-oped countries benefit from agricultural trade liber-alization?.- 6. Trade liberalization in cotton and sug-ar: impacts [..]

Fields of interest

Agriculture; Agricultural Economics; DevelopmentEconomics

Target groups

Students of agricultural trade and development,trade negotiators, researchers, policy analysts, policyadvisors and policy-makers in both developed anddeveloping countries, and the news media

Type of publication

Proceedings

Due April 2007

2007. VIII, 249 p. (Wageningen UR Frontis Series, Band 19) Geb.

101,60 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6079-3

G.M. Korres, University of the Aegean, Mytilene, Greece (Ed.)

Regionalisation, Growth, and

Economic Integration

The purpose of this book is to analyse the process ofregionalisation and to plot its future development.Regionalisation is a common feature of the chang-ing territorial organisation of European states today.Regionalisation alone, however, cannot produce anyof the benefits we attribute to it without looking in-to the conditions in which it occurs. Therefore, thisbook tackles the following questions, bringing to-gether theory and empirical applications: What arethe main determinants and implications for regionalpolicy? How does economic policy affect the growthand integration process? Why is innovation impor-tant for regional economic development? Why is theregional dimension important for the innovationpromotion? What has been our policy response sofar and what lesson did we learn from it? And finally,what are our action lines for the future?

Contents

Part I: Macroeconomic Issues of Regional Growthand Economic Integration.- Part II: Microeconom-ic Issues of Regional Growth and Economic Integra-tion.- Part III: Policies and Institutions of RegionalIntegration.- Part IV: Challenges and Prospects foran Integrated Europe.

Fields of interest

Regional Science; Development Economics; Macroe-conomics/Monetary Economics; European Integra-tion; R & D/Technology Policy

Target groups

Scientists

Type of publication

Monograph

Due August 2007

2007. XX, 308 p. 39 illus. (Contributions to Economics) Softcover

96,25 €

ISBN 978-3-7908-1924-3


L. Kowaleski-Jones, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA;

N.H. Wolfinger, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA (Eds.)

Fragile Families and the Marriage

Agenda

Many people see government involvement in fami-ly policy as a response to popular concerns that theAmerican family is in a state of crisis. One of the pri-mary concerns with “fragile” families (one parent –usually mother) is economic: Poverty rates for singlemothers are several times that of two-parent families.Economic deprivation while growing up has beenlinked to poor physical health, reduced intellectualability and academic achievement. Some social sci-ences contend that marriage is the solution to manyof the problems associated with single-parent fami-lies. Other experts believe that government programsdesigned to raise marriage rates may cause moreproblems than they solve (i.e. domestic violence, di-vorce, etc.). The proposed volume will explore issuesrelated to fragile families from many different per-spectives on the causes and consequences of this is-sue. This book is divided up into sections coveringlegal and theoretical perspectives, causes and conse-quences of offspring wellbeing, [..]

Features

Offers timely research about one of the most impor-tant public policy initiatives related to family well-being in recent years Poised at the edge of an im-portant and uncharted policy experiment, this booksheds light on the debate about family policies’ ulti-mate effects on family well-being Offers sound scien-tific knowledge and reasoned review of the informa-tion that should guide policy activity in this [..]

Contents

Preface.- Acknowledgements.- Fragile Families andthe Marriage Agenda.- Marrying for America.- TeenChildbearing and Public Policy.- Fragile Familiesand Family Law.- Family Structure and Child Well-Being: The Role of Parental Social Connections.-Shifting Fortunes in a Changing Economy: Trendsin the Economic Well-Being of Divorced Wom-en.- Family Structure and Adolescent Labor Mar-ket Participation: Examining the Motives for and Ef-fects of At-Risk Students’ Work for Pay during HighSchool.- Maybe Someday: Marriage and Cohabita-tion among Low Income Fathers.- Fatherhood as a[..]

Fields of interest

Sociology

Target groups

Sociologists and psychologists working with familystudies are the main target group for this book, pol-icy makers, policy analysts, and family advocates inthe public, private and non-profit sectors

Type of publication

Professional book

Due July 2007

2007. XVI, 238 p. Softcover

37,40 €

ISBN 978-0-387-68172-6

D. Kucera, International Labour Office, Geneva, Switzerland (Ed.)

Qualitative Indicators of Labour

Standards

Comparative Methods and Applications

Recent years have witnessed a rapidly growing in-terest in the use and construction of "qualitative" in-dicators of labour standards. Qualitative indicators,while generally having numerical values, are basedon such methods as grading by experts, the codingof legislation, and the coding of other textual sourcesaddressing violations of a more de facto nature. Mea-suring compliance with labour standards is an un-dertaking intrinsically fraught with difficulty. Forthere are a number of possible sources of measure-ment error, both random and non-random, that areunique to such indicators, on top of those that af-fect qualitative and quantitative indicators alike. Thegrowing use of qualitative indicators of labour stan-dards thus raises a number of questions about com-parative methods of construction as well as the ap-propriateness of particular methods for particularapplications. This volume results from a seminar thatwas organized to address these and related questions.

Features

The only existing volume that brings together pa-pers describing a wide range of alternative meth-ods of constructing qualitative indicators of labourstandards Provides a unique comparative critiqueof strengths and limitations of different methods ofconstructing qualitative indicators of labour stan-dards with reference to different applications Bringstogether leading academic experts with ILO expertsas [..]

Contents

From the contents Introduction and Overview.-Indicators of Labour Standards: An Overview andComparison.- Country-level Assessments of LaborConditions in Emerging Markets: An Approach forInstitutional Investors.- Decent Work, Standards andIndicators.- The Quantification of Respect for Select-ed Core Labor Standards: Towards a Social Develop-ment Index?.- Measuring Trade Union Rights by Vi-olations of These Rights.- Taking Labour Laws to theDomestic Dentist: Measuring Countries' Compliancewith International Labour Non-discrimination Stan-dards.- Towards an Index of Core Rights Gaps.- [..]

Fields of interest

Social Sciences; International & Foreign Law; Statis-tics for Social Science, Education, Public Policy, andLaw; Law and Economics

Target groups

Researchers interested in the determinants and im-pacts of labour standards as well as the relationshipsamong different aspects of labour standards, such asthe effect of de jure on de facto standards; social sci-entists interested in construction and application ofsocial indicators; policy makers interested in moni-toring developments in labour standards

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due May 2007

2007. V, 296 p. (Social Indicators Research Series, Band 30) Geb.

90,90 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-5200-2


A. Kuckulenz, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW),

Mannheim, Germany

Studies on Continuing Vocational

Training in Germany

An Empirical Assessment

This book offers a comprehensive empirical analy-sis of continuing vocational training in Germany.Specific issues concerning continuing training thatare debated in academia as well as in public are dis-cussed. Wage and productivity effects of training areanalysed, explicitly accounting for the heterogeneityof training participants. Additionally, different typesof training that vary in the degree of firm specifici-ty are considered. Wage and productivity effects oftraining are compared to examine how the trainingrent is shared between employer and employee. Fi-nally, evidence is given on whether positive external-ities of continuing training exist.

Contents

Introduction.- Continuing Training.- HeterogeneousEffects of Training on Earnings.- Training, Mobili-ty, and Wages: Specific Versus General Human Cap-ital.- Comparison of Wage and Productivity Effect: ASectoral Analysis.- Summary and Conclusion.

Fields of interest

Labor Economics; Educational Policy; Professional &Vocational Education; Economic Policy

Target groups

Researchers and scholars in labor and education eco-nomics

Type of publication

Monograph

Due July 2007

2007. IX, 217 p. 13 illus. (ZEW Economic Studies, Band 37) Soft-

cover

64,15 €

ISBN 978-3-7908-1967-0

S. Kusuoka, University of Tokyo, Japan; A. Yamazaki, Meisei Uni-

versity, Tokyo, Japan (Eds.)

A lot of economic problems can formulated as con-strained optimizations and equilibration of their so-lutions. Various mathematical theories have beensupplying economists with indispensable machiner-ies for these problems arising in economic theory.Conversely, mathematicians have been stimulatedby various mathematical difficulties raised by eco-nomic theories. The series is designed to bring to-gether those mathematicians who were seriouslyinterested in getting new challenging stimuli fromeconomic theories with those economists who areseeking for effective mathematical tools for their re-searchers. Members of the editorial board of thisseries consists of following prominent economistsand mathematicians: Managing Editors: S. Kusuo-ka (Univ. Tokyo), A. Yamazaki (Hitotsubashi Univ.)- Editors: R. Anderson (U.C.Berkeley), C. Castaing(Univ. Montpellier II), F. H. Clarke (Univ. Lyon I), E.Dierker (Univ. Vienna), D. Duffie (Stanford Univ.),L.C. Evans (U.C. Berkeley), T. Fujimoto (FukuokaUniv.), J. [..]

Features

Planned to publish this series once a year under theauspices of the Reserch Center of Mathematical Eco-nomics (Tokyo) Designed to bring together thosemathematicians who are seriously interested in ob-taining new challenging stimuli from economic theo-ries and those economists who are seeking effectivemathematical tools for their research Authors areasked to develop their original results as fully as pos-sible [..]

Fields of interest

Economic Theory

Target groups

Researchers, graduate students

Type of publication

Monograph

Due May 2007

2007. V, 124 p. (Advances in Mathematical Economics, Band 10)

Geb.

69,50 €

ISBN 978-4-431-72733-0

H. Lampert, Nürnberg; J. Althammer, Ruhr-Universität Bochum

Lehrbuch der Sozialpolitik

Das Buch bietet einen von den Rezensenten anerkan-nten kompetenten Überblick über Geschichte, The-orie, Handlungsfelder und Reformprobleme derstaatlichen Sozialpolitik. Durch zahlreiche Tabellen,Schaubilder, Übersichten, Literaturhinweise undein ausführliches Sachregister trägt es ebenso wiedurch seine allgemeinverständliche Darstellung di-daktischen Erfordernissen Rechnung. Das Buch istein Standardwerk. Die achte Auflage berücksichtigtalle Neuregelungen der letzten Jahre und beschreibtdamit den neuesten Stand des Gebiets.

Features

Anerkanntes Standardwerk in NeuauflageAllgemeinverstädliche Einführung Auf dasWesentliche konzentriert Didaktisch klar undübersichtlich

Contents

Einführung.- Geschichte der deutschen staatlichenSozialpolitik.- Theoretische Grundlegung derstaatlichen Sozialpolitik.- Systematische Darstellungder Bereiche sozialpolitischen Handelns.- Das Sys-tem der staatlichen Sozialpolitik - Überblick und Bi-lanz.

Fields of interest

Social Policy; Economic Policy

Target groups

Studenten und Praktiker

Type of publication

German textbook

Due May 2007

2007. XXVIII, 583 S. 13 Abb. (Springer-Lehrbuch) Softcover

32,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-70911-4


S. Lee, University of Hull, UK; S. McBride, Simon Fraser University,

Vancouver, Canada (Eds.)

Neo-Liberalism, State Power and

Global Governance

The volume explores the relationship between neo-liberalism, state power and global governance. Itseeks to show how neo-liberalism has failed to de-liver a framework for state power and global gover-nance capable of delivering stability and enduringprosperity. It also contends that the role of politicsin general, and the state and global governance inparticular, should be defined more broadly than thesimple neo-liberal construction of institutions forthe market. Part One explores the pattern of nation-al differences in the exercise of state power in a vari-ety of industrialized and developing economies, de-spite the pressure to converge towards the dominantneo-liberal paradigm. Part Two analyses a variety oftrans-national policy prescriptions for neo-liberal-ism and state power. Part Three explores whether thegovernance of labour markets is a special case in theglobal economy. Part Four sets out the need for insti-tutional reform of the neo-liberal order in trade andfinance. The volume [..]

Features

Provides in a single volume an evaluation of neo-lib-eralism as a basis for state power Provides in a sin-gle volume an evaluation of neo-liberalism as a basisfor global governance Provides concise case studiesof North American, European and emergent marketeconomies

Contents

From the contents Introduction.- Part I. NationalDifferences in the Face of Pressures to Converge.-Part II. Transnational Policy Prescriptions.- Part III.Labour: A Special Case in the Global Economy?- PartIV. The Need for Reform.- Conclusion: TheNeed to Rebuild the Public Domain.

Fields of interest

Political Science; Economic Policy; Political Philoso-phy; Social Policy

Target groups

Undergraduate or postgraduate students takingmodules in politics and international relations, andseeking an introduction to the theory and impact ofneo-liberalism upon state power and global gover-nance; and the general reader interested in globaliza-tion and its impact upon the role of the state

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due September 2007

2007. XII, 272 p. Geb.

112,30 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6219-3

M. Lehmann-Waffenschmidt, Dresden University of Technology,

Dresden, Germany

Economic Evolution and

Equilibrium

Bridging the Gap

This work uses various model frameworks to studythe evolution of equilibria in an open loop evolv-ing economy in which the model characteristicsevolve without any directional restrictions exceptfor continuity. Applying mathematical methods, itis shown that equilibria can always be adapted ina piecewise gradual, non bang-bang way. Further-more, the analysis provides a complete characteriza-tion of the structure of the equilibrium price set ofevolving exchange economies. The results allow toderive policy implications for a gradual, frictionlesstuning of equilibrium values for open loop evolvingeconomies. The analysis is innovative in both its ap-proach and its results. It contributes to bridging thegap between the traditional static, closed loop, dy-namic equilibrium approach and the idea of openloop evolution which has become an attractive con-cept in economics in recent years.

Contents

Introduction.- Part I: Conceptualization and defini-tion of evolutions of economies in four general equi-librium frameworks.- Part II: Formal analysis.- PartIII: Economic analyis.- General conclusions and out-look.

Fields of interest

Microeconomics; Game Theory/Mathematical Meth-ods; Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav.Sciences

Target groups

Scientists

Type of publication

Monograph

Due May 2007

2007. VIII, 272 p. 75 illus. (Lecture Notes in Economics and Math-


69,50 €

ISBN 978-3-540-68662-0

M. Lehmann-Waffenschmidt, Dresden University of Technology,

Germany (Ed.)

Innovations Towards Sustainability

Conditions and Consequences

The volume contains eight articles together withcomments by twenty authors and discussants on thetopic of innovations and sustainability. It providesa competently written, balanced and differentiatedstate-of-the-art insight into the relation between in-novations and sustainability from the perspective ofevolutionary economics. The scope of the contribu-tions encompasses the technological, social, organi-zational, and political dimensions of the topic. Eacharticle is discussed by a competently written com-mentary providing a critical evaluation and relatingit to the relevant literature. Particular interest lies onthe issues of steering opportunities and path forma-tion capabilities by decentralized agents, or govern-mental institutions from the viewpoint of evolution-ary economics.

Contents

Part I: New Approaches to Environmental Innova-tion Policy.- Part II: Innovations and Sustainability.-Part III: Arrangements in Society and Economy to-wards Sustainability.

Fields of interest

Environmental Economics; Economic Policy; Eco-nomic Growth

Target groups

Scientists

Type of publication

Monograph

Due September 2007

2007. XIV, 216 p. 38 illus. (Sustainability and Innovation) Softcov-

er

64,15 €

ISBN 978-3-7908-1649-5


I. Linkov, INTERTOX Inc., Boston, Massachusetts and Seattle, WA,

USA; G.A. Kiker, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA; R.J.

Wenning, ENVIRON International Corporation, San Francisco, CA,

USA (Eds.)

Environmental Security in Harbors

and Coastal Areas

Management Using Comparative Risk Assessment and Mul-

ti-Criteria Decision Analysis

Human experience has shown how great cities, na-tions, and empires have either collapsed or retiredfrom their predominant stature when natural re-sources are depleted to an extent that exceeds theability of the environment to restore or replenishtheir supply. This book explores the challenges fac-ing coastal areas during the next few decades andthe difficult decisions needed to prevent a repeat ofthe past. Establishing, maintaining or enhancing asense of environmental security in different coastalregions and improving the management of criticalinfrastructure will require (i) matching human de-mands with available environmental resources; (ii)recognition of environmental security threats and in-frastructure vulnerabilities; and, (iii) identification ofthe range of available options for preventing and/orminimizing natural disasters, technological failures,and/or terror actions. This book emphasizes beliefsthat the convergence of seemingly disparate view-points and often uncertain and limited [..]

Features

State-of-the-science approach to current environ-mental issues Balanced international perspectives,including developing countries Use of advancedquantitative tools to address policy problems Riskassessment and decision analysis applications Casestudies in the use of risk assessment and MCDA

Contents

From the contents Preface. Acknowledgements.-Part 1. Environmental Security: Regulatory Needsand Tools.- Part 2. Coastal Areas: Challenges and So-lutions.- Part 3. Applications of Multi-Criteria De-cision Analysis.- Part 4. Applications of Risk Assess-ment.- Part 5. Case Studies in Environmental Securi-ty Analysis.- List of Participants.- Author Index.

Fields of interest

Environmental Management; Operation Re-search/Decision Theory; Environmental Economics;Math. Appl. in Environmental Science

Target groups

Environmental scientists, Civil, Environmental andBioenvironmental Engineers, Environmental andnatural resource planners and managers, Risk assess-ment and decision analysts, Environmental policydecision-makers, Professors (can be supplementaltext to graduate courses), Coastal Industry port man-agers

Type of publication

Proceedings

Due March 2007

2007. XIII, 492 p. (NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C:


192,55 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-5800-4

I. Linkov, INTERTOX Inc., Boston, Massachusetts and Seattle, WA,

USA; G.A. Kiker, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA; R.J.

Wenning, ENVIRON International Corporation, San Francisco, CA,

USA (Eds.)

Environmental Security in Harbors

and Coastal Areas

Management Using Comparative Risk Assessment and Mul-

ti-Criteria Decision Analysis

Human experience has shown how great cities, na-tions, and empires have either collapsed or retiredfrom their predominant stature when natural re-sources are depleted to an extent that exceeds theability of the environment to restore or replenishtheir supply. This book explores the challenges fac-ing coastal areas during the next few decades andthe difficult decisions needed to prevent a repeat ofthe past. Establishing, maintaining or enhancing asense of environmental security in different coastalregions and improving the management of criticalinfrastructure will require (i) matching human de-mands with available environmental resources; (ii)recognition of environmental security threats and in-frastructure vulnerabilities; and, (iii) identification ofthe range of available options for preventing and/orminimizing natural disasters, technological failures,and/or terror actions. This book emphasizes beliefsthat the convergence of seemingly disparate view-points and often uncertain and limited [..]

Features


Contents

From the contents Preface. Acknowledgements.-Part 1. Environmental Security: Regulatory Needsand Tools.- Part 2. Coastal Areas: Challenges and So-lutions.- Part 3. Applications of Multi-Criteria De-cision Analysis.- Part 4. Applications of Risk Assess-ment.- Part 5. Case Studies in Environmental Securi-ty Analysis.- List of Participants.- Author Index.

Fields of interest

Environmental Management; Operation Re-search/Decision Theory; Environmental Economics;Math. Appl. in Environmental Science

Target groups

Environmental scientists, Civil, Environmental andBioenvironmental Engineers, Environmental andnatural resource planners and managers, Risk assess-ment and decision analysts, Environmental policydecision-makers, Professors (can be supplementaltext to graduate courses), Coastal Industry port man-agers

Type of publication

Proceedings

Due March 2007



85,55 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-5801-1

I. Linkov, INTERTOX, Inc., Brookline, MA, USA; R.J. Wenning, ENV-

IRON International Corporation, Emeryville, CA, USA; G.A. Kiker,

University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA (Eds.)

Managing Critical Infrastructure

Risks

The increasing complexity of societal change in re-sponse to the new global economy requires an en-hanced capacity for scientific assessment and moni-toring, particularly of critical infrastructure such asports and harbors. Public pressure for decision trans-parency in government and corporations drives theneed for a new framework for thinking about global-ization and the prioritization of social and corporatevalues that reaches beyond the realms of economics,world trade, and corporate management to includeenvironmental protection and social goals. Establish-ing, maintaining, and enhancing a sense of securityand vulnerability in areas around critical infrastruc-ture will require: 1. Matching human demands withavailable resources.2. Recognizing threats, includ-ing environmental security threats and infrastructurevulnerabilities.3. Identifying the range of availableoptions for preventing and minimizing natural disas-ters, technological failures, and terror actions. Thisbook emphasizes beliefs that [..]

Features


Contents

From the contents Preface. Acknowledgements.-Part 1. Overview of Critical Infrastructure and Envi-ronmental Security.- Part 2. Port Critical Infrastruc-ture and Management Frameworks.- Part 3.Ecological Risks in Harbors and Coastal Areas.- Part4. Decision-Making and Risk Assessment Methods,Tools, and Applications for Critical Infrastructureand Port Security.- Part 5. Case Studies in Risk Man-agement.- List of Participants.- Author Index.

Fields of interest

Environmental Management; Facility Management;Environmental Economics; Operation Research/De-cision Theory; Math. Appl. in Environmental Science

Target groups

Civil, environmental and bioenvironmental engi-neers, risk assessment and decision analysts, envi-ronmental policy decision-makers, environmentalscientists, environmental and natural resource plan-ners and managers, professors (can be supplementaltext to graduate courses), coastal industry port man-agers

Type of publication

Proceedings

Due September 2007



171,15 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6383-1


I. Linkov, INTERTOX, Inc., Brookline, MA, USA; R.J. Wenning, ENV-

IRON International Corporation, Emeryville, CA, USA; G.A. Kiker,

University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA (Eds.)

Managing Critical Infrastructure

Risks

The increasing complexity of societal change in re-sponse to the new global economy requires an en-hanced capacity for scientific assessment and moni-toring, particularly of critical infrastructure such asports and harbors. Public pressure for decision trans-parency in government and corporations drives theneed for a new framework for thinking about global-ization and the prioritization of social and corporatevalues that reaches beyond the realms of economics,world trade, and corporate management to includeenvironmental protection and social goals. Establish-ing, maintaining, and enhancing a sense of securityand vulnerability in areas around critical infrastruc-ture will require: 1. Matching human demands withavailable resources.2. Recognizing threats, includ-ing environmental security threats and infrastructurevulnerabilities.3. Identifying the range of availableoptions for preventing and minimizing natural disas-ters, technological failures, and terror actions. Thisbook emphasizes beliefs that [..]

Features


Contents

From the contents Preface. Acknowledgements.-Part 1. Overview of Critical Infrastructure and Envi-ronmental Security.- Part 2. Port Critical Infrastruc-ture and Management Frameworks.- Part 3.Ecological Risks in Harbors and Coastal Areas.- Part4. Decision-Making and Risk Assessment Methods,Tools, and Applications for Critical Infrastructureand Port Security.- Part 5. Case Studies in Risk Man-agement.- List of Participants.- Author Index.

Fields of interest

Environmental Management; Facility Management;Environmental Economics; Operation Research/De-cision Theory; Math. Appl. in Environmental Science

Target groups

Civil, environmental and bioenvironmental engi-neers, risk assessment and decision analysts, envi-ronmental policy decision-makers, environmentalscientists, environmental and natural resource plan-ners and managers, professors (can be supplementaltext to graduate courses), coastal industry port man-agers

Type of publication

Proceedings

Due September 2007



74,85 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6384-8

C. Lipchin, Arava Institute for Environmental Studies, Israel; E.

Pallant, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA, USA; D. Saranga, Arava

Institute for Environmental Studies, Israel; A. Amster, Arava Insti-

tute for Environmental Studies, Israel (Eds.)

Integrated Water Resources

Management and Security in the

Middle East

Integrated Water Resources Management and Secu-rity in the Middle East brings together diverse voic-es relating to the critical issue of water managementin one of the world’s most politically volatile areas:the Middle East. The book brings together Palestini-an, Israeli, Jordanian and international expert opin-ions on creating a holistic and comprehensive viewof water management challenges and strategies inan area of conflict and resource scarcity. The booktakes security studies to the next level beyond mil-itary preparedness to address the security implica-tions of the most fundamental of resources, that ofwater. Indeed, the book delves deeply into the un-derlying ideological underpinnings of various wa-ter regimes and possible opportunities for new deci-sion-making models and regional cooperation. Thisbook serves an important place in the scholarly liter-ature on this topic for its breadth of participants andperspectives and its concrete steps forward. It movesthe academic discourse beyond [..]

Features

Presents diverse opinions: Israeli, Jordanian andPalestinian A comprehensive approach to watermanagement in the region Presents multi-prong so-lutions including attitudinal shifts, decision-makingtools and policy solutions

Contents

Introduction.- Retelling the Story of Water in theMiddle East: Reflections about a Conversation at theDead Sea.- 1. Section 1 Water Resources in the Mid-dle East.- Fresh Water in the Middle East and NorthAfrica: Source of Conflict/Base for Cooperation.-Water and Security for Israel.- Water and Securityfor Jordan.- Water and Security for Palestine.- 2. Sec-tion II Policy and Management Options.- Environ-ment and Security in the Middle East: Conceptualiz-ing Environmental, Human and Water Security andPeace.- Hydro-Diplomacy: Opportunities for Learn-ing from an Interregional Process.- [..]

Fields of interest

Environmental Management; Waste Water Tech-nology / Water Pollution Control / Water Manage-ment / Aquatic Pollution; Popular Science in Natureand Environment; Environmental Economics; Eco-nomic Geography

Target groups

Scholars of international conflict management/res-olution, scholars of environmental policy solutions,interested parties in Middle East water management,policymakers and stakeholders to Middle East waterissues

Type of publication

Proceedings

Due April 2007

2007. VII, 353 p. (NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C:


149,75 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-5985-8


C. Lipchin, Arava Institute for Environmental Studies, Israel; E.

Pallant, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA, USA; D. Saranga, Arava

Institute for Environmental Studies, Israel; A. Amster, Arava Insti-

tute for Environmental Studies, Israel (Eds.)

Integrated Water Resources

Management and Security in the

Middle East

Integrated Water Resources Management and Secu-rity in the Middle East brings together diverse voic-es relating to the critical issue of water managementin one of the world’s most politically volatile areas:the Middle East. The book brings together Palestini-an, Israeli, Jordanian and international expert opin-ions on creating a holistic and comprehensive viewof water management challenges and strategies inan area of conflict and resource scarcity. The booktakes security studies to the next level beyond mil-itary preparedness to address the security implica-tions of the most fundamental of resources, that ofwater. Indeed, the book delves deeply into the un-derlying ideological underpinnings of various wa-ter regimes and possible opportunities for new deci-sion-making models and regional cooperation. Thisbook serves an important place in the scholarly liter-ature on this topic for its breadth of participants andperspectives and its concrete steps forward. It movesthe academic discourse beyond [..]

Features

Presents diverse opinions: Israeli, Jordanian andPalestinian A comprehensive approach to watermanagement in the region Presents multi-prong so-lutions including attitudinal shifts, decision-makingtools and policy solutions

Contents

Introduction.- Retelling the Story of Water in theMiddle East: Reflections about a Conversation at theDead Sea.- 1. Section 1 Water Resources in the Mid-dle East.- Fresh Water in the Middle East and NorthAfrica: Source of Conflict/Base for Cooperation.-Water and Security for Israel.- Water and Securityfor Jordan.- Water and Security for Palestine.- 2. Sec-tion II Policy and Management Options.- Environ-ment and Security in the Middle East: Conceptualiz-ing Environmental, Human and Water Security andPeace.- Hydro-Diplomacy: Opportunities for Learn-ing from an Interregional Process.- [..]

Fields of interest

Environmental Management; Waste Water Tech-nology / Water Pollution Control / Water Manage-ment / Aquatic Pollution; Popular Science in Natureand Environment; Environmental Economics; Eco-nomic Geography

Target groups

Scholars of international conflict management/res-olution, scholars of environmental policy solutions,interested parties in Middle East water management,policymakers and stakeholders to Middle East waterissues

Type of publication

Proceedings

Due May 2007

2007. VII, 353 p. (NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C:


64,15 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-5984-1

P.d. Lombaerde, United Nations University CRIS, Brugge, Belgium

(Ed.)

Multilateralism, Regionalism

and Bilateralism in Trade and

Investment

2006 World Report on Regional Integration

Global governance is a concern of not only globalorganisations but also of all individual states and ofregional co-operation agreements among sovereignstates. In 2001, the United Nations University haslaunched UNU-CRIS, a research and training pro-gramme on comparative regional integration tostudy the role of regional integration in global gov-ernance. The present first volume of the World Re-port on Regional Integration is a timely product ofthe research undertaken at UNU-CRIS. This new se-ries of World Reports will certainly contribute to thediscussion on the interaction between regional andglobal governance. And by bringing together insightsfrom different parts of the UN system, in particu-lar the five UN regional economic commissions andUNCTAD, this report will also contribute to a bet-ter understanding of the role of regions in the UN.(Hans van Ginkel, Under-Secretary-General of theUnited Nations and Rector of UNU) The World Re-port on Regional Integration brings together a well-balanced [..]

Features

Unique collaboration between all regional UN Eco-nomic Commissions Report focuses on one of thecentral issues in the debate on global governanceWritten by a balanced and interdisciplinary group ofexperts Worldwide coverage of issues

Contents

Forword, Philippe de Lombaerde and Luk van Lan-genhove.- Section I: Multilateralism, Regionalismand Bilateralism in Trade and Investment.- chapter1. Developing countries' participation in regional in-tegration: trends, prospects and policy implications,UNCTAD.- 2. Preferential Trading Arrangementsfor Developing Countries, Basudeb Guha-Khasno-bis.- 3. Multi-Level Rulemaking in Trade and Invest-ment, Steve Woolcock.- 4. Reconciling Regional-ism and Multilateralism. Towards Multilevel TradeGovernance, Brigid Gavin.- Section II: Regional Re-ports.- 5. Asia-Pacific Regionalism Quo Vadis? [..]

Fields of interest

Political Science; International Economics; Develop-ment Economics; Human Geography

Target groups

Policy-makers at national, regional, global levels;academics, students, think-tanks

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due August 2007

2007. X, 278 p. (United Nations University Series on Regionalism,

Band 1) Geb.

64,15 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-5950-6


P. Maassen, University of Oslo, Norway; J.P. Olsen, University of

Oslo, Norway (Eds.)

University Dynamics and European

Integration

The European University is under stress. It has be-come commonplace to argue that radical reformsare needed. The claim is that while environments arechanging rapidly, European universities do not learn,adapt and reform themselves fast enough. Reformplans comprise the purposes of universities, i.e. defi-nitions of what the University is, can be and shouldbe, criteria for quality and success, the kinds of re-search, education., services and innovation to be pro-duced, and for whom. Reform plans also include theuniversities’ organization and financial basis, theirgovernance structures, who should influence the fu-ture dynamics of universities, and according to whatprinciples. In contrast, it can be argued that the cur-rently dominant reform rhetoric is only one amongseveral competing visions and understandings ofthe University and its dynamics. What is at stake is"what kind of University for what kind of society"and which, and whose values, interests and beliefsshould be given priority in [..]

Features

Represents a unique cooperation initiative of in-ternationally leading general social scientists withhigher education specialists Presents an importantframework of analysis in an area that is usually ‘theo-ry-poor’ A detailed research agenda for the coming5 to 10 years is presented Convincingly argues whythe knowledge basis under the current Universityreforms in Europe should be considerably strength-ened

Contents

List of Contributors.- Preface.- Part I: Introduction:1: European Debates on the Knowledge Institution:The Modernization of the University at the Euro-pean Level: Johan P. Olsen and Peter Maassen.- PartII: Perspectives On University Dynamics: 2: The In-stitutional Dynamics of the European University:Johan P. Olsen. 3: A Rule-governed Community ofScholars: The Humboldt Vision in the History of theEuropean University: Thorsten Nybom. 4: An In-strument for National Political Agendas: The Hierar-chical Vision: Åse Gornitzka and Peter Maassen. 5:An Internal Representative System: The [..]

Fields of interest

Higher Education; Political Science; Educational Pol-icy

Target groups

Academics, students in Higher educationstudies, Social studies of science, European studies,Public policy analysis and Political science, policypractitioners in higher education, including Euro-pean and national level politicians and civil servantswith a professional interest in higher education andacademic research; institutional leaders and man-agers in European higher education institutions; staffat European and national level intermediate agenciesin higher education and [..]

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due May 2007

2007. XII, 245 p. (Higher Education Dynamics, Band 19) Geb.

106,95 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-5970-4

G.P. Macey, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA; J.Z.

Cannon, University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, VA,

USA (Eds.)

Reclaiming the Land

Rethinking Superfund Institutions, Methods and Practices

Features

Fills a clear void in the available literature for super-fund site management, teaching and research

Fields of interest

Environmental Management; Environmental Law;Landscape/Regional and Municipal Planning; Envi-ronmental Economics

Target groups

Practitioners such as lawyers, engineers, consultants,government officials, and undergraduates and mas-ters students in environmental science, policy, andengineering, urban studies and planning, sociology,and environmental law

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due April 2007

2007. XVII, 305 p. Geb.

74,85 €

ISBN 978-0-387-48856-1


F. Machlup

Führer durch die Krisenpolitik

"Ein Buch, das dem Gebildeten – aber nicht ger-ade nationalökonomisch Gebildeten – auf wis-senschaftlich einwandfreie Art eine Orientierungin der Wirtschaftspolitik ermöglicht, hat meinesWissens bisher gefehlt." Fritz Machlup präsentiertin diesem ursprünglich 1934 erschienenen Bucheindruckvoll die komplexen Zusammenhänge vonwirtschaftspolitischen Maßnahmen und derenunmittelbare und mittelbare Konsequenzen.Zahlreiche Beispiele räumen mit weitverbreitetenMissverständnissen auf und erläutern ökonomischeGesetze in einer allgemeinverständlichen Sprache.Viele Themen sind dabei auch heute noch höchst ak-tuell, wie etwa Mindestlöhne, Arbeitszeitverkürzung,Außenhandelsschranken, oder Arbeitslosigkeitdurch technologischen Fortschritt, und seineAusführungen größtenteils noch immer gültig undaufschlussreich.

Contents

Wirtschaftspolitik und Krisenpolitik.- Ankurbelungdurch Kreditausweitung.- Arbeitsbeschaffungdurch Investitionen.- Verkürzung der Arbeit-szeit.- Senkung der Produktionskosten.- Erle-ichterung der Schuldenlast.- Innenkolonisationund Naturalwirtschaft.- Autarkisierung.- Abbau derAußenhandelsschranken.- Reformen des Geldwe-sens.- Sparen oder konsumieren.- Beschränkungoder Beschleunigung der technischen Fortschritts.-Einschränkung der Konkurrenz.- Planwirtschaft.

Fields of interest

Economic Policy; Methodology and the History ofEconomic Thought; Social Policy

Target groups


Type of publication

Monograph

Due August 2007

Ursprünglich erschienen als Band 6 in der Reihe: Beiträge zur

Konjunkturforschung

2007. XV, 232 S. (Meilensteine der Nationalökonomie) Geb.

79,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-72261-8

J. Mahlich, Austrian Economic Chamber, Vienna, Austria; W.

Pascha, University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany (Eds.)

Innovation and Technology in

Korea

Challenges of a Newly Advanced Economy

Only inadequately perceived by the Western pub-lic, Korea has transformed into an economic heavyweight during recent decades. The Korean govern-ment believes it can turn it into one of the top 10competitive economies until 2010. This goal doesnot sound overambitious as Korea has undergonetremendous efforts in order to forge ahead in thefield of research and development. In some high techindustries, Korean firms have advanced into leadingplayers in the global market place and are increas-ingly challenging their international competitors.Against this background, the volume offers an in-depth analysis of the Korean innovation system andshows how its science and technology policies actu-ally work. As Korea’s economy is now reaching thestatus of a newly advanced economy, the book alsotakes a close look on ongoing structural changes inthe course of economic globalization.

Features

Korea's technological development and catching-upfrom an economic perspective Strategic aspects ofKorea's innovation system Various approaches: gen-eral economic, industry-specific as well as cross-sec-tional

Contents

Part I: General Surveys.- Part II: Cross-cutting Is-sues.- Part III: Sectoral Issues.

Fields of interest

R & D/Technology Policy; Technology Management;Development Economics

Target groups

Researchers and professionals interested in Asianeconomies

Type of publication

Monograph

Due April 2007

2007. X, 296 p. 60 illus. Geb.

74,85 €

ISBN 978-3-7908-1913-7

J. Marx Gómez, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Ger-

many; M. Sonnenschein, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Olden-

burg, Germany; M. Müller, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Olden-

burg, Germany; H. Welsch, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Olden-

burg, Germany; C. Rautenstrauch, Otto-von-Guericke Universität

Magdeburg, Germany (Eds.)

Information Technologies in

Environmental Engineering

ITEE 2007 - Third International ICSC Symposium

The increasing environmental problems demand in-terdisciplinary approaches where engineers, naturalscientists, economists and computer scientists worktogether. Information technology has become sig-nificant to all scientific groups and fields involvedin environmental engineering covering the topics:Modeling and simulation, information systems, for-mal methods and data processing techniques, toolsand measurement techniques. Economists approach-es for environmental policy and management. Thisbook publishes the proceedings of the ITEE 07 con-ference, where new concepts as well as practical ap-plications and experiences in the field of environ-mental engineering have been presented and dis-cussed.

Features

Presents new concepts as well as practical applica-tions and experiences in the field of environmentalengineering

Contents

Keynotes.- Air Pollution.- Corporate SustainabilityReporting.- Decentralized Energy Management Sys-tems.- Environmental Information Systems.- Envi-ronmental Policy and Management.- EnvironmentalRisk Assessment. Life Cycle Assessment.- Spatial Ap-plications.- Water Pollution.- Workshop: CorporateEnvironmental Management Information Systems.

Fields of interest

Environmental Computing/Environmental Mod-elling; Environmental Management

Target groups

Environmental engineers, computer scientists andeconomists

Type of publication

Monograph

Due April 2007

2007. XVII, 598 p., 181 illus. (Environmental Engineering) Geb.

181,85 €

ISBN 978-3-540-71334-0


Á. Matias, University of Évora, Portugal; P. Nijkamp, Free Universi-

ty of Amsterdam, The Netherlands; P. Neto, University of Évora,

Portugal (Eds.)

Advances in Modern Tourism

Research

Economic Perspectives

Modern Advances in Tourism Research providesa thorough assessment of state-of-the-art academ-ic research in this recent field of economic science.The authors start by scoping the scene of tourism re-search, evolving then to a comprehensive analysisof themes of particular interest for researchers andacademics interested on the workings of the tourismmarkets, such as new analysis frameworks in tourismeconomics and new operational tools in tourism re-search. With a view to go beyond fundamental re-search, the book closes with a chapter dedicated toapplied country and regional studies, where a varietyof subjects – from input-output analysis to e-tourismcompetitiveness – are analysed from an alternativemicro-perspective.

Contents

Part A: New Analysis Frameworks in Tourism Eco-nomics.- Part B: New Operational Tools in TourismResearch.- Part C: Applied Country and RegionalStudies.

Fields of interest

Regional Science; Development Economics; Eco-nomic Geography; Monitoring/Environmental Anal-ysis/Environmental Ecotoxicology; EnvironmentalEconomics; Economics general

Target groups

Scientists

Type of publication

Monograph

Due June 2007

2007. IX, 370 p. 26 illus. Geb.

106,95 €

ISBN 978-3-7908-1717-1

I. Matthäus-Maier, KfW, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; J.D.v. Pis-

chke, Reston, VA, USA (Eds.)

Microfinance Investment Funds

Leveraging Private Capital for Economic Growth and Poverty

Reduction

Microfinance investment funds are a recent develop-ment that will grow in importance. These funds ex-pand the range of opportunities for financing micro-finance institutions, enabling them to offer greateroutreach and diversity of products for microen-trepreneurs and small businesses. Microfinance nowspans the range of finance, from the most simple en-terprise to the complexity of capital markets. KfWactively promotes microfinance investment fundsand other activities that facilitate the growth of mi-crofinance. This book is an expression of KfW's roleas information broker and trend setter. The authorswho contributed to this collection offer a compre-hensive range of perspectives and themes related tomicrofinance investment and its promotion.

Features

First-ever editorial volume on microfinance invest-ment funds Wide and unique range of perspectivesand voices in the field of microfinance Special fea-tures include an overview on the market for invest-ment in microfinance, the risk assessment of micro-finance, foreign exchange risk, and corporate gover-nance

Contents

Introductory Remarks: The Purpose of Our En-deavour.- Microfinance Investment Funds: WhereWealth Creation Meets Poverty Reduction.- TheMarket for Investment in Microfinance: Microfi-nance Investment Funds: Objectives, Players, Poten-tial.- The Market for Microfinance Foreign Invest-ment: Opportunities and Challenges.- Micro-bub-ble or Macro-immunity? Risk and Return in Micro-finance: Lessons from Recent Crises in Latin Amer-ica.- ProCredit Banks in Southeast Europe: Success-ful Public-Private Partnership in Microfinance.- Riskand Governance in Microfinance Investment: Com-mercial Investment [..]

Fields of interest

Finance /Banking; Development Economics; Finan-cial Economics

Target groups

Professionals in banks and financial institutionsas well as in development assistance agencies; re-searchers

Type of publication

Monograph

Due June 2007

2007. XIII, 290 p. 12 illus. Softcover

37,40 €

ISBN 978-3-540-72423-0

J. McIntyre-Mills, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia (Ed.)

Systemic Governance and

Accountability

Working and Re-Working the Conceptual and Spatial Bound-

aries

Systemic Governance addresses accounting and ac-countability and develops conceptual tools to en-hance the capacity of policy makers and managers.The structures and processes of international rela-tions and governance need to be re-considered toallow diversity to the extent that is does not under-mine the freedoms of others. The book makes a pleafor systemic governance. Policy makers and man-agers need to work with rather than within theoreti-cal and methodological frameworks to achieve multi-dimensional and multilayered policy decisions. Con-ceptual tools can be used to enhance systemic gov-ernance. The closest we can get to truth is throughcompassionate dialogue that explores paradoxes andconsiders the rights and responsibilities of caretak-ers. Case studies and conceptual tools enliven thetext.

Features

Follows a practical approach including case studiesand conceptual tools

Contents

Working and Reworking the Boundaries of Knowl-edge International Relations and Governance.- Sys-temic Governance: From Mode 1 to Mode 2 Con-sciousness and Praxis.- Knowledge, Identity and Cul-ture: Molar and Molecular Identity and Politics.-Subsidiarity, Sustainable Governance and Regional-ism.- Design of Inquiring System for Governance.-Capacity Building for Both Strong and Weak Re-gions and States.- Structures and Processes for Sys-temic Governance: Reworking Subsidiarity.- Conclu-sion: Appreciating Complexity When Making PublicPolicy Through Systemic Learning and Lived Experi-ence.

Fields of interest

Business/Management Science, general; Political Sci-ence; Political Philosophy

Target groups

Students and members of professional associationsin the field of systems sciences, public policy andmanagement, politics and international relations

Type of publication

Monograph

Due March 2007

2006. XLIX, 437 p. (C. West Churchman's Legacy and Related

Works, Band 3) Geb.

128,35 €

ISBN 978-0-387-48671-0


P. Mir-Artigues, University of Lleida, Spain; J. González-Calvet,

University of Barcelona, Spain

Funds, Flows and Time

An Alternative Approach to the Microeconomic Analysis of

Productive Activities

This book deals with concepts of microeconomicproduction theory, using the fund-flow model ofNicholas Georgescu-Roegen as a basic reference.This long-neglected model allows for a representa-tion of productive operations that incorporates thetime dimension and can be easily accommodated toempirical application. Through a detailed analysis ofthe organization of productive processes, the authorsestablish a link between the practical tools of processtiming optimisation used in operational research,and the fund-flow model. In addition, they go be-yond the original model by extending the analysis toservice activities, making special reference to trans-port operations and the development of informationassets. The book sheds new light on long-establishedconcepts of microeconomic production theory andcombines general theoretical analysis with referencesto management tools.

Contents

Anatomy of the production pro-cess.- Productive deployment of ele-mentary processes.- Characteristics of line pro-cess.- The fund-flow model and the produc-tion function.- The fund-flow model and service ac-tivities.- Costs.

Fields of interest

Microeconomics; Production/Logistics; EngineeringEconomics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing

Target groups

Scientists, graduate students

Type of publication

Monograph

Due May 2007

2007. XVII, 263 p. 73 illus. Geb.

90,90 €

ISBN 978-3-540-71290-9

F. Moavenzadeh, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA; M.J. Markow, Teat-

icket, MA, USA

Moving Millions

Transport Strategies for Sustainable Development in Megaci-

ties

This book demonstrates how transportation strategyand environmental sustainability can be pursued in acomprehensive and harmonious, rather than uncon-nected and potentially conflicting, set of public poli-cies. It applies lessons from several urban areas (e.g.,Bogota, Singapore, Mexico City, Sao Paulo), includ-ing “success stories” and less successful “hard-wonlessons”, to a case study in Guangzhou. From theseexamples, a number of useful guidelines emerge onhow the competition for resources between trans-portation policy and environmental sustainabilitycan be resolved to support continued economic de-velopment in megacities. Among the themes iden-tified in the book are the need for a comprehensiveapproach that is tailored to local institutional andcultural norms, the need to understand the tradeoffsamong competing goals and resolve them in a bal-anced strategy, the importance of demand-side man-agement as compared to traditional approaches ofinvestment in new capacity, the usefulness of a range[..]

Features

Discussion of a very timely, complicated subject withexamples drawn from several cities and continents

Contents

From the contents 1: Introduction. 2: Sustainabili-ty. 3: Achieving Sustainable Development. 4 Trans-portation Policy and Environmental Sustainability. 5:Public and Private Partnership in Sustainable Trans-portation. 6: Examples from Selected Cities. 7: CaseStudy – Guangzhou. Conclusion.

Fields of interest

Environmental Management; Atmospheric Pro-tection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution; ClimateChange; Economic Growth; Public Finance

Target groups

International organizations, university and researchinstitutions, individuals in government (primarily intransportation, including financing and institution-al arrangements, and in environmental protection),municipalities, and the construction, transportation,and environmental protection industries

Type of publication

Monograph

Due September 2007

2007. XVI, 272 p. (Alliance for Global Sustainability Bookseries,

Band 14) Geb.

96,25 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6701-3

H. Mollenkopf, University of Heidelberg, Germany; A. Walker,

University of Sheffield, UK (Eds.)

Quality of Life in Old Age

International and Multi-Disciplinary Perspectives

This volume brings together leading researchers onquality of life in old age to focus on one of the mostimportant issues in both gerontology and quality oflife studies. Quality of life is a holistic construct andassessed from many different perspectives and bymany disciplines. Moreover, the concept of qualityof life can be applied to practically all important do-mains of life. Thus, quality of life research has to in-clude social, environmental, structural, and healthrelated aspects and be approached from an interdis-ciplinary perspective. Recently research in gerontolo-gy has begun to systematically study quality of life -following the WHO dictum 'years have been addedto life and now the challenge is to add life to years'- however there are very few texts available on thistopic and none of an international and multi-disci-plinary nature. Quality of life studies have neglect-ed older people and, given the size and growth ofthis population, it is time to publish a volume on thistopic that [..]

Features

Comprehensive, covers essential components ofquality of life International and multidisciplinaryperspectives Authors are leading experts in the fieldFirst volume of this kind Practical and theoretical as-pects

Contents

From the contents Understanding Quality of Life inOld Age.- International and Multi-Disciplinary Per-spectives on Quality of Life in Old Age: ConceptualIssues.- Quality of Life in Older Age - What OlderPeople Say. Are We Measuring the Right Things? -Key Aspects of Quality of Life.- Well-Being, Controland Ageing - an Empirical Assessment.- Social Re-sources.- Economic Resources and Subjective Well-Being in Old Age.- Quality of Life in Old Age, In-equality and Welfare State Reform - an EmpiricalComparison between Norway, Germany and Eng-land.- Environmental Aspects of Quality of Life in[..]

Fields of interest

Sociology; Quality of Life Research; Behavioural Sci-ences; Geriatrics/Gerontology; Aging

Target groups

Researchers, lecturers, students, practitioners in so-cial and behavioural sciences, gerontology, social in-dicators and quality of life research, social policy, so-ciology

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due May 2007

2007. IX, 259 p. (Social Indicators Research Series, Band 31) Geb.

101,60 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-5681-9


O. Morgenstern

Die Grenzen der Wirtschaftspolitik

"Die herrschende Ungewissheit über die Bedeu-tung der Nationalökonomie für das praktischeWirtschaftsleben und über ihre Brauchbarkeitfür die Zwecke der Wirtschaftspolitik lässt esangemessen erscheinen, die zwischen der theoretis-chen Forschung und ihrer Anwendung auf konkreteAufgaben schwebenden Fragen zu untersuchen".Der Beginn dieses Buches, welches ursprünglich1934 erschienen ist, verdeutlicht seine andauerndeAktualität. Nicht nur für Wirtschaftshistoriker istes interessant, welche Erkenntnisse des komplex-en Zusammenspiels von Wirtschaftspolitik undWirtschaftsleben bereits in der ersten Hälfte des 20.Jahrhunderts bekannt waren. Durch sein mit Johnvon Neumann veröffentlichtes Hauptwerk "TheTheory of Games and Economic Behavior" gilt Os-kar Morgenstern als Mitbegründer der Spieltheorie.Zahlreiche vielbeachtete Bücher und Zeitschriften-themen unter anderem zu Wirtschaftswachstum,Finanzmärkten, und Verteidigung zeugen von seinenvielfältigen Forschungsinteressen.

Features

Oskar Morgenstern: Mitbegründer der Spieltheorieund Autor zahlreicher viel beachteter Bücher undArtikel Die Basis der Nationalökonomie: Reprintder 1. Auflage (1934) Erkenntnisse von andauernderAktualität

Contents

Einleitung.- Das Anwendungsproblem.- Die star-ren Systeme der Wirtschaftspolitik.- Die Streuungder Wirkungen der Wirtschaftspolitik.- Die gegen-seitigen Abhängigkeiten der wirtschaftspolitischenMaßnahmen.- Die durch Macht gesetzten Grenzen.-Immanente Schwierigkeiten der Wirtschaftspoli-tik.- Die Besonderheiten der Konjunkturpolitik.- DieGefahren der Nationalökonomie.- Schluß: Staat undWirtschaftspolitik.- Anhang.

Fields of interest

Economic Policy; Methodology and the History ofEconomic Thought; Social Policy

Target groups


Type of publication

Monograph

Due August 2007

Ursprünglich erschienen als Band 5 in der Reihe: Beiträge zur

Konjunkturforschung

2007. VII, 136 S. (Meilensteine der Nationalökonomie) Geb.

69,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-72117-8

G.M. Morrison, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg,

Sweden; S. Rauch, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg,

Sweden (Eds.)

Highway and Urban Environment

Proceedings of the 8th Highway and Urban Environment Sym-

posium

Today, half of the world’s population lives in ur-ban areas and rapid urbanisation is expected to con-tinue in the next decades. The growth of urban ar-eas around the world presents many challenges andneeds to be supported by the development of ad-equate and sustainable infrastructures. The High-way and Urban Environment Symposium (Nicosia,Cyprus, June 11-14, 2006) is a forum for recent re-search on all aspects of the highway and urban en-vironment and focuses especially on the manage-ment and environmental impact of transportation.The Proceedings describe recent research on vehicleemissions, air quality, urban runoff quality and treat-ment, contaminated areas, traffic management andsustainable transport strategies.

Features

A comprehensive coverage of critical issues on thehighway and urban environment which is a key tounderstanding sustainability in the world's expand-ing urban areas Proceedings of a symposium whichhas been held for 20 years and is well known in itsfield

Contents

From the contents I. Vehicle Consumption andEmissions and Traffic Management.- II. Air Pol-lution and Air Quality.- III. Contaminated Envi-ronments and Remediation.- IV. Stormwater: V.Stormwater Treatment.- VI. Environmental Assess-ment and Effects.

Fields of interest

Environmental Management; Atmospheric Protec-tion/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution; TerrestrialPollution; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollu-tion Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollu-tion

Target groups

Researchers working in the fields covered, scientists,engineers, policy makers, environmental engineersand scientists, automotive engineers, urban planners

Type of publication

Proceedings

Due September 2007

2007. XXVI, 594 p. (Alliance for Global Sustainability Bookseries,

Band 12) Geb.

181,85 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6009-0

J. Mundhenke, Berlin

Wettbewerbswirkungen von Open-

Source-Software und offenen

Standards auf Softwaremärkten

Der Begriff "Open-Source-Software" wurde vorknapp zehn Jahren geprägt und hat inzwischen einefeste Position im IT-Markt erobert. Heute wirdOpen-Source-Software von praktisch allen im IT-Markt vertretenen Unternehmen entwickelt. Indem vorliegenden Buch werden folgende Fragenerörtert: Wie wirkt sich die zunehmende Verbre-itung und Nutzung von Open-Source-Software undoffenen Standards auf Wettbewerb aus? Könnenwirtschaftspolitische Maßnahmen die Vorteileeines offenen Wettbewerbs und die Nutzung neuerInnovationspotenziale unterstützen? Es wird einBeitrag geleistet zum ökonomischen Verständnisder Konzepte von Open-Source-Software und offe-nen Standards. Theoretische Analyse und wirtschaft-spolitische Praxis werden miteinander verbunden.Anhand eines internationalen Vergleichs werdenverschiedene nationale Open-Source-Strategienanalysiert, bewertet und weiterer Handlungsbedarfangezeigt mit Vorschlägen, wie Wettbewerb aufSoftwaremärkten offener gestaltet werden kann.

Fields of interest

R & D/Technology Policy; Information Systems

Target groups

Forscher, Praktiker

Type of publication

Monograph

Due June 2007

2007. XVI, 277 S. (Kieler Studien - Kiel Studies, Band 338) Geb.

89,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-71415-6


A.T. Murray, The Ohio State University, OH, USA; T. Grubesic, Indi-

ana University, Bloomington, IN, USA (Eds.)

Critical Infrastructure

Reliability and Vulnerability

This text brings together differing geographic per-spectives in modeling and analysis in order to high-light infrastructure weaknesses or plan for their pro-tection. International scholars, from a variety of dis-ciplines – geography, regional science, planning,public policy, operations research, mathematics,computer science, engineering and transportation- offer varying perspectives on this subject.This text is an important contribution offering syn-thesis and new methodological approaches. The pur-pose of this volume is to explore the potential conse-quences of critical infrastructure failure, stemmingfrom both man-made (e.g., terrorist attacks) and nat-ural disasters (earthquakes, hurricanes, etc.). The ap-proaches employed are wide-ranging, including geo-graphic, economic and social perspectives on criticalinfrastructure issues.

Fields of interest

Regional Science; Landscape/Regional and Munici-pal Planning; Quantitative Geography; R & D/Tech-nology Policy

Target groups

Scientists in Geography, Regional Science, Planning,Public Policy, OR, Computer Science, Engineeringand Transportation; practitioners responsible forcritical infrastructure

Type of publication

Monograph

Due March 2007

2007. VIII, 311 p. (Advances in Spatial Science) Geb.

90,90 €

ISBN 978-3-540-68055-0

W.G. Müller, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Austria

Collecting Spatial Data

Optimum Design of Experiments for Random Fields

The book is concerned with the statistical theoryfor locating spatial sensors. It bridges the gap be-tween spatial statistics and optimum design theo-ry. After introductions to those two fields the topicsof exploratory designs and designs for spatial trendand variogram estimation are treated. Special atten-tion is devoted to describing new methodologies tocope with the problem of correlated observations.A great number of relevant references are collect-ed and put into a common perspective. The theo-retical investigations are accompanied by a practi-cal example, the redesign of an Upper-Austrian airpollution monitoring network. A reader should beable to find respective theory and recommendationson how to efficiently plan a specific purpose spatialmonitoring network. The third edition takes intoaccount the rapid development in the area ofspatial statistics by including new relevant researchand references. The revised edition contains addi-tional material on design for detecting spatial [..]

Features

Book bridges the gap between spatial statistics andoptimum design theory New edition includes newrelevant research and references

Contents

Introduction.- Fundamentals of Spatial Statistics.-Fundamentals of Experimental Design.- ExploratoryDesigns.- Designs for Spatial Trend Estimation.- De-sign and Dependence.- Multipurpose Designs.- Ap-pendix.

Fields of interest

Regional Science; Statistics for Engineering, Physics,Computer Science, Chemistry & Geosciences; Math.Appl. in Environmental Science; Math. Applica-tions in Geosciences; Statistics for Business/Eco-nomics/Mathematical Finance/Insurance

Target groups

Scientists in regional and spatial science; practition-ers in regional planning

Type of publication

Monograph

Due August 2007

Originally published in the series: Contributions to Statistics by

Physica-Verlag Heidelberg, Germany

2007. XII, 242 p. 37 illus. Geb.

90,90 €

ISBN 978-3-540-31174-4

U. Neyer, Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

The Design of the Eurosystem's

Monetary Policy Instruments

The creation of a single monetary currency and asingle monetary policy in the euro area has facedextraordinary challenges, among them the designof suitable monetary policy instruments. This bookevaluates monetary policy instruments of the Eu-rosystem against a number of requirements. For do-ing so, a theoretical model framework is developedwhich brings together the monetary policy activitiesof a central bank and the liquidity management ofbanks considering the main characteristics and in-stitutional features of the euro area. Main results ofthis analysis are that different costs of obtaining liq-uidity directly from the central bank can explain theexistence of an interbank market in the euro areaand the positive spread between the interbank mar-ket rate and the repo rate; that the redesign of theEurosystem’s instruments in 2004 has to be evaluatedpositively and that a further change to the minimumreserve system would enhance the flexibility of mon-etary policy in the euro area.

Contents

Introduction.- Monetary Policy Instruments of theEurosystem.- Stylized Facts and First Explanations.-Base Model: Banks' Liquidity Management and In-terbank Market Equilibrium.- Remuneration ofRequired Reserves at the Current Repo Rate.- Re-muneration of Required Reserves at an AverageRate.- Overlapping Maturities of Central Bank Cred-its.- Implications for the Eurosystem's OperationalFramework.- Summary.

Fields of interest

Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics; EuropeanIntegration; Economic Policy

Target groups

Researchers and scholars in the area of monetarypolicy and european integration

Type of publication

Monograph

Due September 2007

2007. X, 179 p. 27 illus. (Contributions to Economics) Geb.

80,20 €

ISBN 978-3-7908-1977-9


S.H. Oda, Kyoto Sangyo University, Kyoto, Japan (Ed.)

Developments on Experimental

Economics

New Approaches to Solving Real-world Problems

This volume on experimental economics offersboth new research grounds and a bird’s eye viewon the field. In the first part, leading experimen-tal economists, among them Vernon S. Smith andDaniel Friedman, give inspiring insights into theirview on the general development of this field. In thesecond part, selected short papers by researchersfrom various disciplines present new ideas and con-cepts to solving problems in the real world. Thismultidisciplinary book is of particular interest to ex-perimental economists and researchers from disci-plines such as psychology, engineering and comput-er science who are interested in experimental ap-proaches in their fields.

Fields of interest

Game Theory/Mathematical Methods; ComputerAppl. in Social and Behavioral Sciences

Target groups

Researchers in economics, experimental psychology,engineering, and computer science

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due June 2007

2007. XII, 262 p. 64 illus. (Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathe-


69,50 €

ISBN 978-3-540-68659-0

W. Otman, University of Aberdeen, UK; E. Karlberg, Aberdeen, UK

The Libyan Economy

Economic Diversification and International Repositioning

This book delivers a thorough and essential analysisof current economic policy, transformation and leg-islative changes in Libya. The authors have compre-hensively surveyed and analysed the country’s socialdevelopment and trends, its current infrastructuraldeficit, and its often controversial foreign relations.Thereby, they answer many questions about Libya’sdistinctive society and economic system and ex-plain the necessity for the major restructuring of theLibyan economy which is currently in process. Thebook makes extensive use of previously unavailableeconomic and social data and thus allows a uniqueinsight into a fascinating country on its way to repo-sition itself in a regional and international context.

Features

Detailed and knowledgable account of the Libyaneconomic and political system and ongoing reformsUse of previously unavailable economic and socialdata Practical information for potential investorsabout FDI and recent changes in investment law

Contents

An Introduction to Libya.- Libya's Foreign Poli-cy and External Relations.- The Libyan Legal Sys-tem and Key Recent Legislation.- Social Policy andTrends.- Infrastructure in Libya.- The Rationale forLibyan Privatisation.- Libya's Investment Potentialand Trade Blocs.- Economic Reform and Diversifica-tion.- The Libyan Energy and Mining Sector.- LibyanEnvironmental Law and Issues.- The Forces ShapingLibya's Future. Assessing Libya's Post-Sanctions Ini-tiatives.

Fields of interest

Economic Policy; Development Economics; PoliticalScience

Target groups

Practitioners doing business in Libya, internationalorganizations, economists and political scientists

Type of publication

Monograph

Due May 2007

2007. XVII, 474 pp. 30 illus. Geb.

106,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-46460-0

A.G.J.M. Oude Lansink, Business Economics, Wageningen Univer-

sity and Research Centre, Wageningen, The Netherlands (Ed.)

New Approaches to the Economics

of Plant Health

The world trade of plants and plant products is grad-ually increasing in both quantity and variety. Also,as more and more citizens are nowadays travelling todistant destinations, there is an increased risk of un-intentionally importing harmful organisms and inva-sive species. Governments respond to increased phy-tosanitary risks by imposing trade-restricting mea-sures. However, they are under increasing pressureof the private sector and the World Trade Organiza-tion to justify costly and trade-restricting phytosan-itary policies. On the other side, current phytosani-tary policies are required to account for impacts onthe environment. This book presents a number of re-cent scientific developments regarding the economicanalysis of impacts that harmful organisms have onagriculture and the environment, and of measures tocontrol these organisms. It also contains a numberof new approaches that integrate economic and epi-demiological modelling and economic approachesfor measuring these impacts.

Features

Advanced methods for more effective import inspec-tion, showing implications of reduced checks Spa-tially explicit bio-economic models for analysingquarantine policies New methods for analysing non-monetary impacts of quarantine pests and invasivespecies

Contents

Preface: 1. New approaches to the economics of planthealth: general introduction.- Efficient inspectionpolicies: 2. Robust inspection for invasive specieswith a limited budget.- 3. On economic-cost min-imization versus biological-invasion damage con-trol.- 4. Designing optimal phytosanitary inspec-tion policy: a conceptual framework and an applica-tion.- Quantifying risks and economic effects usingspatial models: 5. Evaluating the cost-effectivenessof brown-rot control strategies: development of abio-economic model of brown-rot prevalence in theDutch potato production chain.- 6. Risk [..]

Fields of interest

Plant Sciences; Agricultural Economics; Statistics forBusiness/Economics/Mathematical Finance/Insur-ance; Nature Conservation; Operation Research/De-cision Theory; Population Ecology

Target groups

Policy makers of National Ministries of Agriculture,EU, FAO, World Bank; National Plant ProtectionServices; agricultural economists in universities andresearch institutes working on trade policies, plantprotection

Type of publication

Proceedings

Due March 2007

2007. VIII, 208 p. (Wageningen UR Frontis Series, Band 20) Geb.

96,25 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-5825-7


A.G.J.M. Oude Lansink, Wageningen University, Wageningen,

The Netherlands (Ed.)

New Approaches to the Economics

of Plant Health

The world trade of plants and plant products is grad-ually increasing in both quantity and variety. Also,as more and more citizens are nowadays travelling todistant destinations, there is an increased risk of un-intentionally importing harmful organisms and inva-sive species. Governments respond to increased phy-tosanitary risks by imposing trade-restricting mea-sures. However, they are under increasing pressureof the private sector and the World Trade Organiza-tion to justify costly and trade-restricting phytosan-itary policies. On the other side, current phytosani-tary policies are required to account for impacts onthe environment. This book presents a number of re-cent scientific developments regarding the economicanalysis of impacts that harmful organisms have onagriculture and the environment, and of measures tocontrol these organisms. It also contains a numberof new approaches that integrate economic and epi-demiological modelling and economic approachesfor measuring these impacts.

Features

Advanced methods for more effective import inspec-tion, showing implications of reduced checks Spa-tially explicit bio-economic models for analysingquarantine policies New methods for analysing non-monetary impacts of quarantine pests and invasivespecies

Contents

From the contents Preface: 1. New approaches to theeconomics of plant health: general introduction.-Ef-ficient inspection policies: 2. Robust inspection forinvasive species with a limited budget.- 3. On eco-nomic-cost minimization versus biological-invasiondamage control.- 4. Designing optimal phytosanitaryinspection policy: a conceptual framework and anapplication.- Quantifying risks and economic effectsusing spatial models: 5. Evaluating the cost-effective-ness of brown-rot control strategies: development ofa bio-economic model of brown-rot prevalence inthe Dutch potato [..]

Fields of interest

Plant Sciences; Agricultural Economics; Statistics forBusiness/Economics/Mathematical Finance/Insur-ance; Nature Conservation; Operation Research/De-cision Theory; Population Ecology

Target groups

Policy makers of National Ministries of Agriculture,EU, FAO, World Bank; National Plant ProtectionServices; agricultural economists in universities andresearch institutes working on trade policies, plantprotection

Type of publication

Proceedings

Due April 2007

2007. VII, 202 p. (Wageningen UR Frontis Series, Band 20) Soft-

cover

48,10 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-5826-4

P.M. Panteghini, University of Brescia, Italy

Corporate Taxation in a Dynamic

World

This book analyzes the economic principles of mod-ern corporate taxation. With respect to the existingproducts it represents a novelty in at least two re-spects. First of all, it analyzes not only the effects oftaxation on firms' marginal choices, but also focuseson the impact of taxation on discrete choices, such asplant location, R and D investment, and new market-ing programs. The second novelty is represented bythe application of option pricing techniques to cor-porate taxation. To give an idea of the importance ofoptions it is sufficient to say that managers are awarethat new business programs are an opportunity andnot an obligation. This means that they behave asif they owned option-rights. Due to the partial irre-versibility of their choices, they know that the exer-cise of such options reduces their business flexibility.

Features

Focuses on the impact of taxation on decisions likeplant location, R and D investment, and new market-ing programs Applies option pricing techniques tocorporate taxation

Contents

Basic issues: The real option approach.- The en-trepreneurial decision.- The choice of the organiza-tional form.- The tax treatment of debt financing.-Foreign Direct Investment and tax avoidance.- Poli-cy issues: Corporate tax base options.- Broad or nar-row bases?- Risk-adjusted or risk-free imputationrate?- Full loss offset or no-loss offset?- R-based orS-based taxation?- Conclusions and topics for futureresearch.

Fields of interest

Public Finance; Business Taxation

Target groups

Researchers

Type of publication

Monograph

Due May 2007

2007. XI, 232 p. 6 illus. Geb.

85,55 €

ISBN 978-3-540-71405-7

B. Peleg, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel; P. Sudhölter,

University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Introduction to the Theory of

Cooperative Games

This book systematically presents the main solutionsof cooperative games: the core, bargaining set, ker-nel, nucleolus, and the Shapley value of TU games,and the core, the Shapley value, and the ordinal bar-gaining set of NTU games. To each solution the au-thors devote a separate chapter wherein they studyits properties in full detail. Moreover, importantvariants are defined or even intensively analyzed.The authors also investigate in separate chapterscontinuity, dynamics, and geometric properties ofsolutions of TU games. The study culminates in uni-form and coherent axiomatizations of all the forego-ing solutions (excluding the bargaining set). Such ax-iomatizations have not appeared in any book. More-over, the book contains a detailed analysis of themain results on cooperative games without side pay-ments. Such analysis is very limited or non-existentin other books on game theory.

Features

Detailed analysis and unified axiomatic treatment ofthe main solutions of cooperative games, both withand without side payments Suitable for introductoryand graduate courses on game theory

Contents

Introduction.- TU Games: Coalitional TU Gamesand Solutions.- The Core.- Bargaining Sets.- ThePrekernel, Kernel, and Nucleolus.- The Prenucleo-lus.- Geometric Properties of the e-Core, Kernel, andPrekernel.- The Shapley Value.- Continuity Prop-erties of Solutions.- Dynamic Bargaining Proce-dures for the Kernel and the Bargaining Set.- NTUGames: Cooperative Games in Strategic and Coali-tional Form.- The Core of NTU Games.- TheShapley NTU Value and the Harsanyi Solution.- TheConsistent Shapley Value.- On the Classical Bargain-ing Set and the Mas-Colell Bargaining Set for NTUGames.- [..]

Fields of interest

Game Theory/Mathematical Methods; EconomicTheory; Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav.Sciences

Target groups

Students and researchers in the field of game theory

Type of publication

Monograph

Due August 2007

Originally published by Springer US, 2003

2007. XIX, 328 p. (Theory and Decision Library C, Band 34 ) Geb.

80,20 €

ISBN 978-3-540-72944-0


A.H. Perera, Ontario Forest Research Institute, Sault Ste. Marie,

ON, Canada; L. Buse, Ontario Forest Research Institute, Sault Ste.

Marie, ON, Canada; Th. Crow, USDA Forest Service, Arlington, VA,

USA (Eds.)

Forest Landscape Ecology

Transferring Knowledge to Practice

The discipline of landscape ecology has maturedrapidly over the past few decades, generating awealth of knowledge that can be used to enhanceforest policy development and management. How-ever, much of this knowledge has yet to be appliedin practice. "Forest Landscape Ecology: Transfer-ring Knowledge to Practice" is the first book to intro-duce landscape ecologists to the discipline of knowl-edge transfer. The book considers knowledge trans-fer in general, critically examines aspects of transferthat are unique to forest landscape ecology, and re-views several case studies of successful applicationsfor policy developers and forest managers in NorthAmerica. Readers are encouraged to recognize thevalue of sharing their knowledge, and to understandtheir role in active knowledge transfer. The intentis to connect, as seamlessly and effectively as possi-ble, ecological principles to policy and practice. Thisbook is written for researchers, academics and stu-dents in landscape ecology and related fields, [..]

Features

Distills information for the successful application ofecological theories to forest management Encouragesknowledge transfer between researchers, profession-als, and policy makers

Contents

Foreword by Monica Turner.- Preface.- Contribu-tors.- Knowledge Transfer in Forest Landscape Ecol-ogy: A Primer.- Transfer and Extension of ForestLandscape Ecology: A Matter of Models and Scale.-A Collaborative, Iterative Approach to Transfer-ring Modeling Technology to Land Managers.- De-velopment and Transfer of Spatial Tools Based onLandscape Ecological Principles: Supporting Pub-lic Participation in Forest Restoration Planningin the Southwestern United States.- TransferringLandscape Ecological Knowledge in a Multi-PartnerLandscape: The Border Lakes Region of Minnesotaand Ontario.- [..]

Fields of interest

Landscape Ecology; Environmental Management;Ecology; Forestry Management; Terrestial Ecology;Environmental Computing/Environmental Mod-elling

Target groups

Ecologists, land managers, forest managers, students,professionals

Type of publication

Monograph

Due April 2007

2007. XII, 22 p. Softcover

42,75 €

ISBN 978-0-387-34243-6

C. Pharino, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA

Sustainable Water Quality

Management Policy

The Role of Trading: The U.S. Experience

This book presents both general and comprehensiveobservations of unsuccessful and successful experi-ences in water pollution trading programs within theU.S. These experiences help in understanding themajor environmental, economic and regulatory bar-riers that prevent the application of pollution trad-ing in water media to become successful. Chapter 1explains the background and history of water qual-ity and water pollution control policy and manage-ment. Chapter 2 provides the economic backgroundregarding pollution trading and essential elementsfor setting water quality trading programs. Funda-mental elements to understand the water pollutionproblem and factors needed for establishing waterquality trading programs are thoroughly discussed.Chapters 3 and 4 present overall (generic) and com-prehensive (specific) experiences (problems and suc-cess) regarding water quality trading with in the U.S.Finally, Chapter 5 provides suggested approaches forpotential application and development of water [..]

Features

Presents general and comprehensive observationsof unsuccessful and successful experiences in waterpollution trading programs within the U.S. Theseexperiences help in understanding the major envi-ronmental, economic and regulatory barriers thatprevent the application of pollution trading in wa-ter media to become successful Provides backgroundwith real experience, and recommendations for any-one who wants to [..]

Contents

From the contents 1 Background.- 2 Concept,Framework And Considerations For Water Quality.-3 Overview Of Observations In Water Quality Trad-ing.- 4 The Role Of Trading.- 5 Conclusion.- Refer-ences.- Appendix.

Fields of interest

Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Con-trol / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution; Envi-ronmental Management; Economics/ManagementScience, general; Industrial Pollution Prevention

Target groups

Students, research scholars, environmental (wa-ter/wastewater) engineers, specialists, scientists andtechnicians whose works are related to water pol-lution control, water quality and resource manage-ment, and governmental agency and policy plan-ners/makers who seek to apply water quality tradingas a policy option

Type of publication

Monograph

Due April 2007

2007. XII, 142 p. (Alliance for Global Sustainability Bookseries,

Band 10) Geb.

74,85 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-5862-2

A. Pinnelli, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy; F. Racioppi,

University of Rome "La Sapienza" , Italy; R. Rettaroli, University of

Bologna, Italy (Eds.)

Genders in the Life Course

Demographic Issues

This book treats the topic of gender and demograph-ic behaviour during the life course in a comprehen-sive fashion. It covers a lot of ground, from the age atfirst intercourse over union formation and dissolu-tion, fertility, migration, ageing, to excess male mor-tality, comparing genders behaviour and its determi-nants. It reports new findings of empirical research,mostly based on data from a number of Europeancountries, making a good use of the Family and Fer-tility surveys and other international data base. Thisbook is of particular interest to demographers, socialscientists, academic scholars and private/ public-sec-tor operators, particularly those who are interestedin the roles of men and women, and the factors ofpossible asymmetries and disadvantages, with directconnections to the population policies.

Features

This unique book on relations between gender sys-tem and demographic behaviours, uses powerful da-ta sets as Family and Fertility survey

Contents

Preface: Eva Bernhardt,- Introduction: A. Pinnelli,F. Racioppi, R. Rettaroli,- Chapter 1: The gender sys-tem in developed countries: macro and micro evi-dence, P. Di Giulio, A Pinnelli,- Chapter 2: Age atfirst sexual intercourse, L. Coppola,- Chapter 3: Theformation of the first partnership: the role of educa-tion and employment: R. Impicciatore, R. Rettaroli,-Chapter 4: Ideational factors and choices of life as acouple, L. Pasquini, A. Samoggia,- Chapter 5: Gen-der and the differential fertility, A. Pinnelli, P. DiGiulio,- Chapter 6: The new role of the father, P. DiGiulio, S. [..]

Fields of interest

Demography; Sociology; Gender Studies; Family Re-lations; Social Sciences

Target groups

Demographers and Sociologists

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due September 2007

2007. XVIII, 330 p. (The Springer Series on Demographic Methods

and Population Analysis, Band 19) Geb.

123,00 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6001-4


P. Pinstrup-Andersen, Cornell University, USA; P. Sandøe, Univer-

sity of Copenhagen, Denmark (Eds.)

Ethics, Hunger and Globalization

In Search of Appropriate Policies

“Ethics, Hunger and Globalization” adds an ethicsdimension to the debate and research about poverty,hunger, and globalization. Outstanding scholars andpractitioners from several disciplines discuss whataction is needed for ethics to play a bigger role in ac-tion by governments, civil society, and the privatesector to reduce poverty and hunger within the con-text of globalization. The book concludes that muchof the rhetoric by policy makers is not followed upwith appropriate action, and discusses the role ofethics in attempts to match action with rhetoric. Thebook also concludes that a better understanding ofthe values underlying both public and private sectoraction towards the alleviation of poverty and hungerwould lead to more enlightened policies and greatersuccess in attempts to achieve the Millennium De-velopment Goals. The interaction between ethical,economic, and policy aspects is discussed and schol-ars and experienced practitioners from several disci-plines suggest how such [..]

Features

Presents new evidence about the role of ethics ingovernment action to alleviate hunger Provides aunique perspective on how to achieve the Millenni-um Development Goals Shows how ethical and eco-nomic aspects can be integrated for better policiesand reduced hunger Discusses how ethical perspec-tives may guide globalization for the benefit of poorpeople The only book in which scholars and practi-tioners analyze [..]

Contents

From the contents Foreword.- Chapter 1 Introduc-tion and Summary.- Chapter 2 Eliminating Pover-ty and Hunger in Developing Countries.- Chapter 3Ethics, Globalization, and Hunger.- Chapter 4 TheEthics of Hunger: Development Institutions and theWorld of Religion.- Chapter 5 What Hunger-RelatedEthics Lessons Can We Learn From Religion? Glob-alization and the World’s Religions.- Chapter 6 Free-dom from Hunger as a Basic Human Right.- Chapter7 Millennium Development Goals and Other GoodIntentions.- Chapter 8 What We Know About Pover-ty and What We Must Do.- Chapter 9 Ethics andHunger.- [..]

Fields of interest

Ethics; Economic Policy; Social Policy; Philosophy ofthe Social Sciences

Target groups

Ethicists, economists, agricultural conomists, foodpolicy analysts, food policy advisors to governments,economic development professionals, the NGO com-munity as well as the UN community

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due August 2007

2007. XVI, 336 p. (The International Library of Environmental,

Agricultural and Food Ethics, Band 12) Geb.

117,65 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6130-1

J. Pollak, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften

Repräsentation ohne Demokratie

Kollidierende Systeme der Repräsentation in der

Europäischen Union

Die Legitimität demokratischen Regierens isteine Funktion seiner Repräsentativität. Politis-che Entscheidungen werden durch den Ver-weis auf den repräsentativen Charakter der amEntscheidungsprozess beteiligten Institutio-nen und Personen gerechtfertigt. Bezüglich desKonzepts der Repräsentation besteht in der Lit-eratur lediglich Übereinkunft hinsichtlich sein-er zentralen Bedeutung in der Theorie der mod-ernen Demokratie. Seine Verwendungs- undInterpretationsmöglichkeiten aber zeigen eine er-staunliche Vielfalt und Flexibilität. So wurden spez-ifische Verwendungen zur Rechtfertigung beste-hender Herrschaftsverhältnisse ebenso instru-mentalisiert wie zu ihrer Kritik. Die vorliegendeArbeit skizziert die Entwicklung des modernenVerständnisses von politischer Repräsentationim historischen Kontext und erstellt einen Kat-alog von Funktionen, der in einem zweiten Teilauf die Europäische Union angewandt wird. DasBuch schließt mit einer skeptischen Evaluation desdemokratischen Potentials europäischen Regierens.

Features

Zentrales Kernproblem der europäischen IntegrationGroßer Materialreichtum Breite Literaturbasis

Contents

Aus dem Inhalt Einleitung.- Theorie der Demokratieund Praxis der Integration.- Herausforderungenan eine Theorie der Repräsentation.- Elemente ein-er Theorie der Repräsentation.- Zusammenfas-sung.- Das Repräsentativsystem der EuropäischenUnion.- Von Strassburg nach Brüssel: von parla-mentarischer zu inklusiver Repräsentation?- Poli-tische Repräsentation in der Europäischen Union.-Repräsentative Politik in Europa?- Bibliographie.

Fields of interest

Political Science

Target groups

Bibliotheken, Universitäten, Politikwissenschaftler,Soziologen, Juristen

Type of publication

Monograph

Due April 2007

2007. VIII, 304 S. Softcover

89,95 €

ISBN 978-3-211-69915-7

S. Povaly, JP Morgan, London, UK

Private Equity Exits

Divestment Process Management for Leveraged Buyouts

Private Equity Exits provides the first comprehensiveanalysis of private equity divestment processes – so-called 'exits' – for European buyouts. The work is de-signed as a compendium of current scientific knowl-edge on portfolio company exits and also providesdeeper insights into various aspects of divestmentprocesses, which is underpinned by own extensiveempirical analysis and findings. Examining the ef-ficiency of exits, this book offers recommendationsand guidelines for an integrated and exit-orientedprivate equity portfolio management and providesa detailed assessment of exit decision drivers. Find-ings contribute to a clearer understanding and betterpredictability of exit behavior. The work highlightsthe growing need for pro-active as well as thoroughlyplanned divestment strategies, efficient executions,and the importance and value of paying attention al-so to other stakeholders’ interests when selling stakesin businesses.

Features

Provides the first comprehensive analysis of privateequity divestment processes - so-called 'exits' - forEuropean buyouts

Contents

Introduction.- Background.- Theoretical Foundationand Literature Review.- The Exit Process: ReducingExposure to a Portfolio Company.- Empirical Analy-sis: Exit Behaviour and Efficiency.- Conclusion.

Fields of interest

Finance /Banking; Quantitative Finance

Target groups

Researchers and practitioners in the area of privateequity portfolio management

Type of publication

Monograph

Due March 2007

2007. XI, 413 p. Geb.

96,25 €

ISBN 978-3-540-70953-4


D.M. Radulescu, University of Munich, Germany

CGE Models and Capital Income Tax

Reforms

The Case of a Dual Income Tax for Germany

The book suggests a novel way how the effects of taxreforms especially in the field of capital income tax-ation can be measured by means of dynamic com-putable general equilibrium (CGE) models. Usinga model calibrated to the German economy, the au-thor evaluates and quantifies the effects of introduc-ing a Dual Income Tax (DIT) in Germany. This taxreform is a currently hotly debated topic in Germanyand has been suggested both by the German Councilof Economic Advisors (GCEA) and by Prof. Hans-Werner Sinn. Thus, the book is of great interest notonly for the academic but also for the business worldand politics.

Fields of interest

Public Finance; Economic Policy; Macroeco-nomics/Monetary Economics; Economic Theory;Game Theory/Mathematical Methods

Target groups

Scientists, political advisers

Type of publication

Monograph

Due September 2007

2007. XVI, 168 p. 33 illus. (Lecture Notes in Economics and Math-


64,15 €

ISBN 978-3-540-73319-5


I.F. Razafimahefa, Antananarivo, Madagascar; S. Hamori, Univer-

sity of Kobe, Japan

International Competitiveness in

Africa

Policy Implications in the Sub-Saharan Region

The effects of international trade and foreign directinvestment on developing economies have alwaysbeen controversial. With the unstoppable spread ofglobalization and the supremacy of "open" policiesover "closed" ones, the debate between "participating"and "not participating" in the world economy hasbeen superseded by discussions on the best policymeasures for expanding participation and enhancingthe accrued welfare gains. Policies to strengthen in-ternational competitiveness are almost unanimous-ly considered important means towards those ends.This book examines two policies frequently used toenhance international competitiveness in Sub-Sa-haran African economies: exchange rate policy andproductivity-related policy.

Features

Insight into international trade and foreign direct in-vestment competitiveness in Africa Important resultsderived from applying time series analysis

Contents

Introduction.- Trade and Economic Growth.- FDIand Economic Growth.- Trade Competitiveness:Exchange Rate and Inflation.- Trade Competitive-ness: Exchange Rate, Productivity and Export Price.-FDI Competitiveness.- Productivity Determinants.-Sustainability of Trade Accounts.- Trade Balanceand the Terms of Trade.- Purchasing Power Parity.-Concluding Remarks.

Fields of interest

Development Economics; International Economics;Economic Policy

Target groups

Researchers, especially in the field of developmenteconomics, at universities and international institu-tions; professionals interested in economic policy inAfrica

Type of publication

Monograph

Due April 2007

2007. XI, 166 p. 81 illus. (Advanced Studies in Theoretical and Ap-

plied Econometrics, Band 43) Geb.

80,20 €

ISBN 978-3-540-68920-1

P. Reynolds, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA

Entrepreneurship in the United

States

The Future Is Now

Entrepreneurship is among the most vibrant andimportant parts of the economy. This importantbook enhances understanding of entrepreneurialdynamics, providing the first analysis of changes inUS entrepreneurial activity. Based on the unprece-dented Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics,it examines adult participation in new firm creationand differences in regional firm creation activity. Shedding light on the importance of newfirms for job growth, productivity enhancements, in-novation, and routes for social mobility, the authortracks the success or failure of entrepreneurs, includ-ing comparisons of different groups, such as womenand minorities, along with different countries. All sectors of the population are making significantcontributions. Significant implications for practi-tioners, educators and policy makers are discussed.

Features

A current, comprehensive overview of en-trepreneuial activity in the United States Uniquesource of data and analysis giving insight to contri-butions, issues, and policy implications Future ori-ented recommendations drawn from analysis

Contents

Introduction.- Changes over Time.- ComparisonsAcross Space.- Comparisons Across the Firm LifeCourse.- Individuals: Participation in the BusinessLife Course.- Informal Investors.- Accredited In-vestors.- Overview and Implications.

Fields of interest

Entrepreneurship; Regional Science; Business/Man-agement Science, general

Target groups

Entrepreneurial researchers, social scientists, andpolicy researchers with a focus on the business cre-ation process and the extent of population participa-tion in new firm creation

Type of publication

Monograph

Due September 2007

2007. XX, 220 p. (International Studies in Entrepreneurship, Band

15) Geb.

80,20 €

ISBN 978-0-387-45667-6

H. Ribhegge, Europa-Universität Viadrina, Frankfurt/Oder

Europäische Wirtschafts- und

Sozialpolitik

In dem Lehrbuch wird das Spannungsfeld zwis-chen Integration und Autonomie der Mitgliedstaat-en in der Europäischen Union analysiert. Nach-dem anhand des gemeinsamen Marktes die theo-retischen Überlegungen zur Integration herausgear-beitet worden sind, werden die einzelnen Politik-bereiche der EU detailliert untersucht. Dabei wer-den der Agrar-, Kohäsions- und einheitlichen Geld-politik, bei denen eine starke Vergemeinschaftungvorliegt, solche Politikbereiche gegenübergestellt,in denen die Mitgliedstaaten ihre Autonomie nachdem Subsidiaritätsprinzip gewahrt haben. Diese istu.a. bei der Steuer-, Fiskal-, Beschäftigungs-, Lohn-und Sozialpolitik gegeben. Die Koordinierungsprob-leme, die sich in diesen Bereichen sowohl aufder vertikalen als auch der horizontalen Ebeneergeben, werden ausführlich behandelt. Am Beispielder Sozialpolitik werden die Vorteile einer Ko-ordinierung gegenüber einer Harmonisierungaufgezeigt. Das Lehrbuch schließt mit einer kritis-chen Bewertung des europäischen Sozialmodells.

Features

Eingehende Darstellung der wichtigsten Institu-tionen und Politikfelder der EU Guter Einstieg fürStudierende in die europäische Wirtschafts- undSozialpolitik Ableitung wirtschaftspolitischer Aus-sagen zur EU anhand anschaulicher Grafiken Um-fangreiches Datenmaterial

Contents

Einführung.- Theoretische Grundlagen.- Politis-che Institutionen der EU.- Europäisches System derZentralbanken.- Europäische Kohäsionspolitik.-Agrarpolitik.- Koordination der Politikbereiche.-Stabilitäts- und Wachstumspaket.- EuropäischeBeschäftigungspolitik und OMK.- EuropäischeLohnpolitik.- Koordination der Fiskalpolitik.-Koordination der Steuerpolitik.- Koordinationder Sozialpolitik.- Perspektiven des europäischenSozialmodells.

Fields of interest

Economic Policy; European Integration; Social Poli-cy; Political Science

Target groups

Studenten der Wirtschafts-, Politik- und Kulturwis-senschaften; Juristen

Type of publication

German textbook

Due April 2007

2007. IX, 298 S. 44 Abb. (Springer-Lehrbuch) Softcover

24,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-70878-0


R. Richert, FH Schmalkalden

Makroökonomik

Schnell erfasst

Das Lehrbuch gibt einen kompakten Überblick überdie traditionelle Makroökonomik: Neben der klas-sisch-neoklassischen Theorie werden keynesianischeModelle wie das IS-LM-Modell, das Blinder-Solow-Modell und das Mundell-Fleming-Modell behan-delt. Der Neoklassischen Synthese als integrativemAnsatz von angebots- und nachfrageorientiertenmakroökonomischen Theorien ist ebenso ein Kapitelgewidmet wie der Phillips-Kurven-Diskussion, dieden Zusammenhang zwischen Arbeitslosigkeit undInflation untersucht. Ein Überblick über die Prinzip-ien der Sozialen Marktwirtschaft als "der deutschenWirtschaftsordnung" rundet die makroökonomischeAnalyse ab. Durch Zusammenfassungen, Wiederhol-ungsfragen und Übungsaufgaben mit Lösungen zujedem Kapitel ist das Buch auch zum Selbststudiumgeeignet. Zahlreiche Graphiken sorgen für eine hoheAnschaulichkeit, mathematische Darstellungen wer-den ausführlich verbal kommentiert, so dass sie fürden Leser leicht nachzuvollziehen sind.

Features

Kompakter Überblick über die traditionelleMakroökonomik Zum Selbststudium geeignetAusführliche Kommentierung mathematischerDarstellungen

Contents

Einführung.- Klassik-Neoklassik.- Einkommen-Aus-gaben-Modell.- IS-LM-Modell.- Blinder-Solow-Modell.- Mundell-Fleming-Modell.- Neoklas-sische Synthese.- Arbeitslosigkeit und Inflation:Phillips-Kurven.- Soziale Marktwirtschaft.- Anhang(Nobelpreisträger für Wirtschaftswissenschaften1969-2006).

Fields of interest

Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics

Target groups

Studenten an Universitäten, Fachhochschulen, Bach-elor-Studiengängen, Wirtschaftsschulen und Prak-tiker in der beruflichen Weiterbildung

Type of publication


Due May 2007

2007. VII, 301 S. 77 Abb. (Wirtschaft - schnell erfasst) Softcover

16,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-30698-6

H. Rodriguez, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA; E.L. Quar-

antelli, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA; R. Dynes, Uni-

versity of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA (Eds.)

Handbook of Disaster Research

Recent disasters, such as the 2004 Indian OceanTsunami, bomb explosions in London, HurricaneKatrina, the Pakistan Earthquake, floods in CentralAmerica, and landslides in Indonesia, among manyothers, have resulted in an extensive loss of life, so-cial disruption, significant economic impacts to lo-cal and national economies, and have made head-line news in countries throughout the world. Thusthe Handbook of Disaster Research is a timely andmuch needed contribution to the field of disasters.The editors of this Handbook have brought togethera comprehensive and interdisciplinary volume witha diverse and international group of contributors.The Handbook is based on the principle that disas-ters are social constructions and focuses on socialscience disaster research. Attention is given to con-ceptual issues dealing with the concept "disaster" andto methodological issues relating to research on dis-asters, including Geographic Information Systems asa useful research tool and its implications for [..]

Features

This seminal reference work is the first interdisci-plinary collection of disaster research as it standsnow and how the field will continue to grow, espe-cially post 9/11

Contents

Editor's Introduction.- What is a Disaster?.- AHeuristic Approach to Future Disasters and Crises:New, Old, and In Between Types.- The Crisis Ap-proach.- Methodological Issues.- The Role of Ge-ographic Information Systems/Remote Sensing inDisaster.- Morbidity and Mortality Associated withDisasters.- Race, Class, Ethnicity, and Disaster Vul-nerability.- Gender and Disaster: Foundations andDirections.- Globalization and Localization: An Eco-nomic Approach.- Local Emergency ManagementOrganizations.- Community Processes: Warning andEvacuation.- Search and Rescue Activities in Disas-ters.- [..]

Fields of interest

Sociology; Health Care Administration; Demogra-phy

Target groups

Social scientists studying the effects of disasters (bothnatural and man made) on humans, sociologists,public health specialists, demographers, economists,and political scientist

Type of publication

Handbook

Due August 2007

2007. XXXI, 611 p. (Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research)

Softcover

67,36 €

ISBN 978-0-387-73952-6

I. Rossi, St. John's University, Queens, NY, USA (Ed.)

Frontiers of Globalization Research:

Theoretical and Methodological Approaches

For more than twenty years globalization has beena prominent topic in the social sciences and human-ities because it deals with processes that impact allsocieties at the international, national, and local lev-els. Controversies and conflicting approaches havedominated this field of studies. To understand thevariety and strength of different approaches, the ed-itor asked many of their leading exponents to out-line their own "research framework". The book's con-tributors are world renowned experts in their field,including G. John Ikenberry, Michael Doyle, LaynaMosley, Alex Callinicos, Anthony McGrew, ThomasRisse, Roland Robertson, John Tomlinson, SaskiaSassen, David Held, Thomas Pogge, Chris Brownand Andrew Kuper. These writings have been orga-nized into four sections: theoretical perspectives andcultural globalization, economic globalization, polit-ical globalization, and methodological approaches.The extensive coverage and the interdisciplinary fla-vor of the volume makes it suitable for a [..]

Features

Number of contributors are prominent scholars ofglobalization with international reputations and rec-ognizable names Presents a broad spectrum of an-alytical approaches to globalization Theoretical re-views are complemented by substantive chapters andmethodological analyses that tends to be unusual inan edited volume

Contents

Introduction.- Part One: Theoretical Perspectives.-Globalization as a Historical and a Dialectical Pro-cess.- Microglobalization.- A Transnational Frame-work for Theory and Research in the Study of Glob-alization.- Global Systems, Globalization and An-thropological Theory.- Structure Formation inWorld Society: The Eigenstructures of World Soci-ety and the Regional Cultures of the World.- Glob-al Complexities.- Part Two: Economic and PoliticalProcesses.- A. Economic Integration and Disinte-gration, and Uneven Development.- Trajectories ofTrade and Investment Globalization.- Globalization[..]

Fields of interest

Sociology; Political Science

Target groups

Scholars and students in disciplines related to soci-ology, international relations, political science, eco-nomics, cultural studies, anthropology, social-sci-ence oriented scholars in international law, and poli-cy studies

Type of publication

Professional book

Due March 2007

2007. X, 451 p. Geb.

82,34 €

ISBN 978-0-387-33595-7


J. Rubart, University of Technology, Darmstadt, Germany

The Employment Effects of

Technological Change

Heterogeneous Labor, Wage Inequality and Unemployment

The labor markets of important OECD countriesshow a similar picture: high wages and low unem-ployment for skilled workers and low wages but highunemployment for low-skilled workers. During thelast 10 years this fact has been studied under the hy-pothesis of "skill-biased technological change" with-in the context of endogenous growth models. Re-cent research, however, has shown that the employ-ment and wage differentials vary at business cyclefrequencies.This book provides an empirical andtheoretical examination of the short- and mediumrun impacts of technological advances on the em-ployment and wages of workers which differ in theirearned educational degree. Furthermore, by intro-ducing labor market frictions and wage setting insti-tutions the author shows the importance of such im-perfections in order to replicate empirical facts. Dueto the introduction of employment protection mech-anisms and minimum wages the analysis accountsfor key facts of continental European labor markets.

Fields of interest

Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics; Labor Eco-nomics

Target groups

Scientists

Type of publication

Monograph

Due April 2007

2007. XI, 209 p. 54 illus. (Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathe-


64,15 €

ISBN 978-3-540-69955-2

J. Rump, Fachhochschule Ludwigshafen am Rhein; R. Völker,

Fachhochschule Ludwigshafen am Rhein

Employability in der

Unternehmenspraxis

Eine empirische Analyse zur Situation in Deutschland und ihre

Implikationen

In einer dem Wandel unterworfenen Arbeitsweltnimmt Employability ("Beschäftigungsfähigkeit")eine immer zentralere Rolle ein. Für den Arbeit-nehmer wächst die Notwendigkeit, bei seinemaktuellen oder auch anderen Arbeitgebern alsbeschäftigungsfähig zu gelten. Unternehmen könnenihre Innovationsfähigkeit und Wettbewerbsstärkenur mit Mitarbeitern aufrecht erhalten, die sich denwandelnden Bedingungen auf den globalen Märktenschnell und flexibel anpassen können. Dabei gilt eszu beachten, dass Erhalt und Förderung von Em-ployability einen lebenslangen Prozess darstellen,der bereits in frühen Stadien der Sozialisation be-ginnt und sich durch alle Phasen des Erwerbslebenszieht. Wie stellt sich die Rolle von Arbeitnehmernund Unternehmen im Kontext von Employabilitydar? Wo liegen die Hemmnisse und welche Chan-cen birgt die Herausforderung, lebenslang an derBeschäftigungsfähigkeit zu arbeiten? Mit diesen undweiteren Fragen beschäftigt sich dieses Buch, dessenKern eine empirische Erhebung mit [..]

Features

Neueste empirische Untersuchungen zurBeschäftigungsfähigkeit Viele Hinweise für dieGestaltung der Unternehmenspraxis KlarerÜberblick über die Anforderungen an Mitarbeiterbezüglich ihrer Beschäftigungsfähigkeit

Contents

Einleitung.- Zentrale Fragestellungen und Hy-pothesen.- Die Hypothesen im "Test".- AusgewählteFragestellungen und Implikationen.- Schlussbetrach-tung.

Fields of interest

Personnel Management; Labor Economics; Organi-zation/Planning

Target groups

Wissenschaftler, Personalmanager

Type of publication

Monograph

Due June 2007

2007. VII, 147 S. 76 Abb. Geb.

69,95 €

ISBN 978-3-7908-1682-2

E. Salin

Geschichte der


Edgar Salin, Professor für Nationalökonomie undOrdinarius an der Universität Basel, gibt in diesemBuch einen ebenso knappen wie präzisen Überblicküber die europäische Wirtschaftsgeschichte vomklassischen Altertum (Athen, Rom) über das Mit-telalter bis hin zum 19. Jahrhundert (Merkantilis-tik, Physiokratie, Sozialismus und Historismus).In dem ursprünglich 1929 erschienenen Buch wirdjede Epoche mit ihren jeweiligen Hauptvertreternvorgestellt und im Zusammenhang erläutert. Zahlre-iche weiterführende Quellen und Hinweise aufSchrifttum aus den Epochen sowie ein ausführlichesPersonenregister runden das Buch ab.

Contents

Vorgeschichte: Athen; Rom; Das katholische Eu-ropa (Mittelalter).- Geschichte: Die merkantilis-tische Ökonomik: politische Wissenschaft; Phys-iokraten und Klassiker: systematische Wissenschaft;Sozialismus und Historismus: evolutionistische Wis-senschaft.- Nachfahren und Vorläufer.

Fields of interest

Methodology and the History of Economic Thought

Target groups


Type of publication

Monograph

Due August 2007

Ursprünglich erschienen als Band XXXIV in der Reihe:

Enzyklopädie der Rechts- und Staatswissenschaft

2007. IX, 106 S. (Meilensteine der Nationalökonomie) Geb.

69,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-72259-5


S. Sarkar, University of Évora, Portugal

Innovation, Market Archetypes and

Outcome

An Integrated Framework

Innovation is the key to firm competitiveness andgrowth yet studying innovation is much like the an-cient parable about a group of blind men each touch-ing a different part of an elephant. This book is afresh new approach to understanding innovation –market linkages using one unified framework. Thebook examines an integrated innovation environ-ment. Four market archetypes as well as the marketoutcome for each archetype are described. Innova-tion dynamics including commoditization, the con-stant innovation challenge and the sustainability ofinnovation are analyzed along with cases includingthe iPod, Lego, Barbie, the browser wars and Google.A diagnostic matrix is presented which enables oneto take a ´snapshot´ of a product in the innovationenvironment. This book is an invaluable tool for theacademic, the manager and the consultant to under-stand ‘where’ a firm is located in an innovation envi-ronment, `why’ it is so located and provides valuableclues as to ‘what’ to do when designing strategy.

Contents

Innovation.- Innovation and Markets: The KnownPaths.- Innovation: An Integrated Framework.- Mar-ket Archetypes: The Fox, the Wolf, the Bear and theSheep.- Metamorphoses: Market Archetypes, Inno-vation and Integrated Dynamics.- Sustaining Inno-vation: Staying Ahead.- Staying Alive: Struggles inInnovation Space.- Commoditization - The Sword ofDamocles.- Escape from Commoditization?- Map-ping the Integrated Innovation Space: A Look at theMirror.- An Integrated Innovation Landscape.

Fields of interest

Technology Management; R & D/Technology Policy

Target groups


Type of publication

Monograph

Due May 2007

2007. XI, 202 p. 70 illus. Geb.

85,55 €

ISBN 978-3-7908-1945-8

G. Schmölders

Finanzpolitik

Über Jahrzehnte war die Finanzpolitik von GünterSchmölders, Professor der WirtschaftlichenStaatswissenschaften an der Universität zu Köln,das Standardwerk der angewandten Wissenschaftder öffentlichen Einnahmen und Ausgaben "nichtnur für den akademischen Unterricht, sondernzugleich auch für die politische Praxis". Von ein-er ausführlichen Beschreibung der Finanzverfas-sung und der finanzpolitischen Willensbildung aus-gehend, werden die Ausgabenpolitik ("Gesetz derwachsenden Staatstätigkeit") sowie die Einnahmen-politik ("Die Kunst der Besteuerung") einer um-fassenden Analyse unterzogen. Das Buch, welchesursprünglich 1970 erschienen ist, stellt auch mehr alsdrei Jahrzehnte später ein nützliches Nachschlagew-erk über alle Aspekte der Finanzpolitik dar.

Contents

Einleitung.- Die Finanzverfassung.- Die finanzpoli-tische Willensbildung: Planung und Vollzug;Die treibenden Kräfte.- Die Ausgabenpolitik:Das "Gesetz" der wachsenden Staatstätigkeit; Dieöffentlichen Ausgaben; Die öffentlichen Aus-gaben im Dienste der Wirtschaftspolitik.- DieEinnahmenpolitik: Die öffentlichen Einnahmen;Die Kunst der Besteuerung; Die Steuern als In-strument der Politik; Die Politik der öffentlichenSchulden.- Erfolgsmaßstäbe der Finanzpolitik:Ordnungsmäßigkeit der Finanzgebarung; Fi-nanzpolitik im Dienste der Wirtschaftspolitik; Fi-nanzpolitik als "große Politik".

Fields of interest

Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics; Methodolo-gy and the History of Economic Thought; EconomicPolicy

Target groups


Type of publication

Monograph

Due August 2007

Ursprünglich erschienen in der Reihe: Enzyklopädie der Rechts-

und Staatswissenschaft

2007. VIII, 520 S. 6 Abb. (Meilensteine der Nationalökonomie)

Geb.

129,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-72213-7

J. Schumann, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster;

U. Meyer, Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg; W. Ströbele,

Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster

Grundzüge der

mikroökonomischen Theorie

Dieses Buch ist für das wirtschaftswissenschaftlicheGrund- und Hauptstudium gedacht. Es vermitteltgründliche Kenntnisse der mikroökonomischenTheorie und schafft Verständnis für das Funktion-ieren einer Marktwirtschaft. Auf den Entschei-dungen der Haushalte und der Unternehmenbauen die Theorien der marktlichen Koordi-nation bei vollständiger und unvollständigerKonkurrenz auf. Auch die Märkte für Produk-tionsfaktoren, einschließlich der für erschöpfbareRessourcen, werden einbezogen. Das Buch legtbesonderes Gewicht auf neuere Entwicklungenund Erweiterungen der Mikroökonomik, nämlichUnsicherheit und Risiko mit Anwendungen aufVersicherungsmärkte, unvollständige Informationund "Neue Mikroökonomik", asymmetrische In-formation von Prinzipal und Agent, Transaktion-skosten und "Neue Institutionenökonomik". Dieachte Auflage wurde gründlich überarbeitet undergänzt, z.B. durch eine Einführung in internationaleAspekte der Mikroökonomik und den Innovation-swettbewerb mittels "Patentrennen".

Features

Standardwerk der Volkswirtschaftslehre Ein Mussfür Studenten der VWL und BWL Wie Mark-twirtschaft funktioniert: gut lesbar, nachvollziehbar,leicht verständlich Neu: Einführung in internationaleAspekte der Mikroökonomik, Innovationswettbe-werb mittels "Patentrennen"

Contents

Einführung: Theorie der Marktwirtschaft imÜberblick.- Theorie des Haushalts.- Theorie derUnternehmung.- Vollständige Konkurrenz aufeinem Markt oder auf allen Märkten.- VerschiedeneVarianten der unvollständigen Konkurrenz aufdem Markt für ein Gut.- Theorie der Faktormärkteund der Märkte für erschöpfbare Ressourcen.- Er-weiterungen.- Drei abschließende Anmerkungen zurMarktwirtschaft: Wettbewerb, Sozialpolitik und Tol-eranz.

Fields of interest

Microeconomics

Target groups

Studenten an Universitäten, Fachhochschulen undsonstigen Einrichtungen

Type of publication

German textbook

Due March 2007

2007. XVII, 542 S. 223 Abb. (Springer-Lehrbuch) Softcover

24,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-70925-1


O. Schöffski, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg; J.-M.v.d. Schulen-

burg, Universität Hannover (Eds.)

Gesundheitsökonomische

Evaluationen

Die angespannte finanzielle Situation im Gesund-heitswesen führt dazu, dass neben medizinischenauch immer mehr ökonomische Sachverhalte eineRolle spielen. Gesundheitsökonomische Evalua-tionen dienen dazu, die Kosten und den Nutzenverschiedener medizinischer Maßnahmen in Re-lation zueinander zu setzen, um Prioritäten set-zen zu können. In diesem Buch werden sowohl dieGrundlagen als auch die aktuellen Forschungsergeb-nisse solcher Studien praxisorientiert dargestellt.Besonders berücksichtigt werden dabei auchLebensqualitätseffekte. Das Buch ist eine große Hil-fe bei der praktischen Durchführung von Evalua-tionsstudien: Es gibt Nicht-Ökonomen einen gutenÜberblick über das Themengebiet und informiertExperten über den Stand der Forschung. Die ak-tuellen Entwicklungen (z.B. NICE, IQWiG, Imple-mentierung von Kosten-Nutzen-Analysen) sowieneue Themengebiete (z.B. Budget Impact Modelle)werden in dieser dritten, komplett überarbeitetenAuflage berücksichtigt.

Features

Überblick über das Themengebiet und den Stand derForschung Darstellung der methodischen Grund-lagen von Evaluationen Berücksichtigung vonLebensqualitätseffekten in Evaluationsstudien Prak-tische Hinweise zur Durchführung von Evaluation-sstudien

Contents

Methodische Grundlagen.- Studiendesign.- Bew-ertung von Lebensqualitätseffekten.- Qualität undAkzeptanz gesundheitsökonomischer Evaluation-sstudien.

Fields of interest

Social Policy; Health Care Administration

Target groups

Praktiker, Studenten

Type of publication

Professional book

Due April 2007

2007. XX, 599 S. 86 Abb. Geb.

79,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-49558-1

F.L. Sell, Universität der Bundeswehr München, Neubiberg; S.

Kermer, Universität der Bundeswehr München, Neubiberg

Aufgaben und Lösungen in der


Arbeitsbuch zu Engelkamp/Sell

Das Buch wendet sich in erster Linie an StudentIn-nen der wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Disziplinen,aber auch an Interessenten anderer Fachrichtun-gen. Dabei orientiert sich dieses Arbeitsbuch an derStruktur der Einführung in die Volkswirtschaft-slehre von Paul Engelkamp und Friedrich L. Sellund deckt dessen gesamten Inhalt ab. Es ist deshalbals eine, gerade für die Klausurvorbereitung, sehrwertvolle Ergänzung anzusehen. Alle Aufgaben indiesem Buch waren Bestandteil von mündlichenoder schriftlichen Prüfungen. Die Lösungsskizzenund die Diskussion der Ergebnisse zeigen nochmalsdie volkswirtschaftlichen Methoden und auch diemöglichen Fehlerquellen bei der Beantwortung derFragen auf.

Features

Arbeitsbuch zum Lehrbuch von P. Engelkampund F.L. Sell "Einführung in die Volkswirtschaft-slehre" Mit Aufgaben, Lösungen und Diskussion derLösungen

Contents

Grundlagen.- Mikroökonomie.- Makroökonomie.-Theorie der Wirtschaftspolitik.- Finanzwissenschaft.

Fields of interest

Economics general

Target groups

Studenten

Type of publication

German textbook

Due March 2007


19,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-70866-7

A. Serletis, The University of Calgary, AB, Canada

The Demand for Money

Theoretical and Empirical Approaches

The most comprehensive textbook available on themoney demand function and its role in modernmacroeconomics, this book takes a microeconom-ic- and aggregation-theoretic approach to the topicand presents empirical evidence using state-of-the-art econometric methodology, while recognizing theexistence of unsolved problems and the need for fur-ther developments. The new edition is fully revised,expanded, and updated, including new chapters oncross-country evidence and rational expectations.

Features

Increased coverage of theoretical and empirical ap-proaches to the demand for money, including a newchapter on cross-country evidence A new chapter onmoney demand issues and estimation of the welfarecost of inflation using tools from public finance andapplied microeconomics A new chapter on rationalexpectations macroeconomics and issues such as theLucas critique, rules versus discretion in monetary[..]

Contents

Preface.- Foreword.- Introduction.- ClassicalMacroeconomc Theory.- Keynesian Macroeconom-ic Theory.- Dynamic Optimization Methods in Dis-crete Time.- Neoclassical Growth Theory.- Mone-tary Growth Theory.- The Demand for Money andthe Welfare Cost of Inflation.- The Classics, Keynes,and Friedman.- Transactions Theories of MoneyDemand.- Portfolio Theories of Money Demand.-Conventional Money Demand Functions.- ModelingTrends.- Cointegration and the Demand for Mon-ey.- Balanced Growth and the Demand for Money.-Cross Country Evidence.- Microeconomic Founda-tions.- The New Monetary [..]

Fields of interest

Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics; Econom-ic Policy; Economic Theory; Financial Economics;Business/Management Science, general

Target groups

Professors of finance and corporate financial man-agers; libraries and research organizations in eco-nomics, macroeconomics, financial economics, busi-ness and management

Type of publication

Monograph

Due June 2007

2007. XXIV, 381 p. Geb.

99,46 €

ISBN 978-0-387-71726-5


J.K. Sesabo, Mzumbe University, Tanzania

Marine Resource Conservation and

Poverty Reduction Strategies in

Tanzania

Despite the social, nutritional, economical and en-vironmental importance of Tanzanian coastal ar-eas, yet they are vulnerable to both over-exploita-tion and degradation of their habitats. Using the datafrom two coastal villages and econometric methodsas well as Stochastic Production Frontier techniques,the book demonstrates the extent which various so-cio-economic dimensions of rural coastal house-holds influence livelihood pathways, production ef-ficiency and attitudes towards conservation initia-tives. Thus, attention to differential patterns of ru-ral coastal households presents more viable possibili-ties for coastal villages to have conservation-develop-ment policies/programs that lead to poverty reduc-tion.

Contents

Introduction and Overview.- Costal Rural House-holds and Decision to Participate in Various Activi-ties.- Small-scale Fishing Households and TechnicalEfficiency.- Households Attitudes Towards MarineResource Conservation.- Conclusion.

Fields of interest

Environmental Economics; Environmental Manage-ment; Environmental Law; Regional Science; Inter-national & Foreign Law

Target groups

Libraries, non-governmental, governmental and in-ternational organizations

Type of publication

Monograph

Due April 2007

2007. XIX, 133 p. 18 illus. (Hamburg Studies on Maritime Affairs,

Band 8) Softcover

74,85 €

ISBN 978-3-540-69941-5

Y. Sharan, Interdisciplinary Center for Technological Analysis

and Forecasting, Tel Aviv, Israel; A. Tal, Interdisciplinary Center

for Technological Analysis and Forecasting, Tel Aviv, Israel; H.

Coccossis, University of Thessaly, Argonafton & Filelinton, Volos,

Greece (Eds.)

Water Supply in Emergency

Situations

This book reflects the outcome of a three day NA-TO Advanced Workshop entitled 'Supply of Wa-ter to Cities in Emergency Situations' organized byICTAF at Tel-Aviv University and The Universityof Thessaly, Department of Planning and Region-al Development and sponsored by the NATO Secu-rity through Science programme. Some 35 expertsfrom 14 countries from Europe, the Middle East andAsia assembled in Tel-Aviv for this event. The 20 pa-pers presented and the discussions which took placethroughout the workshop illuminate a broad spec-trum of problems and of concerns to the orderly wa-ter supply in the different participating countriesranging from floods, through contamination due todeteriorated infrastructure and to a surprisingly lowconcern related to intentional terror-related threats.We find insufficient preparedness in many countriesto cope with severe disruption of water supply.

Features

Information on the risks of water contamination byeither natural or manmade causes Description ofcontingency plans and procedures for rapid responseto ensure supply in emergency situations How differ-ent governments address the issues discussed

Contents

From the contents Acknowledgements. About theEditors. About the Institutes. Introduction. List ofParticipants.- 1. Threats to Water Supply and RiskManagement.- 2. Countries’and Major Cities’ CaseStudies.- 3. Security of Water Supply.- 4. Detection,Monitoring and Warning.- 5. Treatment of Contam-inated Water.- 6. Legal Aspects.- Index. Author In-dex.

Fields of interest

Environmental Management; Waste Water Tech-nology / Water Pollution Control / Water Manage-ment / Aquatic Pollution; R & D/Technology Policy

Target groups

Decision makers in Governmental Organizations,Municipalities, Experts on Water

Type of publication

Proceedings

Due June 2007

2007. XIX, 173 p. (NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C:


53,45 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6304-6

Y. Sharan, Interdisciplinary Center for Technological Analysis and

Forecasting, Tel Aviv, Israel; A. Tal, Interdisciplinary Center for

Technological Analysis and Forecasting, Tel Aviv, Israel; H. Coc-

cossis, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece (Eds.)

Water Supply in Emergency

Situations

This book reflects the outcome of a three day NA-TO Advanced Workshop entitled 'Supply of Wa-ter to Cities in Emergency Situations' organized byICTAF at Tel-Aviv University and The Universityof Thessaly, Department of Planning and Region-al Development and sponsored by the NATO Secu-rity through Science programme. Some 35 expertsfrom 14 countries from Europe, the Middle East andAsia assembled in Tel-Aviv for this event. The 20 pa-pers presented and the discussions which took placethroughout the workshop illuminate a broad spec-trum of problems and of concerns to the orderly wa-ter supply in the different participating countriesranging from floods, through contamination due todeteriorated infrastructure and to a surprisingly lowconcern related to intentional terror-related threats.We find insufficient preparedness in many countriesto cope with severe disruption of water supply.

Features

Information on the risks of water contamination byeither natural or manmade causes Description ofcontingency plans and procedures for rapid responseto ensure supply in emergency situations How differ-ent governments address the issues discussed

Contents

From the contents Acknowledgements. About theEditors. About the Institutes. Introduction. List ofParticipants.- 1. Threats to Water Supply and RiskManagement.- 2. Countries’and Major Cities’ CaseStudies.- 3. Security of Water Supply.- 4. Detection,Monitoring and Warning.- 5. Treatment of Contam-inated Water.- 6. Legal Aspects.- Index. Author In-dex.

Fields of interest

Environmental Management; Waste Water Tech-nology / Water Pollution Control / Water Manage-ment / Aquatic Pollution; R & D/Technology Policy

Target groups

Decision makers in governmental organizations,municipalities, experts on water

Type of publication

Proceedings

Due June 2007

2007. XIX, 173 p. (NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C:


128,35 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6303-9


J.W. Sheffield, University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, MO, USA; Ç.

Sheffield, UN Industrial Development Organization, Istanbul,

Turkey (Eds.)

Assessment of Hydrogen Energy for

Sustainable Development

Energy and environmental security are truly majorproblems facing our global economy. Fossil fuels,particularly crude oil, are confined to a few regionsof the world and the continuity of supply is governedby dynamic political, economic and ecological fac-tors. These factors conspire to force volatile, oftenhigh fossil fuel prices while, at the same time, our en-vironmental policies are demanding a reduction ingreenhouse gases and toxic emissions. Thus a coher-ent energy strategy is required, addressing both ener-gy supply and demand, taking account of the wholeenergy lifecycle including fuel production, transmis-sion and distribution, and energy conversion, andthe impact on energy equipment manufacturers andthe end-users of energy systems. In the short term,our aim should be to achieve higher energy efficien-cy and increased energy supply from local energysources, in particular renewable energy sources. Inthe long term, a hydrogen-based economy will havean impact on all these sectors. In view [..]

Features

To discuss policy and technical issues To discusshow to foster large-scale, long-term public-privatecooperation To advance hydrogen energy technolo-gies and infrastructure development To analyze andset priorities for research, development and deploy-ment and ensuring support for the most promisingand beneficial activities

Contents

Preface. Energy Security through Hydrogen.- 21stCentury’s Energy: Hydrogen Energy System.- Ener-gy Policy is Technology Politics - The Hydrogen En-ergy Case.- Hydrogen from Renewables.- HydrogenFuelling Sustainability of Energy Systems, Region-al Integration and Development: The Sahara WindProject.- Pathway for Hydrogen in Urban TransitSystem.- Energy Transitions in Transportation: Is Ita Technology or a Policy Driven Process?.- Prospectsfor Hydrogen as a Military Fuel.- The US Militaryand Hydrogen in Missouri.- Fuel Cells for CleanPower Generation: Status and [..]

Fields of interest

R & D/Technology Policy; Engineering Thermo-dynamics, Transport Phenomena; Automotive andAerospace Engineering; Physics and Applied Physicsin Engineering

Target groups

Newcomers to the hydrogen economy, students, in-dustrialists, scientists, research officers, energy in-vestors, businessmen, experts from research centers,technoparks, universities interested in an assessmentof hydrogen energy technologies

Type of publication

Proceedings

Due September 2007

2007. VIII, 314 p. (NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C:


64,15 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6441-8

J.W. Sheffield, University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, MO, USA; Ç.

Sheffield, UN Industrial Development Organization, Istanbul,

Turkey (Eds.)

Assessment of Hydrogen Energy for

Sustainable Development

Energy and environmental security are truly majorproblems facing our global economy. Fossil fuels,particularly crude oil, are confined to a few regionsof the world and the continuity of supply is governedby dynamic political, economic and ecological fac-tors. These factors conspire to force volatile, oftenhigh fossil fuel prices while, at the same time, our en-vironmental policies are demanding a reduction ingreenhouse gases and toxic emissions. Thus a coher-ent energy strategy is required, addressing both ener-gy supply and demand, taking account of the wholeenergy lifecycle including fuel production, transmis-sion and distribution, and energy conversion, andthe impact on energy equipment manufacturers andthe end-users of energy systems. In the short term,our aim should be to achieve higher energy efficien-cy and increased energy supply from local energysources, in particular renewable energy sources. Inthe long term, a hydrogen-based economy will havean impact on all these sectors. In view [..]

Features

To discuss policy and technical issues To discusshow to foster large-scale, long-term public-privatecooperation To advance hydrogen energy technolo-gies and infrastructure development To analyze andset priorities for research, development and deploy-ment and ensuring support for the most promisingand beneficial activities

Contents

Preface. Energy Security through Hydrogen.- 21stCentury’s Energy: Hydrogen Energy System.- Ener-gy Policy is Technology Politics - The Hydrogen En-ergy Case.- Hydrogen from Renewables.- HydrogenFuelling Sustainability of Energy Systems, Region-al Integration and Development: The Sahara WindProject.- Pathway for Hydrogen in Urban TransitSystem.- Energy Transitions in Transportation: Is Ita Technology or a Policy Driven Process?.- Prospectsfor Hydrogen as a Military Fuel.- The US Militaryand Hydrogen in Missouri.- Fuel Cells for CleanPower Generation: Status and [..]

Fields of interest

R & D/Technology Policy; Engineering Thermo-dynamics, Transport Phenomena; Automotive andAerospace Engineering; Physics and Applied Physicsin Engineering

Target groups

Newcomers to the hydrogen economy, students, in-dustrialists, scientists, research officers, energy in-vestors, businessmen, experts from research centers,technoparks, universities interested in an assessmentof hydrogen energy technologies

Type of publication

Proceedings

Due September 2007

2007. VIII, 314 p. (NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C:


149,75 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6440-1

W. Sombart

Die Ordnung des Wirtschaftslebens

Werner Sombart fasst in diesem Buch Die "Sys-tematisierung", die "Organisierung", und die "Reg-ulierung" des Wirtschaftslebens zusammen undgibt einen guten Überblick über verschiedene Or-ganisationsformen von wirtschaftlicher Tätigkeit,sowohl auf volkswirtschaftlicher als auch auf be-triebswirtschaftlicher Ebene. Das Buch, welchesursprünglich 1927 veröffentlicht wurde, ist somiteine aufschlussreiche Sammlung des Diskussions-standes zu Fragen über Wirtschaftssysteme, Betrieb-sorganisation und wirtschaftspolitische Standpunkteim ersten Drittel des 20. Jahrhunderts.

Contents

Einleitung.- Die Systematisierung des Wirtschaft-slebens: Die bisherigen Versuche der Systema-tisierung; Die Idee des Wirtschaftssystems; Dieeinzelnen Wirtschaftssysteme.- Die Organisierungdes Wirtschaftslebens: Die allgemeinen Grundsätzeder Betriebsbildung; Die Betriebe auf den einzel-nen Wirtschaftsstufen; Die Betriebsgestaltung inder kapitalistischen Wirtschaft.- Die Regulierungdes Wirtschaftslebens: Die Typen der wirtschaft-spolitischen Systeme; Die wirtschaftspolitischen Sys-teme der Vergangenheit; Die Wirtschaftspolitik derGegenwart.

Fields of interest

Methodology and the History of Economic Thought;Economic Systems; Economic Policy

Target groups


Type of publication

Monograph

Due August 2007

Ursprünglich erschienen als Band XXXV in der Reihe:

Enzyklopädie der Rechts- und Staatswissenschaft

2007. X, 65 S. (Meilensteine der Nationalökonomie) Geb.

69,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-72253-3


O.W. Steenbeek, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Nether-

lands; S.G.v.d. Lecq, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Nether-

lands (Eds.)

Costs and Benefits of Collective

Pension Systems

The Dutch pension system is often praised as one ofthe best in the world: it is efficient, it provides cer-tainty to participants and it preserves cohesion andsolidarity among workers and pensioners. This bookpresents these benefits in detail, supported by quan-titative evidence. It also discusses the aspects of thesystem that are less favourable, however, such as im-plicit value transfers from younger to older genera-tions that limit mobility of labour. The analyses ofboth benefits and costs will help pension fund man-agers, boards of trustees, supervisors, and researchersto understand and to improve pension systems cur-rently in place around the world. "The Dutch are theglobe’s thought-leaders in the design and implemen-tation of retirement income systems. This book of-fers the rest of the world a first-hand opportunityto learn why this is the case" (Keith Ambachtsheer,Director, Rotman International Centre for PensionManagement University of Toronto)

Features

Explicitly recommended by Robert C. Merton (no-bel laureate), Bert Rürup (pension system advisor tothe German Federal Government), Brett Hammond(Managing Director TIAA-Creff, a leading pensionfund in the USA), and many others

Contents

S.G. van der Lecq, O.W. Steenbeek: Introduction.-J.B. Kuné: Solidarities in collective pension schemes.-P.P.T. Jeurissen, F.B.M. Sanders: Solidarity: whocares?- J.A. Bikker, J. de Dreu: Operating costs ofpension schemes.- C.G.E. Boender, A.L. Bovenberg,S. van Hoogdalem, Th.E. Nijman: Optimal risk-sharing in private and collective pension contracts.-R.P.M.M. Hoevenaars, E.H.M. Ponds: Intergenera-tional value transfers within an industry-wide pen-sion fund - a value-based ALM analysis.- T.A.H.Boeijen, C. Jansen, C.E. Kortleve, J.H. Tamerus: In-tergenerational solidarity in the uniform [..]

Fields of interest

Economic Policy; Finance /Banking; Population Eco-nomics; Aging

Target groups

Practitioners and researchers in the area of pensionsystems, demography, as well as pension fund man-agement

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due September 2007

2007. X, 247 p. 24 illus. Geb.

74,85 €

ISBN 978-3-540-74373-6

A. Steland, RWTH Aachen

Basiswissen Statistik

Kompaktkurs für Anwender aus Wirtschaft, Informatik und

Technik

Wirtschaftswissenschaftler, Ingenieure und In-formatiker benötigen heutzutage profunde Ken-ntnisse über Modelle und Methoden der ange-wandten Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie und Statis-tik. Diese spielen eine entscheidende Rolle für dasVerständnis und die theoretische Analyse komplex-er Systeme wie zum Beispiel den Finanzmärktenoder dem Datenverkehr im Internet. Die vor-liegende Kompakteinführung stellt die in anwen-dungsorientierten Lehrveranstaltungen üblichenThemen in einer modernen Form dar, die sichinsbesondere an Studienanfänger richtet. Einausführlicher mathematischer Anhang „Mathematikkompakt“ stellt die wichtigsten Ergebnisse aus Anal-ysis und linearer Algebra zum effizienten und leicht-en Nachschlagen zur Verfügung.

Features

Kompakte und übersichtliche Darstellung UnnötigeFormalismen werden vermieden Ausführlichermathematischer Anhang

Contents

Deskriptive und explorative Statistik.- Wahrschein-lichkeitsrechnung.- Schließende Statistik.- Mathe-matik-kompakt.

Fields of interest

Statistics for Business/Economics/Mathematical Fi-nance/Insurance; Statistics for Engineering, Physics,Computer Science, Chemistry & Geosciences; GameTheory/Mathematical Methods; Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering; Probabilityand Statistics in Computer Science; Statistical Theoryand Methods

Target groups

Studierende der Wirtschaftswissenschaften, des(Wirtschafts-)ingenieurwesens, der Informatik undWirtschaftsmathematik

Type of publication

German textbook

Due September 2007

2007. XIV, 241 S. (Springer-Lehrbuch) Softcover

19,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-74204-3

A. Stokes, INRA, Montpellier, France; I. Spanos, NAGREF, Forest

Research Institute, Thessaloniki, Greece; J.E. Norris, Nottingham

Trent University, Nottingham, UK; E. Cammeraat, University of

Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Eds.)

Eco- and Ground Bio-Engineering:

The Use of Vegetation to Improve

Slope Stability

Proceedings of the First International Conference on Eco-Engi-

neering 13-17 September 2004

These proceedings bring together papers fromgeotechnical and civil engineers, biologists, ecolo-gists and foresters, who discuss current problems inslope stability research, and how to address thoseproblems using ground bio- and eco-engineeringtechniques. Ground bioengineering methods inte-grate civil engineering techniques with natural mate-rials to obtain fast, effective and economic methodsof protecting, restoring and maintaining the environ-ment whereas eco-engineering has been defined as along-term ecological strategy to manage a site withregard to natural or man-made hazards. Studies onslope instability, erosion, soil hydrology, mountainecology, land use and restoration and how to miti-gate these problems using vegetation are presentedby both scientists and practitioners. Papers encom-pass many aspects of this multidisciplinary subject,including the mechanisms and modelling of root re-inforcement and the development of decision sup-port systems, areas where significant advances havebeen [..]

Features

New scientific research and practical advice inthe field of ground bio- and eco-engineering Re-cent studies on slope stabilisation and erosion con-trol techniques presented and discussed by worldrenowned experts Interaction between substratemovement and vegetation discussed by geotechnicalengineers, hydrologists and plant biologists State-of-the-art technical and modelling methods presentedby engineers, [..]

Contents

From the contents Mechanisms and modelling ofroot reinforcement on slopes.- Root system mor-phology and anchorage.- Methodology applied toeco- and ground bio-engineering.- Applications atthe slope level.- Eco- and ground bio-engineeringcase studies by practitioners.

Fields of interest

Soil Science & Conservation; Environmental Man-agement; Geotechnical Engineering; Forestry; PlantEcology; Landscape Ecology

Target groups

Research scientists, postgraduate level students;managers working in the areas of slope stability,landslide mitigation techniques, erosion control,forestry, ecotechnology and environmental protec-tion

Type of publication

Proceedings

Due March 2007

2007. IX, 438 p. (Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences, Band

103) Geb.

192,55 €


ISBN 978-1-4020-5592-8 S.M. Stolz, Washington, DC, USA

Bank Capital and Risk-Taking

The Impact of Capital Regulation, Charter Value, and the Busi-

ness Cycle

The year-long consultations on Basel II mirror theinternational popularity of capital requirements asa regulatory instrument. Yet, the impact of capitalrequirements on banks' behavior is not fully under-stood. The aim of this study is to contribute to thisunderstanding by answering the following questions:How do banks adjust capital and risk after an in-crease in capital requirements? How do banks adjusttheir regulatory capital buffer over the business cy-cle? And, what is the impact of banks' charter valueon the regulatory capital buffer?

Contents

Introduction.- Theoretical Literature.- Capital andRisk Adjustments after an Increase in Capital Re-quirements.- Capital and Risk Adjustments over theBusiness Cycle.- The Disciplining Effect of CharterValue on Risk-Taking.- Final Remarks.

Fields of interest

Finance /Banking; Financial Economics; Microeco-nomics

Target groups

Researchers

Type of publication

Monograph

Due June 2007

2007. XIV, 150 p. (Kieler Studien - Kiel Studies, Band 337) Geb.

74,85 €

ISBN 978-3-540-48544-5

S.L. Thomsen, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW),

Mannheim, Germany

Evaluating the Employment

Effects of Job Creation Schemes in

Germany

This book analyses the employment effects of jobcreation schemes for the participating individuals inGermany. Programmes provide subsidised jobs thatare additional in nature and of value for society tohard-to-place individuals. International evidence onthe effectiveness suggests that programmes should betargeted to the needs of the unemployed and shouldbe offered early in the unemployment spell. Bothquestions are studied for job creation schemes inGermany. In the empirical analysis, propensity scorematching methods extended to the dynamic settingare applied to administrative data of the Federal Em-ployment Agency.

Contents

Introduction.- Some Notes on the Relevance of JobCreation Schemes in Germany.- The Methodologi-cal Framework of Evaluation.- The Database.- TheEmployment Effects of Job Creation Schemes for theParticipating Individuals.- Identifying Effect Hetero-geneity to Improve the Efficiency of Job CreationSchemes in Germany.- Conclusion.

Fields of interest

Labor Economics; Economic Policy; Population Eco-nomics

Target groups

Researchers and scholars in Labor Economics

Type of publication

Monograph

Due April 2007

2007. IX, 234 p. 20 illus. (ZEW Economic Studies, Band 36) Soft-

cover

64,15 €

ISBN 978-3-7908-1949-6


S. Trautmann, Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz

Investitionen

Bewertung, Auswahl und Risikomanagement

Das Lehrbuch beschreibt die Bewertung vonsicheren und unsicheren Sach- und Finanzinvesti-tionen unter der Annahme von arbitragefreien undfriktionslosen Finanzmärkten. Im Mittelpunkt ste-ht dabei die Investitionsbewertung nach dem Dup-likationsprinzip. Auf letzterem Bewertungsprinzipbasieren sowohl die klassische Kapitalwertformel fürSachinvestitionen, die mittlerweile klassische Bew-ertungsformel von Black, Scholes und Merton fürAktienoptionen als auch neuere Varianten für Zins-und Kreditderivate. Alle wesentlichen Ergebnissesind übersichtlich in sogenannten Eigenschaftenzusammengefasst und werden mit vielen Illustra-tionen und Beispielen veranschaulicht. Übungsauf-gaben bieten eine solide Grundlage für Veranstaltun-gen des finanzwirtschaftlichen Hauptstudiums, fürWeiterbildungsseminare sowie zum eigenständigenErlernen der Inhalte. Die zweite Auflage wurdeüberarbeitet und verbessert. Lösungen zu denÜbungsaufgaben können unter www.finance.uni-mainz.de abgerufen werden.

Features

Wesentliche Ergebnisse sind in "Eigenschaften"zusammengefasst Mit Übungsaufgaben, Illustratio-nen und Beispielen Lösungen zu den Übungsauf-gaben im Internet

Contents

Einführung. Sichere Investitionen: Trennung vonInvestitions- und Konsumentscheidung.- Zielkon-forme Entscheidungen mit der Kapitalwertregel.-Sensitivitätsanalyse des Kapitalwertes. UnsichereInvestitionen: Portefeuilleauswahl mit der Er-wartungswert-Varianz-Regel.- Preise und Renditenim Finanzmarktgleichgewicht.- Kapitalkosten undKapitalstruktur.- Alternative Auswahlregeln. Investi-tionen mit Wahlrechten: Terminpreise und Wert-grenzen für Optionen.- Risikoneutrale Bewertung imBinomialmodell.- Risikosteuerung mit dem Black/Merton/Scholes-Modell.- Risikoneutrale Bewertungbei Zinsunsicherheit.

Fields of interest

Finance /Banking; Financial Economics; Quantita-tive Finance; Operation Research/Decision Theory

Target groups

Studenten

Type of publication

German textbook

Due May 2007

2007. XVII, 485 S. 192 Abb. (Springer-Lehrbuch) Softcover

29,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-71125-4

D.J. Veit, University of Mannheim, Germany; J. Altmann, Interna-

tional University of Bruchsal, Germany (Eds.)

Grid Economics and Business

Models

4th International Workshop, GECON 2007, Rennes, France, Au-

gust 28, 2007, Proceedings

This volume constitutes the refereed proceedings ofthe 4th International Workshop on Grid Economicsand Business Models, GECON 2007, held in Rennes,France, in August 2007. The 12 full papers includedin this volume were carefully selected and revised;they aim at presenting current results and innova-tive research in the area of grid economics. The pa-pers are organized in topical sections on grid busi-ness modeling, market mechanisms for the grid, andeconomic grid service provisioning. The proceed-ings are rounded off by 6 project reports that give anoverview of the current and ongoing research in grideconomics.

Fields of interest

Computer Communication Networks; e-businessand e-commerce; Information Storage and Retrieval;Computer Appl. in Administrative Data Processing;Communications Engineering, Networks; Informa-tion Systems

Target groups

Researchers and professionals

Type of publication

Proceedings

Due August 2007

2007. XII, 201 p. Also avaible online. (Lecture Notes in Computer

Science, Band 4685) Softcover

44,94 €

ISBN 978-3-540-74428-3

H. Vera, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA; J.R. Feagin,

Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA

Handbook of the Sociology of Racial

and Ethnic Relations

The study of racial and ethnic relations has becomeone of the most studied aspects in sociology and so-ciological research. In both North America and Eu-rope, many “traditional” cultures are feeling threat-ened by immigrants from Latin America, Africa andAsia. Sociology is at the hub of the human sciencesconcerned with racial and ethnic relations. Sincethis discipline is made of multiple paradigms andmethodological orientations it has been able to makerelevant contributions to disciplines ranging fromindividual psychology, social psychology, and psy-chiatry, to economics, anthropology, linguistics, cul-tural studies, health care delivery and education.

Features

There has been no recent reference book on the so-ciology of racial and ethnic relations This handbookwill be a true international collaborations Looks atracial and ethnic relations from and academic per-spective

Contents

The changing field of the sociology of racial and eth-nic relations – the perceived threat of Latin Amer-ica, Africa, and Asia of North American and Euro-pean “traditional” cultures. – Racial and Ethnic rela-tions and methodological orientations and their con-tributions to: individual psychology, social psycholo-gy, psychiatry, economics, anthropology, linguistics,cultural studies, health care delivery, and education– racial and ethnic inequality within the healthcaresystem and “cultural competence” to enhance racialand ethnic relations through health education insti-tutions and health [..]

Fields of interest

Sociology; Cross Cultural Psychology

Target groups

Sociologists working in the field of race and eth-nic relations, social psychologists, anthropologists,cultural researchers and other social scientists whostudy race and ethnic relations

Type of publication

Handbook

Due September 2007

2007. VIII, 494 p. 14 illus. (Handbooks of Sociology and Social Re-

search) Geb.

208,60 €

ISBN 978-0-387-70844-7


J.E. Vinnem, University of Stavanger, Norway

Offshore Risk Assessment

Principles, Modelling and Applications of QRA Studies

The first book on quantified risk assessment (QRA)as applied to offshore installations and operations.Risk assessment techniques have long been used inthe offshore oil and gas industry, and their use is setto expand as the industry moves into new areas andfaces new challenges in older regions. This updatedand expanded 2nd edition results from a R&Dprogramme on offshore risk assessment in Norway(2002-2006). It describes the state of the art in QRAand identifies weaknesses and areas that need devel-opment. Includes chapters on: risk analysis method-ology; analytical approaches to escalation, escape,evacuation; rescue analysis of safety and emergen-cy systems; the main hazards of offshore structures;risk mitigation and control; an alternative approachto risk modelling focussing on the risk of short-du-ration activities. A reference for academics and stu-dents in this field, the book will also interest profes-sionals: contractors, suppliers, consultants and regu-latory authorities.

Features

A major revision of the 1st edition Based on resultsfrom a major R and D programme on offshore riskassessment in Norway 2002-2006

Contents

Introduction.- Risk Picture - Definitions and Char-acteristics.- Risk Presentation and Acceptance Cri-teria.- Lessons from Major Accidents.- Methodolo-gy for Quantified Risk Assessment.- Analysis Tech-niques.- Fatality Risk Assessment.- Fire Risk Mod-elling.- Explosion Risk Modelling.- Collision RiskModelling.- Marine Systems Risk Modelling.- Riskdue to Miscellaneous Hazards.- Approach to RiskBased Design.- Presentation of Risk Results fromQRA Studies.- Use of Risk Analysis during Opera-tions Phase.

Fields of interest

Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk; Envi-ronmental Management; Offshore Engineering; Op-eration Research/Decision Theory; MathematicalModeling and Industrial Mathematics

Target groups

Postgraduates, consultants, professionals and practi-tioners in offshore petroleum industry

Type of publication

Monograph

Due March 2007

Originally published by Kluwer

2007. XXV, 577 p. (Springer Series in Reliability Engineering) Geb.

123,00 €

ISBN 978-1-84628-716-9


S. Wied-Nebbeling, Universität zu Köln; H. Schott, readybank ag,

Berlin

Grundlagen der Mikroökonomik

Das Grundproblem jedes Wirtschaftens bestehtdarin, die Frage zu lösen, was, wie, in welcher Mengefür wen produziert wird. In einer Marktwirtschaftwird diese Frage vor allem über die relativen Preisebeantwortet. Sie steuern die rationalen Entschei-dungen von Haushalten und Unternehmen überGüternachfrage und -angebot. Die Güter werdenauf Märkten gehandelt, die mehr oder weniger gutfunktionieren. Damit ist der Inhalt des Lehrbuchsskizziert. Es behandelt die Haushalts- und die Un-ternehmenstheorie, die optimale Allokation beivollständiger Konkurrenz und verschiedene Formendes unvollständigen Wettbewerbs. Die vierte Auflagewurde gegenüber der dritten weiter verbessert. We-gen seines didaktisch geschickten Aufbaus ist dasLehrbuch vor allem für das Grundstudium geeignet.

Features

Klare, nachvollziehbare Präsentation mit method-isch einheitlichem Aufbau Grafische und analytischeDarstellung Kompletter Lehrstoff des Grundstudi-ums Einführung in weiterführende Methoden

Contents

Einführung.- Haushaltstheorie.- Unternehmen-stheorie.- Vollständige Konkurrenz.- Monopol.-Weitere Formen der unvollständigen Konkur-renz.- Bedingungen für optimale Allokation.- Mark-tunvollkommenheiten durch externe Effekte undunvollständige Information.- Anhang.- Lösungen zuden Übungsaufgaben.

Fields of interest

Microeconomics

Target groups

Studenten

Type of publication

German textbook

Due September 2007


24,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-73868-8

B. Woeckener, Universität Stuttgart

Strategischer Wettbewerb

Marktökonomische Grundlagen, Produktdifferenzierung und

Innovation

Dieses Lehrbuch führt in die Grundlagen der The-orie des strategischen Wettbewerbs ein. Gegen-stand der Analyse sind die gewinnmaximierendenEntscheidungen der Unternehmen unter der Bedin-gung strategischer Interaktion bei homogenen undbei differenzierten Gütern. Im Zentrum stehen dabeidie Herleitung und die Erläuterung der Bedingun-gen maximalen Gewinns mit Blick auf die Aktion-sparameter Preis, Produktionskapazität, Produktde-sign, Produktqualität sowie Produkt- und Prozessin-novation. Behandelt werden zudem die Profitabilitätund die Stabilität von Unternehmenskooperationenals Alternative zum Wettbewerb. Dem wettbewerb-srechtlichen Rahmen des strategischen Wettbewerbsist ein eigenes Kapitel gewidmet.

Features

Besonders lerngerechte Aufbereitung durch "3x2-Didaktik" Analyse der zu treffenden Entscheidun-gen erfolgt stets verbal, grafisch und analytisch Anal-yse wird an einem speziellen Fall konkretisiert Plus:eigenes Kapitel zum wettbewerbsrechtlichen Rah-men

Contents

Grundlagen des strategischen Wettbewerbs:Entscheidungstheoretische Grundlagen.- Wettbe-werbsrechtliche Rahmenbedingungen.- Preis- undMengenwettbewerb bei differenzierten Gütern.-Kartelle und Fusionen im strategischen Wettbe-werb.- Strategien der Produktdifferenzierung:Strategischer Designwettbewerb.- StrategischerQualitätswettbewerb.- Strategischer Innovation-swettbewerb: Produktinnovation.- Patentrennen.-Prozessinnovationen endogenen Ausmaßes.

Fields of interest

Industrial Organization; Microeconomics; Market-ing

Target groups

Studenten im Bachelor-Studiengang

Type of publication

German textbook

Due August 2007


24,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-72209-0

L. Yu, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; S. Wang, Chi-

nese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; K.K. Lai, City University

of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Foreign-Exchange-Rate Forecasting

with Artificial Neural Networks

The book focuses on forecasting foreign exchangerates via artificial neural networks. It creates and ap-plies the highly useful computational techniques ofArtificial Neural Networks (ANNs) to foreign-ex-change-rate forecasting. The result is an up-to-datereview of the most recent research developments inforecasting foreign exchange rates coupled with ahighly useful methodological approach to predict-ing rate changes in foreign currency exchanges. For-eign Exchange Rate Forecasting with Artificial Neu-ral Networks is targeted at both the academic andpractitioner audiences. Managers, analysts and tech-nical practitioners in financial institutions across theworld will have considerable interest in the book,and scholars and graduate students studying finan-cial markets and business forecast will also have con-siderable interest in the book.

Features

The book’s modeling framework is multi-level en-abling agent of an intelligent foreign-exchange-rate-forecasting methodology. Adding to the methodolo-gy is a decision-support system, which can be deliv-ered by both a client/server model and widely-usedweb technologies Because of the highly usefulcomputational techniques of Artificial Neural Net-works (ANNs) to foreign-exchange-rate forecasting,managers, [..]

Contents

Preface.- Are foreign exchange rates predictable? Ananatomy of a survey from artificial neural networksperspective.- Basic principles of ANN algorithms.-Data preparation in neural network data analysis.-Forecasting foreign exchange rates using an adaptiveback-propagation algorithm with optimal learningrate and momentum factor.- An online learning al-gorithm with adaptive forgetting factors for BP neu-ral network in foreign exchange rate forecasting.-An improved BP algorithm with adaptive smoothingmomentum terms for foreign exchange rate predic-tion.- Hybridizing BPNN and [..]

Fields of interest

Finance /Banking; Quantitative Finance; OperationResearch/Decision Theory; Artificial Intelligence (in-cl. Robotics); Computational Mathematics and Nu-merical Analysis; Computing Methodologies

Target groups

Financial practitioners and academics

Type of publication

Monograph

Due August 2007

2007. XXII, 316 p. (International Series in Operations Research &

Management Science, Band 107) Geb.

106,95 €

ISBN 978-0-387-71719-7


M. Zafirovski, University of North Texas, Dento, TX, USA

The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit

of Authoritarianism

Puritanism, Democracy, and Society

This book explores the historical and contempo-rary relationships of Protestant Puritanism to po-litical and social authoritarianism. It focuses onPuritanism’s original, subsequent and modern influ-ences on and legacies in political democracy and civ-il society within historically Puritan Western soci-eties, with emphasis on Great Britain and particular-ly America, from the 17th to the 21th century. TheProtestant Ethic and the Spirit of Authoritarianism:Puritanism, Democracy and Society's importanceand novelty lie in its original theoretical argumentand empirical demonstration that Puritanism con-stitutes or reproduces political-social authoritarian-ism rather than liberal-secular political democracyand free civil society, contrary to the conventionalwisdom in Puritan societies, especially America. Thebook’s methodological approach is thoroughly in-terdisciplinary by integrating methods, theories anddata in sociology with those in other social sciencessuch as political science, history and [..]

Features

Focuses on the political and social Puritanism inAnglo/American/Australian government Showshow supposed liberal democracies are currentlyand historically not so Uses a Weberian model formethodology and analysis New arguments aboutPuritanism's links to political and social authoritari-anism rather than, as in the old arguments, with po-litical democracy and free civil society New or re-trieved (previously [..]

Contents

Introduction.- 1 Puritanism and Authoritarianism.-Puritanism.- The Spirit of Authoritarianism.- Puri-tanism and Authoritarianism: Authoritarian Masteryof the Social World.- 2. Puritanism and Political Au-thoritarianism: Authoritarian Mastery of Politics.-Puritan Political Authoritarianism: General Con-siderations.- Political Anti-Liberalism.- Political Ex-tremism.- Anti-Egalitarianism: Inequality as Divine-ly Ordained Destiny.- Militarism, Nationalism andExpansionism.- 3. Puritanism and Social Authoritar-ianism: Authoritarian Mastery of Civil Society.- Puri-tan Social Authoritarianism: [..]

Fields of interest

Sociology; Political Science; Economic Policy

Target groups

Political and economic sociologists, political scien-tists

Type of publication

Monograph

Due May 2007

2007. XIX, 337 p. Geb.

106,95 €

ISBN 978-0-387-49320-6

M.K. Zaidi, Idaho State University, Pocatello, USA (Ed.)

Wastewater Reuse - Risk

Assessment, Decision-Making and

Environmental Security

The proceedings of the NATO Advanced ResearchWorkshop "Wastewater Reuse - Risk Assessment,Decision-Making and Environmental Security" , heldin Istanbul, Turkey, October 12-16, 2006 will provideinformation to the readers involved with water man-agement, wastewater, salinity, environmental issues,economists, social workers and insurance groups.The book has information on the current situationof water management in the world and especially theMiddle-east and Mediterranean regions; it address-es some of the most difficult international conflicts.Wastewater is a by-product of agricultural, indus-trial or domestic water use, and can be an environ-mental hazard causing damage to soil and to waterresources. However, as demonstrated in many of thepapers, it can also be a benefit if exploited correctly.Papers presented cover in great detail and depth therisk assessment, decision-making approaches andenvironmental security. Information about design,installation, management of wastewater treatment[..]

Features

Up-to-date information on wastewater issues Latestinformation on funding opportunities Latest infor-mation on education and training A list of expertsand front runners A list of available resources

Contents

Session 1. Introduction and Risk Assessment Meth-ods: Environmental Hazard Impact.- 1. Effects ofMining Activities on Water around the CanakkalePlain.- 2. Water Databanks IV, Mediterranean Re-gion: Israel, Jordan, Palestine Authority.- 3. Wastew-ater Treatment and Reuse in Mediterranean Coun-tries.- 4. Risk/Cost Analysis of Sustainable Manage-ment of Wastewater for Irrigation: An Environmen-tal Supply Chain approach.- 5. Direct Osmosis Tech-nique: An Approach to Wastewater Reuse in Uzbek-istan.- Session 2. Wastewater reuse - case studies.- 6.Wastewater Management, Treatment and Reuse in[..]

Fields of interest

Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Con-trol / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution; Envi-ronmental Management

Target groups

Civil, mechanical, environmental engineers, watermanagement team, wastewater scientists, physicists,environmentalists, chemists, biologists, economists,social workers, insurance groups and local inhabi-tants

Type of publication

Proceedings

Due May 2007

2007. XVIII, 446 p. (NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C:


171,15 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6025-0

M.K. Zaidi, Idaho State University, Pocatello, USA (Ed.)

Wastewater Reuse - Risk

Assessment, Decision-Making and

Environmental Security

The proceedings of the NATO Advanced ResearchWorkshop "Wastewater Reuse - Risk Assessment,Decision-Making and Environmental Security" , heldin Istanbul, Turkey, October 12-16, 2006 will provideinformation to the readers involved with water man-agement, wastewater, salinity, environmental issues,economists, social workers and insurance groups.The book has information on the current situationof water management in the world and especially theMiddle-east and Mediterranean regions; it address-es some of the most difficult international conflicts.Wastewater is a by-product of agricultural, indus-trial or domestic water use, and can be an environ-mental hazard causing damage to soil and to waterresources. However, as demonstrated in many of thepapers, it can also be a benefit if exploited correctly.Papers presented cover in great detail and depth therisk assessment, decision-making approaches andenvironmental security. Information about design,installation, management of wastewater treatment[..]

Features

Up-to-date information on wastewater issues Latestinformation on funding opportunities Latest infor-mation on education and training A list of expertsand front runners A list of available resources

Contents

Session 1. Introduction and Risk Assessment Meth-ods: Environmental Hazard Impact.- 1. Effects ofMining Activities on Water around the CanakkalePlain.- 2. Water Databanks IV, Mediterranean Re-gion: Israel, Jordan, Palestine Authority.- 3. Wastew-ater Treatment and Reuse in Mediterranean Coun-tries.- 4. Risk/Cost Analysis of Sustainable Manage-ment of Wastewater for Irrigation: An Environmen-tal Supply Chain approach.- 5. Direct Osmosis Tech-nique: An Approach to Wastewater Reuse in Uzbek-istan.- Session 2. Wastewater reuse - case studies.- 6.Wastewater Management, Treatment and Reuse in[..]

Fields of interest

Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Con-trol / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution; Envi-ronmental Management

Target groups

Civil, mechanical, environmental engineers, watermanagement team, wastewater scientists, physicists,environmentalists, chemists, biologists, economists,social workers, insurance groups and local inhabi-tants

Type of publication

Proceedings

Due May 2007

2007. XVIII, 446 p. (NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C:


74,85 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6026-7


J. Zhu, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, MA, USA; W.D. Cook, York

University, Toronto, ON, Canada (Eds.)

Modeling Data Irregularities and

Structural Complexities in Data

Envelopment Analysis

DEA is computational at its core and this book willbe one of several books that we will look to publishon the computational aspects of DEA. This book byZhu and Cook will deal with the micro aspects ofhandling and modeling data issues in modeling DEAproblems. DEA's use has grown with its capabilityof dealing with complex "service industry" and the"public service domain" types of problems that re-quire modeling both qualitative and quantitative da-ta. This will be a handbook treatment dealing withspecific data problems including the following: (1)imprecise data, (2) inaccurate data, (3) missing da-ta, (4) qualitative data, (5) outliers, (6) undesirableoutputs, (7) quality data, (8) statistical analysis, (9)software and other data aspects of modeling complexDEA problems. In addition, the book will demon-strate how to visualize DEA results when the data ismore than 3-dimensional, and how to identify effi-ciency units quickly and accurately.

Features

There certainly is a need for such a book. We havehad issues for a long time on how to deal with com-putation/data variety problems in the DEA litera-ture The authors are well recognized in the areas andhave done substantial research and consulting in thecomputational and data areas in DEA. I believe thebook will be of high quality based upon their author-ity and experience Wade Cook and Joe Zhu are well[..]

Contents

Data irregularities and structural complexities inDEA.- Rank order data in DEA.- Interval and ordinaldata.- Variables with negative values in DEA.- Non-discretionary inputs.- DEA with undesirable factors.-European nitrate pollution regulation and Frenchpig farms’ performance.- PCA-DEA.- Mining non-parametric frontiers.- DEA presented graphically us-ing multi-dimensional scaling.- DEA models for sup-ply chain or multi-stage structure.- Network DEA.-Context-dependent data envelopment analysis andits use.- Flexible measures—classifying inputs andoutputs.- Integer DEA models.- DEA with [..]

Fields of interest

Operation Research/Decision Theory; Economet-rics; Business/Management Science, general; Opera-tions Research, Mathematical Programming; PublicFinance

Target groups

Professor, researchers, and graduate students

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due July 2007

2007. VIII, 334 p. Geb.

85,55 €

ISBN 978-0-387-71606-0

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