Stanford Economics And Finance imprint: 46 books
The Economics of Business Valuation
Towards a Value Functional Approach
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
For decades, the market, asset, and income approaches to business valuation have taken center stage in the assessment of the firm. This book brings to light an expanded valuation toolkit, consisting of nine well-defined valuation principles hailing from the fields of economics, finance, accounting,...
Essays on Philosophy, Politics & Economics
Integration & Common Research Projects
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2010
This volume brings together distinguished philosophers with interdisciplinary expertise to show how the resources of philosophy can be employed in the tasks of evaluating economics and fostering policy debates. Contributors offer analyses of basic ideas in economics, such as the notion of efficiency,...
Ethics in Economics
An Introduction to Moral Frameworks
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2015
In Ethics in Economics , Jonathan B. Wight provides an overview of the role that ethical considerations play in economic debates. Whereas much of the field tends to focus on welfare outcomes, Wight calls for a deeper examination of the origin and evolution of our moral norms. He argues that economic...
Microeconomic Theory Old and New
A Student's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2009
Microeconomic Theory Old and New: A Student's Guide has two main goals. The first is to give advanced undergraduate and graduate students an understanding of the core model of economics: Walrasian general equilibrium theory. The text presents in detail the three building blocks of Walrasian theory—establishing...
Irrationality in Health Care
What Behavioral Economics Reveals About What We Do and Why
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2013
The health care industry in the U.S. is peculiar. We spend close to 18% of our GDP on health care, yet other countries get better results—and we don't know why. To date, we still lack widely accepted answers to simple questions, such as "Would requiring everyone to buy health insurance make...
Entrepreneurial Finance
Strategy, Valuation, and Deal Structure
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2011
Entrepreneurial Finance: Strategy, Valuation, and Deal Structure applies the theory and methods of finance and economics to the rapidly evolving field of entrepreneurial finance. This approach reveals how entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and outside investors can rely on academic foundations as...
Reframing Finance
New Models of Long-Term Investment Management
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2017
Since the 2008 financial crisis, beneficiary organizations—like pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, endowments, and foundations—have been seeking ways to mitigate the risk of their investments and make better financial decisions. For them, Reframing Finance offers a path forward.
This...
Collective Action and Exchange
A Game-Theoretic Approach to Contemporary Political Economy
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2013
In Collective Action and Exchange: A Game-Theoretic Approach to Contemporary Political Economy, William D. Ferguson presents a comprehensive political economy text aimed at advanced undergraduates in economics and graduate students in the social sciences. The text utilizes collective action as a unifying...
Homer Economicus
The Simpsons and Economics
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2014
In Homer Economicus a cast of lively contributors takes a field trip to Springfield, where the Simpsons reveal that economics is everywhere. By exploring the hometown of television's first family, this book provides readers with the economic tools and insights to guide them at work, at home, and at...
by Thomas J. Miceli
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
Master teacher Thomas J. Miceli provides an introduction to law and economics that reveals how economic principles can explain the structure of the law and make it more efficient.
The third edition of this seminal textbook is thoroughly updated to include recent cases and the latest scholarship,...
Breakdown in Pakistan
How Aid Is Eroding Institutions for Collective Action
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2012
Thirty percent of foreign development aid is channeled through NGOs or community-based organizations to improve service delivery to the poor, build social capital, and establish democracy in developing nations. However, growing evidence suggests that aid often erodes, rather than promotes, cooperation...
Law and Long-Term Economic Change
A Eurasian Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2011
Recently, a growing body of work on "law and finance" and "legal origins" has highlighted the role of formal legal institutions in shaping financial institutions. However, these writings have focused largely on Europe, neglecting important non-Western traditions that prevail in...
The Economics of Excess
Addiction, Indulgence, and Social Policy
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2011
The Economics of Excess discusses both standard and behavioral economics as they apply to addiction, indulgence, and social policy. Chapter One provides a thorough discussion of economic models of addiction. The model developed in most detail takes into account both standard and behavioral approaches....
Varsity Green
A Behind the Scenes Look at Culture and Corruption in College Athletics
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2009
In Varsity Green, Mark Yost cuts through clichés and common misconceptions to take a hard-eyed look at the current state of college athletics. He takes readers behind the scenes of the conspicuous and high-revenue business of college sports in order to dissect the enormous television revenues, merchandising...