Microeconomics Books

New and Published Books

1. Economics and HIV

   The Sickness of Economics

   By Deborah Johnston

   Series: Routledge International Studies in Health Economics

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

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

   By Luca Lambertini

   Series: Routledge Explorations in Environmental Economics

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

   Published May 8th 2013 by Routledge
3. Pension Systems and Old-Age Income Support in East and Southeast Asia

   Overview and Reform Directions

   Edited by Donghyun Park

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

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

   Edited by Itzhak Gilboa

   Series: Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy

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

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

   Edited by Tran Huu Dung

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

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

   By Tassos Patokos

   Series: Routledge Advances in Game Theory

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

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

   By Hon-Kwong Lui

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

   Published March 24th 2013 by Routledge
8. Modern Applications of Austrian Thought

   Edited by Jürgen G. Backhaus

   Series: Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy

   Austrian economics is often criticized as being hostile to empirical research and seen purely as an ideology. In contrast, the purpose of this book is to show that Austrian economics provides an interesting approach to most conceivable subjects in economics. Edited by Jürgen G. Backhaus, this...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
9. Colonial Exploitation and Economic Development

   The Belgian Congo and the Netherlands Indies Compared

   Edited by Ewout Frankema, Frans Buelens

   Series: Routledge Explorations in Economic History

   Since many countries in the world at present were European colonies in the not so distant past, the relationship between colonial institutions and development outcomes is a key topic of study across many disciplines. This edited volume, from a leading international group of scholars, discusses the...

   Published March 11th 2013 by Routledge
10. Energy, Environment and Economic Transformation in China

    By Shiyi Chen

    China has achieved rapid economic growth since the market-oriented reform in 1978 and became the second largest economy in the world in 2010. However, the growth model in China is still extensive in nature and may be characterized with high energy consumption and heavy...

    Published March 6th 2013 by Routledge