Socially responsible investment (SRI) evolved, along the last two decades, from an almost unexplored topic inscience to a recurrent theme of research and debate in Economics and Finance. The growing interest on the theme has two fundamental causes. On one hand, empirical evidence unveils a...

Chapter 1. Dynamics: Intertemporal Decision-Making -- Chapter 2. Games: Strategic Decision-Making -- Chapter 3. Economic Growth Models -- Chapter 4. More on Growth Dynamics: Endogenous Growth and Beyond -- Chapter 5. The Search and Matching Model -- Chapter 6. Fiscal Policy and Government...

This textbook introduces readers to essential tools, techniques and methods for intertemporal and strategic modeling in economics. It presents a variety of analytical models covering both dynamic processes and strategic interaction. Students will learn the basic mechanisms associated with the...

Purpose This paper aims to provide an overall review and assessment of the virtues and flaws of decentralized self-regulated markets, discussing in particular the extent to which deceiving attitudes by some market participants might be potentially diluted and contradicted....

"This book is a commemorative edition of the 260th anniversary of the Lisbon Accounting and Business School (ISCAL), one of the oldest business schools in Europe. The book collects a series of contributions from teachers and researchers of ISCAL, offering a state-of-the-art picture of the...