This open access book provides answers to key open questions concerning competition policy in emerging economies, with a focus on South Eastern Europe. The contributions address two major issues. One is the design of competition policy and the national competition authorities that enforce it,...

Foreword -- Praise for the Book -- About the Translators -- Translators' Commentary -- 1 Foundations -- 2 Costs in Single Production -- 3 Costs in Joint Production -- 4 The Movement of Costs and the Structure of the Market Economy -- Appendix.

This collection deals with some interesting economic questions related to construction and real estate, namely how construction firms cope with the volatility of construction; whether speculative bubbles or market fundamentals drive those fluctuations; new techniques to predict construction...

Though the emerging sub-discipline of comparative political economy is now rich in studies of different advanced capitalisms, it still lacks a systematic consideration of the organizing frameworks and methodologies underpinning those studies. This definitive volume outlines the two great debates...

This book is written in light of the latest developments in the field of multidimensional poverty measurement. It includes clear presentations of more than a dozen different quantitative techniques and provides empirical illustrations based on data sources from developed or developing countries

This book looks at the PPP persistence puzzle, and econometric aspects of exchange rate dynamics and their implications. It also explores the importance of exchange rate dynamics in the pass-through effects (PTE) and the econometric aspects of the exchange rates dynamics linked to structural...

A crucial issue in the era of globalisation and internationalization, is whether the relationship between investment and finance is beneficial to growth and development. Received wisdom is that Research and Development is essential not only for maintaining productivity, but also for competing in...

Allgemeine Gesichtspunkte über Werkstättenleitung -- Absichtliche Minderleistung der Leute. Zusammenhang der Minderleistung mit dem gebräuchlichen Lohnverfahren Zeitstudien -- Wissenschaftliche Zeitstudien als Grundlage für die Löhnung -- Gesichtspunkte für den Wechsel in der Organisation....

Wirtschaftspolitik und Krisenpolitik -- Ankurbelung Durch Kreditausweitung -- Arbeitsbeschaffung Durch Investitionen -- Verkürzung der Arbeitszeit -- Senkung der Produktionskosten -- Erleichterung der Schuldenlast -- Innenkolonisation und Naturalwirtschaft -- Autarkisierung -- Abbau der...