Economic theory provides various explanations for vertical integration but transaction costs seem to be a major determinant of backward, forward and lateral integration. The paper studies integration trends in the newly emerging Bulgarian pharmaceutical sector, seeking transaction cost...

"Problems Book to Accompany Mathematics for Economists" is intended to complement any course in quantitative methods in economics, mathematical economics for undergraduate students or introductory mathematical economics for graduate students. It is aimed as an inexpensive supplement to nearly...

Machine generated contents note: Chapter 1 - Matrix Algebra -- Chapter 2 - Comparative Statics -- Chapter 3 - General-Function Models -- Chapter 4 - Optimization -- Chapter 5 - Exponential and Logarithmic Functions -- Chapter 6 - Unconstrained Optimization -- Chapter 7 - Constrained Optimization...

This paper relates economic development to transaction costs. It reveals the triad transaction costs-market failure-economic underdevelopment. Many scholars attribute the problems of development to the failure of markets to perform their role of resource allocation. Some deny market failure and...

We present a simple method of solving first-order linear differential and difference equations with a constant term and a constant coefficient. When solving such equations standard books in mathematical economics resort to a particular integral and a complementary function without further...

Our paper studies the causes of poverty from the perspective of job search. We show that poor people remain poor because they have less time and initial endowment to search for a better job. Initial endowment is key to successful job search, as one can afford not to work and search longer for a...

Few textbooks in mathematical economics cover optimal timing problems. Those which cover them do it scantly or in a rather clumsy way, making it hard for students to understand and apply the concept of optimal time in new contexts. Discussing the plentiful illustrations of optimal timing...