Macroeconomics or Principles of Economics

Macroeconomics: Principles and Applications with Xtra! CD-ROM and InfoTrac

Author: Robert Hall

Macroeconomics: Principles and Applications provides a lively, rigorous introduction to basic economic theory and its applications. It has been carefully crafted in terms of both content and supporting pedagogy to keep readers focused on learning and applying the central ideas used in economic analysis. In-text Internet links and a dedicated Web site provide opportunities and exercises for readers to access and analyze additional real-world economic applications.

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This text/CD-ROM package stresses the unity of economics with a consistent methodology for looking at different types of markets, and a capstone chapter bringing together a variety of macro tools to study the relationship between the stock market and the macroeconomy. The companion CD-ROM contains a graphing workshop with tutorials, interactive tools, and exercises that teach how to interpret, reproduce, and explain graphs. The revised second edition contains material reflecting changes since the September 11th terrorist attacks, the recession of 2001, and the shift from high-tech boom to high-tech bust. Hall teaches economics at Stanford University. Lieberman teaches economics at New York University. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

PART I: PRELIMINARIES. 1. What Is Economics? 2. Scarcity, Choice and Economic Systems. 3. Supply and Demand. PART II: MACROECONOMICS: BASIC CONCEPTS. 4. What Macroeconomics Tries to Explain. 5. Production, Income, and Employment. 6. The Monetary System, Prices and Inflation. PART III: LONG-RUN MACROECONOMICS. 7. The Classical Long-Run Model. 8. Economic Growth and Rising Living Standards. PART IV: SHORT-RUN MACROECONOMICS. 9. Economic Fluctuations. 10. The Short-Run Macro Model. PART V: MONEY, PRICES, AND THE MACROECONOMY. 11. The Banking System. 12. The Money Market and the Interest Rate. 13. Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply. PART VI: MACROECONOMIC POLICY. 14. Inflation and Monetary Policy. 15. Fiscal Policy: Taxes, Spending, and the Federal Budget. 16. Exchange Rates and Macroeconomic Policy. USING ALL THE THEORY: The Stock Market and the Macroeconomy.

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Principles of Economics

Author: Fred Gottheil

Bring the study of economics to life with Principles of Economics, 5th edition. Award-winning educator and author Fred Gottheil speaks directly to student experience through a conversational writing style and narrative that uses stories, familiar examples, engaging scenarios, and relevant examples from literature emphasizing that economic principles can be found in all aspects of modern life. The text focuses on the key questions and presents the basic concepts-developing economic analysis step-by-step. The result is a more interactive and enjoyable learning experience when compared to the pedantic approaches often found in texts. Each chapter in the fifth edition has been thoroughly revised to reflect the most relevant data and also emerging and critical issues such as the issues of Iraq, terrorism, Katrina, China, and more. We invite you to see for yourself how Fred Gottheil's approach will help to shorten the distance between students and the exciting study of economics.

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An introductory text/CD-ROM with explanatory narrative based on questions and detailed answers. Chapters are in section on basics of economic analysis, microeconomics and its applications to product and factor markets, employment and fiscal policy, banking and monetary policy, government and the macroeconomy, and the world economy. Learning aids include objectives, self-check questions, Internet exercises, graph-reading and interpretation exercises, activities placing students in the role of consultants, and boxes on how economic principles apply to real events. This third edition strengthens an interdisciplinary focus. The CD-ROM contains video clips, self-tests, and a graphing tutorial. The author teaches economics at the University of Illinois. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Interpreting the National Electrical Code or Investments

Interpreting the National Electrical Code

Author: Truman Surbrook

Extraordinarily comprehensive, this book is completely updated to the 2008 National Electrical Code and continues to offer valuable insight into the Code articles. Explanations are provided for each article in detail, with thorough discussions and practical examples that clearly illustrate how the Code and its most recent changes are applied. Discussions are logically organized into coherent subject groupings, allowing readers to navigate easily through 2008 NEC requirements as well as changes since the last edition. Through this approach, the book also integrates essential information into the 8th Edition that is not directly addressed in the NEC but is extremely useful to electricians.

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Investments

Author: Haim Levy

The chapters are very well written, and present even relatively difficult material in a concise and very clear way.

Thore Johnson, Norwegian

Schoolof Economics and Business Administration

 

To some people, security markets are like casinos in which investing is based on predicting security prices and speculating that those predictions will come true.  Investments is here to tell you otherwise. 

You could try to predict security prices by flipping a coin or reading a horoscope, but if you really want to become a better investor then you need a thorough understanding of securities, securities markets and investment strategies.  That is exactly what this book provides.

This topical introduction to investment in security markets discusses in detail the various ways in which you can minimise risk and maximise yields.  One of the basic insights that you will obtain from reading this book is that good investments generally do not require forecasting skills. Rather, in many cases, good investments require the matching of the investments with the objectives and constraints of the investor.

Key Features:

 
• Up-to-date coverage of investment practice and academic research
• Extensive coverage of e-commerce in investments
• Many real-life case studies taken from recent newspaper articles, in particular the Financial Times
• Extensive Review Questions and Answers, with additional questions and answers available online

Investments is suitable for use by intermediate to advanced undergraduate students taking courses in investments as part of accounting, finance, economics andbusiness studies degrees.  It is also suitable for postgraduate students on MBA and other programmes covering investments.

 

Professor Haim Levy, MA, PhD, is Myles Robinson Professor of Business Administration at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem in The Jerusalem School of Business Administration.

Professor Thierry Post is an Associate Professor of Finance at Erasmus University, the Netherlands.

The book is well-presented and substantial, the terms are clearly explained, there are plenty of examples, and concepts are introduced gradually and thoroughly.

James Clunie, The Universityof Edinburgh

 

Table of Contents:

1	Introduction	1
2	Bonds, stocks and other securities	19
3	Security markets	53
4	Institutional investors	94
5	Security regulation and investment ethics	121
6	Rates of return	159
7	Fundamentals of portfolio analysis	203
8	Mean-variance analysis	234
9	Portfolio diversification	259
10	The capital asset-pricing model	289
11	The arbitrage pricing theory	340
12	Efficient markets : theory and evidence	374
13	Interest rates and bond valuation	413
14	Bonds : analysis and management	455
15	Stocks : valuation and selection	491
16	Financial statement analysis	536
17	Macroeconomic analysis	566
18	Technical analysis	594
19	Futures, options and other derivatives	623
20	Derivatives valuation	678
21	Risk management	727
22	Performance evaluation	761
App. A	Introduction to regression analysis	801
App. B	Excel spreadsheet applications	822

Human Resource Management or Principles of Business Economics

Human Resource Management: Key Concepts and Skills

Author: Phil B Beaumont

"The style of presentation of the book is unique since a good deal of the information has been presented in a tabular form. The text includes a number of examples drawn from interviews and discussions carried out in organizations which makes it interesting.... The book would be useful to students and practitioners." --Vikalpa Meeting the clear need for a substantial but accessible introduction to Human Resource Management (HRM), this major new textbook addresses the practice of HRM within the context of the key literature, research, and debates of the field. Human Resource Management focuses on what is most relevant and useful to line managers at the policy/strategic and day-to-day level; combines knowledge- and research-based material with an introduction to key skills and techniques; contains numerous discussion question appendices; and draws on international material to consider HRM development in Europe, America, and elsewhere. The first part of the book looks at the origins of HRM and what is meant by "strategic" HRM; HRM and personnel management; competitiveness and international differences in approaches to HRM; and organizational culture, change, and HRM. Succeeding chapters explore the implementation of an HRM approach in such areas as selection, appraisal, career management, and employee participation. The book concludes with a final overview of current key concerns and debates about HRM, and considers some of its likely future developments.

Table of Contents:

	Acknowledgements
	Introduction	1
1	Competitive Strategy and Human Resource Management	9
2	Organizational Culture and Change	34
3	The Selection Decision	56
4	Appraising Employees	74
5	Reward and Compensation Systems	102
6	Career Management and Development	129
7	Employee-Management Communications	155
8	Employee Participation, Small Group Activities and Team Working	176
9	Squaring the Circle?	203
	Appendix: Teaching Material	218
	Index	221

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Principles of Business Economics

Author: Joseph Nellis

Based on the successful book The Essence of Business Economics by the same authors, this new text provides a forum for detailed discussion of the core principles of microeconomics and shows how these concepts are implemented in business decisions.

User-friendly, jargon-free and comprehensive in its approach, it takes an in-depth look at the principles of business decision making, demonstrating how managers can apply economics in the workplace.

Key features
• Accessible approach -
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• technical jargon and mathematical treatment are kept to a minimum and discussion is supported by clear graphical analyses.

• Integrated applications in each chapter reinforce and test the reader's understanding of key concepts. 
• Topics for Discussion in each chapter stimulate thinking and encourage the practical application of the subject.

• A detailed glossary is included at the end of the book for easy reference.

• A downloadable web supplement is available for lecturers and students at www.booksites.net/nellisparker. This includes Guidance Notes on answering the Topics for Discussion in each chapter and a set of Overhead Transparency Masters, using PowerPoint, to support the book.Principles of Business Economics is an ideal foundation for students at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels studying economics on a wide range of degree and professional programmes, such as the Master of Business Administration (MBA), MSc in Management and Business Studies, Diploma in Management Studies (DMS) and BA Business Studies. In addition,the book is a useful resource for managers wishing to understand and react appropriately to the dynamics of their competitive environment. Joseph G. Nellis is Professor of International Management Economics at Cranfield School of Management, Cranfield University. David Parker is Professor of Business Economics and Strategy at Aston Business School, Aston University.