On-the-Job Training

• Paperback | Foundations and Trends (R) in Microeconomics
• Surveys the literature from both a theoretical and empirical perspective. The authors present a theoretical model showing that costs and returns to ge... Lees meer

Hedonic Wage Equilibrium

Thomas J. Kniesner, John D. Leeth

• Paperback | Foundations and Trends (R) in Microeconomics
• Examines empirically and theoretically the properties of the equilibrium wage function. The book presents the complete economic structure of the hedon... Lees meer

Social Interactions in the Labor Market

Andrew Grodner, Thomas J. Kniesner

• Paperback | Foundations and Trends (R) in Microeconomics
• Presents a unified theoretical and empirical representation of social interactions as they pertain to labour supply and demand and demonstrates the ca... Lees meer

Marginal Cost Pricing and Eminent Domain

Florenz Plassmann, Tideman

• Paperback | Foundations and Trends (R) in Microeconomics
• Examines proposals for making government takings more efficient and more equitable to owners. The book integrates the economics of takings with the hi... Lees meer

The Economics of Eminent Domain

Thomas J. Miceli, Kathleen Segerson

• Paperback | Foundations and Trends (R) in Microeconomics
• Presents an overview of the economics of eminent domain. Throughout, the authors use a simple modeling framework that can be adapted to address variou... Lees meer

The Theory of Social Health Insurance

• Paperback | Foundations and Trends (R) in Microeconomics
• Develops the theory of social health insurance, also known as public health insurance. The book examines questions including: Why does social health i... Lees meer

How Do Cartels Operate?

Joseph E., Jr. Harrington

• Paperback | Foundations and Trends (R) in Microeconomics
• What does cartel behaviour look like? How is it distinguishable from competitive behaviour? How Do Cartels Operate? answers these questions. It descri... Lees meer

Seller Reputation

Heski Bar-Isaac, Steven Tadelis

• Paperback | Foundations and Trends (R) in Microeconomics
• Introduces a unifying framework that embeds a number of different approaches to seller reputation, incorporating both hidden information and hidden ac... Lees meer

Hedonic Utility, Loss Aversion and Moral Hazard

Emil P. Iantchev

• Paperback | Foundations and Trends (R) in Microeconomics
• Summarises recent advances in the modeling and measurement of hedonic utility. This paper reviews recent advances in the modelling of hedonic utility ... Lees meer

Is Competition Good for Innovation?

Armin Schmutzler

• Paperback | Foundations and Trends (R) in Microeconomics
• Investigates the relation between competition and innovation. The book provides a simple framework that helps to understand two issues: what are the s... Lees meer

The Challenge of Improving Water and Sanitation Services in Less Developed Countries

Dale Whittington, W. Michael Hanemann, Claudia Sadoff, Marc Jeuland

• Paperback | Foundations and Trends (R) in Microeconomics
• Shows that the key to successful water and sanitation investments is to discover forms of service and payment mechanisms that will render the improvem... Lees meer

Understanding Poverty Rates and Gaps

James P. (University of Kentucky) Ziliak

• Paperback | Foundations and Trends (R) in Microeconomics
• Surveys key developments in applied and theoretical research on poverty rates and poverty gaps over the past two decades, providing a detailed analysi... Lees meer

Moral Hazard and Benefits Consumption Capital in Program Overlap

Richard J. Butler, Harold H., MD Gardner

• Paperback | Foundations and Trends (R) in Microeconomics
• Reviews and extends the analysis of moral hazard response in two empirical directions: how insurance changes in one program affects employee participa... Lees meer

Policy Challenges of the Heterogeneity of the Value of Statistical Life

W. Kip Viscusi

• Paperback | Foundations and Trends (R) in Microeconomics
• Focuses on the variation in VSL both across different studies in the academic literature and in different policy contexts. These differences often ref... Lees meer

The Economics and Mathematics of Aggregation

P. A. Chiappori, Ivar Ekeland

• Paperback | Foundations and Trends (R) in Microeconomics
• Provides a general characterization of group behaviour in a market environment. A crucial feature of the authors' approach is that they do not restric... Lees meer

Ecosystems as Natural Assets

Edward B. Barbier

• Paperback | Foundations and Trends (R) in Microeconomics
• Demonstrates how the concept of ecosystems as natural assets translates into the traditional "natural capital" approach of resource economics. In this... Lees meer

Competition and Quality in Health Care Markets

Martin Gaynor

• Paperback | Foundations and Trends (R) in Microeconomics
• Provides an economic assessment of the impact of competition on quality in health care markets. This book is especially relevant for antitrust policy ... Lees meer

Capital Mobility and Tax Competition

• Paperback | Foundations and Trends (R) in Microeconomics
• Draws out the most important issues of uncoordinated tax policy at the international level for cross-border transactions. The discussion focuses on mo... Lees meer

Earnings Over the Lifecycle

Solomon W. Polachek

• Paperback | Foundations and Trends (R) in Microeconomics
• While there have been a number of surveys on the Mincer earnings function, they focus heavily on econometric issues. While covering a number of econom... Lees meer

The Economics of Occupational Safety and Health

John Ruser, Richard Butler

• Paperback | Foundations and Trends (R) in Microeconomics
• Examines occupational risks that influence the safety decisions of a firm. Topics covered include wage premiums paid to attract workers to risky jobs;... Lees meer

Minimum Wages and Employment

David Neumark, William Wascher

• Paperback | Foundations and Trends (R) in Microeconomics
• Focuses on the "new minimum wage research". The book includes the initial round of the new minimum wage research on the employment effects of the mini... Lees meer