Coordination Games : Complementarities and Macroeconomics

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Essential Reading on Macroeconomic and Financial Instability

Coordination Games : Complementarities and Macroeconomics
Russell Cooper
Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
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Binding: Paperback

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This book studies the implications of macroeconomic complementarities for aggregate behavior. The presentation is intended to introduce Ph.D. students into this sub-field of macroeconomics and to serve as a reference for more advanced scholars. The initial sections of the book cover the basic framework of complementarities and provide a discussion of the experimental evidence on the outcome of coordination games. The subsequent sections of the book investigate applications of these ideas for macroeconomics. The topics Professor Cooper explores include: economies with production complementarities, search models, imperfectly competitive product markets, models of timing and delay and the role of government in resolving and creating coordination problems.

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Essential Reading on Macroeconomic and Financial Instability.......1999-03-22

This is an essential book for anyone who wants a deeper understanding of macroeconomic and financial instability: recessions, depressions, financial panics, currency crises, bank runs, the Russian and Asian crises, and similar events. It also presents fundamental analysis critical to the understanding of monetary and fiscal policy coordination; for example in the European Union, and in dealing with the Asian macroeconomic and financial crisis. In addition, it is essential reading for students and enthusiasts of game theory. The book is very well organized, has an unerring eye in its coverage of topics, and is almost astonishingly well written. While parts of the book are technically demanding for the lay reader, the rest can be read with profit by the non-specialist and non-student. Indeed, the technical parts can still profitably be skimmed, and the gist of the ideas are clear to the patient non-specialist. Hence, exactly as advertised, the book is essential for graduate courses, but also useful as a reference for the specialist, and is required reading for the informed public. Unlike what is suggested in the advertising, however, I and my colleagues also feel the book can be taught and assigned to advanced undergraduate students, and to the more motivated of the intermediate students as well. I will do so. In short, if you haven't read this book you are simply out of date. Excellent brief summaries of this material can be found in David Romer's graduate text Advanced Macroeconomics, McGraw Hill, pp. 294-299, in Jansen, DeLorme and Ekelund's undergraduate text Intermediate Macroeconomics, West Publishing, pp. 412-419, and in John Taylor's introductory undergraduate text Principles of Macroeconomics, Houghton Mifflin, in the "New Keynesian School" subsection. Background readings appear in N. Mankiw and D. Romer (eds.) New Keynesian Economics, vol. 2, Coordination Failures and Real Rigidities, M.I.T. Press Readings in Econommics (Benjamin Friedman and Lawrence Summers, eds.). But the very best place to learn this essential material is in this elegant volume by Russell Cooper.

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A great kids book based upon systems thinking.......1999-08-30

If you have read Peter Senge's THE FIFTH DISCIPLINE and wished there was a book about systems thinking that you could share with kids, then your wish has come true.

BILLIBONK & THE BIG ITCH is a kids book with a plot that relies upon the principles of organizational learning to carry the action. The story is engaging and fast-paced. Like all really good kids books, this will appeal to grown ups, too. THE BIG ITCH is the second book that features Billibonk the Elephant and Frankl the Mouse. This book demonstrates that the concepts of learning organizations and systems thinking can be readily understood by young people.

Hats off to Philip Ramsey! He has given kids, parents, and everyone who cares about kids a book that is fun to read and can open our minds to the possibilities of sustainable systems and learning organizations.

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Paths of Resistance: Tradition and Dignity in Industrializing Missouri

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The internet bubble which peaked in size in 2000 is now well and truly burst. As with all bubbles, there are varying explanations for its occurrence, but the hype which surrounds the internet has shouldered a lot of the blame. There is however, no doubt that the internet has significantly changed the way people live, think and do business.
This impressive volume presents the Austrian school of thought and its considered response to the "internet economy". Contributions are from such figures as Peter Boettke, Richard Aréna and the late Don Lavoie (to whose memory this book is dedicated). With impressive clarity and insight, the book covers such areas as:
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This cutting-edge volume fully describes the bankruptcy law in Mexico, and sets forth a comprehensive body of agreed-upon principles governing multinational insolvency cases in which the assets are located in one or more of the three NAFTA countries; and offers practical approaches to managing such cases based on those principles. In part influenced by ALI's Transnational Insolvency Project, all three of the NAFTA countries have reconsidered aspects of their bankruptcy laws during the life of the Project. These changes are fully reflected in this timely and up-to-date volume.

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Learn how to combine new technology with business processes to increase revenue and boost profits through relationships and repeat business.

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A surprisingly good read!.......2002-06-26

In plain English, this book defines eProcess and how a company can use it to it's advantage. This book is littered with real-world examples and is absent of technology-babble. Furthermore, the examples also show how the absence -- or lack of -- eProcess negativley impacts a businesses performance.

I have a great understanding of the overall theory of eProcess and why a company MUST have one to survive in the eCommerce world in which we live.

Good Read in the context of .com disasters.......2001-03-18

Keen and McDonald do a great job in addressing issues that companies face in the "Internet Era." The text is well organized and emphasizes the fact that companies do need to focus on their customers and their processes. Their chapters on "out-tasking" and "in-sourcing" are helpful for those not familiar with these concepts. Additionally, the book helps "executive" types really understand the concept of "embedding" rules within a software interface. The chapters that focus on web "touch and texture" and value networks are also insightful. I believe that they did a great job in addressing "process."

However, like many of these types of books, it's written in "consultant" speak aka "Accenture" or "Andersen" speak. It lacks details and quite frankly that is where the devil can be found. The book provides limited examples of successful eCommerce implementations. Believe it or not, Amazon and National Semiconductor are not the only companies that have successfully performed eCommerce implementations. If your looking for technical details this is NOT the book for you. Additionally, the writing is a bit wordy. There are more than one sentence where authors use "thus, that" and other odd gramatical constructs. With better editing, I am sure that the book could have been made a little easier to read.

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I found the eProcess Edge after a long search for guideance on making business decisions related to eCommerce. I do not work for a dot com and needed a way to make eCommerce real after all of the hype.

I have read Customers.com/NetWorth/NetGain/Killer App/eCommerce Stratgegy and many others. I found many of them good in concept but lacking in a grounding in reality. Not this book. It gets down to the business of eBusiness in terms that tell me how to make money in eCommerce. As the first chapter said its now time to "execute or die" and this book gives you the ideas to thrive in the post internet hype world.

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Relationships also opened my mind on how to structure my online/web experiences. How much did I have to provide to customers and trading partners? What did I want them to do? What did I need to provide?

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Now that the internet bubble is over, this is one of the few books -- the only one so far -- that talks about how real business is done over the interent.

I highly recommend this book to anyone who is going to make investments in their business for eCommerce.

Value-centered, but overly repetitive.......2001-01-02

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Great for Start-ups!.......2000-09-13

This book speaks to the entreprenuer providing straight forward terms abou the processes needed to start and build an eBusiness. As a consultant, I would recommend this book to anyone starting on their own, to understand what is needed for your company before bringing in "professionals" to work with you. You'll have a better understanding of what's needed and how to work together to build the capabilities for your business.

The eProcess Edge: Creating Customer Value & Business in the Internet Era

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When it came into force in 1994, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) joined the economic futures of Canada, Mexico, and the United States, with systematic rules governing trade and investment, dispute resolution, and economic relations.

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This volume contains thoughtful discussions about the future of North America by knowledgeable experts from each of the three countries. Robert Pastor has written one of the more comprehensive books on the subject, Toward a North American Community (Institute for International Economics, 2001). Andrés Rozental is an ambassador at large for Mexico and president of Consejo Mexicano de Asuntos Internationacionales, the country's leading foreign policy association in Mexico. Perrin Beatty is a former foreign minister of Canada and currently the president and CEO of the Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters.

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