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Record Nr.

UNINA9910255059703321

Titolo

Contemporary Issues in Microeconomics [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Joseph E. Stiglitz, Martin Guzman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016

ISBN

1-137-52971-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIV, 198 p.)

Collana

International Economic Association Series

Classificazione

BUS044000BUS069000BUS069020

Disciplina

338.5

Soggetti

Macroeconomics

Microeconomics

International economics

Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics

International Economics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Sommario/riassunto

With contributions from international scholars, this second volume by Joseph Stiglitz and Martin Guzman comprises of theoretical, empirical, and policy-based chapters which carefully utilize theory and data analysis. Part I focuses on the issues of global inequality, poverty measurement and security. Part II turns to the issue of income contingent loans (ICL), where the repayment in any year depends on the annual income of the individual. These loans have proven to be an especially effective way of financing higher education, but there has been experimentation of the use of these loans in several other areas.