Energy and economic myths : institutional and analytical economic essays / / Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen |
Autore | Georgescu-Roegen Nicholas |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Elmsford, New York : , : Pergamon Press Inc., , 1976 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (409 p.) |
Disciplina | 330 |
Collana | Pergamon International Library of Science, Technology, Engineering and Social Studies |
Soggetto topico |
Economics
Production (Economic theory) Institutional economics |
ISBN | 1-4831-8796-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Energy and Economic Myths: Institutional and Analytical Economic Essays; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Part I: Natural Resources and the Economics of Production; CHAPTER 1. (1972) ENERGY AND ECONOMIC MYTHS; I. INTRODUCTION; II. MECHANICS VERSUS THERMODYNAMICS; III. THE ENTROPY LAW AND ECONOMICS; IV. ACCESSIBLE ENERGY AND ACCESSIBLE MATTER; V. DISPOSABLE WASTE; VI. MYTHS ABOUT MANKIND'S ENTROPIC PROBLEM; VII. GROWTH: MYTHS, POLEMICS, AND FALLACIES; VIII. THE STEADY STATE: A TOPICAL MIRAGE; IX. SOME BASIC BIOECONOMICS
X. MODERN AGRICULTURE: AN ENERGY SQUANDERERXI. A MINIMAL BIOECONOMIC PROGRAM; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 2. (1971) Process Analysis and the Neoclassical Theory of Production; Contradictions, Omissions, and Surmises; Process : An Analytical Tangle; The Elementary Process : A Fundamental Concept; The Production Functions; The Components of the Factory Production Function; Analysis of Cost and Allocation in a Factory System; Concluding Remarks; References; CHAPTER 3. (1970) The Entropy Law and the Economic Problem; Footnotes; CHAPTER 4. (1969) THE ECONOMICS OF PRODUCTION RICHARD T. ELY LECTURE CHAPTER 5. (1965) PROCESS IN FARMING VERSUS PROCESS IN MANUFACTURING: A PROBLEM OF BALANCED DEVELOPMENTI. INTRODUCTION: THE ASYMMETRY OF A SYMMETRY; II. THE PRODUCTION FUNCTION: A CRITIQUE; III. THE PARTIAL PROCESS AND ITS ANALYTICAL CO-ORDINATES; IV. THE FACTORY PROCESS; CHAPTER 6. (1960) Economic Theory and Agrarian Economics; I. THEORY, REALITY, AND POLICY; II. OVERPOPULATION: A RE-EXAMINATION; III. AN ANALYSIS OF THEORETICAL ISSUES; IV. CONCLUDING REMARKS; POSTSCRIPT 1975; Part II: Institutional Economics; CHAPTER 7. (1968) Structural Inflation-Lock and Balanced Growth; I. INTRODUCTION II. INFLATION AND STATIC ANALYSISIII. INFLATION: A STRUCTURAL CHANGE; IV. MONEY FETISHISM AND INSTITUTIONAL CONSTRAINTS; V. INFLATION: A PASSABLE SYSTEM OF TAXATION?; VI. THE INFLATION STATE: ITS LOSERS AND ITS WINNERS; VII. INFLATION AND DEVELOPMENT; VIII. INFLATION AND BALANCED GROWTH; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 8. (1965) The Institutional Aspects of Peasant Communities: An Analytical View; THE PEASANT ECONOMY AND TRADITIONAL ECONOMICS; VILLAGE TYPOLOGY AND TAXONOMY; THE ANATOMY OF THE PEASANT VILLAGE; PROPERTY RIGHTS IN LAND AND THE PEASANTRY; THE ECONOMIC PHYSIOLOGY OF PEASANT COMMUNITIES PEASANT TRADITIONS AND ATTITUDESTHE PRESENT IMPASSE; References; Part III: Epistemology and Methodology; CHAPTER 9. (1974) Dynamic Models and Economic Growth; I. INTRODUCTION; II. THE PHYSIOLOGY OF PRODUCTION PROCESSES; III. THE ANALYTICAL REPRESENTATION OF MULTI-PROCESSES; IV. GROWTH VERSUS DEVELOPMENT; V. MATHEMATICAL DYNAMIC SYSTEMS AND GROWTH; VI. DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS AND ECONOMIC DYNAMICS; VII. COMMODITIES VERSUS PROCESSES IN GROWTH; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 10. (1966) Further Thoughts on Corrado Gini's Delusioni dell'econometria; I. - EXCESS OF MATHEMATICAL FORMALISM II. - THE LOSS OF THE SOCIAL DIMENSION |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809945703321 |
Georgescu-Roegen Nicholas | ||
Elmsford, New York : , : Pergamon Press Inc., , 1976 | ||
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Geographies of commodity chains / / edited by Alex Hughes and Suzanne Reimer |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (293 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.3/4 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
HughesAlex (Alex Louise)
ReimerSuzanne |
Collana | Routledge studies in human geography |
Soggetto topico |
Commercial products
Commercial geography Consumption (Economics) - Moral and ethical aspects Produce trade - Environmental aspects Physical distribution of goods Production (Economic theory) |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-134-30195-2
0-203-69197-0 1-280-07729-8 0-203-44869-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction / Alex Hughes and Suzanne Reimer -- From farm to supermarket : the trade in fresh horticultural produce from Sub-Saharan Africa to the United Kingdom / Hazel R. Barrett, Angela W. Browne, and Brian Wilbery -- Are hogs like chickens? : enclosure and mechanization in two 'white meat' fileres / Michael J. Watts -- Spilling the beans on a tough nut : liberalization and local supply system changes in Ghana's cocoa and shea chains / Niels Fold -- New geographies of agro-food production : an analysis of UK quality assurance schemes / Carol Morris and Craig Young -- Culinary networks and cultural connections : a conventions perspective / Jonathan Murdoch and Mara Miele -- Initiating the commodity chain : South Asian women and fashion in the diaspora / Parvati Raghuram -- Geographical knowledges in the Ecuadorian flower industry / Justine Coulson -- Citrus, apartheid, and the struggle to (re)present outspan oranges / Charles Mather and Petrina Rowcroft -- Tropics of consumption : getting with the fetish of 'exotic' fruit? / Ian Cook, Philip Crang, and Mark Thorpe -- Unravelling fashion's commodity chains / Louise Crewe -- Accounting for ethical trade : global commodity networks and the audit economy / Alex Hughes -- The 'organic commodity' and other anomalies in the politics of consumption / Julie Guthman -- Knowledge, ethics, and power in the home furnishings commodity chain / Suzanne Reimer and Deborah Leslie. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451427903321 |
New York : , : Routledge, , 2004 | ||
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Geographies of commodity chains / / edited by Alex Hughes and Suzanne Reimer |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (293 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.3/4 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
HughesAlex (Alex Louise)
ReimerSuzanne |
Collana | Routledge studies in human geography |
Soggetto topico |
Commercial products
Commercial geography Consumption (Economics) - Moral and ethical aspects Produce trade - Environmental aspects Physical distribution of goods Production (Economic theory) |
ISBN |
1-134-30194-4
1-134-30195-2 0-203-69197-0 1-280-07729-8 0-203-44869-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction / Alex Hughes and Suzanne Reimer -- From farm to supermarket : the trade in fresh horticultural produce from Sub-Saharan Africa to the United Kingdom / Hazel R. Barrett, Angela W. Browne, and Brian Wilbery -- Are hogs like chickens? : enclosure and mechanization in two 'white meat' fileres / Michael J. Watts -- Spilling the beans on a tough nut : liberalization and local supply system changes in Ghana's cocoa and shea chains / Niels Fold -- New geographies of agro-food production : an analysis of UK quality assurance schemes / Carol Morris and Craig Young -- Culinary networks and cultural connections : a conventions perspective / Jonathan Murdoch and Mara Miele -- Initiating the commodity chain : South Asian women and fashion in the diaspora / Parvati Raghuram -- Geographical knowledges in the Ecuadorian flower industry / Justine Coulson -- Citrus, apartheid, and the struggle to (re)present outspan oranges / Charles Mather and Petrina Rowcroft -- Tropics of consumption : getting with the fetish of 'exotic' fruit? / Ian Cook, Philip Crang, and Mark Thorpe -- Unravelling fashion's commodity chains / Louise Crewe -- Accounting for ethical trade : global commodity networks and the audit economy / Alex Hughes -- The 'organic commodity' and other anomalies in the politics of consumption / Julie Guthman -- Knowledge, ethics, and power in the home furnishings commodity chain / Suzanne Reimer and Deborah Leslie. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783714303321 |
New York : , : Routledge, , 2004 | ||
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Geographies of commodity chains / / edited by Alex Hughes and Suzanne Reimer |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (293 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.3/4 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
HughesAlex (Alex Louise)
ReimerSuzanne |
Collana | Routledge studies in human geography |
Soggetto topico |
Commercial products
Commercial geography Consumption (Economics) - Moral and ethical aspects Produce trade - Environmental aspects Physical distribution of goods Production (Economic theory) |
ISBN |
1-134-30194-4
1-134-30195-2 0-203-69197-0 1-280-07729-8 0-203-44869-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction / Alex Hughes and Suzanne Reimer -- From farm to supermarket : the trade in fresh horticultural produce from Sub-Saharan Africa to the United Kingdom / Hazel R. Barrett, Angela W. Browne, and Brian Wilbery -- Are hogs like chickens? : enclosure and mechanization in two 'white meat' fileres / Michael J. Watts -- Spilling the beans on a tough nut : liberalization and local supply system changes in Ghana's cocoa and shea chains / Niels Fold -- New geographies of agro-food production : an analysis of UK quality assurance schemes / Carol Morris and Craig Young -- Culinary networks and cultural connections : a conventions perspective / Jonathan Murdoch and Mara Miele -- Initiating the commodity chain : South Asian women and fashion in the diaspora / Parvati Raghuram -- Geographical knowledges in the Ecuadorian flower industry / Justine Coulson -- Citrus, apartheid, and the struggle to (re)present outspan oranges / Charles Mather and Petrina Rowcroft -- Tropics of consumption : getting with the fetish of 'exotic' fruit? / Ian Cook, Philip Crang, and Mark Thorpe -- Unravelling fashion's commodity chains / Louise Crewe -- Accounting for ethical trade : global commodity networks and the audit economy / Alex Hughes -- The 'organic commodity' and other anomalies in the politics of consumption / Julie Guthman -- Knowledge, ethics, and power in the home furnishings commodity chain / Suzanne Reimer and Deborah Leslie. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814518603321 |
New York : , : Routledge, , 2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Global imbalances [[electronic resource] ] : the role of non-tradable total factor productivity in advanced economies / / prepared by Pietro Cova ... [et. al.] |
Autore | Cova Pietro |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Washington D.C.], : International Monetary Fund, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (41 p.) |
Collana | IMF working paper |
Soggetto topico |
Production (Economic theory)
Economic development |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-4623-3257-9
1-4527-7630-X 1-282-84284-6 1-4518-7210-0 9786612842849 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; I. Introduction; II. Methodology; A. Mode, Calibration, and Solution; B. TFP Paths; III. Results; IV. Conclusions; Tables; 1. Annual Average Total Factor Productivity Growth by Sector and Country; Figures; 1. Global Merchandise Trade Balances; 2. Total Factor Productivity Paths; 3. Actual and Simulated U.S. Trade Balance; 4. Actual versus Simulated Trade Balances; 5. Actual and Simulated U.S. Real Effective Exchange Rate.; References |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463679803321 |
Cova Pietro | ||
[Washington D.C.], : International Monetary Fund, 2009 | ||
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Global Imbalances : : The Role of Non-Tradabletotal Factor Productivity in Advanced Economies / / Alessandro Rebucci, Nicoletta Batini, Pietro Cova, Massimiliano Pisani |
Autore | Rebucci Alessandro |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (41 p.) |
Altri autori (Persone) |
BatiniNicoletta
CovaPietro PisaniMassimiliano |
Collana | IMF Working Papers |
Soggetto topico |
Production (Economic theory)
Economic development Exports and Imports Foreign Exchange Production and Operations Management Production Cost Capital and Total Factor Productivity Capacity Empirical Studies of Trade Macroeconomics: Production Macroeconomics International economics Currency Foreign exchange Total factor productivity Trade balance Productivity Real effective exchange rates Trade deficits International trade Industrial productivity Balance of trade |
ISBN |
1-4623-3257-9
1-4527-7630-X 1-282-84284-6 1-4518-7210-0 9786612842849 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; I. Introduction; II. Methodology; A. Mode, Calibration, and Solution; B. TFP Paths; III. Results; IV. Conclusions; Tables; 1. Annual Average Total Factor Productivity Growth by Sector and Country; Figures; 1. Global Merchandise Trade Balances; 2. Total Factor Productivity Paths; 3. Actual and Simulated U.S. Trade Balance; 4. Actual versus Simulated Trade Balances; 5. Actual and Simulated U.S. Real Effective Exchange Rate.; References |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788320203321 |
Rebucci Alessandro | ||
Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Global Imbalances : : The Role of Non-Tradabletotal Factor Productivity in Advanced Economies / / Alessandro Rebucci, Nicoletta Batini, Pietro Cova, Massimiliano Pisani |
Autore | Rebucci Alessandro |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (41 p.) |
Disciplina | 332.152 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
BatiniNicoletta
CovaPietro PisaniMassimiliano |
Collana | IMF Working Papers |
Soggetto topico |
Production (Economic theory)
Economic development Exports and Imports Foreign Exchange Production and Operations Management Production Cost Capital and Total Factor Productivity Capacity Empirical Studies of Trade Macroeconomics: Production Macroeconomics International economics Currency Foreign exchange Total factor productivity Trade balance Productivity Real effective exchange rates Trade deficits International trade Industrial productivity Balance of trade |
ISBN |
1-4623-3257-9
1-4527-7630-X 1-282-84284-6 1-4518-7210-0 9786612842849 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; I. Introduction; II. Methodology; A. Mode, Calibration, and Solution; B. TFP Paths; III. Results; IV. Conclusions; Tables; 1. Annual Average Total Factor Productivity Growth by Sector and Country; Figures; 1. Global Merchandise Trade Balances; 2. Total Factor Productivity Paths; 3. Actual and Simulated U.S. Trade Balance; 4. Actual versus Simulated Trade Balances; 5. Actual and Simulated U.S. Real Effective Exchange Rate.; References |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828521103321 |
Rebucci Alessandro | ||
Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Growth and productivity in East Asia [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Takatoshi Ito and Andrew K. Rose |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (404 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.95 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
ItōTakatoshi <1950->
RoseAndrew <1959-> |
Collana | NBER-East Asia seminar on economics |
Soggetto topico |
Industrial productivity - East Asia
Economic development Production (Economic theory) |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-00493-X
9786612004933 0-226-38707-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Ideas and Education: Level or Growth Effects and Their Implications for Australia -- 2. Australia's 1990's Productivity Surge and Its Determinants -- 3. Institutions, Volatility, and Crises -- 4. GATT/WTO Accession and Productivity -- 5. The Contribution of FDI Flows to Domestic Investment in Capacity, and Vice Versa -- 6. Sectoral Productivity and Economic Growth in Japan, 1970-98: An Empirical Analysis Based on the JIP Database -- 7. Foreign Ownership and Productivity in the Indonesian Automobile Industry: Evidence from Establishment Data for 1990-99 -- 8. Productivity Growth and R&D Expenditure in Taiwan's Manufacturing Firms -- 9. Bankruptcy Policy Reform and Total Factor Productivity Dynamics in Korea: Evidence from Microdata -- 10. Information Technology and Firm Performance in Korea -- 11. How Important Is Discrete Adjustment in Aggregate Fluctuations? -- Contributors -- Author Index -- Subject Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454177503321 |
Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Growth and productivity in East Asia [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Takatoshi Ito and Andrew K. Rose |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (404 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.95 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
ItōTakatoshi <1950->
RoseAndrew <1959-> |
Collana | NBER-East Asia seminar on economics |
Soggetto topico |
Industrial productivity - East Asia
Economic development Production (Economic theory) |
Soggetto non controllato | asian, eastern, regional, geography, global, international, australia, pacific rim, national, productive, product, industry, industrial, capital, labor, economy, economics, finance, financial, money, monetary, policy, education, technology, essay collection, anthology, macroeconomic, microeconomic, study, academic, scholarly, research, manufacturing, automobile, production, information, technological |
ISBN |
1-282-00493-X
9786612004933 0-226-38707-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Ideas and Education: Level or Growth Effects and Their Implications for Australia -- 2. Australia's 1990's Productivity Surge and Its Determinants -- 3. Institutions, Volatility, and Crises -- 4. GATT/WTO Accession and Productivity -- 5. The Contribution of FDI Flows to Domestic Investment in Capacity, and Vice Versa -- 6. Sectoral Productivity and Economic Growth in Japan, 1970-98: An Empirical Analysis Based on the JIP Database -- 7. Foreign Ownership and Productivity in the Indonesian Automobile Industry: Evidence from Establishment Data for 1990-99 -- 8. Productivity Growth and R&D Expenditure in Taiwan's Manufacturing Firms -- 9. Bankruptcy Policy Reform and Total Factor Productivity Dynamics in Korea: Evidence from Microdata -- 10. Information Technology and Firm Performance in Korea -- 11. How Important Is Discrete Adjustment in Aggregate Fluctuations? -- Contributors -- Author Index -- Subject Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782688803321 |
Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Growth and productivity in East Asia [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Takatoshi Ito and Andrew K. Rose |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (404 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.95 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
ItōTakatoshi <1950->
RoseAndrew <1959-> |
Collana | NBER-East Asia seminar on economics |
Soggetto topico |
Industrial productivity - East Asia
Economic development Production (Economic theory) |
Soggetto non controllato | asian, eastern, regional, geography, global, international, australia, pacific rim, national, productive, product, industry, industrial, capital, labor, economy, economics, finance, financial, money, monetary, policy, education, technology, essay collection, anthology, macroeconomic, microeconomic, study, academic, scholarly, research, manufacturing, automobile, production, information, technological |
ISBN |
1-282-00493-X
9786612004933 0-226-38707-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Ideas and Education: Level or Growth Effects and Their Implications for Australia -- 2. Australia's 1990's Productivity Surge and Its Determinants -- 3. Institutions, Volatility, and Crises -- 4. GATT/WTO Accession and Productivity -- 5. The Contribution of FDI Flows to Domestic Investment in Capacity, and Vice Versa -- 6. Sectoral Productivity and Economic Growth in Japan, 1970-98: An Empirical Analysis Based on the JIP Database -- 7. Foreign Ownership and Productivity in the Indonesian Automobile Industry: Evidence from Establishment Data for 1990-99 -- 8. Productivity Growth and R&D Expenditure in Taiwan's Manufacturing Firms -- 9. Bankruptcy Policy Reform and Total Factor Productivity Dynamics in Korea: Evidence from Microdata -- 10. Information Technology and Firm Performance in Korea -- 11. How Important Is Discrete Adjustment in Aggregate Fluctuations? -- Contributors -- Author Index -- Subject Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910807134503321 |
Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2004 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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