Variations in economic analysis: essays in honor of Eli Schwartz

For over fifty years, Eli Schwartz has inspired generations of economists through his prolific publications and dedicated in teaching. In 2008, the Martindale Center for the Study of Private Enterprise at Lehigh University invited prominent academics and practitioners—including Nobel Prize recipients, Robert Solow and Harry Markowitz, and former Chairman of the Economic Advisers to Ronald Reagan, Murray Weidenbaum—to contribute pieces that reflect their own approaches to issues that Schwartz has explored over the long span of his career. The twelve original essays cover a range of topics, including tax reform, corporate finance, fiscal policy, banking, economic growth, and globalization, representing a variety of methodologies, including economic theory, econometrics, and case analysis. The collection emphasizes the underlying connections among seemingly disparate facets of economic activity, and underscores the tremendous influence of Schwartz on economic analysis, policy, and leadership today. Includes contributions from some of the most influential and prominent economists, including Noble Prize winners, Robert Solow and Harry Markowitz, and formerpresidential economic adviser, Murray Weidenbaum Covers a wide range of topics and approaches, integrated through the common bond of Eli Schwartz’s research, publications, and influence Accessible to specialists and non-specialists alike, including researchers and students, finance professionals, and general readers interested in economic principles INDICE: My Favorite Two Corporate Finance Puzzles.- The Slovency of Federal Welfare Entitlement Programs: Social Security and Medicare.- Piscal Folicy 101: Economic Policy Meets Partisan Politics.- A Taxonomy of Utility Functions.- Equilibrium and Disequilibrium Growth: A Comment on a Comment.- ReputationalRisk and Conflicts of Interest in Banking and Finance: The Evidence is So Far.- Seeking Common Ground in Globalization.- Tax Reform Then and Now.- Joseph A. Schumpeter: Not Guilty of Plagiarism but of 'Infelicities of Attribution'.- Economics and the Tanakh: The Hebrew Bible.- Muted Signals in Academe: Lettersof Recommendation and Grade Inflation.

• ISBN: 978-1-4419-1181-0
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 160
• Fecha Publicación: 12/08/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés