Economics, Business and Management Catalogue 2022

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Economics, Business Studies

Economics, Business Studies Econometrics, Statistics and Mathematical Economics Data Analysis for Business, Economics, and Policy Gábor Békés

Equips future data analysts with the skills they need to answer questions in business, economics, and public policy. Covering methods of exploratory, predictive, and causal analysis, it includes case studies that use real-world data and related data exercises supported by code (Stata, R, Python) and data available online. • For students who want to gain hands-on experience of working with real data and a deep intuitive understanding of the most important methods used in exploratory, predictive, and causal data analysis • Targeted for non-PhD track graduate students in economics and all graduate programs in business and public policy. Applicable in quantitative undergraduate programs in social sciences and business • Comprehensive textbook with a unified treatment of classical statistics, core econometrics and machine learning methods • Curated list of topics covered from data wrangling and descriptive statistics to data visualization, regressions analysis, predictive analysis with machine learning models, and econometric methods for causal analysis • Working through case studies is the best way to learn data analysis. Each of the 47 case studies starts with a relevant question and answers it in the end, using real life data and applying the tools and methods covered in the particular chapter 600pp 1. 2021 9781108483018 Hardback GBP 135 / USD 175 1. 2021 9781108716208 Paperback GBP 49.99 / USD 64.99 eISBN 9781108591102

Introduction to Computable General Equilibrium Models Third Edition Mary E. Burfisher | Purdue University, Indiana

This intuitive, hands-on introduction to computable general equilibrium models (a tool used to support public policy making on issues including trade, climate change and taxation) will benefit students across a spectrum of economic studies, including international trade, environmental economics, macroeconomics, microeconomics, and public finance. • Step-by-step guidance in hands-on, applied CGE modelling • Provides a comprehensive and intuitive introduction to a technical subject • Introduces students to a general equilibrium perspective on national and global economics

Economic Development and Growth Industrialisation for Employment and Growth in India Lessons from Small Firm Clusters and Beyond R. Nagaraj | Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Bombay

Based on intensive filed-work based research of MSMEs, it attempts to answer the questions of how to create manufacturing jobs and growth in India, how to accomplish Make in India objectives, and how to reindustrialise India, reduce import dependence and achieve self-reliance. • Offers rich insights into the current state of the small industry that is often overlooked in official statistics and surveys • Explores the implications of growing automation on manufacturing employment • Provides comparative analysis of industrial performance across states and clusters 260pp 1. 2021 9781108832335 Hardback GBP 85 / USD 110 eISBN 9781108935920

Network Origins of the Global Economy East vs. West in a Complex Systems Perspective Hilton L. Root | George Mason University, Virginia

Applying network theory to economic history, this work reinterprets five historical transitions: the rise of dynastic lordships in China and Europe; the law’s formation; industrialisation and the Great Divergence; China’s ascendancy; and globalisation’s hyper-connectivity. Root reveals the hidden patterns of regime variation, transition and decay. • Demonstrates how to apply complexity theory to history and the social sciences • Draws out patterns from economic history that can help us understand the risks arising from transitions in current global political economy • Uses case studies from European and Chinese history 334pp 14 b/w illus. 2 tables 3. 2020 9781108488990 Hardback GBP 29.99 / USD 39.99 eISBN 9781108773607

Planning in the 20th Century and Beyond India’s Planning Commission and the NITI Aayog Santosh Mehrotra | Jawaharlal Nehru University

This book proposes to look backward, examining the history of the idea of planning and the history and experience of planning in India. This book addresses three leading questions: why plan economic development? How to plan? And what exactly can/should be planned? • Brings together researchers and experts who have a practical experience of planning • Both theoretical and policy-oriented • Offers historical depth on the idea of economic planning 374pp 9. 2020 9781108494625 Hardback GBP 90 / USD 120 eISBN 9781108859448

500pp 1. 2021 9781108490085 Hardback GBP 115 / USD 150 1. 2021 9781108748025 Paperback GBP 45.99 / USD 59.99 eISBN 9781108780063

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