Books in the Surveys of Recent Research in Economics series

* A timely volume examining the economic and legal issues in intellectual property (IP) * Includes nine state-of-the-art survey papers including contributions from Jerry Hausman, Gregory K.

The literature surveys presented in this edited volume provide readers with up-to-date reviews on eleven contemporary topics in finance.* Topics include unconventional monetary policy, implicit bank guarantees, and financial fraud - all linked to the exceptional event of the Global Financial Crisis* Explores how recent studies on inflation risk premia and finance and productivity have benefitted from new empirical methods and the availability of relevant data* Demonstrates how angel investing, venture capital, relationship lending and microfinance have benefitted from increased research as they have become more seasoned* Investigates crowdfunding and crypto-currencies which have both arisen from recent technological developments

Environmental Economics and Sustainability presents a collection of peer-reviewed research articles contributed by international experts that reveal the current state of our knowledge in the field of environmental economics.

This collection of critical surveys provides readers with a range of up-to-date work from some of the leading scholars in the area, writing on some of the key issues facing China.

This collection showcases the largest and fastest growing strands of research in market behaviour in experimental economics. It is comprised of 10 surveys by leading scholars, which draw on seminal studies from the field of experimental economics to highlight the literature that has helped economists best understand how markets operate.

Economics and History presents six state-of-the-art surveys from some of the leading scholars in cliometrics. The contributions are all written at an accessible level for the non-specialist reader and consider a broad range of issues from this highly topical area.

Issues in Finance: Credit, Crises and Policies presents a collection of surveys on key issues surrounding the relationship between credit, finance, and the macro-economy that are linked to the recent global financial crisis.

* Presents five state--of--the--art survey papers on time series econometrics. * Presents a modern financial econometrics software package. * Surveys recent developments in the field. * Discusses the theoretical properties of the GARCH family of models.

This is the third volume in the series Surveys of Recent Research in Economics. The series is intended to help busy academics and practitioners keep abreast of important developments that relate to, without necessarily being narrowly focussed on, their own more specific interests.

The first book in the new series Surveys of Recent Research in Economics . Up-to-date comprehensive surveys from some of the leading scholars in Econometrics. Each survey uses empirical examples to illustrate the issue at hand. Specifically written to bridge the gap between textbook and specialist journal contributions.

Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Geography and Growth provides a timely, accessible review of our understanding of the complex links between innovation, entrepreneurship, geography and growth. Expert contributions provide a thorough roadmap of the developments in research at the interface of these themes.

Through contributions from leading authors, Issues in Heterodox Economics provides a critical analysis of the methodology of mainstream economics and its dependence on mathematical modelling, discusses a range of non-mainstream economic topics, and offers a vision for the future of economics.

* A series of surveys celebrating the innovative and rapidly growing area of economic research known as meta-regression analysis (MRA). * Shows how MRA enables researchers to make sense of disparate economic findings on the same subject.

* A collection of survey articles, shedding light on crucial questions in the field of monetary, financial and macroeconomic policy. * Applies rigorous economic theory and empirical analysis to important practical policy issues. * Considers the role of the financial sector in economic development.

* Addresses cutting edge issues in the rapidly developing field of environmental and natural resource economics. * Comprises a series of specially commissioned papers by a cross--section of authors, ranging from well--established scholars to rising talent.

This volume discusses recent work on economic growth from both theoretical and empirical points of view. * An in--depth discussion of recent work on economic growth. * Keeps readers abreast of the central ideas in the field. * Presents both theoretical and empirical points of view.

Savings and wealth accumulation are important dimensions of research and policy debates. This collection of critical surveys presents the reader with a range of up-to-date work from some of the leading scholars in the area, writing on private and public sector aspects of savings and wealth accumulation.

The "great crash of 2008" and its associated banking crisis have revealed the limitations of mainstream economics. Nonlinearity, Complexity and Randomness in Economics presents a variety of cutting edge papers by leading economists, scientists, and philosophers.

Offering a unique picture of recent developments in a range of non-conventional theoretical approaches in economics, this book introduces readers to the study of Analytical Political Economy and the changes within the subject.* Includes a wide range of topics and theoretical approaches that are critically and thoroughly reviewed* Contributions within the book are written according to the highest standards of rigor and clarity that characterize academic work* Provides comprehensive and well-organized surveys of cutting-edge empirical and theoretical work covering an exceptionally wide range of areas and fields* Topics include macroeconomic theories of growth and distribution; agent-based and stock-flow consistent models; financialization and Marxian price and value theory* Investigates exploitation theory; trade theory; the role of expectations and 'animal spirits' on macroeconomic performance as well as empirical research in Marxian economics