5 Economics and Business eBooks

Mareike Schad, "Intergenerational Income Mobility and Redistributive Policy"
Michael Nofer, "The Value of Social Media for Predicting Stock Returns: Preconditions, Instruments and Performance Analysis"
Theory and Practice of Export Control: Balancing International Security and International Economic Relations By Dai Tamada, Philippe Achilleas
Douglass C. North, John Joseph Wallis, Steven B. Webb, Barry R. Weingast, "In the Shadow of Violence: Politics, Economics, and the Problems of Development"
Takatoshi Ito, Andrew K. Rose, "The Economic Consequences of Demographic Change in East Asia"

Mareike Schad, "Intergenerational Income Mobility and Redistributive Policy"
2015 | pages: 174 | ISBN: 3658104643 | PDF | 1,0 mb
Mareike Schad examines how redistributive policy measures influence intergenerational income mobility, taking into account various facets of the parent-child connection. In the first part, the author investigates the impact of education and education policy on income mobility both theoretically and empirically. The second part addresses individual beliefs regarding the determinants of personal economic success and their effect on income mobility within a society.

Michael Nofer, "The Value of Social Media for Predicting Stock Returns: Preconditions, Instruments and Performance Analysis"
2015 | pages: 140 | ISBN: 3658095075 | PDF | 47,7 mb
Michael Nofer examines whether and to what extent Social Media can be used to predict stock returns. Market-relevant information is available on various platforms on the Internet, which largely consist of user generated content. For instance, emotions can be extracted in order to identify the investors' risk appetite and in turn the willingness to invest in stocks. Discussion forums also provide an opportunity to identify opinions on certain companies. Taking Social Media platforms as examples, the author examines the forecasting quality of user generated content on the Internet.

Theory and Practice of Export Control: Balancing International Security and International Economic Relations By Dai Tamada, Philippe Achilleas
English | EPUB | 2017 | 166 Pages | ISBN : 9811059594 | 736.71 KB
This is the first book to focus on the theoretical and practical issues of export control. It combines the points of view of Japanese and French academics and practitioners, including personnel at several governmental institutions and private companies. Presenting the results of a collaboration between Japanese and French academics, it contributes to the development of a new debate on export control.
Although export control has been discussed within the framework of international law in terms of peace and security, its scope has now been expanded to international economic law (i.e., WTO law and international investment law). This means that in order to discuss export control appropriately, the two areas of law have to be combined. At the same time, this topic is not only academic and theoretical but touches upon very real and practical aspects of trade, export, and foreign investment. When we tighten embargos and economic sanctions for anti-terrorism or anti-nuclearization purposes, we encounter more and more cases of conflict between security and the liberalization of economic relations in the world. For this reason, a wide range of collaborative work is needed in this area. This timely book addresses various aspects of the current export control debate.

Douglass C. North, John Joseph Wallis, Steven B. Webb, Barry R. Weingast, "In the Shadow of Violence: Politics, Economics, and the Problems of Development"
English | ISBN: 1107014212, 1107684919 | 2012 | 376 pages | PDF | 3 MB
This book applies the conceptual framework of Douglass C. North, John Joseph Wallis, and Barry R. Weingast's Violence and Social Orders (Cambridge University Press, 2009) to nine developing countries. The cases show how political control of economic privileges is used to limit violence and coordinate coalitions of powerful organizations. Rather than castigating politicians and elites as simply corrupt, the case studies illustrate why development is so difficult to achieve in societies where the role of economic organizations is manipulated to provide political balance and stability. The volume develops the idea of limited-access social order as a dynamic social system in which violence is constantly a threat, and political and economic outcomes result from the need to control violence rather than promoting economic growth or political rights.

Takatoshi Ito, Andrew K. Rose, "The Economic Consequences of Demographic Change in East Asia"
English | ISBN: 0226386856 | 2010 | 403 pages | PDF | 3 MB
Recent studies show that almost all industrial countries have experienced dramatic decreases in both fertility and mortality rates. This situation has led to aging societies with economies that suffer from both a decline in the working population and a rise in fiscal deficits linked to increased government spending. East Asia exemplifies these trends, and this volume offers an in-depth look at how long-term demographic transitions have taken shape there and how they have affected the economy in the region.
The Economic Consequences of Demographic Change in East Asia assembles a group of experts to explore such topics as comparative demographic change, population aging, the rising cost of health care, and specific policy concerns in individual countries. The volume provides an overview of economic growth in East Asia as well as more specific studies on Japan, Korea, China, and Hong Kong. Offering important insights into the causes and consequences of this transition, this book will benefit students, researchers, and policy makers focused on East Asia as well as anyone concerned with similar trends elsewhere in the world.