The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics

THE FIRST NEW EDITION IN 21 YEARS!

The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics is established as the leading reference work in the field. The second edition retains many individual classic essays of enduring importance from its predecessor and includes one thousand new or heavily revised articles. Written by over 1,500 eminent contributors, the Dictionary will contain 1,900 articles and 5.7million words. Published in eight print volumes and for the first time in online format bringing substantial benefits to users, the second edition will be the definitive scholarly reference work for a new generation of economists.

 

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Praise

Winner of the 2008 PROSE Award: Best Mutlivolume Reference Work in the Humanities and Social Sciences
(from the Professional and Scholarly Division of the Association of American Publishers)

CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title 2008

"Much has changed in the latest incarnation of this dictionary. ...More than 1,500 economists contributed almost 1,900 signed entries; more than 1,000 of the entries are new or 'heavily revised' and expanded. Along with the descriptions of economic method from earlier editions, this edition includes much information on 'what those methods have found.' It also offers new emphasis on advances that have occurred in microeconomics, Bayesian theory, game theory, and behavioral, international, and experimental economics. ...A regularly updated online version of the dictionary is available  www.dictionaryofeconomics.com, with site license pricing based on institution type and FTE.  Summing Up: Highly recommended."--CHOICE

 

About the Author(s)

By Steven N. Durlauf and Lawrence E. Blume

Steven N. Durlauf is the Kenneth J. Arrow Professor of Economics at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. He has served as Co-Director of the Economics Program at the Santa Fe Institute for which he currently serves as a Science Board and external faculty member. A Fellow of the Econometric Society, Durlauf's research covers a range of topics in macroeconomics, econometrics, and income inequality. He received a BA in Economics from Harvard in 1980 and his PhD in Economics from Yale in 1986.

Lawrence E. Blume is Goldwin Smith Professor of Economics at Cornell University, USA. He is a member of the external faculty at the Santa Fe Institute, where he has served as Co-Director of the Economics Program and on the Institute's steering committee. He teaches and conducts research in general equilibrium theory and game theory, and also has research projects on natural resource management and network design. A Fellow of the Econometric Society, he received a BA in Economics from Washington University and a PhD in Economics from Berkeley.

Table of Contents

Publishing History
Editors' Preface
List of Entries A-Z
The Dictionary Volumes 1-8
Appendices
Subject Index
Index