Selected Works of Joseph E. Stiglitz
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Selected Works of Joseph E. Stiglitz by Joseph E Stiglitz
This is the third volume in a new, definitive, six-volume edition of the works of Joseph Stiglitz, one of today's most distinguished and controversial economists. Stiglitz was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2001 for his work on asymmetric information and is widely acknowledged as one of the pioneers in the field of modern information economics and more generally for his contributions to microeconomics. Volume III contains a selection of Joseph E. Stiglitz's work on microeconomics. It questions well-established tenets, including many that are so fundamental they are almost taken for granted, covering basic concepts of risk and markets; the management of risk; the theory of the firm; the economics of organization; and theory of human behaviour. Stiglitz reflects on his work and the field more generally throughout the volume by including substantial original introductions to the Selected Works, the volume as a whole, and each part within the volume.
.. this collection includes many diverse publications not easily available. He writes substantial introductions to the volume as a whole as well as for each major section, putting his work into context. Summing up: Recommended * P. Z. McKay, CHOICE *
Joseph E. Stiglitz is University Professor at Columbia University. In 2001, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in economics, and he was a lead author of the 1995 Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. Known for his pioneering work on asymmetric information, Stiglitz focuses on income distribution, risk, corporate governance, public policy, macroeconomics and globalization. In 2011, Time named Stiglitz one of the 100 most influential people in the world. During the Clinton administration, Stiglitz was a member of the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) from 1993-95, and served as CEA chairman from 1995-97. He then became Chief Economist and Senior Vice-President of the World Bank from 1997-2000. Stiglitz is also currently the Chief Economist of the Roosevelt Institute, Co-President of the Initiative for Policy Dialogue, and the co-chair of the High-Level Expert Group on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress at the OECD.
| SKU | NIN9780199533725 |
| ISBN 13 | 9780199533725 |
| ISBN 10 | 0199533725 |
| Title | Selected Works of Joseph E. Stiglitz |
| Author | Joseph E Stiglitz |
| Series | Selected Works Of Joseph E Stiglitz |
| Condition | New |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 2019-06-25 |
| Number of pages | 1048 |
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