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- Provides an authoritative perspective on contemporary issues in microeconomics
- Contributors come from a range of influential economists and policy makers
Part of the book series: International Economic Association Series (IEA)
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With contributions from international scholars, this second volume by Joseph Stiglitz and Martin Guzman comprises of theoretical, empirical, and policy-based chapters which carefully utilize theory and data analysis.
Part I focuses on the issues of global inequality, poverty measurement and security. Part II turns to the issue of income contingent loans (ICL), where the repayment in any year depends on the annual income of the individual. These loans have proven to be an especially effective way of financing higher education, but there has been experimentation of the use of these loans in several other areas.
Part I focuses on the issues of global inequality, poverty measurement and security. Part II turns to the issue of income contingent loans (ICL), where the repayment in any year depends on the annual income of the individual. These loans have proven to be an especially effective way of financing higher education, but there has been experimentation of the use of these loans in several other areas.
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Inequality, Poverty, and Security
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Income Contingent and Student Loans
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Back Matter
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Joseph E. Stiglitz is an American economist and a professor at Columbia University. A recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2001) and the John Bates Clark Medal (1979), he is a former senior vice president and chief economist of the World Bank, and a former member and chairman of the (US president's) Council of Economic Advisers. In 2000, Stiglitz founded the Initiative for Policy Dialogue, a think tank on international development based at Columbia University, USA.
Martin Guzman is a postdoctoral research fellow at Columbia University Business School, USA, and Associate Professor at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is also a member of the INET Taskforce on Macroeconomic Externalities and a senior fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation.
Martin Guzman is a postdoctoral research fellow at Columbia University Business School, USA, and Associate Professor at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is also a member of the INET Taskforce on Macroeconomic Externalities and a senior fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Contemporary Issues in Microeconomics
Editors: Joseph E. Stiglitz, Martin Guzman
Series Title: International Economic Association Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137529718
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-52970-1Published: 14 December 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-137-57937-9Published: 14 December 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-52971-8Published: 29 April 2016
Series ISSN: 2662-6330
Series E-ISSN: 2662-6349
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 198
Topics: Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics, Microeconomics, International Economics