Oxford University Press

A large number of securities related to various interest rates are traded in        financial markets. Traders and analysts in the financial industry apply models based        on economics, mathematics and probability theory to compute reasonable prices and        risk measures for these securities. This book offers a unified presentation of...

While the previous generation had an average of four employers over a lifetime, the current generation will hold four different jobs by 30. You can either take a job or, by becoming an entrepreneur, create jobs for others, which good for individuals, and also the link to growth in a global economy. Welcome to the entrepreneurial society....

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Drawing on research carried out in Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru, and other places, this book assesses the viability of conservation strategies for preserving threatened habitats, from an economic perspective. The author demonstrates that it is rare for forest dwellers to derive much benefit from ecotourism, the extraction of timber and other...

The first study of Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman canals and waterways, this book is based on new evidence surrounding the nature of water transport in the period. A collection of essays from economic historians, geographers, geomorphologists, archaeologists, and place-name scholars, this study unearths this neglected but important aspect of medieval...

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