This essay introduces a symposium on value and exchange as alternative organizing concepts for the pursuit of economic theorizing. These concepts pertain to two distinct conceptual windows though which economic phenomena can be examined. The immediate inspiration for this symposium was Meir Kohn’s (2004) articulation of the distinction, a distinction that in turn was central to James Buchanan’s...

The Relationship Between Economic Preferences and Psychological Personality Measures Although both economists and psychologists seek to identify determinants of heterogeneity in behavior, they use different concepts to capture them. In this review we first analyze the extent to which economic preferences and psychological concepts of personality – such as the Big Five and locus of control – are...

in this paper, we have tried to analyze and asses the process of formation and spatial – structural evolution of iranian-islamic cities through tehran case study as well as how to organize and effecting different factors specially modernism on urban elements. also we have discussed about formation and emergence of tehran and the effect of different pre modernism and postmodernism socio-economic...

Many research on primary school children in Malaysia indicate an over reliance on the written symbols representation (Munirah, 2001; Parmjit, 2005; Munirah& Noor Azlan, 2002; Chinappan & Ambigapathy, 2009; Mohini & Jacinta, 2010). This is a cause for concern as researchers draw strong connections between the representations children use and their understanding (Lamon, 2001). Janvier (1987) desc...

a Environment Institute and Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, University College London, Pearson Building, Gouwer Street, London, UK Departamento de Ingeniería Hidráulica y Medio Ambiente, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Cami de Vera, s/n. 46022, Valencia, Spain Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Utah Water Research Laboratory, Utah State Universi...

This book concerns the use of concepts from statistical physics in the description of financial systems. Specifically, the authors illustrate the scaling concepts used in probability theory, in critical phenomena, and in fully developed turbulent fluids. These concepts are then applied to financial time series to gain new insights into the behavior of financial markets. The authors also present...

The strategic role of health care within the Brazilian development agenda has been increasingly recognized and institutionalized. Aside from its importance as a structural element of the Welfare State, health care plays a leading role in generating innovation. Despite this, the productive base of Brazil’s health care system is extremely fragile, jeopardizing both the universal provision of heal...

One of the fundamental concepts of integrated pest management is that each pest species has a definable relationship in terms of damage to the plant or animal host that it attacks. This relationship is often referred to as the damage curve (Fig. 1), which is often determined relative to yield loss. This damage curve can take several forms, but was summarized by Higley and Peterson as having a t...